I couldn't get there quick enough. My heart was practically pounding by the time I made it to the front gate. I didn't know what answers I would get...but they were answers I wouldn't ignore. I checked in with Aegis who was busy as always. Though this time it didn't appear to be ban appeals. He gave a wave and told me that Emily was in her room like last time. I didn't need Felix to escort me. How could I forget the way there? Upon entering I was set upon by a thrown glass bottle that hit me in the face, splashing liquid all over me in the process. I caught the bottle as it fell away from my face and rubbed my head, as I set it down on a nearby table before asking Emily what the hell she was doing. She apologized, saying she thought I was something else.

I told her that I had managed to buy off the drawbacks that were preventing me from being healed. However, something had happened. When I attempted to obtain a "Heal Battle Scar" gift for myself, the system auto-assigned the "Selfless" drawback just like my "Heal Injury" power. I couldn't target myself.... Emily explained that it might be a self ingrained subconscious notion that my cancer is apart of me. That I had given up hope. That I had accepted the cancer as a normal part of me.... I snapped. I was livid. I couldn't accept this. I screamed at Emily. My body acted on its own as I pressed up against her. Pinning her to a table. She was frightened. But I was even more frightened by the possibility that I had given up inside. "I may have given up hope at one point...because there was no hope. But I never...NEVER accepted this as a part of me. I WILL NEVER ACCEPT THAT!!!". I realized what I was doing and looked down at Emily who was just trying to explain the situation. She meant no ill will towards me. She just was trying to help. I backed off and apologized, letting us both calm down. After a minute of silence Emily explained that selfless wasn't that hard to get rid of. I just needed to get an improvement point to buy it off. More steps.... The words slipped from my mouth before I had a chance to catch them. "I don't know how much time I have left. If it was a single year, I would be astonished...". Emily couldn't help but stare at the ground. I was shaking. This wasn't the outcome I had hoped for by returning here. Emily said that she couldn't cure the battle scars but could offer me a temporary solution until I could find someone who could. She whipped up a concoction in her cauldron and pulled out a small bead, offering it to me. I took it and ate before feeling a warm soothing sensation wash over me. She told me that it was a cleanse that would alleviate the negative effects of diseases that cannot be cured by modern medicine. I felt a little better, but then it hit me. Issac mentioned that he hated debuffs and had also taken a "Heal Battle Scar" power. Holy shit I knew someone who could help still. I turned to leave and then stopped. I looked back at Emily and her wooden leg. I had been accepting all this help from others. But I had powers too. I could help. I wanted to help. I asked Emily how her she had lost her leg. If I could find out information about it, then I could possibly restore it! She didn't turn around and simply said "Goodbye Abigail". I was crushed, but I understood. I turned to leave and told her that I would be back sometime and walked out the door. I needed to contact Issac. But there were other things going on as well. Perhaps he wouldn't mind helping out with them as well....

It was time. The Melon Queen pageant had moved since last time and was being held on Sharma Island. I knew I needed help, so I called up Issac and Hana to see if they wouldn't mind lending me a hand. Issac showed up fairly soon after I got to the player hub and was ready to assist. Hana showed up a bit later and took some measurements to make me a wonderful looking dress but then had to attend to some business. After Hana left I mentioned to Issac that I had some drawbacks removed on my character and was wondering if he could remove them for me. I was honestly so nervous...I didn't know what would happen. Despite what I had said to Emily back at Extralife, my cancer had been a part of me for so long. It was hard to imagine a life without it. Issac couldn't have been happier to help me out. He handed over his raincoat and told me to put it on. I slipped into it and soft music began to play. Rain fell but never hit me. I felt lighter than I ever had. It was leaving me.... I stood there, stunned before taking a step, and then another, and then another. I dropped my cane and took another step. I could feel my strength returning to me! I wept....

After I had calmed down, I asked Issac if he knew anyone who could help us out and he mentioned that he had seen an ad for someone in Beast Pathing who was willing to help people out. So we headed on over and found out it was the sheriff. His name was Wrangler and he was a nice enough fellow. He offered to help us out and all Issac had to do was heal his weakened heart. An easy task for him. We set out for Blueberry town to do some shopping and bought some helpful things for the pageant before taking the long trip out to Sharma Island. It was a beautiful day on the beach and the festival was in full swing. I signed up as the defending queen and saw that Jessica (one of Tom's lackeys) was there to compete as well. I always thought she had just been dragged along and wasn't really a harm to anyone so I let her be. I aced the questions round and Wrangler and Issac managed to find someone trying to mess with some of the contestants. Apparently he was this little sprout thing and he kept making me beautiful for some reason. I went out for the appearance round and managed to do ok. It wasn't great (I was never that good with showing myself off to others). I came back inside after and told the others to let the little sprout go. I thought he was only trying to help. It dug a whole in the sand and disappeared. The next round was the talent round. We had scouted an old war veteran who had a nasty scar on his tail and my plan was to diagnose him and heal it. It went off without a hitch and the crowd loved it! I was really happy with how that turned out. But something was wrong. I could feel the effects of the beauty becoming stronger. The sprout was still using it on me. It was gaining more intensity.

The last round was Cooking and we went out with some fishing rods to catch some fresh fish. This went pretty well, but the beauty effects kept getting more and more intense until I saw a familiar green flash in Issac and Wrangler's eyes. Oh shit...this is bad. I told Wrangler to look for that sprout and stop him and for Issac to help me keep watch form the stage. We headed back and the round began. Wrangler managed to spot the sprout and Issac took out his bat and hit a home run straight into its face! I almost dropped my fillet knife it was such a good shot. The sprout went crazy and the next thing I knew there was a 30ft tall watermelon monster running amok just behind the crowd. I didn't stop cooking and neither did Jessica to her credit. We get going until our dishes were done. Unfortunately during all the commotion I forgot to take the fish fillets off the grill and they ended up rubbery. But the shrimp scampi turned out pretty well. Issac and Wrangler made short work of the melon monster. The carcass was made into a huge bonfire and I was re-crowned Melon Queen! This was such a great experience. I've had so much fun in Neo-Genis and all the people I've met so far have been the best! I'll have to be sure to call on Issac more in the future and include him <3

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