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distressedude) wrote2014-08-19 04:56 pm
distressedude) wrote2014-08-19 04:56 pm
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033 ~ [Action/Written]
[ Late Night - House One ]
[It's late at night when the usually peaceful House One will find itself rudely awoken by a scream.]
[Although it wasn't uncommon for Ion to have nightmares, usually he woke up with little more than a gasp. Sometimes he cried out, but never loud enough to disturb the rest of the house. But with the departure of a number of friends from Luceti, it seemed as though whatever control Ion had been holding onto since the draft had disappeared, and the added stress caused the nightmares to return tenfold.]
[Tonight was worse than usual. The scream was followed by a loud crash, like the sound of something being thrown against the wall.]
[The door is unlocked.]
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[ Action - Written ]
[Following a very unrestful night, Ion will be trying his best to have a normal day, knowing that taking a nap would only make it more difficult to fall asleep that night. So he starts off his day as he would any other, beginning with a morning jog around the village with Colonel. Of course, given how tired he already is, it probably looks more like Colonel is just dragging him around. And at some point, Colonel is going to notice Ion's fatigue and force him to take a break in the most mature fashion possible.]
[After finally getting Colonel back home, he spends a little time in the library reading, but inevitably that proves to be too relaxing an activity and he winds up falling asleep, book still open. He won't be sleeping too deeply though, and just the sound of someone walking past him will probably startle him back into being awake. Though unless you want to see him fall out of his chair, it probably wouldn't be a good idea to walk up behind him.]
[Once he's back at House One, he spends the rest of the evening relaxing. But even though he's yawning and clearly tired, the light in his room stays on, and Ion won't be going to sleep just yet. And even after it seems like he finally has, sometime around midnight, a written message pops up over the network.]
I realize it's rather late, but does anyone have any experience in dealing with nightmares? Or perhaps, a method of how to prevent them from happening?
[It's late at night when the usually peaceful House One will find itself rudely awoken by a scream.]
[Although it wasn't uncommon for Ion to have nightmares, usually he woke up with little more than a gasp. Sometimes he cried out, but never loud enough to disturb the rest of the house. But with the departure of a number of friends from Luceti, it seemed as though whatever control Ion had been holding onto since the draft had disappeared, and the added stress caused the nightmares to return tenfold.]
[Tonight was worse than usual. The scream was followed by a loud crash, like the sound of something being thrown against the wall.]
[The door is unlocked.]
--
[ Action - Written ]
[Following a very unrestful night, Ion will be trying his best to have a normal day, knowing that taking a nap would only make it more difficult to fall asleep that night. So he starts off his day as he would any other, beginning with a morning jog around the village with Colonel. Of course, given how tired he already is, it probably looks more like Colonel is just dragging him around. And at some point, Colonel is going to notice Ion's fatigue and force him to take a break in the most mature fashion possible.]
[After finally getting Colonel back home, he spends a little time in the library reading, but inevitably that proves to be too relaxing an activity and he winds up falling asleep, book still open. He won't be sleeping too deeply though, and just the sound of someone walking past him will probably startle him back into being awake. Though unless you want to see him fall out of his chair, it probably wouldn't be a good idea to walk up behind him.]
[Once he's back at House One, he spends the rest of the evening relaxing. But even though he's yawning and clearly tired, the light in his room stays on, and Ion won't be going to sleep just yet. And even after it seems like he finally has, sometime around midnight, a written message pops up over the network.]
I realize it's rather late, but does anyone have any experience in dealing with nightmares? Or perhaps, a method of how to prevent them from happening?
[Action]
If he had picked up on the lack of blinking, he didn't take the time to properly register the thought due to the heat of the moment. But it all clicked when Ion blinked. At least Jade was holding him outward, so Jade's proximity might not look as unusual as it could be. Jade's eyes flicker over Ion as he speaks, assessing him all over again. The pieces may be starting to come together now.]
Ion.
Do you remember me now?
[Action]
Where... w-what...
[His mind feels heavy. He's trying to speak, but words won't come out -- it's like he can barely get a breath of air right now. And he doesn't even realize he's crying.]
[Action]
The worst is behind us now. It's alright. Just remain calm.
[Action]
[...thankfully Ion has a trash can in his room for paper scraps, because Jade might wanna sit him down and give that to him.]
[Action]
And then he is moving like a Lorelai-damned machine, gently plopping Ion into a setting position, reaching to grab said waste basket with a minimal amount of movement and pivoting swiftly to hand it to him.]
[Action]
[By the time Ion finally feels okay enough to pull away from the trash can, he's shivering and shaking like a leaf, somehow looking worse than he had a few minutes ago. He tries to take a few deep breaths to calm down, but they still come up shallow. At least he's sitting down now -- that helps, to a degree.]
[Action]
He calmly sweeps a sheet off of Ion's bed and drapes it over his shoulders. It's not hard to guess what had affected him so deeply. When there's nightmares that can even leave Jade feeling unsettled, he can only imagine the impact they have on Ion.
He silently hovers nearby as he waits for the fon master to collect himself.]
[Action]
...what happened?
[Action]
You were sleepwalking, Ion. Or perhaps, more accurately, you were sleepfighting. [He sees no need to hide it from him; Ion has to know, in fact, if they're to find a solution to this.]
[Action]
[It takes a few moments for his brain to catch up. When he asked what happened, it was under the state of mind that what had just transpired in his mind was real. But the more he hears Jade's voice, the more he seems to realize it wasn't. He wasn't on the battlefield, he was in his room. He was still in his pajamas. He was safe.]
[But it was all a lot to take in, and somehow the overwhelming sense of relief just has him clinging to the trash can again.]
[Action]
Take some time to wake yourself up first. It may be easier to process then.
[Action]
It was... it was just a dream, wasn't it? [The question is only half rhetorical.] And I'm... not still dreaming, right?
[Action]
[Action]
[Because the more he wakes up, the more he recognizes what sort of dream he just had. Certainly he's woken up on the floor after tossing himself out of bed, and he's even been known to talk in his sleep once or twice... but this was completely different.]
[And he's also certainly never mentioned any dreams like this before. This went well beyond your average nightmare, even without the whole hallucinating part.]
[Action]
Were they related to the draft? [He might as well be direct in asking. It's the prime logical possibility, especially given his earlier behavior.]
[Action]
I thought that's where I was when I-- when I woke up.
[Action]
[Action]
[Even the content of the dreams didn't seem too out of the ordinary. They were always vivid and terrifying. It just looks like this was the first time he's actually projected how he acts inside the dream outwardly.]
I've had nightmares before, but I thought they had finally gone away. I didn't think they would... get worse.
[Action]
[Action]
[He looks up at Jade, and then down at his hands. What if he had actually cast that arte? Could he have hurt whoever came in and checked on him? What if it had been Anise, or Nephry?]
[He tightens his hands into fists and looks at the ground.]
...if I knew of a way to stop the nightmares, I'd have done it ages ago. I don't know what else I can do for them.
[Action]
He pinches the bridge of his nose before resting his hands in his lap. He's dealt with his fair deal of nightmares over the years. But he knows that it must be different for someone like Ion - someone who can't just power through them. Someone who doesn't truly deserve them.]
It's true that there is no easy way to cast off nightmares. However, if one can reach and address the issues at the root of these dreams, it may have an effect. Even something like a lessening in severity would be significant progress.
[Action]
[It could be a lot of factors. He did tend to get a bit stressed around this time of year, as many of the people he's grown close to over the years have left in the summer. And even now, both Luke and Miss Perona have been sent home in a rather short frame of time.]
[Action]
There have to be other factors at play, in that case. Yet, we haven't heard much from the Malnosso recently. [Aside from that mission thing, but Jade knows that Ion stayed behind at that time. There has to be something more.]
Could it have to do with Luke?
[Action]
...I have always been a little tense around this time of year. This isn't the first time Luke has disappeared in the summer... and Dist disappeared around this time as well.
[It was strange to think that was nearly two years ago now. And unlike Luke, Dist never returned to Luceti -- much like a number of his other friends who have left.]
[It's hard not to be a little tense, knowing that this is the last place Ion would ever see any of them again.]
[Action]
It sounds like an unfortunate trend, to say the least. [He goes on, making sure there's no judgement in his tone - just a candid observation.] You truly came to think highly of Dist.
[Action]
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