10. [text/video]

[brodakota]

If anyone's having any trouble with the latest round of dreams, I can help. Or at least listen if you want.

I figure I owe you guys since I got helped last time.

[A little while later, the video's on and there's a variety of holograms appearing. Some fireworks, a few dream eaters, a moogle. All a familiar red and blue colour. Theta's trying his best to cheer people up.]


[ooc: timing for this is nebulous and can easily become action if that's what you want. Just let me know the subject line or somewhere how you want to do this.]

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(Video; at least for now)

[4letters4ninja]

[Ziva's lying on a pillow, looking at the video through the screen on the communicator. She looks tired, because sleep is at a premium with her dreams right now. Ducky's looking over her shoulder, probably the only spirit awake right now.]

Hey. You are pretty good at that.

[unrecovered]

They're treating you and Theta a little better this time around, huh.

[Wash doesn't actually look like death warmed over - at least, not more so than he usually does. The dreams aren't great, but they're nothing he can't handle.]

(Video; at least for now)

[brodakota]

[North nods.]

I've had a lot of practice.

[brodakota]

Thankfully.

[Mostly dreams about fights with South, and past combat scenarios.]

What about you? How are you doing?

[And you're getting the look that suggests that he won't take "fine" as an answer.]

[unrecovered]

Good.

[He relives that last battle with Tex and the Meta every night, waking up at the point in the fight when he lost consciousness. It's not fun, but it could definitely be worse.]

I'm okay. It's better than it could have been.

[brodakota]

[North seems to relax at that answer. Wash does looke like he's been sleeping, as well as anyone can.]

That's good to hear. Guess we both got lucky.

[unrecovered]

[He's not reliving his own personal mental breakdown every night. Anything above that is going to be an improvement.]

It's a nice change. Can't say the same for everyone, though.

[Someone is concerned for Ziva and Luna.]

[fearmylaserface]

Glad to see you two aren't having problems.

Let's just say I found out I was wrong when I figured the dreams wouldn't be an issue.

[Video]

[dork_of_keys]

[Sora is in the kitchen at the dalmatians' house (he hasn't gone and called it 'home' yet, though it's probably only a matter of time) and he's clearly making something. It's almost like he's half expecting someone else in the house to come in any minute since their own nightmares are likely keeping them up too.

He misses the text, since he has his back to the communicator wherever it's sitting and he's a little busy. But he sees the video of the holograms when he turns around.]

Hey, those are neat.

[And now that he's turned around, we can see that he's making rice balls. He finishes shaping the one in his hands and places it on a tray containing a couple more before turning back to start on another one. With no good camera view, there's not really a way to know what he's filling them with, but his housemates might be the only ones that need to worry about that...]

[brodakota]

That's kind of why I'm doing this. I figure I might be able to help out somehow.

[private]

[brodakota]

[North isn't sure where this conversation might go, so making it private is just him being cautious.]

Yeah, we got lucky this time around.

Are you dreaming now?

(Video; at least for now)

[4letters4ninja]

[She smiles before yawning.]

I am assuming you are not having as bad of dreams as most, yes?

[Video]

[brodakota]

Thanks. I worked super hard on them!

(Video; switched to private)

[brodakota]

[Just in case.]

Nothing I can't handle, though it's making me realize that I fought a lot more with my sister than I thought.

[Granted she started most of them.]

I'm going to guess you haven't been as lucky.

(Video; switched to private)

[4letters4ninja]

I think we all fight with our siblings more than we think, or wish. I was that way with Ari and Talia. [They were all at fault on picking the fights, in her family.]

No, I have not. My family history is not...the best, I would say.

[unrecovered]

Never figured you'd be the local therapist.

[brodakota]

I don't know about advice, but I can at least listen.

(Video; switched to private)

[brodakota]

Your sisters?

[There's a bit of a pause as he looks for the right words.]

And that's what's causing the nightmares.

[private]

[fearmylaserface]

Yea. I guess here even AIs can dream. It sucks.

I don't want to remember all these things, damn it. And I physically can't avoid them. I just wait, knowing it's going to happen. Trying to delay that would potentially ruin this body. And I can't afford that.

[unrecovered]

Yeah, you're pretty good at that.

Voice;

[guerriera]

[ For the moment, Carolina simply sounds a little puzzled; whatever dreams she's had so far haven't been particularly taxing. ..But it's still early in the dream cycle.]

York warned me they could be fairly intense.

Are they often trouble? [Enough that someone would need help, at least.]

(Video; switched to private)

[4letters4ninja]

Older brother Ari, younger sister Talia.

[A nod.]

We did not part on the best of terms.

[private]

[brodakota]

I found that out last time, so I can sympathize.

[Not that he blames Theta or anything like that.]

Wait, are you worried about getting sleep deprived? Or whatever the robot version of that is?

[brodakota]

It would be a bit better if I could offer decent advice. I'm still not the best at that part.

Voice;

[brodakota]

They show up every so often, and yeah, they can cause trouble.

Sometimes the dreams bring up bad memories and make it hard to sleep.

[He speaks from personal experience.]