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[diverged_fate]

Alright, alright... [Lets not get squirted again.]

Out of curiosity. Say you tossed something overboard... or even fell off the ship, something like that. Would you actually be able to swim in that water, or disappear somewhere, or... hell, who knows. Enough weird shit happens on this boat.

[Not to say he's been thinking about trying to leave.

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[meinxxherz]

[Herz is using text in the hope that, maybe, it won't be such a kick in the gut to Keats if he lends a helping hand.]

theres cold mediscen in the bazaar; deck 8. gt the night time stuff and that'll help you sleep. nyquil tastes nasty but its powerful

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[diverged_fate]

[He's surprised to see this, that's for sure. And borderline worried at the way it 'sounds.']

You can't sleep either?

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[meinxxherz]

[...holy crap.

He actually responded.

Does he...not know Herz's id code? Wouldn't surprise him, but...

The thought that Keats may actually be getting over what happened last month fills Herz with excitement. God knows he's missed him, as a friend if nothing else.]

having truoble yeah, but that stuff and playing music helps.

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[diverged_fate]

... is anything else wrong? I heard a couple people got killed over...whatever this is.

[He's not sure he's over it. Not sure at all, but he's at least willing to talk again.]

You tried vodka? Helped me for a few nights, then I got tired of that kinda hangover every morning.

[conquistasal]

[Sal isn't sure how he feels about responding to this, but the guy has a right to have his question answered, right?]

Someone told me once about... a guy jumpin' off. 'Fore I got here. Din' even know 'im. But so far as I know, he jus'... died. Came back, same as anyone would.

[diverged_fate]

... [He starts to ask a question, then reconsiders. Lets phrase it another way.]

So as far as you know, the water itself did that? That's just what happens if you try... huh...

Can't say I'm exactly surprised. Half the time I wonder if this place is even what it appears to be.

[conquistasal]

I can't say fer sure. Coulda been th'water, coulda been s'a long fall, could'a been he... drowned.

Anyway, I wouldn't suggest it.

[diverged_fate]

Coulda been a lot of things. Doesn't sound like it's worth the risk of testing it out.

Thanks for letting me know.

[ttlynotawizard]

If you jump off the ship you die and come back like a normal death. Don't know about dropping items.

And unfortunately for you, all I have is alcohol. Drink enough of it though...

[diverged_fate]

... Items. Hopefully they don't just come back somewhere on the ship.

[That just made him think of something, actually.] Huh...

Did you just use 'unfortunately' and 'alcohol' in one sentence? I've been going at the vodka all week. It works great... it's just been a straight week of hangovers.

[ttlynotawizard]

Vodka? Keats, you can do better than vodka.

[diverged_fate]

It's not bad when you're feeling lazy. I'm not exactly a bartender over here...

[tachikhromatic]

According to my intelligence reports, that's actually not water at all! Underneath the surface, it's apparently deadly to the touch! Of course, it isn't as if I would test it by throwing a person overboard.

I once threw some hats! An interesting phenomenon: the hats, instead of momentarily floating until they soaked, sank immediately. This is a further confirmation. Would you be interesting in observing further?

[diverged_fate]

Not water at all... If that ain't water, and this isn't a ship... makes me wonder what we're actually in the middle of.

You know what... [He laughs to himself, quietly.] Yeah, I would be interested. You were planning to throw something else in?

[tachikhromatic]

We should start with things we already know will float well, and go from there. Maybe some kind of inflated ball?

[diverged_fate]

Maybe... a whole crate of them. That way, we can look around the ship and see if any of those showed up back on it.

Tennis balls, maybe?