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[parallels]

[So it's terribly late in the night. Around 3 am when Clara sits at her console and decides to record a message to the network. At first she considers being anonymous, this sort of question isn't something she's comfortable putting out there. It's a little too vulnerable for her tastes, but sometimes need outweighs comfort.

So here goes. She tries to flatten her tousled hair and rub the sleep out of her eyes for a bit before she speaks but it doesn't really improve her exhausted appearance.]

So nightmares. I've got them and they've knocked me on my arse like a bad flu.

You know the sort: nasty, terrifying, wake up in a cold sweat yelling, and reoccurring. The sort that are about complicated personal things that happened. Can't imagine I'm the only one out there who ever dealt with it. So, I'll take advice, stories, anecdotes, whatever you've got if it means I can kick this nasty thing..

I think my neighbors would also appreciate any sort of advice or cure. We're both likely missing sleeping like normal people.

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[imaginate]

[This reply clicks up at about sunrise. Kyle looks like he's just gotten out of bed, dressed in a loose full sleeve shirt. His eyes, however, are alert, and bright.]

Have you talked to someone about it?

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[parallels]

[She's dozing at her console and she jumps before adjusting the strap of her shirt that had slid down and coughing.]

Does this count as talking?

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[backinakidflash]

I know this doesn't help you now, but I used to go for a run. It depends on how safe you feel around here at night. Not very, I'm guessing.

[parallels]

Sometimes at night I go for a walk. It's nice but I think everyone is starting to think I'm a bit dodgy.

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[relatable]

Nightmares? [Oh does she have this down pat.]

Sometimes it helps to talk-- about what's really bothering you. [She only had one person, and it was harder to do so back home.]

[parallels]

Talked about it a bit. It's sort of... hard to understand. Even for me.

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[demon_brat]

Meditation may, in some circumstance, calm down the subconscious and ease up such dreams.

Have you also attempted to spend time at the turtle's head?

[parallels]

Meditation. Should have thought of that one. Never been the type for it but I'm desperate here.

[She blinks.]

I haven't. Is there something special about it?

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[oathwalk]

[Ah, nightmares. Guess why he's awake to answer this? Richard's not comfortable discussing it publicly, but he is too concerned by a stranger's troubles not to answer, so he turns on a private encryption and answers with a slight frown.]

I've never learned a cure for them, but . . . perhaps if there is someone or something that makes you feel safe or protected. If you could have it or some symbol of it near, it may help—a reminder that something stands between you and what troubles you, to bring peace to your thoughts before they fade into dreams.

[parallels]

Like a security blanket. Pity anything secure or nostalgic is back home. But it's a clever idea. Maybe I can make it work.

[She gives the stranger and exhausted smile.]

Thanks.

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[manofiron]

{ Tony's awake when she makes the post for much the same reason. He's had nightmares for years, and they've only grown sharper, harsher, more terrible. That doesn't mean that he wants to talk about them or why he has them in the first place. But he gets where she's coming from and even though he thinks that this is probably a mistake, he decides to respond.

He just does it with jokes. ]

I hear insomnia's a coping mechanism. Kind of an exhausting one, though.

[parallels]

Tell me about it.

It's doing a number on me. Though, I've managed to learn nearly all the locations of the parks in Keelai thanks to midnight walks.

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[skybluejeep]

Um. As weird and insensitive as this may sound? Anti-anxiety medication.

I had some real killer nightmares after my mom died. ...And while she was sick. And I've had a couple of really bad ones the last year or so. Basically? Klonopin is a very good friend of mine.

[parallels]

[Ah, Stiles. Her heart softens at that remark.]

I know. Had a round of it myself after mum died. Things were better lately.

[She tries to give him a comforting smile.]

Not insensitive, but not sure if there's a chemist somewhere on the turtle.

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[pandoricas]

[Nightmares... well. It would be a lie if Rory said he hadn't had any, but he's gotten decent at handling them. Got to, anyway, given his position...]

I usually just try and think of the good things in life. It usually works, at least for me.

[parallels]

That's the rub, isn't it? Everything is fine. For being trapped in a giant turtle city, life is pretty good. So many good things and yet, here I am, divulging personal information to the network.

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[faceofbeau]

I generally finding keeping company works rather nicely at keeping them at bay. [The tone of his voice suggests a leer, but the look in his eyes is genuine, not nearly as suggestive as his voice.]

[parallels]

I'm not sure Keelai has those sort of hotlines and the Network would be a tad embarrassing.

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[jirk]

[His expression is wry when he clicks on the feed.]

Good company helps.

[parallels]

A good idea. Know where I could find one. Isn't that something you call a hotline for.

[She tries to smile and make a dirty joke. She's talked to Jim about it and probably should have filtered this from him but she couldn't stand to lie. She doesn't want him to worry anymore than he already has. So she'll deflect.]

What's this encryption? It's different. Self made?

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[virginprice]

They've gotten a little better with time, but I know that's not very helpful.

[Alcuin sighs.]

Back when they were bad, I would try to have a cup of tea and have a quiet half hour or so before I slept. It helped sometimes. I'm sorry I don't have any better suggestion.

[parallels]

Don't mind waiting but I'm starting to fall asleep at work.

[She gives the stranger on the network a small smile.]

I do like tea. Could always feet more tea into my day.

[anomia]

[You wouldn't know it to look at her, but Raimei's had her share of difficulty with nightmares, and she doesn't hesitate to respond.]

Training! [she says fervently.] Or, well, if you don't fight, then at least exercise. When you're exhausted, you dream less! That's always worked for me.

[parallels]

I've been pretty exhausted lately. Doesn't seem to help.

Might have to take up jogging. But really, I've never been one for exercise.

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[Rose isn't sure why she hasn't caught on to Clara's problem just yet. She feels terrible about it, but that feeling horrible is short lived, as she tries to put some thought into ways to help. She pinches at her lips as she thinks it over, making a soft hum in the back of her throat.]

Suppose I always talk to someone 'bout it. Usually the Doctor, but before him, it was my mum.

[A pause.]

You can talk to me. If you feel comfortable. You don't have to or anything.

[parallels]

Yeah. I'd talk to him. Or mum when I was a kid.

[And after that, she talked to her dad once or twice but she couldn't stand to burden him. So she talked to no one. She smiles weakly at Rose's offer. Her natural instinct is to push away, put up walls, tell Rose that it's fine, but she pushes through.]

Fancy a three-in-the-morning tea party?

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[solo_patria]

[This response pops in about...ten minutes or so after the initial post. Have an Enjolras who looks, well, the circles under his eyes, and the drawn lines of his face suggest he knows too well what is going on here.]

I might safely say I can commiserate, Madame. In my case, coffee, where I can find it, has been invaluable. I did not sleep much as it is, so it was easier to begin eliminating it where I can.

[And he's pausing here, looking awkward because...he does want to help, even if he has no personal sense of how to do that, really.]

If you would like to speak of it to a stranger though, I can promise to listen. I am probably no comfort, I might add, but I AM willing.

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I can definitely see that we're suffering in solidarity.

[She indicates her dark circles and then gestures back at him. And then she smiles. So many people are willing to help her, it's so kind of them, but now she feels a little awkward from the attention.]

It's sort... complicated. Completely mad sort of stuff. You'd think I was making it up.

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[elevenoutoften]

Nightmares? Well that's just never good.

[He takes a while to reply to this because, well, how could he? He didn't know Clara that well and he was desperately trying to keep up with all these new tid-bits on her. Nightmares didn't sit well for him, never pleasant for anyone.

Also is he alone in considering he might accidentally somehow be the cause? That happens sometimes.]

How long?

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Not that long.

[She should have filtered it from him, but she forgot in her haste and exhausted daze. Then again, maybe he would have just broken through it anyway. That would be like him.]

It's really quite alright. Just exhausting.

[lostundercover]

You want my advice? Drugs.

[parallels]

Might need to be a little more specific than that. "Drugs" is sort of a sweeping category.

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[witchnotwarlock]

It's kind of stupid to say out loud, but if I wake up with something like that... [And he has, a lot. Sometimes Teddy is there for him, but he's on his own a lot.] I'll make something like tea, to help settle down. Or read, or just. Anything to get out of your head for a little bit, you know? Try not to dwell on it. It just gets worse if you do.

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Yeah.

That's what I've been trying to do. It doesn't bother me much when I'm awake. At night though it all just... pops out into my dreams.

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[bludhavenknight]

Flying. [He's deadly serious.] Works every time.

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Got a plane I can borrow?

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[redjay]

Lucid dreaming. Get yourself trained.

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And would the person suggesting such a thing be trained in it?