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Finally, her dream seemed to come to a close, and Honehime was able to relax, at least for a little bit. As it was, in the real world her heartbeat had picked up, and her breathing had quickened a little as well. But now that the dream had finished, she could return to the normal rates for both, rates more appropriate for sleeping rather than anything else. Now that she had had that dream, she would likely stay asleep for the next few hours, or at least however long it was until she had planned to wake up for her share of the night watch.
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Lieselotte had been working at the salting, glancing up when Sakazuki moved closer to her. She still hadn't forgiven the Circe for the numerous times of making fun of her and her accent. But revenge could wait until morning, when she wasn't so tired. She could stay awake if she had a reason, but otherwise sleep sounded good. And of course karma would choose precisely the moment after thinking that she Shuku asked if they could stay awake to stand guard. She sighed quietly but turned her head to look at Shuku and nodded. "Very well. Go ahead and get some sleep."
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The cow girl continued to sleep peacefully, she still seemed to be staying relatively calm and peaceful, although she was likely still dreaming. She mumbled and mooed for a moment, but it wasn't anything that could easily be distinguished as actual words, just generic sounds. She shifted under her blanket, and pulled her hand back under it as well, pulling free from Shuku's grasp. She snuggled down a little, actually pulling her head under the covers, too. Her mumbling would be even harder to make out now, but that was probably a good thing. Less for the others to wonder about, less for them to have reason to question her sanity, or at least relative saneness.
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Time would move on, and Honehime would soundly sleep. The rest of her dreams were closer to the normal, just simple reiterations of the day's events and ideas. She stirred once or twice, but didn't fully awaken until several hours would have passed. She had made plans to take over the watch at approximately the middle of the night. She hadn't been sure if Lieselotte and Sakazuki would have returned in time, so the task of standing watch would have fallen to just her and Shuku. She was fairly confident Shuku would agree that Mei wouldn't be a good choice for standing watch.
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Lieselotte moved closer to the cauldron, peering inside to see what was left of the group's dinner. There was still a decent amount remaining. She didn't relish the idea of eating possibly poisoned snake meat, so she picked up a pair of bowls from the ground, and filled both. Moving back closer to Sakazuki, she handed the Circe one in silence. Anyone paying attention could tell that the two weren't necessarily on the best of terms, but even so, there were certain things that one simply did not do, and being too rude at a mealtime or truce was one of them. So at least until morning, she would try to avoid picking a fight with Sakazuki.
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Mei squirmed under her blanket, rolling slightly back and forth until she found a new and more comfortable position, now curled up in a vaguely fetal position facing the fire. Her mouth hung open slightly, but she didn't seem to be drooling just yet. Instead, her lips would move a little, as if she were mumbling, or perhaps sucking on a candy. And of course, she was still hidden completely under er covers, so it was extremely unlikely that the others could see even that much. If she would by chance wake up, she would want to remain where she was and go to sleep again. Buried under her blanket, with a crackling fire nearby, it was very warm and comfortable, perfect bait for a creature of comfort like her. But even so, there were things that could get her to wake up and actually get up out of her warm little nest.
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Honehime continued to sleep peacefully, it seemed the majority of her dreams had already taken place, now she could simply sleep until the start of her shift for standing watch, without fear of yet another shockingly outlandish yet possibly ominous vision dream taking place. She just remained where she was, breathing slowly, as her consciousness experienced nothing so much as nothingness, that black void that filled the time spent between dreams and between sleeping and wakefulness.
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After handing the bowl of stew to Sakazuki, Lieselotte moved a short distance away before sitting down and digging into her own bowl. The food was good, it had stayed nice and hot thanks to being on the fire for the whole time. Actually, just a little too hot, luckily not enough to actually hurt her tongue, though. She glanced over at the Circe when she was asked why she had chosen to come. She wondered how much of an answer she should give. The whole truth, or just enough to answer her question. "You ask a question zat has a very difficult answer. Let's just say it will help me achieve my own goals."
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Mei flopped onto her back, still staying mostly under the blanket, with the exception of one foot and lower leg. She tried to pull it back within the nest of warmth and happiness, but her blanket wasn't cooperating. Grumbling slightly in her sleep, she tried a little harder and finally managed to succeed. Sighing contentedly, she drifted back into a deeper sleep, pulling her leg close to her other leg, to try to banish those last few lingering traces of outside cold that she was convinced her leg still had, even while she was asleep. She returned to the same generally peaceful, for the moment, sleeping manner she had adopted, mumbling under her blanket every so often as she began to slip into yet another dream. She shifted positions yet again, this time managing to keep all her extremities under her blanket, or rather, inside of her cocoon.
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Honehime continued to slumber, and deep within her subconscious, thoughts began circling. these weren't conscious thoughts, ideas or notions. these were basically just random firings of synapses, brainstorming at it's most primal. If she was lucky, one of these odd ideas just might possess some greater gift of knowledge that could help her in a million ways. And if she was unbelievably lucky, she would also be able to remember it upon awakening. These thoughts were even deeper than dreams, they were so deep that they didn't even have a depth. But they were very deep.
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The white haired Akasun glanced over at Sakazuki in surprise when she seemed content to accept her answer, without trying to escalate it into a repeat argument from what they had done before. Perhaps the Circe was just as tired as Lieselotte was, and they were both looking forward to sleep. Instead, she took another mouthful of stew and swallowed, before raising her head to take a look around camp. The idea of someone standing guard was a sound one. Anything could happen, as that giant snake had so aptly proven. Even so, they wouldn't have to remain at high alert constantly, the actual odds of something happening were very low.
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Nestled up in her leafy blanket, Mei slept peacefully. In her dreams, things ranged from just as peaceful to the very pinnacle of savagery or at least sheer extremeness. Or on the opposite end of the spectrum, brain meltingly silly. Rugs danced and cut themselves, to the tunes of a quartet of rubber bands. Bees practiced spelling words, while their immature siblings, tiny wriggly worms, squirmed into books, eating the fibery pages. A cat was punished, lethally, for discovering something it shouldn't have. But now that it had solved the mystery, it returned to life. All these oddities and inane circumstances, and a trillion more. And, of course, it wouldn't be a series of Mei's dreams without at least some food. She was actually sitting down to eat a nice salad. Unfortunately, the salad seemed very similar to the blanket she was snuggled so contentedly under in the real world. It may not be quite as cliche as dreaming of eating a marshmallow and finding your pillow gone, but it was awfully close. Would the cow girl actual start eating her blanket?
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Leiko walked into the Academy, knowing full well her presence there would cause quite a surprise. She stayed in the back of the class as she quietly snuck into the room, not wanting to be found out and all. She sighed as she watched the children much younger than her playing around with their chakra, transforming into this that and the other. She had the perfect mind, taking in everything and storing it within the confines of her brain. She was a genius like that, thoughtful and patient, not like some of the people she knew that just went into a fight and not care what would happen to them. She had a plan, although she wasn’t sure what that plan might lead to. After watching the class for a couple hours, she snuck out, going straight for the exit that was right next to the classroom. She wanted to try some of the moves out, even though she heard the lessons hundreds of times. She preformed well in class, so this was more like practice for her. As she went out unto the courtyard, she wondered about the Hyuuga girl she went to school with. She was always messing things up when she in class. She pitied her for the longest time, but soon after they graduated, the Hyuuga disappeared within the village. ‘That girl is lucky. At least she has a family, unlike some people I know who don’t…’ she thought as she turned into Iruka, and then started making copies of herself all around the area she was in. It wasn’t surprising to her when the children saw what she was doing and started to gather around her, watching in awe at her somewhat not amazing performance. Not long after, their sensei, as the children called him, called for them back into class. Leiko was relieved. She hated people watching her as she trained silently. She preferred it that way. The quiet was calming to her in a strange way not even she could understand fully. Without another thought, she started even more training at the Academy, doing everything she could perfectly without any flaws to her part. She trained right into the night, not bothering to return home. It would be empty and lonely to her. Two things she didn’t want to deal with right before going to bed at night. She trained until the brink of exhaustion, that way she would go straight to bed and when she awoke the next morning, she would leave just as quickly as she went to bed the night before. She noticed the sun begin to set and her chakra levels begin to dwindle. “I guess it’s time to return home… not like I care to go home…” she said as she gathered her things and left.

"No... Not my hand. My entire body is paying the price for a technique. 'Tis merely the result of a bad choice of moves," The Circe replied briefly as she clenched a fist then looked up towards the puppeteer then gave a weary grin. "...It lets me boost my muscle strength, but in exchange, it kinda messes with my chakra and negates my genjutsu and ninjutsu... It's a pain in the bum, really," she mumbled, looking briefly towards Mei for a moment as she nibbled on her leafy blanket, but soon ignored it. It was a habit that even the witch did on occasion, thus, it was nothing out of the ordinary for her.

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