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you'll like the way we meme ([personal profile] memeswearhouse) wrote in [community profile] bakerstreet2012-09-09 11:01 am

INSOMNIA MEME ASSEMBLE.


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.


[personal profile] promisedspear 2012-09-14 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
[He isn't so young that she'd called him a babe, but Vivi still seems far too young to be contemplating his mortality.]

Why do you think?
littlehat: (upward)

[personal profile] littlehat 2012-09-15 06:39 pm (UTC)(link)
I... I don't know. To be kind to others? To help them?

[Vivi shakes his head a little. He doesn't know, and it bothers him.]

[personal profile] promisedspear 2012-09-16 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
Well now, those are things people should do.

[Not that Arianne was very good about doing what she should do if this latest trouble she found herself was any indication.]

But I wouldn't worry over it so much, Vivi. You're still young.
littlehat: (lost)

[personal profile] littlehat 2012-09-17 08:59 am (UTC)(link)
[He looks at his hands. Young? Maybe. Maybe not... Still, it's not exactly a light conversation topic.]

I guess so. What about you? Is something keeping you up?

[personal profile] promisedspear 2012-09-17 04:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[She smiles, but it's a sad smile.]

Many things, little one. But they are not your burdens to bear.
littlehat: (alexandria bushes)

[personal profile] littlehat 2012-09-17 07:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh. Well, we should talk about something happier, then.

[He sits up a little straighter.]

[personal profile] promisedspear 2012-09-17 09:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[She looks grateful.]

Well then. What would you like to talk about? [She nudges him gently.] Are you sure there's no fair maid on your mind?
littlehat: (shy)

[personal profile] littlehat 2012-09-19 05:35 am (UTC)(link)
U-um. [Vivi would shuffle his feet, but they don't touch the ground.] No... Eiko is nice, but we're just friends.

[personal profile] promisedspear 2012-09-20 12:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[Eiko...what a strange name. Arianne is even more curious about what land Vivi hails from. She laughs softly.]

Is that the only girl you know?
littlehat: (alexandria bushes)

[personal profile] littlehat 2012-09-21 08:22 pm (UTC)(link)
I guess I know... three girls. Miss Freya is looking for her lost love. And Dagger...

[He trails off, because Dagger's like the big sister he never had the opportunity for.]

There's Quina, but I'm not sure if Quina's a girl or a boy.

[personal profile] promisedspear 2012-09-22 02:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[Arianne assumes this Quina is an eunuch at Vivi's uncertainty.]

I assume Dagger is also spoken for then?

[Do they all have such strange names?]