Counting Stars

[wooliefrand]

WHO: Sheeps
WHERE: All over
WHEN: Night Post Game 77 / Morning Day 78

[DID YOU GUYS HAVE A FUN GAME? ARE YOU FUCKED UP? WELL GET IT TOGETHER

or not, maybe you just need to sleep. have some sweet dreams. This can be a dream mingle or a reality mingle, I'm not the boss of yall]

Comments

Re: night 77, dream time

[abandon_hope]

[ look, Kevin appreciates that, but also,

He just shrugs. ]

Do you feel like you’re caught in bullshit when you’re doing super hero stuff?

Re: night 77, dream time

[spinebuddyandme]

Sometimes, yeah. Usually when I have to team up with other heroes.

Re: night 77, dream time

[abandon_hope]

Then you get it, right? It’s the worst, sure, but you don’t actually have much of a choice.

Re: night 77, dream time

[spinebuddyandme]

Kind of... I've got the freedom to not join any of their teams. They can be a pain to deal with, but none of them can boss me around and I'm not letting them drag me in deep enough to leave me stranded with no back-up plan again.

Re: night 77, dream time

[abandon_hope]

[ Kevin’s eyes widen a little. ]

Did… that happen?

Re: night 77, dream time

[spinebuddyandme]

Yeah, uh... The Justice League took me up into space to help them fight an evil super-intelligent space station full of robots that knew all their weaknesses. They needed me because me and Scarab weren't in the satellite's database, so it couldn't counter us or anything, and 'cause Scarab could read all the computer code and stuff.

So we helped them out even though I didn't even know Scarab was a person yet. And after we took out the main power supply, they just—left. They knew I wasn't on board, and they left anyway.

Re: night 77, dream time

[abandon_hope]

…

[ time to murder the Justice League, ]

So what, they left you there to die? To tie up loose ends?

Re: night 77, dream time

[spinebuddyandme]

[ awkwardly shrugs the shoulder Kevin isn't leaning on ]

I think they were just saving their own skins. Like they didn't think there was time to get me.

Re: night 77, dream time

[abandon_hope]

[ Ugh. ]

… so that’s how you feel when I talk about my stuff, huh. Angry and protective?

Re: night 77, dream time

[spinebuddyandme]

Pretty much. Kinda like you want to start a fight about it?

Re: night 77, dream time

[abandon_hope]

Yeah. And the fact that it sounds like fighting about it wouldn’t help is making me want to fight them more.

Re: night 77, dream time

[spinebuddyandme]

[ laughs ]

It definitely wouldn't change anything, but it'd be funny to see anyway.

Re: night 77, dream time

[abandon_hope]

Me versus the Justice League?

Re: night 77, dream time

[spinebuddyandme]

Maybe just one of them at a time. All of them at once would be overkill for anyone.

Re: night 77, dream time

[abandon_hope]

I’ll keep that in mind if I ever get the chance to fight them.

[ The change in topic is helpful; he relaxes a bit. ]

It’s… just nice knowing someone would fight for me, if they could.

Re: night 77, dream time

[spinebuddyandme]

Yeah... We will fight for you as long as you're here.

Re: night 77, dream time

[abandon_hope]

[ he surges suddenly to cling tightly to Ananke again. ]

Re: night 77, dream time

[spinebuddyandme]

[ Turns toward him so he can wrap him in another crushing hug ]

Re: night 77, dream time

[abandon_hope]

[ is it time to cry again? Time to cry just a little, as a treat. ]

Lily's the best thing that's ever happened to me.

Re: night 77, dream time

[spinebuddyandme]

[ Rubs his back soothingly ]

... You deserved so much more sooner, but I'm glad we get to take care of you now.

Re: night 77, dream time

[abandon_hope]

[ A shaky little nod. ]

Sorry for repaying you by - by dragging you into that.

Re: night 77, dream time

[spinebuddyandme]

You can't control what you dream about.

Re: night 77, dream time

[abandon_hope]

No, but I can -

[ Not sleep, he almost says. ]

... Lethe says he can make sure my sleep is dreamless. I figured I could ask him every other night.

Re: night 77, dream time

[spinebuddyandme]

Daisy recommended some tea that's supposed to help make your dreams calmer. I could make extra for you on the nights Lethe isn't helping out.

Re: night 77, dream time

[abandon_hope]

I could try that. Yeah.

[ a pause. ]

I also don't need as much sleep as other people.