IC: West to the New World
In reply to Gerard Gallagher (msg # 12):
Not DURING your first shift, I hope. That would mean no one attending to the ship.
Today there is no after shift. You've spent a good hour in the middle of your sleep in combat.
Preshift is for praying, changing spell lists, etc. Sleeping, mostly. It's unlikely you'll get up hours before shift to work on things. It would be like waking up at 2 am instead of 6 am for work at 8 am in the real world.
So, after shift, next day.
This applies to everyone not actually on Day shift, who didn't get hauled out of bed in the middle of the night.
Now, you do NOT have to abide by all this, or even do your shift properly, but there are consequences that could affect the whole party. It's better just to wait a day.