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[despitethenora]

[Forgive her for sounding exasperated, but she's answering with a brief:]

What do you need?

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text; un: brickfuckingmaster, backdated to early april

[giraffic]

please tell me you're not wandering around growing mushrooms?

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[despitethenora]

No?

Fever just about took me out of things for a few days.
But bites can get infected like that.

[It's Aloy, of course she both shorted her recovery time and downplays the time she did take.]

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[giraffic]

okay good

i'm really fucking sorry dude. i owe you an explanation.

[ Silco and Vi already knew about her world, and the threat that came with. but Aloy, fuck, she'd just tried to eat her face in the woods. ]

[despitethenora]

Well
I’ll take an explanation over another bite.

[Owing things reminds her - she needs to get that note back to Ellie. But first things first.]

[giraffic]

do you know what a zombie is?

[despitethenora]

Not familiar with it. Maybe something from the old world?

[giraffic]

it's from old movies and stuff, makes it easier to explain.

basically in my world, there's this fungus called cordyceps that can changed and became able to control people's brains. it makes you attack other people so it can spread.

i'm immune, but it's still...like, in me. i guess whatever made me immune got fucked with.

[despitethenora]

[Here Aloy goes, not making things easier for people once again, huh.]

Didn't know there's fungus that could do that.

So

That could happen again?

[giraffic]

i guess it used to not be able to and that's why it fucked the whole world up when it suddenly could

there's a chance

text; un: beta

[nobetawedielike]

Aloy, do you want to go see the farm with me?

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[despitethenora]

That’d be nice.
Looking for anything in particular while we’re there?

[nobetawedielike]

I wanted to take you to see horses for the first time.

[despitethenora]

Oh, you wanted to make sure you didn't miss me seeing them?

[nobetawedielike]

Exactly. We'll get to experience it for the first time together!

[despitethenora]

Meet there? Or did you want me to walk you?

[nobetawedielike]

Let's walk together.

[despitethenora]

Got it. I’m on my way over.

text; un: brickfuckingmaster

[giraffic]

you're a hunter

so you know about taking care of wounds, right?

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[despitethenora]

[NOPE, she's calling right back. Don't mind the wind, she's just out doing. Things. There's some concern.]

What happened? I'm not a healer, but I might be able to put you together long enough to get to one.

[giraffic]

[ everyone in this place is so damn worried, what happened to people telling her what she needs to know and then not giving a damn-- ]

Nothing's happened [ a totally not sus pause ] yet. I just - Say you got in a fight and got burned bad enough it scarred, and you were stuck out in the woods. How bad is that gonna be?

[despitethenora]

It's bad.

[Direct, no sugar coating there.]

You need to work to keep it from getting infected. Gets tricky doing it yourself.

[giraffic]

How painful?

[despitethenora]

Depends. Could just be irritating. It's actually a pretty bad sign if you don't feel anything.

What exactly are you fighting out there?

[giraffic]

Eh, the usual. Nothing to worry about.

[ she says it just a little too fast.

irritating. she can handle irritating. ]

[despitethenora]

The usual. I was getting the impression you were used to fighting fungus.