theairlock | The bodies in my floor all trusted someone. Now I walk on them to tea.

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The bodies in my floor all trusted someone. Now I walk on them to tea.

[After the trial, Xander does what he does best. What always blanks his mind when training is not an option:

He organizes.

The hot food for lunch is out still, and while he feels far from hungry, he knows they all SHOULD eat. Everyone wanders off to take care of their own grief, and he lets them for now- and instead busies himself at the espresso bar. There's something specific he wants to do.

Later, under each door, and with the same thing written on the white board he had dragged out for meetings:]

There is hot food and tea in the cafeteria, and while I have no stomach for food it is there for those that can.

While it is tempting to be alone right now, if you wish company I shall be there until evening. Now may be a good time to compare new information while it is fresh.

If not, please stay well.

Xander

[And as promised there is fresh tea. Green tea in fact, though it lacks the milk Chitanda made- but basic tea he can manage at least]

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Aah! [That looks TERRIBLE. No wonder it was giving her trouble.] It looks infected. Have you... been...

[...wait a minute. What kind of wound is that?]

I've been taking care of it the best I can. [With water, bandages and maybe something else. She starts wrapping it up quickly, though.] ...and yes. This why they call me the Champion of Inoculation.

You were inoculated against...

[She's thinking back to what she knows about Kurumi's world, and she doesn't like what's coming to mind.]

Your hands are cold.

Yeah. I... I fucked up.

[That's the best way to put it, honestly.] I'm not a danger here, though. I've...we found a cure. It's got some side effects but nothing should happen while we're in the station. If it gets too bad, I think the Overseers will do something.