017 [Voice]

[cakeblocked]

[It's rather late at night when the journal clicks on. Luke had waited until he had calmed down from the nightmare he had to make the post, and good thing, too. Otherwise it'd catch the tremor he surely had in his voice.

Instead, he merely sounds subdued, and maybe a little hesitant.]Does anyone have any good stories to tell

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[voice] the placholderiest of placeholders

[poppetry]

[ Naturally, Xion had fallen asleep with a thumb keeping the journal open. Normally she's pretty careful about that, but tonight she'd just passed out....

Maybe it was a good thing. Because his voice makes her stir, though it takes her a while to fully wake up. For once, she wasn't already awake... ]

Luke?

[ She sounds groggy. It takes her a second to realize he's not actually there, and instead talking over the journal. She opens it up and curls up next to it, her eyes closed. All the little camera catches is darkness. ]

You okay?

[voice] i think it deserves a medal for how placeholdier it is

[cakeblocked]

[Xion...

Nngh. She sounds groggy. Did he wake her up?]

Sorry for waking you. [Now, does he ask for her help, or try to say that he's fine? Considering how it's still dark over there...]

Yeah, I'm okay. Just having a little trouble sleeping, that's all.

[voice] I'd prefer a gold star.

[poppetry]

Don't apologize... [ She rubs at an eye, slowly waking up a little further. Once he says those words, it sinks in... and she opens her mouth to speak--

And yawns. Oh, jeez. ] S-Sorry! [ How embarrassing! She actually sits up in bed, now, pulling the journal into her lap. ] I guess that was why you were asking for stories, huh... I don't know that many. [ Hmmmmm. What can she do instead to help him sleep... ]

[voice] ... fine fine, gold star :|

[cakeblocked]

I-It's okay if you don't know any. You don't have to get up or anything... [Aaah she's waking up more, now he feels worse. He knows it's pretty hard for her to get any sleep too, and he's ruined that for the night.]

[Voice] ALSO PLACEHOLDERING LIKE A BOSS

[ratatosk_knight]

[Emil never means to fall asleep with his journal open, but as he's a bit of a restless sleeper, sometimes it just sort of ends up happening if he rolls over after dozing off while flipping through it. Of course, this also means that he wakes up whenever someone decides to speak over the journals, but that's a minor detail.

And since that's a familiar voice and a familiar question, he can't help but answer it.]

You can't sleep either?

[Voice] AWESOME BOSSIN'

[cakeblocked]

You too? [He sighs and runs a hand through his hair. Damn, he feels bad asking this kind of thing late at night... He probably woke the whole village or something.]

I tried a lot of stuff already... I still can't sleep.

[Voice]

[ratatosk_knight]

I didn't mean I couldn't sleep right now, but... I used to have a lot of trouble falling asleep too, so I know what it's like.

[Voice]

[cakeblocked]

So it doesn't bother you now?

[...] What did you do to fix it?

[Action] not a placeholder because to hell with sleep

[mirrorbirth]

[If Luke happens to look over at his door, he might notice a little sliver of light shining from beneath it; there's obviously a light on in the apartment.

Venturing out would earn him the following visual: Asch sitting on one seat of the couch, nose deep in one of those Dawn Age books he's always poking at, though for once he's reading a smaller, tattered-looking paperback rather than the big, complicated textbooks. A clumsy but colourful drawing of two blond boys decorate the cover, each holding a sword.

On one of Asch's feet, a little furry kitten butt is visible; someone couldn't even make it onto the couch before dozing off.]

[Action] sleep is for the weak anyway

[cakeblocked]

[Luke does indeed notice the light after a little while. Curious, he goes to open the door - only to squint and hold his hand out to shield the light from his eyes. He has messy hair, too, a testament to the fact that he was sleeping.

Once his eyes get used to the brighter light (he had a lamp on, but it was rather soft compared to this), he steps up behind the couch and leans over it on the opposite side of where Asch is sitting.]

Hey... What're you reading? ["Again?" goes unsaid. Asch has been reading a lot lately...]

[Action] INDEED and we are powerful

[mirrorbirth]

[Asch barely glances over when Luke approaches, though his gaze flits to Luke's briefly at the question.]

It's a series of short stories from the Dawn Age. I found it in Daath as a kid.

[Though from the cover and the slight blush that crosses Asch's cheeks, it's probably not a stretch to assume that "short stories" actually means "kid's stories and fairy tales".]

[Action] oh we are the most powerful our power levels are like over two millon

[cakeblocked]

[... Well, that makes him raise his head in interest. Short stories? Luke can see the cover from here, and... well, he still doesn't really put it together. Probably best for Asch that Luke doesn't really pick up on these things, nor is he capable of reading the cover.

So instead of teasing, he moves around to sit on the cushion beside him and pulls one leg up, letting his arm rest across the knee.]

Think you could read one or two out loud? [The request is quiet; he's not sure if Asch heard him while he had the nightmare, but he's sure he let out a short cry or two.]

voice;

[byakkoyagirl]

Having trouble sleeping?

[And then immediately-]

Ah, my bad! You just said that, so it shouldn't be really a question.

voice;

[cakeblocked]

Huh? Oh, uh, don't worry about that, Paprika! You're right, though.

[His voice, at least, sounds a little lighter than how he started out. It always makes him happy to hear from her.]

voice;

[byakkoyagirl]

Something on your mind then? Or maybe your body clock is just messed up. People can't sleep for a number of reasons really.

voice;

[cakeblocked]

I guess you could say that...

[It's hard to admit that he had a nightmare to people, even someone like Paprika. Still, he squirms slightly. It's hard to try to hide things from her anyway.]

[voice]

[perplex_me]

[When Roxas' voice cuts through the journal transmission, he sounds as though he's already awake and also having troubles falling asleep. He sympathizes, Luke. He sympathizes.]I read. Or I patrol around outside, but I don't think that's a good idea for you. The former though, that might work.

But hey, if you find anybody with good stories, send them my way.

[voice]

[cakeblocked]

Reading's boring... I guess that's the point of it though, huh.

[Luke often wanders around outside when he can't sleep... He's about to do that, actually. But jeez, it's hot out there...]

[voice]

[perplex_me]

Kinda. I don't think reading's boring but it's a good way to put a person to sleep. You could try smashing a pillow over your head and making the whole room completely dark?

[voice]

[cakeblocked]

It's pretty dark when I turn the lamp off... Asch took the only room with a window. [That bastard. Now Luke has to go in there to water his plants. At least Asch lets him keep a few of them there.]

Besides, I feel like I can't breathe with a pillow over my face.