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Are you dangerous
With your measure of proof?
Flaunt your slivers of gold
Abscond with the truth
How does it feel
To be your own deceiver?
Signals raised
Then lost to the aether
We're rest assured
The dead are true believers
Rest assured
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Abandoned ❰Name
The Vaidya*, The Doctor ❰Answers▪To
Physician, Vaidya* ❰Profession
40s? ❰Age
Non-binary* ❰Gender
East-Indian; Gujarati ❰Race
5'10" ❰Height⪓
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❁ Oddities
♢ Scars/Markings: A small silver sliver across one cheek, barely visible. A deep, gnarly gash on their inner thigh, painstakingly sewn closed by someone in a lot of pain. Never quite having healed right. Black stains like ink frostbite on the tips of their fingers, carefully covered by intentional henna stains.
♢ Aura: Something wrong. The centre of their aura is a great black void, while the rest remains misaligned, as if something important was forcefully ripped out. Green of healing, calming, but prone to flaring. The Bride's entire aura seems off-kilter, out-of-phase with their body. Slanted, shifted two feet to their right. Just not where it's supposed to be. Every scar a stain, and touched with some unknown shadow magic that spreads inwards from their extremities.
It's difficult to understand what is being seen if one isn't adept at reading. Those who are may be able to glean more.*
♢ Hands: Characterized by long surgeon's fingers, every tendon and knuckle sharp and well-defined. Incredibly steady and self-assured in their movements, the only animation comes from an agitation born from tedium, or on the rare occasion wherein someone catches them talking excitedly about a topic of interest.
The physician's hands are often carefully painted with simple mehndi; the Sun is omitted, leaving just their fingers stained. The purpose of the decoration seems to be an attempt to cover up the more sinister stains that creep up past their knuckles, but if that's the reason, it's a vain endeavour.
Looking a bit like a cross between frostbite or a skin infection such as leprosy, the condition leaves a mottled grey stain across their fingers and knuckles. It seems benign, and isn't at all contagious if the Doctor is to be believed (and simple inspection of anyone who keeps close company with the doctor will confirm this), but it is still discomforting to see on a physician.
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❁ Inventory
The physician travels as lightly as possible. Most stored in out-of-place saddlebags of an dowry cow, a lot of tools, scientific instruments, and books... In lieu of food and other necessities.
♢ Written Works: Several tomes and scrolls; recognizable works such as सुश्रुतसंहिता, चरकसंहिता, न्यायसूत्र, and रसशास्त्रोद्धृति.
♢ Tools: Terrifying to downright bizarre, carefully wrapped in cloth, and meticulously cleaned and maintained.
♢ Tulwar: A blade of Indian make, in the same grouping as the golia and shimshar. In well enough condition and kept in a sheath; it hangs from the physician's waist by a men's swordbelt.*
♢ Wares: Tinctures, concoctions, potions, salves, vials full of unknown gunk. Shisha, tobacco, and other herbs, theriacs and much more. -
❁ Gifts
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Alchemist's Fire♢ Alchemist's Fire: For personal protection, three jars from Laerdya.
♢ A Vial of Blood: In fact, the Doctor has many, many vials of suspect blood. But this one is special, and is kept with the scrawling notes detailed below.
♢ Scrawling Notes: A collection of loosely bound notes written by a younger hand, detailing observations and theories of electricity, as well as amateurish diagrams of bipedal and quadrupedal jackal-like Entities.
♢ Journal: Soft leather, deep rust in colour and imprinted with ornate designs. Brand new. They haven't quite filled it with thoughts yet.
♢ Tea: So much tea. A sizable wooden chest filled, as it seems to be people's go-to gift for the doctor (for good reason).
♢ Dragon Hookah: A gift shared with Aldo, from Neeva. Large, ornate, gilded gold and red, with a month's supply of a special shisha: "Desert King. A shisha that calms nerves and intensifies concentration."
♢ Tea Set: A delicate glass tea set, including a pot and several glasses.
♢ Unsettling Jar: Filled with a thick, ununiform, and inky red substance; perhaps ichor.
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❁ Accompanied
A spotted silver Kankrej cow, decked in dowry finery. She has no name, although occasionally the Bride may refer to her as मनहूस, with some disdain.* Called 'Sir Loin Steak' by a certain dragon, despite being female.
अजा
A medium-sized horse, of gentle temperament and able to kick up a good speed, when she feels up to it. The cow does not know what to make of her, yet. Affectionately named by Neeva, and appended by Jaxamir.
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Who are you?
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