forum berries and bread rolls (1x1closed)

Started January 16, 2023 by @IcarusFightsTheSun book

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Ash smiles a little when she sees Dommity blushing but nods. “Alright. That's fine but if the weather turns bad, you are still welcome to stay.” she assures.

seeing her smile made them blush even more, but at that moment they heard a panicked knocking at the door, and a man burst into the room looking terrified "you make medicine, right?! you've got to help us!"

Ash looks up in surprise at the interruption but stays calm even after she sees the look on the man’s face. “Please, calm down, sir. Yes, I can make medicine but, please, tell me what is wrong.” she says soothingly as she meets him halfway in the room.

"please my daughter's been sick for a while but it's gotten much worse!" the man says panicked, which sets dommity into a panic "oh no, where is she?! What's going on?!"

“It's alright, Dommity.” she assures, not wanting them to panic. “Give me one moment to collect a few things and we’ll go see your daughter. Can you tell me her symptoms?” she asks as she walks to her workbench and begins gathering some of her standard equipment and medical remedies.

"she has a heavy fever and red welts all over, and lately she has been coughing blood." he said a bit calmer now "so is there anything i can do to help?" they say matching the tone in the room.

Ash raises a brow at the last part but nods as she adds a few more things to her bag. “If you don't mind, Dommity, could you run upstairs and grab some fresh cloths? They’ll be in the basket next to the first door.” she informs before she quickly goes over to a shelf and grabs two specific books.

Dom runs upstairs, forgets what it was, runs half way back down the stairs, remembers, and come back with the clothes. "this is what you need right?"

Ash looks at the fabric Dommity brought her and nods. “Yes. This will do nicely.” she smiles softly and picks up her bag. “We are ready, sir. Please lead the way.”

they walk to his house at the very edge of town. they continued on to her room where there was a girl around 14 laying on a bed showing the said symptoms of illness, around her were the man's wife who jumped up, hopeful that they could save her, and little boys, not yet old enough to understand what was happening. "thank goodness you came, she is getting worse!" at the sight of her dom pulls ash back a few steps "wait, i think i might remember this. if i'm right it's contagious."

Ash nods at the mother, already observing the sick girl, before Dommity pulls her back. “You've seen this before?” she asks, glancing back at the girl.

"umm. maybe? i remember an outbreak in the caves i grew up in once, and my cousin got infected. i think it carries from rodents, and it's fairly common and treatable in the mountains. hopefully i'm wrong." dom say covering their mouth and nose in with the cape.

Ash nods at the explanation and takes a strip of the fabric Dommity brought to tie around her mouth and nose. “I still have to take a look at her.” she points out as she picks up her bag again. “But why do you hope that you're wrong?”

"because i've only ever seen the cure up in the mountain i grew up in." dom say with a look that was both scared and sad.

“I see.” Ash says, making note of Dommity’s expression. “But let's make sure whether or not this is the same sickness.” she smiles slightly, trying to be more positive. “Are there any other stages to the one you mentioned?” she asks as she kneels beside the girl's bed.

"well for the first few days it was just a simple cough, then fatigue and vomiting and now this. can you get the cure?" the man says hopefully.

Ash casts a glance back at Dommity, silently asking if what the man said lines up with the sickness they mentioned. “I believe it is possible and I will do my best.” she assures the father. “In the meantime, I'm going to leave a few things to help with the symptoms.”

dom sees her look and takes another step back, looking deep in thought "i… i don't know. i was young when it happened. i don't want to jump to conclusions, but there are too many signs" they said looking as if they lost all hope for the girl. "and if it's gotten out here then she'll either be perfectly fine… or we're all in trouble."

Ash nods at the answer and pulls out a few remedies for both the girl and the rest of the family, just in case anyone else started developing similar symptoms. “Let us hope for the first but prepare for the alternative.” she almost whispers before pointing out the medicine and giving the parents instructions on how to use them correctly.

the whole way back to the lab dom looked concerned, "we ARE going to try and save her right? because I'm doing that either way, but i'd honestly like it better if you came." they say looking at her hopefully.