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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[Not that Loki is an expert in the whole having friends business. But he's giving it a shot in his own way.
He shrugs.]
Macho twaddle. I never had much care for that. Particularly the complete illogic of the position that men are supposed to rid themselves of it instantly while women are not.
[Asgard wasn't quite so bad as the mortals about that, a thing that never ceases to surprise him.]
I fail to see how romance has anything at all to do with sex.
[He sips his coffee, which he'd almost forgotten.]
But I've yet to be convinced that romance as a thing actually exists, either.
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[ He has a point. In his own mind, anyway. But he waves a hand, trying desperately to get his attention back on the now-paused zombie game because man he would totally rather shoot zombies than talk about romance at all. ]
Me either.
So let's just say it doesn't and shoot zombies.
[ Shoot the danm zombies, Loki, before Megamind has an aneurism. ]/small>
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I rather like you. Which means I'm much more interested in keeping you as a friend than crushing or humiliating you.
[Of course, he can't claim that will never happen, but it seems unlikely.]
Of the potential activities in which we could both be involved, I'd much prefer to dance than shoot zombies.
[Another sip of coffee, this time to hide his smile.]
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Doesn't matter. I'll be back in prison before the end of the week if the next plan doesn't go off, anyway. But then I can move on to my ice laser and that's sure to work.
In the mean time, even if you won't, I am going to clense the island of zombies.
[ And curled in a defensive little ball on his corner of the couch, he starts with zombie shooting. ]
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Then come along as yourself. I rather like you better that way as it is.
[He shrugs.]
And no, you shan't.
[He is not letting anyone drag his best and only friend off to pathetic mortal jail.
He sighs again.]
I have come to the conclusion that we're both really better off being ourselves.
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[ Mostly because it's a disaster. He doesn't play human well. He knows. He tried, as a kid. Not that he'll ever admit that. ]
You are. You're powerful and you look like them and you can do as you please. I have to work with what I've got.
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And I am asking you to do no such thing.
[Loki pinches the bridge of his nose. He has no idea when he so completely lost control of this conversation. He sets the coffee cup aside, just to be safe.]
I should think my lack of interest in you pretending to be anything, mortal or... or elf or dancing bear would be quite plain, since I am here. And quite often at that.
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[ GAME OVER appears in bloody lettering all over the the screen as the small man gets up and hops the couch, apparently stalking off to have an enormous sulk to go with his flounce. ]
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After a moment of thought, he goes to let minion know that Megamind has blown up and he has no idea why. The look Minion gives him is quite eloquent, and Loki reserves to not sleep anywhere minion has access to in the near future.
That done, he sighs, takes his coffee back up, and huddles down in the blanket. A moment later, he produces a book from thin air and starts reading. A snap of his fingers shuts off the TV.]
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[ Well, Loki's over there in the 'den' and is doin' what he's doin'. Megamind lays awake and angry until exhaustion has it's way with him and he sinks into sleep, and the lair remains quiet except for the subsonic hum of several machines. ]
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On sober reflection, he probably should have just played the silly video game. What a horrid excuse for a night.]