video - week 2

[seventhdawn]

If I may, I request your attention for a short while.

[This mystery illness has taken a toll on Minfilia, and she's far from a pretty sight, with her nose and eyes red and the rest of her far too pale. She's not slept well, and any useful time awake she spends in weary attempts to find anything that might help all of them...if not feel better, then at least not get any worse. Really, she's rather stunned she managed to get the watch to do what she wanted, which is a feat even when she isn't a dizzy and congested mess.]

None of us are wont to suffer the symptoms of whatever is plaguing us for one moment longer than necessary. [She hopes.] In the last few days I have witnessed several sets of hands and minds at work in pursuit of a solution.

[A pause for a sound sneeze and a bit of coughing, which she tries her best to keep well away from the recording. The remainder of the message sounds as if someone is holding her nose, but there's nothing to be done about it now.]

Until now, these disparate but dedicated souls have, to my knowledge, proceeded tirelessly - and apart. We should all be better served by combining what we know has helped, and what has already proven itself of little use. To that end, I propose that all those striving for both treatment and cure convene as soon as possible, today if we can. The earlier talk of organizing aid and proper supplies will be invaluable as well. The kitchens ought to be sizable enough to hold a crowd.

I know also that a fair few of you wish to venture forth, or have done so, on temple grounds or out in the wilds, to further the chance at finding aught of use. Those who are well enough to travel could thereby divide into larger and more organized groups for continued investigation.

[This is wearing her out, and it's only talking and putting the words together in proper order.]

I look forward to working together in person.

[[ooc: So! A meeting in the kitchen after lunch - feel free to mingle as well as video chat! Primarily she's thinking they really ought to work together to go deeper into the temple or the forest, or both, because this is only getting worse for most people.]]

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[activatingcombatmode]

[Bear with him, Zack is very new to this new piece of technology on his wrist so his face might just be a tad too close.]

I only got here just recently but from the looks of it, no one is safe from whatever flu or fever is going around. It 's a nasty bug. I'm fine so far but I'm not counting my chickens just yet.

If you need people to go off to look for anything that might help out I want to be on that team. I think I'll be better used out there than in here.

[Because he's no healer and has no healing materia on him (not that it would work, anyway). So getting put to good use elsewhere is exactly what he wants.]

Looks like you could use a rest yourself too, though. Take it easy?

[seventhdawn]

[She has had more than one personal conversation while holding the thing upside-down. The visual discrepancies don't register with her as a problem.]

I'm sure we all welcome as many willing and able volunteers as we can manage, particularly those not already ill. If only we could say for certain what to seek.

[Usually, someone she knows or can reach through someone she knows will have some sort of starting point. But it seems little is known at all about the temple grounds.]

Thank you for your concern. [She says it with a smile, rather than dismissal.]

[activatingcombatmode]

[He nods. Zack isn't about to ask her to make sure she does take it easy or not. No need to pester another adult like that.]

What do we know about this sickness so far? It's killing all the plants and giving everyone massive colds...

[He's no doctor by far but maybe recounting everything they do know might help him brainstorm something. He wants to be optimistic.]

[seventhdawn]

Not every plant, nor every person. [Thank the Twelve.] Some amount of vegetation survives, though we might not deem any of it thriving, but as my colleague pointed out to me a few days ago, if all of it was dying, then naught else in the forest could live. Yet the animals remain, and they must have a food source somewhere.

[Hm. Minfilia holds her chin in thought, rather losing the idea that she ought to look at the watch the whole time.]

Could it be suggested that we share some trait or susceptibility with the affected plants?

[activatingcombatmode]

Good point. If the animals are still around then maybe whatever is going around hasn't hit a critical point, yet. It would be nice to keep that yet from happening.

[Zack nods.]

And maybe, but I've never heard of any sort of sickness that transfers from plants to human beings before... Hmmm.

[seventhdawn]

[She shakes her head, still not quite looking at the screen.]

Not that it came from the plants, but that they have fallen prey to it as we have. The solution may lie within those that have not. They can resist it. I'm no botanist or alchemist, but perhaps there is a way we can harness that resistance.

[activatingcombatmode]

Right, I see.

[Should he go hunting and try and track down a healthy deer? Would she be okay with a wild animal getting thrown down at her feet?? He's not good at medicine or science, either.]

I'll see what I can find in the woods, maybe try to bring back some live rabbits or something. Either way, I'll do my best to help us all figure this out.

[seventhdawn]

[She would be...surprised but not appalled, really. It isn't as though she's any stranger to hunting for game, or for sport, and this cause is better than both of those. However, she would have no use for it, nor any idea how to proceed.]

We've no shortage of willing volunteers. [Which is also not strange to her; most of the people she knows jump at the chance to lend a hand so long as there is a purpose and direction to it.] Now we must hope something we try bears fruit.

[activatingcombatmode]

Here's hoping.

My name's Zack by the way. Zack Fair.

[He's hoping to make some new acquaintances around here as well.]

[seventhdawn]

[Most of the time she doesn't notice the...sense of "yes, that's right" that hovers in the background of what people say. This time, she does, though all it prompts in her is a little frown before she lets it go.]

I am Minfilia. It is a pleasure, though I would that we could have met in happier circumstances.

[activatingcombatmode]

Hey, sometimes the best comrades are made in the worst circumstances. It's nice to meet you, Minfilia.

[And that's the way he's looking at all of this. They're all here together. Probably for a reason.]