for when sheep counting doesn't help

[estivates]

the i n s o m n i a meme

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? i n s t r u c t i o n s • Post with your character (note the name and fandom in the subject). • Other people reply to you by generating a number from 1 to 10. • Have fun! 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. 10 • WILDCARD. Choose one of the options above, or make up your own scenario.

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[irradiate]

[ and her wings rush out to create a massive gust and blow the door open just in time. ]

[openedeyes]

[she lets out a loud sigh of relief. jeeze, Okuu.] That was rather eventful.

[irradiate]

Right?

Geronimo!! [ let's dive-bomb the bed--! ]

[openedeyes]

[thank goodness it's soft. thank goodness.]

[irradiate]

[ she faceplants right into the pillow and throws up sheets in a small crater impact. but luckily the bed itself doesn't break. ]

Whoo~!

[openedeyes]

[since Satori is in her arms...she's currently being squashed.] Mmph...! [she should have known, really. her pet doesn't mean any harm but--]

[irradiate]

[ ... popping back up from the pillow, beaming. ] Wasn't that fun, Satori-sama?

[openedeyes]

...it was interesting. [this is said with some difficulty. why is it that most of her pets are overeager?]

[irradiate]

[ because Satori's life is hard. ] I'll take you out flying whenever you like in the future!

[openedeyes]

[have a head pat] Thank you, Okuu... now, if you don't mind moving, I need to get the book for a story.

[irradiate]

Oh.

Duh! Take your favorite, Satori-sama. [ ROLLING OVER and in glee on the sheets. of course Satori's favorite would doubtless be way too intellectual for her bird brain, but she wouldn't care. ]

[openedeyes]

Hm... I think this will work. [no doubt her absolute favorite would be a a little out of her pet's league but she can make do with something simpler. a worn book of fairy tales...

a certain other person had asked Satori to read from it so many times in the past that she couldn't help but have fond memories of it.] How about the story of the fisherman's son?

[irradiate]

[ Okuu might've recalled a few of those sessions... or not. but it's forgetting through natural airheadedness rather than trauma, at least.

perking up-- ] That one! I love that one!--Probably. I'll love any story you pick, Satori-sama.

[openedeyes]

[Okuu was loyal but she was, well, a birdbrain. Satori grabs the book and sits back down in the bed, patting Okuu on the head.]

Well, then let's start at the beginning. [opening the book, she began to read,] In a small fishing village, there lived an old fisherman with his wife. He had only one child, Taro. Taro learned everything about the craft from his father--by the time he could go out on the boat by himself, he became the best fisherman in all of the village.

Every day he would go out to sea and then come back, his nets filled with fish. Even so, the family was a modest one. They never went hungry but they didn't become rich, either.

[irradiate]

[ scoooting over on the bed and flopping across Satori's lap, yesss. which might lose her page but this is the best story spot, so--! ]

Fish every day for every meal! I bet Orin would like that. She'd be stuffed with tuna.

[openedeyes]

[just moving the book out of the way--! page is saved.]

I agree. She'd probably like that a great deal. [and have another headpat.] Now, one late afternoon, Taro had already brought home his catch for the day. His family taken care of he decided to take a stroll. On the outskirts of the village, there was a group of village boys making a great ruckus. When Taro saw what was causing the noise he rushed right over.

[irradiate]

Oh! Lemme guess what it was.

[openedeyes]

Oh? What do you think it was?

[irradiate]

A nuclear explosion!

[openedeyes]

Unfortunately not.

[irradiate]

Wha--really?

Then I dunno what else it could even be.

[openedeyes]

The boys had found a rather large turtle. One of the boys was beating at it with a stick, another was pounding at the shell with his fists. The animal looked absolutely miserable.

[irradiate]

What jerks.

... And then whats-his-face came along and blows them up!

[openedeyes]

No, Okuu, he didn't. For Taro was known for his kindness. He called out to the boys, instead. "I know you are good boys at heart, please, stop hurting the turtle for I am afraid if you continue so that it may die."

[irradiate]

--You know, turtles would make good soup and eating if that happened! [ jussayin. not that she's not on the turtle's side, or maybe she isn't. or maybe she's just hungry. ]