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[doctoral_bird]

[ It may be an unfamiliar face to many! Malkus is actually appearing on the feed without his signature mask. Even a plague man like him needs fresh air now and then. His sickly facade wasn't far from the norm! That's just... his face. ]

Greetings fellow residents. It has been some time, but with the lull in disturbances I feel now's a better time than any to- ah-... discuss...

[ He scratched his claws against the wood of the bench outside, trying to remember what the hell he was going to say. As the pause grew, he could feel his social anxiety build.

Don't give them dead air, Malkus! The people hated pauses! ]

I am sorry, sleeping outside has left me- e-eh-... melancholic. I'd forgotten what I wanted to bring up. Ah! Yes!

[ He moved the feed to the mask sitting beside himself, placed daintily on a heap of papers and glassware. ]

As it often becomes a point of conversation, I would like to ask my fellow residents if anyone has actually had an epidemic ravage their land. I've come to realize I may be alone in this topic.

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[doctoral_bird]

Hm? Oh, no apologies needed! It comforts me to know that there are worlds that haven't met such an end.

I'm meant to coordinate a flock of plagued doctors now. They're ah-

[ They'd succumbed to whatever darkness resided in the soil more than Malkus had, leaving him to be the most civil of the group. All Malkus had been cursed with was a black carapace covering his lengthy arms and a row of sharp teeth. ]

They're a bit aimless without me.

[evocation]

Oh. Are you like, the head doctor or something?

[Is that a thing?]

[doctoral_bird]

I guess you can say that, though it really feels more like a babysitter for a flock of savages sometime. For whatever reason, I'm lucky enough to retain most of my civility.

[ He shrugged, lifting his arm to pull back his glove a bit for the camera. Underneath was a chitinous black layer that almost seemed like a beetle's hull. ]

Others have had this spread a bit further.