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[badlydisarmed]

I have one question and one important announcement.

The question:

Do you pull the lever?

As for the announcement, the hospital now has a wing to treat magical maladies. Witch doctors and the like are welcome to come check it out. People with magical maladies also welcome to come get treated, I don't know how any of this shit works.

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how to explain this sci fi nonsense with no clear explanation in canon loooool

[reincarnesiac]

( Alex tries to think, because as a patient she knows more than anyone from the outside who isn't in the field, but as far as general markers of her condition in others? )

We call it Protocore Syndrome. You're exposed to a Protocore and a shard of that energy condenses within you, and it slowly poisons you over time. Like... you know, kind of like radiation poisoning. Except that with Protocore Syndrome that poison spreads as crystals inside and outside of your body, not as cancer or whatever else radiation poisoning does.

( She lifts her hands, like she's searching for words. She knows she's not explaining this terribly well. )

You manage the spread with different type-specific suppressants. I rarely need that kind of medical intervention, but we can ask Aurora to make sure what my type would need is on hand... my case has never shown signs of spreading crystals, but it does impact my cardiac function when it's destabilized. Like miniature heart attacks.

it's ok my medical knowledge comes from soapy tv procedurals. together we can make shit up

[badlydisarmed]

How big are these fragments?

[ This is a pointless question because he can't do open heart surgery with only one hand, but he's still hoping for a new one eventually. ]

perfect we are on this like sphagetti sauce

[reincarnesiac]

They vary. Mine's a complete core these days, but it was about this size before.

( She indicates the size using her fingers. Maybe like a baby fingerling potato? )

[badlydisarmed]

I'd like to run more tests first, but why haven't you tried surgery?

[reincarnesiac]

Mine's non-operable. Protocore fragments can react to outside stimuli, and that's unfortunately been proven true in surgical settings too. If it wasn't lodged in my heart, there'd be a chance. Like this, there's an equal chance it'll destroy my heart if they try, and the transplant list doesn't take protocore syndrome patients due to high mortality rates.

[badlydisarmed]

Mmh, I'll have to figure out how to neutralize it.

[reincarnesiac]

If you do, make sure to write it down so I can share it with my cardiologist back home.

( ... it... won't................. but it's weird when you deal with a thing that is both energy and solid and also partly alien and willing to jab anything that comes near it with black crystals. So rude! )

[badlydisarmed]

Maybe the magical wing has something for it. It came with a bunch of steampunk machines I still haven't looked into.

[reincarnesiac]

I mean... doesn't hurt to check?