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You keep your distance and wait near the entrance, for Igor to return.

Igor returns soon enough, safe and sound. he gestures for you to follow him. ''Come on, Entropion. this place isn't much to look at. but I have an idea how you can help out.'' you keep your distance, for his sake, even though he is clad in protective gear. ''I need you to collect some things for me. Dangerous things. Superatula hair spikes for example... hm... what was that other thing? ah yes! Misery Blossom!'' sounds dangerous to you....

You say "sounds dangerous indeed. Let me guess, I need to be careful about this?"

Igor smirks. ''You have no idea, Kakaida is full of nasties like that. No match for a purple dragon I bet!'' well, that stroked your ego. You will carry this mission out.

You discuss directions with Igor, and take off. Flying to a suitable location to find Misery Blossoms first.

Igor gives you directions; it seems as if you need to head out to the rainforest again... well, no sweat! you fly out towards the rainforest, actually taking your time, observing and taking notes for later. you come to the conclusion that Misery Blossoms are pretty straightforward to find. They grow in the shadows, in large glens. they don't look omnious at all... Nettle like with deep trumpet like flowers which yellow in color. Better to not take any chances!

You create a bubble shield of light to carry the flowers in.

Creating the protection bubble shield for your flower haul is quite comfortable. The bubble is sturdy and enables you to move about freely; you can even pull the flowers into the shield! Igor expects you to have at least 15 blossoms. You carefully place the flowers into the bubble shield, and take off towards the Kiba court...

You say "Hey Igor, I got the blossoms, was easy; light magic makes contact unnecessary "

Igor is very happy. ''Excellent, Entropion! we should be able to process these properly very soon! wait... how did you pluck them? Light magic can't really do that can it?...'' he seems spooked by something.

You say "by the stems, uh, what's that look you're giving me? are the stems dangerous too?..."

Igor blushes. ''No, no, Entropion! um... by the stems? uh... i... I... you...'' he stammers. ''Oh, nevermind. Carry on, Entropion!

You say "speak up, it's obvious you are hiding information from me."

Igor clears his throat. ''Well... it's... well...'' he sighs. ''Well... it should give searing pain as the whole thing is incredibly toxic, you felt nothing.... Meaning your Miasma must be progressing. This is bad.''

You say "well, I'm off to find that giant spider and steal it's hairs then!"

Igor gives you a look and then grins again. ''Well, good luck. I must go and prepare for tonight. Get some rest after you're done...'' he winks. ''I'll give you a call later. Night, Entropion.'' and with that, Igor disappears.

You fly back to the jungle, and look for signs of giant spiders; the Superatulas!

You're flying back now, still feeling somewhat awesome about having successfully plucked Misery Blossoms! you fly through the jungle, looking for something big, hairy, and scary-looking... and, bingo! you see it! a giant spider!

You feel foggy and can't really focus, but try using a frost attack.

The spider is massive and it's web is huge. you focus your frost magic on the giant web, and freeze the whole thing! The spider struggles to free itself from the frozen web. and hey, now's your chance to strike!

You know your magic is dwindling due this disease, but you feel strangely strong and sturdy... you attack with your claws extended forward!

The spider screams and it's abdomen is smashed by the sheer force of impact of your body! you grab hold of its abdomen, and bite into it! and hey, the hairs itch but that doesn't stop you! you rip to spider apart and start stripping the hairs...

You head back to drop off the hairs and go to sleep.

You fly back to the Kiba court, and drop the spider hair at Igor's hide-away. You go inside and go to sleep... tired... exhausted... the next day you feel strange sensations... you check out a mirror and you look pale, sickly, your scales looking like warty toad skin.. oh no. it hurts to touch, but the stuff sure is tough! your pupils are more glassy and then you notice the worst part; a sac like tumor, apple sized, hanging from your wing limb. that's going to be a problem if you need to fly.

You look for Igor, you want something done about this bullshit already, you wonder how the cure progress is going.

You walk back to his alchemical lab, as Igor likes to do. 'Hey Igor! how's the cure coming along?' Igor gives you a look. ''Oh... well, I need someone to test it on!'' he seems hopeful this time.

You say "first tell me what it does!"

Igor gives you a mysterious look. ''I did years of research, so let's leave it that Miasma is more susceptible to some poisons than healthy flesh. with this I want to poison your whole system in hopes of overwhelming and eliminating the miasma! uh, you will feel VERY ill...''

You say "ugh.... give me the stuff, it's worth a try. "

Igor hands you a vial containing the Antimiasmatic poison. He gives you a large needle. ''You must inject this into your bloodstream,' says Igor. '' The poison will work quicker if you inject it directly into your blood.''

You say "you do it, I mean, come on."

Igor gives you a look. ''what if I prick myself? just jam it in! it can't be worse than the pustules...'' he gives you a dirty look. ''Anyway, please do it. Now hurry the Miasma is wreaking havoc on your system, and who knows what else it will do to you. The poison should help, but it won't be an instant cure...

You inject all of the poison. It's extremely toxic effects should set in soon.

You quickly stab the needle into your arm, and slowly inject the poison. You feel lightheaded immediately. Igor watches you, concerned. 'Just... it's going to get worse. Please... hang in there, Entropion.

You vomit up some blood.

You vomit some blood. Igor rushes over with a small bowl. 'Drink' he says.

You drink whatever Igor cooked up for you.

'Huh,' you mutter. Igor gives you a look. ''Drink up, or you'll regret this...

You say "yeah yeah...."

Igor gives you an annoyed look. 'Drink...' he says.

You say "yes.... there- there's something..."

You drink, your stomach hurts less and it feels like the bleeding has stopped.

You say "da- dark siphon... br- bring me living... animals. heal..."

''There are animals in the menagerie'' says Igor. He seems puzzled but got a rough idea what you want to do with them, he leaves and after a bit he returns with a few crates that got chickens inside.

You use dark siphon on the chickens to steal their life force.

You hold the chicken by it's legs, and concentrate. It suddenly glows, and feathers fall to the ground; the chicken skeleton now remains, glowing slightly, before crumbling to dust. You do this to all of the birds. You feel healthy! well, feel, as the hideous growths still disgrace your body. You have found a way to keep miasma symptoms at bay.

You say "the pain and mental fogging is gone, I need a steady supply of animals to keep it that way but I'll be at my best to help finding a cure"

Igor gives you a look. ''Well... there is a lead, but it's very dangerous to chase...'' he sighs. ''you need to find the source of the miasma, and collect bits of it from the source.''

You say "I can do that, but I will take care with the possibility heavy resistance. Help weigh my left wing a bit so they're balanced again and I can fly, then I'll be off."

Igor gives you a look. ''okay, if you insist. Be careful Entropion!'' he tosses you a sack to store your findings in.

You fly outward to the jungle, looking for anything strange.

You fly away from the temple, looking for miasma. you find it emanating from... this cave. There are no trees around the entrance, only yellow mushrooms and what seem to be trees warped halfway into these mushrooms. Dark red gills spouting pink gas and small animals such as bunnies and mice looking like popcorn kernels due all the tumors. ick! yup, this is a source for sure! You fly closer. ''a bit like the shadow schism...'' you mutter.

You enter the cavern of disease.

You fly into the cavern. It's pitch black, and you can feel it sucking at your life force. You land, er, rather, your wings smack the ground. Luckily, you are overflowing with life force.

You start collecting bits from the mushrooms and putting them in the bag.

You walk around the cavern, looking for infected mushrooms. You find and inspect a infected mushroom, and pinch a bit off of it, putting it in your bag. You find more fungus, and pinch bits off of that. You find animals, and pinch bits off of them (which they seem to dislike), and put them in your bag.

You look for humanoid miasma patients, you want some of that too.

You walk around, and you find something. A humanoid, looking like a dwarf... and it's had it's head twisted and it's eyes are missing. It hisses at you, trying to bite you.

You attack the creature with deadly intent.

You land, and charge at the creature. It hisses fiercely, and flails it's twisted arms at you. You stab it, and it collapses, dead. You stab it again, to make sure, and the corpse has many fresh tumors teeming with ruby substance. Perfect for your needs!

You gather the juicy tumors in your bag.

You collect the creature's tumors, and place it in your bag. The bag is growing wet with your creepshow of collections. Greaaaat.... all soggy...

You return to the temple, to hand the bag to Igor.

You fly back to the temple. 'This'll be messy...' you mutter. So you land near the lab, with your now-sandy bag. You see Igor there, holding a sack of his own. ''Hello Igor, I've got some specimens'' you say, and dump the bag on the floor. ''Oh...'' he sighs. ''Indeed...'' he says, grabbing a shovel to handle the bag at a distance... seeing how dark it's getting, you retreat to a secluded spot to sleep. you have vague dreams... your ally the, Warchief, appears as a blurry shadow and mutters something about ''false users''? well, now Pyranna and crew will certainly know. You are going to get visitors.

You get up in the morning, drain some animals Igor left you and look for Igor himself.

You wake up. 'Well,' you think to yourself, feeling refreshed. You fly out of the temple, and see Igor in the distance. ''Good morning Igor'' you say. ''Good Morning Entropion'' he replies. ''Do you need anything?'' you ask. ''I did some experimentation with those miasma bits, well, Miasma seems to make you completely immune to disease and biologically immortal!'' he says with excitement, but you roll your eyes and reply ''not sure if life is worth living that way, how about cure progress?'' ''Well... I formulated the first cure. It's a sort of paste, harmless, made from animal blood and miasma. It's basically a miasma vaccine'' he says.

You let Igor apply the cure to you.

''Great!'' you say, ''Go on, apply it.'' ''Certainly'' he replies. He dips the applicator in the cure, and begins smearing it on your skin. ''Ow!'' you yell, rubbing at the painful bump, he takes it more careful from there. the extraneous flesh falls off of you, and slumps to the ground... you don't look cured though, but this seems like a good start. Igor turns his back, and you fly up. ''Thanks Igor'' you say, ''Hey, what do you want me to do no-' you get interrupted by the sound of a horn being blown and Igor look towards it's source, high up in the temple, before noting to you ''stay here, visitors have arrived and I want to check that out for myself, the horn only gets blown for extraordinary circumstance!'' you feel insulted, you got no horn blown in your name... Well, Disarria, Zalisi and Koriza would beg to differ. Igor comes back, winded, and after regaining his breath as somehow this guy got a lot of stamina, he speaks to you ''TWO! TWO PURPLE DRAGONS! A VIOLET DRAGON!!!..... and a red one too'' you smile widely, smoky eyes glistening with some hope. Your friends are here! Nalomuzo, Disarria, Pyranna and your queen consort Koriza!They want to visit you, and so preparations are made. You in your own isolated room with glass to see them, your friends will meet you in turn. Your wife, Koriza, is first.. she sits down in front of the glass, tear in her eye.

You say "yeah, this may be one of my lows huh? I've been dead for 18 months once but this feels worse!"

''Yeah, this may be one of my lows huh? I've been dead for 18 months once but this feels worse!'' you say, humorously. ''So... I heard..'' she continues, ''this is something called the ''divine disease'' it's not something mundane and far more complicated even Disarria's books speak on! You know this may be permanent...? Enty?'' a line of liquid has formed on her cheek.

You say "Even if so, I progress far slower than the internees in the Miasmorium, according to Igor With resistance and dark siphon I can stave off the symptoms forever."

''Even if so, I progress far slower than the internees in the Miasmorium, according to Igor With resistance and dark siphon I can stave off the symptoms forever.'' you say, plucking' on the wooden bedpost. the tension is incredibly thick, both of you try to ignore the elephant in the room.... well, you have to ask it then, burst the bubble as they'd say.

You say "do you still want to be my lover if this won't pass?"

''do you still want to be my lover if this won't pass?'' you mumble. ''What do you think, Enty? You both get closer to the glass, and gaze in each other's eyes. your orange orbs locked with her, also orange, ones. slowly both of you raise a claw on the glass and almost touch... only separated by this crystal sheet. ''Enty.... emotionally I've never been more attracted to you than I have now.'' your heart skips a beat and you blush...

You say "thanks, I really needed that... so I assume you will be staying in Kiba?"

'thanks, I really needed that... so I assume you will be staying in Kiba?'' you say, a grin making its way on your face. ''Yes. I will stay by your side. Until death do us part, I am your queen for eternity'' she says.

You say "so, how did you guys find me?"

''so, how did you guys find me?'' you ask. ''Pyranna, this ''divine disease'' is made with the part of a God from far away by the Warchief. Infection connects you to all that and Pyranna sniffed that out. I'm glad to have her on our team!''

You say "you and me both, I may be a better mage, but she is a better hunter by a long shot! Hey, you know the Catharsion mythos really well, did he ever deal with Miasma?"

'you and me both, I may be a better mage, but she is a better hunter by a long shot! Hey, you know the Catharsion mythos really well, did he ever deal with Miasma?'' you say. ''No, it's totally new to me too. Nalomuzo says a bad actor released it years ago and caused a lot of misery! I can guess why... War maybe? At home the black dragons did similar if not, worse things'' Entropion says. ''Did you notice how everyone in Miasmorium is opposite of you? Just... look around!

You say "yeah, Igor says I got a really strong natural resistance to this Miasma crap. I think it has to do with this ''dark anima'' stuff that makes the soul of a purple dragon "

Koriza gets up and says her goodbyes, reluctant in doing so but it's time to discuss the disease in more depth; Nalomuzo visits you next together with Igor. ''Entropion, yes, you got a strong resistance...'' Igor says. ''Purple dragon, I may've not worked on weapons up there in Kamohtik, the heavenly rings, but I do know some things about it...'' Nalomuzo adds ''Spit it out!'' you demand, you just want the anxiety and rotten feeling to stop!

Well.... you get told about the divine disease. The Warchief made it from the leftovers of a God that went haywire, using parts of it's essence to create a really powerful disease that could disintegrate demons rapidly upon contact! However... this disease has unexpected effects on everything else, it causes cancerous growths and mental degrading over time, but, as the disease fails to kill non-demons, the divine part causes immortality! The immunity to diseases and physical strengthening also seems to come from that source, finally, it creates a psychic link to the Warchief, this side mechanism was intended to feast on demonic essence; It was never meant to come to Syngeneia! ''It was never meant to come to Syngeneia!!''

You say "Thing is, can the Warchief help? is it curable at all?"

''Thing is, can the Warchief help? is it curable at all?'' you ask. ''No, Entropion, it can't be cured. Only a true God can cure it. The disease may weaken you, but it cannot kill you'' Igor replies. Nalomuzo butts in ''Well, that's correct... divinity cannot be purged once injected, however, it's Mutato magic greatly amplified by divine essence. The Warchief may be able to remove that part and thus the bad symptoms'' sounds awesome! Immortal and immune to disease! ''You have done well to explain this to me, even though it's a little hard for me'' You say. ''Entropion, that's just the dry logic part of it. How to proceed is something the ladies will inform you about.'' Igor responds, and he gestures Nalomuzo to leave with him. As such they leave the room and you have have a hour or two to rest... Disarria and Pyranna came in after, the latter happy to see you but only giving a weak smile, while Disarria seems really happy but holds back for your comfort. Your tolerance to stimuli is very low anyway...