❄️ she should have done this ages ago-

[beathollow]

While exploring Night Vale I realized there was something I've been needing but didn't really... feel I could ask for since I was functioning without it. I can get some here but it won't last for too long. So.

Would it be possible to get zinc supplements made back in the Grove?

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[sailingfor]

I can make them. And other drugs you'd need, if that becomes a necessity at all.

[beathollow]

I'm not sure if there is others that I would need. I probably need an actual doctor's visit to know. No offense to our clinic.

Truth be told, my zinc deficiency is just a strong possibility, but a friend from home and I deduced it from my symptoms.

[sailingfor]

I'm definitely no doctor, but I can at least make prescription drugs among other things. You'll have to give me some time to identify local flora when we get back. I had started on it... The mushrooms made it difficult to venture out very far.

[beathollow]

Thank you. Since you're doing this for me, is there anything I can do to help?

[sailingfor]

[Several minutes of silence because he doesn't know, uh—]

Nope.

[help]

[beathollow]

I appreciate the honesty.

[sailingfor]

I'm not very good at accepting help or favours. Just call it a favour. I need something to do when we go back anyway.

[beathollow]

Okay.

Thank you.

[sailingfor]

Seguro.

[timidheart]

I will clean out every combini if I must.

[beathollow]

Ah, my partner is so devoted...

[timidheart]

What horrid partner would I be if I did not do everything I could to improve your quality of life!! I want you to be happy and healthyyyyyyy

[beathollow]

I love you.

[timidheart]

I love you toooooooooooooooooo

[beathollow]

The healthy diet we keep is helping too, but this is a deficiency I've held for a long time, so I think it needs extra care. I should have thought of this ages ago...

[timidheart]

Ah, if you would like, I have experience working with nutrition from when I was a trainer. I can better cater our meals for this...

Ah... I didn't want to overstep in offering before...

[beathollow]

I also didn't say anything, Mayoi. It's not your fault. I am used to simply

being.

[timidheart]

[And that "being" is a lot of why he gave her his name.]

[He should have thought to just say something sooner, he will give himself grief over this regardless, but he can also work hard now to help. That she is being open about it is a good first step.]

Yes... and you know that ...I understand that sentiment intimately with my own situation. We can work towards happiness now, and leave "being" in the dark where it belongs.

[beathollow]

That sounds nice.

And one day, maybe 'being' will be healing instead of shackles. Like resting on a summer day, instead of sitting in a cage.

[timidheart]

I look forward to that day, as well. We will see it, I know.

[beathollow]

With you, it feels possible.

very cute handwriting. round and neat.

[love_swan]

[ CONCERN.... ]

what does a zinc deficiency do..?

[beathollow]

It can affect one's immune system, but for me specifically it lowers my appetite and has completely killed my sense of taste.

[love_swan]

Oh that sounds like the worst...

[ He's thinking of sweets oops. He would hate not being able to taste his food. ]

Have you been okay without it so far or--

[beathollow]

I've managed since middle school, but its


Tiring.

I want to be okay again.

[love_swan]

We'll figure something out for you... would eating food with zinc in it help until then?

[beathollow]

I try to do this already and I'm sure it does help! But I think supplements will kick recovery into gear more, if that makes sense?

[love_swan]

[ Of course she already thought of that, good going Shiratori. ]

Yeah! I get it I was just worried about until you get them.

[beathollow]

Oh!

I was able to get some from the store here in Night Vale, but I realized this wasn't going to be tenable in the long run, since we're not going to be here forever.




Hopefully. I like the shrine.

[love_swan]

I like the shrine too.

[ Night Vale freaks him out actually. ]

Um. If there's anything i can do okay?

[beathollow]

Yes, of course. Thank you.

( ... and then there's a doodle of a blobby lil bunny. it looks happy somehow... )

[love_swan]

[ another cute little bunny to join it! and a couple little flowers. ]

[timidheart]

Aira-san, could you actually assist me with collecting everything from the local drugstores?

[love_swan]

Of course! The Pretty 5 have prepared me for store crawling. Bring it on.

[timidheart]

Fufufufufu, we will leave no stone untuuuuuuurned~

[kingincognito]

Pardon the intrusion, Lady Mafuyu, but have you been to the clinic about this?

[beathollow]

( CAUGHT BY A NII-SAN- )

Not

Exactly. Pure Vanilla Cookie had noticed before his disappearance. And I was used to living with ignoring it.

[kingincognito]

[ >:| ]

There is no need to resign yourself to living with such an affliction. Please, let us help you.

[beathollow]

It was required back home. I am still... unlearning things.

[kingincognito]

Whoever required it of you did not have your best interests at heart. I understand all too well.

Might I meet you at the clinic? If not now, then soon. Your condition worries me.

[beathollow]

That is something I had to learn the hard way. We had a fight about it just before I came here.

She didn't listen. And now I'm here.

I can do this, yes. Should I bring anything?

[kingincognito]

And you will be all the better for it. Distance does wonders.

No, just yourself. Unless you have found any of this zinc you mentioned before. I am not familiar.

[beathollow]

I do have some zinc supplements from the desert town, yes. I'll be there soon.

[kingincognito]

Oh, good. I would like to inspect it. Even just a little will suffice.

I will prepare some tea for your arrival.

[beathollow]

Okay.




( not even a few minutes later, she's there at the clinic, a plastic jar in her hands. )

... Joshua?

[kingincognito]

[ Joshua is not far, so when Mafuyu calls for him, he slips out of the kitchen to greet her, fox ears perked and a smile on his lips. Not that those ears wouldn't have picked up her voice from across the clinic, but he did say he'd have tea ready. ]

Lady Mafuyu. Thank you for coming. Please, follow me.

[ Into the kitchen. Not the typical location for a check-up, but! It's fine. ]

Please, have a seat. I'll get you some tea.

[beathollow]

( she nods, doing just that. her posture is perfect, and she sits with an almost... unnatural stillness. fucked up. )

Thank you.