[Jaunt] Roughly about an hour or so before Naoki's post

[triggerhappytraitor]

...they were trying to eliminate the need for sleep. To find a way to keep working while they rested.

Only the method they found... didn't go the way they had expected.

[[a short pause]]

S3NT0's memory's been restored. He realized what was happening too late to stop it and tried to make a break for it. But didn't make it. That's why his memory was missing.

Comments

[vrepit_no]

Ooo.... That'd make a great upgrade if it weren't so faulty.

[verdeleonessa]

No.

[vrepit_no]

Whaaat? 'M gonna be up anyway, so might as well get somefin done 'stead 'f makin' myself look like an idjit.

[verdeleonessa]

Yeah, but I'd rather teach you to actually sleep rather than give you more reasons not to.

[vrepit_no]

I know howta sleep! ...It jus' doesn't stick the whole night. Not like I'm settin' 'larms or anythin'.

[verdeleonessa]

Yeah, I guess.

Just, worried about you, buddy.

[vrepit_no]

[See, this is why he doesn't tell people about these things.]

Sorry, Pidgey... I gen'rally sleep now, tho. 'S better. Got Matt's tags.

[verdeleonessa]

... now I'm a Pokémon, huh? Still a bird though.

I'm glad you're getting better at sleeping at least.

[vrepit_no]

Grumpy little sassy birb. Cheep cheep - you've got mail!

Dreamcatchers, Pidge. They. Are. Awesome.

[verdeleonessa]

I think you're mistaking email for twitter now.

Dreamcatchers... the ones from Questing Country?

[vrepit_no]

No'm not! 's like the little... whatchems. Notification noises! Bing! Spoingk! Cheep cheep!

But yeah.... Questing Dreams. Yeah. Catchers. Super handy. Can teach you how'ta make one when we get back!

[verdeleonessa]

Oh. I guess you can change your settings for that.

[Shiro pls.]

Yeah, I guess that wouldn't hurt.

[vrepit_no]

Don't hafta if you dun wanna... Jus' might be helpful, tha's all.

[triggerhappytraitor]

Yeah. Flipping a switch to an alternate self to keep working... I can very much understand why they went for it.

[[a small pause before he swaps it to Private Level 2]]

I just don't think I could trust anything like that. The thought of voluntarily giving up control to another self... especially with how their alternates took over...

Private: Lv 2

[vrepit_no]

I dun think they would wanna do that either, though?? Like... T'me sounds kinda like... like they wanted ta jus... keep on doin' what they were workin' on at the time. So jus' not need ta sleep like. Ever. If it didn't make a separate person in y'r head, if it was you alla time...

Private: Lv 2

[triggerhappytraitor]

Yeah. Just the method they came up with didn't work out that way.

[[There's a small pause]]

I know technically Undead don't need to sleep. ...And I'm not sure if Galen needed to either. It's foolish, but I'm a little afraid to test it, so I never have.

Re: Private: Lv 2

[vrepit_no]

.......yeah, that would cut the joy. An' to be fair, sleep's awful nice. Big fan. Sleep an' I go way back. Jus' not so big frien's anymore, 'sall.

Re: Private: Lv 2

[triggerhappytraitor]

Do you sleep with Hoshiko and the others?

Because even before getting the DreamCatcher, when Garren was with me when I feel asleep, there weren't the nightmares. Not the bigger ones. Just the ones that faded when I woke up.

Re: Private: Lv 2

[vrepit_no]

No... They've got their own room. Sometimes, if the dreams're bad enough, Matt'n I'll go curl up with them. The dreamcatchers were a fuckin' godsend, if I believed in gods. Acshully gettin' a full night's sleep an' like. Wow!! Lookit that! 'M like some forma functionin' adult type thing!

Re: Private: Lv 2

[triggerhappytraitor]

[[He can't help but chuckle a bit at that]]

They really are, yeah.

Yours holding up with all this?

Re: Private: Lv 2

[vrepit_no]

Think so... Haven't really checked, 'xactly. An' when I sleep, he's 'wake, so I'm not really sure how that kinda... fits. Yeah. Tryin' not ta think 'bout it too much, really. But if Claudja an' Jewels can figger it out, 'm not opposed t' keepin' the proper thing, I think. Jus' for me. Course how to recharge might be a thing...

Re: Private: Lv 2

[triggerhappytraitor]

I'd rather work out something to help you sleep more easily. The route that they took with this... I don't think it's something that can be made to work how they wanted it to.

Re: Private: Lv 2

[vrepit_no]

Lessee what they c'n do wif it first. They're reaaaaaaaaaaaaaally good. An' Pidge is helpin' an' she an' Matt are the best crackers, like. Ever. Ever, ever. The best.

[Proud? Him? Loyal?? Really?]

But the dreamcatchers're great. Gotta empty mine when this is done, f'r sure, but only a couple get through each liminal space, so we're doin' pretty good, really.

Re: Private: Lv 2

[triggerhappytraitor]

[[sounds like him whenever he's talking about Kenzaki.]]

Yeah. Mostly when I don't realize it's filled up, for mine.

I've gotten a good stash of batteries ready, for when I get the armor unit ready for a test.

Re: Private: Lv 2

[vrepit_no]

...Wait, you mean y're puttin' dreams into batteries to feed your armor?