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Jul. 13th, 2005 12:02 am![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png)
Enter one hani, shakily, from the stairs. She's coughing, like yesterday, but now she's also shedding. A lot. In fact, as she slumps into a booth with a mug of tea and honey, a small bald spot might be visible on her back.
Is the incubation period longer in hani, or is this unrelated to anything else going on? Chur has no clue. Then again, Chur has no clue that anyone else is sick.
Chur has fallen asleep in her booth, empty bowl of uruus stock and Anuurni rice next to her, three-quarters-empty (or one-quarter-full) mug of tea clutched in her right hand, shed fur all around her. Her beard's starting to fall out, too.
There are still bald spots - in fact, there are more bald spots now - but instead of pinkish-brown skin, there's scales. Very small scales. Most of the scales are silvery-brown, but there are also blotches, the size of Chur's thumb, that are deep red and outlined with black, much like this corn snake.
Who wants to wake her up and tell her? Or maybe just bring her some hot tea, instead of the cold, honey-filled sludge in her mug?
She comes down to the bar and is about to order something when she spots someone that she thought she'd never have to see again. 'Ramon Salazar'.
Whatever she is about to say she forgets as she stares at the man. Her eyes widen and she unconsciously holds onto a chair for support.
'No, he can't be here, he can't be here...' she thinks as her heart beats faster and she can feel the phantom pain of broken fingers. A memory he probably doesn't have.
She wants to run, but she can't, stuck in one spot as images she's tried to forget seep back into her brain.
Kim takes a breath and tries to keep herself from screaming.
[ooc: Summary for 24-ways - "Snowflake" comes to calm down a shaken Kim, he makes her feel better and then goes off to 'meet' the person who caused her distress. Kim has no idea how much Snowflake could protect her. In a thread that somehow happens at the same time, Nita comes and makes sure Kim's okay, they talk about Nita's family and Chris's illness. Nita promises Kim that nothing will happen to her.]