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[OOM: Room 75. The Demon in the Bottle.]

Down the stairs from the guest rooms, Wellard catches himself with the bannister on the bottom from a stumble. A deep breath as he straightens with a gritted-teeth wince. He is pale- well, more so than usual. (Months at sea did not even darken his complexion.) Shaking, he sinks into a seat at a booth, head in his hands.

Ivan the wait rat comes by, and just sits silently there until Wellard makes a muffled request for tea. He is not about to try anything else at the moment.

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Wellard eyes the bottle of Gatorade. Surely anything such a neon blue in color cannot be safe to drink.

"... If you say so, sir." He sets the bottle down close at hand.

"The same thing?" Wellard glances up at Jason carefully.

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Jason nods.

"Worse actually. I don't see you whoring yourself out for your next fix yet."

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Wellard blinks, and stares at Jason.

Such a concept was around in his time, and Wellard was a sailor. While he would not talk of such things- he understands the concept.

And thank God that never happened to him.

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Jason stares fixedly at Wellard to make his point.

"Just make sure you let someone help you and get off that stuff, ok?"

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"... The Bar is helping me, sir." A quiet sigh, and Wellard rubs at his eyes again.

"She did not give me as much, and will continue to give me less. So she said."

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"Good. She won't give you more than that. But Wellard, if you really feel like you're losing it, come see me ok? If I can't help, I sure as hell can hold you down so you can't get anything until it passes."

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"I left it in my room." He mutters through clenched teeth, eyes closed again.

"Could not stand to be up there still, with the bottle, so I left."

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Jason smiles.

"Good man. You're doing really well, Wellard. Just keep it up. And really, say the word and I'll take it away from you and you won't get it back until your next dosage."