02; v i d e o.

[peccadillo]

[ The first thing you see is... well, nothing.

Then there is rustling and clumsy movement of the communicator, eventually revealing September, eyes not meeting the video feed, but it indeed is him. The usual bright blue have dulled.

There's more rustling, September feeling for something on the communicator. ]

No video, just audio today.

[ But September, the video feed is on, can't you see that?

( Precisely, that's the problem. Even his sweater is on backwards. )

His eyes never meet with the feed, appearing to focus on nothing in particular. ]

Curious, but does anyone here actually have a sleeping schedule or sleeping hour?

And... has anyone been having nightmares lately?

[ Smooth, Mr. Dream Eater. ] Let's call it curiosity. By the way, you should all use audio, I'm kinda... caught up on something.

[ Liar.

Now watch as September turns off the feed a few failed attempts later. ]

( ooc: SO September has not been dream feeding for a long while and the effects are rolling in. He's temporarily blind until he feeds again, thus his lack of coordination! )

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voice;

[learnedtosmile]

Your video feed was on. What's wrong? Did something happen to you?

[Did the ship do something to you, is what Blake means.]

I'm sure most people around here are having nightmares by now. [He sure is, and he knows Ariadne is. Not that he'll say that to a stranger.]

video;

[peccadillo]

Nothing, I'm just distracted. [ At least he can smoothly pull out excuses, despite how focused he is on nothing.

Maybe they will assume he's watching something.

His hand twitches to switch it to voice, but that would be another long process of hitting buttons. Not even that comfortable with communicators yet, who knows how else he could mess this up? ]

By now? I suspect it's not just from the fact we're on a ship with an ominous smiling figure.

[voice]

[testgasm]

[ha ha oh man should he tell this poor kid about his sweater

maybe

nah]

I dunno. I mean, I just go to sleep when I'm tired, doesn't everyone?

[video]

[peccadillo]

[ MAYBE HE LIKES HIS SWEATER THAT WAY.

No, he would probably leave it that direction. Fixing it means preparing an explanation for the cat picture on the front. ]

Then no routine? Not at all?

audio;

[chromosomes]

Plenty of people on the ship have nightmares.

[ Himself included.

Pause. ]

You okay there kid?

video;

[peccadillo]

More than normal, I mean? And more than living in it.

[ He shakes his head with the pause. ]

Nope, but why would I be?

video; feei i'm sorry you're literally getting hit three times from me. yolo.

[adlered]

Some of us keep a rather stringent sleeping schedule. Though, I believe all the workaholics like to spit on that idea.

[ A beat. ]

Your sweater.

video; WOW rudeass

[peccadillo]

No one likes to talk about numbers. Sleeping hour from 'this time to this time,' no?

I'm starting to think no one sleeps at all.

[ His own beat. ]

It's comfy. [ >avoiding the problem ]

audio;

[justamobster]

September, right? What happened t'you, kid?

video;

[peccadillo]

[ HEY IT'S... Okay, La... don? ]

Yeah, September. [ A gentle shake of his head, trying to appear focused on something past the camera. He's just distracted, people. That's all. ] What do you mean?

voice;

[starked]

[ Ha ha ha. Oh now this is funny you just hahaha. ]

Look at the device. [ Calling you out. Oops. ]

video;

[peccadillo]

No.

[ POKER FACE, THAT'S NOT FUNNY. ]

video;

[mathematically]

Why do you care if anyone has nightmares?

video;

[peccadillo]

Why do you care that I care?

voice;

[invalided]

Gets hard to set up a schedule for sleeping when there's a lack of sunrise, sunset to set it by. I'd expect most of us sleep when we can. [ And with totally no doctorly concern at all, except for how there is some: ] Doing all right, there?

video;

[peccadillo]

No space clock?

[ A visible blink, puzzled. ]

Less than 'all right,' but that's considered normal.

voice;

[cons]

[ YES VOICE IS GOOD SHE WILL BE SHOWING NOBODY HER SHAME. shame, in this case, being her busted up face. ]

Whenever I manage to dream it's usually pretty nightmarish, yeah. I guess. It's been a little while since I've pulled it off though. [ 'it' being.. sleep long enough to dream? she doesn't really know how that shit works ]

video;

[peccadillo]

[ No worries, this temporary blindness won't judge.

BUT FINALLY SOMEONE WHO ANSWERED THE QUE—wait, he can't see. Not too familiar with the voice either.

That's depressing. ]

Why is that?

voice.

[throwsdown]

[... Oh, phooey. He almost doesn't reply to it, but...

Dreams are a big issue, yeah. You're just lucky he's not adding onto the pile of 'u ok?', thanks to his incredible knack to miss obvious things. Kid, n' all.]

I dream lots. Sometimes it's really bad.

[A pause.]

I just go to sleep when I'm sleepy.

video.

[peccadillo]

[ Very lucky. ]

I see. [ Sounds young. A child? There's the visible tilt of September's head, trying to match the voice with a face. ]

That seems to be everyone's... sleeping... plan. [ A sigh. ]

video;

[stimulations]

I'm not sure that what hour we go to sleep is going to have much effect on whether we suffer from nightmares or not.

[Because yeah, he's going to link those two questions together.]

video;

[peccadillo]

Very right.

to be honest, my first few days weren't any better here, even with the average hours of sleep. [ Not that he actually can dream, but he might as well... fake-relate. ]

voice|

[hangedmanstree]

What's a nightmare?

video|

[peccadillo]

[ It's obvious that September doesn't know how to answer.

Not even gaping his mouth, sitting there quietly like he might not have heard. He's sorting his thoughts, dull eyes blinking until the silence is broken with: ]

A dream... that isn't enjoyable.

[ From what he has seen, at least. ]

voice;

[sangfroid]

Um... I've been having nightmares lately. I think I always have them.

[ Especially now that my nightmare-suppressing conditioning medication is low and I haven't been getting my usual dosage. ]

Have you been having nightmares lately? Is that why your sweater is on backwards?

video;

[peccadillo]

[ Not exactly close to jackpot, but horray, another sleepyhead to lurk into.

But aw dang, shoot— ]

Yes. [ Sure, 'yes.' ]

[video] SORRY I'M LATE

[biffail]

A sleeping schedule? I dunno, do we even have night and day on this joint?

[AT LEAST THIS TIME THEY WON'T TALK ABOUT ALIENS AND GETTING DISSECTED.]

[video] H D U !!!

[peccadillo]

[ Because the last thing he needs right now is a freak out. A blind freak out. ]

Not exactly, that's just assuming the residents have made their own schedule or concept of time?

audio

[forlifeloveandcheese]

I sleep... at normal times? And, I always have nightmares. Grey Warden isn't really a profession for people who like having a good night's sleep, let me tell you that.

video

[peccadillo]

... Grey Warden?

voice; private

[grandseigneur]

[however misplaced his concern may be, Hook's gaze narrows sharply at the feed. it matters not to him that he and this boy do not know one another; his familiarity is enough to stir something ancient in the pirate.]

Are you injured?

video; private

[peccadillo]

[ And with September's proper lack of understanding, you can imagine he is startled by his own familiarity of the voice—one he hung up on and noted to avoid, as his memory is able to pinpoint.

Not that 'avoiding' is possible on a public feed.

But he doesn't see any harm in the question, as long as he steers comfortably with the answer: ]

No. [ Technically. It's an inconvenience, but at least one he can manage on his own. ]