un: jonas. cw: blood chatter.

[coherer]

ik this is going to sound like an episode of 60 Minutes that never got aired, but I have smelled worryingly like blood for the past week or so.

Please pre-emptively cool it on the wild guesses, though. God forbid any of this winds up vaguely sexual like Keith's thing (F, buddy). No, I haven't even been injured lately. No, it's not my time of the month. No, I'm not actually a murderer. I woke up one day, sniffed foul air, and have been increasingly ill since.

Does anyone have any idea what I can even do about this? bc I feel like I've tried literally everything but bathing in bleach.

Oh, actually, for ppl who don't want to interact with my TMI, what are your favourite movies? I work at the theatre in Mirth now and I'll get a 2% raise if I bring in more traffic, so I kinda have a vested interest in knowing what kinds of things you'd wanna see screened. Set can't pay for everything yk lol.

Thanks.

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you could tag this after i dropped the game and i'd be like "aw🥺"

[coherer]

Leeches. Like the lake ones that suck onto your skin with their sharp little fangs and drink your blood?

ig I really haven't tried everything. Do they hurt?🤨🤨

(fuckin horrified)

🥹 !!!

[theorems]

Not ones from any lake. Surgical-grade for sanitation reasons. They are effective at loosening blood clots. For still blood, it would cause it to flow more freely.

They release an anesthetic once latched on. Even being removed, if done correctly, is relatively painless.

p.s. Not a doctor. But I have had experience with them before.

[coherer]

"p.s. Not a doctor" should automatically pop up when ppl give medical advice.

I believe you though actually, which is weird bc if someone said spiders did the same thing I'd be like "nty, you can screw off"

Your name's Viktor right? I'm Jonas, I messaged you on Soulidarity that one time and made an ass out of myself. Do you have any idea where to find surgical-grade leeches or is this like a chill suggestion in case I find some in the future?

[theorems]

No one should be taking medical advice with absolute certainty over this device.

You were fine, Jonas. Very educational. LOL.

[cringe, viktor. ...he's trying.]

A "chill suggestion." I have heard of a Restless opening a clinic, but to have leaches this quickly would be unlikely. Still worth a shot to ask. Better than risking the bacteria infection of wild ones.

i'm so sorry school is eating me aLIVE

[coherer]

Oh, well tyvm😳😳 always good to hear some praise. Also 100% grade on the text speak.

(jonas, with only mild cringing, smiles. it's quick to fade, however, with the thought that he should be trying harder to bridge the gap between their worlds. the onus shouldn't always be on others.

noodles some ideas over while they text...)

I work at the clinic. Sort of. I'm like Sakura's hunchback assistant/student. I'll see if she's got any kicking around and lyk since I'm like 99% sure we'd need them again.

How are medical-grade ones even made or like born or whatever? Like do they take wild ones and wash them somehow

(god he's so stupid)

big mood, I'm the same re: work

[theorems]

[He works at the clinic? That's good to know.]

I have not yet spoken to her. Do you know what her experience is in the medical field?

[Maybe he should take a visit there himself for this cough he's had... But he won't bother Jonas with that information.]

I don't know the technical aspects of it. But if there are any other clinics around that use them, she could purchase some from there, and raise more on her own, I imagine. Or perhaps, you would be doing that, as her assistant.

holds your hands in solidarity

[coherer]

Oh, idk actually. Good question.

(this is a lie. sakura's private, something jonas discovered about her early. he doesn't go into detail, but he does add:)

She's practically invented the whole medical field in her world though, apparently. She's ridiculously smart, so definitely bend her ear if you get a chance to. I try my best but I think I just end up smiling and nodding for the most part lol

I would totally raise a bunch of leeches though, that sounds like smth helpful I could do hahahaha

(truly a teenager who'd probably wind up sticking some on his face before panicking that they won't come off)

Maybe that's what I'll get her for her bday if I ever find out when that is.

Are you a doctor?? How do yk so much about this stuff?

[theorems]

Invented the whole medical field, hm?

[He's pretty sure Jonas is over-exaggerating, as he tends to do, but it does sound intriguing.

Wait, as a birthday gift?? Jonas.]

As helpful as leeches can be, I would recommend against them as a birthday gift.

[He doesn't really know what people want for birthday gifts for the most part, let alone what a woman he's never met specifically might want, but he feels like it's a safe bet to not give someone something like that.]

Personal research into medicine. I am no stranger to hospital visits.

[coherer]

Okay, big no on the leeches then. It'd be the thought that counted but that'd probably be gross totally out of nowhere. Good call lol

I never liked hospitals tbh. I spent a lot of time in and out of them. Not for me, though, just for others. Family. We didn't have good healthcare back where I used to live, so.

idk, it's crappy you had to go at all. Have things gotten better here or??

[theorems]

If you want to gift medical supplies, maybe something you run out of quickly?

I understand. Healthcare is a privilege freely given to those who need it least, and a hardship on those who need it most.

Sure.

[Read: no.]

exams = finally over smh, i hope work is going well for you pal

[coherer]

Oooooh like bandaids.

(expends his 1 IQ point on writing down "bandaids."

jonas, unfortunately, reads into the "sure," which makes his next congratulatory text Awkward.)

That's really good to hear though, man. That's one good thing this place did right tbh. If it's helped even one person then ig it's not 100% shit. Just like 99% or smth.