It happens to everyone - sometimes, you have nights where you just can't fall asleep, no matter what you do. It could be for a number of reasons, or no reason at all. And this is what's happened now: you've been laying in bed for what feels like hours, just tossing and turning, and nothing seems to help. So what's left to do? Get out of bed and go wake someone else up, of course. If you're not getting any sleep, then why should they?
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o p t i o n s 01 • FEAR. Maybe you're hearing strange, indeterminable noises; maybe there's a severe storm happening outside; maybe you watched a scary movie before bed? Whatever the reason, you're terrified and it's keeping you awake. You just want to wake someone else up so they can protect you from the monster in your closet.
02 • HUNGER. Your stomach is growling and it just won't stop. Or perhaps your throat is so dry you could cough up a tumbleweed? Well, you've gone to the kitchen to remedy this and hey, that was a pan that just dropped on the floor. It was loud enough to wake the dead! Oops.
03 • PAIN. Your body is completely worn out, be it from exercise, battle, sickness, or what have you. Either way you're in enough pain to keep you from sleeping, so maybe someone else has a home remedy or something, or can at least help you take your mind off of it.
04 • SOLITUDE. For some reason, your bed just feels so empty at the moment. You're feeling terribly lonely and really just want someone to keep you company for a while. Maybe it'd be easier to fall asleep if you're with them...
05 • DISCOMFORT. Your room is an oven. Either that or a freezer. Or maybe this bed is just really uncomfortable? Who knows why you can't get to sleep, it feels like it could be anything. Why even bother trying? Maybe someone else can preoccupy you until you feel tired enough to ignore your discomfort.
06 • PENSIVE. Something's on your mind, and no matter how hard you try to focus elsewhere, it's just not going to work. Your body may be tired, but your mind is incredibly busy and it's virtually impossible to get to sleep. Surely, talking it out with someone else will help?
07 • SADNESS. Something terrible has happened that day, perhaps; or you could just be severely depressed. Either way you're trying your hardest not to cry yourself to sleep, and it's not working at all. Better find a way to get it out of your system somehow; you need a shoulder to cry on.
08 • ANGER. You are just... fuming. Who knows why - that annoying dog is barking again, or maybe the people next door are getting busy and keeping you awake. Whatever the reason for your ire is, you'd better put an end to it so you can get some damn rest already! Go wake up a friend so you can complain to them.
09 • RESTLESS. You're far too energetic to sleep right now. Maybe you're just trying to do so out of necessity - you have to be up early tomorrow! But you just don't think you'll be able to fall asleep for a while now, so why waste the time trying to sleep when you could be doing something else? Namely bothering someone else - you're totally jealous because they're getting more sleep than you.
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bakerstreet2016-07-25 09:47 pm
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[Say what you will about the cold in Bastogne - seems the Germans don't like it any more than the Americans do. Trench foot's endemic on both sides, and the only way to beat it is to keep moving and find warmth wherever you can.
It's night now, easily below zero, and yet Speirs is out roaming the line, checking on his men. Snow crunches underneath his boots as he moves. Star flares from the German side of the line turn night into day - as soon as they go up, he's stock-still, like a statue, and he's moving again as soon as they die out.
Nobody's getting any sleep tonight. Oh, sure, they're dog-tired and starving, but there's scuttlebutt going around of not one, not two, but three SS Panzer divisions reinforcing the Volksgrenadiers and Fallschrimjäger laying siege to the town. How can anybody get forty winks with that on their mind?]
sorry for the small wait!
Feels like it, at least.
He's keeping an eye on the activity and it isn't long before someone enters his periphery. It takes a moment for him to recognize the person as Speirs. This long out here makes you jumpy.]
Something wrong?
S'ok! RL comes first.
[This far out from the town, the stars are out in force - thankfully, the moon is new, too, or it'd be harder to walk around like this without drawing fire. The smell of hot food wafts over from the German lines - seems some of their cooks have brought their kitchens up for a nice holiday meal. It's not easy to come by so much as a piece of hardtack, here.]
Anything to report?
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Could talk about how cold it is, but you probably know about that.
[And isn't anything new, really. He's dry as ever when he says that, but maybe it's meant to be a joke. Sometimes it's hard to tell.]