Report 074 [Accidental Video] 1AM

[iceandivory]

[The PCD rattles, rocking back and forth before finally settling unevenly against the edge of a table leg and the floor. Once it calms down, anyone familiar with the interior of the Tenth Division household might recognize it as the dining room table in the kitchen. If they can even see the interior through the uninterrupted dark of night

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[lastdragonlord]

[Merlin's not quite so stupid as he likes some people to believe. The increase in nightmares has grown exponentially and shown no sign of slowing down and this is just not normal. A tiny, niggling part of him recalls what Allen said about Rhode, but the rest of him doesn't want to jump to conclusions and they're just nightmares, right? It's not as if anyone is actually getting hurt...]

[Softly, unassuming.] There's a... sleeping drought that I promised to make for someone. Strong enough to. Strong enough to suppress premonition dreams most nights.

It would be just as easy to make a second draft.

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[iceandivory]

[Oh, no. Don't call them that. They were anything but "premonitions." They were things that were never, ever going to happen (even though some of them already had).]

...I know someone who may need it.

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[lastdragonlord]

[He just meant it as a comparison, really, but Merlin's not really all that good at word choice most days.]

I should have some ready by tomorrow - there's just one more ingredient I need to find.

Are you going to be okay, though? It's not fun having to clean up your own sick.

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[iceandivory]

[He sighed.] "Fun" is hardly a factor.

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[dark_thespian]

[Probably the last person Hitsugaya wants to hear from but, being one who never sleeps much due to nightmares and the like...Allen can't ignore this. He's in shadow as much as the other is, but the sleeplessness is there in his voice.]

Mister Hitsugaya, no matter what you were presented with. It's not real.

[The conviction in the last sentence is solid and strong, before he speaks softer.]

Ginger and Chamomile will settle your stomach.

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[iceandivory]

[A deep breath, and he steeled himself with natural ease.]

That should be obvious.

[Hitsugaya didn't like Walker's decision to hide the truth, didn't like the consequences of telling the truth, but Walker himself? So long as he kept his word, Hitsugaya could only blame Rhode and the situation, not the man in the middle of it.]

...I'll try it.

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[dark_thespian]

[He did it to hold this back, as long as he could but that was something he'll live with. He shifts, his left eye visible, it's not normal, the lens in front of it spinning rapidly. He covers it immediately.]

Should be but, it doesn't change its damage.

[But he doesn't speak further about that, instead he folds his wings behind him. And...this is way too like talking to Kanda but without the mutual punching. He's not sure how to deal with this.]

If that doesn't help...sometimes a game of cards does.

[...Though he's not sure how good he'll be. He has had less sleep since this started than most people. He has issues with sleep most of the time, this just made it worse.]

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[iceandivory]

Cards?

[A pale brow rose in question at the unexpected suggestion.

Hitsugaya was usually pretty decent when it came to getting sleep. A soldier gets it where he can and when he can. It wasn't until Hinamori died a few months ago that anything other than an event hindered his regular pattern. Those nightmares had ceased a while ago, but his sleep had been more sporadic since then. Not that any of it mattered, so long as he could keep doing what needed to be done. If something as simple as a game of cards helped then...]

[peach_kabobs]

[Oh no, poor Hitsu, even worse off than she was. But, well.] Hitsugaya-kun...

It's all okay now. [she hopes] You're awake, so, that's good, right?

[iceandivory]

[His own reasoning would argue he was not worse off because he could handle more, but that wasn't something he was going to say. He just took a deep breath - inhale and exhale.]

Of course. I'm fine, Hinamori.

[peach_kabobs]

Of course... [MAYBE. But she'll let it go for now, even though she's still worried. He always pushes himself so hard...]

[iceandivory]

[A short while later, he'd send another message, quiet but sounding steadier.]

...If you're still awake, come downstairs.

[He, Sasuke, and Rei Hino would be waiting with playing cards.]

[bunny_flower]

Hitsugaya-taichou ... You as well ?

[iceandivory]

It's nothing I can't handle. Unohana-taichou.

[bunny_flower]

It does not mean you have to handle it alone.

Some light tea to soothe your stomach would be good.

[iceandivory]

...I'm not. [Whether he liked it or not.]

Mm.

[cornered_circle]

Hitsugaya...

[iceandivory]

...Did you take care of those wings?

[cornered_circle]

You're supposed to be taking care of yourself!

[iceandivory]

I am. [Kind of.]