[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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Audio | @Rdua

[blessedmaiden]

[Rydia still doesn't know how to text properly, the tablet thing is messy and hard to use for someone who spent most of her life between magical creatures or in a small village where technology wasn't really around]

I woke up feeling like behemoth poop but I've been exposed to the cold weather and my clothes weren't adeguate to deal with this climate... it may be a case that we're both sick. On the othen hand, we just saw that message about adjusting wandering anomalies's behaviour... let's hope it's just us.

[And now she finally notices your username. There's a long moment of silence then she just has to ask]

Wait... are you really a summmoner? [In her world they're a dying race and she's the last 'pure breed' one, imagine her surprise right now.]

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[ninjainviolet]

[ It does take some getting used to, Sheena can vouch for that. And she's been around some hi-tech machines before. ]

Yeah you're right. The jacket they give us really doesn't help too much with this place. That's why I've been adding to what I have. When you're feeling better, look for furniture that looks stuffed. The inside can be used to keep you warm.

[ "Mom mode" is always on with Sheena. There's a moment of silence on Sheena's end before the typing resumes. ]

Yeah. I saw that. I'm not so sure it's referring to just us, though. If we were the anomalies, why not do something when we first arrived?

[ Not a question she really expects her to have an answer to, but Sheena can answer hers. ]

Yes, I'm a summoner. Well... Back home I am. I can't do that here. [ And Sheena's the only one on her world, too. ] Why?

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[blessedmaiden]

[Oh, Rydia had been around hi-tech machines as well... she just always let others take care of it. Why would you bother to learn how to pilot a lunar whale when you have an half lunarian in your team who somehow knows what to do? Anyway, ]

I know, I just... didn't have much to stuff when I arrived, I found real trousers only yesterday. Thank you for the suggestion, thought. And- I don't know what to think. If we're anomalies it's natural that 'Admin' wants to get rid of us, somehow, but... why then giving us access to their... network [whatever that means] Why providing us supplies, why.. reanimating some of us? I tried to think about it, it's not like I'm leaving the house I'm in anyway, and I'm starting to wonder if... we're in the middle of a conflict beteen two forces, not just toys for a single entity.

[Two summoners, two ladies with strong mom feelings toward others? She would see a pattern here... but it doesn't matter too much because everything else is forgotten as soon as the other summoner speaks again.]

Oh. MY. SCALES! [She's trying her best to sound calm and controlled most of the time here. You know, a good supportive friend for everyone, but now... she just completely lost her composure and even thought her whole body aches she literally jumped on her feet] I... I thought I was the only one left! The only other summoner I've ever met was my mother!

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[ninjainviolet]

Those were my questions, too. I just hope someone smarter than me can figure it out.

[ She has her own theories, but she's keeping quiet about them right now.

Rydia can't see her, but Sheena's eyes grow extremely wide at both the exclamation and comment. ]

You're a summoner, too?

...

I've only met one other person who could do it, but he had abused the right of the pact. You're not from a place called Tethe'alla or Sylvarant, are you?

text, @totheark

[0thingsonmymind]

hurts, yes
no needle

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[ninjainviolet]

[ Oh, Martel. This person must be in worst shape than she is if they can only type that much. ]

I didn't think so. How bad are you hurting?

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[0thingsonmymind]

more than it should

*He doesn't really have the words to describe levels of pain, he just knows this is not normal.*

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[ninjainviolet]

Is there anyone there with you?

[ She certainly hopes so. ]

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[0thingsonmymind]

ican deal withit

*Well, that doesn't answer the question. But it should be better, right?*

[ninjainviolet]

[ You don't know Sheena very well. ]

But you shouldn't have to. Not alone if it's that bad.

[0thingsonmymind]

if ineed help ican find it.

*He knows just who to ask about it, but he'd not about to say it.*

audio @LELRIC

[armoured]

[His hands hurt too much to think about typing right now. The pain itself is an amazing thing, wonderful even to someone who has barely experienced such things in so long, but that it's there at all is unnerving.]

I don't think it can be anything to do with you being sick, because it's happening to me too and I haven't been sick at all.

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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.

Text; @hotstud_xxx

[rubikscomplex]

[ A sudden, small epidemic of pain? Color House curious. ]

how sore are we talking?
1 to 10 scale
1 being just a mild ache that you can ignore without any issue
10 being i can't concentrate for even a minute unless i'm high on morphine and even then that's iffy

[ninjainviolet]

I'm not sure what morphine is, but it's not as bad as that. Definitely not a 1, either.

[ Hell, she can actually ignore up to about 4, but this? ]

Probably about a 5...maybe 6.

[rubikscomplex]

is it localized or throughout your entire body?
intermittent shooting pains or just aching?
did you touch anything unusual yesterday?

[ Oh, look. He actually does have a doctor mode. ]

[ninjainviolet]

[ Whoa, Doc, let her read one before you send the next...]

It's throughout my entire body like I've been training, but I really haven't had to do that here.

It doesn't stop--not even when I lay down or try to work it out.

Not that I know of. We've been in this house a couple of days. So nothing really new to touch.

[ Not even her failed attempt at prying up floorboards would have caused this. ]

[rubikscomplex]

simple explanation is you might have gotten a shot in your sleep
others experiencing similar symptoms appearing at the same time when you're spread out around the map definitely points to the admin
what's the connection?
i'd say all of you being relatively new
but then there's elric

[There's a notable gap before the next message comes in.]

you found any pills or bottles of medicine since you arrived here?
might be something you can at least counteract with drugs

[ninjainviolet]

I don't think it was a shot. I wasn't paralyzed when I woke up, or felt that type of pain.

And I've been here just as long as Elric, so I'm not relatively new.

Is it possible the others talking about this have been here just as long?

[ Her answer to this questions comes immediately. ]

No. Besides, from what I've heard, some if those medicines are kind of weird to take. They taste like chalk...

[rubikscomplex]

[ Chalk? ]

some of them got here after i did
the ark kid

what do you mean taste like chalk?
what did the bottles they were taking say?