> GHOSTS THAT BROKE MY HEART BEFORE I MET YOU [ GAILA, JULIAN, OPEN ]

[aeruginous]

[ gaila wondered if everyone's first migraine was this intense, as she tried and failed to fall asleep in the room adjacent northern sickbay. the lights were at twenty percent brightness and the door was closed: it was cool and quiet, and she was definitely tired, but clearly the station had other things in mind than comfort. but, as the nosebleed

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[jadeskin]

[The other Gaila had gone to her quarters after talking with Cadet Smith in the mess hall, hoping to sleep the headache off. She'd been pretty annoyed when she'd woken up and found it had only gotten worse, not to mention disgusted when she'd discovered the bloodstain on her pillow.

She walked into sickbay with a tissue held to her nose, stopping every once in a while to stop the hallways from spinning. She wasn't seeing or hearing anything, but the migraine was hitting her pretty badly and it wasn't something she was used to.

Finally, she made her way into the sickbay and immediately winced at the lights. She remembered Linette had said she was suffering from a headache before - if this was some sort of epidemic, shouldn't the lights be dimmer than this? - and leaned against the wall, covering her eyes.]

Lights, fifty percent. ['Off' sounded better to her right now, but she did want to be able to walk to a bed without falling.]

[aeruginous]

[ for a second she thought she was imagining things again, but no, someone had ordered that. she looked up, and there was her counterpart, who seemed to be having similar trouble. had she seen things too? ]

I turned them up to see if my nose was bleeding. Sorry.

[ at least she wasn't alone now. gaila got off the bed and headed for the box of tissues on the corner counter. ]

[jadeskin]

It's okay. [She pushed herself off the wall and attempted to make her way over to a bed.]

It might be, I can't really see. Mine is. [She pulled the tissue away from her nose, looking at it for a moment before putting it back.]

[aeruginous]

[ she didn't want to blink, in case the next time she looked at her companion, she looked like someone else. if nothing else, she didn't look away from her as she leaned against the wall, putting a tissue to her nose. ]

Have you ever had a migraine before?

[kukalaka_n_me]

[When he had a moment to spare, Julian went to check on Gaila. Both Linnette and Bones were still functional (albeit marginally), at least for now. He knew he couldn't stay long, but he also knew that Gaila would be the sort of person to downplay how ill she was.]

I'm afraid there might be more patients come here soon. I thought I'd give you a heads up.

[When he saw the blood, he hastened to her side.]

Is it getting worse?

[aeruginous]

[ the migraine seemed no more persistent than when she'd first lay down, but then there was the flash. was that common? she really had no idea. ]

When people get migraines, do they usually... see things?

[kukalaka_n_me]

I've known patients to see bright lights or colours sometimes. It can be very disorienting.

Why, is that what you're experiencing?

[aeruginous]

[ god, that was worrying. she looked away from him, back at their surroundings, as if expecting her mind to betray her again. ]

No. I thought I was somewhere else. The room looked like the inside of a shuttle for a second.