UN: Former Pilot | Open Text

[skyward_eyes]

Having a bit of a problem getting to sleep, and I don't have access to the old methods of dealing with it here. Unless sleep powder is still a thing and people are hiding it.

Anyway, basically what I'm looking for is any remedies or advice people might have for getting to sleep. Or possibly a sparring partner to at least exhaust me to the point of passing out.

Or bedtime stories. There's no books, but bedtime stories are nice, good way to learn about other people's worlds and all that.

Comments

un: beverly crusher

[ethnobotany]

I have plenty of herbal remedies that could help with that. Is it just general insomnia? Are you allergic to anything that you know of?

[skyward_eyes]

General insomnia, may be caused by emotional distress? Definitely something akin to psychological shock going on here, added on top of stress.

Allergic to strawberries and dogs. I don't have any medicinal allergies that I know of but, well, where I grew up didn't use as much beyond antibiotics. We had other means of healing.

[ethnobotany]

[ well that just sounds like a recipe for disaster. good thing this person is reaching out before things get too bad. and honestly, beverly is really lucky and grateful that nana taught her everything she knew about medicinal herbs or things here in the villages would be so much harder. ]

All right, I've got an idea of what I can give you. If you're comfortable enough stopping by the hospital sometime, I can give you general directions along with the medicine. If not, I would be happy to meet you somewhere else.

[skyward_eyes]

[Sorry, Beverly, but this as actually just standard working methods for Nida, he was very used to high stress work. He just... he didn't even have a card game to play as a de-stress method.]

If the hospital would have a quiet place to talk, I might prefer that... But yeah, give me some directions, I haven't actually figured out where you guys are set up yet.

[He may have a bit of concern for Rinoa and Seifer. If he could find someone with mental healthcare experience he might point that person toward his people.]

[ethnobotany]

It does. I'll meet you outside and take you to one of the rooms we can use. It's across the street from the Inn, diagonal to the fountain. Right in the middle of the south village.

[ mental healthcare is, unfortunately, not entirely her strong suit, or at least not like it is deanna's. but beverly is good as moral support and she will always offer what she can of that. ]

un: The Qunari

[ataashihunter]

I can help with the exhausting you or with the bed time stories.

[skyward_eyes]

Both sound like a good choice. I mean, if you don't mind telling stories.

What kind of exhaustion are we talking about here? I mean, a standard workout hasn't been wearing me out enough, but I don't have the equipment I used to use either.

[ataashihunter]

Well... There are other ways of wearing you out...

And well, that is the problem with using workouts to wear yourself out, you keep getting fitter, but I am sure we can figure something out. What kind of workouts have you been doing? Endurance or strength?

[skyward_eyes]

Sparring?

[The thing was, Nida would more likely than not consider taking someone up on that implication. If he realized what the implication was.]

My usual routine is a bit of both. I was trained as a polearm fighter back in my work, with some backup in smaller sticks called tambo. Lack either of them to work with. And I can't exactly do one of my fall backs of cross country training because I do not feel like going too far into the woods unarmed.

UN: duoexmachina

[constructionzone]

Herbal tea of some sort is usually a good bet. Warm drinks always get me, and if that doesn't work, then working out until you're too exhausted to sleep.

[skyward_eyes]

Tried the working out thing, but there is only so much you can do with basic calisthenics. I'm used to daily heavy workouts so my stamina may be a bit skewed.

[constructionzone]

Running not an option? Then again, running at midnight in the village of the weird - maybe not such a great idea.

I hear there's a dojo, though.

[skyward_eyes]

Discounting the noted weirdness, I'm not that cold tolerant, and I have a military background. It would take a good bit of running, with a heavy pack, to wear me out enough for that to work.

Yeah I've heard about that. It's definitely something I'm considering. Not open too late given it's winter, but it might be an approach.

un: agent

[womanofvalue]

If it's a sparring partner you're after, I think I can be of some help.

Do you fight with any particular styles?

[skyward_eyes]

Yeah. I am formally trained with polearms, and can work with a basic bo. And before you suggest it, a number of people have said I should talk to a Danny Rand about that and I have. I'm also good with something call tambo, they're paired sticks made to the length of the user's forearm. I've got basic martial arts but I'm not as good there.

[womanofvalue]

I'm far more of a hand to hand sort of woman, but I assure you, I can be adept with any new weapon that I pick up.

You could always carved something out of some wood? I have a few blunt instruments sitting around just in case, made that way.

[skyward_eyes]

Never really tried carving myself but I'll probably have to do that for the tambo. Which of course means finding suitable wood. Wonder if there are any nearby oak saplings...

Still, I guess getting my ass kicked in hand to hand might help some.

un; Ratonhnhaké:ton

[winswars]

There is one which my mother told to me when I was young, if you would still like to hear it.

[skyward_eyes]

I would truly appreciate that. It's been a while since I've been able to enjoy a story.

[winswars]

Long before the world was created, there was an island in the sky inhabited by sky people. One day a pregnant sky woman drops through a hole created by an uprooted tree and begins to fall for what seems like eternity.

Coming out of darkness, she eventually sees oceans. The animals from this world congregate, trying to understand what they see in the sky. A flock of birds is sent to help her. The birds catch her and gently guide her down onto the back of Great Turtle. The water animals like otter and beaver have prepared a place for her on turtle's back. They bring mud from the bottom of the ocean and place it on turtle's back until solid earth begins to form and increase in size.

Turtle's back becomes Sky Woman's home and the plants she's brought down with her from Skyworld, including tobacco and strawberries, are her medicine. She makes a life for herself and becomes the mother of Haudenosaunee life, as we know it today.

[skyward_eyes]

Wow, that's really cool. Hey, just to ask, what's an otter? Or a beaver? So I can picture this better?

[demiurgency]

I used to tell my little brothers bedtime stories, back home. They used to tell me I was pretty good at it, but your mileage may vary.

For what it's worth, I've been having a lot of trouble sleeping here, too. It's hard to stop thinking a mile a minute. I've gone for a loooot of late walks.

[skyward_eyes]

If only walks were enough. The military sorta skews that.

I wouldn't mind hearing something. If nothing else, learning experience.

un: wiccan

[demiurgency]

They don't really help all that much, but it's harder to miss my magic when I'm counting steps or trying to find new constellations. Mostly, anyway. Magic would definitely help with the not freezing parts.

What sort of stories do you like? Matthew always liked the ones about heroes fighting monsters, but Lucas liked the magic stories the best. Everyone's got something they like to hear about.

[skyward_eyes]

I was never all that good at spells so I miss the magic less than I'd expect. It's the other power I had that it's annoying not to have. Even with the costs it came with.

Space stories actually. Space in general. When you fight monsters yourself or can access magic, and your boss and his friends literally saved the world from monsters and a crazy Sorceress it gets a bit... Rote?

Which I know not everyone here gets.