It's Minglin' Time

[crittersheep]

WHO: You
WHERE: Anywhere
WHEN: Afternoon 62

[ With Bluebell's lovely morning rite, it's shaping up to be quite the peaceful day. The spring thaw continues, bringing young lilywogs with lingering stubby tails to the shores. It's easy to spot them floating among the reeds, though they're still prone to scattering if disturbed.

And across the pasture everyone is hopefully having a peaceful day, right? Or have some of you been getting up to shenanigans instead? ]

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[spinebuddyandme]

Yeah, that's him. I think he got rewinded too.

[ Reaches up to pat bug!

Scarab clacks his mandibles at her ]

AFFIRMATIVE. HOST:ANANKE AND SELF: EXPERIENCING TEMPORAL ANOMALY.

[wants_the_phd]

Well, it's a pleasure to put a face to the name, Scarab.

Is this what you looked like before the two of you fused?

[spinebuddyandme]

THIS: IS HOW SELF ALWAYS LOOKS. SELF: NOT VISIBLE WHEN "FUSED" WITH HOST:ANANKE.

[wants_the_phd]

Really? Is that an invisibility thing, a "burrowing under the skin" thing, a "disassembling into component molecules" thing, or something else?

I don't know anything about you work and I'm captivated.

[spinebuddyandme]

ITEM TWO. SELF: INTEGRATES WITH HOST VIA INTERNAL ACCESS.

HOST:ANANKE: CURRENT FORM: SIZE: INSUFFICIENT.

[wants_the_phd]

[*about how you work. why am i so bad at rp]

Huh! Once you fuse to someone, can you ever unfuse? Or is this an exciting day for you both?

[spinebuddyandme]

"UNFUSE": NOT ADVISED. REASON: SIGNIFICANT RISK TO HOST LIFE.

[wants_the_phd]

How so? What kind of body parts do you burrow into?

[spinebuddyandme]

"FUSED" LOCATION: SPINAL COLUMN.

[wants_the_phd]

Haha wow, that's pretty gnarly. Sounds like it would be just as uncomfortable going in as coming out.

[spinebuddyandme]

"FUSION" PROCESS: PAINLESS IN ORDER TO AVOID DETECTION.

[ Ananke gasps at this revelation ]

You shoulda just asked!

[wants_the_phd]

Would you have allowed it if he did?

[spinebuddyandme]

... Prob'ly not.

[wants_the_phd]

[Haha]

That's amazing that it can burrow into someone's spine without the host even feeling it, though.

Scarab, if you have any other pain-cancelling techniques that could work on someone you're not actively paracitizing, we could use that sort of thing around the clinic.

[spinebuddyandme]

[ Scarab tips his whole body thoughtfully ]

QUERY: DOES PAIN CESSATION NEED TO BE TEMPORARY?

[wants_the_phd]

Hmm, not necessarily. This place really fudges the line between what should normally be permanent or not.

For example, if you were to sever a nerve so we could do a painless amputation, perhaps that nerve could be healed afterward once the procedure were complete.

[spinebuddyandme]

UNDERSTOOD.

REQUIRED: INTERNAL ANALYSIS. MULTIPLE PROTOCOLS MUST BE BYPASSED FOR NON-LETHAL APPLICATIONS.

[wants_the_phd]

...Is that something I need to do?

[spinebuddyandme]

NEGATIVE. INTERNAL ANALYSIS IS TO BE CONDUCTED ON "SELF" INTERNAL PROTOCOLS TO IDENTIFY LOOPHOLES AND/OR BYPASSES TO PREVENT LETHAL APPLICATIONS.

[wants_the_phd]

Sounds good. I'll eagerly look forward to your conclusion.