Fourth (lack of) sleep note. Video, at a normal time of day.

[11calls]

[Alex looks pretty much like crap. She's got multiple mugs in front of her, and she's sitting at her desk at work. There's dark circles under her eyes, and she's definitely missing some of her normal spark.]

Okay, so the worst thing about being a kid for a few days is that you get to sleep like a kid for a few days. Which was pretty amazing. But now it's just making this whole lack of sleep thing all the more pronounced and I'm definitely not loving this.

So, I'm opening the floor for suggestions. Back home, I actually have a sleep specialist, but honestly she's not all that helpful. I do all the things I'm supposed to: no electronics for two hours before bedtime, progressive muscle relaxation, the "the" game, pot... Basically you name it and I've tried it.

[Alex is going to shrug and not actually list all the things she's tried because well, open channel and all that. But she actually has tried basically everything she can get her hands on, including medication.]

But my world is limited in what it has, so I'm willing to try basically anything within reason at this point. Sleep potions? Spells? Weird tech? Whatever. I have just got to get some sleep, and they don't really have Casper mattresses here. [That's a joke and comes with a thin smile. Casper mattresses are something that her insomniac self plugs on her show all the time.]

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[11calls]

I'm sorry you're a member of the not sleeping club. It's the worst.

[hasitsthorns]

It's alright. I've been a member for a while, honestly, so- Kind of used to it.

But I would prefer to be not used to it.

[11calls]

Yeah, I get that. I've not had a good night's sleep in two years. It's a giant pain in the ass.

[hasitsthorns]

[ A couple of years. Rose wishes she could remember sleeping well even a couple years.

Unnatural longevity sucks sometimes. ]

Isn't it though? Been a while for me, too. We should make an insomniacs club or something.

[11calls]

A support system we can call at three am who we know we probably aren't going to wake up?

[It comes with a smile, because honestly it's Alex and she'd be worried she was going to do it anyway.]

Or investing in really good coffee works too, I think.

[hasitsthorns]

Heck yeah. Sounds like the kind of support I need.

[ She's just joking but. It's not actually a terrible idea, honestly. ]

I can't drink coffee, unfortunately.

[11calls]

Really? Oh my god. That's so sad. I'm sorry! How do you stay awake?

[Alex would literally die without coffee.]

[hasitsthorns]

I, uh. I just do, I guess! Until I don't.

My sleep schedule can be kind of erratic.

[11calls]

Wow. That is even more hardcore than my nine coffee a day habit. But I get it and it sucks and I'm sorry.

[hasitsthorns]

Woah, jeez. Surprised you don't have heart palpitations going at that rate.

And it's cool. You learn to live with it, I guess.

[11calls]

[Alex is just going to shrug, because well...]

Yeah, you do. Just not particularly well.