[Voice]

[the_demonmaid]

[As the post crackled on, all that could be heard at first was raspy dry breathing] Haaa... haaaa... I wonder, who is still around down here? I don't envy the seadwellers... hot as it is for me. Haa...

Karkat, our- we should still meet.

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[video]

[0_0]

[Oh no, no ho ho... Aradia is really concerned with the way Handmaid's sounds. She thinks that she's really physically hurt, not yet connecting it with the curse.]

What happened?

[video]

[the_demonmaid]

[She fumbled for a moment to turn the video on, her flushed facing coming on after a bit] Aradia. Ah, hello.

[video]

[0_0]

You've become ill?

[Mom... Mom. Mom.

And she also feels really great that she was pushed up to the island before this happened.]

[video]

[the_demonmaid]

I don't get sick. It's not- [Her voice rasped in her throat, sounding as if she was losing it] Must be something else.

[video]

[0_0]

[Youuu... cannot fool her!]

You just don't start losing your voice, obviously you are sick!

[hexywitch]

Are you all right? You must be...Aradia's ancestor?

[the_demonmaid]

Indeed. And who might you be? [Curiouser and curiouser. Who else did her little descendant know?]

[hexywitch]

My name is Lily. Lily Evans. I've just returned from a trip back home. What should I call you, then?

[the_demonmaid]

You may choose between the Handmaid and the Demoness. Either are names trolls of Alternia whisper in dark rooms.

voice;

[withoutasign]

[Signless' voice is rougher and raspier than usual, bearing a suspicious resemblance to Karkat's normal voice, but still recognizably his.]

Handmaid? Are you feeling all right?

voice;

[the_demonmaid]

Ah, I can hear it in your voice as well. [There was a rustling noise, her sitting down and leaning back against something as she sighed in relief] I am fine.

voice;

[withoutasign]

You don't sound fine. You sound as if you've taken ill as well.

voice;

[the_demonmaid]

I've gone through worse discomfort in my training. This is nothing.

[bestestfurrend]

Miss Demoness?

[the_demonmaid]

Yes, Miss Nepeta? [How cute.]

[bestestfurrend]

You don't sound furry good. Are you okay?

[the_demonmaid]

I will be fine. Don't worry about this.

[voice/private]

[aim_exorable]

You're sick.

[Blunt and to the point.]

Regardless of what your body is and is not capable of normally, this place has means of distorting that.

If we met, I could make a proper diagnosis.

[voice/private]

[the_demonmaid]

Ha... ha ha ha. [That's a weary chuckle] I appreciate the concern but I am fine. As long as I can keep my eyes open, I can take any possible threat. Forcibly being trained by a demon does have its perks.

[voice/private]

[aim_exorable]

[...why are all the trolls he knows stubborn and stupid as hell?]

And if you get worse?

[voice/private]

[the_demonmaid]

Then I get worse. As long as I don't die, I am fine. And it's impossible unless it's a mini-Condesce inside of me. [She chuckled dryly, coughing a little]

[VOICE] (1/2)

[bethehugejerk]

[A few sounds can be heard on this end, starts of what might be words, raspier even than hers. Despite a number of tries, no full sentence manages to get spoken.]

[TEXT] (2/2)

[bethehugejerk]

SCREW IT, I'M USING TEXT.
DO YOU REALLY THINK THIS IS THE TIME TO BE TRAINING WHEN THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A CURSE GOING ON?
YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING OR OTHER FROM THE SOUND OF IT, AND HERE I HAVE APPARENTLY LOST MY VOICE AND MY THROAT'S SORE AS HELL.
BUT YOU STILL SOUND WORSE THAN ME.
AND BLAH BLAH I KNOW YOUR TRAINING WAS STRICT BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN YOU SHOULD PUSH YOURSELF TO TEACH ME WHEN YOU SHOULD PROBABLY BE RESTING.

Voice

[the_demonmaid]

As long as I can keep my eyes open, we can train. I've fought with worse, and I worry not unless this is from the Condesce.

[TEXT]

[bethehugejerk]

BUT DOES THAT MEAN YOU STILL NEED TO STRAIN YOURSELF JUST FOR THIS?
IF ANYTHING YOU SHOULD RESERVE YOUR ENERGY IN CASE SOMETHING BIG DOES HAPPEN
AND THEN SAVE TRAINING FOR WHEN YOU'RE NOT SICK ANYMORE.