[007] Voice/Action locked to Gilded Castle (Backdated to Late night 21st/Early morning 22nd)
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[It was the fighting that had done it. For a few weeks, after that strange dream, Luke had actually been able to remember what having a normal night's sleep was like. Tear had helped to heal him, but there was always a certain extent that the body had to heal itself after any kind of major injury. And he'd used a hyperresonance, even though ( Read more... )
[It was the fighting that had done it. For a few weeks, after that strange dream, Luke had actually been able to remember what having a normal night's sleep was like. Tear had helped to heal him, but there was always a certain extent that the body had to heal itself after any kind of major injury. And he'd used a hyperresonance, even though ( Read more... )
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Y-yeah, I'm fine. I just...
[Ergh, he didn't know what to say. He'd never really talked about his nightmares much to anybody, except Jade, and even with Jade it wasn't exactly like they'd talked that much about them. Jade wasn't touchy-feely like that.]
...I wanted to know if anybody had any ideas.
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Um, I guess....try keeping really busy during the day so you go to sleep quicker and for longer at night?
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[That had been the most reliable method back before the nightmares had stopped: Nights back on Auldrant where he'd been too exhausted from all the running and fighting monsters - never people, it'd be hard to sleep at all if they'd fought people - to do much more than fall straight into his bedroll. Even then, his sleep was merely dreamless, never peaceful.]
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... so that makes two of them sounding more tired than anything.]
You think I haven't tried?
[In the past, that is.]
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[Whether this is actually advice or just Asch telling Luke his efforts are pointless if they don't yield a solution...]
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Then what's the rest of it?
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[He remembers the plants that Pere grew back at the manor on Auldrant being nice, but he didn't remember them actually helping people sleep better... right?]
What do you mean..? Like, certain kinds of plants?
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... Others just like the comfort they bring.
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So... like herbal medicines...?
[He's guessing, but it feels like a good guess. He remembers they had lots of herbal remedies and things at St. Binah.]
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[Coming up slowly, quietly behind you, looking up uncertainly.]
... Master? Are.... are you okay?
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... I'm fine, Mieu... go back to sleep...
[No really Mieu, you're supposed to be a baby cheagle and babies sleep a lot, right? :|
At the same time though, if Mieu insisted on staying, Luke probably wouldn't stop him. Mieu already knew about his nightmares, and someone being there was better than nobody, so long as Mieu stayed quiet and not-annoying...]
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I can sleep here, with you, Master...
[Inching closer, tugging gently at your leg.]
Was it the bad dreams again?...
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[Luke sighs. No, it'd been too much to expect Mieu to leave. As it was, at the tugging on his leg, Luke reached down and picked Mieu up and set him on his shoulder. The tugging was bothering him, okay?]
... yeah, it was.
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Try counting sheep. Usually works like a charm.
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[Or maybe it was rappigs he counted... With all the nightmares he's had, he's tried a lot of the typical sleep aids.]
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[A little bit skeptical about that one. He's done a little art with Rapunzel but it never really felt like a restful thing to do...]
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