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[persea]

[Percy looks tired. He's in his pajamas and drinking milk at the counter in his kitchen.]

Hey, people of Vatheon. I figure it's about time I introduced myself on here. So far I've met some really cool people, and it's helping me get my bearings in this strange new place.

[He takes a swig of the milk, then wipes away a milk mustache with his sleeve. So classy.]

So anyway. I'm Percy Jackson. Been here a couple weeks now.

[His smile fades.]

I haven't been sleeping well. Anyone have any tips?

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[bethehugejerk]

[Hey Percy, remember this guy?]

Forgo sleep entirely and stay awake.

[He's completely serious, too.]

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[persea]

[How could he forget?]

I guess that would probably work. No dreams if you don't sleep. I don't think it works that way, though.

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[bethehugejerk]

It works fine for me. Granted, I am a hatched expert at staying awake ridiculous lengths of time, and using the coral's energy as a supplement means I can basically stay awake for as long as I want. If I sleep, it's at my whim, barring certain interruptions beyond my control.

Besides, the only other solution I have for dream problems probably doesn't work for humans.

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[helmetdoesnothing]

[Mituna replies, and it might look as if he's holding the SFC sideways, though closer inspection shows he just has it in front of himself, and his head is on the table in front of it. The feed rocks slightly from side to side as he moves the SFC with one finger, and he hums in an odd way that sounds close to being disgruntled.

He's not really slept well since his matesprit was taken away.]

No.

[Pause. Huff.]

If you hear any good oneth, tell me, ok.

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[persea]

You're not sleeping well either? Sorry, dude.

[Percy yawns.]

I'll keep you posted. What's keeping you up?

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[helmetdoesnothing]

Hmph.

[Nearly drowning in front of a guy can either make you want to avoid them entirely or make you more kindly disposed towards them thanks to the fact they saved your ass. In Mituna's case, it's the second.]

I mith my matethprit.

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[fundemetal]

Dude, I'm sorry if any of it's my fault. I keep catching myself singing songs while I've been reading the Archimedes scrolls.

Also been losing track of time.

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[persea]

Was it just me or were you singing "Great Balls of Fire" earlier?

It's good that you've got something constructive to do with your time. I've set up a few swordfights but mostly I'm just bored.

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[fundemetal]

I might have been? I don't really pay attention to what I'm singing. It's all stuff I used to listen to with my mom when I was little. [Before she died is something he didn't need nor want to add.]

Yeah, I got lucky with that. Well, you still owe me surfing lessons. We haven't done that yet.

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[shippingmath]

I'm betting you're Leo's friend, aren't you.

[A statement, rather than a question, because, well, he checked and there aren't any other Percys in Vatheon.]

As for the question- working until there's no option but to sleep tends to work.

[Dirk's a chronic insomniac, so he, of course, is fully dressed and probably picked up his SFC in the middle of some project or another.]

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[persea]

That would be me. You must be Dirk. Love the shades, dude.

I don't really have anything to work on. Leo and Annabeth both have things they're working on, but I landed here a little more empty handed. But Leo did mention that you might be willing to spar? I do have my sword.

[He holds up a black ballpoint pen as he mentions the sword.]

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[shippingmath]

Bingo. Full points for use of your brain, but flattery will get you nowhere.

[He eyes the ballpoint pen.] Interesting sword. I was told it was three feet long. Apparently looks are deceiving.

Yeah, I'm up for it. Fighting robots gets boring as shit after a while, especially when you're the one who gave them all their moves.

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[goodnightsweetprince]

A sleep serum!

[ duh ]

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[persea]

Can you do that?

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[goodnightsweetprince]

Oh yes, that's practically EZ Bake Oven-level mixing.

Though you could sleep...

[ Pause for dramatic effect................. ]

...forever.

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[ex_knowledge575]

[ Wakes up to hear Percy talking out in the kitchen. It takes her a moment to realise he's probably on the SFC and she picks her own up to double-check, grinning when she sees his face in their own house. She leaves him to it for a bit before making her own way out to the kitchen and wrapping her arms around his waist from behind. ]

Bad dreams again?

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[persea]

[Percy sighs and leans back against her.]

Yeah. Just. The same one.

How've you been sleeping?

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[ex_knowledge575]

[ Annabeth nods and strokes Pecry's stomach in what she hopes are soothing motions. ]

Same one huh. Sounds pretty nasty. The worst one I had was just that one with us both in Tartarus, but it was only the once. Other than that I'm sleeping fine.

Do you keep thinking about it or something? The falling I mean?

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[ofthedragonfire]

Have you thought about maybe a warm drink could help?

[Bloom would do that sometimes when she couldn't. Unless it was a weird dream.]

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[persea]

[He holds up his glass of milk.]

I stuck this in the microwave for a minute. I don't know that it's helping, but I think it'd be better with chocolate.

[Well it is a weird dream. Or rather just a straight up nightmare. Nothing fancy, just a falling dream.]

I guess we'll see if it helps.

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[ofthedragonfire]

Not sure how chocolate could help, but it#'s better than staying awake all night. No one wants that.

[findsrisks]

Oh, so you're Percy! Leo told me about you.

[And possibly about the half-god thing too.]

Do you know what's causing you not to sleep well? There's different cures for different sleeping problems.

[persea]

Yeah? You a friend of his?

It's just a bad dream. It keeps waking me up.

[Percy shrugs, trying to make like it's not a big deal, even though it terrifies him.]

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[livingvessel]

Has anyone tried using suggestion to make you sleep?

[It's easy magecraft for her, but the foreign environment makes Ilya tired whenever she uses any kind of magecraft. Last time she tried it out, she fell over from exhaustion herself... granted, that was the equivalent of a surgical graft.]

Why are you having problems?

[She leans in curiously towards the screen. He seems nice enough, but he definitely looks very tired.]

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[persea]

No, although I've seen it happen to other people. Can you do that?

[He once saw the god Morpheus put the entire island of Manhattan to sleep at once. Very powerful stuff, sleep magic.]

Bad dreams.

[He shrugs trying to make it seem like it's not a big deal.]