voice. at ass o'clock in the morning.

[mindoired]

So this is like an intraship social network, right? People ask questions and crap and... I don't know. Talk. [ there's a pause as the very awkward teen yawns. ] I've got a question for all of you, then. What do you do when you can't sleep?

Back hom-- [ she cuts herself off, rewords that. ] Back on Mindoir, I'd go for a run out in the fields or the woody area not far from the farm. There's nothing like that on a ship, though.

[ shepard misses the open spaces.

there's a moment's pause and then her tone changes from the somewhat embarrassed but mostly exhausted and not caring vibe it had for everything else to something distinctly grumpier. ]

First person to suggest a warm glass of milk is liable to get a boot up their ass, though. I'm not five.

Comments

voice;

[chipouttaluck]

[Hey, have a voice that sounds somewhere in the vicinity of southwest.]

Eh, count whatever I've got in my pockets. If some raiders don't decide to make trouble instead, anyway.

voice;

[mindoired]

Raiders? We have to worry about raiders on this ship?

[ she sounds genuinely worried about this. ]

Video

[beautifulspaceraptor]

I just watch awful shows until I pass out. Like, awful enough that you don't think about the plot but not awful enough that you get angry at it, you know?

video

[mindoired]

Got any suggestions? Or vids you could forward to me?

AUDIO;

[whatshimadayou]

Meditation, usually. I know at night, that is usually when I have the most on my mind, so it is best to try to clear it.

I know that is not for everyone, but it helps me.

AUDIO;

[mindoired]

Yeah, I uh... I don't think that's gonna work for me. But thanks anyway?

voice;

[eyasassy]

I poke my siblings until they can't sleep either.

voice;

[mindoired]

Yeah, that only works if you have siblings. I don't.

[voice]

[notsoproperprincess]

You can run here, too. It's a big ship.

[voice]

[mindoired]

There's no wind here, or animals, or anything green. It's not the same.

voice;

[keelahselai]

[Mindoir rings a bell, but she doesn't know exactly how at that moment. The Jane Shepard Tali remembers grew up mostly in space, like her.]

There's a rec room? Exercise machines, treadmills, a swimming pool. I go and exhaust myself on those if I can't sleep. Sometimes I just get up and go back to work.

voice;

[mindoired]

[ oh, hey, a pool might be nice. ]

What kind of work do you do?

voice.

[ringing]

[ If that isn't the million dollar question lately, Karako doesn't know what is. With that said, she's a little better off than the average Moiran in this regard, having lived for years in an underground complex with no access to sunlight and not many places to go. ]

If you can't sleep, you should get up. [ Restlessness poisons the mind at the best of times, and these are not them. ] Go find a way to exhaust yourself, mentally or physically. [ A pause. Karako doesn't want to leave this girl without a suggestion; then all she would have done is lectured like some geezer. ]

Have you played the games on the MID?

voice.

[mindoired]

I've played a little of the shooting one. Whatist--Whalaga? The other ones [ aren't so great when she's trying to avoid nightmare thoughts ] aren't really my style.

[Voice]

[webstilettos]

[???]

Why would a warm glass of milk get you to sleep?

[Voice]

[mindoired]

I don't know. It's one of those things everybody's grandma says when they're little. If you can't sleep, drink some warm milk.

audio: (because that's relevant)

[that_cost]

I'm trying tea. It sounds counter productive, I know. But so far, a good green tea has worked to hep me relax.

audio

[mindoired]

[ there's a distinct pause before shepard replies. ]

Yeah, I'm not seeing how that's any different from the warm milk idea.

Voice;

[taselikeabee]

When I need to clear my head, I go out for a drive. If that's not a viable option, stargazing always helped me.

Voice;

[mindoired]

You can drive in this place?

Video

[leftfeet]

You could try reading. This ship has a wonderful library.

Video

[mindoired]

Yeah, I've been there. If nothing else works out, maybe I'll go there again.

Voice

[yer_pretty_good]

Wish I could give you some good advice on that. Sometimes I stay up all night, but a soldier generally grabs shut-eye when he can. Especially in the field.

I also drink, but I got a feelin' you're a bit young for that.

[don't encourage kids to drink, Ocelot. Miller will have a fit.]

Sometimes I play the guitar.

Voice

[mindoired]

[ shepard laughs a little. ] Wow, you are way off on that too young to drink thing.

[ okay, legally she's not old enough to drink. but that ship has long since set sail. ]

Didn't think they'd have much of a bar on a ship, though.

VOICE

[squadgoals]

[She's up, because of course she is. Who sleeps? She already "slept" for a month. It was high time she got back on the no-sleep, work-nonstop horse. When the notice for a new network post pings, she sets it to play as she types out some notes on a datapad for her new job.

The post plays out, a pretty standard Moira — well, a pretty standard Spacer question. Pulling up a new tab in her datapad, she starts typing up a helpful list of suggestions.

"Back on Mindoir..."

And freezes. Home on Mindoir? What was the chance of there being multiple universes with the same name? Hitting pause on the voice message, she swipes up on the user information of the poster — and her jaw drops.

Jean Shepard. The pint-size pipsqueak with an omni-tool, most recently seen trying to hotwire her tank, shared not only her last name but a home planet origin with her alternate universe twin?

It couldn't be a coincidence.]

I've got a pretty good running course mapped out through the ship. It's no forest, but it works in a pinch. Otherwise, there's the training room, the pool, and the Lounge — it's got games and movies.

[mindoired]

[ ... oh. oh, shit. it's the lady whose mako she almost stole.

well. ain't that just her luck. ]

Does, uh. [ oh god, don't say anything about the tank. ] Does the training room have punching bags?

[voice]

[ryuuzaki]

Is not being able to sleep now and then really a problem?

[mindoired]

[ her answer is short and very terse. ]

Yes.