When a whumpee wakes up ill or rouses from passing out and they have no clue what’s going on, what happened, where they are, or even who they are. They might not recognize familiar people. Maybe they feel affection, safety, relief, or fear towards the person/people above them, but can’t recall names.

Alternatively, a whumpee gets more and more confused as their condition progresses. This can be from blood loss, intense pain, shock, concussion, hypothermia, heat stroke, dehydration, starvation, and exhaustion as well as fever.

Always remember to give your whumpee slurred, spacey dialogue. Here are some examples:

“….ngh….w-wh’re m’I…..?”(a classic. It’s especially good when the whumpee is in their own bed)

“…wha’s…goin on….?” (when they don’t want to open their eyes and/or people are freaking out over them)

“…wha hppnd...? (When the floor/bed/cold bath/hospital/person’s arms they’re on/in is very different from the last thing they remember)

“…m’scared…” (because that’s their reaction to knowing nothing)

Of course, Caretaker will have to collect themself enough to explain to Whumpee in simple sentences what happened in a way that lessens the severity of what’s really going on. For example:

“It’s okay, it’s me. You had an accident, but we’re patching you up.” (Whumpee’s body is completely broken)

“You’re in bed. You’re not feeling well” (Whumpee passed the fuck out)

“Hey, shhh shhh… We’re just getting your fever down” (Whumpee wakes up thrashing in a cold bath)

When Sickie doesn't come back, Caretaker sends a text.

Caretaker: You ok?

Sickie: No.

sickee puking over the side of the bed during the night and their partner getting mad and making them clean it up themselves

sickee getting horrid food poisoning at a restaurant but their partner making them stay because they are not done hanging out with their friends

sickee having a nasty stomach bug and ending up severely dehydrated because their partner won't bother and help them through their symptoms

sickee having a fever that makes them more sensitive and teary to their partners remarks, which makes sickee's partner more impatient with them

sickee's belly being really upset and gurgly in public and their partner saying their stomach being so loud is embarrassing

sickee crying to them about their stomach symptoms (vomiting, diarrhea, bloating, ect) and sickee's partner getting angry at them because sickee grossed them out

sickee's partner refusing to be quiet while sickee has a migraine which eventually leads to them vomiting just from the pain

Either way, they go down hard, and there's nobody there to cushion their fall or look out for them afterwards.

Who knows how long it is before Caretaker comes across them by accident? Until they scream or swear or gasp and hurry to Whumpee's aid, turning them onto their side, desperately trying to wake them up.