Video | 15th | both courts

[cagedinflesh]

Good evening. To those I have not yet met, my name is Berserker, I feel it is always best to start with introductions, especially here, where there is no code to follow in them.

What I am asking today is the subject of medicine and healing. As some will know, I am a doctor and a scientist. Yet it is rather more difficult to pursue here, especially now, after what we have lost. I hope members of each court might set aside differences in the midst of war to speak on the subject, as sharing such information would benefit not only shardbearers, but the common people as well. Medical assistance is, after all, a basic right, and not something which should be withheld even from an enemy.

Of healers, I would ask after your methods, whether that of your own world, or adopted here. Magic, natural remedies, anything at all. Or else where one might find further information.

Botanists, or any others familiar with the plants of the Drabwurld might also be of use. The fewer which must be experimented upon to find medicinal properties, the better, of course. Once again, even peculiarities within your own world, as the knowledge may very well prove useful here.

In addition, if anyone - and I do mean anyone at all, regardless of court status or otherwise - if anyone would like medicines of some sort to keep for emergencies, I would be glad to provide. As of yet I have managed to compound a few pain relievers and the like, but would happily work to find some solution for anything. And of course, should any require proper medical attention, do contact me at any time.

Please do feel free to use this as a forum to discuss the subject among yourselves, if at all appropriate.

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[cagedinflesh]

Is it really so bad? It would help the Unseelie court as much as the Seelie, and truly, my purpose is not for the courts in either direction, but the innocents swept up in the devastation.

[gehennawind]

No, you're not in the wrong! [Earnestly!!] There's nothing wrong with-- being a good doctor.

But will anyone capable of doing something about it take this as a kind of betrayal?

[cagedinflesh]

I am quite certain many will say it's unwise to speak in such a way, or take some offence. Still, I disagree, and so it matters not.

[gehennawind]

[Admirable. She frets, but it's worth taking a stance on.]

Yeah... I'm sure it helps that sabotaging you would be sabotaging their own people. [Optimism? Optimism! A small strain to her normal rasp.] You probably don't need a nighttime bodyguard.

[cagedinflesh]

Yes, in the end, if I - or anyone else for that matter - is better able to help their cause, then where does the problem lie?

[He pauses with the last comment, though, and the smile it brings him is clear in his voice.]

You are kind to make such an offer, but I've no trouble with...personal security. [Well, not with other people causing him harm.] Particularly as Hyde prefers the night.

[gehennawind]

[Some may have difficulty reconciling the tall, thin nerd Jekyll appears to be with somebody who can handle most trouble coming his way. Paloma, who is five feet and three inches of petite waifishness with monstrous appetite and a powerhouse in her own right, accepts the claim at face value.]

Haven't talked to him yet. He's not avoiding me, is he? I don't bite without your permission...

[cagedinflesh]

-I couldn't say.

[That comment startles him. Why does it sound like she wants to meet him!!]

You should count yourself exceedingly lucky for it, regardless.

[gehennawind]

[because she has no idea what Hyde is like and being deprived of that particular Experience has bred in her an unhealthy curiosity]

I wouldn't say I've had much luck before, but there's a first time for everything. What's he like?

[cagedinflesh]

Ah, well. I imagine you have some idea.

[If she hasn't read the book, then based on popular culture and references made to it! How does he begin to describe his other half...]

He is a monster, vile, there's simply no other word for it. He is nothing but pure evil and delights in all things reprehensible.

[gehennawind]

[The intelligent part of Paloma's brain has all the expected apprehension about facing his worse half. Another part remains morbidly interested. They merge into a noxious mix.]

Not too different from what I've heard. Gonna be really obvious when it isn't you I'm speaking with anymore, huh?

[cagedinflesh]

Painfully so, I should imagine. If you see him, my eyes will be coloured red - to hear him is somewhat of a different pitch. Putting the obvious of demeanour aside, of course. You should have no trouble realising.

[gehennawind]

Consider me warned? [A... vague try for humor. It has the sense of something to brace herself for.]

Hey, ahh...

I haven't said it, but I can't begin to say how good it is to hear you well. After Caer Scima, I woke up and I, I lost my mind. Panicked and ran.

[cagedinflesh]

Ah, that's right, I hope you had no trouble, or too much of a fright waking somewhere strange. You've no need to worry for me, as I said, I am quite capable and heal quickly.

[gehennawind]

So am I, and other Kindred like me. Kindred older than me and by all rights stronger than me.

[Is that a tremor? It is. She feels intensely about this.]

They're ash now. It's only a chance at eternal life, not a guarantee. Was getting out of there with your life guaranteed?

[cagedinflesh]

No, I suppose nothing is ever a guarantee. Still, it would be...exceedingly difficult for me to be killed, or even harmed.

[Well, maybe if he stayed as he is, when he's not ridiculously overpowered. But he can always transform. Or switch to spirit form.]

[gehennawind]

But you can understand if I worry?

Sorry. [Audibly withdrawing into herself.] I'm overstepping.

[cagedinflesh]

No- no, of course I understand - and I apologise profusely for allowing you to worry. It is only that you've no need to worry on my account!

[gehennawind]

Oh, please don't apologize-- I didn't contact anyone until, how long...

Almost a week. So please don't!

[EARNEST IDIOTS R US]

[cagedinflesh]

No, no, it is quite alright, truly! Moreover, it's super nice of you!

[Ah, modern phrasing in the middle there. Realising that embarrasses him all the more.]

[gehennawind]

--Super nice?

[It's a startling enough difference from his norm that Paloma forgets to continue their endless cycle of frantic appeasement.]

[cagedinflesh]

Yes, that's what I said!

[Don't question him. At least he didn't drop an 'awesome' or 'cool'.]

As in 'it's really very sweet'!

[gehennawind]

[She is questioning.]

I, umm-- you too!

[cagedinflesh]

Well, thank you!

[Oh god what's happening this is embarrassing. Quick, change the subject.]

Are you headed somewhere safe?

[gehennawind]

[Thank the Lord someone did, this was becoming a spectacle. At least it's a private conversation. She seizes on the subject change like a drowning woman.]

I'm as safe as I can get, for now. Another Kindred-- The Brucolac-- was offering sun-proof cellars and a blood supply to anyone needing shelter. The Ninth Spire.

[cagedinflesh]

Oh! I am currently en route myself, leading a group of natives to it. Are you there now?