Not as much as I would like, but I believe I have some. If you had insight of your own, I would like to hear it. I am interested in helping free her of it as well.
She seems to be possessed by death itself. Not demon, not spirit, but death.
There are occasional flare-ups of the mold on her skin, and she has a peculiar lung weakness and faint spells. The Doge provides a cream to treat it but that will not be possible for long. The ghosts have informed me she was healthy as a child but she only remembers existing with this.
It is what I felt from it- the unmistakable feeling of death itself. ( It is not the first time that he has heard of someone speaking to ghosts, but it is still strange to him if only because he is so well acquainted with death. Souls move on. They do not linger. It is unnatural for them to linger, to not be drawn to the afterlife whichever they end up in. )
That would imply something occurred to create this affliction- possession. When I asked her of how long this had been occurring, she said she didn't remember exactly, but that she had been a girl once and then she wasn't. She said she now pays for that change, that it was a common enough story. ( It seemed a particular way to phrase it to him. His brothers are always careful of word choice and so is he so he pays close attention to it. )
[ Despite her familiarity with ghosts and monsters and corpses, the thought of possession makes something in her shudder. If that is the case with Lady Vannozza, they need to heal the affliction. ]
From my research, nothing like this is common. There was a war, years ago, when Lady Vannozza and her cousin Macaluso were both young and it took their parents. [ And war changes people; they grow too quickly. ] The ghosts mentioned plague sickness but that is incredibly rare, as well. Are you familiar with possession, young master?
I believe she may have been referring to another cost beyond the war or in addition to it. ( Otherwise Macaluso would have the same affliction, but perhaps something happened because of it or related to it. ) Do you know a great deal about the war?
( It makes him think of what Lily told him about- about her ghost. There was a ghost who had experienced burning like what he sensed in the forest when he visited even if the undead there were long gone. He doesn't jump to the conclusion that it is all related, but it is a strange coincidence worth investigating further. )
It's more than sickness. I am certain of that. I cannot say I am familiar with this beyond the feeling of death. I had heard she was looking to have a special exorcism or summoning performed, which is the reason I reached out to her to begin with.
No. I get my timelines confused. In truth, I am unsure of what took her parents, merely that she and her cousin, and many others, were left orphans. [ Do the undead that roam the hunting grounds have anything to do with them? ]
If it is more than sickness, then what took her parents might be a cause, or her affliction a symptom of something deeper. If she is looking for an exorcism, I shall ask to attend her. How did you become aware of the possession?
It may be vital to learn the history of this city as it relates to Vannozza if we are to find how to cure her of this affliction. Magic often works this way. ( Curses often work this way. They're caused by an event of some kind. )
I could sense it when she showed me. I have a connection to death that allowed me to be aware of its strange grip on her. It is not like someone dying but like a possession. ( It's taking hold of her in a different way, and he does not know why. ) She also holds undead in her family's forest. I thought it might be related, but when I went to see them she'd already removed them from the premises. I sensed some residual presence from them, but the information isn't as much as I had hoped.
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un: civil serpent (voice)
Wen Qing?
I was hoping I might speak to you. I have recently spoken to Lazy Vannozza about her affliction, and she pointed me in your direction.
un: qishan (voice)
I am her personal physician for the time. Do you have insight into her affliction?
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She seems to be possessed by death itself. Not demon, not spirit, but death.
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There are occasional flare-ups of the mold on her skin, and she has a peculiar lung weakness and faint spells. The Doge provides a cream to treat it but that will not be possible for long. The ghosts have informed me she was healthy as a child but she only remembers existing with this.
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That would imply something occurred to create this affliction- possession. When I asked her of how long this had been occurring, she said she didn't remember exactly, but that she had been a girl once and then she wasn't. She said she now pays for that change, that it was a common enough story. ( It seemed a particular way to phrase it to him. His brothers are always careful of word choice and so is he so he pays close attention to it. )
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From my research, nothing like this is common. There was a war, years ago, when Lady Vannozza and her cousin Macaluso were both young and it took their parents. [ And war changes people; they grow too quickly. ] The ghosts mentioned plague sickness but that is incredibly rare, as well. Are you familiar with possession, young master?
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( It makes him think of what Lily told him about- about her ghost. There was a ghost who had experienced burning like what he sensed in the forest when he visited even if the undead there were long gone. He doesn't jump to the conclusion that it is all related, but it is a strange coincidence worth investigating further. )
It's more than sickness. I am certain of that. I cannot say I am familiar with this beyond the feeling of death. I had heard she was looking to have a special exorcism or summoning performed, which is the reason I reached out to her to begin with.
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If it is more than sickness, then what took her parents might be a cause, or her affliction a symptom of something deeper. If she is looking for an exorcism, I shall ask to attend her. How did you become aware of the possession?
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I could sense it when she showed me. I have a connection to death that allowed me to be aware of its strange grip on her. It is not like someone dying but like a possession. ( It's taking hold of her in a different way, and he does not know why. ) She also holds undead in her family's forest. I thought it might be related, but when I went to see them she'd already removed them from the premises. I sensed some residual presence from them, but the information isn't as much as I had hoped.