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SICK MEME

☀ Post your character, one-ish per comment
✫ They are now, for some odd reason, sick (headache, fever, runny nose, cough, whatever you want)
☀ Another character replies and is struck with the sudden urge to take care of them (bringing them soup, extra blankets, Sudafed, sexual healing, what have you)
✫ ???
☀ Profit!

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Jamie looked suddenly uncomfortable in a way that had nothing to do with his fever and sore throat. "I'm...just not a fan," he muttered hurriedly.

Topic change time! "How long do I need to stay here?"

Oh, that was not a good look, and as such, Katara decided to leave that topic alone. Even she had some things she never wanted to discuss.

"Well, that depends on how long you stay sick. If its a day thing, you should be out of here soon. If its more than that...well, you might be here awhile. I'd be prepared for the worse either way."

"Which d'you think it is?" Jamie asked, snuffling as his sinuses abruptly decided to stop being congested and start running instead. "'f it's just a cold or something I should be getting back to work. I'm not so sick that I can't keep up with training and stuff."

Katara gave him a pointed glare. "Are you a doctor? Because if you aren't, then they're the only ones who can tell you when you can get back to work! Look, your nose is already starting to run! You stay here and get over whatever this is, because if you try to work anyway, you'll just get worse and be out of commission longer! Drink your fluids and eat and stay in bed: with any luck, it'll be gone before you know it."

Her sudden vehemence startled him into silence, and he lay back meekly, feeling both peevish and abashed. Eventually he sighed, quietly. "'m sorry," he managed. "I just. Don't get sick very often, I guess. Didn't back home, anyway. Not used to being laid up like this."

"Well, I used to have to care for the boys and my brother in my village: trust me, I've definitely taken care of my fair share of sick people. Not all of them deal with it gracefully either. But the fact is, the longer you postpone getting better, the worst you get. I understand you want to get to work soon, no one gets that more than I do. But you need to give your body time to recover. Will you please do that?"

"Yeah..." He sniffed again, immediately feeling irritated with himself for how pathetic he sounded, an irritation that he made no effort to hide. "Just feels so stupid to get knocked out by something like this."

"Nobody likes it, trust me," Katara said. "It's even worse when you have tons f work to do and training to catch up on. Something like this actually happened to a couple I know on the ship too: one was taking on a lot of work for the greater good, the other knew that doing that too much would be too taxing. In the end, you have to do what's right for your body, so that you're able to help people another day."

"Mn, I guess." Jamie could see the sense in that, but it still grated to be stuck here. "'f we set down someplace and the Ohm start attacking, though, I'm not gonna just lie here."

He sighed. "Besides, I feel like I'm gonna go nuts lying around not doing anything."

"If the Ohm starts attacking, I can't guarantee what sort of condition you'd be in, but I wouldn't blame you for joining in on the fight. It is all of our duty to help as much as we can."

She nodded. "No, I understand not wanting to just stay around. If you like, I could get you a book, or something you can do in the meantime."

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