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[The Doctor's on the comms looking absolutely exhausted. He was sleeping poorly last week. This week? No. It's been awful. He tries to force some cheer and a smile into the video. He's trying to hard though.]

So! Bit more settled here, that's all well and good. Could use a bit of an income of sorts though. That's new. Kind of weird. I figured I'd offer out my services at fixing things. Promise, I won't break it! [Probably. He might even try to make it better! That's totally okay, right?] Whatever it is you have, I'm sure I can put it back together.

I'm not looking to charge anything in particular, whether it's a little bit of munny or something for the Dream Eaters, it's something that'll help out my friends and I. The offer is always on the table, if ever anyone needs the help.

[He rubs at his eyes. He is so very done with these dreams.]

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Do you require assistance sleeping?

[Well that was direct]

[It's hard to lie when someone's that direct. He drops the cheery act.]

No, unless you have something that can completely knock me out, free of dreams.

[He's not getting his hopes up though.]

I suppose I could send you to sleep if you required it, but I was referring to dreamlessness. Or more pleasant dreams, whichever suits you.

[He looks, and sounds, surprised.] You have a way to do that?

I am the Princess of the Night. [You can just hear her capital letters.] It is one of my duties.

Oh.

Well.

I would certainly appreciate a night or several of dreamlessness. This really weighs down on a person after a bit. Is this the type of dream cycle you were talking about?

[Clearly he should have asked more about that, but at the time it didn't seem all THAT important. His bad. He understands her calling it "inconvenient" now.]

Yes. The themes vary, but this one is roughly as bad as the last. That was a more generalized conflict, where this seems focused on themes of light and darkness.

I'm not sure if it's better that there's something causing the dreams to be like this, or if I'd prefer it being a construct of my own mind. [He sighs. It's strange talking about. He hasn't even said anything to Donna or Jenny.] They're both equally bad, I suppose.

It is not a force I have been able to fully combat. Were all things as they ought to be, I could stop the dreams from recurring at all; as it is, I must return every night to arrest them.

I see... I wouldn't want to cause too much trouble for you, however a night of aid here and there would be fantastic. I'd really owe you one.

[If this goes on too much longer, he might just lose it.]

Nonsense. You may not be my subjects, but I am still the Princess of Dreams. I would be remiss to do otherwise.

[His relief shows more than he'd normally like, but he's too tired to care.] I really appreciate it. How does the whole thing work, anyway?

Powerful magic. My sister is also capable of dreamwalking, but she rarely practices.

[What Luna means to say is that she is totally better at it. The best.]

I typically enter nightmares to guide ponies into confronting and overcoming their fears, but in this case they are caused by an outside source and one cannot simply overcome them through introspection. It has proven far more expedient to simply do away with them as quickly as possible, though I still do provide counsel where I think it needed.

[He makes a face at the mention of magic, but it's common practice in this universe. He'll get over it at some point.]

Ah, so you'll be witness of them. [He doesn't exactly like the sound of that prospect, but hell, he's getting desperate.] I'd rather skip on the counseling. [He does not want to deal with his "identity issues" anytime soon, thanks.]

A fair request. [And to be completely honest, she wasn't really offering. She doesn't even know how bad his nightmares are yet, and she certainly doesn't know him well enough to help without diverting her attention unnecessarily from the others.]

I do witness them, yes, but that is not my primary purpose. I can end them before anything untoward happens.

Untoward. Right. [If you ask him, the whole damn things have been "untoward," but maybe he's just overly bitter at this point.] Do you do this for people a lot? I'm sure you've seen a... "unique" variety with all the kinds of people that are here. [He's honestly hoping there's a lot more destruction in other people's dreams.]

I have been doing it for my subjects for millenia.

Some types of dreams simply happen. 'Tis quite natural.

[She thinks they're talking about something completely different now.]

[Wait is she suggesting-- His face goes blank. No no. Oh god. She's going to be in for a real surprise if she's expecting that and getting what's really in his head.]

Ah. [He's not sure how to tell her otherwise.] Right. Of course. [So he doesn't.]

[Well, that IS usually people's first question. She can't count the number of ponies that have asked her about such...matters.

But then, she is very old. She likely won't be shocked by too much.]

Observation is not my goal anyhow. And, of course, all dreams are confidential. [Unless they reveal a real-world threat, of course, but that should go without saying.]

I would hope they'd be confidential. [He doesn't really care what most people think about him, but Donna and Jenny...]

Of course. Any pony would know that; 'tis simply that others often worry.

Is there any sort of... pre-sleeping type of thing I should worry about or...?

[He's honestly just not sure HOW Luna's aid is going to go down.]

Neigh, you need not alter your usual routine.

Sounds fantastic. [God, color him actually hopeful for once. He let's out a shaky breath.] If there's anything you need while my friends and I are here, please don't hesitate to ask. [Seems about all he can do in return.]

[ The dreams have been confusing for Lin, to say the least. With Korra's brief tenure in the dream realm, she's gotten aintsy since the Avatar's departure, and her dreams shift between thoughts of spirits, and dream-memories of Republic City, of being a cop on the streets. The light of justice and the dark seedy underbelly of her home town.

At least she looks better than The Doctor. ]

Define 'things' for me.

[ Tell her you've not gone back to trying to crack communicators. ]

[No, no... he's not crazy enough to touch the communicators again.]

All sorts of things! I'm sure there's people who've shown up with technology from their own worlds. ipods, tablets, watches, non-moogle communication devices... [He shrugs.]

[ Why would anyone need medication fixed? The man wasn't an earthbender, so he obviously wasn't talking about stone tablets, anyway. Watches, at least, made some sense. ]

I don't have any of those, at present. My world's technology is advancing, though there are many here who's worlds appear to be much further ahead than mine.

[ See: an entire spaceship world. ]

What is an eye-pod?

Do you have anything from your world? [Now he's curious. He can't help it.]

Oh... And ipods, well... They're from Earth, circa... [He frowns, realizing that the memory isn't coming to him as well as he thought it would.] 2001? Little devices. They store and play music.

Nothing that needs repairing at this time.

[She's not letting him near her armor, for all it's not a patch on the Freelancers or even Stark's armor (when that man had been present).]

Earth? [That's...amusing, as names go. Not that she disapproves. Earth bender, and all that. Her head shook slightly.] We've no such recording devices. Though in Republic City, the development and use of radio systems has come quite a way.

Well, if you ever do, you now know who to ask.

Earth is a planet in the Milky Way Galaxy--at least in my universe. I doubt it'll creep up in these dreams. [He'll be incredibly worried if it does. He's a bit too attached to that planet.]

Hnn. [or not ask, as the case may be!] I'll keep that in mind.

The M-- [Nope. Zero recognition.] -- That means nothing to me, I'm afraid. But the humans from the world that the Mother of Invention is from would likely know what that is.

[ Lin's not from an era where the Space Age is a thing. ]

I wouldn't worry too much about it. Maybe, one day, you'll get to see it.

If these dreams are any judge, I suspect that will happen sooner or later.

I'll make sure to show you all sorts of stuff if that happens!

[ ........Why does that offer woRRY HER CONSIDERABLY. ]

I'll think about it.

[ But probably not. ]

[Well, here's hoping anyway.]

You could ask Namine if she needs help at the tea shop. There's also the business Ven was running before he woke up - something about designing potion containers that were easier for Spirits to drink out of, I think.

Of course, I could always use help designing, if you wouldn't mind modeling for a bit.

[He lights up at the words "tea shop."] There's a tea shop? [Oh right, she said other things. Though he's not sure what to think of them. He looks thoughtful.] Donna might be a better model...

Why, yes! It's in the fourth district, towards the bottom of the stairs. Be sure to take the stairs on the left - fewer Nightmares that way.

Oh, she's more than welcome to model too if she'd like. it's just that I do need a gentlecolt of your stature for a few designs I'm working on.

[His Hebby Repp peers into view, looking much more interested in the prospect of modeling than the Doctor does. It's not like he exactly wants to accept it, but...]

...I suppose I could lend my assistance.

[He thinks he might regret this.]

[Spike the Pricklemane comes bouncing into view behind Rarity, squeaking happily. Hi! Hi! You're new!]

[On the other hoof, Rarity can see just how uncomfortable the Doctor is with all of this.]

You don't have to model if you don't want to. I just thought you might like the opportunity, that's all.

[Harkness typically likes "acting" cool and collected, but he can't help but peer interested at the Pricklemane and wonder how much it's like Donna's Pricklemane.]

Ah... well. I'm sure Donna could fit in well with the tea shop, if you don't have use of her so... [He cringes but shrugs.] I appreciate the opportunity and should probably give it a shot. [Pause.] That is assuming there's some compensation of sorts. [While he can be generous (though not as much as his Time Lord counterpart), he's got family to take care of.]

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