If anyone else runs in to trouble like this - there's a Kumos wardrobe that isn't linked anywhere for whatever reason.

You gotta turn your thingy off THERE.

Because reasons. So <<333333333333

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The VIP says that i am already infected and ready to bite - and while yes, that was true, i had the Hook skin on, i've long since taken it off. Everywhere i can think of shows me as a normal skinned HA. And yet Gunner tells me i'm ready to bite and he can't give me another strain. What do?

VIP:

In the Wardrobe:

The Healer:

welp tried to lock the post over on Kumos that was a no-go lul