[open] I'm honestly not sure why most humans still have such lengthy sleep cycles.

[begetblue]

Who: Turing and you + some closed prompts
What: Catch-all for November, hurrah
Where: Everywhere and nowhere
When: Time is a lie but post-event and various times afterwards
Content Warnings: Probably none but will edit if necessary!

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Re: sleepy time

[fluffyharpy]

[Lysandra had come home exhausted from an extended jog that had taken her farther away from her current home than she had expected. When she did find her way back to her apartments it took her a moment to notice something new had gotten there before her.

For a moment she looked Turing over before commenting.]

Um, hello there. Can I help you?

[begetblue]

[ Turing was already out cold when Lysandra spoke up. They couldn't snore or, uh, breathe, but in place of that there was a soft electronic crescendo and an immediately following decrescendo that sort of mimicked the sound of breathing, if nothing else. While Turing did stir a bit, in the end all that happened was them rolling over and curling into a ball.

It was going to take a little more than that to wake them up. ]

[fluffyharpy]

You must be really tired, little guy. Let's see...

[The bird girl began tapping on Turing's head with one of her long talons. She felt a little bad interupting the small robot's sleep, but they could always go back to dozing once she found out how he had ended up here in the first place.]

[begetblue]

[ It still took a good number of taps before Turing finally began to stir. They had gotten a chance to sleep when everyone was knocked out and sent to face their nightmares, but they still had a little extra sleep debt to pay off, and the void was definitely making sure they did so. There was a very soft whirring sound as their processes and hardware awoke from sleep mode, and despite the screen on their face being entirely cosmetic, their eyes still opened as they awakened. ]

Hmm...?

[ Oh. There was someone there. ...Wait, what?! ]

W-wha--!

[fluffyharpy]

Good morning!

[Lysandra giggled a little as the little robot came to.]

Ok, now that you are up, let's get down to the real question: how'd you end up in here?

[begetblue]

[ They were still a tiny bit groggy as they sat up. The talons actually didn't throw Turing off; they'd never seen a bird hybrid, but that seemed like the most reasonable assumption to make from their point of view. Never mind that though, there were other more pertinent issues here! A question mark blinked on their face before they answered that question. ]

What do you mean? [ That was when they looked around and realized this was definitely not their apartment. Oh. Oh dear. Sadly, this was not the first time they had broken into an apartment, but this time it wasn't on purpose! ]

I'm so sorry! I thought this was my apartment! The door wasn't locked, so...

[fluffyharpy]

I Just came in and found you sleeping here...

[She suddenly realizes she had left the door unlocked herself and feels slightly silly.]

Oh, sorry about that. I really should have locked that.

[begetblue]

No, no, there's no need for you to apologize! Even if the door was unlocked, it was still my mistake to entire without taking proper care.

[ This...could very easily start going in circles. In the meantime, the descended to the ground, in case staying where they were would be overstaying their welcome. Well, overstaying more than they already had, anyway. ]

[fluffyharpy]

Let's cut the difference and say we both goofed up.

[She smiled awkwardly while trying to keep the situation as light and breezy as possible.]

So welcome to my apartment, I guess. I'm Lysandra.

[begetblue]

Oh! Yes, of course. [ They still felt a bit guilty, but Lysandra saying that was at least enough for them to realize the social implication. ]

My name is Turing. [ smile! ] I wish it could have been under better circumstances, but it's nice to meet you! Thank you for welcoming me regardless.

[fluffyharpy]

[Lysandra giggled. This was a strange situation but there was never a bad time to meet someone new.]

Same! I have a question, though. Are you a robot? I've never seen one in person.

[begetblue]

Yes, I am. I'm noticing that is a common theme among the people here.

[ Being one of the few robots was one thing, but being one of the few robots in a place where a significant number of the population saw you as...well, something strange, was a bit alienating. ]

Is my presence in this world startling for some people, I wonder?

[fluffyharpy]

It isn't really startling, we just don't have robots like you where I'm from. So...it's just different?

[She was different herself and knew the feeling, making her sigh after speaking.]

I get a similiar response too. Despite my appearence, I'm actually a human and that seems to shock some people.

[begetblue]

I see... We seem to be in the same boat, as they say. Or similar boats, at least?

[ They linked their fingers together in thought. ]

If you would like to talk about it more at some point, please feel free to contact me!

[fluffyharpy]

I'd love to actually. We'll just have to meet in a place we actually plan next time.

[begetblue]

Ah, yes. That would be an improvement. [ The sheepishness remained, but they avoided apologizing again. Progress! ]

I will try not to fall asleep in another person's room next time as well.