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[There's no such thing as "accidentally" calling everyone on the Far Stones. One must have consciously made the decision to speak to everyone, like a walkie-talkie that can't be turned off on the receiving end. So when Chara speaks to- everyone, it is with full awareness that they are, in fact, speaking to everyone.]

Poisonous flowers are curious things, did you know? [Which is why they start off on such a chipper note!] For many, it is the act of ingesting them which causes illness or fatality. For others, however... the simple act of prolonged contact is enough- toxins are absorbed through the skin.

Death can take anywhere from a few hours to a few weeks. [By golly, they sound happy about this.] So it's a frightfully good idea to invest in some gardening gloves, should you wish to transplant any flora from Ziziphus to another locale. It could be the difference between a new garden and your rather unfortunate demise.

[Anyways everything's totally chill. Chara's totally fine and absolutely nothing is wrong ever, they just like making these kinds of announcements for kicks. It has Absolutely Nothing to do with failing to request gloves of their own.

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[The voice that emits from the stone in answer is not Chara's, but it's not the voice of its current user, either. It's a flat, almost mechanical tone. ]

TEMPLE - IN - MOUNTAIN - PEAK - ENSO

See, now you're just spoiling the surprise.

[Gosh.]

[ The Knight puts down the stone and sort of GESTURES HELPLESSLY at Chara because they definitely came up here with them to help transplant flowers BUT NOW YOU ARE SICK AND THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO EXCEPT CALL PEOPLE WHO KNOW WHAT TO DO. ]

[They're giving you the most dead-eyed look in the world, bug. But considering that movement is not spectacularly wonderful, right now, that's the best they have. Consider yourself lucky.]

Thank you so much dearie, I'm heading there now.

[Muffet refrains trying to argue about this entirely, just grabbing the nearest bit of monster food she can grab and bolting straight for the temple. Some small corner of her mind privately resolves to find out whoever sent that and make sure she can repay them properly.]

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That's hardly necessary.

[Chara cuts in almost impatiently, with the knowledge of something she doesn't have.]

In addition to being pointless. Didn't you know?

Green magic doesn't work on poison.

[Muffet replies without even slowing down, speaking calmly into her stone as she runs to the mana pool and dives through.]

It can't chase it out of your system, no. What it can do is keep the damage from getting any worse while your body filters it out.

[As long as a poison is in the body, it will continue to work- but the body doesn't care for anything toxic to stay, and will hasten a poison out green magic or no green magic. If one has the patience to sit with a patient, healing the damage done over and over until the poison has finished running through them, it can mean the difference between life and death. And a body that is otherwise entirely healthy will find it far easier to push a poison out than one already struggling.]

That- [Is a concept they'd never considered. Before, whenever they felt even remotely better, they would simply turn to Asriel and he would-

Their death had- taken a long time. Chara's memories of those weeks are hazy, at best, but what was it the monsters had said to Frisk? There was nothing they could do.

Perhaps they'd all simply-- stopped trying.]

...I suppose.

[Likely they had tried and tried and tried again, only for it to fail because they simply didn't know the cause and therefore could not treat it. Helping the patient wait things out isn't terribly effective when they keep dosing themselves again.]

[Muffet falls silent as she approaches the temple, entering and looking around worriedly for Chara.]

[And there they are, seated in the shade of a pillar with Tim crouched down in front of them, the Knight hovering anxiously off to the side. Even from a distance, the changes to their complexion as a fever sets in is--

Noticeable.]

[He doesn't recognize the voice. Doesn't need to. Clearly, it's not Chara, meaning that there's someone with them. Someone who needs a stone to translate, and probably doesn't know what to do in the case of poison - meaning they'll have to resort to asking others for aid.]

[At least they're more willing, in a manner of speaking, than their companion.]

...thanks.

Do you know when this started?

[ They are bug, how does time work. They think hard, as quickly as they can. ]

NOT - LONG - AGO

BUT - FAST - IS - BEST

TOO - MUCH - POISON - OVER - TIME - I - THINK

[ They know little about how toxins apply themselves to a living creature; they themselves can heal without consequence due to their nature, and they know a little first aid, but it doesn't cover this sort of situation.

In conclusion: HELP??? ]

It probably would've taken some time. [Mostly said to himself. He's breathing hard, already moving at a swift jog.]

Who're you? You're with them now?

[ A notable pause. What should they call themselves? They still don't really have a set name.

Uhhhhhhhhhhok this will do. ]

ASSISTANT

WAS - HELPING - WITH - GARDEN

WITH - THEM - NOW - YES

["Assistant." That's vague. Might be that they don't have a way of really...extrapolating from there, given that the tone is this flat, impersonal thing. He's talking to a robot, maybe. Or someone with a poorly defined sense of self.]

[Later. Figure it out later.]

How're they doing now?

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Hope the threadjacking is okay. :D

tooooottally fine!

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Do you want me to hop over to the thread with Tim and The Knight or stick with this one?

Probably best to jump into the thread with Tim!

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