scary: lucas

[turbulency]

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[turbulency]

[ I'M SORRY LUCAS Geto actually grimaces when he sips it because it's gross.

He wonders if he should pat Lucas' back or something, but he's really not touchy feely enough to bridge the gap. ]

I can get you some more. But I doubt you want to chug that down.

[faithkept]

[IT'S EVEN MORE GROSS TO BE DRINKING IT!!!!! But it's fine, his throat is clear(er), his crops are flourishing, his skin is glowing.]

—No, this is-- fine enough, thank you.

[Truly he took the babiest of sips and that is all, he doesn't want to catch diseases from this questionable water when he's already coughing up blood. BUT AT LEAST HE'S STOPPED!! After clearing his throat a few times, he sets the cup down and pulls a handkerchief out of his pocket to start cleaning the blood from his hand.]

My apologies...

[turbulency]

You sure?

[ Lucas are you contagious, he doesn't want to die like this. ]

Is that... normal?

[faithkept]

[yeah that's how i tpk the entire game

In any case, Geto can rest at ease! Because funny thing, this...]

...Yes. It's related to the curse I was speaking of.

[turbulency]

... It's an illness?

[ furrows his brows ]

[faithkept]

It's not contagious or spread in the way a cold is... It's something we're born with.

[HEREDITARY CURSE TB.]

[turbulency]

And there's no cure?

[faithkept]

Not for the curse itself.

[They have treatments, though! Become a Reliver, yippie!]

[turbulency]

[ hm ]

But it's not really a curse. It's some kind of genetic or biological issue.

[faithkept]

[This is what all the super smart science assholes in Virche think.

Unfortunately Lucas is just a guy and holds the same belief as the majority of the populace.]

What do you mean by that?

[turbulency]

Only that it seems like something that could be fixed with medical intervention.

Unless your doctors have ruled out genetics already?

[faithkept]

The highest medical authority hasn't found a cure for the body nor a way to break the curse to prevent it from happening in the first place, though we have an institution established for that purpose.

[Scien and Dahut are out there.]

[turbulency]

why did i have geto The Curse Guy say with such conviction that it wasn't a curse

[turbulency]

[ frowns ]

How exactly does this curse work? Does it only affect people who are born in your city?

[faithkept]

[YOU DIDN'T EVEN DELETE IT HELP]

It affects everyone born on the island. Those outside don't experience it.

[turbulency]

[ i need to preserve this ]

... Huh. Even once they visit the island?

[faithkept]

[YOU JUST LIKE FRAMES MY OWN MISTAKE AND GILDS IT]

The waters are too rough for any ship to pass. We've been in isolation for a long time.

[The way they have clones but not planes.]

[turbulency]

What about planes?

[faithkept]

I'm afraid I don't know what that is.

[turbulency]

...? You don't? It's a vehicle that travels through the sky.

[ starting to doubt the integrity of their medical knowledge ]

[faithkept]

[You want Geto to be a Reliver technology STEM brain truther so bad. He shakes his head, though...]

We don't have anything that can travel through the sky... It would seem that our home lacks many of the things that a number of yours have.

[turbulency]

[ i'm just trying to justify why he said it wasn't a curse ok ]

... Okay. Well. Who knows, maybe you'll go home and invent these things.

[faithkept]

[u are killin my ass]

Ah... Hah, no, I'm afraid that would be a job for the Institute.

[HE'S JUST A TEACHER!!!!]