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[cakeblocked]

[It's rather late at night when the journal clicks on. Luke had waited until he had calmed down from the nightmare he had to make the post, and good thing, too. Otherwise it'd catch the tremor he surely had in his voice.

Instead, he merely sounds subdued, and maybe a little hesitant.]Does anyone have any good stories to tell

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[mikangirl]

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You know, I gave Guy a few recipes for herbal teas that can help with that. I can see if I can hunt them up?

[Because she figures they're long gone, what with burning the house down and all.]

[cakeblocked]

Guy?

[...]

Yeah, sure... That might help. ... They're not too bitter, right?

[mikangirl]

No. [Her voice is soft, registering that pause.] They are a little, but they're easy on the stomach.

[Digging through her top drawer; they're not hard to find. She uses them herself on a reasonably regular basis.]

...you doing okay? Just trouble getting to sleep?

[cakeblocked]

[There's a shifting noise as he gets up, and the soft sound of bare feet walking quietly along the floor as he heads to the kitchen. The fact that they're even a little bitter makes him scowl, but he'll live. Maybe. Luke likes his tea very sweet.

Her question makes him stay quiet for a moment, at least until he reaches the community kitchen. It's hard to just tell anyone about these night terrors he has... Hell, it's hard to tell even close friends. So once he's in the kitchen, he sets the journal down on the counter and smiles.]

Yeah. It happens sometimes. Usually I can get back to sleep on my own, but...

[mikangirl]

Ah...yeah. I understand.

[She doesn't know him well enough to pry, but at least Nami doesn't troll about things like this. Annnnd found. She gets her pen.] Actually, one of these is sweet, but it just makes it easier to get back to sleep. The other one makes for a more restful night. [One's Chopper's recipe and one is Raine's from...years ago, now.] Do you want both?

[cakeblocked]

Why not? I probably need both. [With that, he grabs a pen and a notepad nearby to write down the recipes.]

[mikangirl]

[It's okay, Nami will make it even easier by writing them into the journals in clear, neat script. Though one does involve herbs Luke may not have.]

The one for restful sleep isn't one that should be relied on constantly, so... I guess take it if you're having a particularly bad time of it on any night.

[cakeblocked]

[But what if you have a particularly bad time every night? ... Oh well. He'll just drink the milder one and see if it helps, then.]

A-All right... I'll keep that in mind, thanks.

[mikangirl]

[Then have it every night anyway. >_> It's not like Nami follows that rule overly much.]

No problem.

...Raine can probably help you out with something better, if you need it.

[cakeblocked]

The Professor? She knows about this kind of stuff too?

[As he speaks, he looks over the recipe Nami writes and gets some of the supplies down. The sweeter one looks like something he might like...]

[mikangirl]

Yeah. She's the one who gave me that herbal mix in the first place.

...she's probably a good person to talk to about it, anyway.

[cakeblocked]

... I'll ask her about it. Thanks.

[He's getting a kettle of water ready now. Let's hope that when it finishes, the piercing whistle won't wake up the entire neighborhood...]

Hey, Nami? Do you have trouble sleeping, too?

[mikangirl]

[Or wake up Asch. Unless he's already awake and scowling at you somewhere, of course.]

Mm. Not as much as I used to, but there are still a few nights here and there.

[cakeblocked]

[Knowing Asch, he probably is.]

Do you still drink tea for it, too?

[mikangirl]

Yeah.

It works pretty well.

[cakeblocked]

...

Don't you get tired of it? [Despite the fact that Luke willingly drinks tea, he... can't imagine having it every night.]