video; un: Dr. Disraeli

[delilahs_death]

[Appearing on screen is one Dr. Jezebel Disraeli, who looks thoroughly irritated. He also looks mildly disheveled and sickly, somehow appearing even thinner than his normal lanky appearance. Behind him, a large dog paces and whines, glancing at his owner all the while.]

So. I surely can't be the only person in this damned place who is completely unable to eat. Or eat food, rather.

If it's not the whole town, then I assume it is those who share my blood type, since that seems to determine everything around here. Vileblood, I believe I am called.

In any event: I believe I have stumbled upon a solution for those who might be afflicted.

[With pained grimace of a smile, he holds up a set of vials in his palm.]

Arsenic. Cyanide. Strychnine. All of which are deadly poisons, and all of which seem to be the only thing I can eat without wanting to promptly pass out on the spot. I imagine anyone else afflicted will be the same, since this does seem to be the sort of sick joke we would be afflicted with.

So, if anyone is in need of a poison or two, I suppose I can assist. I have a decent supply.

Before anyone asks: yes, I do have a lot of poisons.

Yes, I study poisons and made some of them myself.

No, I have not poisoned anyone in the town.

Although, believe me, I've been tempted.

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voice; un: abs

[armd]

... How did you figure that out, exactly?

(uhhhhh)

[delilahs_death]

I've taken some myself. After I did, I felt better and more fed.

[armd]

(an impatient huff,) Yeah, I got that, but why did you take poison in the first place?

Do you wanna talk about it, or...

text - UN: IceCream

[threelayers]

Not Vileblood, so I'll pass obviously.
But gotta say, drinking poison to get by's quite the thought.
That you have enough poison to live off of?

That deserves a certain amount of respect.
And I know your temptation there, haha, though I prefer stabbing.

[delilahs_death]

Why thank you. It is always lovely to meet someone who appreciates the value in a good stash of poison. It does seem to have worked out fantastically in this instance.

[threelayers]

Hey, sometimes someone just has to die a horrible death.
You won't hear me judging folks for the methods that they use in the end.
I just stab the monsters most of the time these days.

[Completely happy to just chat about murder. Yep. Absolutely casual about it.]

Gotta say it's an odd way to survive though, wouldn't you agree?

video | un: P.G.

[possessum]

( Peter would say he knows Dr. Disraeli... fairly well, and yet......

The more he learns about him, the more of a mystery he becomes. )

You can only eat... poison? ( That's... hmm. That's concerning!! It's also concerning how many poisons Jezebel has!! )

Are you sure it's... okay? I mean, there haven't been any bad side effects or anything?

( Fuck, if Vilebloods can only eat poison.... That's terrifying. )

[delilahs_death]

Ah, hello Peter.

I assume it must be. I feel fine -- truthfully, I feel better than before my little discovery. Normally, poison of this kind would be enough to drop a person dead on the ground, but I have noticed no adverse effects.

un: trienemybest; video

[droptheious]

[Oh, well, this is very relevant to his interests. ]

Fascinating. Does the level of toxicity in the poisons have any effect on your hunger? Like, does the more potent toxin satiate you more than a lesser one?

[delilahs_death]

Mm, that is a very interesting question. Truthfully, I am not sure -- all of these are poisons that are designed to be fatal. I have not tried my hand at something less deadly yet.

[droptheious]

Might be an interesting experiment to run. Or even if how the poison kills you makes any difference?

...Or it could just be arbitrary magical nonsense. That's...unfortunately always a possibility.

Video UN: blackmoths

[blackmothwings]

[Lucille looks... exhausted. She stares silently for a long moment as though she can't quite find her words, which is very unlike her.]

Well. That would explain why I felt so out of sorts after eating a homemade scone. Vileblood refers to the green blood, yes?

[She isn't even going to address the whole 'making poisons' thing. That's something she prefers to keep to herself.]

[delilahs_death]

That it does. You are affected as well, then? It does seem to be a decent number of people being affected.

[blackmothwings]

I'm afraid so. I share the same blood type as you, so you may be correct that this affliction is unique to those like us.

However, I'm uncertain how I feel about consuming poison.

video; UN: seeingtheworld

[schoolingfish]

[Luca is laying down on his bed, holding his omni up in one hand, a half eaten loaf of bread in the other. His pupils are completely dilated and he's grinning.]

I don't want to pass out. I feel fine. I just feel a little loopyloopyloo...

[He giggles.]

Loopy is a funny word. Anyway, I can eat food just fine. See?

[He tries to tear off another piece of bread to demonstrate that he can eat, but trying to do so takes more coordination than he currently has, and he ends up dropping his omni. Right on his face.]

Ow!

[The omni tumbles away from his face and ends up facing a wall.]

I'm fine!

[delilahs_death]

[Ohhhhhhh no. Oh dear. He had not considered the possibility of the children of this place being affected -- and, presumably, also needing poisoned food.

Jezebel is not a good man, not in any sense of the word, but even he finds himself blanching at the idea of handing arsenic to a child.]

...I see. Are you sure about that?

...and are there any adults nearby, perhaps?

[schoolingfish]

[After a bit of awkward fumbling, Luca manages to get his Omni back in hand and his face on screen, although it looks like he's propping himself up on his bed's headrest.]

Nope! I live in a kid only house, it's really fun!

...okay, there's one adult who lives here, but I never see him around. So it's all kids with no supervision! It's great!

[Video][UN:A_Wesker013]

[subject_013]

[If Wesker looks like he hasn't eaten in three days... it's because he hasn't, and with his high metabolism, it's starting to affect his appearance as well as his demeanor.]

You as well?

For me, eating anything that was growing from the ground, be it plant or edible fungus, makes me tipsy. Which has a fifty percent chance of inspiring me to garrulousness or more choler than usual. The latter ...may have resulted in an altercation which I regret.

[delilahs_death]

Oh dear. It does seem as if we are both in the same boat here. Dare I ask what sort of an altercation you found yourself in?

un: eudaimonikos; video

[eudaimonikos]

That seems like a pain in the ass. You should try growing some poison plants or something - a little more sustainable.

[delilahs_death]

Oh, I very much plan to do that very thing. Alas, since I have only just arrived, I don't have much of a garden quite yet.

voice | un: givemeyourown

[unsheathedfromreality]

[The voice on the end sounds both fascinated and staticky,] Now, how does that work. Only one of those even comes from something like food. Can your blood really do that?

[A pause.] Do you sell your poisons?

[delilahs_death]

It would seem so. I imagine seeking out a logical explanation for it would be chasing after a mirage -- I doubt there is a reasonable rational.

[With a small, wicked smile, he says:]

I can, if you are interested in them. Care to procure a few?

voice | un: oz

[swornto]

And here I thought that I might be coming down with something... Are you sure that it's only poison? Have you tried anything else yet?

Re: voice | un: oz

[delilahs_death]

So far, no, not really. Someone else has suggested the idea of lesser poisons, and I wonder if an example worth trying might be something like expired foods -- which, even if they do not have the intended effect, probably would not kill anyone.