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[sunsetking]

Type: Voice
Sender ID: sunsetking (Leona Kingscholar)
To: public
Subject: sleep
Warnings: Will update as needed


[There's the sound of a grunt before a long sigh.]

I'm a fan of naps as any other person [Enjoy the deep, groggy-sounding voice.] but I doubt it's normal to just be sent straight into a coma out of nowhere.

[Yeah, guess who's surprisingly not a fan of that?]

Is that a normal thing that happens around here or what?

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un: octoblot

[octoblot]

[!!!]

It's about time you woke up from that long sleep of yours.

[Forget about whatever Azul was doing before, this has his full attention now.]

[sunsetking]

. . . .

[There's a long, long silence on his end. Almost as if Leona's debating whether or not to answer.

And then...nope. Sound of someone hanging up. He's not awake yet to handle Azul.]

[octoblot]

[... Are you actually serious right now?

It takes a second of staring at his shellphone in disbelief at the audacity of this, but quickly enough, he is calling you right back immediately, Leona.

Ring ring, you better answer or else.]

[sunsetking]

[Nope. Pointedly ignoring that.

Zzzz...no one's here!

Leona is just going to...drop it on the floor and slide it under the bed.]

this is an action thread now I'm sorry

[octoblot]

[The phone eventually stops ringing from where it ends up under Leona's bed after another attempt or two at trying to call the other man. For a moment, Leona may feel a sense of relief...

... That is, until there's the very sudden sound of footsteps rapidly approaching, and then, the door to bangs open and there is now a very annoyed octopus standing in the doorway.]

Leona Kingscholar.

action

[deepstar]

[ Don't worry. Khalid is going to wait until Azul says his piece. Does his song and dance and all of the arguing and whatever comes with that.

And then he's just sitting. Sipping on a drinking and making himself comfortable as though he hasn't been here all along. ]

Morning Sunshine.

[sunsetking]

You look a little too comfortable sitting there.

[You couldn't have saved him from being scolded?

Leona just kind of gives him a look, running his fingers through his hair.]

What are you even drinking?

[deepstar]

Something similar to guava juice. Or the equivalent of it.

[ He'll pour you a glass if you ask really nice, Leona. ]

I can leave if you find my presence too much in your current state.

[sunsetking]

I wasn't aware I even had that kind of juice in my house.

[He sighs.]

Won't kick you out as long as you don't go naggin' at me like the octo-punk.

[deepstar]

It doesn't. I went and purchased some because you definitely ran out of things here. We couldn't have you waking up in a home filled with rotting food.

[ Claude tilts his head to take a look at Leona. He had been actually worried. Concerned. It's not that this is something new or different. He does worry about and for people. The strange part about all of this is the level of personal emotional attachment. ]

I don't feel like nagging you. It's not like this was your fault.

voice | un: eternalhymn

[eternalhymn]

I'd heard rumors that this kind of thing happens sometimes, but I haven't had the chance to talk to anyone who's experienced it yet.

[Harding sounds equal parts curious and worried.]

First things first, you doing okay? I imagine you'd have to feel pretty out of it, after being unconscious for so long.

[sunsetking]

[That’s a new voice.

Leona grunts.]

Like I’ve just literally come out of a coma. I don’t recommend it.

[He’s already debating going back to sleep though.]

[eternalhymn]

I'll definitely be doing my best to avoid it, although from the sounds of it, these things seem to happen without warning.

[Seems like cause for concern!]

For what it's worth, welcome back to the waking world? Uh— even if we don't know really know each other. I'm Harding.

[sunsetking]

At least make sure you're in bed if it happens.

[Yeah, don't recommend.]

...Name's Leona.

[eternalhymn]

I'll try to keep that in mind, assuming I have the opportunity to do anything about it.

[Somehow, she doubts that's the case, but maybe she can have a failsafe put into place by asking a friend to move her if it ever does happen? Worth thinking about.]

Leona. [She repeats his name, just to confirm.] Guess you'll be caught up on sleep for awhile.

voice | un: multidisciplinary

[multidisciplinary]

I'm not quite certain how "normal" it is, but I had such an experience myself last autumn. One night, I went to sleep as normal, but when I woke up the next morning, an entire month had passed.

[sunsetking]

And no symptoms when you've awoken either?

[multidisciplinary]

Symptoms? Of what nature? I had a series of very strange dreams while I was comatose, but I did not observe any strange symptoms about myself when I woke.

[ Although now that Leona has planted the thought in her head, Zelda will painstakingly reexamine her memories of that incident. Thanks. ]

[sunsetking]

Physical or even mentally.

[You're welcome.]

Drowsiness upon waking is normal, I suppose, but who knows if it's really just like waking up from a normal sleep.

[multidisciplinary]

Well, dreams aside, I think the strangest "symptom" I experienced was lack thereof when I awoke. One should not be able to survive a month of sleep without consuming any food or water, but somehow I did. But I woke feeling the same as I always do.

[ Overthinking intensifies. ]

... Although now that I think about it, I did experience intense cravings for fruit smoothies for some time afterward.

[ Almost as if someone on the other side of the fourth wall was playing a video game with a smoothie-blending mechanic. ]

text; un: mwehehe

[mwehehe]

I mean.... maybe? I used to be able to sleep for DAYS in a row. I don't know if I was ever out for a month, though.

[...like, a couple weeks, maybe... but that wasn't really comatose, just... asleep, awake long enough to do things that humans need to do then right back to being passed out.]

I'm kinda jealous, actually.

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[sunsetking]

Maybe it'll come to you next. It was one of the better sleeps I've had since coming to this place.

[mwehehe]

Don't threaten me with a good time! Last it happened to me was... uhhh, not here, but somewhere else. But it was some really good sleep!

Is it the water thing that makes it hard to sleep?

[sunsetking]

Did it knock you out for a week?

What water thing?

[mwehehe]

You know, being on the water! Getting seasick! All of that!

But uh. More than that. I can really sleep if I wanna.