The Inexplicable Exploits of the Dork Corps

Part III - A Night in the Barracks (1)

(There's like six of these at least, sleep head canons are the best)

     All was quiet in the Barracks, it was just past two am and a dour mist of earthshine beamed through the window. Well, pretty much everything. In the kitchen of the Barracks. Fire was standing there, sound asleep in her pajamas pulling a bowl from the cupboard. Then she took a sack of flour from the pantry and poured some of it into said bowl. she opened the utensils drawer and grabbed a ladle. She started haphazardly mixing the bowl of flour and getting flour everywhere. 

     Close by Maddy was getting a broom and sweeping with it. Long wide sweeps that were just clouding flour into the air. Suddenly, they crossed paths. bumping foreheads. They both woke up. 

     "Huh?"

     "What?"

     "Ouch!"

     "Hey what was that for?"

     "It wasn't my... hey. Why are the lights off?"

     "And why is there flour all over my clean kitchen!"

     The two of them stopped for a second and thought. Lights off, No one else up. Sponge in Maddy's hand, ladle is Fire's.

     "Were we?"

     "Sleepwalking?"

     "More like sleep cleaning and baking, Maddy"

     "Yeah... apparently." They stood in silence for a moment or two, Ladle and sponge still there.

     "Do you wanna help me clean up Fire?"

     "Um well sure Maddy. But you have to promise to help me do something afterwards okay?"

     "Okay." Fire  washed of the ladle and dropped it back in the drawer and picked up a rag. She dusted the flour into her hand and dumped that into the trash can. Mandy used the sponge to wipe up.

      "Aren't you gonna put the flour away?" Mandy said.

      "Nah... I can use some of the flour for sconces in the..." She looked at the clock on the wall, "well, in a few hours. And I can use the rest for pranks!"

     "But you're cleaning up afterwards, right?"

     "Yes moooom." Fire dusted off her hands and crossed her arms. "Okay Maddy, you gotta help me now."

     "Okay shoot"

     "We have to check up on everyone else now. and, well."

     "Wait, quick. Hold up. Do you ship Khat?"

     "Yes. And do you ship..."

     "Well, we don't have a ship name for them yet but... Neme and Carter, definitely."

     "Oh nice!"

     "So we both ship them." pointed out Fire, "Carter and Nemesis sleep like logs, and Kat and Shat will think it's all a dream, I say that we do a little, let's say, rearranging, shall we?"

      "Oh God I love your style. Let's do this. First stop, Shat's room" The two of them crept down the hall and slowly opened the door to find them sleeping peacefully. Maddy shook them awake slowly and carefully. "Hi there Shat."

     "Am I dreaming?"

     "Yes honey. But you know what? You can choose something to do right now okay?"

     "Can I read?"

     "Aren't you a little too tired to read?"

     "Mhm"