[Video/Action?]

[mistlegacy]

[She was going to make this a voice-only message, but her muddled mind doesn't bother to doublecheck. So, anyone can see her in her fully glory.

Rydia, to put it mildly, doesn't look well. Her cheeks are brightly flushed, her gaze somewhat unfocused, and dizziness has taken hold as well, evidenced by her heavy reliance on that wall as she wobbles over toward somewhere in her house. Hopefully her bed, though given her stubbornness, that's no guarantee.

When she speaks up, her voice is rather lacking its usual firm tone, fading in and out just like her coherence.]

Porom...I don't think can help. I'm sorry. I'd send someone, but...most of the town is affected--

[Sway. She manages to brace herself against the wall. That's better.

....

....

...what was she doing again? Oh, right. Messages.]

Golbez, you're [still irritating--no, wait, that wasn't the message]...I talked to Leviathan. There's something you'll want to know....

[...but it will have to wait. Rydia has become one with the wall...and then the floor. She slumps against it, nearly giving in to the urge to rest right there, but one thing stands out sharply enough for her to say it before she forgets.]

Cuore...please, someone watch her?

[She fumbles to turn the device off, only she ends up just dropping it to the ground instead. It shows it at an angle as she closes her eyes, shivering as her fever rises.]

Comments

[Video]

[dualcast]

Rydia?! ...nearly everyone in Mist? Does the village even have a clinic?

[Freaking out. Just a little.]

[Video]

[mistlegacy]

[Mumbling.]

Not an official one. We never really needed it before. There are herbalists among us, but....

[Video]

[dualcast]

I can't make it there myself but- I'll send one of my students out, if none of the healers are close enough.

[Video]

[axenicely]

...you don't look so good. Get yourself to bed, okay?

[Video]

[mistlegacy]

[She doesn't open her eyes, mumbling a response.]

I'm getting there, don't worry.

[Eventually.]

[Video]

[axenicely]

Make sure you do. There anyone at all over there in a state to help you?

[Action]

[anomalous]

[So she tried. She really did. But she has no idea how you're actually supposed to make tea hot. An hour or so after the message goes out, Cuore wanders in to Rydia's bedroom carrying a tray. On the tray is:

- One scorch-marked cup, containing lukewarm water and several burned tea leaves.
- One bowl of what Cuore seems to consider soup, cold water with small lumps of cheese, vegetables and leftover cake in it (and a marble, to make it taste like fun).
- Two slices of scorched bread, spread unevenly with butter and borken in places where the butter knife didn't cooperate.
- A glass of water with flowers picked from outside in it. (Possibly the one thing she's done right.)

There's the sharp taste of magic on the 'tea' and the toast.]

[Action]

[mistlegacy]

[Rydia, cocooned in the covers, stirs and opens her eyes a touch.]

...Cuore? What d'you have there?

[Oh yes, she picks up on the magic. Someday, she'll teach Cuore how to make tea and toast without it. But not today. Even lifting her head a little brings a new bout of dizziness.]

[Action]

[anomalous]

I made lunch for you.

[palomthepoofy]

You got the disease as well? First Kain, now this!

[Video]

[mistlegacy]

[Mumbling. She doesn't open her eyes.]

Not just me. It's all over....

[Video]

[palomthepoofy]

...It's gotten this bad? This is not good.

[Voice]

[transcendthestars]

[Yep, still irritating. In fact, he's purposefully not using video for his response. He is responding, at least, because she did contact him about something important. After their last conversation, he is inclined to keep their conversation as brief as possible, but she looks too sick to lecture.]

What did you learn?

[Voice]

[mistlegacy]

[Give her a minute, because her mind is far from at its best right now.]

Bahamut wasn't there. Leviathan tried to....

[And here's where it trails off into mumbling too soft to be heard over the linkshell.]

[Voice]

[transcendthestars]

What did Leviathan try?

[He's supposed to be angry at you. Stop making him feel sorry for you, Rydia.]

[Video]

[rosesandhorns]

Oh! Rydia, do you need help?

[Video]

[mistlegacy]

[It takes a moment for that voice to register.]

...Hilda?

[Video]

[rosesandhorns]

Yes, it is me. You are sick?

video

[lastoftheredwings]

Rydia?!

[Panic is starting up. First Kain, now... everyone?]

video

[mistlegacy]

[Her eyes flicker open, but they aren't focusing.]


Mm...?

Ceo...?

video

[lastoftheredwings]

What's wrong?!

[It's really not like you to become one with the floor like that. Even the less-than-observant one can tell something is off.]

[Video]

[inheritedearth]

Rydia! Not you, too! Do you need help? Is there anyone there who can look after you?

[Video]

[mistlegacy]

[A slight moan is the only initial response. Give her a minute, Aerith.]

...Cuore. She's here, but...she's so little....

[Action]

[imtheleadingman]

[Sometime after the initial message, and since he happens to be in town, have a sky pirate, Rydia. Balthier pokes his head into the room with one arm laden with extra blankets, and the other carefully carrying a covered bowl. Unfortunately, he doesn't look so well himself -- pale, and a bit unsteady, though he's managing to remain upright for the most part, so far.]

I've brought spare blankets, and soup. With the way the rest of the town is going, people are clamoring for these things as if they were gold.

[Action]

[mistlegacy]

[Rydia's eyes flicker open, though they don't want to focus. She's teetering on one side of the bed, as though she had attempted to leave it but passed out before the plan could be completed.]

You....

[Her brow furrows.]

You're affected, too? Cuore...?

[Cue another feeble attempt to leave the bed...which results in her rolling of the edge. Thud.]