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[rockymountaindie]

[ Time for a lesson. Did you know that the Bracers can access some videos? There's like...a knockoff Netflix. Probably ask Lucas or Ms. Zarves about it. The point is, that exists, and the network can access it!

Fun, huh? ]

"Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Video)" (Watch on YouTube)

[ ...So that happened and it's almost all that happened, but a bit of text accompanies it, like: ]


By the way I think I accidentally started a death cult in Lyrabar, please don't freak out this time I swear I have it handled and am not crazy

[ ...Yeah that's it that's the post. ]

Comments

[rockymountaindie]

Tri- ...it's a good song, why would...?

[ He's trying to parse that and then gets slammed with that question so he just sighs, very heavily. ]

Really. These guys just- thought I was a...death priest or something, I- I told 'em not to kill themselves. ...Or other people.

[eudaimonikos]

I don't know if I have a great perspective on what's good.

[Which sounds like one of those self-deprecating comments he's been making a lot since Wonderland, but Michael actually means that they only play horrible songs in Hell and he's pretty sure his musical taste is objectively warped.]

You think they'll listen?

[rockymountaindie]

[ He'd follow-up on that thing that sounds like a bad self-deprecating comment, but. That.

He pauses. ]

I don't...know. But...I really hope so.

[eudaimonikos]

[X: Doubt]

Well, just call me if you need anything. Anytime is fine. I don't sleep that much anyway.

[rockymountaindie]

...You remember you still have to do that, right? Sleep? You should sleep more.

[eudaimonikos]

You really don't need to do it every single night.

[yes you do though]

[rockymountaindie]

Uh, yeah, you do.

[ Alex you are the worst person to be giving this lecture- ]

It like...it keeps you from being tired the next day.

[eudaimonikos]

I'm not that tired. It really doesn't matter here, anyway.

[It mattered more in Wonderland. Anyway, he'd been bunking in the pocket spa with Eleanor and Mia then; that was super comfortable.]

[rockymountaindie]

Tell that to me next time I find you passed out on the quad.

[ Alex, please, that only happened once! ]

[eudaimonikos]

Come on, that was one time!

[it's hard to imagine him as a scary demon when he's just legit whining like this]

[rockymountaindie]

Still one time too many, buddy.

[eudaimonikos]

I eat and drink every single day now! That has to help, right?

[rockymountaindie]

Yeah, but sleep's also necessary to not freakin' die.

[eudaimonikos]

I bet you could go a full week without it.

[rockymountaindie]

After 72 hours, people start to experience altered perception, like hallucinations or misinterpreting a sign as a person or something. Sure, food and water help to keep you regulated, but it fucks you up, wildly. A whole week? Your perception would be utterly shot, and while it probably couldn't kill you on its own, it could put you in some horrible situations where you could get yourself into so many danger.

[ ...Says Alex, with a certain amount of conviction. You know, from someone who knows this firsthand. ]

[eudaimonikos]

[To be fair, Michael also knows a lot of this firsthand for much worse reasons! He was exaggerating some - plus, those people were not just suffering from sleep deprivation.]

Boy, you know a lot about that. Why do you hallucinate both when you sleep and when you don't? Seems rigged.

[he's referring to dreams]

[rockymountaindie]

Gotta learn a lot about that stuff when you're--

I'm sorry, what was that about sleep hallucinations?

[eudaimonikos]

You know. When you dream.

[Seems about the same to him.]

[rockymountaindie]

[ . . . ]

Michael, those aren't hallucinations.

[eudaimonikos]

You're experiencing things that aren't real. That's a hallucination.

[rockymountaindie]

Those're- hallucinations are- there's some degree of being conscious and aware with hallucinations, it's not- that's being too broad.

[ Alex had a period where he just researched dreams nonstop out of curiosity didn't he. Probably. ]

[eudaimonikos]

They can be pretty vivid, though, can't they?

[Michael has real limited experience, on the other hand.]

[rockymountaindie]

Well, yeah. But that doesn't make them hallucinations.

[eudaimonikos]

I really don't see the difference. Demons don't do either one - we're not really used to seeing things that aren't there.

[Their perception of reality is always pretty accurate. Well, you know, objective reality?]

[rockymountaindie]

The difference is... Okay, I don't know what the difference is, but take my word for it, alright?