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THE SUDDENLY ASLEEP MEME

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1. Exhaustion - Maybe you haven't been sleeping well lately, maybe you've had a stressful day at work. Either way, you just can't keep your eyes open, and any surface/person/animal looks comfortable

2. Magic - Maybe you shouldn't have annoyed that wizard! Be it in the middle of a fight, or a time-delay to sometime more inconvenient, you just fall asleep where you stand.

3. Illness - You're sick, and the sickness is draining all your energy. Are you drifting off in bed, or doing something you shouldn't be when under the weather. Maybe you're actually narcoleptic.

4. Drugged - Oh no! I never should have drank those chemicals. Or, perhaps, you've got an enemy with access to weird and exotic poisons, or a vindictive roommate. Maybe you shouldn't have drank the last soda.

5. Boredom - Wow, this mission briefing is really boring, or maybe you can't bear to listen to your friend recounting the one-night fling he had with a botanist in Switzerland. Either way, you're sat there and dozing off in your chair.

6. Drunk - Had one too many? Not enough?

7. Anything else? The more awkward or annoying the better!

Instructions

1. Post with your character (note the name and fandom in the subject).
2. Other people reply to you by generating a number from 1 to 6. You can use RNG or just choose.
3. Have fun!

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Brian's up and on his feet, taking a few experimental steps... before stumbling over his own boots, bracing himself on the wall. "...Shit..." He mutters, straightening.

"Cheese... Yeah. Calcium... You got any fresh milk, too?"

Well, if Jim's that intent on helping him...

((OOC: Don't worry about it. :3 Also, tags may slow down due to work.))

Instinct has Jim automatically moving to intervene should Brian lose his balance entirely, but then Gamble recovers, and Jim takes a step back to establish space between them again. Brian's made it abundantly clear already that he doesn't appreciate being babied, but the last thing Jim needs right now is for his ex-partner to fall and add to his list of injuries.

"Do I look like a grocery store to you?" The answer to that had better be a resounding 'no,' if Jim's dry tone is anything to go by. "Get in the shower, and then you can raid my fridge."

"Hey, you're the one intent on keeping me here." He shuffles into a steadier position before taking a few unsteady steps towards the door, fighting back his dizziness and nausea.

This was going to be fun. Brian can feel it. He pauses against the wall, steadying himself.

"Only because you look like the poster child for the Humane Society," Jim snorts wryly, not at all above taking a dig at his former partner's sorry state. Then again, it's not like Jim isn't sporting his own handsome share of bruises and scratches.

It's an unfamiliar sight to see Gamble this incapacitated, though, and Jim frowns as he silently watches Brian shuffle forward a few steps and then brace himself against the wall when he can't immediately continue on. "If I offer to help, are you going to rip me a new one?"

"Damn fucking straight I will." Brian growls, pushing off against the wall and straightening again. The nausea is making him feel sick, like motion sickness. He squeezes his eyes shut for a moment, willing the room to stop spinning, before opening them and continuing to walk.

This time he gets as far as the doorframe.