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deernet2021-10-10 02:05 pm
lightthedarkness) wrote in deernet2021-10-10 02:05 pm
Video; UN: Cuddlebunny UN: Darkness UN: Trienemybest
[The video turns on and it’s Usagi, Varian, and… Maul? Yes, Maul, all in her living room. Usagi is sitting on her couch.
She waves to everyone with a bright and cheery smile.]
Hey everyone! Usagi Tsukino here! It’s October! And it actually hasn’t been awful! Isn’t that AWESOME?! [Both Usagi and her Omen, a margay cat seem excited, the cat letting out a happy chirp of a meow while Usagi pumps her fist in the air.]
Anyway! Even though we’re not all dead from starvation, insanity, or literally drowning in corpses, I know some of you are still struggling to get a good night’s sleep! Well!
May I present to you a really great solution to that problem!
[Usagi uses both hands to gesture to Maul.]
You all know him as… well I’m sure by many names, but this is Maul for those of you who don’t know him and for those of you who don’t call him nice things. Maul will be able to help you sleep!
And not by killing you! I should emphasize!
Maul, why don’t you explain!
[Maul looks rather grumpy and like he’d rather be anywhere but here. But he starts to talk in that whisper-soft voice of his slowly, sounding a bit reluctant as he does so.]
The Dark Side of the Force can be used in many ways. It’s not magic but spiritual energy, something many of you here fail to grasp. It’s not always dramatic like moving things around without touching them or breaking someone’s leg in two just by thinking about it. I can go into someone’s mind and use the Force to help quiet it down, making it pliable to the suggestion of needing sleep. Think of it as using deep meditation to allow your body and mind to rest. It is not painful and takes very little time in the grand scheme of things. Should you need me, I am at your disposal.
[Then he gets a familiar glint of anger in his eyes and his voice hardens.]
But if any of you want to take this opportunity just to tell me how it’ll be a cold day in hell before you take up my offer for help, you can save your breath. I won’t sit here and listen to your judgment--
[It’s at this point that Varian interrupts to keep Maul from digging himself into a hole. The boy himself looks marginally better than he did in his last network post. He’s still looking a little haggard and his skin’s still not a super colour - but there is a tiny improvement. He clears his throat, doing his best to save Maul from himself. ]
Uhhhh, what Maul is trying to say that as a sign of good faith that he’s trying to steer away from the...literally murdering people thing and that he wants to work on being a...uh functioning member of society here- he’s willing to help people out with their sleep problems.
[He knows this is a hard sell, rubbing the back of his neck.]
He helped me out? I mean… I know I still don’t look great, but at least I’ve managed to get some sleep? Which I haven’t really since I got here because...being a coldblood is just that fun. Yay. And I get a lot of you don’t trust him, heck, I didn’t- I’m one of the people he literally killed once.
[He pauses, clears his throat. This is going great.]
Um! But what I mean is, everyone should have a chance to prove themselves if they want to change- and no one’s gonna be able to do that if you don’t give them the chance to do that. Sooo, yeah, we’re willing to vouch for him- in the whole...sleep helping process. And that he really is trying to… well, make good here?
[Usagi is staring at the both of them in disbelief, having had to resist covering Maul’s mouth several times with the way he keeps insulting people. She lets out a sigh at Varian’s "recommendation" and wonders how both of them are THIS BAD at convincing people of anything.]
The both of you are terrible at this. [She clears her throat.]
In any case! Yes, that is… basically the idea here, and! Maul helped me out too! I was having a really hard time sleeping last month but he was very kind in helping me, using the method he just explained, to get some real sleep, oh! And I’m a Paleblood so this DOES work on other blood types since… it’s a mind thing, not a blood thing.
And… yes, we are also working on Maul not insulting people in every other breath but this seemed like the more important matter… so… ya know, baby steps, we’re getting there.
So please don’t hesitate to ask if you need help!
((OOC: Usagi is pink Maul is red and Varian is blue. All three are available for response))
She waves to everyone with a bright and cheery smile.]
Hey everyone! Usagi Tsukino here! It’s October! And it actually hasn’t been awful! Isn’t that AWESOME?! [Both Usagi and her Omen, a margay cat seem excited, the cat letting out a happy chirp of a meow while Usagi pumps her fist in the air.]
Anyway! Even though we’re not all dead from starvation, insanity, or literally drowning in corpses, I know some of you are still struggling to get a good night’s sleep! Well!
May I present to you a really great solution to that problem!
[Usagi uses both hands to gesture to Maul.]
You all know him as… well I’m sure by many names, but this is Maul for those of you who don’t know him and for those of you who don’t call him nice things. Maul will be able to help you sleep!
And not by killing you! I should emphasize!
Maul, why don’t you explain!
[Maul looks rather grumpy and like he’d rather be anywhere but here. But he starts to talk in that whisper-soft voice of his slowly, sounding a bit reluctant as he does so.]
The Dark Side of the Force can be used in many ways. It’s not magic but spiritual energy, something many of you here fail to grasp. It’s not always dramatic like moving things around without touching them or breaking someone’s leg in two just by thinking about it. I can go into someone’s mind and use the Force to help quiet it down, making it pliable to the suggestion of needing sleep. Think of it as using deep meditation to allow your body and mind to rest. It is not painful and takes very little time in the grand scheme of things. Should you need me, I am at your disposal.
[Then he gets a familiar glint of anger in his eyes and his voice hardens.]
But if any of you want to take this opportunity just to tell me how it’ll be a cold day in hell before you take up my offer for help, you can save your breath. I won’t sit here and listen to your judgment--
[It’s at this point that Varian interrupts to keep Maul from digging himself into a hole. The boy himself looks marginally better than he did in his last network post. He’s still looking a little haggard and his skin’s still not a super colour - but there is a tiny improvement. He clears his throat, doing his best to save Maul from himself. ]
Uhhhh, what Maul is trying to say that as a sign of good faith that he’s trying to steer away from the...literally murdering people thing and that he wants to work on being a...uh functioning member of society here- he’s willing to help people out with their sleep problems.
[He knows this is a hard sell, rubbing the back of his neck.]
He helped me out? I mean… I know I still don’t look great, but at least I’ve managed to get some sleep? Which I haven’t really since I got here because...being a coldblood is just that fun. Yay. And I get a lot of you don’t trust him, heck, I didn’t- I’m one of the people he literally killed once.
[He pauses, clears his throat. This is going great.]
Um! But what I mean is, everyone should have a chance to prove themselves if they want to change- and no one’s gonna be able to do that if you don’t give them the chance to do that. Sooo, yeah, we’re willing to vouch for him- in the whole...sleep helping process. And that he really is trying to… well, make good here?
[Usagi is staring at the both of them in disbelief, having had to resist covering Maul’s mouth several times with the way he keeps insulting people. She lets out a sigh at Varian’s "recommendation" and wonders how both of them are THIS BAD at convincing people of anything.]
The both of you are terrible at this. [She clears her throat.]
In any case! Yes, that is… basically the idea here, and! Maul helped me out too! I was having a really hard time sleeping last month but he was very kind in helping me, using the method he just explained, to get some real sleep, oh! And I’m a Paleblood so this DOES work on other blood types since… it’s a mind thing, not a blood thing.
And… yes, we are also working on Maul not insulting people in every other breath but this seemed like the more important matter… so… ya know, baby steps, we’re getting there.
So please don’t hesitate to ask if you need help!
((OOC: Usagi is pink Maul is red and Varian is blue. All three are available for response))
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[Not just Luz last month, and Varian... that's worrying.]
I wonder if it's just a normal part of this world.
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[......Has he mentioned recently how much his childhood sucked? Well, here we go.]
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[Though he doesn't sound entirely surprised, given how terrible Maul's life has been. It's kind of a given....]
Uh, I kinda sleep the same way. Sometimes. [Might as well open up about this, since Maul did first.] I grind my teeth, and when stuff is really bad I'll sleepwalk and stab stuff.
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[He means that in just a "cohabitating the same mattress" PG style that Fern and Varian themselves do, though they also get up to more R-rated activities quite a bit too. He usually wasn't this frank with people but he's known Fern long enough for them to have some trust in one another.]
Nightbrothers are social by nature and society, so we sleep in groups. Being isolated is a true punishment for one, so being alone my whole life was terrible for my sleeping habits. [And just his mental psyche in general.] Most nights, I have someone like my brother or others to sleep with now, so it's easier.
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[Which is definitely his way of confirming the bed cohabitation with Varian. He still isn't sure about being too open with that, it's been a big step for them and he doesn't want himself or Varian to die of embarrassment.]
Huh. I guess I kind of get that. When I was human my brother and I shared a room, but when I became me I started crashing in the canopy of the Tree Fort. I was alone up there. [It... wasn't great.] I think I like living with a bunch of people, instead of being on my own.
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Most creatures are not meant to be solitary for long periods of time. Everyone craves companionship in some way or another.
[At his core, loneliness has driven a lot of Maul's actions over the course of his life.]
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Sure, yeah. Back when I was Finn I had loads of friends. I was a huge extrovert.
[Not that he's stopped being one, given the amount of friends he's managed to acquire here.]
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[Sorry, Fern. He knows you and being a solitary hermit is definitely not in your plant-human hybrid DNA.]
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[Though Maul's question is making him actually stop and think about things for a second.]
... I guess I've been around a lot of people here, though. And in Deerington.
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[Something Maul still wasn’t entirely grateful for.]