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[frostedplum]

[ Seeing how Mei lives on Chioni with all of four other people, when her dreams have her running to her balcony to be sick over the edge, she doesn't organize a block party afterwards to discuss it. Instead, she goes back inside and creates a cocoon out of the blankets on her bed. She tries to read, but there's a listlessness to her now. A gnawing in her stomach and an odd feeling that feels very... isolating. She shivers and opens up her TAB. There are different kinds of isolation, but the kind that reminds Mei of a cryogenic tube and being the last left alive is the kind that frightens her. She needs to know she isn't alone. ]

Is anyone else awake? Would you like to keep each other company? I woke up not feeling very well and I don't think I could fall asleep right now.

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[shadowblends]

[Irony seems to strike in the most peculiar ways.

In this case, Mei had been one of the people to comfort him when he was sick and now, Kurt's been given a chance to return the favor. He takes far too long pondering if he should reply with a video instead of text, but once he's settled, he finally responds:]

i'm sorry you aren't feeling well, but i'm awake right now! i wouldn't mind chatting with you.

[frostedplum]

Oh, thank you, Kurt! How have you been? And what sort of things have you been doing?

[shadowblends]

you're welcome, mei! i've been doing all right. what about you?
most of my time has been spent volunteering at the hospital and working on school things for the mansion.
whenever i have the time, i try to get out and do less stressful activities.

[frostedplum]

Very well until tonight. I work for the scientists on Chioni taking samples of the rocks and soil. I also look at data collected on precipitation and temperatures here. I know that probably sounds boring, but it's actually really fun for me! I love analyzing data!

Volunteering is a great thing to do, but what are some less stressful activities you do, if you don't mind me asking?

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[mylawn]

What happened?

[frostedplum]

[ Hoo boy, where to start? ]

I woke up from a really bad dream and I was sick, but then it turns out I wasn't? Like I thought I was, except there wasn't anything.

Let me start over.

[ Being delicate about the matter isn't making things clear. ]

I woke up, thought I threw up, but it turns out I didn't. Like I hallucinated that I did? And now I just feel weird inside and can't get back to sleep.

[mylawn]

[Yeah so. All of that is pretty disconcerting.]

You want to see the Doc?

[frostedplum]

Not really. I don't feel like I'll be sick again. It's just a weird feeling.

[warandpeace]

I'm up if you want to talk about anything.

[Not that he's a cheery conversationalist when he's sober.]

Or if you just want to talk to me. I'm fine with that, too.

[frostedplum]

[ Oh, well, she had to find this out some time, right? ]

Thanks so much! Is there anything you'd like to talk about?

[warandpeace]

You could tell me some more about your job now, or if your recent wars back home have had any effect on your climate.

[See, those are interesting things that aren't terrible weird nightmares.]

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[frostedplum]

Lately I've been studying layers of dirt here to see what sort of microscopic plant matter might be left behind. It gets harder when it's down to such a small level, but I have some clues so far. Though it might be that I'll have to switch focus from the ground to the sky.

[ At this point she stops typing and switches to voice. ]

You know, cloud cover, wind conditions, that sort of thing. I have a theory that the Ingress might be involved with the climate here, but I'm not sure why it wouldn't affect Kauto in the same way. Is it okay that I switched to voice? It was just so much to type!

As for back home, we don't know yet. People like to blame the omnics for the climate shift because they're an easy scapegoat, but it could be possible. Their omniums are huge factories to construct omnics and I'm not sure what sort of byproducts might be released.

[desynched]

i'm sorry you're feeling sick. :( seems to be going around.

what do you want to chat about?

[frostedplum]

Oh, is it? I hadn't heard that.

How about you? What have you been up to lately?

[desynched]

the medics said they had a few cases of people feeling sick. wasn't feeling so good myself.

i don't know if you heard about it, but there was a fire monster running about. made a pretty big mess, so i spent time helping out there.

how about you? how's research going?

[frostedplum]

Oh, no! I hope you're feeling better now.

I think I did hear something about that monster. Over on Kauto, right? As for me, I've been studying some rock samples that Jack helped me collect. I want to see how the weather has affected erosion and that sort of thing. The cause of the wild climate shifts here is really hard to pin down, but I like a mystery!

[unaffluent]

I rarely sleep so I wouldn't mind talking for a while to keep you company.

[ Not that he is the best conversationalist by any stretch of the imagination. ]

[frostedplum]

Thank you! My name is Mei-Ling, but you can call me Mei. And you?

[unaffluent]

Nice to meet you Mei.

I'm Adam.

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[nyxus]

[He's not sleeping too well himself, even if he can't exactly remember his whole bad dream. Some company sounds great though!]

Hello there. Not sleeping either over here. Why don't you tell me about home? That always cheers me up.

I'm Nyx :)

[frostedplum]

Hi, I'm Mei!

Home for me is planet Earth, and my country of origin is China! But I've done a lot of traveling all over to study the world's climate. It's been going through a pretty strong shift lately, and I'm trying to figure out why.

[nyxus]

I've heard of Earth. I don't know about China but I like your name. Do you have any leads on why? Is it the whole planet?

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[vata]

I'm still awake.

[Hi little Zhou.]

[frostedplum]

[ She's just petite, okay? ]

Oh, hello! Can't sleep either, or a night owl?

[vata]

Little of both.

Must be hard, waking up sick in the middle of the night. All by yourself.