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[verylittlesugar]

[ Mattie doesn't stalk the comms like a lot of people do -- it's just not something she's used to doing, news doesn't come in lightning-quick transmissions back home, and navigating the system and the terminology is still an effort. But she knows enough to be aware that there's an illness making the rounds. An illness she's starting to think she might have succumbed to.

Still, from the sounds of it, she ought to be able to tough it out. Dizziness and fever? She's dealt with both before. She knows your lips turn blue when you're too cold, so she's careful to stay bundled up. But it's becoming more challenging than she likes to admit, venturing out to get meals or do the work she signed up for in the garden. Eventually, she breaks down and reluctantly decides to ask for help. ]

If anyone is coming near the gardens, would you be willing to do me a service, and bring me something from the kitchens?

Perhaps an extra blanket as well, if there is one to spare.


[ooc: Mattie is camped out in the garden, so if your character hangs out there at all, running across her is a definite possibility. Erik will be coming to take her to medbay, but the post is open for network/action tags both before that happens and after she's been admitted. ]

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[swagneto]

[ Erik on his own is fairly ill, but he'll make the exception just for her, Eyes pale and blue, it's clear Erik is considering a lot of effort just to speak to her in the first place. ]

I think the kitchen is pointless, Mattie. You're better off in the medbay.

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[verylittlesugar]

[ Erik's appearance makes Mattie's eyes widen, and she sits up as straight as she can, doing her best to look hale and unworried. ]

Is that where you are? You do not look well at all.

[ She's obviously doing better than he is, although her lips are tinged with blue and her face is clearly flushed from fever. ]

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[swagneto]

No I'm not there, but I will be shortly.

[ Which is a lie, because Erik has no intention whatsoever to return to the medbay any time soon, but his own spirits are for once, deliberately kept up for her. He's ill, and noticeably so, and any attempt at trying to conceal that will hardly get them anywhere. ]

If you'll come with me, of course.

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[verylittlesugar]

[ She's hesitant -- she truly does not see why she would be any better off under the care of a doctor than where she is now, except for the need to have someone bring her food. Which should be reason enough, except for that innate stubbornness. ]

I...do not think I need a doctor, but I will go with you to see one for yourself.

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[swagneto]

You sound just like me.

[ And that much gets a laugh out of Erik, sick as he may be. ]

I had to be dragged there myself when I first woke up. [ At best, that gets a bit of fondness out of Erik, recalling the moments when Charles had to constantly cajole him into leaving their shared room for the medbay, and the persistent fights he put up.

So it's not unusual to see someone else fall sick, much like Mattie is, and certainly not unusual to see her respond identically. ]

Is there a reason you don't like them?

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[killarevolution]

[Well, there's another person getting sick. Of course there is.]

Caught what's going around, did you?

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[verylittlesugar]

[ It feels strange and yet somehow reassuring that Haymitch would be one to check in on her. Though perhaps his intention is just to revel in her distress. She will not give him the satisfaction, just in case. ]

I am not convinced that is the case. It may simply be dyspepsia.

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[killarevolution]

Oh, of course. You and the entire ship, both. [He won't admit he's concerned for her well-being either, so, well, it works out.]

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[verylittlesugar]

If everyone is ill then who is doing the doctoring? [ It's half stubborn refusal, half genuine concern. Someone has to be looking after the people who are really sick, and if not...well that she supposes it wouldn't kill her to get up and see if there is any yarrow growing in the garden. ]

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[lethalforce]

[have one masked vigilante checking in on you mattie]

Camping out, are ya?

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[verylittlesugar]

[ Oh. Well that is not something one sees every day. ]

I often camp in the outdoors, back home. I find it soothing.

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[lethalforce]

[don't worry Mattie, he took the helmet off just for you.]

Camping was never my thing. Too much waking up cold and bears to worry about. You got someone bringing you a blanket?

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[verylittlesugar]

[ Oh good, that is less worrisome. ]

It is not as cold here as in the Territory, and there are no bears. Jack has brought me blankets, thank you.

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[northerner]

Are you well, Mattie?

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[verylittlesugar]

I do not think so. I am not very ill, but the trip to the kitchen is tiring.

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[northerner]

You should go to the measters. They would treat you, and surely there is food there?

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[verylittlesugar]

What is a measter? I have never heard that before. And I do not want to go anywhere, I will be well enough, I am strong and have had illnesses before.

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[allucinator]

[Jack doesn't bother talking to her once he's seen Erik is convincing Mattie to go to medbay. Instead he heads over there himself, looking pale and sick, holding two blankets.]

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[verylittlesugar]

[ It's pretty clear, seeing her in person, that Mattie is being less than truthful about how sick she is, but she is not too sick to smile at Jack when he approaches. She moves over a little on the blanket she has laid out on the ground, to make room for him to sit. ]

I fear it is an epidemic.

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[allucinator]

[He sits on the blanket next to her and sets the blankets down. Immediately one hand goes to her forehead, feeling how hot she is.]

Yeah. Let's just hope there's a cure, huh? Jesus, darlin', how long you been sick for?

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[verylittlesugar]

[ She's bundled in her father's coat, and the temperature in the gardens is regulated, so she shouldn't be cold, but she pulls one of the blankets up over her lap anyway. Despite that, Jack's hand feels cool on her skin. ]

There seems to be a lot of doctors here, I am sure they will know what to do. [ She presses her lips together, reluctant to admit it's serious. ] Only a couple of days. When the fever breaks I will be fine.

backdated ACTION after her admission to the medbay!

[wolfdreamer]

[Bran had heard Mattie Ross' request over his device, but answering had seemed such a heavy thing, and Alayne was asleep--a shallow sleep, one he did not want to disturb. When he'd reached for the device to answer, it was much farther from his hand than he'd thought, and Bran had realized that perhaps he was asleep as well.

But that had not stopped him from regret. Mattie Ross was a friend, a friend that needed help--even if it was only a help that would tell her to come to the medbay. So there is some relief when--later--Bran sees her among the rest crowded in the ward.

He is feverish by then, and his arms feel slow and weak, but when Alayne sleeps, Bran goes to Mattie's bedside.]

Mattie-- [He says her name first, in case she is lost in thought or in the same poor half-sleep that he slips into.] I am glad to see you.

backdated ACTION after her admission to the medbay!

[verylittlesugar]

[ Part of Mattie still resists being in the medbay, perhaps blaming the location for her deteriorating condition. She knows she is not as ill as many of the people here, and more than once she has attempted to slip away, only to be ordered back to bed.

She's dozing fitfully, her sleep disturbed by a fever that never seems to break, when Bran speaks her name. Her eyes open and she stares at him, frowning for a moment, until her consciousness catches up. ]

I am not glad to see you, Bran, if you are here because of the illness. But it is nice to see a face I know.

[wolfdreamer]

[He smiles slightly when she corrects him, and nods, looking down at his knees.]

Yes--that's what I meant, too. Except I'm also glad to see you here--I heard you ask for help over the network, and I thought you might be ill. [Summer pads up just then, stopping to give the foot of Mattie's bed a cursory sniff.] But Alayne was very ill, so I was sitting with her.

Are you feeling any better? [It's somewhat of a silly question--she isn't, he sees the illness in her face--and he pushes himself a little closer still to her bedside.]

[verylittlesugar]

[ She manages a small smile for Bran, and for Summer, and although she hates to admit the truth of his words, she has to acknowledge that she is ill indeed. And in need of more care than she can manage on her own, even with Jack's assistance. ]

I think I am feeling worse and worse, but that is usually the way with sickness. It is always the most unbearable just before you begin to get well again.

[ Mattie slips her hand out from under the blanket, hoping to encourage him to come as close as he likes, and stay as long as he may. ] How is Alayne? Is your brother ill as well?