[Commentlog]lightyourwayAugust 30 2011, 10:35:04 UTC
Kairi. Who are you?
[There no challenge in her tone, and Kairi obeys, walking into the room and looking all around as though she'd like to see everything at once. She and Xanth - the first Xanth - had been in her on her first day. But she hadn't been back since.]
[Commentlog]lightyourwayAugust 31 2011, 04:19:16 UTC
[Kairi perches on the cot and rolls up her sleeve. The wound, now half-healed and cleaned thanks to the efforts of everyone else who responded to her request for help, still doesn't look entirely healthy.]
Well, it's just a scratch from a plant in the forest. But it's not healing.
[Commentlog]sanomoriorAugust 31 2011, 13:37:08 UTC
[Sycora takes Kairi's arm and peers at it. It has certainly seen the attention of other doctors and healers, but it should look much better than it does...
The mention of a plant causes her to frown.]
How long ago was this, and what did the plant look like?
[Commentlog]lightyourwaySeptember 2 2011, 11:34:45 UTC
[Kairi's apprehension manifests only as a small frown as she sends two short messages, one to Riku and then, after some hesitation, one to Xanth. She didn't remember him being hurt by the plants, but if they had scratched him and he was yet to realize then it would be better for him to get checked first instead of when it was too late.
Hi. My name is Sycora. I'm the resident doctor in the Keep. I'd like to come down to the infirmary so I can look you over.
[If it's an infection, she won't trust anyone else's judgment. Infections of any sort are not to be trifled with.]
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Okay.
[But she already got it cleaned and everything!
Still, Kairi is soon at the infirmary, without putting up (verbal) complaint.]
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Sycora's waiting inside, and when she hears steps outside the door, she opens it up. Upon spotting Kairi, she smiles, then pulls the door open wider.]
Come in.
What's your name?
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[There no challenge in her tone, and Kairi obeys, walking into the room and looking all around as though she'd like to see everything at once. She and Xanth - the first Xanth - had been in her on her first day. But she hadn't been back since.]
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Sycora Novitas. This is my infirmary.
[She gestures to a nearby cot.]
Take a seat, Kairi. Where are you hurt?
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Well, it's just a scratch from a plant in the forest. But it's not healing.
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The mention of a plant causes her to frown.]
How long ago was this, and what did the plant look like?
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About two weeks? It was a small creeper shrub. It... Well, it moved. I pulled it off my arm and got away from it but it still scratched me.
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I see. Those plants are from a topiary that overgrew and ran wild in the forest.
When it attacks, sometimes it takes root. That's what's happened here. The good news is that it's not far along.
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[Riku had been right; this place was dangerous.]
Is there bad news?
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[She's like a gardener, you see.]
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Is there a way a cure spell could fix it?
[Not that she knows anyone here who knows cure. But there must be someone!]
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I'm afraid not. I will heal you up after the extraction, but until then, no magic will help.
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[She nods, more to reassure herself then as a mark of assent.]
Can I tell my friends what's happening?
[She pulls out her journal, making it clear that she doesn't intend to leave. If she did, she mightn't be brave enough to come back again.]
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[Sycora offers Kairi a smile, then heads into another room. She does need some things, but Kairi deserves a little bit of privacy, too.]
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When she was done, she waited.]
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