Creation 3

[dodo_master]

[Thanks to his flaw when casting magic, Cynric has always been bursting with energy and has never been sick a day in his 1,100 years. But now that it's gone, all sorts of germs have decided he's a fresh new playground! He wakes up with just your run-of-the-mill cold, but, well, this is Cynric. He has no idea what is happening.

Here comes a panicked call to one and all!]

People! Someone! I need help!! [Coughcoughcough.] Oh goodness. Oh goodness. Citizens of Mayfield, my time is short. I do believe I'm dying. If... if someone makes it out of here, tell Luther and Aler--[Sneeze!] Oh my LORD! This is disgusting! Can anything be done about this?! What did I do when the kids were sick.... no! I have no magic now! Does anyone have medicine? Please, before it's too late! [Coughcough]

Comments

[dodo-master.livejournal.com]

But how did this happen?! I never-- [coughcough]

I can't just waste my day laying around, can I?

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

That's what sick days are for. It'll take you a while until you feel better -- Don't they have colds where you come from? You get them from being around other sick people or by being out in the cold for too long or just if you're unlucky.

[dodo-master.livejournal.com]

Well I suppose they do, but I never had one! In all my years! [Coughcough] I guess I am just unlucky then. How long do these even last?

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

I'd say you're really lucky if this is your first time! It takes a few days, depending on how healthy you were before.

[dodo-master.livejournal.com]

I've always been healthy! Never sick a day in my life. How do people put up with this?

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

They usually do it by staying in bed and sleeping a lot. Try to drink a lot of water.

[dodo-master.livejournal.com]

That sounds dreadful. But will it really work? I won't die?

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

Sometimes people die of colds, but only if they're really young or really old or really weak. You'll probably be fine.

[dodo-master.livejournal.com]

I hope so. But I could see why it might be fatal. You feel so terrible during it!

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

There're actually a lot of sicknesses that are a lot worse than colds . . .

[dodo-master.livejournal.com]

....goodness, you're right!? What if I catch one of those?!

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

Then you buy some medicine or go to the hospital. I can come make you feel better, too, if you'd like, but I can't get rid of a sickness entirely.

[dodo-master.livejournal.com]

You know magic? I do too! [Coughcough] I would have taken care of this myself but my spellcasting's been taken away.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

Well . . . It's PSI, but everyone else seems to think it's magic. You get it back after a while.

[dodo-master.livejournal.com]

Yes... I think someone told me that at some point. I hope it doesn't take long!

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

Be careful, though. It's usually after something strange happens that you get something back.

[dodo-master.livejournal.com]

Most of this is pretty strange to me! Not in a bad way though. The future's been pretty impressive so far! Well, besides this whole cold thing...

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

Are you from a long way in America's past? I'm from a different world entirely, myself.

[dodo-master.livejournal.com]

Yes! [cough] I was living in the US before I came here, from 1901. And apparently this place is about 50 years in America's future from them, yes? I heard about people coming from different worlds. That's amazing!

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

Most people have been saying it's about 50 years in their past. But that's right. It's the 1950s . . .

I thought so, too, at first, but now that I think about it . . . They're all really pretty similar.