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gameofsocks ([personal profile] gameofsocks) wrote in [community profile] bakerstreet2019-02-09 10:18 pm
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can't sleep, can't sleep;

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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somewhere between 2 and 5 ig

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[ The idea of insomnia only really works if you're the kind of person who actually needs to sleep, but even Apollo would admit it's been a long night. Long in the traditional sense; the hours of darkness and solitude have stretched on and on, longer than they have any right to be. Waiting for the sun to rise has never felt so awful, not when Apollo is grey and weak and horribly, terribly under-powered.

He's had a busy evening. First there was the ship full of human smugglers and their cargo trying to dock under the dead of night, then there had been the nightclub fire. In between the two had been the usual low level filth; drug dealers, pimps, petty thieves. All in a night's work some might say, but by the time 3am rolls around, Apollo is craving the first cracks of dawn over the horizon. His body, dim and weakened and low on solar reserves, craves sunlight.

For all his godly superpowers, Apollo can't actually make the sun rise. But he can seek out the next best thing.

In the early hours of the morning he taps insistently on Marcos's window. Hopefully he's still awake or, if not, a light sleeper at least. ]

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[Gemini's an elastic shapeshifter from DC Comics and I'd love to write a Gifted verse for her. I figure she was turned into an assassin by the government but escaped to the Underground and now she's working with Proudstar for the first time to locate new mutants before Sentinel Services can get to them? Also she's unable to sleep so fits that quite well lol.]
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( hi, it's been a while! would you be up for something? i RNG'd a 4 but can run it through again if that's not your taste! )

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The night air brought a chilly wind with it and Snow shuddered, clutching the old book filled with fairy tales closer to his chest. It wasn't his, but it was all he had left of his friends now. The book he used to hate. The book that had brought him and the others together. The book that had saved him when earth got attacked.

He let out an angry and frustrated scream into the night. For all he knew no one else were around.]
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