mk.05 (text)

[paraclete]

Who: Kaworu Nagisa, anyone else!
Broadcast: fleetwide
Action: his bunk, the Vanquish
When: this afternoon

Need advice for when one's body is trying to kill oneself

[Shipmates may notice how he hasn't left his bunk but a couple of times in the entirety of this past week. This means he's been of no use as an engineer, which is bad news considering this mysterious bug business. Even without that, he should at least be tending to the ship's overhead lights, which have been flickering on occasion... (The particularly astute might note that this seems to coincide with the muffled sounds of what could be... sneezes?)

But, alas, he is dying. He's pretty sure of it.]


(augment glitch = baby's first flu!)

Comments

[robitussin]

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context is key

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[beathach]

[either he's really dying or someone's sick, and Hank is banking on the former thanks to some former experience with overdramatic sick people. Thanks a lot, residency]

Depends on the method of homicide.

What are your symptoms?

[paraclete]

My body is nearing expiry
has been prolonged but I don't know how long I have

[paraclete]

My head is faring poorly as if something bad has or is happening to it; expelling fluids from head, I t hink they are important fluids

Tremors and perspiration as if affected by atmospheric temperature??

I keep sleeping not sure when I will cease to awaken

there is more

[beathach]

[that should have been LATTER remember to check your tags before hitting post, kids]

I can assure you right now you aren't dying, even if you might feel that way. Expelling fluids are normal; unless it's blood, don't worry. Tremors, sweating, and sleep are also normal.

What else? Sore throat? Achy joints? Upset stomach?

[paraclete]

Yes all of that how long would you say I have left

[He's stubborn, and dramatic, and he's deep in the depths of despair, so he's not buying the idea that he's not gonna die pretty soon here.]

[beathach]

I hope you're sitting down right now.

I'm afraid you have a long, healthy life ahead of you.

Go to your medical officer and ask if they have anything for your symptoms. Eat light foods if you can handle it, drink plenty of water, and rest.

[paraclete]

[That is something to be afraid of. Long and healthy... That's what Kaworu's always been meant for, repetitive deaths aside; the longevity of his species amounts to functional immortality. It shouldn't be a surprise in the slightest. But if he's not going to die now... he'll be spending who knows how long without Shinji, or worse, being hated by Shinji, being reviled, being worthless, having his existence amount to nothing more than a thorny puncture in the life of the boy he loves more than anything. For a while, he was loved back. Kaworu had honestly supposed that the loss of that love was what drove his body into suffering and wasting away...

AKA he's sad because he got broken up with and he's never been sick before.

...]

I don't think I understand.

[theboogieman]

probably soup.

[he's not normally one for talking to people over the network, but dang if he isn't in need of distractions lately. and this one sounds kind of funny.]

[beathach]

[Kaworu.

Kaworu please]

It sounds like you have either a really bad cold or the flu. They're fairly common.

[paraclete]

[C... Common?]

Do humans [...] frequently [...] experience this?

[paraclete]

I didn't know a soup could slow demise

It's quite powerful then

[beathach]

Yes, they do. Some more often than others, depending on a number of factors.

[paraclete]

[Wh...]

And they survive??

But this is horrible.

[theboogieman]

sometimes. assuming you mean a cold. not internal hemorrhaging. or leprosy.

[beathach]

[he's trying very hard not to laugh on his end. Being sick sucks, but the dramatics . . . ]

You've never been sick before, have you.

[paraclete]

[...leprosy...]

Sometimes I forget that there are so many possible ways to die.

[paraclete]

No

and I have never observed such a thing in others... Things would be very different if I knew about this...

[theboogieman]

thousands. [what a helpful guy.] what happened?

[beathach]

Even people who know about act the same way, don't worry.

Do you want me to bring you some tea?

[paraclete]

My head was hurting. But worse than most other times and it wouldn't go away
and then other parts of me started hurting

I have been leaking and sleeping...shivering.. these are new things.

if I start coughing I can't stop it for some time.

My body feels like it's breaking down completely and I lack stamina..it's going to run out until I have none left, and I think that's when I'll stop living.

[paraclete]

Does tea have miraculous qualities? I had no idea

I couldn't ask anything of you. I supposed things were meant to be this way, in the end. This fate seems fitting.

[More... drama...!!! He might be crying a bit.]

[beathach]

It's good for your throat and easy on your stomach, so in a way it does?

You didn't ask anything of me, I offered. What ship are you on?

[paraclete]

['Good for his throat' sounds too good to be true. The way his throat hurts now is even more pronounced than what he felt preceding his death by DSS Choker. Maybe because it just won't go away...

It's Kaworu's opinion that he doesn't deserve to feel better in the first place. But this sort of misery is on a different level from anything he's experienced, and... well, he prefers his suffering to be self-made. It's scarier when he has no control over it.

... ... ...]

Vanquish

[He's covering his face with his hands (and texting with his wobbly mind), humiliated but feeling very emotionally and physically needy.]

Thank you

[beathach]

Okay, give me ten minutes then. Stay in bed, I'll come find you when I get there.

[poor thing, at least a worrying mom-type is on the way to make him feel better. And even better, it's a doctor mom-type]