DE: Just breath

[bjornwilde]

 Somedays, my brain can get dang noisy. On those days, I've found listening to video game soundtracks (typically EVE Online or Shadow of the Colossus) is about the only thing that will settle things down.

Which has me wondering, what does your pup do to settle their minds or spirits when they are noisy or agitated?

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[last_kallig]

Ibani does a lot of meditation, sometimes sitting, sometimes while moving through lightsaber forms.

Annabelle does shooting practice, or finds an adventure to go on.

Kreyu fiddles with magic, designs new spells.

[bjornwilde]

Jess gets up high, like at least 20 stories, and just watches the city.

Quin meditates, plays games with his kids (like the round checkerboard game I can't find the name of), or spends time with his wife, Khaleen. Cleaning and servicing his blasters and/or lightsaber is another soothing task.

Ethan drinks.

Andrea shoots things. If it's really bad, she'll practice her Kyudo.

Brimstone sorts teeth or reads mythologies.

Sam knits.

Hank goes for a walk in a forest.

Lady Trent/Isabella sorts her specimens.

[ceitfianna]

Will spars or works in some way, at the moment going out into the fields is more likely than sparring or getting into fights.

Charles meditates and finds a place that's far from people as that allows what he's hearing to be quieter.

Ivan drinks and now holds his wife, Tej.

Moist gets moving either walking or if he can, riding a fast horse somewhere, also drinks if he can't move.

Jane writes as usually the noise in her head is words.

Sameth gets making something as working distracts him.

William goes riding or working, he needs to get moving and so sometimes ends up getting into fights too.

Demeter walks or works in her garden, sometimes she goes to find someone to be with as physical intimacy is wonderfully distracting.

Tumnus plays music.

The Pirate King goes and attacks a ship.

[protect_and_survey]

Jemma: Recites the periodic table, or sections of information from the same. Usually she manages to do this inside her head.

Oswin: Plays 'Carmen', at volume... and usually remembers headphones. Or I should say, usually cares enough to put on headphones. Sometimes she isn't entirely convinced that the people around her are real and if they aren't, they won't give a damn about her music.

Ace: ... Oh, it could have been many things, once upon a time. Blame the company she keeps now that she gets most comfortable around doggy noises and drinking songs with really foul lyrics.

Glorfindel: Having his lord (or currently, his lord's sons) within easy reach and they're not hurt somehow.

William: Watching the stars in the clean air of the upper deck. This is how he ended up asleep on a pile of rope at the start of the movie. Oops.

Bones: He scans medical records, starting with either the Alpha bridge crew or the last section to get seriously hit, and working his way on from there, making sure that everything that could be done has been done. ... It's a better choice than the bottle of bourbon in the bottom drawer of his desk.

Katya: She lets herself get roaring, blackout drunk. Preferably while in the company of someone who can protect her if someone decides to take advantage.

Balthazar: Talks to Veronica... even though she can't hear. It doesn't help his crazy hobo look, no.

[tire_moi_mes_bottes]

I'd be lying if I didn't list alcohol way up there on the list of Lesgle Relaxation Tips. Usually combined with going and bothering his friends until some bunch of them finds something to do that's better than listening to brain noise. But sometimes he just goes on long, long walks.

Gredya is a mighty hunter and hunts mightily (or just chases squirrels, probably she just chases squirrels).

[kd7sov]

Felix, according to millicanon, meditates. In specific, he tries to "think like a rock", which has the additional benefit of helping his magic work better than meditation-granted focus would alone.

Fluttershy's first choice is to find somewhere apart, somewhere she can be alone. Alternately, if Twilight's got some adventure going on, that's generally also a good solution.

Kain's got his spear forms, which are effectively meditation though he'd never call them so. ("Meditation", in Kain's view, is for mages and monks. And in many versions of his canon he's one of the very few people with no MP at all.)

[hey35andholding]

Clementine tokes up in the bathtub.

Juliet heads down to the range, or goes hiking.

Dixie relaxes with chocolate and champagne

Pinkie throws a party

Eponine isolates herself and broods.