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Jan 11, 2011 15:18

( private text ][ hackable to anyone who cares to bother )

*cursed, +cameron lynde, duty duty duty duty, +rudy miller, +kenny potter, +buffy summers, ongoing timestream confusion, *curse: uncommon cold, +robert chase, +amory felix, +ginny weasley, called glum for a reason

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voice; chosered January 11 2011, 20:22:06 UTC

Should I bring chicken soup?

[Damn it, Kenny, and your stellar curse immune system, lording your health over us]

voice; requestrequire January 11 2011, 20:26:43 UTC

[ What a jerk. Except Gregor doesn't think that at all, obviously. ]

Is that traditional in these cases?

voice; chosered January 11 2011, 20:27:45 UTC

My mom always made chicken noodle when I was sick. Except that if I make it, you'll probably just feel worse, so I turn to the folks at Campbells.

voice; requestrequire January 11 2011, 20:33:27 UTC

I have to admit that my ability to cook for myself tops out at taking rations out of their packaging, so you're still far ahead of me, Kenny.

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text; prefers_chess January 11 2011, 20:30:10 UTC

You have a vaccine for the common cold?

[No, Rudy is not up to speaking today.]

voice; requestrequire January 11 2011, 20:40:06 UTC

Not a universal one but yes, and there are only a few cases a year given all the air filtration systems around.

text forever; prefers_chess January 11 2011, 20:44:26 UTC

how advanced.

voice forever; requestrequire January 11 2011, 20:49:10 UTC

A necessity when you're stuck in space breathing the same air over and over. Cutting back on airborne diseases was a happy side effect.

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worksmart January 12 2011, 01:09:40 UTC

No, actually. There just haven't been enough outbreaks here, that I'm aware of, for anyone to have picked out the most virulent strains.

And this one's a curse.

requestrequire January 12 2011, 01:25:58 UTC

Ah, yes. And as such, it likely wouldn't follow the rules of a normal cold anyway?

worksmart January 12 2011, 01:42:41 UTC

If it's following the rules of the common curse, it's highly likely to be resistant.

requestrequire January 12 2011, 01:53:26 UTC

Resistant not immune is something, at least. I'd hate to have sent my roommate out for decongestant only to find out that cursed colds don't care how many pills you swallow.

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voice; 7thborn January 12 2011, 01:21:14 UTC

Beg pardon?

voice; requestrequire January 12 2011, 01:27:42 UTC

A cure for what someone else called "the common cold." We don't have it much anymore where I come from, so it's not exactly common.

voice; 7thborn January 12 2011, 01:48:10 UTC

Lucky you.

[Pause.]

Or maybe unlucky, considering. It's a rotten curse for them to throw at us, isn't it? As if the cold weather wasn't enough.

voice; requestrequire January 12 2011, 01:58:15 UTC

Very rotten. I'm used to a certain amount of sniffling as just part of how winter is, but there are limits on what I'd put up with, if it were my choice.

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whattingawhat January 12 2011, 02:59:48 UTC

The what with the who?

requestrequire January 12 2011, 03:18:14 UTC

[ A quiet laugh. ]

Sorry, to put it in regular terms, I've caught a cold. Since we don't have those much anymore where I come from, I was surprised.

whattingawhat January 12 2011, 19:36:27 UTC

Oh. I think it's a City Wide thing? Well not everyone but people who shouldn't be getting sick are getting sick.

Like me. I'm Buffy. And seriously you don't have colds? Like you cured them or you just don't have them?

requestrequire January 13 2011, 00:13:54 UTC

I'm Gregor. And yes, back where I'm from, we've come about as close to curing things as you usually can: down to only a few cases a year and with effective treatments to get rid of it for those who do get them.

[ A pause. ] What do you mean by people who "shouldn't" be getting sick?

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