Honestly, I didn't attend lectures at Raya Lucaria to be a sorcerer. I just wanted the excuse for a hat of improbable proportion.
[ Filter ] The details are: I was attacked by something at the base of Stormveil castle. It looked like a thorn, but monstrously large. I believe it was a form of a Death Blight curse; it usually just polishes you off with a whallop, no halfway about it, but I teleported out of the castle right as I was struck. Unfortunately, the curse appears to have taken hold regardless. It's ah-- thorns are growing from where I was hit, up and down my legs. I believe the healers here have the worst of the infection at bay, but it's relentless until the curse is handled.
As for the cheer, well, I've been given a shocking amount of potions.