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[cashlin]

[Good morning, Hadriel! And by 'morning', we mean approximately... 4:30 in the morning.

Lilith, sitting at what's evidently the kitchen table in her apartment, doesn't look especially concerned that she's waking anybody with this post. Seeing as she's very, very sure that she's not the only one still up in these wee hours, futilely fighting the nightly waves of Fear-induced exhaustion by trying to sleep as little as possible while she is affected. Accordingly, she's rocking eyebags, """smoky""" eyeliner, and a mug of coffee approximately the size of her head. (Thanks, Chris and crew-- she owes you guys big.)]

'Sup. [is her deadpan opener. Yep, just a ''sup'. She stares, blankly, into the camera for a second, takes a huge swig from the giant mug of coffee, and continues in the same dispassionate tone.]

First off-- Fear, you're a dickhead.

[Cue another, smaller, gulp of coffee. Charming as ever, she flicks her middle finger up at the camera while she drinks.] Delight's cool, though, thanks for the breaks every other-- ooooooh my God, caffeine, this is definitely helping! Hoooly crap.

[Can you tell she hasn't slept very much.]

Secondly. Good luck to everybody in Slumbertown tonight, but I'm sick of Fear's fresh new mental scarring every damn time I try to go to sleep: I'm sitting up tonight. Who's with me? 'Cause if you are, could you bring me some more coffee? And, um, some of those little video game things, 'cause the wimpy stone age batteries in all of mine have died already.

[Sigh.] 'Least I already got used to 30-hour days on Pandora.

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change of plans i'm here for video

[bluffed]

You pinch me when I pass out and I'll pinch you. Deal?

[ That's logically the only way that they're going to really survive anything... especially at the rate the dreams have been going. ]

YEAHHH

[cashlin]

Deal. I mean, nobody really needs to sleep.

[Lilith no.]

Your dreams been rough too?

[bluffed]

Could be way worse.

[ But, she's going to be pretty candid. ]

Less rough, more embarrassing. Like... nerd level 200.

pretend ive tagged this already

[cashlin]

[Lilith pauses thoughtfully, eyebrow furrowed. It seems like she's forgotten something, so she mentally sifts through the hazy memories of the other night's dreams... and at last her eyes light up with recognition--]

Holy crap. I remember that!

You had the Bunkers and Badasses dream?!

[she's SO EXCITED tbh.]

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[smited]

This may be the best idea I've heard yet. How do you take your coffee?

And what are video games?

[cashlin]

See, SOME of my ideas are good ones. [thumbs up emoji!!] and this week, I'm taking it with whiskey.

and video games are
hm

you control things or a character on a little screen and play a game that way! a game played with a video i guess. The object of the game and how to win or lose depends on the kind of game.

[smited]

Cream? Sugar?

Interesting. And those can be found here?

[cashlin]

ok yeah, with both. [If there's any day she needs an Irish coffee though, it's today.]

some simple ones. They were sitting around the temple a weekish ago.

[Video]

[thechoiceisyours]

[Hey Lilith. Chris offers a small wave from the kitchen of the UD kids' house; apparently the kitchen is the place to be in the middle of the night when you're trying to avoid sleep. However, he's awake now not because of successfully staying up but because he's already awoken from a nightmare and is just not interested in going back to sleep.]

Caffeine's awesome.

[He has a coffee of his own.]

I uh, totally have a ton of the video games if you need more, but I'm kind of impressed if you've already killed the batteries on yours. That's a lot of hardcore gaming.

[Video]

[cashlin]

Buddy, I play to win.

[Surprise! Lilith is a massive closet nerd. She lifts her coffee up in a mimed toast before taking another sip.]

And there's only so many monsters I can fight... or fireflies I can keep alive. What can I say, I sorta have an addictive personality.

[Video]

[thechoiceisyours]

Good, because that's the only way to play.

[Okay, he's not that competitive and wouldn't judge someone for playing for fun, but he does think the challenge is a lot of the point of games.]

But uh... Yeah, there's not like, a really big variety of stuff to do here whenever something totally pressing isn't going on.

[And as much as this whole dream thing sucks, it's a lot different from the nonstop danger of the assassin event or other things like that.]

[Video]

[cashlin]

[She, on the other hand, is! Come at her everyone she's gonna be the murdercave Dig Dug champion.]

You can say that again. I'm starting to think that they're just trying to bore us to death. We need comic books, or like... better video games. I'unno.

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[ampliat]

What happened to those shots from Delight? Can we have them back?

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[cashlin]

Idk. Fear's pretty strong. Even if I'm NOT tired, I always fall asleep at night, no matter what. [She's just, you know. Keeping the sleep that comes after that to a minimum.]

It might work though! I'm not about to get the hangover of my life again but it's worth a shot

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[ampliat]

I feel like it might be a new kind of hell to pit Delight's shots against Fear's need to sleep.

But hey. I'm up for trying anything at this point.

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[cashlin]

I've already called in a favor with her. Dont wanna try her patience. [Or get on her bad side, because wow, a god actually likes her? What a feat.]

if you do it, tell me if it worked.

[cashlin]

[RUDE????? who peed in this guy's cereal this morning.]

who knows? it might wind up doing SOMETHING.

[cashlin]

[Okay okay, she's catching on.]

why, did you try staying up yet?

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[cowardley]

Hey, just be careful. There are negative consequences for staying awake for too long. [ ash is here to worry about your health! ]

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[cashlin]

[Aw, Ash. Lilith smiles a little.]

I've done worse. Don't worry too much, but thanks.

[Video]

[mismanagement]

Where did you ever find a mug that big?

[Video]

[cashlin]

You know how everything is shaped kind of... weird here? [What she wouldn't give for a chair that wasn't too short in leg or too tall and stiff in back.]

Yeah. I'm not actually sure this was supposed to be a mug to begin with. It might be, I dunno, a vase.

[behold the ingenuity of a vault hunter.]

[Video]

[mismanagement]

That's...quite possible.

[Nothing looks like it should in this place. Maketh sighs.] Are you doing all right?