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maddest[A few hours after this, Break's PCD is jostled on.
It's a video feed, yes, but all that's visible is the inside of Break's pocket. From the sounds of things, he's still in the streets, propped against a building, wheezing for breath. A few coughs, and he spits blood onto his white coat sleeve, sinks to the ground with a groan.
Not a good day.]
It's a video feed, yes, but all that's visible is the inside of Break's pocket. From the sounds of things, he's still in the streets, propped against a building, wheezing for breath. A few coughs, and he spits blood onto his white coat sleeve, sinks to the ground with a groan.
Not a good day.]
Re: [offline]
Date: 2010-10-27 07:20 pm (UTC)... How are you feeling, generally speaking ? How are you faring on a day-to-day basis ?
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Date: 2010-10-27 09:51 pm (UTC)[He admits, fighting himself very hard to describe the situation honestly. The instinct is still dismiss, lie, prevaricate.]
For the most part, it's my eyesight that's a problem.
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Date: 2010-10-29 09:37 pm (UTC)[She had, on previous occasions focused on his internal organs, where most of the damage was. It seemed like she might have overlooked something.]
What seems to be the problem with it ?
((OOC : sorry, wrong journal ! please delete the other one !))
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Date: 2010-10-29 09:51 pm (UTC)[Break shrugs, quietly.]
And I'm not sure what to do about that.
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Date: 2010-10-30 08:31 pm (UTC)Was it a pre-existing condition, or did living here and what happened to you worsen it ? has anyone in yourworld ever mentioned a possible cure for it ?
[She's grasping at straws here. There are things even she can't heal, as she sees everyday with Ukitake's illness, as it was with Itachi. No matter how powerful she may be, she cannot upset the order of nature.]
I might not be able to help much, I am afraid, depending on your answer.
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Date: 2010-10-30 08:58 pm (UTC)[It's becoming more and more clear that he has to explain this from the beginning. He sips his tea.]
The analogue to zanpakutou in my world is something called a Chain. Contracting them is rare. They're entities that can make their home within your body. They lend you considerable power, but the strain of the contract is immense.
Chains come from a world known as the Abyss. They enter our own by planting an anchor in a host, and pulling themselves through to our world using their soul. As they remain in our world, the pull on them to return to the Abyss inevitably becomes greater and greater, until something snaps and they're dragged back down, along with their human host. This typically results in the death of the host, though it's my personal theory that the contractors become chains themselves.
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Date: 2010-11-01 05:48 am (UTC)... If it is not indiscreet, how did you come to have such power ? You do not have to tell me, this is just me being curious.
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Date: 2010-11-01 05:53 am (UTC)I'm one of probably only two people to ever return from that universe. I formed a second contract, with another chain. This contract is more soundly structured, and in a way that means I won't be returning to the Abyss again.
But it's still a wound on top of a wound, if that makes sense. My body doesn't age- and hasn't in decades. It just tears itself up quietly, from the strain of the creature anchored to it where another used to be. Like more nails knocked into old wood, splintering it further.
[He isn't sure precisely what she means by her question, or if he just answered it- but that's the most truthfully and completely he's told that story here, and whether or not it's what she meant, it's what he needed to say.]
Re: [offline]
Date: 2010-11-01 09:27 am (UTC)I might be able to slow the process down slightly, as I have done with others here ... Make it a little less painful. But that's probably the extent of what I can do.
The decision remains yours, but I wanted you to know what exactly I could do for you, if anything.
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Date: 2010-11-01 04:20 pm (UTC)[Although as she's observed, it's slowly coming back.]
[offline]
Date: 2010-11-01 07:40 pm (UTC)... In any case, you now know that you have a few options. You don't have to decide right away, of course. But if at any time you feel that i can be of help, you know where to find me.
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Date: 2010-11-01 07:44 pm (UTC)[He shrugs.]
Just for the very, very cold nights.
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Date: 2010-11-02 09:58 pm (UTC)[She taps her cheek with a finger, thinking.]
I can prepare a decoction of some kind, which you could take to treat the chronic pain ... and if you have some acute attacks, I could give a slight boost to your immune system as well. Would that be suitable ?
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Date: 2010-11-03 12:46 am (UTC)[Break nods, shoulders sagging in relief.]
[offline]
Date: 2010-11-04 07:49 pm (UTC)I can bring it to you or you can pick it up here, as you wish.
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Date: 2010-11-04 08:49 pm (UTC)[Xerxes Break, mistrustful to the very end.]
[offline]
Date: 2010-11-04 09:00 pm (UTC)[That's why she gave him the choice again.]
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Date: 2010-11-04 09:03 pm (UTC)I do apologize for earlier, Milady Healer. I am once more in your debt.
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Date: 2010-11-05 07:07 pm (UTC)[offline]
Date: 2010-11-05 10:07 pm (UTC)Re: [offline]
Date: 2010-11-06 06:25 am (UTC)... Stay safe on the way back, Break-san.
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Date: 2010-11-06 08:42 am (UTC)[He rises, lifting his cane cautiously, ready to show himself out.]
Call on me if I can be of any help.