#sleeptalking will

[stevebabey]

As Steve had found, sleeping beside Eddie is perhaps the most fantastic nightmare-repellant out there.

It’s why it’s so surprising when Steve lurches out of his sleep, sudden and unexpected. He startles a bit, confusion muddling in his brain as it braces for the familiar wash of terror… that never comes.

Instead of feeling doused in cold water, gasping and aghast, there’s a grogginess moving through his veins— something else, besides a nightmare, has woken him up.

It takes him another second to realise it’s Eddie’s hand. Eddie’s hand on his face.

“Wuh?” Steve rasps out.

He blinks slowly, the ceiling bleeding into his field of vision. It’s still dark out, indicated by the faint amber glow of streetlights spilling through the slit in the curtains. As sleep trickles out of his system, confusion takes it place — what is Eddie’s hand doing on his face?

As if the thought summons the action, Eddie’s hand on his face shifts, splaying across his cheek with a soft slap. He pats Steve’s cheek once, twice.

“Gone skip to town, baby.” Eddie says loudly.

What? Steve feels his face screw up, brows drawn together as he tries to make sense what Eddie’s just said. Gone to what? He pushes the hand off his face and lifts his head, peering across the darkness to the other side of the bed.

“What?”

“The river rapids told ‘em.” Eddie says, making no sense.

Steve squints and, wait, holy shit, is Eddie still asleep? A grin sneaks onto his face and just to be sure, he leans across and waves his hand an inch above Eddie’s nose. Nothing, not even a twitch. Holy shit.

“Told them what?” Steve asks, shifting up on one elbow to see if Eddie will respond.

“Where to go.” Eddie says, matter-of-factly, his eyebrows raising and falling as he says.

Steve snorts, his head ducking forward to smother it, even though Eddie seems far from waking. In fact, he snuffles a bit and turns his head towards Steve, nosing into the pillow. Steve can see his feet wiggling beneath the covers.

“Who are you talking to?”

“Mmf,” Eddie mumbles into the pillow. “Muffin man.”

“The muffin man?”

“What’s it to ya?”

Steve guffaws at the sudden Cockney accent that’s taken over Eddie’s voice. It makes him laugh so much that, incidentally, it’s loud enough to wake the other up. Steve’s pressing his face into his pillow, silent laughter shaking his frame, when Eddie’s bleary “…Steve?” reaches his ears.

He can’t stop laughing, a funny sounding squawk coming out his throat the moment he tries to explain. Eddie takes it the wrong way, a hand on Steve’s shoulder in a moment, that soft hushing voice dipped in sleep. “Steve? Baby? Was it another one?”

Steve rolls his face out so Eddie can see his stupid smile, can hear his laughter escaping out into the quiet night. He sees Eddie freeze as realisation moves slowly through him.

“You’re… laughing?”

It’s said with a breath of relief and Eddie’s entire body relaxes a bit. He swipes his hand up Steve’s shoulder, thumbing gently at his neck. “What? What’s s’funny?”

“You—” Steve manages to wheeze out one word. “—Sleeptalking.”

The two words are instantaneous, Eddie’s entire frame flopping down back onto the bed, bursting into his own sleepy giggles. Apparently, this is not the first time someone’s had this conversation with him.

“You fucking slept-talked, man.” Steve continues, his laughter finally beginning to die down. He’s still grinning, especially at the mirrored mutual, but slightly embarrassed, joy on Eddie’s face.

“It only happens sometimes,” Eddie admits bashfully. He grins across the pillow at Steve, wiping at one of his eyes tiredly. “When I sleep real deep.”

He lets out a deep yawn as if to prove it and Steve can’t help but yawn too. Damn, he was having a really good sleep— still, he can’t be mad at being woken for this.

“What exactly I’d say?”

“Ah, just,” Steve considers the truth and then discards it for a lie. “Talkin’ about how much you love my ass.”

Eddie’s cheeks turn red enough that it can be seen even in the dim light of the nighttime. He groans and buries his face in the pillow for a moment, before digging it back out. He darts across the sheets, pressing a quick kiss to Steve’s shoulder.

“Well, it’s true.” He says, before turning over. His voice is a little muffled with his face turned away. “Now, if you’ll excuse me, if I get back to sleep quick enough, I’ll have the same dream.”

Steve’s sure he’s got that dopey smile on his face that labels him positively whipped. He snuggles closer anyways, hand crawling over the dip in Eddie’s waist to tuck in, his body pressing up flush behind Eddie’s, a pair of perfect spoons.

“I’ll let you get back to that then, baby.” Steve hums, planting his own kiss on Eddie’s shoulder. Sleep claims them both, Eddie first and Steve… much later. But, well, Steve figures he’s lost sleep over a lot of things worse than this.

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saw sleeptalking (and walking) eddie in this piece by @dwobbitfromtheshire and i literally. i was thinking bout sleeptalking eddie all day like headcanon freaking accepted— that boy talks stupid shit in his sleep 🫶 hope it’s ok to tag u! i wanted to give u credit

[lullinglily]

"Nothing in SOTE or the base game implied that Miquella would brainwash people to establish his order"

I'd say the most damning evidence against this claim is the entirety of Leda's quest. She was extremely violent, killing every single Needle Knight, and so Miquella charmed her so that her heart might soften. She immediately falls back into her bloodthirsty ways the minute Miquella's charm breaks. Who's to say she wasn't the "first draft" of Miquella's goal? The Age of Compassion on a much smaller scale? A "gentle" gold would create a "gentle world." What I'm trying to say is Miquella's age would most likely be achieved by charming everyone en masse into compliance so they would have no reason to harm each other, thus creating a "gentler world." From Ansbach's dialogue we learn that Miquella was able to charm him from his cocoon, so a fully ascended Miquella would definitely be able to charm people from much farther distances.

An amber starlight shard, the ingredient Seluvis asks you to find for his potion that will turn Ranni into a compliant puppet, is right in front of the statue of Malenia and Miquella.

Bewitching branch item description, and the fact that it's use seems to be condoned by Miquella's followers (e.g "blessed with an incantation of unalloyed gold.")

Leda and Ansbach implicitly stating that Miquella's charm makes those afflicted with it loyal to him, and thus able to work together. Knowing that Ansbach attempted to kill Miquella, he and Leda would have most certainly attacked each other had the charm not been in place.

The Hornsent's wording and the fear in Thiollier's voice implies that they were certain you would attack them after Miquella's rune had been discarded. The charm, while intact, was the only thing keeping Miquella's followers not only loyal but also nonviolent.

And, of course, the item description for Miquella's Circlet of Light

The symbol of Miquella's circlet appears above your character's head once Miquella has attempted to charm them at least once. The fact that this symbol in particular was the "very foundation" of Miquella's age should be irrefutable proof that he was planning to charm people in order to bring about his gentle world. Miquella sought to establish tender age completely devoid of free will. For once, I think, you are not the bad guy for fighting him.

I want to quickly say that I love Miquella and his writing, I think he's a great character and I'm not bashing on him at all; I understand he had completely pure intentions. However I see way too many people saying that this was not how he wanted to enact his plan. To that I ask how would he enact it if not like this? Surely just Miquella becoming a god would not be enough to make the world "gentler," unless theres some sort of Rune of Kindness he could've added to the Elden Ring; and maybe there is! If you have a different opinion, feel free to discuss it :D

[ruporas]

nightmares

[one-time-i-dreamt]

The only time I ever talked in my sleep was when I was 6 and was asking for ice cream while I took a nap on the couch.

[francobarbi]

ENOUGH negativity in the Franco tag!!!

It is time for some positivity and love again. I AM GOING TO GUSH, AND FRANCO FANS, YOU SHOULD GUSH HERE TOO!

Franco Barbi is a very well-crafted character and a perfect addition to the fucked up family dynamic found among the prime assets in the Sinyala Facility so far.

Everything about the way he was delivered to us is perfect to me. I was so excited for Franco's arrival in the days leading up to Project Lupara that I struggled to sleep or focus on anything else! Red Barrels gave us an absolute gift.

His map is stunning, his design is top tier and packed with character and perfectly conveys who he is just with one look! His voice is insanely good, another perfectly casted and directed addition to the list of talents that bring life to our favs in Outlast. I re-read his Murkoff Collections entry more than anything else on the RB site, because it's so visually stunning and the writing is so fun.

Franco is a fun, charismatic, intriguing character. Since his release I have had so much fun in this fandom. I love seeing the new life he brought to us. When I see other Franco fans sharing this ENERGY, this creativity, spending time and effort crafting pieces of fanart and writing or even just silly little shitposts and sharing them for others to see, I am just so happy. I love our devoted little community.

Please don't ever tone it down. FLOOD the Outlast tag with your beautiful pieces of art, your screenshots, your edits, your shitposts, your thoughtpieces. Bambino is here to stay <3

[ryuusea]

the first time sherly falls asleep before liam and…

inspired by this convo with komoreybi laughing thanks for the sleep talk dialogue

[buryam-soul]

Musings on Cyno/Alhaitham/Candace + language

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Candace tells Cyno he sounds like a textbook when he speaks in the desert tongue. More identifiably rainforest than passing merchants or even some scholars. Cyno confides that Cyrus never told him from where in the Sands he's even from; no tribe to seek out, no dialect to learn from, no folktales or traditions to even remember.

Candace starts helping him learn the Aaru dialect since. "Lending" it to him. Maybe Aaru Village wasn't the home he was born in, but she made sure it was the second home he was always welcome in.

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Cyno taught Alhaitham simple Matra code when he was Acting Grand Sage. "Status check", "ok", and so on, in case of emergencies. Alhaitham first uses this in the Grand Sage office after a long day; stress had stolen from him speech and sign and writing, leaving behind weak taps and scratches of "escape needed".

Cyno starts asking "status check" more often since. Still in code. Even after he returned to being Scribe, even during meet ups with friends, an escape to silence can still be necessary.

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Alhaitham asks Candace why she writes to him in Vedanagari script in personal letters. Her calligraphy is more stilted compared to her writing in Deshret script. Candace admits she craved a connection her father who was an Akademiya scholar; she couldn't spend much time with him growing up due to her Guardian training.

Alhaitham starts writing more letters to her since. Longer letters. About the Akademiya, calligraphy, and maybe someone who knows what it's like to seek your parents through written word.

[dark-and-friends]

Some silly memes with some of my fav ships!

[take-me-back-to-eden]

Dayseeker // Sleeptalk

[sleepytroll]

hello, couldyou draw a Palkia?

yeh! taking a well deserved vacation 💐

[givemethesleep]

Met a new species of wiz player tonight

[cearthduo]

[elsonambulo]

Sorry that I'm so insane over the concept of Tory latching onto Amanda as a safe adult that hearing her sob and say, "When push comes to shove, you're always gonna choose [Sam] over me" made me go feral. As if it's my fault.

[phantasverie]

⠀ ＊ ┈ ─ 『 Oceane 』 　:　 Just to test ... Does this post appear for you?

[lemonofthevalley]

which kiddad would sleeptalk. like full on conversation while fully asleep and then remember none of it the next morning

[francobarbi]

I can't stop thinking about James holding Maria's little paw. I can't. I just can't stop. It's everything. This scene was made specifically to kill me. What the fuck.