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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.

Comments

[Video]

[cashlin]

By that logic, though, shouldn't Hope be hoping to... make us hope, and stuff? It's not like we aren't hoping at all-- even just to get out of here.

[Totally seconded on Lil's part. Poor stick in the mud needs a break, even if he is sorta stodgy.]

I can tell he's got it rough.

[Video]

[thechoiceisyours]

Yeah, he should, but uh... I think hope's kind of a difficult emotion to inspire in people. At least not without like, partnering up with someone on it, like he sort of did with Fear that one time.

[Though he thinks that was just a side benefit for Hope rather than any sort of plan in place all along.]

For awhile like, he was the only one that was doing anything to try to keep us all alive, so no real surprise he's stressed out.

[Video]

[cashlin]

Heh. [She chuckles.] So you're saying I missed out on Hope being useful.

But that makes sense when you put it that way. We're all... tired. Not tired like me now-- I can go for like, a jog right now. I'll be super fine. [No, she won't.] All this crap gets to you after a while.

[Video]

[thechoiceisyours]

Yeah but don't feel too bad; he wasn't that useful.

[Okay, so maybe he was, but Chris is just inclined to be a little bitter about that whole event.

And yeah, he doesn't buy that, but he'll let it go for the moment.]

It uh... It does. Especially since it's like, nonstop; the moment one thing's over and you've had like, any time at all to deal with it, something else is happening.

[Video]

[cashlin]

Guess it's too much to hope that they'll all get bored and let us go home, huh. Monsters and aliens and bandits, super doable. Getting jerked around like this? Super annoying.

But hey: my whining's not gonna do much good. Why're you even awake, Chris?

[Video]

[thechoiceisyours]

That'd be assuming they could if they wanted to, which I'm not sure is true.

[He shrugs at the question.]

Woke up and decided going back to bed sounded like a terrible option. I mean, I'd normally be awake at this time? At least if Fear or whoever it is weren't making us all ridiculously tired.