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.
10 • WILDCARD. Choose one of the options above, or make up your own scenario. |
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If what you find doesn't kill you with its potency. Or you could choose an alternative to attempting to control a new magical appendage while hungover. Shall I sit up with you and tell you riveting tales of the crafting of Barindur or the extensive war meetings Garahel conducted to determine a strategy for overcoming the siege of Hossberg? [ Interesting stories to him when he'd discovered them in the Fade, but no doubt somewhat dull to anyone else. ] Or perhaps when Andruil—hm, no, on second thought, that is not such a dull tale. Your choices aren't limited to my history lessons, however. There is also magic, soothing music, some dreadful tea concoction, a relaxing massage. [ Solas smiles with false sweetness. ] Taking a blow to the head.
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Also don't think you're getting away with not telling me about Andruil at some point now. You can't just cut yourself off and not expect to pique my curiosity.
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If it will encourage you to relax enough to sleep, yes, I will.
I can tell you quite a number of tales of the Evanuris. Some might be appropriate for quiet evenings, but others may produce nightmares that would not be conducive to a restful sleep. Either way, I shall not do so tonight. The offer of a tediously intricate recitation of a disinteresting point of history is, however, still on the table.
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[ Brennan chuckles and shakes his head, pushing away from the wall. ] I envy you the ease with which you always seem able to slip into dreams. Do you never have difficulty?
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[ He pulls himself up to his full--if still not all that impressive next to a human--height, ready to start herding Brennan back inside if such drastic action becomes necessary. ]
There are nights when I don't truly sleep at all. [ A lopsided smile passes over his mouth. ] But then I have slept for a long time. Just as I need little to eat, I do not require the same amount of sleep as you do.
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I suppose that's true. Considering how long you slumbered, I'm not sure I'd ever want to do it again.
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Uthenera is not like a mortal's coma. I was aware for much of it. Not my body, perhaps, but my spirit was engaged and active. [ It is difficult to explain. He rolls his shoulder. ] I would miss my friends in the Fade were I to abandon the practice entirely, but there are aspects of this world that make it worth remaining awake.
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Did you grow bored with the Free Marches? Or with Thedas as a whole as you traveled across the length and breadth of it? It wasn't just the land I got to traverse, but time as it affected it. I saw Ages pass, empires rise and fall, the Blight come five times across the world, and so much more from not just one perspective, but many. More than I might have ever experienced had I been there personally.
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Does the Fade have boundaries? I mean, is there an end to it somewhere? An edge you can walk off or a wall that surrounds it?
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No. Although what you saw in the Fade suggests bits of broken earth in a Void, it is not like that at all. Think of it as a reflection of this world. Every place that exists here exists there, though it may not be immediately recognizable as such. You can no more walk off of it or into a wall than you can here.
[ And because something Brennan said struck a chord in him, he adds; ]
The original meaning of our word for humans was not an insult. As difficult to grasp as our immortality might be, so too is it for us to imagine a life that passes so quickly. Even now, spending as much time among you as I have, it is strange to contemplate.
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[ How does someone wrap their head about that, thinking you have literally all the time in the world and then finding out there's actually only a handful of years left to you?
Actually, thinking of it like that, he was a little surprised that Solas couldn't find more ground with the Grey Wardens. At least in some cases. ]
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The Dalish speak of the immortality as if it is a barely remembered dream, something impossible and mythological, not fully understanding the magnitude of what they lost. Better perhaps that they cannot understand. It would grieve them if they knew.
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[ It's a small attempt at humor, but a genuine one. He would not give Brennan more to worry about. ]
You know, I hope, that I will gladly speak of whatever you wish. Please do not apologize.
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[ Reaching the Keep, he swings the door open once more, revealing one of the back corridors that lead to a more private way up to his rooms. He enjoyed that about Skyhold, that there were so many nooks and crannies and hidden stairs and halls everywhere. That with a little careful maneuvering he could get to almost anywhere, sometimes without ever being seen. ]
Would you like to come up? Or are you headed back to.... wherever it is you've been hiding?
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[ The secret pathways and little-used corridors are as convenient in this age as they'd been in the days when Solas walked through its hallways as nothing less or more than himself. They serve their new owner well, he thinks, and once more, he's pleased to have provided Brennan with such a resource. ]
It's delicate work and I've not wanted certain curious dwarves to interrupt it. [ He shoots him a pointed look. ] But I will join you, certainly. [ A faint smile crosses his mouth. ] I intend to coax you to sleep one way or another.
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[ He starts up the back stairs, chuckling at the mage's comment. ] Coax me, hmm? Like I'm a recalcitrant child? Or did you have something else in mind? [ Yhere's mischief in the curve of his lips now as he glances back over his shoulder at Solas. ]
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When Brennan looks back at him, Solas meets his look with a smug smirk. ]
I will do what I must. [ The lofty tone drops into a low, even purr. ] Though there are far more pleasant options. [ A beat. ] If you leave the recalcitrance at the door.
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Laughing is not what he's feeling like doing when Solas shoots him that particular look a moment later, however. Dark lashes drop for a moment as he does his best to suppress a sudden shiver that has nothing to do with the night's chill.
For the record, Solas? That tone is cheating. ]
Oh?
[ He manages to get the word out while sounding relatively unaffected, a feat he's actually rather proud of, when he can feel the creep of heat up the back of his neck. ]
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Moving up another step so that he's closer to him, almost crowding him, Solas hums a low note of assent in his throat. ]
Oh yes. [ There's an echo of that throaty hum lingering his voice. He does nothing to chase it away or attempt to talk normally. ] I know many things, Brennan. [ He can't resist adding a velvety inflection to the man's name. ] It might be useful for you to make use of my knowledge.
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This time, the shiver might not be so quickly stifled. ]
Have you ever known me to hesitate in making use of your knowledge, Solas?
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Make use of it tonight and then I'll have no cause to complain.
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Not that he's about to start complaining at all either. ]
And what knowledge is it you intend to fascinate me with tonight?
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