tapestodiane | 029 - audio/action

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029 - audio/action

Diane ... fever still high.

[Oh hi there Coop - been pretty quiet on the network lately, haven't you? And go figure that this time, it's a mistake to adress it anyway. But he's feverish enough not to question the fact that he's speaking into his Gear, not his usual audio recorder. He sounds tired and weak and somewhat scratchy, and like he has minor trouble articulating the words.]

Persistant pain and soreness in my back and ... [Lengthy, troubled pause.] ... I have to say, Diane, whatever these things are, they're causing me a lot of trouble.

Skin still turning rusty, although thankfully not in a literal sense. The patterns are similar to Lichtenberg figures, but I can't ...

[Trails off. Sighs.]

I find it difficult to think like this, much less speculate. Buddha once said that the mind can't be strong and clear if the body isn't kept in good health, but this is an illness I don't know how to fight.

I believe perhaps some air would do me good.

[ACTION for Ecruteak; He's out in the rain. For once, he's dressed very casually - t-shirt and jeans, actually - but that's not the most eye-catching thing right now. Like many others, he's got Symptoms. And his are of the Level 5 Fire variety. Skin is a mottled brown-red hue down his back and shoulders and upper arms, that are also lined with darker, feathery lines. Entei's influence is clear in the broken mask on his face and spikes down his back. He's not particularly happy ... but at least he's not the only one looking abnormal.]

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[It's a long while before Hiccup replies to the post, having been trying to nap through his own symptoms with limited success. He wouldn't dare go out in the rain, though, with the way picking up a water bottle causes the contents to turn to ice within seconds, and he isn't much feeling up to leaving his own hotel room to visit the agent's, either.

So an audio message it is, complete with chattering teeth!]

...Hey C-C-Cooper? Who's Diane?

She's, ah. She works for me back home.

_{[That brief hesitation isn't because of the whole YEP I talk to a secretary far far away, it's because he backed out of calling her his secretary to begin with, figuring Hiccup might not know the word.]

[Coop himself feels better at this point, but he frowns as he listens to those chattering teeth.]}

Oh.

[That was wise, Coop, because for as long as Hiccup has been in Johto, he's still relatively sheltered.]

I g-guess-s it's nice t-to talked to them every-y-y once in a-a while. People from h-home.

[Even if they couldn't hear it.]

And old habits, as the saying goes, they die hard.

_{[Words just a tad thick in his mouth as he's getting used to his new teeth, he makes an assumption. Feels concerned.]}

You're cold.

...Y-yeah.

[There's really no sense in denying it, what with his obvious shivering and the clicking of his teeth that it caused.]

B-but I'm under-r-r a lot-t of bl-l-lankets.

... they don't seem to be helping matters.

_{[No duh, Coop.]

[He's silent for a moment, then just asks.]}

How sick are you?

[Hiccup makes a noncommittal noise--he's still feeling colder than he ever was on Berk, but he hadn't frozen over his 'gear and the snow-shooting sneezes had stopped for now. Things were a little better.

He goes to reply, but Hiccup's never been a particularly good judge of himself, and with seeing all the other feeds on the network... He supposes it's easier to just flip to video. Congratulations, Coop. Possibly barring Thief Mom, you're the first to get a good look at Hiccup's new look.]

S-s-sick enough. How a-about y-you?

_{[It's an honour! Except, you know, for the part where this is actually really unsettling. Coop accepts the video transmission on his end as well, thinking little of it (or not at all), his own changes clear. He's frowning at Hiccup - sort of worried, shown further in the way he's touching his own face.]}

-- sick enough.

You look freezing.

_{[Not just referring to the cold, of course, but the ... iciness. Jesus, Hiccup. :c what's happening?]}

Y-you look-- [Uh, how to words...] --n-n-not freezing-g.

[He would be jealous of how warm you look, Coop, had you clearly not been miserable yourself. At least he's used to cold, even if Berk didn't reach the low temperatures that now hung around him.]

I just h-hope this all e-ends-s s-soon.

_{[Likewise, man. He'd love a little chill right now, but ... not like that.]}

Yeah, me too.

_{[It's with a sigh and a small rub at one of his eyes. An admission follows, that he might not have said so easily if he'd been feeling better.]}

I'm worried.

[In a strange way, that relaxes Hiccup. Sure, it's probably not good when a man like Cooper is worried, but all the same it proves that Hiccup's not just wasting his time with his fretting. He's being reasonable.]

I th-think we all are.

...D-did you end up g-going outside? It's-s r-raining, r-right?

_{[More than reasonable, in fact, as far as Cooper is concerned. He nods his yes to the question though, and flicks his gear around momentarily to show the rain not far from where he's sitting. On some kind of steps, it looks like, protected from the raindrops right now.]}

No sign of letting up, I think.

It helped. For a while. .. though I'm not sure how well it would for you.

Hmn.

[Yeah, he doesn't really feel like getting bonked on the head by hail...]

I'm glad y-you're f-f-feeling better, though. Are you coming b-back s-soon-n?

_{[Nope, understandable. Hail is kind of unpleasant.]

[Another pause - man, he feels sluggish right now - as he looks out into the rain and seems to consider it. It started ... not quite hurting, a while ago, but it was uncomfortable suddenly. The previous reprieve fading.]}

Yeah, I ... think I will.

Do you want the company?

[He did. But vikings weren't supposed to admit to that, and who even knew if Cooper wanted company in the first place. Least of all Hiccup as company...]

Are you f-feeling up to it? You s-seem like you could-d-d use s-some rest.

_{[Have a tired chuckle in response, Hiccup.]}

So could you. But I don't think we'll find it so easily, do you?

[Hiccup lets out a breezy sigh at that truth, which has the unintended effect of frosting up both the 'gear's screen and its camera. He carefully wipes at it with the corner of the blanket while he replies.]

N-n-not really. [Pause.] I w-wouldn't mind-d some company. If you wanted.

_{[He just nods his sure. Back home, he might not have offered - but he's learned after more than one and a half year in Johto that not all teenagers are the kind he usually deals with, and that they can in fact make for excellent friendships. Besides, him and Hiccup are very much in the same boat right now.]

[The feed ends - it's a few minutes later that there's a knock on Hiccup's door.]}

[He answers the door in a cocoon of blankets before stepping back, not only as a means to invite Coop in, but because wow, he can feel the heat hit him like a wave even through his hypothermia. Or perhaps because of it.]

Hey.

[Hiccup's room has dissolved into something similar to his own situation--it's chilly, with frost creeping along the walls. No piles of snow just yet, but come tomorrow there will be many blizzards. Having Cooper around will probably be good for it.]

_{[And you know what - being in it will probably be good for Cooper, who actually lets out a sigh of relief upon stepping into the room. The chill air that makes his own hot breath come out as steam hits him immediately and he remains standing in the doorway for a moment to just absorb it.]

[But he closes the door behind him after that second and enters the room, looking curiously at the details now when he spots them. The frost, especially. Hiccup himself, particularly. He looks like he suffers, and seeing his mutations up close, it's even more clear why.]}

-- Hi yourself.

Did this..?

_{[He's not even sure what he's asking, but his telling look around the room might make it clear anyway.]}

[Coop isn't the only one taking in the details. Hiccup's doing his own silent inspection of the man's severe mutations while basking in the radiating heat. Already he can feel his temperature rising, and soon enough he'll be shedding a few of those blankets he's wrapped in.

The question brings him back, though, and makes him inspect his room. He doesn't know what Cooper's trying to ask, but...]

It s-s-started last n-night... F-from the cold.

From your cold?

_{[As in - was it the boy's cold affecting the room, or the room affecting him? Coop guesses with certainty on the former, but he's never been one to assume.]

[He turns slowly in place, watches the room and the things in it, but his focus is on Hiccup much much more than anything else.]}

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[action] i kept forgetting i was only halfway done with this tag, ahaha...

[action] get some sleep xD <3

[action] AND THEN I SLEPT FOR THREE DAYS THE END, i wish...

[action] WELL I hope you're better now?