[Voice Post] Under the Weather

[invisikid]

[There are random sniffles and sneezes, and his voice is a bit rough when he talks.]

Er... What's that food that they said in the 21st century was good for colds?

If I was back home I would just go to a bio-repair chamber... this place stinks.... [sniffles]

Comments

[thisisnexttime]

Chicken noodle soup. Though the best thing is lots of fluids and rest, honestly.

[invisikid]

Chicken noodle soup. Got it.

...I have to rest?

[thisisnexttime]

I guess no one's gonna force you but, yeah. Extra sleep will do wonders for fighting off a cold.

[invisikid]

[sigh]

That's logical... But this will still probably last for a day or so, right? As opposed to a few hours?

[notarrowette]

Oh, Lyle! I'm sorry you're sick--soup and lots of fluids and rest. Have some tea with honey, too.

[invisikid]

's okay, Cissie. I'll get over it soon enough. Teaches me to go outside not dressed properly, I suppose.

Tea? I've never made tea before.

...But I don't want to rest....

[notarrowette]

::laughs:: Poor Lyle. Tea is good--especially for sore throats. Requisition a tea kettle if you don't have one, and some tea bags--and honey! Herbal teas are really good for colds--I like lemon, myself. Then you just boil some water in the kettle and pour it in a mug with the tea bag and stir in some honey until you like the taste.

[invisikid]

...That doesn't sound too hard...

Okay, I'll give it a try [coughs] Thanks Cissie.

[Typed]

[poppingseeds]

Are you okay? You're not dying, are you?

...Should I get you a doctor?

[Voice]

[invisikid]

[Pause, then laugh ended with some garbled coughs]

No. No, I'm not dying, Perseph. It's just a fever and some chills, with coughing and sneezing.

I don't need a doctor, don't worry.

[Typed]

[poppingseeds]

...

...

So this is normal?

[Voice]

[invisikid]

Normal enough to be dubbed the "common cold." [chuckle]

Mortals get sick fairly often, its just the way our bodies react to microscopic threats.

For instance a fever is when our immune system attempts a neutralization of a bacteria or viruses, such as the rhinoviruses that cause what I'm feeling. The chills I have are a byproduct of it. But my temperature also runs naturally high so it probably seems worse then it is.

[little_wing003]

Ugh, sorry, Lyle. Sick sucks. Looks like you're getting good advice, though. Anything I can do to help?

...And when do I get to meet your new friend? ::grin::

[Screened from Duo]

[invisikid]

Especially with such limited technology. Things like this never last long back home. But here there's all this "rest" business.

Don't worry about it. I doubt there's anything you could--

[poorly hidden blush]

......Oh. Er. Whenever you'd like to, I guess... I was thinking of stopping by Duo's surprise party later with him, so if you're going to that... [embarrassed cough that turns into real ones after a moment]

[Screened from Duo]

[little_wing003]

Poor Lyle, caught in a temporal backwater.

I'm going to see if I can make it. I'll, um. Be bringing Cissie. We're going to be going--you know--together. ::furious blushing::

[Screened from Duo]

[invisikid]

...[fond chuckle]

I deducted something like that would happen.

[spaceflyboy]

I don't know what to say, man.. Never been sick.

[invisikid]

[scratchy sigh, clears throat]

You're lucky. 's not fun.