Sin stood in the doorway of the kitchen for a moment and scratched his head in puzzlement. After having just returned from seeing the rest of his generals and telling them of what his plans for their Queen for the day was- and after having twisted several arms both literally and figuratively to gain their support- he had once again returned to the kitchen to see if Mya was finished.

Which was apparently so since she wasn't there.

Moving on he quickly made his way to his Queen's chambers, again to tell her of his plans to take her out among his people and introduce her to as many as he could- and paused and quickly and quietly backed out of the room when he noted that Ja'far was still lying abed, sleeping.

The sound of his soft breathing in the large room giving the king the chills as he slipped back out of the room and firmly shut the door.

After that he went to see if Mya was bathing. No such luck. Damn.

Followed by going to see if she had managed to make it to the room Hina's kids were currently in so that she could examin them. Again- he had no such luck.

Beginning to get a strange, nauseous feeling in the pit of his stomach, Sin began to search the palace in earnest for his Queen. Calling on his guards and several of his generals to help him.

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Mya stood next to the stove in the ship's kitchen letting her butternut squash soup cook as she went over the details of what she knew of the bubonic plague.

1) It was caused by fleas on rats.

So she would have to get rid of any rats on the ship.

Either that or see to it they had flea dips... She didn't particularly like the idea of hurting them or worse just because they were animals. But If there were any on the ship, she had to do something about them before they escaped the ship and managed to get somewhere into the port among the many, many other people beyond this ship if she wished to keep them all from becoming ill and dying too.

Kouen sat at the small wooden table several feet away, watching the girl as she made some soup for his men out of an exotic plant he had found and purchased on this expedition outside of his home country. Never really knowing that the gourd that the plant produced could even be eatable.

And the fact that it was and the woman knew it was just another reason why she was of interest to him as he watched her cut up some garlic and onion and put all of the pieces in a pan with some oil and then added a small touch of pepper and salt to the mix while she cooked it until it was soft. And then put it and the cut up and cooked pieces from the gourds she had found, in a large bowl and used a spoon to begin to mash and blend the stuff together before placing it in a large pot to cook along with some milk and water so that it could cook until thick like it was supposed to be when she finally asked, "Do you have any rats on this ship?"

Her question, while somewhat out there, was only a little unexpected since she was a woman and women rarely enjoyed keeping the company of pests such as rats and mice. However Kouen, being of royal blood, had a very strict rule about vermin being on his ships. And as such before he used any of his fleet- tended to have them checked from top to bottom and any vermin found was then removed and killed.

"No. There are no vermin on my ship." So you needn't concern yourself with tripping over any and can instead focus on your job as a healer. He thought as she got a thoughtful expression on her face before muttering under her breath,

"Then someone must have become exposed while in another port or town..." Giving him an idea of what she was thinking.

So- it was vermin that was to blame for his younger brother, and his men's plight. Interesting how she has such knowledge of where the illness stems from as well as how to combat it. He thought as he watched her pick up a garlic clove and toss it his way. Unsure of what to do- much less what the girl was thinking- he caught the herb and took a moment to study it before looking up at her questioningly.

"Those of you who aren't already sick or showing symptoms will need to start eating those. Anyone in the beginning stages of the illness with symptoms like- sore throat, trouble eating or swallowing, slight fever, chills ect. Will need to not only eat some of those- but take a few spoonful's of honey so that they can continue to eat and drink normally. That will give everyone a little bit of extra strength. But once the vomiting and muscle weakness hits, they'll have to either stay in their cabin or go below decks."

Kouen nodded his head in agreement as he silently wondered what part of fighting the illness the garlic played, yet didn't bother asking her as she went back to work on the soup. Leaving him alone to munch on the clove of garlic and scrunch up his nose in disgust of the bitter taste on his tongue.