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Ginger? Does not help. Though at least it tastes pretty good.

[Alex is talking to the journal. It's late at night, she's sick as hell, and there's a prevailing exhaustion both night and day that's starting to slow her down. She's doing her best to hide it -- eating plenty, sleeping the few hours she can... Everything but what she knows will fix it.

Here? That's kind of awkward to even think about approaching.

So, she's on the deck of Triton's Mistress. The rocking is less awful here, and she's able to dump, lower, and therefore clean her bucket (kept by her side) easiest on deck. She's leaned back against the steps leading up to the quarterdeck and helm, apparently half asleep.

On the other side of her, away from the bucket, is a mug of ginger tea.]

I'm trying to find cures for seasickness. Nothing seems to be working.

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You should try being thrown into a barrel and rolled down a long hill.

[He sounds...like he's seriously suggesting that.]

That sounds like a good way to cause motion sickness, not cure it.

Probably, but you'll have a higher chance of not being seasick afterwards.

...Uh-huh.

[Suggestion: disregarded.]

[She asked for suggestions. He gave one. She's gonna be friends with that bucket for a long, long time.]

[He can tell she's not taking him seriously, which is understandable. He didn't take the suggestion seriously at first, but it was either that or puke for a month. He chose a barrel.

Good luck, then.

[Of course, part of the problem is that she's not being totally honest about the kind of sick she is. But that... Yeah. Alex isn't about to even start to try and detail that. Especially not before she can get around to telling her own crew.

Which makes this situation difficult, at best.

...And her mood doesn't help either.]

Thanks. This is getting really irritating.

If you find anything, let me know right away. One of my crewmates earned the nickname "vomit boy" back home for something half as rocky as one of these ships.

[ At least she's not saying who it is.. ]

Have you tried ginger? Even where I'm from, it's suggested as a cure. I just seem to be immune.

[Probably because of why she's seasick, but that has no bearing on this situation.]

That's what I was thinking of trying, but you said it didn't work. It's probably not the most effective thing anyway or we wouldn't have made medicine for it back home.

Doesn't work for everyone. I'm kind of a weird case.

All the more reason to trust whatever solution you come up with! If you need something extra powerful, then it'll make absolutely certain I don't have to deal with him.

May take awhile for me to find something. I can pass on suggestions, even if they don't work, in the meantime.

Thank you.

I'm Weiss, by the way.

I'm Alex. Good to meet you.

You too.

What's wrong with you that ginger doesn't work? Are you allergic to it?

Not allergic, just... got a really stubborn system. I guess.

That doesn't sound pleasant at all.

It's awful. But I figure it'll go away, eventually.

I think that's what they call getting your "sea legs."

Hopefully it doesn't take much longer.

Have you tried peppermint tea?

I've never heard of peppermint being used for motion sickness. But I'll try anything.

I thought it would be worth a shot. I just hope it helps, so just let me know, okay?

[The sound of a blow torch being lit can be heard.

Seriously, he can do a dozen things all at once.]

Find something stable in the horizon to look at.

[It takes a few moments. She tries it. Really tries it. And--

Then there's the sound of retching.]

...Nope.

[This is getting old. Real old, real fast. And she can't help but sound utterly exhausted.]

Hm. Alright, well, the more you think about being sick, the more your body actually lets you feel sick.

Go below deck, then, near the cargo. The lower you are, the less you'll rock, you know.

...Y'know ships are tapered, right? Smaller at the bottom? It rocks more the further down you go.

[Experience has taught her that. She tried hiding down below the first couple of hours the first night and found it utterly unbearable.]

It's got little to do with 'center mass'. Think of a pendulum. Towards the base, you have the least movement. When its at its top height, it moves the most.

Given that seasickness comes from your center of balance being tampered with, you should go where it's the more balanced.

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