Someone call the whaaambulance!

[ghostlighter]

[Aniki notices the heat first. It swims up from under her skin, starting, bizarrely, at the shoulders, rolling down her arms, back up and then down through her chest. She shivers, and her ears start to ring. She gives Chris a flushed, hazy look.] I hope this is what you meant by feeling a bit funny, lad. [It's getting a bit hard to sit up.]

I... actually, I'm not sure. [Not that he's about to admit that he had a miracle worker healer growing up, and afterwards most of his injuries were too large for simple medicine like aspirin to do the job so he's really never used it much. He's a bit worried by the reaction, though.] How many did you take?

I don't know. You didn't say how many I was supposed to. [Her stomach hurts, though that's just an intensifying of what she's felt for the last few days. The dizziness of the headache is back, too. Joy on joy.]

You were looking right at the bottle! I thought you were reading the instructions. [He paces a few steps, out of what looks to be just annoyance.]

[Glare. Though not a very focused one. And she'll be laying down now.] I was looking at the cracknobbed pictures on it. I assumed you'd say something if the rest was important.

How was I supposed to know? Don't you even have pills where you're from?

[Is not going to start the whole 'I'm from here' argument again.] Not like those! [She tries to take a breath around the heartbeat slowly climbing to a blacksmith's hammer in her throat. The stars look like they're melting, now, and she feels vaguely like she herself is melting into the ground.]

I think I might be needing a bit of help.

(ooc: ... Yeah. Chris accidentally enabled Aniki to poison herself. On accident. Really.)

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[ghostlighter]

Nothing on purpose, I swear.

[contract_star]

You gave her pills? Do you realize what kind of world she's from?

[ghostlighter]

What kind of—? Wha— No? She's human, isn't she? What does that matter?

[contract_star]

She's from a world where they rely on magic. They don't have technology--they don't have pills, Chris! You can't just give someone chemicals they've never been exposed to!

[ghostlighter]

How was I supposed to know that? She said she was from here, or even if she wasn't, I have no idea what kind of world she's from! [fdlsknfdskl He's frustrated and angry but that's usually just a by-product of guilt. Auuugh.]

[contract_star]

From here? No one is from here except the Twins.

You couldn't have, but that's just it--if you don't know the kind of world she comes from, you don't give her chemicals. What if she hadn't been from Earth or something? Or hadn't been human?

[ghostlighter]

That's what I thought. She couldn't remember how long she'd been here either, so I didn't— [dflknds Paces away and makes vague strangling motions in the air for a moment, not even remotely directed at Hei or anything. Just.. at nothing in general.] Ggghhh...

You know what? I was just trying to help. It was a bad idea. I get that. Now are you going to be able to help, or would you like to rake me over the coals a little while longer? [And here he has to calm down because somewhere in his little tirade, his eyes started glowing red. As soon as he tries, however, they flicker back to their calm green.]

[contract_star]

[And Hei is watching him like a hawk from the second his eyes change colors. He's silent for awhile even after he's back to normal.]

It would be a waste of time to argue further. [Falls silent and stares thoughtfully at the ground.] If it's an aspirin overdose she should survive, but it could kill her. She needs a hospital or a healer. She'd need charcoal. But that's the thing. We can't really treat her until we know what sort of things are in her world. She could end up worse off than before.

[ghostlighter]

[Muttered to himself;] Where the hell is Dad when you need him? [With a small, condescending little noise at himself when he's done. Forgetting for a moment that Leo wouldn't even be able to come to the Plane, it's Chris's own fault.]

... Right, right. [He sighs and takes a moment to run a hand over his face.] But last time she was in her world, some people tied her to a chair with a spelled rope. We can't exactly send her to a hospital in those conditions.

[contract_star]

True. We just need to find out what sort of substance in her world has the same effect that aspirin does, and what they use to counteract that. And see if we can recreate it.

[ghostlighter]

That's a good place to start. Right. [And he's calming down. He still feels guilty, but having an objective is good!]

[anjelsword.livejournal.com]

[Watches this exchange with distant interest, as they both sound like their heads are in bubbles]

[contract_star]

[Thinking for a bit.] Chris, what about your world? Aniki said that willow bark has the same effect as aspirin. What does willow do in your world?

[anjelsword.livejournal.com]

Aspirin. He said.

[contract_star]

Asp...he gave you aspirin? Aniki, how much did you take?

[anjelsword.livejournal.com]

Fair bit, I think.

[contract_star]

Damn it.

Aniki, do you know much about medicines? I mean medicines in your own world. Aspirin is a painkiller and a blood thinner. Is there anything like that in your world?

[anjelsword.livejournal.com]

I'm sure there is, but I'm having a bit of difficulty remembering what at the moment.

[contract_star]

I need you to try, okay? Try and focus. It probably seems ridiculous, but just bear with it, okay?

[anjelsword.livejournal.com]

Mm. Willow. White willow bark. [Sort of hard to breathe around her heartbeat]

[contract_star]

Willow bark. Okay, we're getting somewhere. Now one more thing, Aniki. If someone takes too much willow bark, what do you do? What does that person take to fix it?

[anjelsword.livejournal.com]

[The world spins, rings, burns.] Don't know.

[contract_star]

Come on, Aniki. Think.

[anjelsword.livejournal.com]

I can't remember what I don't know. [Ohgod. She rolls onto her side and throws up]

[contract_star]

[Rests a hand on her shoulder so she doesn't roll back onto her back and pulls her hair out of her face.]

Alright. It's alright.