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[thesettingsun]

hey so quick question
how do I explain why I bleed ink to my boyfriend

-yes he's already seen it
-I was cutting up vegetables and scratched a finger
-it'd be great if someone could give advice relatively soon because I don't know how long 'I need to lie down and then I'll talk to you about it' will work, he's still panicking he's just not demanding an answer right this second

thanks for the help

Comments

[compendiem]

Hypoxemia, kidney disease, hemophilia...?

[thesettingsun]

which of those makes your blood look black? or at least dark?

[devoid]

well that's a pretty unique problem
why do you bleed ink?

[thesettingsun]

I'm not technically human anymore. But I can't just say that.

[maidofmistakes]

Oh, no... And he's not forgetting?

[thesettingsun]

He's not. I can hear him in the other room.

[commandertoolbelt]

genetic mutation?

[thesettingsun]

Can that turn your blood different colors? I know it's a real thing but I don't know how it occurs in humans.

[me_matey]

first of all how u gonna explain it to ne1 else?

[thesettingsun]

I don't normally walk around bleeding everywhere.

[maskreant]

Retrospec.

i think that covers it all, right? if it isn't Retrospec, then i think you need to go to the doctor.

[thesettingsun]

My boyfriend doesn't have Retrospec access anymore.

[explodosafe]

I guess the situation is a bit too serious as that you could just say that you've god blue blood?

But yeah, seconding what somebody else already said. "Retrospec" is usually the easiest way to explain all weird stuff in a single word. Are you okay?

[If his blood has turned into ink, does that mean that his heart is pumping ink now too? Does ink work as a good blood replacement?]

[thesettingsun]

[Yes and yes.]

My boyfriend forgot about Retrospec a while back, so that won't be enough.

And I'm fine, it was just a little scratch.

[playdolls]

Aren't you the one who heals when you eat ink... I don't think it's that surprising that you'd bleed it too.

[thesettingsun]

Mista doesn't have Retrospec access anymore, and I haven't actually drank ink in front of him.

[beneathmoonlight]

Tell him the truth.

[thesettingsun]

Believe me, there's nothing I'd like to do more, but I'm scared that that's going to be dangerous somehow. To him especially.

[gandora]

i personally think the best way to explain it to him is to be honest. do you happen to understand why you bleed ink?

[thesettingsun]

More or less. My past self was the spirit of a dead author summoned out of a book who bled ink and fought monsters to save literature, or something like that.

If it was anything normal - even if it was depressing - or if my boyfriend had Retrospec access, I'd be honest with him in a heartbeat.

[erythristic]

give me some time, shuji. i'll craft a reason for you.

[thesettingsun]

You are a blessing in human form, Grell. I'll stall.

[dulynoted]

Low oxygen levels in blood make it appear darker. Consequently, if you're not experiencing a poison that is affecting the oxygen levels of your blood, you could write it off as cutting a vein that is bringing the de-oxygenized red blood cells back to the heart. This is a stretch, though.

Assuming that your "ink blood" is black.

[thesettingsun]

It's black or maybe very very dark blue.

Wouldn't cutting a vein bleed a lot? Not artery levels of gushing blood, but I just nicked my finger a little bit.

[deathboss]

What the hell?! You're bleeding ink? Is this a side effect from what's happening?

[thesettingsun]

That part is normal for me now, actually.

[floret]

Jamie Doh Wow, it's real ink? But it's body temperature and everything, and it carries oxygen?

[thesettingsun]

Yes, I think so, and I don't know but I haven't fallen over dead yet respectively.