Cherubplay

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I'd begun singing quietly, some song by a band darling liked. "I watched the proverbial sunrise coming up over the Pacific, and you might think I'm losing my mind, but I will shy away from the specifics...." I don't think it was really voluntary. Or maybe it was. It is a nice song, just, /not right now/. But I couldn't shut my mouth as I tugged on the book. I'd been doing so for the last five minutes or thereabout, to no apparent avail, but I just didn't feel like stopping. Some small part of my mind was slapping me silly, but I was too numb and dizzy to feel it.

2015-04-24 02:20:34

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She blinked her eyes and saw a small doll struggling to grab a book. "What are you doing?" She groggily asked. Seriously though, what WAS he doing?

2015-04-24 02:23:04

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I stopped singing to respond, thank God. "Attempting to retrieve this tree-killing preoccupation device, obviously." What? Was that even English? I /knew/ I should've just gone back with darling when I had the chance. But it was too late now, and besides, I still wasn't sure if I even regretted my decision.

2015-04-24 02:27:12

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What? Nevermind. "Well first of all, that book is in French, and last time I checked only Spyders and I are fluent in it." She sat up.

2015-04-24 02:30:09

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".....ah. Well, I will not allow the effort to go to waste." And so I kept pulling. Dammit. /Just quit while you're ahead/.

2015-04-24 02:32:08

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She giggled before she stood up. "Here, let me help you." She walked a few steps, only a minor limp. Close enough. She continued over to the bookshelf and knelled down next to the doll.

2015-04-24 02:36:10

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Don't encourage it, for Pete's sake. I released the spine and stepped back, glancing at her legs. My expression was blank, well, blank for a doll anyway, and even though I couldn't see it, it creeped me out to know it was there. "My gratitude abounds. You've slept long enough, then?" Well, at least I was lucid enough to ask about her condition. That would simply be impolite.

2015-04-24 02:42:31

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"As long as I could stand, at least." Yeah, terrible pun awful. Wasn't even intentional. Her eyes glanced back at the shelf. "Is this all you've been doing while I've been asleep?" She asked.

2015-04-24 02:45:39

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...ha. "Not entirely. Though it isn't as if there's much for me to do." The simple act of talking out loud to another living being seemed to be doing wonders for my sanity. I should sell this remedy to a pharmacist somewhere, or possibly an asylum.

2015-04-24 02:49:33

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"Yeah, sorry. For someone who spends most of their time inside I usually don't do much." She admitted."Most of my hobbies lie in not getting killed or caught with murder."

2015-04-24 02:54:35

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"Definitely time-consuming. It's fine." Sort of. "Much like stamp-collecting, no one sees the merit but the hobbyist."

2015-04-24 02:56:46

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"You have a point there." She paused. "Do you know the time, by chance? It feels like I've slept for days."

2015-04-24 02:59:31

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The time? What..... "Yes, because I have a tiny watch. It's red o'clock." ....well, /that's/ an answer. "It most definitely has not been days or I would be babbling in the corner right now." Alright, I had to agree with this one. Though maybe I could have said it a little more gently? This remedy is apparently only temporary, maybe I could still con pharmacists into buying though.

2015-04-24 03:03:17

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Of course. Why would she ask a doll. Silly. "Well lets hope you can go back before that happens, then." Terezi glanced at the sun peeking out of the curtains. Still day, but sundown would come soon. Seemed reasonable.

2015-04-24 03:08:58

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"Yes, let's hope." It had, however, been several hours at least. Almost time for DDD to come out again. Joy. "So your legs have already recovered? Impressive."

2015-04-24 03:17:24

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"Mostly." She corrected. "Sleep does that for a vampire."

2015-04-24 03:19:12

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"Still better than a regular human would be doing after a night's sleep. Well, day's." Sleep and no sleep, that was the difference, what? Stop that. "Would it do the same for a near-fatal injury?"

2015-04-24 03:22:02

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She nodded. "It would take longer, of course, but it can be done." She knew that much from personal experience. "Though since becoming a vampire I haven't really liked to sleep unless I needed to." She admitted. "If you have a good enough bond with the person who turned you, you can see into their memories when you both sleep. If not, you just see yours. Good or bad."

2015-04-24 03:25:19

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".....hm." That couldn't be pleasant. Especially if she'd been through something traumatic, which I had no doubt of. "So aside from healing, you have no need for sleep."

2015-04-24 03:29:26

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She shook her head. "None." which worked in her factor more times than not.

2015-04-24 03:31:16

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Lucky. At least she /could/ sleep. "....what is it like, exactly?" What? I was genuinely a little curious. Darling would be the most obvious person to ask, but of course, I couldn't just do that, and so Terezi it was.

2015-04-24 03:35:04

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He was asking her about sleep? Surely she wasn't the best person to ask. Oh well. "Well...I guess it depends." She thought for a moment. "For me, the better the memory, the easier it is to sleep."

2015-04-24 03:41:25

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"So....a sort of pleasant dream?" Not that I knew much about those either, though sometimes I watched darling's.

2015-04-24 03:45:20

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"Yes...I guess it could come close to that." Yeah, it was about the same.

2015-04-24 03:45:55

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Ah, dreams. A place where one could simply forget all their worries and go on a fantastical journey. If only. ".....hm..." I sighed wistfully.

2015-04-24 03:49:49