It happens to everyone - sometimes, you have nights where you just can't fall asleep, no matter what you do. It could be for a number of reasons, or no reason at all. And this is what's happened now: you've been laying in bed for what feels like hours, just tossing and turning, and nothing seems to help. So what's left to do? Get out of bed and go wake someone else up, of course. If you're not getting any sleep, then why should they?
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• Have fun! o p t i o n s01 • FEAR. Maybe you're hearing strange, indeterminable noises; maybe there's a severe storm happening outside; maybe you watched a scary movie before bed? Whatever the reason, you're terrified and it's keeping you awake. You just want to wake someone else up so they can protect you from the monster in your closet.
02 • HUNGER. Your stomach is growling and it just won't stop. Or perhaps your throat is so dry you could cough up a tumbleweed? Well, you've gone to the kitchen to remedy this and hey, that was a pan that just dropped on the floor. It was loud enough to wake the dead! Oops.
03 • PAIN. Your body is completely worn out, be it from exercise, battle, sickness, or what have you. Either way you're in enough pain to keep you from sleeping, so maybe someone else has a home remedy or something, or can at least help you take your mind off of it.
04 • SOLITUDE. For some reason, your bed just feels so empty at the moment. You're feeling terribly lonely and really just want someone to keep you company for a while. Maybe it'd be easier to fall asleep if you're with them...
05 • DISCOMFORT. Your room is an oven. Either that or a freezer. Or maybe this bed is just really uncomfortable? Who knows why you can't get to sleep, it feels like it could be anything. Why even bother trying? Maybe someone else can preoccupy you until you feel tired enough to ignore your discomfort.
06 • PENSIVE. Something's on your mind, and no matter how hard you try to focus elsewhere, it's just not going to work. Your body may be tired, but your mind is incredibly busy and it's virtually impossible to get to sleep. Surely, talking it out with someone else will help?
07 • SADNESS. Something terrible has happened that day, perhaps; or you could just be severely depressed. Either way you're trying your hardest not to cry yourself to sleep, and it's not working at all. Better find a way to get it out of your system somehow; you need a shoulder to cry on.
08 • ANGER. You are just... fuming. Who knows why - that annoying dog is barking again, or maybe the people next door are getting busy and keeping you awake. Whatever the reason for your ire is, you'd better put an end to it so you can get some damn rest already! Go wake up a friend so you can complain to them.
09 • RESTLESS. You're far too energetic to sleep right now. Maybe you're just trying to do so out of necessity - you have to be up early tomorrow! But you just don't think you'll be able to fall asleep for a while now, so why waste the time trying to sleep when you could be doing something else? Namely bothering someone else - you're totally jealous because they're getting more sleep than you.
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pluviooc2025-09-02 10:11 pm
Hi I miss them????
...He's at least self-aware enough to recognize he's going to suffocate in this quiet if he keeps sulking alone like this. So here he is. At Mario's door. He rolls a coin around his fingers for...a long time, just standing there. Shuffling. All his nervous tics. He said it was fine. Mario said it was fine. He just needs to-
He sighs. He knocks. "Hey. You awake? I-" he's being very quiet. Maybe he's kind of hoping Mario is asleep and they can pretend this never happened. He feels horribly exposed doing this. But the thought of going back to that empty room... "I uh...dunno. Wanted to say...hi? .....remember I still look weird. Don't freak out. I- this was a bad idea, sorry, nevermind-"
Retreat!!!!!!!
I DO TOO WAAAAAAA
Unfortunately for Aventurine, Mario is an extremely light sleeper! So the knock wakes him up, and by the time Aventurine is done talking, Mario has already sleepily rubbed his eyes open, trudged over to the door, and it opens just before Aventurine can leave.
"Oh..."
Anything Mario might've wanted to say vanishes from his mind when he actually sees Aventurine. He too forgot that Aventurine looks weird right now. He knows why, they've had this whole conversation, but it's early in the morning (???) and he just woke up and.
"I'm'a... not gonna freak out. I'm'a not freaking out."
He says it so so so normally. Eugh, but his brain is still heavy with the leftover nightmare tang - it wasn't bad enough to wake him, but he still feels the afterimages, gross, like bile at the back of his throat, or a dry mouth. Well, that's not Aventurine's problem - or maybe it should be? They did have that whole converastion about being more open with each other - ugh, not 3am or whatever-the-crap time it is in the morning problems.
"I did'a tell you you could always come wake me if you needed anything - " Here, he puts on a smile, though it is pretty tired. "So you need'a something? Is okay if you just need'a company."