un: Sweetpea

[darraig]

Think I got the hang of this. Uh, for those I haven't met or talked to yet? I'm Clementine.

So. I'm still figuring a lot of this. Being kinda newer here and all. I'm not sure dragons are new, are real, here exactly, but back home dragons and that sort of thing were just stories, outside of maybe being similar to dinosaurs and lizards? So them actually being real is new to me.

Like there being no walkers. Or -- zombies? Whatever people want to call it when the dead don't stay dead and try bite and infect you too. It started when I was about eight, almost nine. Pretty sure everyone was -- is infected. So. I guess what I'm saying is that if something does happen to me, someone has to kill me before I turn. Or if any of the people I know from home, if they wake up. If something happens to them. We can't let that happen here. I don't want to put everyone here through that.

Which, kind of still related to the walker thing, I don't suppose anyone has recommendations for sleeping better? Nightmares kinda get old. I haven't had a chance yet to figure what might be available. If anything.

[All of this is....well, it's a lot, suddenly finding herself here. She still has so many questions, and is still figuring her way around and all yet to be entirely settled in exactly. But maybe, given time, she might get there. Eventually. If she could ever actually adjust to things. To there being no walkers, mostly. This barely scratches the surface, but it's a start?

.....Even if it is a hella awkward one to initiate right off like this. In regards to the walker thing and her telling people she's infected.]

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[doubledoctornocitrus]

Well zombies are a new and horrible addition to the planet that I certainly don't approve of. I highly recommend you don't die.

[The text is followed soon after by:]

My remedy for nightmares is not to sleep.

[darraig]

I'd rather stay alive too, trust me. I intend to try make the most of this, a chance at something more normal. Without dealing with walkers or how desperate everyone back home is.

I only wish that were possible. I mean, it is, but only viable for so long before it'd mess with me all the same, not sleeping.

text; un: phdphd

[doubledoctornocitrus]

Hopefully staying alive isn't too hard. In my experience, this planet mostly just feeds us a great deal of food and is only sometimes dangerous. But the food might help with the sleeping.

I do not recommend alcohol.

[darraig]

This place seems different but not as dangerous as home in most ways at least. Specific foods could help with sleeping without nightmares?

And I think for most I'm probably a bit young still for the alcohol, anyway. So that probably won't be an issue.

[doubledoctornocitrus]

I've been avoiding dangers. It's been going pretty well for me. And--er--their wine actually has pretty wacky effects. So I can only imagine that the hocus pocus they have at their so-called 'healers' might be something to consider. Alchemy and potions and nonsense.

So doubly don't drink the wine.

But anyone under drinking age asking strangers to kill them in an open forum I wouldn't blame at all for attempting alcohol. Hence the warning.

[Rodney's just. Verbose.]

[darraig]

Avoiding danger. That would be nice if it were possible. But I'll try keep that in mind with the wine if I ever get offered some later.

Fair enough though. I just -- I wanted everyone to know. So it doesn't happen here too.

[doubledoctornocitrus]

Do you know how people get infected? Are you infecting people right now?

text; UN: Trafalgar

[kikoku]

[While Law's personal methods certainly aren't what he'd reccomend, he can put on his doctor hat and give a proper answer;]

Psychiatry isn't my strong point, but I believe that the usual treatment for disrupted sleep is counseling.
I also wouldn't be surprised if the Natha have some sort of medication that could alter brain function to a similar effect. The native healers might even have some sort of magic to treat it.

Those are the options I'd suggest you look into... or have someone look into for you.
[Since she is a child and hopefully someone's at least marginally in charge of her.]

[darraig]

Counseling? Not sure how comfortable others might be if I started going into detail about the stuff I've been through. Or who is both qualified for that sort of thing and someone I'd be comfortable trusting enough to open up with. Yet, anyway. But I can ask about some medication if that's possibly an option too.

Thanks though. It's something to think about and look into at least.

[She doesn't have her adult companions. Not anymore, not here. Not awake at least. But she is sort of starting to make some bonds and connections since she arrived last month. Starting to.]

[kikoku]

[This is difficult, because Law knows how hard it is to be young, traumatized, and facing the real possibility of your own death. And how he wouldn't have made it through without some kind guiding hands. But he also doesn't feel at all equipped to be the adult in this scenario. Still.... probably he should try.]

I don't know your exact situation, and I know it doesn't help your current situation, but I can tell you that the nightmares will get less intense and frequent over time.

[There's a pause between this and the next message, where he waffles on how soft he's willing to be here.]
If you want, I can ask around at the clinics in Olympia. I've worked with a few of them before.

[darraig]

You say that. I still have nightmares or flashbacks of when it started. Which was about seven years ago now. But sure. I can hope it'll get better.

[At the least. She might not have them basically every night like she might have used to. So in part he might not be wrong there. But it still isn't easy.]

You'd do that? You think they might be able to help?

[kikoku]

I can't make any promises, but it's the least I can do. Doctors are expected to refer patients to another doctor if their issue isn't within their specialty.
[Seeking out a doctor to help this troubled child. It's what someone did for him, years before. He thinks. Pay it forward and all that. But of course, he can't let on that there's any sort of sentiment involved here, so he couches it in medical nonsense. If people know he has feelings, they'll know he's vulnerable and that's a no go. Then again, this is just.... a small troubled child.

... Maybe just a little is fine.]
I know it's hard to handle on your own.

[darraig]

I guess that's true. Though it's....been years since I went to a clinic or to the doctors. Good to know we have that here though. If it means no more stitching up my own injuries.

[And probably no dealing with any more gunshot wounds. At least, not without someone there who would be able to help deal with that. She can't help but to be grateful for that much. This, all of this, it's more than she has had in years.]

I'm just. Not used to all this. Not in a long time, at least. And even if some things are similar to what I remember before the outbreak, it's still. Different.

[summertimeblues]

you're too young for all my prescriptions, so I'd say if you've got access to music you like, leave it running through the night. That helps me at times.

But tell me about this zombie business. George A. Romero taught me a bit but you're the first here to talk like it's real. I won't lie, the dead do come back here sometimes but nobody's gotten bit or gone moldy, I assure you. Dragons are the bigger problem by far.

[darraig]

I'm sixteen. And as for music, I hadn't thought of that in years. Haven't really had much if any access. One friend back home, he played the piano though. That was kind of nice. Not sure, but I can ask around about some sort of music here.

Well, uh. Depends on what you want to know? And what answers I know to be able to tell. No idea how it started exactly, just that it happened one day. And quickly spread. Initially, I was at home alone with a babysitter and she turned so I hid until Lee found me. It's been...a long time since. And we're still dealing with it.

[summertimeblues]

So what? I was smoking at eleven and drinking by thirteen, and now I can tell you for certain a head start is a shit idea. Stick to popsicles.

But is that so? What did you like to listen to, I might have something for you. If you're an Earthling you might hit the jackpot.

That is where I would have started, but if you don't know the cause that's understandable. How did your sitter turn? Is this a nation-wide calamity? How long has it been going on?

[darraig]

Popsicles? They have those here? I haven't had one in forever. But yeah, I'm from Earth. Or at least, some version of it. I was only about eight when everything changed so I don't know as much in regards to music as most probably do.

Given I've been on the road since, yeah, it seems to at least be something affecting at least the entire US that I've encountered so far. No idea on if this is worldwide outside of that though, since communications are pretty screwed. But you can turn by getting bit or scratched by a walker, or just by dying. Doesn't matter how you die, once you die, you turn, unless someone takes care of you first to prevent that happening. It's been....about seven years or so by now? Something like that. Kinda lose track in just focusing on surviving and keeping moving, but that seems about right.

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[wheresmyfingerbones]

( He just woke up from cyrostasis and now there are new people here whoops )

I am told certain teas can help with the lack of sleep.

( However, something else takes his attention. )

Your walker issue you described. What happens that cause you to turn?

[darraig]

Tea? I'll have to look into that then.

But it's like an infection? Or something like that. A virus. We all have it. We all come back as one, however we die. Unless someone prevents that. By killing us a second time. I'm not sure exactly on how it all started, but. It doesn't have to be caused by a bite from a walker.

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[retrorsum]

Are you still infected now?

[darraig]

I don't know. I'm not sure if being here has cured me somehow, or if I'm still infected. Only one way for sure to find out and I'd rather not risk that just in case.

[That one way being if she dies. As far as she knows, anyway. She's not sure if anyone here might know what to look for, if she tried to get someone to check her out.]

[retrorsum]

There is another way. If you don't mind examinations.

[darraig]

I don't know. Would anyone here even know what they would be looking for? I'm not even sure what might be different, what they have to look for to figure it out.

[retrorsum]

A good doctor would recognise what should or shouldn't be there.

[darraig]

I'd hope so. But if this might be a way to figure it, to maybe even....find a cure. I'd at least give it a try. Not that I'm sure who exactly to ask.