Insomnia {Jin}

[Felicity Merrimen]

I'm Searching For Something That I Can't Reach

Felicity sat outside her tent and listened to the sounds of everything around her. Someone was obviously still at the fire pit because every once in awhile shed heard the crack of the wet wood. Then there would be the small cry of an owl in the distance and then the sounds of leaves rustling in the wind. Of course there was also the sound of some distant snoring from other Romans who didn't seem to have an issue with sleeping. Not that she did, she just wasn't tired. At least that was what she told herself. That and that she had too much to do. It wasn't like she would stay up for forever and hurt herself, it was just that she took small naps when she needed to or if she was really tired she'd make sure she drunk enough so that she passed out. Her liver probably hated her, but it was better than getting restless sleeps due to too many nightmares or to have her mind wandering about what she could have done differently in the past to make tings better now. It was just easier to shut them all up from time to time.

She winced as a splinter got caught in her finger. Her fault for sharpening a stick and not paying attention to it. She placed the dagger to the side and worked on getting the splinter out. It hurt, but not like an actual injury that she had gotten in the war or during training, those were always a lot more severe but this was one of those surprised shock injuries, like a paper cut. It didn't really do any harm but it hurt like a bitch. Once she got the splinter out she was about to start work on the sharpening of the stick again when she heard some footsteps approaching. At this time of night? It was enough to sen her into a bit of a panic. She grabbed the dagger and held the slight sharpened stick in the other hand and sat still to figure out the direction the shuffled walk was coming from. Once she had that figured out she stood up to face the direction of the approaching person her eyes trying to judge against the darkness who it was before she relaxed slightly. "Out of all the possible people to be awake right now you were the last person I expected." She said with a slight laugh as she relaxed again. 

Words: 442  | Jin Sohn  |  so short... I'm so sorry and awkward but I finally made the thread! 
_{By: Jackie}

[Jin Sohn]

I move from dreamer to dreamer,
from dream to dream, hunting for what I need.

It was late in the night when Jin wandered into the renegade camp Jin could feel the pull of the nightmares coming from the campers. They could sense one in particular, her name is Felicity Merimen. She was the current leader of  Roman Renegades and a daughter of Pluto, of course the child of Somnia would expect to have many nightmares but it seemed that the ones that pull them here were worse than before. They tried to stop the war, they warned the camp but their warnings fell on deaf ears and there was nothing more that they could do. They decided to stay out of the war, their powers were of no use in the battle field really and more than that their father had called them away from the battle, they would be more useful after the battle then during the battle. Jin had not actually seen their father accept for the flowing white locks that permeates his dreams, glistening blue eyes staring back at them, and form made of the stars in the sky. Other than that they hadn't actually met their father in the real world, he rarely leaves the dreamscape, Jin surmised that they would never meet him in real life. Jin accepted that, some gods can't see their children while others chose not to, Somnia still spoke with Jin but could not interact with them and they were okay with that.

But now they were here to see an old friend, one who would need their assistance for this night. They found it odd at first that they were brought here but again it did not come to a surprise to them at all, Roman campers have indeed been practicing for this day for ages. Each camper was a skilled warrior, unlike the Greeks. But they were crafty, they were taught to think outside the box and used different means of fighting. It's because of that, the Greeks were able to put up a fight and lasted as long as they did. The Roman campers lost a lot of members surprisingly. And they have certainly seen things on the battle field that have scarred them for life, that's where Jin comes in. Their powers, dream manipulation allows for them to get inside their comrades heads and heal them from the traumatic experiences. No they don't forget what happened but they accept it and move on from it quickly. Allows them to have a peace of mind and sleep.

A lot of the nightmares the campers have can cause Insomnia, the inability to sleep. Some would be awake for hours to days on end. It isn't healthy, being unable to sleep is a horrible nightmare for Jin. For them they suffer from Narcolepsy and sometimes Hypersomnia. They found themselves sleeping at random time and they oversleep if left alone. One could argue that they help them use their powers efficiently, however it's rather inconvenient when there is an important matter at hand and suddenly you feel very sleepy and drop where you stand. Many time this had happened to Jin and it pretty much sucks in that aspect, otherwise they don't really have an issue with it. They did remember going to school and it was a problem because they kept falling asleep. Not even medication would help, Jin believed this was a side effect from their powers and their god dna. Anyways back to the task at hand.

Jin continued to walk inside the Roman Renegade camp, it was very late and most of the campers were silently asleep. Jin was a aware of this and did their best to sneak around the camp without disturbing anyone. Out of most of the training they received, Jin did best in subterfuge. They were very quiet and moved around others with ease. They used to scare some of the campers by accident when they suddenly spoke but no one knew that they were there. So using that training to their advantage was a plus, they continued to make through the silent camp until they came up to the fire and the tent where Felicity was presumed to be staying in. They saw a figure looming out of the tent, Jin stayed still and waited for her to recognize them. Once Felicity did, Jin nodded and walked over to her so they light from the fire showed their face more.

"Good evening Felicity, sorry for the intrusion. My powers have lead me here, nightmares are lurking about, can't sleep yet until I find the source. And you? Isn't it a little late for you to be up. You must be so busy being leader and all."

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[Felicity Merrimen]

I'm Searching For Something That I Can't Reach

She put the weapons away, tossing the stick to the side, it wasn't like she needed them anyway, Jin had been nothing but nice to her since she had known them. Plus she had heard good things about what they had been doing since the war. Helping out demigods within their dreams. That was good and honorable, she was well aware of people suffering from nightmares and who got sleep and who didn't. The first couple months after the war had probably been the worst. Everyone running on low sleep and adjusting to the new lifestyle. People were prone to yelling and snapping at one another and the shadows that held under their eyes were so strong Felicity could probably had controlled them.

She herself had suffered with the rest of them so she always tried to be patient with them. The only time she snapped was if they found her late at night with too much to drink and tried to force her to try to sleep. She would get there on her own time. She needed the time to heal, even now. Most of the time she just shoved it all into the back of her head, she had accepted what had happened, death happened all the time. She understood death. Didn't make it hurt any less but she couldn't just numb herself from it either. Focusing on her work, that helped her move on, she didn't care if she would dedicate too much of her time to it, it kept her focused, everyone needed their own coping mechanism.

"I hope you find it soon, you're doing a good thing with that, helping with the nightmares." She said before giving a shrug. "I've been up later. Just wanted to get some fresh air. I have plenty of work that still needs to get done before I can go to sleep anyway." Not that she exactly planned to get sleep anyway but Jin didn't need to know that, they had enough demigods to worry about anyway. Though she did wonder if they had ever visited her nightmares. Would she have known? She never did like to appear weak and it was within those that she always felt the weakest, it wasn't like you could always control dreams and the emotions she felt within the nightmares she did feel always made her wake up feeling like the absolute worst way possible. She never knew whether it would be easier to cry, scream, or just fall on her sword at the experience. She had her own suffering but she caused suffering in others, whose nightmares did she appear in? It wasn't like she was nice on the battlefield, she slaughtered as many as she could, it was what she had been trained to do and she was acting on anger and pain. The two worst emotions to act on. Granted she tended to react on instinct and emotion anyway, not a quality for a leader to have either, but now she was here and the renegades wanted more fighting, more Greek blood spilled. She, well, she just wanted to restore the camp, that was her main focus, she wanted revenge, yeah, eventually, but she wasn't going to go in blind. Besides, everyone needed some time to heal and let their emotions settle before they did something they regretted. 

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_{By: Jackie}