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[spelleton]

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"Greetings, you've reached Ekkehardt Gehring. If you're listening to this, I'm probably busy. Try again later, or leave a message."

EKKEHARDT GEHRING
UN: HEMLOCK

STATUS: Graduate/TA. School nurse assistant.

ACCOLADES: I graduated from this academy 22 years ago. I've been rather boring otherwise.

BIO: I'm here to help treat whatever injuries you children can't just bounce back from. Try not to get into trouble.

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[yokeye]

Yes. I don't have them at all when I, well, I didn't when I used it before. I talked to- Wait. Okay. First, I'll answer the question.

[He stops a moment to collect his thoughts and hopefully present them linearly.]

My previous experiment was in May, after the Cassandra Upload. I had a bracelet made of it, so there was a lot more of it than this would be. Anyway, I wore it continuously, and I had no idea what it was going to do, only that it suppresses magic. I did originally discuss it a little with Professor Jailbreak in the orichalcum mine, and she didn't know what it would do either. That's getting off track a little, I'm sorry.

So. I had no visions at all the entire time I used the orichalcum. I wore the bracelet for weeks, and also on the drama club field trip to New York. That's when i got hit by the car, and I only vaguely remember that, but I was taken to the hospital and they removed the bracelet. I had... a lot of visions, like thirty, one after the other and starting having seizures. And then... Hieke was there somehow? In the parking lot? I thought I heard Kano... Anyway, I couldn't like... connect with my body and nothing would move or work right and I don't remember how I got back to France.

The point being, that orichalcum didn't stop the visions from coming, just stopped me from receiving them until like the channel was open again and then it was all at once. I never thought about using it again until a few days before prom and I had several visions that day and forgot some length of time after one of them and I... went to see Professor Jailbreak about maybe using a smaller amount of orichalcum for shorter periods and she did some tests and thinks I'm a little... allergic to it, for lack of a better explanation.

After that, of course, the end of June was... a lot, for me. I hadn't reconsidered it until Adelaide came to visit me in the hospital and I couldn't get through the conversation. I had three visions and the second one... Adelaide brought cookies, and I was eating one when it... I choked, basically, and I... I could have died right there if she wasn't with me. They affect me so much more than I was aware of; I mean, I knew... I lose my grip on things, or fall sometimes... I just didn't think about how dangerous any of that could be when I wasn't thinking clearly and now that I am, I... and like, after the second vision with Adelaide, it was like less than five minutes and I had the third vision and that was too close together and I blacked out... But then, well, after that, it was in my mind again to look into this for a minute, but I didn't come back to campus for another week after and I sort of forgot again until the... incident with Jolyne- she got hurt because I had a vision.

[He gets a little scattered by the end, but he thinks he maybe articulated things well enough.]

I don't really know what I'm asking here, but I just... would appreciate your advice on maybe whether it's worth it; when not knowing what long term effects are possible with smaller amounts even?

[spelleton]

[ He listens carefully as Toki explains what his problem is. He takes a moment to think, turning the new information over in his head. ]

I think it might be best to have a trial period at first. Being able to suppress your visions until you're in a safe place to have them would be beneficial to your continued wellbeing.

I would recommend...trying a daily routine, for at least a week. Wear your earring during the day, or during periods of high activity. When you know you'll be resting, or not going anywhere, remove it.

This should also give you more time to prepare yourself for recording your visions after you have them, provided your powers don't do anything erratic. [ He's not sure how likely that is, though. Poor Toki. Seers really do get the worst of it. ]

How does that sound?

[yokeye]

[Ekkehardt is confirming that what Toki wanted to do is a good idea. He's a bit shocked; mostly because he's managed not to somehow come up with the worst possible potential solution to his problem.]

That's... That's what I wanted to do. I'll keep track of things and let you know if anything goes wrong! Thank you for listening!