[network] @Summoner; Text; Day 050 Morning; Oh the Pain [open]

[ninjainviolet]

[ Some of you have seen the name "Summoner" before, but this is the first time she's actually posted anything on the Network first. She's learned how to use the Video and the Voice functions, but she's sticking with Texting for the moment.

For one, even though it hurts to do so, she needs to keep her fingers nimble, and two, she's always been one to try to hide when she's physically hurting.

That doesn't mean she's not going to be curious; it just means the words will appear slowly on the screen. ]

Did anyone else wake up feeling sore today without having done anything? Or feeling a needle? [ Since a needle's usually how things go around here. ] I was sick a couple of weeks ago, too. Would that have anything to do with it even after all this time?

[ Strange things happen around here, so why not? ]

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[ninjainviolet]

[ Out of respect for Al, Sheena switches to Audio. ]

Wait. You weren't sick? And you're hurting too? [ A pause. ] Any idea what's going on?

[armoured]

No, I don't understand what it could be from.

[He really hopes this isn't the start of a new epidemic, though.]

Could you tell me what exactly has been hurting?

[ninjainviolet]

Is "everything" a good answer?

[ She's not joking, either. ]

[armoured]

[It's not exactly something he would call a good answer, but it does tally with what he's been feeling.]

What kind of pain is it? Sharp? Or like an ache?

Sorry! I've been really sick lately.

[ninjainviolet]

Ummm... Kind of all over. Like I've been training too hard or too long or something.

But I haven't been doing that.

I mean, I got used to walking in this snow a long time ago.

Don't even worry about it. Hope you're feeling a bit better now <3

[armoured]

[On the one hand it's a relief that it's not just him, but on the other hand... it could be bad if this is happening to everyone.]

It's definitely not just you, that sounds exactly like what I've been feeling as well.

I am! Thank you!

[ninjainviolet]

[ Sheena feels the same way since being the only one could make a person think they're going crazy. ]

Any idea why? Or what's causing it? There wasn't any needle as far as I can tell.

[armoured]

I'm not sure, we should find out if there are any common denominators between us and anyone else that's feeling this too.

[If it's everyone then he's calling Snowhell shenanigans.]

[ninjainviolet]

Well, I'd say no needle is a good place to start.

[ She pauses. ]

Did you travel yesterday?

[ Get ready to call it... ]

[armoured]

Yeah, I travel pretty much every day.

[Sitting still is not the Elric style.]

[ninjainviolet]

Well... That's a difference between us. I didn't.

I just feel like I did.

[ It's usually not Sheena's, either, but without her ExSphere working, her stamina and endurance has been more than affected. ]

[armoured]

I guess travel isn't the common denominator, then, otherwise only one of us would be feeling bad this morning.

[It's probably the beacon, everything bad started happening after that damn beacon showed up.]

[ninjainviolet]

Doesn't sound like it. There was no needle. Could it be something in the air? Like some kind of cold or flu type thing?

[ That she can believe. ]

[armoured]

Maybe.

[He can't help sounding sceptical. It should be impossible for him to catch anything airborn, though impossible things had been happening with worrying frequency here.]

If that's the case then anyone we're travelling with should be feeling it too. I can ask around the others and find out.

[ninjainviolet]

[ Don't worry, Al. She actually shares your skepticism. It had been the only thing she could think of, however. ]

I know how weird it sounds, but you never know with this place. They may be trying new ways to make us... [ She trails off. ]

Hey... Have you seen anyone with a cold, or even the real flu or anything?