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[sansa is in cellar door, surrounded by a lot of people with very long hair. many of them have overgrown fingernails, one of them standing next to her is trimming them with her embroidery scissors. she looks upset. they look angry. someone behind her is admiring their very large cloud of curly hair while another person holds their half-grown out box braids next to them in horror. a few people have upsetting bumps in their skin where piercings used to be. there are a lot of coughing noises as people spit out bullets, tumors, and various bodily abnormalities and remnants. a few people dig surgical pins out of their clothes. and a very angry man holding an elaborately carved and jeweled prosthetic arm is crowding into the frame with sansa.]

Hallo, Vi? I was hoping you might be able to tattoo this man's arm to match his prosthetic. I don't know what happened, exactly, but I think it was Vileblood magic. Some people seem to think it came from me...

[a woman presses closer and demands sansa 'fix' her facial piercings. sansa turns, her face a stony mask.]

I can't, I'm not a Vileblood. I'm sorry. Here...

[she digs pale bloodstone beads out of the coin purse at her belt and presses them on the woman. she turns back to vi.]

Do you know anyone who could help with earrings? It would be Vileblood magic, just moving the skin around...

[some people express skepticism that vileblood magic exists or does this. sansa snaps at them.]

Of course it is. Have you never been to the Lumenarium? Vilebloods make the best Blood Ministers, because their magic is all to do with the body. I should know, I'm a Paleblood.

[she hands out more pale bloodstone beads to some cross looking long-haired people.]

You'll have to get it cut, I don't know how to do it, I'm sorry.

[she looks at vi a bit helplessly.]

Do you know of any barbers, or people who braid hair?

[someone in the crowd calls out for a loctician. sansa doesn't know what that is, but she repeats it.]

A..loctician?

[another person hobbles forward on one high-heeled shoe, waving an elaborately decorated prosthetic leg. sansa sighs.]

I'm sorry. I promise I can pay you for your time.

Edited 2022-08-28 05:33 (UTC)

[vi stares at this for a moment, trying to process all of it - and there's a lot - the hair is odd enough - but the skin? it doesn't look like the thing infecting people, turning them into beasts - this is ...did that person just spit out a bullet? that. is a lovely arm there. held by a man with two arms, so...]

Um---

---Sansa, can you ....hold the screen up, or ...don't worry about it, I'll just---

[she is just going to raise her voice and try to speak as slowly, clearly and authoritatively as she can.] Hi. Hey. Vileblood here and reporting for duty. I just need everyone to chill out a little so I can figure out what I can help with and what I can't. Good news is: I can help about half of this.

First off, blood is weird and I'm not a darkblood, but I've smashed some things into walls without using my hands if you catch my drift, and time stopped and it was weird, so yeah.

Blood.

Weird.

We don't know why but it's probably ....why all of this is happening. And we'll do our best to get it all fixed up and back the way it ...was.

Lady Rook, Sansa, Alayne, Fancysatchel is not a vileblood. You got me? Are we good, there?

[pauses, waits a moment.]

Earrings in ears? Yeah, I can fix that. Nose? Sure. Anything ...more hardcore than that and I'm gonna have to say the Lumenarium's the best place, because I can't just ...move skin around.

If you need a name, ask for Palamedic---

[sigh]

Palamedes. If you need my name, it's Vi. My name's also on my face, so that's convenient for all of us.

You want this? One side shaved and the rest all choppy? [points to her own haircut] Then, yeah, I can do this, but you probably don't want me to. If you have straight hair and you just need the length cut off, I can do that. I can even do bangs if you want, but you're better off asking someone else.

I know a barber in Crenshaw, but I don't know if she can do braids. I can only do like, one long braid, or two long braids?? But it's not precise or fancy because I, the vileblood that has vileblood magic in my weird, stinky blood that definitely does exist, thank you, -- I am not a hair person, or a loc...tician?

But I can ask around. My barber's name's Drea, and again, feel free to use my name - just have them put it on my tab. Even if you want this hair? They can do it better, I promise.

[please don't ask vi to cut your hair]

The arm? The leg? Yeah, those I can do. If you want jewels, I dunno, but there's a lot of cool stuff and different inks, so I can look into that. But, yeah, if I can study the designs, if you can bring them to Ursula's, I can ink your new limbs to match your old ones.

Hell, a really good blood minister might even be able to remove the limbs again, but that's your call. It's a vileblood thing, for sure. Just not my thing. My thing is tattoos. And a couple of easy piercings.

I've uh. I've got this. Some of it. Sansa? We can worry about payment after it's all sorted, 'kay?

[sansa smiles gratefully and holds up the omni.]

Would you make it bigger and louder, please?

[she's talking to the omni. it complies. there' a snort of laughter at 'palamedic.']

Palamedic? Do you call him that where he can hear you?

[not important. anyway. she turns to the crowd.]

If you have designs from a prosthetic you want on your skin, please make your way to Ursula's Ink. If you are in need of hair dye or a barber, or someone to fix your braids, I will give you pale bloodstone.

[she's willing to take a loss on this, because inert pale bloodstone is easy for her to make, but not so much that she'll look like an easy mark.]

The Blood Ministers at the Lumenarium will treat you for free, and you can find Palamedes at the Sanctuary as well.

[he's a darkblood, and sansa's understanding of necromancy doesn't stretch to flesh magic, but there will probably be someone there who knows what to do. or she can ask the nurses...]

And anyone may wait their turn to cut their nails––those are fabric shears.

[a hand has been reaching for the larger, sheathes shears in sansa's chatelaine, and she tugs them out of reach with a stern look.]

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