video // gonna traumatize the MLP characters tonight

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Who: Koala and you!
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: n/a (but can be used if you have an idea for something)
When: Today, at an ungodly hour on the planet.

Hello, everyone!

[Is it a little late right now? It's a little late right now. People are probably wandering off to sleep; adults, anyway. Now that they're stuck on a planet or float around one, day and night cycles seem all the more prevalent in their day-to-day lives. Unfortunately, Koala is finding that she's had a hard time sleeping as of late. Bad dreams, as they had before, still persist — but it's gotten worse, since Winter's rampage.

That's not even to mention her anxiety feels... off the charts. Anyone who has been around her has probably noticed she's a bit twitchy, especially as far as touch is concerned. She's been easily spooked, feels like any moment someone will grab her and hurt her (punish her, for what, she's not sure). Sorry, Winter... It's hard to turn off her restlessness. 

She would hate to bring that up.

But on the flipside, she's really quite afraid of not getting enough sleep. 

Because if she can't properly work and keep up, well... nothing bad will happen. But it's hard to shake that instinct.]

U-um, hello to everyone who is awake right now, I mean. I'm sorry if I interrupted your bed time. I just wanted to ask... What reason do you usually find yourselves awake longer than you should be...? O-or... do you have trouble sleeping? If it's not too forward to ask such a thing! I apologize if it's very personal information. I just... I was wanting to know if anyone here had any advice for someone who, um — for a friend who might have a difficult time sleeping!

[YES, MY FRIEND, THEY'RE THE ONES WITH THE TROUBLE.]

A-also...! 

The tree gave me this very odd stuffed animal. It's a bit heavy, though...!  

Did anyone else get something like this? 

[Look guys, check it out:]

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[privatizes]

[ tony is about two seconds from attempting to be a decent adult and tell the kid how to try to get to sleep despite having anxiety and terror dreams of people killing you when she decides to whip out a giant -- ]

That's a piñata.

[ huh. ]

Did you try breaking it yet?

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[scrubscrub]

B-breaking it?!

[She hugs the piñata around the neck, as if to defend it from invisible sticks.]

Why would I want to break it? It's very cute!

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[privatizes]

Because it has candy in it. Probably.

[ or it could be a giant joke. but. you never know until you break it. ]

That's the whole point of the piñata. You smash it and fun stuff comes out. It's a tradition in --

[ pause ]

-- some countries you've probably never heard of, but whatever, that's not the point.

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[scrubscrub]

Oh... But.

But that's kind of... sad... It's a nice little horsey!

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[bryces_pup]

If I have trouble sleeping, it's my own thoughts and memories keeping me up. Or nightmares. [They're the most prevalent cause of insomnia for so many, and she suspects it must be something similar for Koala.] How long as you...r friend been having trouble sleeping?

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[scrubscrub]

[Ah..! Um...!]

F-for a long while, I suppose, but... it has gotten a little worse for them... as of late.

Something happened that scared them, and now it's in their dreams often, I-I suppose.

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[bryces_pup]

[Something she's also all too familiar with.]

Those can be tricky. Is there anything you have that can comfort you? A story you like to read, a song you like to sing? Or even a little stuffed animal or toy?

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[scrubscrub]

Um... I - I have a kind of funny thing.

It's a bit silly, um.


A pillow with a picture of a cat on it.

[Excuse her while she holds it up.]

[namisan]

You know, I have a nice room down here on the planet's surface. Your friend can come sleep in here if she wants. Company sometimes helps when it's difficult.

[Yeah she's extending a parent's offer of bed-sharing to you, kid, what of it.]

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[dkfjldkfjdslfk poop]

My friend probably wouldn't like the company!! She's very private.



... But I-I wouldn't mind coming to visit, in her place...!

[namisan]

Aw, that's a shame. [ALAS. She smiles cheerfully.] Well, if you wouldn't mind instead, then the offer's still open. Where are you?

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I'm staying on my ship still! Someone's got to make sure everything is in order, after all!

... But I've been visiting the planet here and there. E-especially the beach...

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[passingthrough]

[It takes a moment to recognize her since the girl looked different when she saw her for only a moment—curled up, injured, unmoving.]

Sleep can be hard sometimes. [She has a feeling she knows why it's hard for Koala now.]

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[She smiles a bit at the woman, glancing down to fidget with the hem of her dress.]

It can be! Sometimes she worries about not doing her best, because she hasn't been sleeping well enough.

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[passingthrough]

Maybe she should cut herself a break and let it be okay if she takes some naps when she can get them or take some time off whatever she's doing. Focus on taking care of herself first.

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[pain_train]

I have trouble sleeping all the time. I used to just exercise til I was tired enough to sleep but I can't do that right now. It sucks. But I'm also on a lot of chems at the moment so I can't stay awake even if I wish I could.

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Exercising... Ah... W-well, I do clean a lot when I'm restless!

... A lot of... chems?

[She smiles awkwardly, which is really just a knee-jerk response of hers.

Kind of hard to shake.]

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[pain_train]

Um. Medications, I guess? That's what people call them sometimes.

Anyway, I've had a lot of bad shit happen to me. That's why I have a hard time sleeping. If there's a good counselor around, that could help, but I don't think we have any.

WHY YOU DO THIS?!

[spontaneouscombustion]

[Aw, poor little-- ... that suuuure is an interesting shape for a piñata. It doesn't look EXACTLY like a pony, though, so... maybe the tree's not trying to subtly threaten her and Cheese?]

Ah, that's a piñata! It's a party game back home!

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[SAY WHAAAAAT]

A game! I love games! What sort of party game is this?

[look how happy she is, look at her]

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[spontaneouscombustion]

Oh they're REALLY fun! So piñatas are full of REALLY yummy candy, but the outside's hard and solid! So you lift the piñata high up with a rope or something, and then you take turns wearing a blindfold and trying to get the candy out with a stick! Sometimes the other players'll give you hints, and sometimes there'll be somebody holding the end of the rope so they can change the height to make it harder to hit!

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[spontaneouscombustion]

Uuuusually they're, heheh, not shaped like ponies, though...

[TREE, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING AGAINST PONIES?!]

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[preformthisneigh]

[ Unlike Pinkie, Cheese has all the subtlety of a brick.]

SWEET CELESTIA, WHY IS IT SHAPED LIKE A PONY?!!!!

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[DFJDKSFADJFKDFJ HSF F]

W-WHY ARE WE YELLING?!?

WHO IS CELESTIA?!

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[preformthisneigh]

She's one of our princesses!!!

BUT WHY IS TI SHAPED LIKE A PONY? WHY WOULD SOMEPONY HIT A PONY?!!!