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[fortune_sought]

[the Doctor and Sophie are at a table by the front windows in an open café in the southern shopping plaza. the building overlooks the botanical gardens, making for a pleasant and quaint atmosphere--the sort of atmosphere the town professes to exude. however, the scene inside the café is far from pleasant or quaint. in fact, the two appear to be in the midst of a rather heated discussion]

[Sophie has a cup of tea in front of her and is slumped over the table in a fashion that would remind her alarmingly of some of the stooping she did as an old woman. however, she is certainly not bothered about her posture at the moment. her face is extremely flushed, though whether from fever or anger is anyone's guess, and she is glaring severely at the man across the table from her] I am calm!

[the Doctor, his face reddened not only because of the impossible fever sweeping through his system but thanks to his deep annoyance with the woman he's sharing his table with, only rolls his eyes and barely manages to keep himself from throwing his arms up in the air in a completely dramatic show of frustration.]

Oh yes, that's calm. Next thing I know, you're going to be smashing your tea cup to the ground and professing the same thing! I only said you needed to relax or you'll get yourself into a deeper state of exhaustion than you're already in!

[scoffs, still glaring] And I'm sure your insults are perfectly calm as well! What we need is a solution! Until we have that, no amount of "relaxing" will solve anything.

Look, even if you won't, you've got to eat something. You need the fuel to keep functioning. [of course, the last thing he actually ate was a bag of candy floss and a corn dog a few days ago, but he doesn't exactly need food all that often.]

[he pushes a plate of pain au chocolat, or chocolate-filled croissants, her way, forcing his tone to be a bit gentler.] Humour me, will you? We can eat and solve riddles at the same time. It's called 'multi-tasking'.

[eyes him for a moment more and then sighs. reluctantly picks up one of the croissants, nibbling on one end of it. she's really not hungry and is a bit apprehensive that the food she attempts to eat might come back up in the middle of their conversation] You might be surprised, but we have multi-tasking in Ingary.

So what ideas do you have about the riddle? Or have you spoken to anyone else about it?

[he takes one as well, but merely keeps it on a small plate beside his glass of ice water. he reckons if his temperature continues to climb, he might even pass for a human in a thermal scan. it's an amusing thought, at least.]

Spoke to--[his previous self]--the other Doctor about this, but I've been trying to work out a solution of my own instead of solving the riddle. [pulls a face] My...own efforts haven't been nearly as successful as I'd hoped, so I'm giving that riddle another go! Got a few ideas of my own, of course, but let's see how the others are doing, hmm? I heard a few of them were up to something, but I was a bit busy at the time.

[he takes his CAT out, setting it on the table in front of them so both he and Sophie can be seen in a video broadcast to all the residential CATs.] Ah hello, there we are. How is everyone feeling? I gather no one's solved the riddle yet, but maybe we need to rethink things a little. Get a fresh--well, relatively speaking anyway--pair of eyes and ears on things. Where are you all at?

[ooc: Joint post! If you couldn't tell, the Doctor is blue and Sophie is orange. We'll both be tagging around. Join in the discussion so we can solve the mystery!]

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[wind-of-reason.livejournal.com]

Eh, no, I haven't. I'm afraid I didn't make it there.
[No, she was too busy trying to solve the riddle. And sleeping. In the greenhouse...]


[Fuu blinks in surprise. She hadn't been quite certain if it was the right choice. Well, she still didn't know until they got to the sundial. Or until Nurse Hope did. She wasn't sure if she'd make that walk.]

Ah, if it's smaller than the coin, then it might work. If you could please hurry to the Poseidon sundial and try putting the eye into that indentation you found the other day?

And... I know that doctor Resarci wants to analyze the antidote that is found, but if the others feel as ill as I do, there might not be enough time. Please, I'd like to volunteer as the first test subject.

[luministimods]

Then as soon as we're done here, that's where you should be going!

Ohhh, of course! [nods with a smile] I will do that. Won't you come along?

[shakes her head] Oh no, I couldn't allow any such thing! Proper testing is needed, whatever the situation. But Doctor Resarci will certainly inform everyone as soon as he has an antidote. I know him very well, and there is no way he would allow anyone in town to die.

[wind-of-reason.livejournal.com]

[Would I come along? Fuu can't help but laugh sarcastically to herself about that. Did the Nurse want her at the clinic or the sundial? Neither was a Sunday stroll.]

[She sighs at her insistence that the proper testing was needed. She doesn't have the strength to argue the point, for all that she might like to have. After all, they are speaking of the man who waited four days to alert them to the fact that they'd been poisoned, right?]

I'll do my best to follow you to the sundial, Nurse Hope. But I don't know that I'll have energy for much else after that.

[luministimods]

[nods, pocketing the chihuahua's eye and fetching her bicycle] Then I'll have you brought to the clinic after that. But first, we'll see if you've found the antidote. I'll meet you there!

[starts off toward the exit at a brisk pace--probably too brisk for Fuu to catch up with. but don't worry, Fuu, she won't do anything at the sundial without you!]

[wind-of-reason.livejournal.com]

[Fuu nods in confirmation. She'd really rather rest at her home, but she's not going to bring it up now. Gosh, but she hopes that she's found the antidote. She doesn't have the strength to continue on much longer.]


[Never has the walk to the library seemed so long.]

[ooc-ish: And what she wouldn't give to have one of the healthy residents come help her out XD]

[luministimods]

[watches Fuu approach, frowning slightly. as the girl nears, Nurse Hope takes several long strides to reach her and then takes her by one arm, helping to support her for the end of the walk]

Here we are. You think I should put the eye into the slot at the base, correct? Can you stand while I do it?

[wind-of-reason.livejournal.com]

[She smiles kindly to the nurse, thankful for the hand. The support of the bike was okay, but it certainly wasn't meant to be a walker. Leaning on her bike heavily she nods.]

That's right. If you would please.
I'll be okay now that I'm standing still.

[luministimods]

[nods] All right, we'll see if it fits. [crouches down by the base of the sundial, once again taking care not to touch her white uniform to the ground. takes the eye out of her pocket and attempts to fit it into the indentation in the pedestal--

--and it fits. there is no fanfare, just a simple whoosh of air as a segment of rock slides out of the way like it's some sort of panel]

Wow! I think there's something in here... [reaches a hand into the new opening. she withdraws it, straightening, and shows Fuu a small vial of purple liquid. smiles widely] I think we have something for Doctor Resarci to test now.

[wind-of-reason.livejournal.com]

[Fuu just stares at the vial in amazement. It worked. They had the antidote. She feels overwhelmingly relieved and incredibly tired.]

I- I'm so glad. So glad... Please, hurry with the treatment...

[She doesn't know what else to say right now. Allowing the bike to rest on it's kickstand she slowly sinks to the ground. Oh, but it feels nice to be sitting.]