ataraxion | 02; v i d e o.

[ 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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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.]

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.

[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?

[ 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?

Edited (HOW DO WORDS???) 2012-11-26 02:54 (UTC)

[He switches to video feed to squint at September more closely.]

You can't see, can you? Is this a new development? [He's still assuming this is something the ship did to him.]

[it's okay wheatley can appreciate a good (read: terrible) animal-themed sweater

there is no shame here.]

Well, um. I suppose the time I can stay awake before I need to sleep has settled into a fairly consistent...amount...of hours.

Is there a particular reason you're asking, or--?

No. [ A strange croak in his voice. One lie later and he already hates this.

Bless his assumption, at least he has that. ] Development...?

Consistently...?

And I am curious, that's what I said. Is the question outside your comfort zone? [ A beat. ] Think of it as a survey.

Edited 2012-11-26 03:28 (UTC)

Plenty of people on the ship have nightmares.

[ Himself included.

Pause. ]

You okay there kid?

The blindness. How did it happen?

I'm not blind.

[ Squints back, but that's just his instinct telling him to be defensive. G E E Z. ]

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

[ He shakes his head with the pause. ]

Nope, but why would I be?

Then why can't you turn off the video feed, and why is your shirt on backwards? [Blake's voice is cool, nonchalant, but also with a slight edge of concern. He's not suspicious, more like worried.]

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.

Yeah, I guess.

[ PTSD does that. ]

Your sweater's on backwards.

I chose not to and I like it that way.

[ Liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiineface, he can't see your concern. ]

I know.

[ He's getting better at this lying thing, but he doesn't feel good about it. ]

Sure you do.

So why the question about nightmares?

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 ]

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

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

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

Why do you care if anyone has nightmares?

If there's something going on, you should talk to someone. If not me, then someone else you can trust. Weird things happen around here sometimes, and if they're happening to you it's in everyone's best interests to know what it is and try to figure out why, so we can get you some help.

Yes. [ HE DOES.

Actually, he didn't. He seriously doesn't want to explain the cat picture either.

~~It was a present.~~ ]

Curiosity is getting the best of me. People seem on edge lately and I've been poking my head away from everyone from a while. [ Not that he has much of a choice at this point. He needs a list of people to dream-creep on later. ]

Edited 2012-11-26 04:57 (UTC)

Why talk about numbers when inevitably, as soon as you do, something disrupts them. I typically sleep when a normal person would if we were on Earth.

We sleep. Just not very well.

[ P e e r s. ]

No itchiness from the tag?

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