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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bakerstreet2017-05-30 09:07 pm
wildcarding it bc lbr, echo has lots of problems with space
nothing about this situation is right in any way, to echo. the air smells strange...stale, sour. the water tastes even stranger. they've barely any food, hardly enough to keep them alive - she cannot hunt for meat, feel the sun on her face, or drink from a cool, rushing stream. they wake in darkness, move about in near-darkness, go to sleep again in darkness.
when she can sleep, that is. her circadian rhythm is a complete mess; without natural light she doesn't know what time of day or night it is, and despite the other members of skaikru keeping to a strict sleeping and waking schedule, even with her fatigue she's unable to adjust to it. instead she finds herself silently wandering the corridors of the ring, shuffling quietly along in the dark so as not to wake the others who manage to slumber. she walks and walks, glancing every now and then out of viewports and windows at the planet still on fire below them.
she's not meant to be here. the thought grows more and more apparent with each passing day and night cycle, growing like a panicked weed in her chest that sprouts thorns the longer it lives.
her footsteps are for the most part silent, but as she passes by bellamy's quarters she stumbles slightly over some piece of stray metal in the corridor and sends it clanging loudly into the corner.
she freezes in place, grimacing with guilt. ]
POOR ECHO but this is perfect!
Despite Skaikru's strict schedule, Bellamy isn't sleeping well. He's always been a light sleeper, and even though there are no guards or grounders to listen for up here, old habits die hard. He's in that hazy, slightly uncomfortable twilight just before sleeping and waking when he's startled back to full consciousness by a sudden, sharp metallic banging noise. It's impossible for him not to jolt upright, although the logical part of his brain immediately says it's nothing. There's only seven of them up here—it can't be anything. A year on the ground fending off grounder attacks means it still takes an extra moment for his instincts to catch up.
He hauls himself out of bed and crosses the room to push open the door, eyebrows raising slightly when he finds Echo, looking a bit guilty, out in the hallway.]
Everything okay?
❤!! and i'm so sorry this is late :c
she huffs a sigh and waves him off, ducking her head as she whispers a reply. she's at least not going to wake the others, if she can help it. ]
It's fine. A piece of metal jumped out at me - it wasn't my fault. [ it wasn't her intent, at least. ] Go back to sleep, Bellamy.
NO PROBLEM <3
They do less of that when you don't wander around the ship in the dark.
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she lifts her chin. ] I can't sleep. What else am I supposed to do with myself?
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[It's an automatic response, still snarky, but far more honest than he meant it to be. He tries desperately to dial it back, squaring his shoulders. They're mirroring defensive body language at one another, and while part of Bellamy recognizes that, he's not sure how to stop it.]
Do something that doesn't involve almost breaking a leg.
[That's a bit kinder.]
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...I didn't think you were still awake, too. [ she blinks, defensiveness gone for the moment. ] Why can't you sleep?
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There's a learning curve for all of us up here. I didn't miss it.
[It's honest, even if it's not the whole truth of what keeps him up.]
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[ obviously wrongly. ] I thought I was the only one.
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Bellamy smiles a little. It's wry, but at least it's clear that he's joking with her now.]
You haven't been listening to Murphy complain at every meal, then.
[And then, much more genuine:]
None of us are happy about this, Echo. It was the only shot we had.
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but she wants to learn. she doesn't want to remain an outsider when she has years to spend in this tiny space with them. ]
Murphy complains, but at the end of the day he belongs here. [ he and emori, together, she doesn't say. ] There's no question of that.
I know none of you are truly happy about it. [ she looks at him with careful intent, assessing for a moment. ] Especially about who was left behind.
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But Clarke is gone, and the people up here are what matter now, so he shakes his head.]
You are one of us, Echo. You saved our lives.
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[ she doesn't want to bring this up again, but she's pretty much already shot herself in the foot by even vaguely referencing clarke, so - ] Under orders, I tried to kill your sister, Bellamy.
[ she shakes her head, her eyes hard and wounded all at once. ] I don't understand how one act can wipe all of that away.
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Nothing has been wiped away. [His voice is harsh now, but still low.] If we're going to survive up here, we need to be on the same side.
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[ how could she not be? she's been banished from azgeda, from her own people, and denied entrance into the bunker by his sister. she has nowhere to go, no kru to be a part of, other than bellamy's.
...bellamy, who convinced her to live when she would have rather taken her own life in her shame. her voice is a whisper: ] I just don't know if I'm worthy of it.
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There isn't one of us up here that doesn't regret something. We keep going anyway. If you don't think you deserve it, then make yourself deserve it.