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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[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?

[gehennawind]

[She doesn't brighten up like a puppy seeing the food bowl fill up, exactly, but some folks should check behind her for a wagging tail.]

Yes!

[Calm. C a l m down.] How far off are you? I run pretty fast, if you want another pair of hands.

[cagedinflesh]

No, no, stay where you are, we travel during the day. I expect to arrive on the twenty-first. I'm glad you, and others, will have a supply if blood there even without me, that is some relief to hear.

[gehennawind]

Oh. [Paloma laughs, mainly at herself.] True, I'm not going hungry.

[There's a moment or three filled with tangible hesitance. She wants to say that she's had trouble opening up to the other refugees, that she's afraid to approach these strangers without cause. It has made for a lonely stay.]

... It'll be good to see someone familiar. [This will have to do.]

[cagedinflesh]

Yes, I quite agree. It is a long road ahead of us, by then I will be quite starved for familiarity. [He laughs. But really the trouble is that he worries about Hyde, trying to hold him back, to keep the people with him safe. It will be better around anyone who has a chance of standing up to him. And familiar faces do tend to deter him.]

[gehennawind]

If it helps...

[This may be a little presumptuous. Paloma isn't sure and won't be until she straightens this spine.]

We-- you could write each night after traveling for the day? If something's happened to your people and you can't send word, I'll still know you've encountered trouble. I can pass it on to someone with more bodies to send out in a search party.

If not, it'd be good to hear everything is going smoothly.

[cagedinflesh]

That would be a great relief, in fact. I have little to do as I sit up all night to keep watch, and prevent Hyde from overtaking me in sleep. I would quite appreciate it.

[gehennawind]

Alright. We have a deal.

Wait-- when do you sleep? [DO YOU SLEEP]