[Video; UN: heavenly four seasons]

[eternallywandering]

I never knew being sick would work in my favor. [Guess who is rooming in a private cabin with the ladies?] I sleep with one eye open in case the crew decides to throw me overboard.

[He is trying so very hard to find the humor in...everything. He is also drinking any and all alcohol he can find. Shhh. It's fine.]

Daozhang Xingchen, if you can see this, please respond. Actually...

Anyone who stood in the way of the volcano, I want to talk with you.

Cheers. [He lifts a bottle.]

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[ Video; un: anzhi ]

[balancedwire]

More privacy?

[ As for the whole volcano thing... ]

Did you absorb some of it too?

[ Video ]

[eternallywandering]

I think I'm considered bad luck.

[For more than being sick.]

I did. The effects linger, don't they.

[ Video ]

[balancedwire]

Because of your sickness or some other reason?

[ He gives a slight nod to that statement. ]

They do. How bad are they for you?

[ Video ]

[eternallywandering]

I hear the dead now, apparently.

[He also had a few spells of spitting up blood, which didn't set well with the crew.]

I'm not getting much sleep.

voice | un: daozhang

[binghua]

[...Oh. It doesn't sound like his friend is doing well at all.]

Zhou Zishu. You...

[He should slow down. But at the same time Xingchen knows how hard it is to cope with living sometimes. Didn't he go on a binge in Taravast himself?]

...Where are you?

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[eternallywandering]

[Daozhang, you are far too precious to throw your life away. Zishu will stop you somehow. But, sadly, he can't stop himself.]

I'm on the Pariah. [A fitting name for him.] Are you alright? How are your burns?

voice

[binghua]

[They can argue that some other time, when they're both sober. When they both have some solid footing in their lives.]

Where on the ship? I will come to you.

[As for his own injuries...]

I am well enough. I think the damage is more internal than out. I am still given a wide berth, or as wide as one can get in these tight quarters.

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[eternallywandering]

[Solid footing? What is that? Can he eat it?]

I feel like I should be asking you that, you know.

[He sighs.]

I'm on the deck. If you come up, I'll see you. [His expression falls.] And I won't avoid you.

un: chengmei | voice

[thesuspense]

What do you want the daozhang for?

voice

[eternallywandering]

He's my friend and I'm worried about him.

voice

[thesuspense]

Bet you are a huge help.

voice

[eternallywandering]

I'm...not. Yet he's still kind to me. So I need to do better. [And...drink less.]

un: absterge

[downswing]

...what afflicts you?


( He remembers Hermione. )

[eternallywandering]

Voices. My hearing is poor thanks to the nails, but I can hear them clearly.

[downswing]

Nails. Elaborate.

[eternallywandering]

I placed nails in my meridians and removed them shortly before arriving in this world. The process left me dying at a quicker rate than I would have if the nails had stayed in place. Healers have helped me to stabilize, but my senses remain dull.

voice; un: V

[techmaturgy]

[guess who is also in one of the private cabins by virtue of being Not Well™. he's enjoying it, for what it is, but, you know. that's valid, he supposes.]

We could sleep in shifts, if that's what you're worried about.

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[eternallywandering]

You're kind to offer. But I suggest you get as much rest as you are able. We don't know what awaits us.

[Zishu has Baiyi on him - his sword - and if anyone awakes him abruptly, he won't be kind to them.]

[techmaturgy]

I can't sleep all the time. I might as well make myself useful.

@taken for granite

[rumorate]

[Is he talking about her? She can't tell but she has a sneaking suspicion he's talking about her.]

Define standing in the way of the volcano?

[eternallywandering]

Absorbing some of the magic... Burning yourself... Coming close to death? Sound familiar?

[rumorate]

Unfortunately.

[It was not fun, 0/10 would not recommend.]

I was one of them. What do you want to know?

text; un: man's greatest treasure

[reparo]

How many of us are there? Should we start a club?

[Is it going to be named Volcano Suckers?]

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[eternallywandering]

It would be easy to do since I suspect we will be ostracized soon.

[If they haven't been already. The club name could also be Overcooked.]

text - overcooked volcano suckers is the official club name

[reparo]

At the moment, our pirate allies seem more fond of ostracizing women, but I wouldn't be surprised if they did.