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gameofsocks ([personal profile] gameofsocks) wrote in [community profile] bakerstreet2017-01-07 06:10 pm

insomnia;

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.


iamthelordthygod: (my brothers in arms)

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( It wasn't unheard of for the President to still be working late in the White House -- crises didn't wait for sociable hours, and neither did those that he had to contact.

Angela had been reading over the information she'd been presented with, and her own proposal for the humanitarian aid, when she'd fallen asleep in the office she'd been in. Many others had gone home already by that point, but it had made it easier to still work.

After waking back up Angela had gone to walk the hall, stretch herself out -- and fully wake up -- before planning to get her things to go home. There were few people that Angela saw as she walked, only some night staff and then, as she turned from getting a cup of water-- )


Mr President. I didn't realise that you were still here.

( Not that she would, she's not a close adviser )

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[It's not unheard of for Dorcas to take technically illicit midnight strolls around the castle. She gets thoughtful and restless pretty easily. What is unusual is her letting herself be spotted by others while out and about, because usually she's quite private about things.

For whatever reason, though, Georgiana has seen her and she's not dashing off.]
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[ It is a very clear night, the air crisp, and they are far enough from any city that, once the fire is down to embers, the view of the sky will be beautiful. That is why Ignis lingers on the task of clearing things up after dinner while everyone is back in the tent. Then writing in his notebooks, first the shorter entry in the cooking one and then the longer one in the records one. The moon sets.

He even has a bit of time when he sits in his chair, watching the fire slowly ease down, savoring the though of what he will treat himself to, once he is satisfied that it is dark enough to do it.

He's finally getting up to walk to the edge of their campground and sit back and look up at the stars when he hears the tent flap rustle open, then closed. He frowns, looking back to recognize a rather displeased look on the familiar face, even in the faint light. This is not just a quick to the privy. Noctis can't sleep.

Well... maybe a bit of stargazing can cheer him up? Ignis can only offer.
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Noct?

[ Loud enough to be heard, not enough to reach those still inside the tent. ]

awesome. o7

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[Hey, best friend! Wanna have these two being insomniacs together?]

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RNG rolled a 4! :)

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She grins at Laura. ]
Hey, I got some chicken breast this time.

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[Prompto knew that, by all virtues of the nature of the world, that Lestallum was one of the safest places someone could be at the turn of night. The power plant hummed in the background and the streets had this... vibrant feeling to it that only seemed to take place in the few hours past the stroke of midnight when the workers were sent home for evening's respite and before the rise of the sun when they'd return to pick up where they left off.

But a few things stopped the blond from actually falling asleep himself, and each reason piled on an even more illogical admission that he was exactly proud to admit- not to Noctis, certainly, who was quietly slumbering away in the bed next to his at the Leville.

(Of course, the prince could fall asleep standing up given the right circumstance, but that was beside the point. Prompto wasn't one to wake him up and upset his more delicate sensibilities when he knew just how grumptastic that could end up).

The night before, they were besieged upon by these eerily glowing bombs, and as one self destructed right before the skiddish young man, the sheer visage of it kept him jostled deeply, and even left a mark on his hearing, which rang out with little bouts of tinnitus that had almost subsided. But when he closed his eyes, he wasn't sure what was worse- the image of the daemon as it threatened to end him, or the whistling of noise that sounded like a creaking door constantly being opened and closed at the same time. Coupled with the extreme warmth of the city and a restless mind, Prompto just couldn't cope with the anxiety long enough to find his thoughts drifting away toward dreaming.

So when the paranoia sat in, he crept out the door and down the stairs, believing that a walk in the humid air might do him some good. He heads out to the looking point, camera still by him like a soldier carrying his sword, and snaps a picture of the distant light of the plate. It beat trying to close his eyes and waiting- or the inevitable guilt that he felt that the guys wanted to get a hotel room because they could see the obvious look of panic-stricken worry still written on his face when they talked about making camp for the night.

He sighs, hangs his hands over the ledge, and looks around for a few moments. It was incredibly hard feeling useful to his three best friends when he didn't know how to deal with his own ineptitude at handling fear.]

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[It really wasn't unusual for Rihan to move around late at night. Seeing others move around at such a late hour however wasn't as usual and especially not with how calm this town seemed to be. Not a huge hub for night clubs and the like. The peace and quiet however was nice so he wasn't complaining over the lack of a busy night life.

Listening to the waves of the ocean hitting the beach, he took a drag of his pipe and looked out at the dark mass and the moon reflecting on the surface. It was beautiful.

Rihan got snapped out of his thoughts at the sound of steps approaching from behind him. Looking over his shoulder he saw a young man that were out jogging. A bit late to be out exercising perhaps, but everyone did their own thing. The stranger stopped just a few steps ahead of him, not having noticed him at all. Well that wasn't unusual either, but Rihan knew how to make himself known.]


Isn't a bit late to be out? This is the time when youkai and ayakashi move about.

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[He hasn't had a proper sleeping schedule in centuries, and so it isn't really surprising that he often can't sleep when he would technically have the time to.

Like now.

Wandering the streets brought him past a night club called Oddfellows, and where better to spend a night off during which he should technically catch some much needed sleep than a night club he's never been to?

Not that he is the most energetic of all, and thus he'll soon find himself on a chair at the counter, a drink in hand, idly watching the going-ons around him.]

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