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[Well, if you step into the simulation room Monday afternoon, you'll find inside a dark room - it looks like a crypt made of stone and rock, with a flowing, salty ocean below it. Inside the crypt, there appears to be a corpse. But the features of the corpse are difficult to make out. She's frozen in ice, her eyes closed, but that's not the only reason. The features keep changing, like they can't quite settle. One moment, she has long dark hair, the next, a shock of short cropped red curls, a strong jaw.
And on the ground next to the crypt is Harrow, unconscious, blood pooling beneath her head.]
And on the ground next to the crypt is Harrow, unconscious, blood pooling beneath her head.]
[exCUSE ME?!
anyway, the crypt and the ever-changing corpse is concerning enough, but also?? harrow??? you okay there buddy??? that blood looks pretty bad. shi qingxuan rushes over and crouches down to get a closer look.
does. does this look like it's her blood? is there an obvious head wound somewhere?]
Hey - hey, wake up!
[she's too sober for this.]
anyway, the crypt and the ever-changing corpse is concerning enough, but also?? harrow??? you okay there buddy??? that blood looks pretty bad. shi qingxuan rushes over and crouches down to get a closer look.
does. does this look like it's her blood? is there an obvious head wound somewhere?]
Hey - hey, wake up!
[she's too sober for this.]
[She. . . has a nose bleed. It's pretty bad, though? And she's still out cold.]
[bad! very bad!
harrow is a good 16cm shorter than her, at least, which means it shouldn't be too hard to pick her up. she cradles her carefully and heads for the door.]
Okay, uhhh, think, Qingxuan...! The bathrooms? There are towels there... yeah, let's go there!
[she's just rambling nervously as she carries her out, it's fine (?)]
harrow is a good 16cm shorter than her, at least, which means it shouldn't be too hard to pick her up. she cradles her carefully and heads for the door.]
Okay, uhhh, think, Qingxuan...! The bathrooms? There are towels there... yeah, let's go there!
[she's just rambling nervously as she carries her out, it's fine (?)]
[Harrow is also rail thin, probably to an unhealthy degree. She's extremely light. Anyway, once she's carried out of the room, she'll start to stir. She's still bleeding down the front of her face and her robes, but it doesn't seem to be as much blood anymore.]
[harrow please!!
she stirs, and shi qingxuan looks down at her with concern as she's hurrying her away from the room.]
Miss? Are you alright...?!
she stirs, and shi qingxuan looks down at her with concern as she's hurrying her away from the room.]
Miss? Are you alright...?!
[She stirs a little more, blinks, dazed, and then begins to struggle against being held! Put her down!]
[since she's struggling, sqx sets harrow down - but she keeps a hand on her shoulder to help steady her just in case.]
Careful - you're bleeding.
Careful - you're bleeding.
Yes, yes, it's fine.
[She gets to her feet, unstable, but manages to steady herself with a hand from SQX. She looks dizzy and particularly pale, even by the standards of someone wearing skeleton makeup.]
This happens sometimes.
[She gets to her feet, unstable, but manages to steady herself with a hand from SQX. She looks dizzy and particularly pale, even by the standards of someone wearing skeleton makeup.]
This happens sometimes.
...that doesn't sound fine.
[you? are? bleeding? harrow??]
[you? are? bleeding? harrow??]
I just need to lie down for a bit. It isn't serious.
It will pass.
[She's just going to start stumbling back to her room!! Stubborn!]
[She's just going to start stumbling back to her room!! Stubborn!]
[following her!!]
At least let me help you get cleaned up! It looked like you were dead when I found you lying there, I was worried, you know!
At least let me help you get cleaned up! It looked like you were dead when I found you lying there, I was worried, you know!
Oh.
[She looks a little startled like that, and a little younger. She isn't used to being worried about very much.]
. . . All right, you may help if you're determined to do so.
[She looks a little startled like that, and a little younger. She isn't used to being worried about very much.]
. . . All right, you may help if you're determined to do so.
Thank you.
[whew! following along still, but like. in a let's-walk-together way, not an i'm-following-your-stubborn-ass way.]
You say this happens often... do you know the cause, then?
[whew! following along still, but like. in a let's-walk-together way, not an i'm-following-your-stubborn-ass way.]
You say this happens often... do you know the cause, then?
[Hmm. . . she thinks about that, and feels a little woozy again.]
It used to happen when I exerted myself with necromancy. But recently - several months ago, I suffered an injury. It has happened with more frequency since my recovery, even when I haven't been exerting myself.
It used to happen when I exerted myself with necromancy. But recently - several months ago, I suffered an injury. It has happened with more frequency since my recovery, even when I haven't been exerting myself.
That doesn't sound good...
[if it was just that she was exerting herself, she could try to avoid that...]
[if it was just that she was exerting herself, she could try to avoid that...]
I can only surmise that the head injury I received hasn't healed completely, and certain triggers cause me to relapse.
Have you been able to figure out what they are...? We can try to help you avoid them, while you're here...
. . . No. I'm not sure what set it off this time. I was using the chamber to visit someplace from my memories, and the next thing I knew, I'd woken up with you.
...might it have been something within that memory?
[hmmm, concerning...]
...are you in pain right now, or...?
...are you in pain right now, or...?
I have a headache, and I feel very tired. But that's about all.
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