The last few weeks of my spring semester completely destroyed any remaining positive qualities that my sleep schedule had. And while these sleeping habits have done absolutely zero good for me health-wise, I can now smother Logico with accurate sleep deprivation HCs, and honestly, that’s not too bad a trade-off.
Because yes, murdle managed to stay in my head despite the mountain of literature reviews I had to grind out- anyway:
Logico has a history of accidentally flipping his sleep-wake schedule completely on its head. It just happens when piles of work magically materialize out of nowhere because yeah, a couple back-to-back all-nighters balanced out with the occasional daytime nap will fix that in no time- oh but oops, now he’s nocturnal. And if he ever desires to see the afternoon sun again, he’s got to deal with the legendary “hard reset” and stay awake for the entire 24-hour day *at least* just so he can fall asleep the next day at the time he wants his usual bedtime to be.
When embarking on the truest of sleep escapades (aka, the all-nighter), Logico knows it’s time to go to bed when he can no longer read his own writing. Because, unfortunately, being awake too long can completely wreck your cognitive functioning, so Logico is basically forced to get at least a 3-hour nap in before coming back to work if he wants to actually be productive.
If uncaffeinated, Logico can fall asleep absolutely anywhere. And I’m not talking about at his desk or on the couch, I’m talking on cold tile floors in the middle of his kitchen or sitting up outside on metal park benches. He doesn’t even need to be exceptionally tired; if he’s feeling like sleeping somewhere, he’s going to fall asleep because the guy doesn't just have empty pockets, he’s also got a horrendous sleep debt. And, if for some reason he’s trying to fall asleep while caffeinated, he’s failing miserably! Even if he’s cozied up in the comfiest bed imaginable, that man is getting the shakes and will be unable to unhear the thumping of his heart for hours.
Now, lastly, when Logico finally turns in for the day after staying awake way too long, he immediately gets bombarded with the most vivid dreams the second he’s asleep. They’re either the most fantastical, waskiest dreams that make no sense, insanely haunting nightmares, or those trippy, hyper-realistic, rapid-fire dreams that end up being dreams within dreams. Honestly, not too bad a consequence of sleep deprivation, but that’s before it starts causing sleep fragmentation, which just feeds into the sleep deprivation more~