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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bakerstreet2016-09-17 01:51 pm
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[ There's something to be said for the fact that even though things are fine now, safe and not careening wildly into an abyss of death and damnation, Karkat still doesn't really sleep.
He tries, sure. Let it never be said that Karkat doesn't try, because really most of the time the problem is really that he tries too fucking much like he does with everything else. He forces himself to lay stock still and close his eyes and try to clear his thoughts but that's like trying to pour grains of sand into a sieve in the hopes of capturing any. Karkat Vantas, patron saint of hopeless fucking causes.
It never works, anyway. It makes him even more anxious and irritable than usual so he takes to being "productive" instead, which means instead of laying down pathetically he sits around pathetically. Or paces around pathetically. Sometimes he thinks he's not suited for peace because it lets his mind wander like this, manufacturing problems even worse than before. When there actually were problems. Now everything is dealing with each other and the logical part of him knows he can handle it if he tries but the rest of him trots back every fuck up behind his eyes until he'd rather just pretend that it's normal to sit around watching shitty movies no one else cares about while anyone he could talk to is asleep because it's less nerve-wracking than staring upward and wondering if he'll ever truly feel like he belongs anywhere.
This time's the same: he drags himself out of his sleep attempt earlier than usual and sulks around less, but sitting curled up on a couch with no distractions is just begging to think too much about some stupid shit.
(Self-defeating, as always.) ]
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but dave's coming in through the front door, not making any real noise at all because he's considerate enough not to want to wake everyone. though admittedly some of that isn't entirely consideration, because he definitely doesn't care to field a rose-style interrogation and/or banter session on catnaps only.
the light being on in the living room area isn't entirely weird because people have nightmares sometimes. or they just stay up late for whatever reason. dave is pretty sure dirk needs to be knocked the fuck out at some point to sleep because when does the guy ever do it? and rose has been known to stay up reading till the sun comes up. ...it's a strilonde problem, isn't it, to just keep insane hours and ignore the details.
it's not too weird to see karkat awake, either, although dave's eyebrows go up as he peers in. ]
Dude, you have the tv all to yourself but you haven't put in a godawful romcom? Color me concerned.
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So it's nice to have the quiet, though Dave's quiet means that Karkat startles a little when he speaks, then feels stupid for jumping in a positive feedback loop of stupid bullshit. Still, he only tenses for a second (even though it's visibly, which pisses him off more but it's not like it's not usual) before turning his head to look over the back of the couch.
He doesn't look any more tired than usual, but that's not saying much. Still, he grimaces, reining in that initial fight-or-flight he can't quite shake even now. When he speaks it's uncharacteristically quiet in a way that implies he actually recognizes it's fuck-o-clock and some people are asleep. ]
I couldn't decide what to watch. It's not a crime to sit around, is it? Should I worry about getting arrested for enjoying a piece of furniture?
[ So he's sitting in the quiet instead, yeah. Good plan. He immediately regrets tacking on that combativeness at the end, but again: usual. ]
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[ although he is not sure terezi's lawbreaking enforcement involves prison so much as copious amounts of chalk and roleplaying? dave is also unsure as to whether he thinks that is better or worse than jailtime. he mostly tries not to break any bullshit laws he knows about in terezi's vicinity to avoid ever having to really find out.
karkat attempting a quiet tone is a good enough reason to stop loitering at the entrance and actually enter the living room, though, and dave doesn't pause to ask permission before sitting down on the sofa in the empty space. ]
Could you not decide because you realized your collection is ridiculous?
[ there's no actual combativeness to dave's tone; there rarely is, though. he'll tease and poke at people but he doesn't usually start fights or bother to keep them up for longer than he's entertained. ]
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[ Karkat isn't too inclined toward wanting to find out either way; both options sound equally bad to him. He's scowling but there's no real fire behind it this time and it's an attempt?? at a joke?? because whatever he planned would probably go horribly wrong. Or something. ANYWAY: it's a joke. A bad one!
Karkat doesn't move away when Dave moves to sit, just follows him with his eyes and shifts enough so that he can look at him properly instead of craning his neck. ]
My collection is fucking fantastic. I curated it from the best Romantic Comedies I could find. It's not my fault that no one around here can appreciate art. I want to watch when I can best appreciate the subtle nuances of film making.
[ It's garbage. Have you even seen The Wedding Planner? Never again. When he grimaces this time there're teeth, but it's not directed at him. He's still easy to rile up, but he's better at differentiating now. ]
I just can't. I was trying to sleep earlier. [ A beat. ] Too loud, not loud enough, too tired, not tired enough. It's like a three-ring circus of shit just to get to the point where bashing my head against a wall until I keel the fuck over in majestic slow-motion is more attractive than trying. [ It's pretty forthcoming for him but he's that way with Dave anymore anyway. It's also the same trotted-out litany of excuses for why he can't sleep properly, without any conviction. u tried it. ]
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[ it looked to dave like sulking. so. ]
Also, yeah, I'd leave you to your own devices to try to escape Pyrope. I'm sure you'd maybe manage it? Just talk her into a community service sentence, dude.