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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[2ndunitcaptain]

Trouble?

voice

[cakeblocked]

Yeah... Got any advice?

voice

[2ndunitcaptain]

Tea. Alcohol. A long walk. Lots of blankets.

Sometimes nothing works, though.

voice

[cakeblocked]

Mm... Nothing I've tried is working so far. [Tea seems to be a popular answer. Luke can't drink alcohol, nor does he want to. Too hot for blankets...]

[lostinmyway]

[Grune's sleep schedule is more or less random, so she sounds...well, as alert as she ever is when she replies:]

When Elicia was having a little trouble sleeping, we made up a story together. Maybe we could do that right now.

[cakeblocked]

Elicia, huh... Sure, why not?

[Even though he thinks he'll sleep better by listening to someone... Might as well. He hasn't done this before.

... Which explains when he speaks next.]

Uh... You start.

[lostinmyway]

Hmm.... Once upon a time, there was….

[...Er.]

[cakeblocked]

A... warrior? Who protected... his kingdom, yeah.

[mikangirl]

[...]

You know, I gave Guy a few recipes for herbal teas that can help with that. I can see if I can hunt them up?

[Because she figures they're long gone, what with burning the house down and all.]

[cakeblocked]

Guy?

[...]

Yeah, sure... That might help. ... They're not too bitter, right?

[mikangirl]

No. [Her voice is soft, registering that pause.] They are a little, but they're easy on the stomach.

[Digging through her top drawer; they're not hard to find. She uses them herself on a reasonably regular basis.]

...you doing okay? Just trouble getting to sleep?

[cakeblocked]

[There's a shifting noise as he gets up, and the soft sound of bare feet walking quietly along the floor as he heads to the kitchen. The fact that they're even a little bitter makes him scowl, but he'll live. Maybe. Luke likes his tea very sweet.

Her question makes him stay quiet for a moment, at least until he reaches the community kitchen. It's hard to just tell anyone about these night terrors he has... Hell, it's hard to tell even close friends. So once he's in the kitchen, he sets the journal down on the counter and smiles.]

Yeah. It happens sometimes. Usually I can get back to sleep on my own, but...

[voice]

[erodingearth]

[Well, this is something he can help with. At least, somewhat.]

A good workout helps, sometimes. [In that exhaustive way.] But coming up with constellations and stories behind them is a little more interesting.

[voice]

[cakeblocked]

[Were Luke alone or outside, he'd totally do the workout. But with Asch here... He's pretty sure he'll get yelled at.

But that other idea...]

... I've never tried that before. [And judging the the wonder in his voice, it's something he'd like to do quite soon.]

[voice]

[erodingearth]

[He'd hope that Luke's done a workout before, so he assumes this is about the latter suggestion.] It helps that the stars here are different from the ones back home. A fresh canvas.

[voice]

[cakeblocked]

Yeah, I noticed. It's kind of weird... I guess it shouldn't surprise me, though.

[A fresh canvas... That's a nice way to put it.]

[floralprophecy]

I could make you some tea that would help.

[cakeblocked]

This late at night? Maybe you could give me the recipe instead, I'll try to make it.

[floralprophecy]

... but you'd need my special tea leaves...

[cakeblocked]

Oh... O-Okay then. [He's never had someone make tea for him this late at night, much less actually coming over for it. It feels kind of weird... but he can't sleep, and he's kind of desperate, and this person wants to help.]

Can we meet outside? I'm in the second community building place... and my roommate might get mad if we wake him up.