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First off, I'm a cleric. Living in the local church, nothing fancy. And given that somehow, a lot of people end up in my bed - be it they're taking a rest after their adventure or just bumming there for fun - I've taken to sleeping in the fridge. Like I used to back at the hospital. I can cook... somewhat... I can't run - not more than three metres without falling flat, and I'm terrible at necromancy, even though I'm supposed to be a cleric who can revive people, and worst of all.... People look at me like I'm a lady. Which I can assure you, I am not.

I once worked there, normal doctor and everything. Was a surgeon - Completed my residency under the hands of a certain doctor. My residency was actually me working off a sentence... One of a hundred and twenty five years, for killing an entire school's worth of personnel and students. Gabe says it was an accident caused by someone else, but I don't remember if he told me who it was... My cell is on the first floor of the west wing, numbered 305. It is to be kept at 10 degree celsius at all times.

Well. You could say he was one of the greatest doctors of the century... a certain rumored descendant of Asclepius. He taught me a lot of things - the Touch, for example. This I use in combination with magic to heal. He's a great teacher, albeit a little naive, and maybe a little cute... But he's very competent, and one of the greatest doctors I know - he goes pretty far for his patients, no matter who they are.

I also remember there was this particular patient, though... He would wake us all up at three in the morning because he had dismantled the EKGs and turned them into some sort of mechanical abomination that shot lasers. Yes, I kid you not. He... Well. He's still there, sitting in Ward 101 - third level, Resurgam's west wing. I wonder what he has been up to recently, seems like he's still trying to get over his disability maybe? I think he's fixed up some substitute for legs, last I saw him. Maybe in time he can fix his heart up too.

After the hospital got attacked by some... I don't remember what it was. But after that I just found myself studying healing magic - then ended up as a cleric, and shortly afterwards I met my Dice God. At first I adventured, with bands of merry men that had wished for my help on their noble quests. I enjoyed that - travelling, mingling with friends, battling for the greater good, most of the time. Of course it had to end, though.... We were in a fight with a Dark Mage, and last I recall he froze every single one of us to the ground of the dungeon.

I don't know much about her... I know it's a her. She's quite the sarcastic, lazy person... Unlucky girl, I think, to get assigned to a cleric who is useless out of battle. I've heard others say she sketches well, though. And I think she shares a bit of my medical knowledge too, but I cannot prove that just yet...

The person who saved me from being frozen eternally in the dungeon was Gabe. He'd chipped me straight out of the enchanted ice - something he had tried on the others, but by then most of the ice statues had broken, melted or vanished altogether, and I was the only one left intact. Wherever they are, I pray for their safety - if they're dead, a peaceful afterlife. Gabe doesn't live in the church, though, but he drops by a lot. A whole lot. Sometimes he talks about things I don't understand, like me being an 'expy' of someone he knew, and things like 'scrolling up and down to read'. I think the Dice God would know what he was talking about better than I do.

It seems like I was not the only one who escaped whatever befell Resurgam. I found my sister afterwards, she had wandered up to the front gates of the church, but with this strange malady even a mixture of the Touch and clerical magic couldn't heal. I kept her in bed, but it spread anyway - and.... And.... AND.....
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She stays in the basement now... but I've to wear this ribbon - it belongs to her, not me - on my head to make her stay there. it seems that she can use those that are infected with her disease as hosts as well.... She is still the nice girl I remember, yes she does get hungry sometimes... She makes me feel really cold then... And sometimes she uses me to speak. It's a little irritating, but I can't help it, I suppose. It's like having someone else living in a shell, maybe... Except I'm the shell.... Rose's plague does the worst things to organs. Had to throw them all out - auto-surgery was not a good thing to do either, but there really wasn't anything else I could do then.

I've made quite a few friends now, haven't I? Ahaha, I guess I'm really warming up to the place. T-That's a good thing, right? Right? A few things have happened recently... I've started to let Rose go out now, and she seems a lot happier than she usually is. And I'm starting to come to terms with the fact that I'm not exactly human anymore, but then again, hardly anyone I've met is. I don't feel that different, now. This is starting to look up!