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wrongs ([personal profile] wrongs) wrote in [community profile] bakerstreet2023-06-11 10:46 am

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.
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((ooc: Bit of a voice test.))

[There's always something to worry about. ]


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(  3 (optionally + 1/5/6). open to a wildcard.

m/m for shipping. detailed prefs / info . please note there are spoilers. )
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Kaz Brekker | Grishaverse | OTA

[personal profile] noreasonneeded 2023-06-11 04:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[OOC: Sleep, what's that? He's usually awake still working. Fellow insomniacs are welcome to bother him.]
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[ Cycles can be hard to keep track of in space, but it was deemed time for sleep and so the Mantis was quiet. The others had retreated to bed as the ship continued on through hyperspace to their next destination. Cal, however was not sleeping. It had been difficult to quiet his mind of late, not since they'd found the holocron.

Found... and destroyed it.

It left him wondering... if he made the right choice. The broken pieces still remained on the table, he picked them up and studied the pieces. Sighed, put them back. Bee-dee beeped at him as he climbed out of bed and he shook his head. ]


It's nothing, don't worry about it, buddy.

[ The droid beeped again, but seemed satisfied by his answer and watched Cal go without any further interruption. Now that he was up... he headed towards the galley, trying to remain quiet. Caf and meditation were both on the menu tonight, but he most certainly wasn't expecting anyone else to be awake.

Cal lifted a hand in greeting, clearing his throat as not to startle her. The last thing he needed was to get thrown into a wall, or worse, through a wall as he was fairly sure Merrin was capable of. ]


Ah, sorry, I didn't know that anyone would be out here. I didn't mean to disturb you.

[ He was still getting used to Merrin's presence on board, but found that while tuned to occasional bouts of awkwardness, he liked having her here. There was still the prickliness about her, but she wasn't actively trying to kill him with magic and the fallen Nightsisters anymore, and she also had more of a sense of humor than he realized. ]

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[please mark spoilers for others]
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[ She doesn't really sleep much anyway, so this tracks. ]
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[Sleep is for the weak.]
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[plenty of reasons not to sleep. 18+ for shippy scenarios.]
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(For once he's not alone. He hasn't told her why he's not asleep or rather why he's not in his room but he sits quietly at the table near looking as if he saw death itself in how the dark circles were forming around his eyes. His tired eyes. Speaking of that is something he still finds next to impossible between the voices calling out to him for retribution down to his own nightmares filled with death and fire; he near seems apologetic in how he looks at her but he didn't wish to involve her any further than he must.

Letting himself be seen a monster by his teacher, by his professor felt....worse than he thought could come of his own problems. But he says nothing still until after a brief moment of fidgeting with his gauntlets he sighs and speaks up softly for a change.)
....if you get too tired, professor, you needn't make yourself stay awake for my sake. Generally I always go to the library to try reading in solitude to help my weary mind. (Not necessarily a lie. He did take to reading to help the process, using books as a means of lulling himself off to sleep without issue. Tea still helps in varying degrees but he knows he can't always procure chamomile, sadly, not even Dedue could too often.)
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