45th PSI

[a_gentle_boy]

[voice, public]
Sorry to bother everyone.  This is Lucas.  Um.  I've been thinking...

Halloween is coming up pretty soon, right?  And we know by now to expect... if not bad, then at least... not-so-good things on holidays.  We can all celebrate for real whenever the town is done playing games with us, but for now, I think we should consider preparing

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[the_wee_big_hag]

That's a good idea.

My name's Tiffany Aching. I know medicine and I can take away physical pain.

[a_gentle_boy]

You helped me with the, um, bodies, didn't you? I think you said you were a witch, right?

[the_wee_big_hag]

Yes, that was me. I wasn't sure if I said my full name last time though. Yes, I'm a witch.

[a_gentle_boy]

Thanks again for... all of that, then. Do you mind explaining what you mean by 'take away'?

[He assumes there's a reason she didn't just say 'heal'.]

[ooeeooahah]

I'm Ilsa Higa. I... haven't regained my healing abilities, but I am a doctor, with some emergency room and field trauma experience. I can stabilize people and take care of the minor issues.

I'll also see if I can find the list that... Hakkai was keeping up.

[a_gentle_boy]

Yes, that's exactly the kind of thing I was thinking. When Mr. Hakkai left, though, I thought it had all gone with me. Did you have copies?

[ooeeooahah]

I made copies on local materials... I didn't think it would be that important at the time, just...

[ Ilsa sighs ]

I've been hesitant to take over his role. It means one more way to say he is gone.

[a_gentle_boy]

((*with him))

...I know how you feel. It's... Well, I don't want to say 'replace', but it feels a lot like that sometimes.

I was hoping it could be a little... different, though.

[phone]

[doudemoe]

That's not a bad idea.

Unfortunately, I only have one ailment recovery skill on me now. And it didn't work on the zombies.

[a_gentle_boy]

Anything can be helpful. What kind of ailments do you mean? Sicknesses? I can't do anything about those myself.

[doudemoe]

Poison, as well as Panic, Fear, Distress, Rage, and Charm spells.

[a_gentle_boy]

...Oh! That sounds like my Healing PSI, then.

[There is the sense that Healing isn't the same thing as healing.]

I can cover poison and some parts of confusion, but it seems like you're better suited to dealing with emotions.

[crusthatecean]

Okay, I'm sorry to respond with a useless off topic comment, but what is Halloween?

Also, so I'm not completely shitting all over your intention, I've been keeping a list of houses where people can go in a crisis. It's still pretty slim, but if you want to combine that with the list of healers, we could release it as soon as shit starts to go down.

[a_gentle_boy]

Don't worry about it. I didn't know what Halloween was until I came here myself. It's a holiday where the point is to dress up in costumes and scare people and eat candy; no one understands it well enough to explain why, I think, aside from to have fun.

The list of houses would be great. I know a lot of people ended up at the church and the hospital during the whole zombie thing.

[crusthatecean]

Okay, that sounds stupid. You think something awful will happen?

I'll finish getting it together, then.

[a_gentle_boy]

[Lucas pauses for a second or two before whispering.]

I think it's a little silly, but a lot of people seem to like it a lot.

[Namely, 99% of his friends.]

As far as I can tell, something happens every time there's a big holiday in America. It might not be awful - last year's wasn't too bad, especially with what came right before - but something's going to happen.

[rapier_ex]

Hmm...

My name is Virginia Maxwell. With my Mystic power, I can unlock the latent power of natural medicines. I can also use Schturdark's Arcana to heal injuries.

[a_gentle_boy]

...It's nice to meet you, Miss Virginia.

[Haha Lucas is funny, right?]

That means... you make medicines work more potently, is that right? I never knew that!

[rapier_ex]

Mystic brings out the potential in objects. Not just medicine, but Arcana Gems as well. It's something I was born with...

[a_gentle_boy]

I'm... not sure I understand much of that. Do you mind explaining?