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[stungunning]

Hello everybody, I was wondering if-

[Your usually cheerful broadcast from Milly is interrupted by a sudden burst of coughing and spluttering, and come to think of it, she sounds a fair bit croakier and stuffed up than she usually does.]

Excuse me. I was wondering if anybody's got any remedies for a terrible co-

[There she goes again.]

Cold. I hiccuped myself into a pond and I think made myself sick, and I've got far too many things to be getting on with- achoo!- to waste time being sick.

[Understatement of the century, it sounds like, as she's suddenly coughing and spluttering again.]

...my head hurts.

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voice

[legsfalloff]

Hello, you're looking for cold remedies? Though I will say now that getting rest is one of the most important things to do while you're ill.

voice

[stungunning]

[Snuffle and cough]

Will that get me back on my feet quickly?

[legsfalloff]

It will help. Fluids like tea and soup will help loosen the build up, and a glass of warm water with half a tea spoon or less of salt will help your sore throat.

[stungunning]

Well I do like soup...

Do you recommend any special kind of soup? My grandma always used to make us chicken-noodle soup when we got sick at her house.

[blinkingusalong]

Oh no!

I had a cold a while ago... Uwaa... I can't remember how I got over it. I know I went to the clinic though!

[stungunning]

I think I might do that if I don't feel better tomorrow; it does seem a bit wimpy to go to the doctor's for a cold though.

[blinkingusalong]

Oh no! It's perfectly fine to go when you're sick!

Even for me, a little cold is really bad. If I sneeze... I teleport things by mistake...

[stungunning]

You teleport things? Goodness, that sounds very inconvenient. I've had teleporting hiccups myself, I can't imagine having to deal with

-achoo!

with something like that on a long term basis.

[voiced]

[frost_jewel]

Oh, you don't sound well at all. We have a few things in the clinic, are you able to come here?

[voiced]

[stungunning]

You don't think I'm maybe overreacting? I mean, it's probably just a

[Cough cough- pause- cougcoughcough] cold.

[voiced]

[frost_jewel]

It probably is, but that is no reason not to ask for help.

[Voice]

[shadedsunlight]

Rest goes a long way. Chicken soup is a nice feel-good remedy, healthy for you too. I like warm tea with honey as well. The clinic also has some cold medication.

[Voice]

[stungunning]

Mm, I wonder if have any honey in the house. I have a feeling Mr. Vash might have eaten it all with his donuts this morning...

[Voice]

[shadedsunlight]

He seems to like sweet things a lot, doughnuts especially.

[Action]

[goldenglasses]

[There's a soft knock on your bedroom door not long after that journal broadcast. Vash peeks his head into the room with a sigh.] Still not feeling any better, huh?

[Action]

[stungunning]

[Milly's taken the advice of the journal and hopped into her pyjamas and got back into bed.

As Vash comes in, she's just taken the opportunity to blow her nose.]

Hello Mr. Vash.

[Action]

[goldenglasses]

Hey, Milly. How you doing on tissues?

[action]

[thedicearecast]

[Having been in that same exact boat not long ago herself, Amelia is more than ready to help out. One of the better methods came from a pirate, and so a little after Vash's visit, Amelia takes her turn upstairs. She shifts the bag she's carrying into a single hand so she can knock on the door.]

Milly? Can I come in? If you're trying to sleep, I can come back.

[action]

[stungunning]

[She's been to busy trying to clear her stuffed up head to try and get any real sleep done, so when Amelia knocks on the door she's replied to with a hoarse:]

It's open, come on in.

[deathsdoctor]

Cold remedies? Well, rest is the best way to kill a cold. As is staying warm and well hydrated. Chicken soup, tea with honey and lemon, and ginger ale are all good things to have. Steamy showers also help with the congestion.

Though if you can, come down to the clinic. We have plenty of cold medication.

[stungunning]

Oh I think a shower sounds wonderful right about now; are hot steamy baths good for congestion too? I do feel terribly achy.

I think I might come down tomorrow to get some medicine if I don't feel any better, but I'm sure a good day's rest ought to have me feeling as right as rain in the morning! That's what my-

[cough cough- wheeze- cough cough splutter]

What my mother used to say.

[deathsdoctor]

Yes, they are - as long as they're steamy. A long soak would do you good. If you have lavender or eucalyptus bath salts, they'll help ease things too. [Aromatherapy. It does help sometimes.]

It should help regardless. But if you're still feeling awful, we'll have things ready for you.

[notabluesbro]

[And lo and behold, after that voice post Wolfwood pokes his head into the room. He's hardly cared about preserving his health around her; cooties, what are those? So he casually comes in and plops down on the bed beside her.]

Head still hurts?

[stungunning]

[Oh no, Darling, you can't possibly come in here and get my yucky cold, that would make me feel even worse if you were all sicky and spluttery.

...which is why she's pulling the covers up over her mouth so that she can't go breathing all her germs all over you and making you poorly too.]

Mm-hmm.

[And she'll just be curling up in ball, unable to get warm even under the blankets and shivering under them.]

[notabluesbro]

[BAH, humbug! He just smiles sympathetically, leaning in to rest on the same pillow. Aaaah, what a day. Wife is sick and it's cold today to boot. At least he's not a lady anymore.]

Anything I can get you to make that feel better? I heard you were scouting for remedies.