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HELLO

"My, is this perhaps Daoist magic...?"

GOODBYE

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[puts this post-heal because it is funnier

anyway Dahut may find Reirin at her usual haunt... the gardens.... once he is there he will find...




a body....


a body sprawled face-down in a clump of beautiful flowers. sakyous you]

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[YOU WOULD DO THIS TO ME AND TO DAHUT.

He's immediately rushing over as soon as he sees another (wo)man down!!!]

Oh, no—!! Another one?!

[No it's Reirin again.]

—Reirin?!

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[IT IS INDEED REIRIN AGAIN

she is at least dressed in a change of clothes that are not bloody or french... but she does not respond to Dahut's passionate call. she simply remains on the cold hard ground, face pillowed by all these buttercups....]

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[Reirin again? No problem...

HE RUSHES OVER AND DROPS DOWN TO HER SIDE and also tries to flip her over like a pancake so her face isn't in the GROUND ANYMORE even if it's soft buttercups.]

Reirin!! Can you hear me?!

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[PANCAKED FLIPPED!!!! Reirin finally cracks open one eye and then the other, squinting up at this lime green jelly bean. oh... recognition dawns on her face,]

Oh, Dahut...! Hello...

[JUST HELLO... she is super sweaty however, damb... burning hot.... the opposite of eunhyuk cold hands]

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[JUST WATCHES HER GET PANCAKE FLIP REVEALED AS BEING UNWELL. He gasps and grabs her lil paws...]

What's going on?! Did you get poisoned?! Is... it a cold?

[GENTLY smacks his hand against her forehead to test the temperature there, too.]

I may be a doctor, but we don't have any decent medical supplies here at all...!

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[HAND TO HEAD COMMUNICATION... her eyes go all wide and round]

You're a doctor, Dahut? Amazing...! What an incredible accomplishment.

[esp for this boy who is clearly around the same age as her for sure. jUST DOESN'T ANSWER THE OTHER QUESTIONS?]

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Please don't completely ignore all of my questions...

[REIRIN.]

I'm going to try to lift you up, okay?

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It is alright! I am perfectly fine!

[tries to lift herself up. she manages a sort of wriggle of her body before lying still again,]




Really!

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Mmhm... Well, anyway!

[TRIES TO LIFT HER.]

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[SHE IS LIFTED... wow dahut you are so strong... tries not to dramatically hide her face with her arm like a big baby,]

Dahut... You are very strong...

[SOUND LESS UPSET]

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[She's so dramatic and so funny I LOVEYOU REIRIN]

Aha... You'd be the first to say so! I think you're just pretty light?

[Even then he probably struggles a little because he is almost 5 feet tall even, but it's fine he will DO HIS BEST.]

Let's go find you somewhere to rest that isn't collapsed in the dirt, okay? Really, you seem unwell enough that I should take you back to the house...

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[STOP SHE IS SO GROWN UP AND ALSO BIG BABY... damb she really is just like Oz....

she can feel him struggle... her guilt grows... but she will patiently rest in his arms as he carts her around, lifting her head only to slightly shake it,]

...Can we stay in the garden? It is just that -- I do not want anyone to see me like this...

[a challenge she'll fail later but for now]

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[HELP NOT LIKE THIS. THE REALIZATION. He will nyoom with her though, and by nyoom i mean kind of slowly walk because he definitely can't run while carrying another person that's taller than he is. FROWNING AT HER AT THAT THOUGH.]

Staying outdoors when you look like you've caught a cold really isn't anything a doctor would recommend, you know... What if I cover you with my coat so no one can see? I'll make sure no one else comes into your room, either.

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[walks up to you as a fossilized skeleton with how crusty my tags are... hi aki

Reirin makes the sort of expression where she knows that Dahut is saying the most sensible thing, which means she must listen, as she is a sensible girl and not a stupid dumdum baby....]

I... I suppose you are -- right... [she said that so slowly... but she at least follows it up with a small smile,] Thank you, Dahut. I will wear your coat as carefully as I can...

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[GRIPS YOU sweet yaywon you'll always be an uncrustables to me]

You really don't want to agree with me, do you?

[HE CAN TELL BY THE EXTREMELY DELAYED AGREEMENT. She can be a stupid dumdum baby if she wants, he won't judge... But he does pause to shimmy out of his jacket while still holding her, which is quite a task, and then move to drape it over her carcass.]

Rearrange it however you'd like!

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[CRIES UNCRUSTY TEARS ON YOU!!!

dahut.... he is so acrobatic with how he is finagling this arrangement somehow. she takes his coat in both hands and tucks it over her like a corpse shroud,]

I am sorry... I have been self-reliant for so long that... [...] Well, I hadn't expected to fall ill in such a way. Normally, this body is very resilient...

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[WIPES YOUR BEAUTIFUL CRUSTY TEARS AWAY

He really is such a one-man circus act though, damn... After she's all settled, he'll start to head into the cat manor properly.]

There's no need to apologize! I understand. [Being self-reliant and then forced to rely on others is rough...] Did this start soon after you came back?

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[dahut... he is so kind... this reminds her of another French dahut... oh no she told herself that she would repress those memories!!! But they come busting through her mind like kool-aid man...

She thinks of Dahut throwing his pack at her, and the way she left him there... her emotional distress starts making her sweat bullets, making her look even more SICK]

It started right after I came back from the river.

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[HER MENTAL WALLS AREN'T STRONG ENOUGH TO KEEP THE FRENCH OUT... He's concerned?! WHY IS SHE SWEATING MORE!! STOP BEING SO SICK.]

Hm... I've heard about the river taking things from people, but not giving them things? [Little does his fool ass know.] Maybe you just happened to catch a cold... though that seems strange if your body is usually robust. Especially since we don't need to eat or sleep, so you'd think microbes and bacteria and viruses wouldn't affect us right now, either!

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[LITTLE DOES HE KNOW.... listens closely as she sweats nervously (real). she nods along, feeling even more guilty,]

I... It might be that it did -- take something from me. I have long enjoyed my good health. It is -- very precious to me. ...Perhaps that is why I have fallen ill.

[which sucks so bad... damb. she gets all her injuries healed and for WHAT]

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[GIRL......!!!!!!! He'll just listen to this with a small frown, though.]

...It isn't impossible, based on what I've heard other people talk about losing. Though it's the only scenario of its kind that I've heard of specifically. Ah - what floor is your room on, by the way?

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It is on the ground floor. I can try walking on my own from here. You must be quite spent, Dahut.

[JUST CARRYING HER WHOLE CORPSE BODY FROM THE GARDENS TO THE MANOR]

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[HE IS PRETTY TIRED IT'S TRUE also the idea of letting Reirin just wander around under his lab coat like a ghost is hilarious.]

It's fine! I'm not the one who's sick. If it's on the first floor, it's not that much farther, right?

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[SHE'LL SCARE SOMEONE SO BAD... (SPINS WHEEL) TSUKASA]

Dahut... [said gratefully and also with concern...] Perhaps you should roll me there instead?