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<blockquote data-quote="YeOldeAlbatross" data-source="post: 3636524" data-attributes="member: 52884">Laurel shakes her head, as though convinced that Hakkara may be insane. Then, with a sigh, she answers, &quot;All right, then, here's the situation. There are at least thirty people in this town who have come down with blackscour taint...though, honestly, at least three times that many think they have it.&quot; She grimaces as she continues, &quot;Blackscour's just a fungus that’s not good for anything. Hard, bitter, and sharp, it likes the water and gets you sick if you drink it down. Never heard of it growing around these parts, though, until now.&quot;We think we found the source of the fungus, down at Brookman's farm, and Sheriff Baleson has put a stop to anyone drawing water from that spring. That doesn't help those that already have the taint, though. Unless they're especially hardy, everyone with this plague is likely to die painfully within days, while hacking up their bloody guts. Every cure I've tried has failed. Those out front there? All I can do is give them some urdroot tea, send them to bed, and hope for the best.&quot;But...&quot;Laurel hesitates for a moment, and looks over the five strangers once again, as though appraising the group's abilities...or their foolishness perhaps. Then she continues. &quot;My grandmother’s book has a brew in it that says its good for this kind of thing. A weird concoction that sounds more like hoojoo than real medicine. It calls for some rare roots and concentrations, most of which I have here, but there’s three I don’t. And there's no one around here brave enough to go and try and get them for me. It's a longshot, but it's the only chance those people have.&quot;So...you still want to help?&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="YeOldeAlbatross, post: 3636524, member: 52884"] Laurel shakes her head, as though convinced that Hakkara may be insane. Then, with a sigh, she answers, [COLOR=DarkOrange]"All right, then, here's the situation. There are at least thirty people in this town who have come down with blackscour taint...though, honestly, at least three times that many [I]think[/I] they have it."[/COLOR] She grimaces as she continues, [COLOR=DarkOrange]"Blackscour's just a fungus that’s not good for anything. Hard, bitter, and sharp, it likes the water and gets you sick if you drink it down. Never heard of it growing around these parts, though, until now.[/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkOrange]"We think we found the source of the fungus, down at Brookman's farm, and Sheriff Baleson has put a stop to anyone drawing water from that spring. That doesn't help those that already have the taint, though. Unless they're especially hardy, everyone with this plague is likely to die painfully within days, while hacking up their bloody guts. Every cure I've tried has failed. Those out front there? All I can do is give them some urdroot tea, send them to bed, and hope for the best.[/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkOrange]"But..."[/COLOR] Laurel hesitates for a moment, and looks over the five strangers once again, as though appraising the group's abilities...or their foolishness perhaps. Then she continues. [COLOR=DarkOrange]"My grandmother’s book has a brew in it that says its good for this kind of thing. A weird concoction that sounds more like hoojoo than real medicine. It calls for some rare roots and concentrations, most of which I have here, but there’s three I don’t. And there's no one around here brave enough to go and try and get them for me. It's a longshot, but it's the only chance those people have. "So...you still want to help?"[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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