second trial. | voice (unlocked)

[greenies]

[ thomas has not been a common presence on the network since his arrival to the drabwurld; gaining the ability to talk telepathically with the people who've been close to him have made it fairly easy for him to communicate without it. but this time, thomas addresses the network at large, although only with a (perhaps semi-familiar) voice.

he sounds uneasy. tired. ]

Do any of you have nightmares? How do you deal with them?

[ it's a stab at anonymity, mostly because he doesn't want to show his face, but the storms currently raging over head have not made his life any easier. thomas sleeps fitfully, twenty minutes at a time, wakes up screaming. no one's going to see his face as an effect of that. eventually, he tacks on a soft--]

Thanks. [ --and the line goes dead. ]

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[greenies]

Are you Percy's friend from home? [ it seems like a weird segue, but there's just a faint hint of fondness in his voice when he says it. ] He said the same thing.

[ attached at the hip, much. thomas's heart hurts for how he and teresa must have been once, the things he doesn't remember--that he chose not to remember. sleeping beside her felt safe--thomas felt better when she was in the room, let alone sleeping by him. but after what had happened...it was hard to rebuild those bridges, a fight that piled up brick by brick in hopes of maybe returning them to some semblance of their relationship before.

he's quiet for a little bit, before he ventures-- ] Meditation?

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[ex_bronze361]

No way -- did he? What a water head. ( all endearing said, of course, annabeth almost letting out a laugh in response, because it's very them. ) Yep, I'm his personal nightmare butt-kicker. Also known as Annabeth.

( it's nice to hear she's helping out some, though, because she knows what nightmare trauma looks like firsthand, and she wouldn't wish it on her worst enemies ( maybe hera, fine okay ), let alone someone from the opposite lines of the war, who's apparently friends with percy. at meditation? she lets out an mhm! nodding, though she has to bite back a textbook definition of it, trying to be a little bit more understanding. )

Yeah! Meditation is like... a relaxation of your body, I guess. The way everyone pictures it is sitting pretzel style, chanting some mantra over and over to help them focus. I've heard it can be really effective? It might be worth a shot, if you wanted to try.

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[greenies]

Nice to finally meet you. [ thomas has definitely heard talk of "annabeth" before, so. it's kind of cute that they had the same thing to say. although he's got no idea what a water head is supposed to be but, hey, most of his friends call people shanks, so.

he pauses, considering the idea of meditating. could thomas keep his thoughts quiet that long? that would be the question. ] I've never heard of it. [ he says that a little measured, mostly because thomas hasn't heard of most things thanks to WICKED. ] But...that sounds like a good idea. Kind of like sleeping without sleeping.