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[aididitmyway]

please astral project here

it'll look pretty later

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[mykidisthebest]

[just you wait!!]

No? What's wrong with your dreams? If they're full of fuzzy teddy bears I promise to keep it secret.

[aididitmyway]

I wish they were.

I have a lot of nightmares.

[mykidisthebest]

Ah. Nightmares are different from dreams.

Wouldn't it be better if someone else stepped in, though? They could help pull you out of the nightmare.

[aididitmyway]

It can't be that easy. I don't even know how the whole thing works, but—it can't be easy to stop something that bad.

[And she doesn't want Lethe to deal with her PTSD that just so happens to be shaped like her past life, not that she knows that it's PTSD]

[mykidisthebest]

[he's not a therapist he doesn't know what PTSD is either]

Probably not. It's not something that can be fixed overnight, obviously. I know I'm being too optimistic about it. But having nightmares is, well—you already know. You don't get enough sleep, you wake up tired, and it creeps into your life in little annoying ways even when you're awake. So having a potential tool to deal with it sounds too useful not to try, to me.

But if someone falls into your nightmares and you don't want them there, just kick 'em out.

[aididitmyway]

... I'm not sure that's how the dream thing works here, but I'm usually too—

[something something panicky, she just kinda handwaves]

To do anything about anything. I don't know if it'd be the same in that case.

[mykidisthebest]

Yeah...I don't know how it works either...

[lyra these nightmares sound bad, u good...]

Do you sleep okay?

[aididitmyway]

I feel like the answer is an obvious no.

[mykidisthebest]

Do. You want. Me. To try. Helping with that...?

[aididitmyway]

If... you think you have a good way to do it.

[mykidisthebest]

I do. I have a skill that can help someone get a peaceful night's sleep. But the requirements are tricky.

[aididitmyway]

Tricky... how?

[man is there anything u can't do lethe]

[mykidisthebest]

[hes only got support skills but he supports real good]

It requires a high level of trust or it's not as effective. I usually only use it on my brother. But it still has some effectiveness as long as you don't hate me, so it's worth a try?

[aididitmyway]

If I hated you, I wouldn't have told you any of this. BUt—I guess it's worth a try.

[mykidisthebest]

We could always just test it with like, a nap first.

[aididitmyway]

A nap wouldn't be so bad...

[mykidisthebest]

Right now? Or later?

[aididitmyway]

... Is now okay?

Since—I sleep with Sonata a lot, but it's not... really sleep. But she'll bully me if I'm not with her.

[mykidisthebest]

If you're not sleeping at night isn't Sonata bound to notice?

[motions for her to follow him out of the gym; she's got the drills she needs to run through already anyways, so that can keep her somewhat occupied when she's awake]

The gym probably isn't the best place for a nap. Any preferences?

[aididitmyway]

... The rec room isn't so bad. There's a good spot in the corner and people don't usually find you there.

[she's stared into space a few times there, 10/10, no one had to see her depressed butt for awhile]

[mykidisthebest]

Oh, I know the one! I think that's where I slept when I first got here.

[to the rec room!]

[aididitmyway]

[TO THE REC ROOM that is thankfully not that far away]

... That's right, you didn't have a place. Did you ever get one of those playhouses or whatever?

[mykidisthebest]

Uh, I did. But the rec room is still more comfortable to sleep in than a playhouse. Lily uses it for storage now.

[aididitmyway]

I mean, yeah.

Anything's got to be more comfortable than one of those. Storage is better than sleeping.

[mykidisthebest]

The weather's nice here, so honestly sleeping outside isn't too bad either. But we've got, uh...

[what's a nice way to say "a bunch of weirdos"]

...Some interesting people here. So it's better to sleep indoors.