[E-mail: Harriet, Gabe, Malachai Brampton]

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[Tyrus is sick. He's actually had this one before. But, Travis would not have. Travis would be spooked, he thinks. He needs to play up the part. He also needs some information. He has to find out what's going on.]

Uh... I got a case of Basilisk's Warts.

There's shit going around all over Fall City.

[E-mail: Nadir]

[This one is sent separate.]

Hey teach. Might not be in class. I've got Basilisk's Warts and it's got my right hand.

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[turnsteptwirl]

[Once Gabe has some downtime]

....you have what now?

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It's a disease from Zenderael.

My hand's covered in stone. It's a kinda rocky situation.

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I know what it is, sweetie. I'm kind of stuck here. I have to know.

How do you have it? I didn't think that was the sort of thing that you could get outside of Zen.

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That's the sixty-four thousand dollar question.

A lot of people are getting sick with diseases from Zen. I'm not even sure who I caught it from.

[turnsteptwirl]

[adsfojfjkw what?]

Of all the times to not be in the middle of the World Library...

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What?

Aw, man, I was hoping you could look it up for me. Where are you?

[turnsteptwirl]

Would you believe me if I said I was in the middle of a warzone?

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Don't worry. Not much of anyone will be in class today. Yours is the fifth email I've gotten and I just updated the class page to say I'll be out for a bit myself.

[ he'd just thought it was the lamia venom, but nope. mana flu. the minute he realized it he'd gone out and bought some silence potions. they taste like grass but they do the trick. better than trying to mana burn himself. ]

Basilisk's Warts, though? [ travis always sounded like he was a pretty clear-headed kid that caught on to things quickly, but illnesses? he can't pinpoint why but it sounds a little weird. ]

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[Gh. As Tyrus worried. Why's everyone getting sick? And why's it a bunch of different sicknesses?]

That sucks. Guess we won't miss anything, then, at least.

Basilisk's Warts is what it sounded like when I looked it up. Makes a layer of stone on the outside of my skin, right?

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Shame, too. Got myself access to a lamia and everything...

Hm, that'll be the one. Have you got access to a cleric? Some softening potions should slow it down, at least.

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...a lamia, teach?

Nah, but I might ask around on the forums. That's a good idea.

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[she looked it up]

Whoa! I guess it was inevitable that Zen and Earth would start getting one another's diseases. Hopefully earthers can fend them off as well as Zendereans could. [that would actually be a really unsettling thing to say to your friend if he was really an earther, Harriet]

Is it scary?

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Pretty scary. I had to take a screwdriver to the stone to move my fingers.

[Uuuuuh. Should he be worried about Earth diseases now? Hm.]

Hopefully it's not gonna be too bad. I don't feel that awful.

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Gross.

The stone is just on the outside, right? You're not chipping off body parts.

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Yeah, just on the outside. I'd be way more freaked out otherwise.

I still feel like I'm between a rock and a hard place, though.

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Well you're clearly recognizing its potential as a prime opportunity for punning.

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Yeah, as far as that's concerned, this bug rocks!

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Do you have the stones to go for a triple combo?

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[andlivefreely]

[because he always reply-alls! or almost always.]

Shit, man.

I got fucking Dragon's Breath. From my instructor, of all people.

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Shit.

This is crazy. Lots of diseases going around!

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[andlivefreely]

Yeah, it's kinda crazy. Guess it was bound to happen, though.

But I'm an alchemist now so I can help with my own symptoms at least. 8)

[E-mail: Malachai Brampton]

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[Whoa, wait. Let's not have that be too public.]

You're an alchemist, huh? That's Ty was. Is, hopefully.

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[andlivefreely]

[considering the only other two involved were the Khshathra and the Asha, he doesn't think it's all that 'public', but has no idea why Travis has made it more private, so!]

Yeah, not for long though. Mostly I was making constructs and sketching out plans for an airship.

Like I could ever be an alchemist and not make an airship. 8)

You hear from him at all?

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[Because he has no idea about Gabe! But, mostly, he doesn't want to get into a multi-person conversation about himself, as his player. That gets to be like a headache.]

Not really. I shot him a few dragonmails.

You're making an airship? Fly the friendly skies, huh? Any designs yet?

[andlivefreely]

Half-designs.

Don't really have much time to work on it, with classes, community service, and now people getting sick and the Khshathra back in Zenderael. Been learning a few potion recipes to keep us stocked.

You know, just in case.