video; un @fran.bow.dagenhart | July 24th

[keeperofkeys]

cw: blood, event related body horror

[Fran waves at the camera happily, looking excited. A part of her upper arm is wrapped tightly in a neon strip of t-shirt she'd torn from her last gas station haul, though the rot has crept down below where the bandages end.]

Everyone, I think I may have solved it. It's in this book. [And she holds up the book, open to the pages with the illustrations in question.] Does everyone have this?

You see, everyone looks so upset at their limbs being eaten away by whatever it is. But then they put red on it and they're happy and whole again.

Friends, I think the red might be blood! I think we need to get blood on the parts of us that are rotting. Or simply shattering, in some cases.

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un: @sadi; video

[singularwidower]

[His video is taken from low angle from where he has gently braced his smartphone on the dilapidated table in his cabin. His expression, as he peers down at it, is deeply concerned.]

Do you need blood, then?

[Because. Well. He can SEE the rot.]

[keeperofkeys]

You're so sweet to offer! No, I don't think so. I think it can be our own blood. I'm just trying to think of the best place to get it from.

Last time I did a spell that required blood I cut my hand, and that hurt quite a lot. So I'm wondering if there's a better place to cut that might not hurt so much?

If my own blood doesn't work, though, I'll definitely come find you!

[singularwidower]

[A pained expression flickers across Daemon's face.]

I would imagine it did hurt quite a lot. And I would prefer to assist rather than have you bleed, if at all possible. I know some small Healing Craft, and I have...also often provided blood for ritual purposes.

[keeperofkeys]

I have a knife, it just needs some cleaning. [She rubs her thumb over a faded scar on her palm, from the last ritual she performed, studying it with a furrowed brow.]

You can use your small healing craft on the cut afterward, how about that?

[singularwidower]

Cleaning. [He closes his eyes briefly, lets out his breath, and reins in his instincts.] Of course. Although--I am now curious. What was the last...spell you performed?

[keeperofkeys]

[Fran frowns and fidgets a little with the bandage on her arm.] It... wasn't very nice. But it was in self defense. Are you sure you want to hear about it?

[singularwidower]

I would. Even if it was not so nice. I must admit that I have performed spells that could not at all be considered nice, myself, and only a small fraction of them might be considered proper self-defense. [Heh.] But don't let me pressure you.