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[placation]

if you can dream it, you can thread it

(you can pm me here or on plurk if you'd like to beforehand, but also if you'd just like to drop something at my doorstep with no preamble please do!!)

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[placation]

[ Nailed it. The bacon was the canary in the coal mine. ]

I do, and I know that telling you that's no excuse won't do any good. We're an insufferable bunch, aren't we...

But still! Do you sleep at all?

[seeinside]

Of course! Even staying awake for only 48 hours can be detrimental.

A 30 minute nap staves off the worse effects.

[placation]

What? No! You need more than half an hour of rest!!!

[seeinside]

Ideally, yes, but what about when you just don't have the time?

[ He knows this answer. He knows. He's just Nurarihyon's special boy and needs to be working ALL THE TIME on VERY IMPORTANT THINGS. ]

[placation]

[ Oh, Maruki is on one now. He's locked in. Set phasers to Do As I Say, Not As I Do. ]

When was the last time you took a vacation?

[seeinside]

Define "vacation."

[placation]

[ LOCKED THE FUCK IN. ]

For simplicity's sake... Let's say a period of time longer than 48 hours, in which you neither voluntarily worked nor had any professional responsibilities forced on you.

[seeinside]

[ A few very loud minutes of silence. ]

Define "work."

[placation]

[ AKIRA. ]

Caring for the health and wellbeing of others. It's a broad definition for a man like you, I know.

[seeinside]

I love what I do more than anything, it never feels like work!

[placation]

You're avoiding the question!

[seeinside]

A long time ago.

[placation]

Thank you.

Are you ready for my prescription?

[seeinside]

As long as you know I can't make any promises on filling it.

[placation]

Oh? Is that so?

Try your best, please, Takahashi-sensei.

[seeinside]

[ hhhhhhggggghgghghghghhghhhghh ]

I'll do what I can, Maruki-sensei.

[placation]

You need a break. An actual break! One where you do nothing but rest. I mean it.

Surely someone can take over your work for a week...

[seeinside]

I've trained a handful of other youkai doctors, but they're a lot more specialized than I am. No one could run the entire hospital.

[placation]

What if something happens to you? Everything just falls apart?

[seeinside]

I'm very durable, Maruki-kun.

[placation]

Durable doesn't mean indestructible. No one is.

[seeinside]

[ Mm... ]

To answer your question, yes. It would.

Modern medicine is young in youkai society. I'm the one who pioneered it.

There are still those learning that it's a worthwhile investment, so others dedicated to it are in short supply.

1/2

[placation]

[ It's admirable, it really is. Beyond admirable. Maruki can't begin to fathom that level of responsibility.

And it worries him even more because of that. Still, he has to meet Akira halfway... ]

I understand what you're saying.

Let's start smaller then. Eight hours of sleep a night.

[placation]

[ ............ ]

Or six.

Or... no less than four! I mean that!

[seeinside]

[ And he admires Maruki for much the same reason, that dedication born from kindness. It's a rarer trait than it should be, and any time he finds it he can't help but hold on as best he can. ]

That sounds more doable, yes.

Should I check in with you when I've gotten my four hours?