[video] Chapter 5: Infected

[fthemarker]

[The only thing on the screen is Isaac’s face. He looks like he’s been through hell, but at least he’s not coughing

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[suuscurator]

[The video turns on and Cody's on the other side - he looks worse than Isaac, but there's no coughing at the least. He's listening to the explanation and the more he goes on, the less he likes.]

You went too, huh? Thanks for getting this out, Isaac...

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[fthemarker]

Yeah…didn’t really like what I heard, but figured everyone should know.

[Wait, Cody doesn’t look too good…and he went to the clinic too…]

…you okay, Cody?

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[suuscurator]

I-- yeah. [He looks away from the feed as if he's coughing, but there's no sound. He sits back up, gives a weak smile.]

Never felt better.

[video]

[fthemarker]

[...yeah, he's not buying it Cody.]

You sure about that? You look worse than I do.

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[thebooksaysso]

[Cody's not the only one not liking that explanation, either. Nnn, so many questions for this, where does she even start.]

....so you did go? To see somebody?

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[fthemarker]

...yeah, I did.

[Way after Anathema told him to, of course. And only because it wasn't getting any better.]

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[thebooksaysso]

[Thankfully she doesn't know that. She's just glad that he went at all, and he can probably hear it.]

And how are you feeling?

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[fthemarker]

[Worse.]

...a little better. They gave me something to suppress the cough. But uh...

[He pauses, trying to phrase this so it doesn't sound like he's trying to hide the fact that he's dying of a horrible illness.]

...they said it's contagious, so you might want to avoid me until it goes away.

[He doesn't know if it's contagious or not, but better safe than sorry. The last thing he wants to do is infect everyone.]

[fthemarker]

[Is he that obvious?]

...wha...what makes you say that?

[fthemarker]

[Man, he needs to get a better poker face or something.]

...a few months now.