Past Midnight. I'm just gonna' stay in bed and have a nice dream.

Rimuru fell backward into bed, looking up at the night sky through the window. The moon shone down from past its midpoint in the sky, the sparse clouds filtering its pale light as they passed overhead. Rimuru couldn't help letting out a yawn at the sight. Normally he would have been asleep hours ago, but this feeling in his body had kept him up so long he'd been passing the time making anime and video game references to himself.

...Maybe...I can take care of both problems at the same time!

Excited by the idea that just occurred to him, he sat up, whipped the curtains closed once more, then turned to properly lie his head on his pillow as he covered his body fully with the bedsheets.

Raphael, I want you to run a simulation that I can experience as a dream I have full control of while I sleep. Can you do it?

<<...Hahhhhh. Affirmative.>>

That sigh was hella exasperated! Don't be so **** to help a guy out!

<<You imagined it. I did not display any hesitation. I will perform the requested situational analysis. Please provide details for the event you wish to simulate.>>

Details. Okay, yeah. This'll be my first lucid wet dream, I should make it good. Something I wouldn't normally be able to experience...