d | a november catchall

[damnpire]

WHO: d & others
WHERE: stygia mostly probably
WHEN: nov.
WHAT: general meetups, notice board things, etc.
WARNINGS: me freezing spoon's comment so i can laugh every time i see it, reference to csa (laurent), snake imagery (augustine)

OOC plotting post

Comments

sorry for the delay [life happened] a whole bunch :T

[seaboard]

[ She clearly means to immediately refuse that answer with something as stubborn, if he is fine, she is fine. It will be witty, and clever, and someone will clap.

It's ruined of course, by the breathe she takes to say it and immediately begins to cough again. Not a polite, little cough, but deeper, longer sounds that seem to come from the bottom of her chest yet she cannot get air in to do it. ]

It will - it will pass. I have a strong constitution, one of the gifts from - [ a stop, to cough again, and she has to let him go. She should not be rushing to speak so fast. ] .... but I fear it is taking... taking more time, here.

it's alright!!

[damnpire]

[Hmmm. He peers at her studiously, watchful of how she's acting. It's a lot like he's seen a few other people acting recently. While he's susceptible to things here more than home, he isn't worried about it being a virus.

This time, it's he who lifts his hand to place the palm of it over her forehead under the tight curls of fringe. Checking. She feels ill in so much as the disease is making her exhausted.]

It's the flower disease. They're blooming in your lungs and your heart. It's different than what is happening to me.

[seaboard]

Flowers? I am not of the earth for me to -

[ Another cough, eyes shutting briefly. ]

I do not have time for this. There is far too much to be done before winter comes and causes worse to follow.

[damnpire]

[Hmm.] You mean the canning. [And other things, but he remembers her request.]

Supposedly doctors are working on a cure. The only remedies are those you can find from merchants. Or the man in Mirth. Have you gone?

[Mrs. Gilia, are you being stubborn?]

[seaboard]

What is a canning? [ She tries, in some vain attempt to distract him from prying. ]

I have not - had time. Winter is almost here, and we do not have enough food for all the Restless.

[ Not stubborn, no, but a workaholic that is very used to putting herself last. ]

[damnpire]

[He can explain, but don't think for a second he has forgotten.] You can't pour from an empty cup, [is all he says as a reminder, and perhaps a warning, to the illness.

She won't be able to help anyone else if she doesn't take care of herself.]

Canning is a way to preserve food by sealing it in a container. Most of it is done through pressure cooking.