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Started June 24, 2019 by Deleted user

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"This was a thriving civilization once, I'd bet." the Doctor said quietly. "I wonder what could have happened?"

(Fam I love your new hair, just felt like you should know :)
"Well," Olivia began, as though the answer was obvious, " shouldn't we go and find out? There might be people who might know something. "

(Aww, thank you!)

"Of course. I was just about to suggest that!" he said chillingly, looking off into the distance. "There's people not far off, you can see the outlines of a town. It's all flat terrain from here and even human vision would be able to spot it. Let's go."

Olivia threw up her hands in disbelief. "Is the entire purpose of this trip to make me feel stupid? Gods, I get it. You're special and I'm half-blind and exceedingly stupid. This is a recurring message that I've understood by now."

"Oh, Olivia, Olivia, Olivia, I'm sorry! I never meant to make you feel horrible in any way!" the Doctor said, running a hand through his already floppy hair. "I can't say the same for Seni, but if you ever feel uncomfortable, tell me! I don't want to overshadow you!" he said, taking her hand

Olivia tensed for a moment, then relaxed, reluctantly calming herself. "It - it's fine. Sorry. I'm being dramatic. I just - I don't like… feeling… like that," she managed, choking her words out with great effort.

"Quit with the sentimentality. Something here is wrong, and you're playing the fools." Seni glared. A cloud of dust and fog settled over the charcoal horizon, the air chilly and prickling, setting off goosebumps against your skin. Something faint, a scream turned a whisper on the wind, tickled their ears. "Something is definitely wrong." the Doctor agreed.

Olivia's hands shook slightly, but her curiosity got the better of her, and she nodded. She opened her mouth to say something, but closed it again, deciding it was better if she didn't act stupid again. Seni would just tell her that she had noticed whatever Olivia noticed ages ago.

"We're going to that town." the Doctor decided.

They crossed the flat, barren landscape, the clouds of darkened dust and fog surrounding them, it was basically smog. Seni coughed and choked a little, but swore she was fine, the Doctor seemed perfectly fine regardless, seemingly not bothered by the horrid burnt air corrupting their lungs. "Carry on now, it isn't far and we can rest soon." the Doctor reassured as they neared the ghostly town in the ever nearing distance.

Olivia burst into a coughing fit, having held her breath for as long as she physically could. She tried to stifle it with her shirt, which helped a little to bring the noise down, but ultimately she just had to hold her breath again, hoping she could beat her past record of 2 minutes.

Olivia burst into a coughing fit, having held her breath for as long as she physically could. She tried to stifle it with her shirt, which helped a little to bring the noise down, but ultimately she just had to hold her breath again, hoping she could beat her past record of 2 minutes.

"Almost there, Olivia, we're almost at the town." the Doctor said. They reached it just in time, Seni felt like she was going to pass out–why did she still travel with this idiot again? "Shelter, now." he said. The whole place was barren and empty, the streets echoed and the gusts of wind wailed, but it was more pressing they got indoors, lest they end up choking or freezing to death.

Olivia let her breath out and immediately started coughing again, doubling over and falling to her knees. She wasn't sure if there was blood of phlegm in her throat, but either way, it was now on her hand. When she finally stopped coughing for a few seconds, she pulled her hand away and saw tiny flecks of red. So, blood, then. That was unfortunate. This wasn't supposed to keep happening. She took a deep, shaky breath and leaned forwards, shaking. After a moment, she stood up and walked over to a wall to lean against it. "Sorry about that. My body hates me," she explained.

(Does Olivia have a medical condition I never noticed? Just wonderin'.)

"Are you alright? That walk was quite a lot on the old energy reserves." the Doctor said, closing the door of the abandoned, strangely unlocked building they'd entered.

(Oh heck I forgot to put this on her character sheet but she gets hemoptysis and the doctors don't know why but like ~ yay ~)
Olivia nodded, opening her eyes. "I'm fine. Just - ouch - a little sore," she explained with a smile that didn't match her feelings. Standing away from the wall, she asked, "what are we going to do now?"

(No problem! Just checking!)

"Were going to catch our breath." Seni butted in. "No action for now, my lungs are flaring up like hell."

Olivia let out a quiet breath of relief. "Right. Excellent idea."

"I know, I'm a genius. That or I just have common sense." Seni said, despite her fatigue she still used the same snarky humor, quote unquote.

Olivia rolled her eyes. "Yes, you've made that glaringly obvious," she said, coughing again briefly before taking a deep breath and holding it until she trusted herself to breath again.

"Seni! You're not yourself! I expect snark, sure, but you're going out of your way to be petty!" the Doctor said, shocked. "Olivia hasn't done anything!" "Exactly." "What?"

She crossed her arms. "Olivia hasn't done anything. On a whim, you just pick up a random person and show them the stars. Classy." she rolled her eyes.

"Okay, stars, do you want me to leave? I'll just walk out there into the… smog, or whatever, and wait until I cough a lung out. Then you can have the Doctor all to yourself again." She winced slightly as she stood up, but walked over to the door with a fixed, blank expression.

"No, we're not having that. Seni, you're going to get over yourself, get that bee out of your bonnet, and apologize." The Doctor glared. Seni took a deep breath, and held it for a second before letting it out in a gust. "Sorry. For saying you're useless. Happy now?" she asked.

"No, actually, not a all. But I appreciate your… effort," she said slowly, turning away and sitting on the floor with her head in her hands.

"We're going to figure out what's going on in this town. And it's rather dusty in here, isn't it?" the Doctor commented. He stood up and voyaged to the other room, looking through cupboards and drawers. It was reasonably advanced here, but still had that nostalgic human feel to it. And it was covered in dust. The stuff was inches thick, it would take days to really clean it all out well. Wooden floors creaked and groaned, the hallways echoing eerily and a strange smell wafting through each mostly empty room.

Olivia nodded. "It's making my allergies act up. I've never seen this much dust in one place, it's really strange," she commented, not bothering to look up.

"Peace offering. It'll adapt to your biology." Seni handed Olivia a blue, glassy looking, faintly glowing in short, dull pulses, inhaler sort of thing. "You just suck into it, like a straw, it'll provide at least temporary relief. I stole it from this one merchant on Duun 4. It's come in handy."

Olivia hesitated. "Is it poisoned?" She asked, only half joking as she took the object from Seni's hand.

"Of course not, stupid." she said, letting out an almost kind chuckle. "Just biodegradable little… bot thingies that get into your system and repair minor damage. Good when your basically coughing up your entire blood supply, it still hurts like hell but it'll stop for a time until you get help. This thing is totally illegal anywhere else in the galaxy."

"I'm not coughing up my entire blood supply," Olivia muttered, cautiously raising the thing to her mouth and breathing in. Almost immediately, her lungs caught fire. At least, she was pretty sure they had. Gasping, she inhaled in short bursts, clutching her chest. "What - the - bloody - hell?" She exclaimed as soon as the pain stopped. She took a deep breath and was caught between a confused frown and a smile when her lungs didn't burn with the urge to jump into her throat. "This is weird," she muttered.