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[magdawaldescu]

Are ve still on alert for vhatever it vas who had it in for people vhat have red hairs? I vas shust looking through some older entries, and I somehow missed zat vun.

If it's still a concern, and hyou need redheaded bait... hyou can huse me. I'm not human; I can fend for myself.

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[cricketycricket]

There is ... a malady, a sickness, out past the Dead Zone, that seems to affect redheads more keenly. There is a possibility it may have spread to those of us who went on the expedition, but we're waiting to see clearer results.

If I hear any news about it, I shall let you know ... but thank you very much for volunteering. Might I ask your name?

[magdawaldescu]

Magda.

I don't think I can get sick anymore.

[cricketycricket]

I'm the Doctor, Magda, it's a pleasure to meet you. ... Do you mind my asking why not?

[magdawaldescu]

Because who ever heard of a sick vampire, honestly?

[cricketycricket]

.... Vampire.

[magdawaldescu]

Is that a problem?

[cricketycricket]

Not a problem so much as an improbability, where I'm from. You see, vampirism isn't scientifically feasible, and ... well ...

It doesn't mean you AREN'T, I'm hardly one to argue with a person's own personal decision as to who they are, that would go straight against believing in free will and individuality. It's just that, well.

... It's, ah ...

... it's a bit of a big bite to swallow.

1/2

[payback]

Hahaha, a big bite to swallow.

[payback]

And we are in Paradisa... is it that much of a shock?

[cricketycricket]

[doesn't quite see what's so--] ... Oh. That was rather unintentional on my part, Rin, I'm terribly sorry. But, ah ... it isn't so much a shock as something I'm used to thinking of as physically impossible.

[he still thinks the ghosts are energy projections of whatever mass consciousness runs the castle, but he always seems to have a hard time putting words to the theory. damn castle!]

[payback]

Yeah... well, I dunno. I think of a lot of the stuff I see in Paradisa as physically impossible, or I would've, if I hadn't seen it in practice. Maybe it's perspective...

[cricketycricket]

I should think perspective has quite a lot to do with it. Every time I go to another world on the TARDIS, there's always at least ONE person who has to tell me something I've seen isn't possible ... so it amuses me greatly when I find myself in similar situations.

[payback]

Paradisa is an eye-opener for all of us, I guess. Is it weird that vampires seem more plausible to me than some of this technology stuff?

[cricketycricket]

Not at all ... you can never say what one person will find startling, compared to another.

Speaking of technology, I hear GLaDOS is making robots for your outpost...?

[payback]

Oh, that's right! She wanted to get involved, and I figured there was space for everybody.

Rin

[cricketycricket]

Thank you for that. I'm glad you've given her something to occupy her mind, she needs it. ... Though, I did ask her if I could examine the robots before they're deployed. I ... want to trust her, but some of the things I've read or heard tell me we should exercise extreme caution.