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Pomni steps out of her room glancing around sporadically. She hasn’t been getting enough sleep for the past couple nights. She heads back into her room and looks at the mirror. She looks a bit disheveled, while not too noticeable she knows she can’t keep doing this.
Sighing, the jester walks out and begins pondering what to do. She concludes that this habit isn’t healthy, she can’t just spend all of her days isolating herself in her room but she doesn’t feel like she has the energy to partake in any of the adventures Caine has planned for everyone.
Suddenly, she’s teleported to main stage where all the others are located. She struggles to stand up due to not being entirely used to the teleportation, it also doesn’t help with her sleepless nights. While it’s true you don’t need to sleep in the circus it’ll help to have a mental refresh. “Good morning my precious petunias!” Caine says in his usual boisterous manner. “Hope you’ve had a wonderful morning because today is another exciting adventure full of action, drama, and danger! It’ll be so exciting for you especially a certain someone whose name rhymes with poodle!” Everyone looks at Zooble who just grumbles in annoyance and is about to rebuke before being interrupted. “Actually Caine, do you mind if I sit this one out? I feel like an insane adventure like this one doesn’t seem like it’s good for me. I haven’t been able to sleep for a while I feel like sitting out might help me.” Caine taps his chin, or bottom jaw. Ragatha can’t help but look at Pomni, over the course of the time she’s been there the jester has been building a bond with the rag doll. “I’ll allow it but you’ll still have to do something I can’t have you being all little miss lazy bones so I’ll have someone stay here and keep an eye on you!” Caine says before looking around when Bubble suddenly appears beside him. “I could keep and eye on her.” He says in his signature off putting voice. “No can do. The courts have forbidden you from being left alone with the circus members.” Caine says before popping him.
“I could stay behind with her.” Ragatha raises her hand up and offers. “Hmmm.” Caine begins to ponder. “Seems fair enough you two have been participating the most in these adventures you two do deserve a break. Alright you two go off and do your own thing, the rest of you stay here and I’ll explain todays adventure!” Ragatha looks at Pomni and gestures over to the hallway Pomni looks at her and smiles before following her. “So you’ve been having trouble sleeping?”
“Yeah… I’ve been having nightmares and it’s hard to remember them but they’re so scary that I can’t fall back to sleep no matter what I do. It’s horrifying, yet the weirdest part is it feels like they’re repeating over and over and over again…” Pomni stops before beginning to zone out a look of despair in her face. Ragatha’s is about to shake Pomni but decides to snap her fingers, don’t ask how that works when she’s literal fabric. Pomni shakes her head. “S-sorry.” She apologizes quickly but Ragatha brushes it off. “Don’t be it’s not your fault you’re getting terrible nightmares. For now let’s just focus on taking it easy for now.” The two make their way to Ragatha’s room, she opens the door, and welcomes Pomni inside. Pomni’s eyes widen at the sight of all the sewing materials and sewn items all over the place. “Wow… did you make all this?”
“Yeah.” The rag doll replies. “It helps me unwind after the day’s adventure.” Ragatha takes a seat and grabs a nearby needle and thread and begins sewing while Pomni sits on Ragatha’s bed. “We all have things to help us unwind. I sew, Gangle draws, Zooble just likes to be left alone, Kinger has his pillow fort, and Jax… well you know Jax…” she says that last name in disdain. “What about you Pomni, do you have any activities that help you unwind?” Ragatha curiously asks. Pomni just turns away. “Unfortunately not… I can’t seem to find anything that takes my mind off of things… I’m an utter mess! Always stressed about everything! I can’t calm down no matter what!” She says in distress. “Well do you remember anything that you used to do?” Ragatha asked. “Anything at all?”
“Huh… now that you mention it… whenever I get stressed the thing I remember the most that helped me calm down was that I’d usually just clutch something soft like a pillow or plushies.” Pomni begins to smile at the memories. Ragatha also smiles, “You know, I actually have something that might help.” She puts down her sewing supplies and goes over her bed. “Wanna cuddle?”
Pomni just nods a bit. “Yeah that seems like it’d be nice.” The two decide to lie down on the bed, arms wrapped around each other with Pomni in particular holding onto Ragatha tightly who can’t help but smile even more.