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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.]
--
[ 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?
[written]
[written]
Just some examples, I guess. [ Totally. ]
[written]
In that case, I suppose I'm already halfway there. Though I'm not sure what I could do to make the thing that I'm afraid of seem less frightening.
[written]
Sorry, I'm not really good at this advice stuff. [ SHE'S WORKING ON IT. ] But I know that sometimes just talking about it with your friends can help. You know, just know that you're not alone in facing whatever it is. [ Unless he is, in which case OOPS. ]
[written]
I've had good luck in talking through my problems before, but [...] admittedly, this isn't a very easy topic for me to talk about. Though to be honest, just having someone to talk to at all at this hour is helping.
[written]
And it's no problem, I'm up pretty late sometimes. [ It was only mornings that were evil. Night time was fine. ] I'm Korra, by the way.
[written]
And you're right. Sometimes it can be even more difficult to talk to the people you care about when it comes to things like this. Even though I know they would want to be of help, there's still a part of me that doesn't like making them worry.
[Perhaps even more so for something like this, where there's no easy answer for helping him.]
[written]
And you're right. It hard when everyone's going to worry. Especially if usually you're trying to get them to not worry. [ It was a rough cycle! ]
[written]
Yes, exactly. I know they only worry because they care about me, but even so I wish they didn't have to worry so much.
...though I suppose in this case, it is a bit warranted. I wouldn't be asking about this at all if I wasn't worried myself. [They were very very bad nightmares.]
[written]
I'm sorry they've got you so worried. I might not have an answer on how to get rid of them, but if you ever need a distraction I can at least try and help with that.
[written]
[He'll definitely try thinking about that whole "face what's causing them" thing, though. Though short of making himself stronger, he's not sure what else might make the drafts seem less terrifying.]