First Quest - Recuperate from your time in an Imperial press gang

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1 - Elysium - the first two weeks

[A fox beastkin woman - red-haired, broad-shouldered, wide-hipped and three-tailed, in her flowing dress of blue and her tunic in magenta and gold - has been limping into the Elysium shops and cheaper restaurants. She’s been getting medicines, ice packs, takeout and tea.

She doesn’t limp, exactly, but she moves with the painful care of the injured. Corsair scuttlebutt has it that there was a recent outlander labor camp rescue: could she be one of the freed slaves? She seems friendly enough in her manner, smiles and bows and apologies, even if her talk is terse in the way of folks who don’t quite know the language...]

2 - The Vault - the second week

[A fox beastkin woman - bright of eye, deep of concentration, driven as if by an airship’s etheric core - is in language classes, magic classes, history classes, watching combat and exercise classes carefully with a thermos of tea as she grinds her injured side against an ice pack. She cheerfully practices reading, writing - conversation:]

I’m still learning the language. Talk with me?

[…who’ll take her up on the offer, or tutor her in history and etheric magic?]

3 - Elysium and The Vault - Late week 2/early week 3

[A fox beastkin woman - fleet of foot, mighty of arm, with an almost palpable aura of inner strength - walks without pain or fear through Elysian streets, practicing martial arts in the park slowed by a factor of 10 to resemble ballroom dance and offering for modest coin to pop stuck joints and massage sore muscles. Would anyone care to watch her practice? Challenge her skills? Take her up on her offer of healing?]

4 - private to Maomao and to Egret

[A fox beastkin woman - familiar to the Elysian champions she’s contacting, if in passing - has relayed a message. She wants to meet with them, briefly, at their convenience. Maomao for a medical follow-up - but both with an idea of how to serve the Corsair quest for freedom…]

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3, probably in the vault somewhere

[redprayer]

[The tall, blind man listens to Deedee selling medical services with a certain amount of gentle skepticism.]

You "pop" joints?

[This sounds like a medical practice of some kind, though a very peculiar one. But odd or not, Rezo's certainly interested in hearing about it.]

Deedee’s isekai cheat power is that her chiro works

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I release tensed muscles with magic guided by touch. There’s sometimes a pop that goes with a joint releasing, the same kind as when you roll a stiff neck or crack knuckles.

It’s alarming, if harmless, so I lead with it.

rezo's just suspicious bc chiro hasn't been invented in his world yet

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I see. It's a bit different from what I use, but essentially it's a magic-infused massage?

[He can relieve pain with his magic, but he doesn't necessarily have to touch the patient to do it, and it's more focused on soothing the nerves than relaxing the muscles. (Although one tends to go with the other.)

The mention of knuckle cracking makes him a little wary- it's commonly believed in his world that it can lead to arthritis. On the other hand, there isn't any solid evidence to support that belief.

Well, nothing ventured...]

How much are you charging?

to be fair it is normally very smart to be suspicious of chiro

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Exactly. I can heal without touch, but it’s far easier and more efficient for me to lay on hands then bless from a distance.

How much I ask for depends on how long you need from me, but focusing on, say, the neck and shoulders or one hand and arm for half a bell is [some reasonable amount of coin for that service.]

[redprayer]

[Rezo isn't exactly making loads of money, but that price doesn't sound too outrageous, so he decides to go for it.]

Well then, how about this hand?

[Rezo transfers his cane to his left hand and holds out his right for Deedee to examine. He has large, light-skinned hands, with his palms and wrists wrapped in cotton bandages the way a boxer or martial artist might have them.]

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[Deedee notes the bandages, frowning. She reaches out, her thumb pressing lightly into his palm as her hand cradles his, trying to find the tension or pain of blocked ether flow.

Is Rezo injured? Fatigued? Where is he sore, where do too-tense muscles feel like knots? Deedee can tell with a bit of light touch, and wants to save her heavier hand for actual problems.]

Let me know where you need more pressure, or less.

gonna toss up a general warning for physical trauma/slavery that may or may not go in depth

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...

[Rezo goes very still when Deedee takes his hand, both curious and wary about what she's doing.

Rezo has scarring both physical and in the flow of magic. A matured burn scar is on the back of his hand beneath the bandages, and the extensor muscles and the joints at his wrist and between his metacarpals and phalanges are stiff and easily ache.

The flow of magic- ether- isn't precisely blocked but it feels well worn, like a spiritual case of osteoarthritis. Depending on her skill and sensitivity to such things, Deedee might be able to work out that dangerously high amounts of power have been forced through time and time again.]