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Alustin staggered into his office exhausted from his mission and debriefing just wanting sleep. He slumps into the large armchair behind his overcrowded and cluttered desk slumping down and letting his shoulders sag he lets out a heavy sigh
Maybe I can close my eyes just for a second he thinks but no he has to talk to artur about what His apprentices had been doing while he was away and he needed to talk to his apprentices about how their classes were doing
Alustin wondered idly how Hueh's Lessons with kanderon Had been going but that thought was quickly pushed aside with thoughts of sleep alustin shook his head trying to clear it of the fog that was creeping in but he couldn't help. But think maybe I can just rest my eyes for a second. Maybe even a minute. It's fine. I'll just rest my eyes and then I'll go talk to artur
No, I can't. No sleeping not yet but maybe just a second. No not yet. Just a few more hours but just a second. Maybe a minute at most? How bad could a minute be? Maybe for just a second maybe for just a ...
Alustin woke with a start sitting up straight in his, albeit very comfortable armchair sticking his hand into the pocket Dimension ready to grab his sword. When he realized what was going on he was in his office. Nothing had happened. He had been woken up by a rogue origami Golem knocking over A stack of precariously perched books and papers
he sat back in his chair, pulling his hand from his storage tattoo and letting out a sigh of relief. He was still so tired. He didn't even know what time it was or how long he had slept for. Sometimes he wished he was as lucky as hueh to have a window just so that he could know what time it was
Begrudgingly he pulled himself out of his armchair standing up and wiping asleep from his eyes walking towards his office door "I think I'll go get something to eat. Maybe I can tell what time it is" He said to himself as he made his way through the Grand library towards the exit " maybe if I'm lucky enough I'll get a few more hours of sleep" He muttered as he left the library and meandered through the Halls in the general direction of one of the less crowded dining halls
When he got there he noticed that it was almost empty aside from a journeyman mage and some some cleaning staff on their break noticing that it was still too late or early. Whichever way he wanted to look at it for there to be food out, he guessed that it was night time sighing heavily. He began his short walk back to the library and his office
He was exhausted and hoped that maybe just maybe he could get two more hours of sleep. Three. If he was lucky, he trudged through the library, not even bothering to pay attention to his surroundings. Just letting his feet carry him back to his office
It felt like no time at all, but finally he had gotten back to his office. He walked across the cramped and crowded room knocking over some papers on his way to the spiral staircase in the corner but not even bothering to pick them up
He draged his feet up the spiral staircase entering a small flat. The staircase faced a small kitchenette area with a table stacked with books and Scrolls across the room from that was a set of packed bookshelves and a wall with an assortment of decorative historical artifacts of little to known importance. He just thought there art on them looked nice and kanderon Had judged them to have little to know magical properties. He walked through the wide doorway to another room. It had another bookshelf stacked with tomes and books and Scrolls and loose papers. A wardrobe sat agents the wall adjacent to it. He trudged over to it stripping out of his dirt stained travel clothing that he hadn't bothered to take off earlier dumping them in a basket next to the wardrobe
He grabbed the towel off a hook and walked over to the doorway into the small bathroom area. Hanging the towel up he Looked in the mirror for a second at his exhausted features. He climbed into the shower letting the hot water wash away all his cares as he washed away the dirt and grime from Days of exhausting travel
Oh how he longed for his bed as he got out of the shower dried his body off. Making his way back out to the wardrobe started to dry off his hair with the towel in one hand and fumbled around in a drawer blindly with his free hand, eventually grabbing a pair soft pajama pants. He hung his towel up and pulled the pants on before heading back to the bathroom to brush his teeth
As a teen he had always hated how kanderon who is basically his surrogate parent at this point had always nagged him about dental hygiene. She had always hated it until he inevitably got a cavity and the healers gave him one hell of an earful
he huffs out a laugh at the memories as he wipes the steam away from the glass and begins brushing his teeth. When hes done, washing his mouth out he left the bathroom turning off the glow Crystal in there as he exited
Making his way over to his his very comfy bed. He shoves aside the many pillows and blankets piled high on the large soft bed flopping down in the middle of what is basically a nest of soft things. He wraps himself in a blanket to try and shield himself in the cold air before drifting away into a dreamless sleep