(I guess I'll start.)<br/>Nikolai sat on a bench outside some pub, reading silently as he tried to pass the time until morning. Nikolai almost always spent the nights on the bench reading, as he could never sleep for fear of the darkness surrounding his mind would consume him. He slept during the shorter hours of day, and was a regular at the pub from dusk until midnight. He sighed deeply as the book was finished, closing it before looking up at the moon.