The logical conclusion

[mutab1e]

Characters: One extremely sleepy Equius Zahhak and YOU.
Setting: Anywhere and everywhere.
Format: Either.
Summary: After being killed by the Grand Highblood, who just so happens to be his roommate, Equius has decided to simply stop sleeping in his room altogether. I think we all know what happens next.
Warnings: None.

[The premise of this thread is very simple: you have entered a room, and there's Equius, sleeping somewhere he shouldn't be.]

[Okay. So, this is basically the worst decision he could have possibly made. A few days after he respawned, Equius simply decided that he could get along with sleeping in the cafeteria instead of in his dormitory room like a good woolbeast. Unfortunately, as anyone familiar with the Tower could explain, any sleep you get outside of the dorms will do nothing to rest you. So basically, he's been trying to go about daily Tower business, but he's apparently fallen asleep in some... really unfortunate places. Under a cafeteria table, in the center aisle of the cathedral, right on the stairs. The bags under his eyes and general pallor of his face suggest that he hasn't slept in a while, of course.]

[Can someone tell this kid that he is a serious fire hazard?]

Comments

Cafeteria

[evokingfool]

[Is that someone's legs poking out from under a table?

Minato looks under the table and see the guy sleeping there.]

...Excuse me?

[mutab1e]

...

[Fortunately, Equius here is a light sleeper, so just by talking to him Minato was woken him up. He picks his head up to stare at the blue-haired human, glasses glinting.] What?

[evokingfool]

...Why are you sleeping under here?

[There are far more comfier places to take a nap on.]

[mutab1e]

I wasn't--

[He looks at Minato, then down at the floor, then back at Minato.]

...I'm not sure.

[evokingfool]

...Are you that tired?

[What other reason could it be?]

[mutab1e]

I must have been... [He rubs his forehead, watching Minato. It wasn't that bad, all things considered... well, all things except the fact that he's pretty sure he feels worse than when he fell asleep.] Obviously, I didn't mean to sleep down here with the...

...

Ew!

[And then he seems to notice all of the dust lying around him, stuck to his skin and clothing. He quickly backpedals out from under the table, jumps to his feet, and frantically attempts to get it all off.] Ew. Ew. Oh god, ew.

[evokingfool]

...Need help?

[He could get you something, like a towel or a napkin.]

[mutab1e]

...E-er, no. I'm fine.

[It seems to have died down by now, as he's now just clearing his throat as if that negates the miniature freakout he'd engaged in a few seconds ago.]

[evokingfool]

Maybe you should go back to your room.

[Far comfier and warmer there, man.]

[savedbyasong]

[Shion has been a little more a nervous wreck than usual due to his fight - well flight from - the stone raven. He had explored the new floors, terrified by what he might find.

What he wasn't expecting to find was Equius looking very ill slumped on the stairs.] Equius?

[mutab1e]

[It clearly takes him a moment to figure out who that was calling his name -- a human, did he know them? -- before he noticed those odd markings on his face and everything made a bit more sense. He opens his eyes and looks up, but doesn't stop lying down in the corner of the staircase.] ...Shion.

[savedbyasong]

[Shion peered at him worriedly and nodded] It's me, what happened? Are you hurt? [He didn't look hurt, just tired and a bit ill. But why was he here and not in his room. Out here wasn't safe, monsters might find him!]

[mutab1e]

No. [It occurs to him, slowly, that he probably should stop lounging all over the place now that Shion is talking to him. Another several seconds pass before he actually feels up to doing it, but eventually Equius pulls himself to a sitting position, looking up.]

[savedbyasong]

[Shion wasn't convinced and peered at him worriedly, he looked ill not hurt. Shion wasn't sure what to do, he had a feeling those working in the infirmary would not help, the clear collared workers that was.]

Are you ill? You should probably go to bed.

[mutab1e]

No, that's-- that's fine. [No matter how bad it gets, he is not going back to his room, thank you. Despite this, he looks away from Shion and into the room below in an attempt to avoid his eyes.] I don't need to.

[savedbyasong]

Are you sure? You don't look well? Have you eaten? [He reaches out to help Equius to his feet, planning to take him to the cafeteria and feed him. Then try and convince him to go to bed, because he looked exhausted.]

[mutab1e]

Of course. [He's still been cooking, naturally. Not that he's produced anything worth eating in the last few days...]

[It, yeah, it takes a moment for him to realize that the arm Shion is holding out is for inviting him up. (It doesn't happen often, okay.) He's not quite so prideful as to refuse.]

[restitchtime]

[...there's a person underneath the piano. it takes Rose a moment to register this, as she was only on this floor to prompt the instruments to play along with as during violin practice. it was a silly thing to enjoy, but with no one around she didn't care much.

she recaptchas the violin and approaches the piano, nudging at the prone figure with a foot]

That's not the right way to play that, you know.

[mutab1e]

[Equius doesn't bother to look out from under the piano -- shit, how did he get under the piano?! -- at who kicked his leg. He doesn't really want to.] M'not playing it. I was trying to sleep.

[restitchtime]

Right, of course. Because obviously the best play to play hobo and get a decent night's sleep is underneath a musical instrument. [the sarcasm is dripping off her words]

Maybe next time you can get really cozy and stick your head in a drum kit. I hear that works wonders for the REM cycle.

[mutab1e]

It's better than sleeping in those shared respiteblocks on the top floor. [Not that he can really call them respiteblocks, since his in particular has brought him everything but respite in his time here. He can't really recognize her voice at this point, and frankly, he's been woken up so far on the wrong side of the bed that he just doesn't care.]

[restitchtime]

[she crouches down so she's level with the underside of the piano because honestly she feels kind of dumb looking down on it like that.]

Hey, I'd be the first person to agree with you that the dorms are shit, but I'm pretty sure some douchebag told me when I first got here that sleeping anywhere else drives you crazy.

[mutab1e]

Nonsense. [He cranes his neck around to look -- glare? -- at whoever it is. Guess who never read his letters?]

[restitchtime]

Says the guy sleeping underneath a musical instrument. [eyebrow raise] Honestly I'm just waiting for you to start screeching at me in German and trying to climb the walls with your bare hands.

[mutab1e]

[German? What is that? Must be some human invention...]

I'm perfectly fine.