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Who: Crew and Guests of the Paisley
Broadcast: no
Action: SS Paisley
When: throughout the rest of March

[Time for a mingle, Paisleys!]

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You know those kelp tanks Vision built on the Windrose? I made one here!

[She drags Makie towards a small tank in the corner of the cargo bay. It's... pitiful compared to Vision's operation, to be frank, but it's a start!]

[It's still far more than Makie is capable of. She's frankly surprised.]

...that's amazing. How difficult was it to replicate?

Well... the tank itself I got from the Cok'al. They know all about this kind of stuff and [She taps the back of her head, where the implant is] the augment helps me understand a little better too. Not as good as Kitty might, but still something. Mainly it was just figuring out how to transplant the kelp successfully.

You've done an excellent job. [She has no idea who the Cok'al are, but given she refuses to be outside if she doesn't have to be, Makie assumes they're the residents of this bizarre place.] I'm glad you were able to do it.

Have you... been outside much, then?

[Misty's expression falls somewhat.]

Yeah - there's so much sickness, I have to help them however I can.

People are ill, here?

[She looks concerned-- which is mostly that she's concerned Misty might get sick herself-- but she hadn't heard this.]

Yeah there's some kinda poison in the water. You remember that moon we went to, the one that was all dark and dead?

I do. [Makie frowns.] It's the same here, then. Is it caused by the same...thing?

[She barely understood the issue the first time.]

There's some sort of Darkness down in the Deeps... think it might be the same.

...are you going anywhere near this Darkness?

[Misty frowns and looks away. She can't lie to Makie but it's hard to look at her too.]

Sometimes. I can't help it. They're calling out to me.

[She can't help but be concerned, but Misty can definitely look after herself. Makie doubts this is any kind of Darkness she can defend against, even if this place weren't so under water.

Still. Cautiously.]

I assume you mean the ill, and not whatever is in the Deeps.

[She nods.]

The sick. And the dead. There are all these ghost towns and I can feel them.

Deserted towns?

[She nods.] Where everyone's died or left for the cities.

Are these people getting any help?

[She's familiar with the kinds of places Misty is describing. Makie... can't really help. She knows nothing about medicine.]

Oh yeah, I think every doctor we have in the fleet is down there, doing more than I can do. I can heal people for a little while, but I can't do nothing about the poison.

I'm sure even if it's only for a little while, your patients will greatly appreciate your intervention.

I hope so. No one has gotten too freaked out or anything by the magic, so that's good.

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