[Phone] [Tavan/Nayan]

[paper_crane]

[Anais wouldn't wake up. She'd woken up all the other times she'd slept, but this time she wouldn't. Tavan panicked, and not knowing what else to do, picked up his phone and called Nayan, the only other person he knew in the area.]

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[senecio]

[The phone rings a few times before Nayan picks up. There are sounds of Nayan rummaging through things in the background.]

Oh, hi, honey~ You know, I was just thinking about you! How are you?

[paper_crane]

[that sort of cheerfulness isn't expected. Tavan's quiet for a minute, and when he speaks, he sounds really worn out. About the same as when he was in the hospital.]

Um. Not well. I'm sorry to bother you but- I need help and I don't know anyone else.

[senecio]

[The rummaging noises stop and there's an audible frown in Nayan's voice when he speaks again.]

What's wrong? I know the lamia ate more of you than she did of me, but you really should be sounding better than that by now.

[paper_crane]

[Another pause to remember when they'd last spoken and how exhausted he'd been. does he really sound that bad?]

Oh, no. I got sick. And my friends- um- [there's another pause while he tries to sort his thoughts out. panic + tiredness aren't a good pairing.]

When I first came here a paladin let me stay with her. She got sick first, and she isn't waking up now...

[senecio]

Well. That isn't good.

[Nayan really can't think of anything that would do that, but...]

Do you know what she has?

[paper_crane]

I've been looking it up and the only thing it seems to resemble is Necroticorn's Curse. There was, umm, mention of a necroticorn being killed last week...

[senecio]

[.................wut. Nayan has been out of some serious loops here. He is not happy.]

A necroticorn.

[He sighs and makes a mental note to tell Zach.]

Well, I guess that does explain the random illness outbreak...

[paper_crane]

I didn't even know they were real.

[He's heard all sorts of stories of various monsters but they were just stories, to him!]

But I don't know what to do. Holy magic hurts, so a cleric can't help...

[senecio]

So you need a druid.

[Does he know any druids? Not yet, but he can always fix that.]

Let me see what I can do. If I can find one, I'll send them over. Where are you staying?

[paper_crane]

With Miss Anais. [he gives the address.]

[senecio]

[Making note of that name for later. He's planning to ask Zach about her because a rogue should probably not be staying with a paladin and he needs to know if he needs to enact some sort of rescue mission here.]

Got it. I'll send a druid over as soon as I can, all right?

[paper_crane]

Okay.

[brief delay before he remembers he should say something more than that...]

Thank you.

[senecio]

Don't mention it. We have to take care of each other out here.

[Admittedly, Nayan only lets people get away with one freebie from him, but he'll make an exception for Tavan since he's sick and could potentially die or something. He's just not going to tell him that part.]

When you aren't turning into a zombie, call me again, okay, honey? I don't want to be the person you just call when you need things.

[paper_crane]

Sure. Of course. I don't... usually like asking for things, anyway. Unless I'm trying to scam someone, but I wouldn't do that to a fellow rogue.

[It's less 'honour among thieves' and more knowing that rogues can be pretty, uh, 'cutthroat']

[senecio]

[A liiiiiittle too sweetly.]

Oh, of course you wouldn't, honey. We both know what would happen if you tried.

[Sweetness is gone and he's back to a normal tone.]

But don't worry. This is a special circumstance. We make exceptions for those.

[paper_crane]

[There's a muffled snort, as if he tried to hide it, at that first part.

Let's just pretend that didn't happen.]

I really appreciate the help. I can make it up to you. Show you some of the places I've found to unload things, maybe?

[senecio]

I may have to take you up on that. Between the lamia and the mana flu, I haven't had a chance to get out and explore the city very much.

[paper_crane]

I didn't get to see too much, but I found a few places. Learned about security cameras, too. You might want to look that up, if you don't know about them yet.

[senecio]

[Ohhh that's kind of cute! (No, really, it is.) He thinks he doesn't know about security cameras! But Nayan's going to let him warn him.]

I've heard of them. Haven't played with them yet, though. You'll have to tell me all about them when we see each other again, all right?

[paper_crane]

[Better to warn and look foolish than not warn and find out he didn't know!]

I mostly just know how to spot them, haven't gotten to mess with one. But we should talk more later, yeah?

[he's still kind of worried here. and sick.]

[senecio]

Of course, sweetie. You sit tight and maybe leave the door unlocked so the druid can get in if you think you might be unconscious or something later. We'll talk soon.

[paper_crane]

Right. And thanks again.

[then he hangs up so he can focus on keeping an eye on Anais and listen for the door]