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[cakeblocked]

[It's rather late at night when the journal clicks on. Luke had waited until he had calmed down from the nightmare he had to make the post, and good thing, too. Otherwise it'd catch the tremor he surely had in his voice.

Instead, he merely sounds subdued, and maybe a little hesitant.]Does anyone have any good stories to tell

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[Voice] ALSO PLACEHOLDERING LIKE A BOSS

[ratatosk_knight]

[Emil never means to fall asleep with his journal open, but as he's a bit of a restless sleeper, sometimes it just sort of ends up happening if he rolls over after dozing off while flipping through it. Of course, this also means that he wakes up whenever someone decides to speak over the journals, but that's a minor detail.

And since that's a familiar voice and a familiar question, he can't help but answer it.]

You can't sleep either?

[Voice] AWESOME BOSSIN'

[cakeblocked]

You too? [He sighs and runs a hand through his hair. Damn, he feels bad asking this kind of thing late at night... He probably woke the whole village or something.]

I tried a lot of stuff already... I still can't sleep.

[Voice]

[ratatosk_knight]

I didn't mean I couldn't sleep right now, but... I used to have a lot of trouble falling asleep too, so I know what it's like.

[Voice]

[cakeblocked]

So it doesn't bother you now?

[...] What did you do to fix it?

[Voice]

[ratatosk_knight]

I don't know. I didn't really do anything special to fix it; it just sort of happened. But taking a long walk and looking at the stars helps sometimes. Or maybe some chamomile tea or a hot bath...

[Voice]

[cakeblocked]

It's too hot to go outside... [Heat wave, bah. It's when it's too hot or too cold that Luke doesn't like his usual method, of taking a walk and looking at the stars.]

The tea thing sounds good, though. I'll have to see if we have any.

[Voice]

[ratatosk_knight]

I could bring you some if you don't... sometimes company helps too.

[Voice]

[cakeblocked]

... That sounds like a good idea. [He smiles... but it fades after a second.] But it's pretty late... You sure you want to come?

[Voice]

[ratatosk_knight]

I don't mind at all-- I'm already awake anyway.

[Voice]

[cakeblocked]

... Okay then. Just try to be quiet, okay? I don't want Asch to wake up and yell about it. [And you know he'd do just that. He shifts and gets off of the bed, most likely to prepare for Emil to come over.]

[Voice]

[ratatosk_knight]

Okay. I know how grumpy Asch can get when you wake him up, so I'll be quiet.

[He'll be nice and not tell the story of the slumber party, though.]

[Voice]

[cakeblocked]

Thanks... [The tone of his voice sounds exasperated, as if he has experienced firsthand how grumpy Asch is when he's woken up. Especially if it's a certain replica who does so.]

I'll meet you outside, okay?

[Voice/Action]

[ratatosk_knight]

I'll be there in a just a few minutes.

[And once he's grabbed a thermos, boiled some water and started the tea brewing, he'll be on his way to go meet Luke like a derpy blond ninja. It's hard to miss the antenna.]

[Voice/Action]

[cakeblocked]

See you there.

[Luke decided to wait outside, seeing how talking in his apartment could wake Asch up. He's in dark pajamas and is barefoot, and he's leaning against the wall with his arms crossed and his head down. He glances up every now and then, and that's when he spots the telltale blond antenna.

He smiles when he does, and raises a hand in a wave.]

Emil!