Insomnia meme.

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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.

Comments

[grindr]

What's that? I think you're breaking up... must be a bad connection. [ And it's impossible to miss the grin in his voice. ]

[mantichora]

Oh no, how unfortunate. And hear I was just starting to recall this most fascinating incident...the kind that never make in into biographies, let alone the history books. Although it wasn't De Sade, it was Le Belle Epoque. Oh well.

[grindr]

This feels like a trap.

[mantichora]

Hush. You're too paranoid. Or do I really seem like the type to steer one wrong for the sheer fun of it?

[There's a mocking lilt to her tone as she asks the question. As if now this is in fact the trap.]

[grindr]

Do you want an honest answer or a civil one?

[ Yep, that was definitely the trap. ]

[mantichora]

Funny how you seem to think the two must be entirely mutually exclusive.

[grindr]

People are so sensitive these days. And I grew up among politicians. They never say what they really think for risk of offending someone.

[mantichora]

Hear I thought the key to avoiding offense was to simply say it with a smile.

[grindr]

To a degree, but everyone's so PC these days and with all the armchair activists, someone somewhere's offended regardless.

[mantichora]

But there are no such individuals here.

[grindr]

Who, us? Nah. I think we're above that kind of bullshit.

[mantichora]

Indeed. If anything, one might argue we're being far too honest with one another.

[She lets that statement hang for a moment, all its implications both in word and her tone fully intact.]

But as scintillating as all this has been, I really am going to have to let you go now. My apologies again for the sudden wake up call.

[grindr]

Don't worry about it. Enjoy your dinner, Katerina. [ The smile in his voice was audible. It probably wouldn't be long at all before TJ drifted back to sleep, so it wasn't much of an interruption at all. ]