Number 6 becomes Patient 0 [Open/Mingle]

[be_seeing_you]

Who: Number 6 & OPEN
What: As explained in this OOC post Number 6 got the flu as a regain and he's in a sharing mood. This is 100% opt-in.
When: Starting March 6, thru the month of March
Where All over, indicated in starters
Warnings: Sickness, all things that having the flu entails. This is magic flu that is incurable but only lasts for exactly one week. Let's keep it light and not have anyone die, and also please do not have the flu spread into memories, keep it contained to the ship.

For everyone's convenience, feel free to use this post as a mingle. I'm going to turn off tracking so you can post your toplevels here as much as you desire. There's no posting time-limit.




Get comfy in your robe and have a cuppa tea. It's going to be a long week.

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[glassaxolotl]

“No, you cannot,” Dedue states in a matter-of-fact tone as he continues walking. His arm is placed under Dimitri’s butt, for support and no other reason.

[prince_of_beasts]

Dimitri whines, but he's too floppy to protest further. A ratchet clicks in his throat, and he breaks into a round of coughing that leaves him dizzy and aching. His bones are freezing -- he can feel ice crystallizing in his joints -- but his skin burns to the touch.

He's just gonna go limp for a bit. That seems comfortable.

[glassaxolotl]

One trip to the infirmary later, and Dedue is knocking on the door to Ossie’s room, arm draped around the waist of a sick Dimitri who is leaning against his side.

When the door opens, Dedue simply states, “He is ill. He does not want to infect Fio.”

[ring_for_giles]

Why have the only times a knock at the door has revealed Dimitri on the other side recently been really rather concerning?

"Of course," Giles says, ushering the pair of them inside "The spare room is still set up, do you need help with him?"

The question of how exactly Dimitri is unwell can come later, no matter how curious Giles is about it.

[prince_of_beasts]

"I can walk," Dimitri complains. As long as he's got someone to lean on. He's just glad Dedue let him walk out of the infirmary instead of hauling him up to the cottage like a sack of flour. He squints up at Giles; his face is waxen, his cheeks scarlet, and between the fever and the beginnings of congestion his eyes are watery and unfocused. However it happened, he is definitely sick. "I'm sorry about this," he says, cringing.

[ring_for_giles]

Well, he's well enough to be indignant, so that's a good sign. Even if the rest of it...
Isn't .

"My apologies, I didn't mean to imply otherwise." There's only the barest hint of amusement in Giles's otherwise calmly patient voice, "It's no trouble at all Dimitri, we mean it when we say this house is always open to you."

[glassaxolotl]

“I can take care of him,” Dedue insists. “I would not want you or Oswald to become sick.”

[prince_of_beasts]

Dimitri nods vigorously. "You're being generous enough as -- as is, I'd ... " The fever does make it hard to maintain a train of thought. "I'd hate to put you any more at risk."

Come to think of it, can Changelings get sick normally?

[ring_for_giles]

"I'm afraid the caretaking is a non-negotiable component to staying here, but I'll let the pair of you settle in first."

He leads them upstairs to the made up spare room, and, true to his word, will leave if they don't require anything more from him

[glassaxolotl]

“Thank you,” Dedue gives Giles a curt nod. “We will not keep you.”

He leads Dimitri to the bed and helps to lay him down. Grabbing a chair, he sits next to the bed and takes Dimitri’s hand. “How are you feeling?” he asks.

[prince_of_beasts]

"Mmmmnhgh. Sick." Dimitri drapes his free arm over his eyes. Head too full. Lights too bright. Blood too hot. Just breathing draws fingers of ice into his chest, prying at his ribs. A shudder rattles through him. "Cold. Sweaty." He hadn't exactly had a chance to shower after training.

[glassaxolotl]

“I will collect more blankets,” Dedue says as he starts to move away. He can probably dim the lights as well, he thinks, after taking note of Dimitri’s pose - the warning signs of an incoming migraine.