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[puppy_lancer]

[The fatigue and the feeling of unease from after Lancer woke up following his death on the circus floor hadn't gone away with time. If anything, he just felt even worse. In addition, his feet felt strangely hard and heavy, a feeling that progressed as the day dragged on. Trying to eat and drink, if only to taste strange new foods for this month's menu outright burned his mouth. At this point, he could only conclude something was very wrong.]

[However, as a Servant, he wasn't supposed to be vulnerable to human diseases. This narrowed the cause of his current conditon to either an effect of the Tower's experiment for the month, or the effect of some curse. He just had to figure out which one.]

does anyone else in this tower feel like shit
like, kinda sick
always tired
legs sorta heavy
eating or drinking burns your mouth
anyone getting these effects?

Comments

[puppy_lancer]

well i did prank someone
but it was funny
ruana approved

not yet
not until i have a good idea what's going on
but the way you say it
it sounds like i got cursed or something

[oathshackledbird]

[It's really a shame that rolling eyes can't be conveyed over a text message because Diarmuid is rolling his. Hard.]

Ruana approved? Doesn't that ring warning bells to you? Like "Oh, lets have him do it because it will cause him all kinds of trouble!" warning bells?

And yes, it sounds a lot like a curse to me now that you say it. Who exactly did you prank? Was it someone who might be able to curse you or might have had friends who could?

[puppy_lancer]

she's not that type of person
well it's this guy called ganondorf
he calls himself the great king of evil
and has a sense of interior decoration to match

[oathshackledbird]

I hate to argue with you, but you don't know that! I may be new here, but some people say she is worse than Jason is. I really don't know how you can trust any of them to be anything other than cruel and our captors.

Let me get this right....you pranked someone who calls himself 'the great kind of evil.'

Are you insane?

[puppy_lancer]

i've talked to her
i think she cares about us
she's just not careful with her games

i was very bored

[oathshackledbird]

[Diarmuid decides leaves the fight about Ruana for another time when it can be done in person and not via a medium where she might find the conversation.]

You were bored? In this place? What is wrong with you? There are hundreds of things that could be done here. Productive things. Things to help others.

[Granted, he and his roommate are very different people, but still... The other man is a hero. He should try acting like it sometime.]

But that will change nothing now. What's done is done. I am going to guess that man is the one who cursed you. Is there someone you can talk to who might be able to help? Someone from a version of his world?

[puppy_lancer]

well, there's this kid from his world
she was the one who told me about how he turned into a giant pig
so i thought it would be funny

[Wait, he and Tetra had been in on this prank together so...]

jghhjmmnhmhmg

[His fist slams into the keyboard]

shit

[oathshackledbird]

[What is with him and the angry pigs lately?]

Tell me you did not most likely get a child cursed as well?

If you did, then you need to find this man--if there is no other you can ask--and do what you must to see it the child, at least, is cured. It is your duty as a knight and hero to do so.

[puppy_lancer]

i don't know
but you don't have to tell me twice
i'm gonna save her
somehow

[oathshackledbird]

[Sometimes he really wonders about his roommate and how he could ever be the hero he claims to be. Then, Diarmuid gets something like that response and he can't help but smile and be reassured.]

You know I'll do whatever I can to help. I wish this was something my spear would work on, but we both know how curses work. They don't need connection to a source of energy to stay active.

Are you sure there are no others from their world or a version of their world that you could turn to?

[stop_calling_me_zelda]

the great pig of evil totally deserved it

and lancer volunteered to help me i didnt mean to get him cursed

i guess i know what this note means now anyway :(

[puppy_lancer]

Tetra
are you alright
hold on where are you
i'll come check on you

[stop_calling_me_zelda]

im okay dont worry

im on my dorm floor but im more worried about you

[puppy_lancer]

i'll get over there as fast as i can
and don't worry i've survived worse

[stop_calling_me_zelda]

ill wait here but be careful

action if that's alright

[puppy_lancer]

[After a while, Lancer arrives on the first floor of the dorms. If his footsteps sound heavy, it's because his feet have turned to stone.]

Tetra?

[oathshackledbird]

He might have deserved it, Lady, but sometimes it is better not to act on the desire to punish someone. Acting without thinking is what leads to situations like this.

Now, you know this man better than any of us. Is there a way to undo his curse? Might he be convinced somehow to undo it?

[stop_calling_me_zelda]

it seemed like a good idea at the time and pretty harmless

no he wont lift the curse it would make his message less effective and make him look like a wimp

hes trying to make sure that people fear him and wont interfere

youd have to find somebody that is better with magic than ganon is to heal him

[oathshackledbird]

Actually, this all just makes him seem petty and cruel, but I suppose that doesn't matter to one such as he.

My roommate has suggested finding the other Caster class servant in the tower and talking to them to see if their magic might be helpful in this case. It may not be a bad idea for the two of you to meet up and go together. I don't know....would this Gannon try to attack those he cursed or just let the curse run its course?

[stop_calling_me_zelda]

sounds like ganondork

if he thinks that someone can lift the curse he might attack but other wise he would let it go since hes pretty full of himself

[puppy_lancer]

i don't know
she said something about a kid name link
but i don't know if there's any kids named link here

i've heard of some healers, though

[oathshackledbird]

Healers are a good place to start. Also, are there any of the masters who are here you might trust enough to take something like this too? The magic is different, obviously, but they might have some ideas we haven't thought of.

[puppy_lancer]

i don't know much about their powers
i never asked them about healing and curses before
wait
Caster
maybe i can get Caster to help

[oathshackledbird]

[He almost types "Why would you ask that monster for help?" but stops himself before he does, realizing that there is probably more than one Caster in the tower.]

Not a bad idea. The Caster I knew was a monster who wouldn't help anyone, but if there is another in the tower, they would probably know and have access to a great many different magic schools. A servant would probably be more able to understand another servant's body as well.

[puppy_lancer]

yeah there's another Caster
this one's a cute girl
between her and me we should be able to churn something out