Deep Sea Embers

In a sense, the starless, moonless sky with only a scar had an even greater impact on Duncan than the "sun" imprisoned by the rune ring.

Because no matter how unusual the sun is, it only shines on the heaven and earth beneath Duncan's feet, and in Duncan's understanding as an earthling, the so-called "sun" is nothing more than one of billions of celestial bodies.

All distorted visions are limited to the sunlight. In the sky beyond the sunlight, there can also be stars with infinite possibilities - although for a creature trapped in gravity, the sunlight is It's equivalent to the entire world, but at least this way, Duncan can still understand and accept the scale of this vision.

However, in the night sky at this moment, Duncan did not see any celestial objects that could be called "stars". There were no stars, no moon, and no distant galaxies.

Some were just tearing scars, covering the sky with some light and shadow gesture that he couldn't understand, and pale light mist continued to escape outwards.

The entire boundless sea was shrouded in the pale snowy night.

Farther than the sun, there is distant nothingness and even greater visions.

Duncan said nothing, just stared at the sky, countless questions and conjectures swirling in his mind.

Where are the other planets? Did it not exist from the beginning? Or... is the world under my feet a celestial body located in the vacuum of the universe? It is so far away from other stars that the night sky here is dark and starless? What are those pale scars across the sky? Is it a torn space gap? Is it a celestial structure that can be touched? Or is it just an illusion, floating over this dangerous and boundless sea?

"captain?"

Finally, a voice woke Duncan up from the silence. The puppet Alice looked nervously at the ghost captain who suddenly stopped. She saw that the other person's face suddenly became more gloomy and serious than before, which frightened her. : "Are you okay? Is the sky going to change? Is there a big storm? I heard the sailor outside the box say this..."

"...Nothing."

Duncan said softly, then suddenly withdrew his gaze from the sky, looked at Alice with a flat face, as if to answer, and repeated as if to himself: "Nothing."

"Then let's..."

Duncan stepped forward with a calm expression as if nothing had happened: "Let's go, I'll take you to the cabin - you can wash up there later, if you need to wash up."

The world once again reveals its weirdness and weirdness to the foreigners, and this weirdness seems to be far from ending.

Duncan has realized that there are still many shocking visions waiting for him in the future. If he makes a fuss every time, he may only make a fuss in his life.

If he has accumulated any experience in his life on earth in the past few decades, one of them is the most useful today:

If a problem really exists, then find a way to solve it. The problem will not disappear on its own because of his denial, just like the weird sky in front of him will not turn into bright stars because of his doubts.

There must be a reason for the world to appear like this. Since everything can exist here, it is an irrefutable fact. No matter how absurd or weird the phenomenon is, it is also an objective fact. I can't understand it. That's my own problem, not the world's.

As the current captain of the Lost Home, Duncan feels that he may have a long time to slowly understand the world.

Alice didn't know why the captain was silent along the way. She only knew that the atmosphere around Duncan suddenly became a little depressing, but after arriving at the target cabin, this depressing feeling suddenly disappeared.

Duncan took Miss Doll to a place where you can take a bath. This is a bathroom prepared for upper-class sailors. For a classic sailing ship, this kind of bathroom is considered a "luxury" facility. Under normal circumstances, this kind of bathroom is considered a "luxury" facility. The facilities are certainly not for ordinary sailors.

The living conditions of sailboats in ancient times were actually quite harsh when they only sailed the oceans. Limited fresh water, rotten food, poor medical care, and psychological problems caused by long-term voyages troubled every explorer who challenged the sea. On Earth, Many of these problems were not fully solved even in the early industrial era.

As far as Duncan knows, the early sailing ocean-going ships on Earth did not even have toilets for ordinary crew members. The personal problems of ordinary sailors were usually solved on the grille facing the sea (this process also requires attention to the wind direction), and bathing was more It's a difficult question - using a spare sail as a bathtub and rinsing the body with seawater is the solution for many unscrupulous sailors, and more sailors in the age of sail simply choose not to bathe for weeks or even months.

After all, compared with mass hysteria caused by scurvy, plague, and great mental stress, a little hygiene problem is the least important.

But I don’t know if it’s ironic or not, but on a ghost ship that everyone fears, these terrible survival problems are solved.

The fresh water tank on the Lost Home will replenish itself, the food placed in the warehouse shows no signs of spoilage, the ghost captain will not get sick, and Alice's cervical spine problem is not caused by navigation.

Aside from the frequent rise in blood pressure when spending time with goat heads, this ship is actually quite livable...

"The pipe next to the bathtub leads to the fresh water tank. Just get the water directly. The plug of the bathtub is hung over there. Don't lose it. The current conditions are limited and there is no hot water on the ship, but you shouldn't mind this."

Duncan introduced the facilities in the cabin to Alice. These unremarkable experiences were the results of his exploration over the past few days.

"It's enough if you can rinse your body. It's really uncomfortable to have salt water in your joints." Alice was not picky at all. She looked at various things in the cabin with curiosity and excitement, and nodded while listening to Duncan's introduction. He said, "I'm just a doll, I have no pursuit of a hot bath."

Duncan nodded, but then his expression was a little weird. He glanced at Alice, and his tone was slightly hesitant: "Speaking of which, do you know how to take a bath? Do you have this kind of...'life experience'?"

Alice was really stunned for a moment, and then she said seriously while thinking: "It should be... OK? Just take the joints apart, rinse them, and put them back after cleaning..."

Duncan: "...?"

He looked at Alice, who looked at him innocently.

"Have you considered how to put it back together by yourself after taking it all apart?" Duncan knew that his casual question was really a reminder. The doll in front of him who had never left the box really had no experience in this area. "I don't have any experience." I can help you."

Alice: "...It seems so."

"And I strongly advise against disassembling your joints frequently," Duncan reminded seriously, "even if your body structure allows this."

Alice was a little confused: "Why?"

"It's easy to fall apart if you take it apart too much," Duncan finally felt helpless. He had never thought that being on a boat with a cursed doll would have so many "details". This has never been mentioned in novels, movies, and TV shows. " I don’t want you to suddenly fall apart in front of me while walking on the deck one day. No one on the ship knows how to maintain the joints of the doll.”

After saying this, he paused and added: "Your cervical spine problem is serious enough."

Alice imagined the scene for a moment and immediately shrank her neck: "Ah, okay, okay, I understand...I thought of what to do..."

"It's best this way," Duncan said, and glanced at this puppet who didn't have enough life experience a little uneasily, and then he was about to turn around and leave, "I still have a lot of things to do - don't make too much of a big deal. Trouble."

"Okay Captain, thank you Captain," Alice said happily, but just as Duncan was about to walk out of the cabin, she suddenly spoke again, "Ah, by the way, Captain..."

Duncan stopped and turned his head slightly: "Is there anything else?"

"Captain...I suddenly felt that you weren't that scary after all." Alice looked at Duncan's back and carefully considered her words, "That goat-head said you were the most terrifying captain on the Infinite Sea and the most terrifying one on all routes. An unpredictable disaster, but..."

"but what?"

"But I think you seem to be easy to talk to, and you are a bit like a worried parent..."

Duncan didn't look back, but after two seconds of silence, he suddenly asked: "Where did you get the concept of family... Do you have a family?"

Alice hesitated for a moment and slowly shook her head: "It seems not."

"Then don't talk about parents. Just stay on the ship and I will arrange your life on the ship."

"Oh, okay Captain."