Warwick sets up his laptop as soon as he arrives back at the dorm, loads Mabinogi, and moves his character into the inn.
"Okay, he'll approximately arrive back at 1, so I have about an hour and a half."
Warwick writes a note saying "I'll be back about" stopping for a moment to think.
"It's about 10 pm, At 15 seconds per 10 minutes, it will be 5 am in about 9 minutes. Due to the reward, he'll be okay with waiting a few, and I can stay on for 3 days and get back here at about 1:35 without much issue. Good!"
He finishes the note saying "I'll be back about 1:40." heads to the same spot as earlier, and in a flash, he is behind Tir Chonaill Bank.
"Okay, and it's... I don't have a clock... No one has clocks in Tir... HOW DO I TELL TIME!!!"
Warwick facepalms as he struggles to figure out a plan.
Warwick thinks of something and runs to Duncan.
"Hey, Duncan. Do you know what time it is?" Warwick says, panting from the run.
"Approximately 4:45."
"How do you know what time it is?"
Duncan points up towards the sun, then at our shadows.
"Huh... Guess it'll take some getting used to."
"It does, I often forget that you milletians aren't from here. Still, none have ever asked me what time it is."
"Yeah, I'm used to having an accurate clock in most rooms."
"I do not know of anyone that has their own clock, bigger towns have towers that ring every hour."
"Yeah, I know of one, but he's in Emain Macha."
"If anyone there did, it would probably be Huw. Unfortunately, I don't know a lot about him."
"That's fine Duncan. I'll see if Nora can show me how to Rest well while I wait."
"That sounds like a good plan. Let me know if you need any more help."
"I will!" Warwick says cheerfully, as he runs off to Nora.
Warwick runs downhill to the inn, and Nora approaches him before he can get a word in.
"You look like you could use a rest. We have rooms for 120 gold a night!"
"That's great to know, but I currently have no money. Do you think you could help me learn to rest better? Because I'm going to be on the streets for the next two nights."
"That's soo sad! Of course, I can help. Come over here."
Nora walks over to the hill next to the inn, and Warwick Follows.
"So we start off just by sitting down here, this hill and the soft grass makes this an ideal place to rest," Nora explains, as she sits down on the grass.
Warwick does the same.
"Next is to try to listen to your body and see what needs the most rest. There are cases where part of you is injured or especially tired. In these cases, you want to make sure this part is elevated and relaxed with extra care, but normally you can relax with your head and feet are slightly elevated and either sitting or laying back."
Warwick follows these instructions, laying back on the grass.
"Once you're sitting comfortably, focus your gaze at a far off object like the trees on that hill or the clouds above, making sure not to accidentally stare at the sun of course." She giggles at her own remark.
Warwick forces a chuckle, and they both stare off into the clouds.
"This tends to help rest your eyes from having to focus on any particular thing. Lastly, try taking deep slow breaths in and out, but make sure you're breathing with your stomach, and not your chest."
They both take deep slow breaths, as she pauses from talking for a moment.
"With these, you can gain a largely better rest than just laying down any random place."
"Thanks, Nora, this really feels great," Warwick peacefully states.
"I'm glad to have been able to help!" She smiles back at him, as she gets up.
"One more thing, would you let me know when it's about 5:45?"
"I can do that," Nora states as she gets back to cleaning around the front of the inn, periodically rushing off towards passing travelers to try to get people to stay at the inn.
Introduction: A Djinn's Wish
Introduction: The Protagonist
Episode One: Nighttime Detour, A Meet With A Djinn
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