@kuruko

[telepathy]

how many of you have soulmates?

did it stop you from getting sick?

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( text | un: dream )

[dreamlords]

Do you mean the flowers? That sick?

[ he doesn't want to recall that like...ever. ]

I don't believe in soulmates and no, that did not stop me from getting sick.

[telepathy]

your confusing
do you have a soulmate or not

[dreamlords]

I answered your question.

I don't have a soulmate. But I don't believe in the concept either way. Do you?

( un: mellifa | text )

[somatosensory]

I don't see how the two things could be connected.

( pain, it turns out, isn't nearly as bad as the itching. itchy lungs, a tickle that spreads into a burn and culminates in wet, phlegmy coughs. itchy skin, slowly healing, from the prison's brand.

if finding a soulmate could alleviate some of this discomfort, he might reconsider the merits of letting strangers crawling around his skull. maybe. )

[telepathy]

they said it would help
having a soulmate
i want to know if it helps this

[somatosensory]

They'd say anything to get you to do what they want.

🔒 private text ↪️ un: retort

[nagano]

I have a soulmate. We both avoided it, but I don't have enough information to corroborate between those two facts.

Have you been to Mirth to get the oil for relief?

(cw: kidnapping, emeto, anxiety mentions in narration)

[telepathy]

i dont want to go there

[ last time she did, she had a panic attack, threw up her guts, and got trapped in a basement for several days until she ?? somehow ?? wound up free and wandering the shadowlands with no sense of the weeks prior. ]

who is your soulmate

[nagano]

Then I'll go for you right now.

[ Tone can't be expressed through text, but he's not leaving her any room to argue.

...If he finds out what she went through, though, he might just consider going there with his spear.

Wait, that's violent. ]

Hibiki. She's the bubbly blonde girl. Very kind. Talks as much as I do.

@songbird

[windsongs]

I don't think those two are related
but I have a soulmate and haven't gotten sick
I don't normally buy into coincidences but I kinda think that's the case here

are you ok? how do you feel?

[ A pause. ]

you don't have to tell me if you aren't comfortable obviously

[telepathy]

they said soulmates would help us
so far people who have them arent sick

[ what's coincidental about that? ]

[windsongs]

well if it's anything like hanahaki...

we have something where I'm from. a story not something that actually happens
where having an unrequited love can have the same effect
so if it's like that, it's less that having a soulmate will fix things but having your feelings returned maybe?

do you want a soulmate? even after you start to feel better?

@anonymous

[rumination]

My soulmate was sick before we bonded. He has not gotten better.

[telepathy]

how long has it been

[rumination]

Three weeks. He seems to get worse daily.

un: shiro

[constellational]

I do, but uhm
No, unfortunately
Can't tell whether I'd have it worse if I didn't have one though

[telepathy]

i thought they said it was supposed to help us to have one

text | un: talis

[deushexmachina]

He anchored me from the worst of it I think. Hard to prove the negative, I guess.

[telepathy]

have you coughed up blood

@baji

[koutsuanzen]

i got one. didn't know what i was getting into.

didn't get so sick tho.

u sick then?

[telepathy]

yes
i hate it
what do you mean what you were getting into

text; un: fushiguro

[shadowier]

What kind of sick?

There seems to be something going around, so it might be more like the flu or something...
I don't have a soulmate, but I do have a cough. Not to...be gross or anything.

[telepathy]

why is that gross

text | un: constantine

[exilire]

Do you believe that this illness that's befallen most of us has to do with whether or not we have these 'soulmates'?

[telepathy]

no
maybe
but they said soulmates would help us here
sounds like it hasnt helped with this though