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[dranksforthememories]

WHAT what you want
WHERE where you want
WHEN Day ""135""

[The rain has cleared, but it appears to have left some people with a case of the sniffles! The magic sniffles. Even if you've never been sick a day in your life, you might not find yourself immune. Then again, maybe you have a terrible immune system and you're fine. I'm not the magic sniffles police.

Symptoms May Include:

- runny nose
- sore throat
- fever
- thinking you're going to cough or sneeze but actually what comes out is A BURST OF THE TRUTH
- waking up in someone else's bed
- joint aches

At least the sketchy pop-up pharmacy at the mall has a special on tissues and nyquil?]

Comments

[appliedscience]

[ Tony shuffles out into the shop, making himself a cup of coffee and sneezing hard into his arm.

that's gross Tony, don't touch food. people eat here. ]

[thatsoundsfakebutokay]

Go home, Tony.

[appliedscience]

[ turning with a gross sniff ]

I am home. This is where I live.

[thatsoundsfakebutokay]

Go to your apartment that has a real bed and isn't full of food other people want to purchase.

[appliedscience]

Oh don't worry, I touched everything. No one wants any of this now.

[coldhand]

Bet the boss would give you a sick day if you asked.

[appliedscience]

I don't think so, I heard he's a real dick.

[coldhand]

Don't say that where he can hear you.

[appliedscience]

You're right. Have to be careful. I can't imagine unemployment benefits here would accommodate my lifestyle.

[ his last couple words are slightly strained as he follows them with a few hard coughs into his arm ]

[dranksforthememories]

[drags herself in, looking very under the weather]

You, too?

[appliedscience]

[ giving her a look ]

What. Can you even get sick? How does that work? Aren't you like a god?

[dranksforthememories]

Don't ask me how it works, I was wondering the same thing.

[appliedscience]

[ he sighs ]

Great. So, it's a status then. Like when this place makes you 6 inches shorter for no reason. Meaning there's no telling how long it'll last.

[made_up_names]

[ Oh jeez. :( Peter approaches carefully. ]

Man, this is really going around.

[appliedscience]

Is it? Thank god. Maybe it'll end as quick as it started.

[made_up_names]

You think it's a weird effect or something?

[appliedscience]

Probably. If there's anyone sick who doesn't seem like they should be able to get sick, that's the tell.

[mistruths]

[ ...hands you a mug of hot tea ]

[appliedscience]

[ takes it and sets it down ]

Not caffeinated enough. If I stop moving I'll die.

[mistruths]

You'll die if you keep moving. Go take a nap, Tony.

[appliedscience]

That sounds like a no win either way, and I hate naps.

[ shuffle shuffle cough couch, trying to head back to the lab ]

[ravagings]

Rough day?

[appliedscience]

[ looking up at the voice and - ]

Yeesh. That's what I should be asking you.

[ cough cough ]

[ravagings]

Oh?

[emanation]

[ Don't touch anything tbh. When he reaches for a cup he'll find his hand completely wrapped up by the Cloak of Levitation, stopped from being able to spread his germs to unsuspecting customers. ]

Either go back inside or go home.

[ Not like he's doing much better but at least he has a scarf to cover his mouth??? ]