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Post by Adrian Veidt on Sept 23, 2015 16:42:49 GMT -5
"I've dispatched someone from the medical unit to give a blood transfusion," said Adrian. "I have people here year-round, so we have to maintain a small emergency facility."
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Sept 23, 2015 16:43:45 GMT -5
"A blood what-"
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Sept 23, 2015 16:44:15 GMT -5
"Transfusion."
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Sept 23, 2015 16:47:53 GMT -5
""You can't just replenish hers?"
Loki groaned at the ceiling.
"You know, I honestly don't understand how you people can have a system of instant data access from any part of the damned planet, and yet apparently you have to go filling one another with each other's blood whenever there's an emergency-"
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Sept 23, 2015 16:49:54 GMT -5
"He's panicking," Adrian said gently as he started rearranging pillows for Teja's benefit. "Here, I'm going to lift your legs. They need to be higher than your trunk."
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Post by Teja on Sept 23, 2015 16:53:23 GMT -5
Teja, also, started panicking, reaching her hand out for someone to hold onto lamely; in her mind, however, she felt like a ghost, as though her hand was passing through everyone. "I don't wanna blood transfusion-" she said with wide eyes, starting to think about needles and more pain and locking up.
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Sept 23, 2015 16:56:33 GMT -5
Adrian's lips briefly thinned out.
"I'm concerned about the possible effects of your being fed on," he said finally. "We could numb the transfusion site, if that helps. I know it's probably a little overwhelming at the moment, but it's the best possible defense against turning-"
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Sept 23, 2015 17:00:48 GMT -5
"You didn't say anything about turning!" Loki snapped. "Look- let me draw out the infection instead, if there is one to begin with."
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Sept 23, 2015 17:01:27 GMT -5
"What do you know about any of that-"
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Sept 23, 2015 17:08:38 GMT -5
Loki sat down beside Teja, panic noticeably cooling down.
"Which one of us had his lips sewn together with dirty twine?" he said sourly, looking over his shoulder at Adrian, who lifted his sandy eyebrows in impressed surprise but said nothing.
"The only reason I still have lips was learning to draw out the infection," Loki muttered.
He held his hand over Teja's injured breast and began whispering something under his breath, with a look of rapt concentration.
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Post by Teja on Sept 23, 2015 17:24:16 GMT -5
"I wasn't- he didn't bite me, he used his nail-" she said, looking wan and yellow in sick panic.
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Sept 23, 2015 17:27:38 GMT -5
"He used his nail," Loki repeated, glancing back at Adrian. "Open the window."
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Sept 23, 2015 17:29:10 GMT -5
Adrian stared, and then moved quickly toward the terrace and opened the door.
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Sept 23, 2015 17:48:40 GMT -5
Something thin and purple seeped upward through the fabric of Teja's nightgown and into Loki's hand. He caught it, as though plucking a mosquito from the air, and hurried to fling it from the balcony.
"There," he said as he returned. "She's clean now."
He passed Adrian and sought out the nearest bathroom to wash his hands.
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Post by Teja on Sept 23, 2015 18:20:18 GMT -5
Teja was feeling incredibly nauseous, and tried to get up from the bed, though her body wasn't cooperating with the standing part of this.
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