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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years later

[coherer]

(sniffs sadly.

her tolerance to his blood stench is comforting, which is exactly what a doctor's presence is meant to signify. still, beyond her being his doctor, she is also his friend, and the fact that she isn't judging him or accusing him of doing something to warrant this affliction is, very simply, nice.

his brow creases.)

I don't even—how should I know? I screwed up again somehow, like, I must've stepped in something or crossed someone or just... existed! They're apparently all subscribed to some Curses Monthly digest that I didn't get the fucking memo about, and I—

...

Sorry. My bad, I'm—that was a little hostile. I'm not mad or anything, (he sighs, knowing it's a lie as it comes out of his mouth.) It's way easier to fake being cool with this over text, let me tell you.

[craters]

Hey. It's all right.

（ she says that gently, though her look is somewhat stern. sometimes it's okay to be mad. sometimes you have to let yourself be mad. ）

Being taken away from your home, stuck in this weird world where everything is new and different, and then being cursed on top of that would piss anyone off. You don't have to apologize for being upset.

（ and, due reassurances given, she doesn't give him space to respond to that. instead, she immediately launches into Problem Solving mode because she is used to boys being dumb and constipated about their feelings so, you know, you're welcome for not making that awkward or anything jonas. ）

If curses are a feature of this world inn a general sense, we should consider our local resources. I can speak with the physicians in Hale that I've met, and Serene. Between that and the Academy, someone's bound to have heard about this before. We'll get this sorted out.

（ this is said with the sort of firm, unshakeable confidence of someone who is used to making things happen even if she has to knock heads together and fight god. ）