insomnia

[forfun]

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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[transcendences]

It isn't difficult to find the young monk. He never strayed far from their agreed location wherever they chose to settle during their travels. Should he do so, rare as it maybe, there were at least certain types of areas he would gravitate to should they fulfill his simple requirements, his need for silence and peace.

The shade of a humble tree, with the solitude of the night and the light of the stars as his only company, is such a place he would head to if he wished to find new revelations from himself and from the world. Here he rests, meditating and pondering as he always does, when the familiar sounds of someone approaching comes from the distance. He slowly pulls himself out of his reverie, humming thoughtfully as he turns to see who it is.

"Ahhh… Genji." There's always a note of fondness found in the monk's voice just for the man since the two of them met. Zenyatta nods in greeting at the sight of him, turning his whole body to face him proper. It was only respectful after all. "What brings you out in these hours?"

[asoulatpeace]

Appreciating the world around him is something Genji has only just relearned, not realizing he'd lost it. Or perhaps he never really did notice in the first place, as absorbed as he was in other things. First in the lifestyle he had as a child, and then in being a cyborg. The spot Zenyatta is sitting is peaceful and pleasant, and Genji would once have not noticed either of those things.

Hearing the sound of Zenyatta's voice and that particular tone that seems reserved for him brings a smile to Genji's face behind his faceplate. Omnic body language and the subtle expressions in their voice are not so difficult to notice as he once thought they would be. "I am unable to sleep, and did not wish to sit alone in my room."