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Who: Selphie and the Spades
Where: On the Sun
When: After all that stuff going on with Ace and the following rush/chaos. And after helping Aya with 'departing'.
What: Insane Spell Killing Spree
Warnings: Violence. And a seriously messed up Selphie.
Style: Any you prefer!
Status: Closed - Spades only. (Apart from Aya, because he's dead).

There was something about the way the thunder hit Aya that was very exciting. Dropped dead. And that voice in her head, the one that had been tormenting her for days, it seemed pleased. Urging her to do more. Didn't it feel wonderful? Wasn't she one step closer to getting everything she had ever wanted? Of course it was.

The strength of the spell was such that it probably didn't go unnoticed by the crew, the light a giveaway if nothing else. But now Selphie has a taste for it, there's going to be a lot more where that came from. Selphie skipped over Aya's body like she was playing a playground game - there was no sense in wasting time to hide it if everyone else was going to end up in the same way.

Selphie made her way to her room first, gathering up her nunchaku, and then the destruction began.

Thundaga, Blizzaga, Firaga. Thunder, ice, and fire, aimed at rooms, aimed at the kitchen, and they'd be aimed immediately at anyone she caught sight of. If it moved, it was targetted. Eventually out on deck, Selphie could be found giggling as she blasted fire around her, with every intent of watching the ship, and everyone else in it, burn.

((ooc: Do what you will with Selphie - you have my permission! Though killing her will only be an option for Ikki (d'aww romance). Be warned that she will not stop using spells until she is unconscious - be that provided for her, or if she herself passes out from exhaustion. She will stop at nothing. Enjoy! And any questions just plurk me or PM me or whatever! ^^)).

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Chandra definitely felt that burst of lightning, a bone deep awareness of the magic that surged below decks. Yes, she's new, this is literally her first day. Hell, she's only just got on the ship. But after her explosive encounter with the sea-witch, she's not willing to take anything at face value. Random electrical discharges below the deck of a ship are definitely not normal, so that means something is probably wrong. Unfortunately fire below decks seems like an absolute disaster waiting to happen, so when the Planeswalker moves below deck it's cutting her off from her primary offensive weapon. Which meant going below armed only with Lightning and Earth and luring whoever it was out onto the deck so they could have a right and proper duel.

A gesture and a word of summoning called up a pair scouts in the form of imps and Chandra sent them scurrying below decks to locate the offender while she mentally braced herself. What the fuck is wrong with this plane? she asked herself, followed by Why the fuck am I even bothering? and capped with Why the fuck am I not just burning this place down? It doesn't help that things keep going crazy, but whatever!

So, down below decks she went, fingers crackling with electricity. She's ready, and sending the imps ahead of her, scuttling forward as scouts. So it's them that Selphie is likely to see first, a pair of two foot tall gremlins scampering along.

If Selphie had been in her right mind, the chances are she would have attacked the imps anyway. They were horrible creatures, and probably up to no good. But she might have held off from killing them, at least immediately. Now, though, her only intent is death, and she sends a thundara spell to deal with both of the imps at once. But she was gaining pace on them, and would use her nunchaku if necessary to finish them off.

The little creatures squeaked in fright when the lightning blast ripped towards them. One, the smaller of the two, managed to roll out of the way and go scampering off. The other, however, was not so lucky and was destroyed with a screech and a puff of steam. There wasn't a body, just a whiff of ozone and the stench of burned hair.

Chandra felt the mana-connection severed, and stalked forward, tracking the other imp as it ran towards her. Would Selphie follow?

Selphie stomped her foot as the imp got away, like a child throwing a tantrum after not getting their own way. There was no option other than to hunt the thing down and give it an even quicker, more painful death. When she was confronted with another woman coming towards her, Selphie paused and snapped her nunchaku to the ready.

"You're not supposed to be here..." The woman was a stranger after all, promptly Selphie to tilt her head and give a lopsided grin.

Ah, there's the source. When Selphie comes into view the imp points furiously at her before going to cower behind Chandra's leg. Clearly, it's upset. And just as clearly, Selphie is fucking crazy.

"Thatch, Yuuki, and Namur seemed to think otherwise. I'm the new girl. Chandra."

She's not taking chances, her hands are set in a defensive posture and ready to deflect hostile magic.

"Who might you be, cutie?"

"Good for you, new girl." Selphie just laughs, soft at first, and reasonably normal, until it escalates into something louder, more horrible. The voices in her head are continuing to urge her on - who was this woman, thinking she could take a place among her friend? No matter, they all needed to die.

"That's a secret!" And there is a crackle in the air as she sets a thundara spell towards her.

Oh boy. That laugh. This bitch has definitely lost her goddamn mind. AAAAAND lightning. It's not as much fun as fire, but Chandra can play that game. Her fingers wiggle and a bolt of blue-white electricity lances out into the space between them, drawing Selphie's to it. The two spells meet in a deafening crack and ground one another out.

"If you want me dead, you'll have to do better than that, cutie."

Chandra chuckles, and twists her left hand, beginning to call up shards of stone, the makings of a small golem. Better to try and disable this kid quick.

Yup, she certainly has. Selphie stood her ground, eyes widening with slight surprise at this unknown woman's magical ability. She had quite counted on that, it would seem. Far as she was aware, she was one of the most advanced magic users on board.

Her eyes narrowed at the word 'cutie'. While Selphie might not have ordinarily minded, in this frame of mind it was far from ideal. Lightning and fire clearly weren't the ways to go, so she mustered up a quick blizzara spell instead, fighting fire with ice. "Killing you isn't supposed to be cute, silly!"

"Isn't it though? These attempts at it sure as hell are!"

Chandra's right hand twitches again, throwing out an intensified gust of superheated air right at the ice. It doesn't ground it out entirely this time, but it shatters the hard chunks into crystalline shards that pepper Chandra's exposed skin rather than freezing her. Blood trickles from a myriad of tiny cuts on her hands and face, and the resulting clash of energy kicks up a cloud of mist as the ice turns to steam.

Moving slightly, she picks her way into the fog, using it as cover to continue conjuring that golem.

The sight of blood, the knowledge that she's injured this woman, that visibly excites Selphie, who started hopping from one foot to the other in anticipation. Laughing, like she was enjoying a good game, Selphie began to hop her way backwards, aware that the other woman was getting ready for some kind of attack. As hungry as she was to kill, she knew that getting killed herself wasn't a good idea.

An attack of sorts was what Chandra was setting up. The steam burned away a moment later as the young Planeswalker completed her spell, exposing the fiery redhead. Condensation poured down her face, and her hair was back to normal, though there was definitely a heat-shimmer around it even if it wasn't on fire. Clearly she was low on energy.

But beside her stood a golem that towered over both women. It's fists, orange crystals, glowed with a sullen light. The construct took a lumbering step towards Selphie and swung one hand at her like a sledge. Chandra's not trying to kill her, just...knock her out.

That thing, whatever it was, that had appeared from nowhere, it unnerved Selphie, who twitched beneath it, amazed at its size, and obviously aware that it could do quite some damage. This couldn't be a guardian force, something summoned, because that wasn't fair, she couldn't summon her own.

There was little more time to think on it though as that hand swung for her. She tried to leap to the side, but was caught by the leg and sent sliding along the wooden floor, landing crumpled by a wall, reaching out for her nunchaku, "You should learn to play fair, lady!"

Chandra stood back and let her construct work, leaning against the mast and panting while she called on her mana bonds again. This place sucked. A lot. But that didn't mean she was going to play nice.

"You're the one trying to kill me...cutie." Chandra shot back, eyes flashing. "I'm not going to let you, and neither is he."

The construct rumbled and lurched towards the girl, one stone foot stamping down on the nunchaku. It's fist raised, it waits for the mental command from it's controller.

"Give up, and let's talk.

The idea of giving up would be one Selphie ordinarily would be quite game with. This was not her idea of a good time. A little sparring for fun was one thing, or even if she was killing for work and getting paid, but not this.

Without the nunchaku, however, even possessed Selphie was taking stock of the situation. She let go of her weapon and slid across the deck, moving out of reach of the creature. "Talk?! About what? Do you have a favourite way to die?"

The golem whirled, surprisingly fast, and took another step towards Selphie, interposing itself between the two women.

"Talk about why the fuck you're trying to kill me, girl. Eternities beyond, you're off your rocker!"

So off her rocker that for some unknown reason, Selphie burst into laughter, giggling behind her free hand. She stopped for a moment as she looked up at the golem, but the chuckling started again when she reached to grab the end of her weapon, "Look! He wants to play tug o war!" Apparently, any talk of her trying to kill, or of being mad, seemed to set her off.

Chandra blinks in surprise, and decides that maybe, just maybe, this girl needs to be dealt with now. She doesn't want to, but at this point it's pretty plain she's beyond being talked down.

So, at a mental command, the golem swings a fist down at Selphie, hoping for a knockout blow she'll recover from later.

But Selphie was too concerned in getting her weapon back, and having the power over both Chandra and the golem, so she didn't notice the heavy fist moving straight for her. Possession was one thing, but the obsession with killing seemed to override the need to defend. With just one blow, Selphie fell back against the deck with a thud, completely knocked out, and therefore free of needing to kill. She would rise again soon, waking up and feeling an even keener need to kill. But not now.

As Selphie dropped, the golem moved quickly and scooped up the young woman. Chandra pointed to a hammock and had the construct deposit her there, along with her weapon. Smiling sadly, she applied a tiny bit of healing magic, the little that she knew, to the bruise and banished her construct.

"Sorry cutie," she murmured as she wandered below decks, "Not today."

[Things were going well on the Moon. The crew had snapped to attention and scrambled to do as Namur asked without fuss or complication.

Meaning something was very, very wrong.

It starts as an electrochemical taste, strong and foreign. Then comes the smell. Namur rocks his head toward the Sun, inhaling sharply.]

Shit, damn it!

[He finds a rope and swings over, landing on the Sun's deck with a thump.]

Oi! The hell's goin' on over here?

*Selphie turns in Namur's direction, spinning her nunchaku in her hands. She bursts into giggles and shakes her head slowly*

Oops! Looks like you made a big mistake!

*She blinks, and aims a thundara spell towards him - at home, aiming thunder at a fish would fry them hard, and that's what she's aiming for*

[The fish back home don't have haki that let them know something's coming. Namur somersaults to the side and stands slowly.]

What's yer problem, Sel? Talk it out, otherwise this ain't gonna end well for y'.

*At least that's fortunate for Namur. Selphie frowns at his escape from her spell, and doesn't make a pause before rushing to hit out at him with her nunchaku. There's no point in her wasting time talking about anything - she's clearly just out to cause damage*

[Namur grabs the end of the nunchaku that's heading for him and pulls, hoping to throw of her balance and send her flying in a wide arc- or rip the weapon out of her hand. Either way.]

*When he grabs the end, Selphie at first goes sliding across the deck. She was in danger of going flying, but she decides to let go instead, just in case. She can't kill anyone if she's thrown overboard after all. Meantime, she'll attempt another quick spell*

[Electricity arcs through Namur's body, paralyzing him but making his muscles jolt erratically. He hits the deck in a heap, gasping for air. But he isn't finished yet, and starts pushing himself up to his knees slowly.]

Eww. You're supposed to be dead dead dead!

*She's grinning though, pleased that she was able to land such a hit. This time though, she's hoping it'll take less energy to smack him with her weapon instead. Not that she's really thinking strategy*

[He rolls out of the way, gritting his teeth.]

Yer cruisin' Sel. Stop sayin' that kind a shit!

[Namur dives at her, intending to grab her leg in his teeth and push himself up with his arms.]

*Well, that's just gone and made her want to say these things all the more. She grins, putting on a sing song voice and tilting her head this way and that*

Dead dead deaaaad. Dead dead deaaad.

*But it's cut short when her leg is trapped by his teeth, and she gives a growl of annoyance, shaking and pulling at her leg*

Let go!~

*And she'll make for another swing at his head*

[Better not pull or shake too hard, those teeth will slice through metal. He doesn't bite with a lot of force, though he does twist, trying to knock her off balance before her strike can hit.]

*Though with all her twisting and pulling, it doesn't exactly help, and it's likely that his teeth will drag a cut along her lower leg as she tries to get free. Finally, though, he does succeed in toppling her over, hitting the deck hard*

[Part of him tells himself that he should have known it. Selphie hadn't been acting like normal, but he had fooled himself thinking that she was just sick. In a way it's true, she's sick, but it's not an illness that will just heal itself.

Even as Aya's Cosmo suddenly vanishes, Ikki doesn't react or move from where he is. Everything seems to be falling apart, and she's only just one of the several problems they already have. He should have known better, but he underestimated the enemy. The real enemy. Or maybe he overestimated the people he was with, he had done that in the past as well. But there's no point in dwelling on that.

He has things to do. And he will start with her. He had warned her enough times already, that she would eventually be burned if she was close to him. Though he would have never thought that it would be in such a way.

Ikki intercepts her before she sinks the whole ship, but not before she has some more fun by herself. He wears his Cloth and his Cosmo burns.]

Hello, Selphie.

[His tone is serious and deep, a grim greeting for her. The next second he's attacking her, he has always been a man of action and if she could be talked out of this nothing says he can't try it while he fights. And if she can't... He has never been known for hesitating to kill even those he loved dearly.]

*Selphie turns slowly to Ikki, and her expression changes for a moment. Something shifts in her eyes, like a recognition that she was doing something that she shouldn't. But it's gone almost as soon as it appears and her mouth moves into a twisted grin*

Hi, Ikki!

*She steels herself, attacking immediately, lashing out with her nunchaku while sending a blizzara spell straight for his chest. Ice against fire would cause the most damage she was sure*

You're not going to tell me why you're doing this, right?

[It takes more than just a spell, even one as strong as blizzara, to bother Ikki. The cold is similar to Hyoga's normal attacks, and because of that it's something he can take head on without fear. Next time she tries that attack it will be even more useless, her magic is different from direct Cosmo attacks, but not enough for him to not be able to protect himself from it like he does with his usual enemies. The ice that forms on the chest piece of his armor melts easily.

He saw that, that brief shift in her eyes. It was gone too soon, but it was there. She's still there, somewhere. And as ready as he is to kill if it's necessary, he still has to try at least once before giving up.

He moves quickly, faster than her eyes can follow, concentrating his Cosmo to send the attack. Unlike with Roxas this time he uses a lot of power, if there is a chance to drive whatever is in her away it will only happen if he goes all out. Last time it failed, but he had been fighting against a god, if this is similar, even with his dampened powers, maybe it would be enough.]

Hoo Genma Ken!!

[A huge and strong wave of Cosmo, sent right into her brain. Hopefully it will be enough... At least enough to bring her back long enough to say goodbye.]

To kill you, of course! You and everyone else! I'll kill everyone!

*Then she gives an evil laugh at the thought - it starts off as a quiet giggle almost like she's laughing at a secret, personal joke. With herself, or with the voice inside her head. If that blizzara didn't work, then she'd just have to try again. This time, she takes a few steps back to conjure up a blizzaga spell, wanting only to freeze him, shatter him if she can.

But as soon as the spell is sent towards him, Selphie freezes, hit by a force that she has no idea how to pull herself back from*

*It hurts, whatever force has hit her mind, her brain, it's agony. But it brings her back from the depths of something much worse, if only momentarily.

There's some distance between herself and Ikki, but Selphie runs quickly to close the gap, her eyes wide and wild with fear and confusion as she throws herself at him*

I-Ikki - what's happening? I can't help it - It's - You have to help me, please.

*Her voice is a hurried, desperate whisper, and she holds herself to him with a frightened grip, searching his eyes for some kind of help, or answer, wanting whatever was going on inside her head just to be over*

[He frowns even as she seems to return to herself.

Nothing.

No external Cosmo pulling back. No faint trace of a soul fleeing away from her. Whatever it's in her, it's still there.

It makes sense, really, he had only been feeling her Cosmo, not anyone's else. No strange mixture of energies in her. Just her. The same as always. Except that she's not the same, and he can't save her. He wonders if it would have made a difference had Athena being here, she had triumphed where he failed back when Shun was possessed, and though it hurt his pride, he would have done anything to have her doing a miracle again right now.]

[Ikki hugs her close when she throws herself at him, keeping her in place firmly even if he knows that won't stop that witch from taking her away from him. But that's okay. Because when the witch comes back to claim her again, he's just going to snatch her forever.]

It's okay. I won't let her force you to do anything else. It's not your fault.

But I can't make her go away completely.

[Not in a way that would really help Selphie.]

*Selphie makes a small choked noise, struggling back her tears. She lifts her face to him, swallowing hard, her eyes glazed over, and her hands clutched at him even tighter. Shaking slightly, she moves her hand up as if to touch his face*

I didn't mean to - I don't want to -

*But that scared, and loving look disappears and she pulls back her hand to slap it hard against his cheek. Her body twists and pulls as she tries to get away from him, needing distance before she can use her spells, almost growling in her anger and hate*

[He doesn't really feel the slap, or the struggles. He was ready for them, waiting for them so he meets them with all his strength, not allowing her to move even an inch from where she is.

Selphie's not there anymore, he knows it. But he still speaks as if she was. As if somehow his words can still reach her wherever she is.]

I know you don't want to.

[He presses her closer to him, strongly enough to hurt her but he doesn't care. It won't hurt her for long after all. He leans his head down towards her, whispering right in her ear.]

I love you.

[Then he burns his Cosmo, violently, suddenly, full of anger and hate, more than whatever fake anger and hate that witch may have instilled in Selphie. Ikki is anger and hate after all, he was forged in them, made to be them and even if he recovered enough to be normal again... He can still go back to that so easily that it's laughable.

His energy burns around them and the flames devour them whole. Both of them. Pure fire energy without control or restraint, just low enough to not actually make them both explode into dust, but it burns them both alive. He keeps her close to his body even as the fire consumes him as well, flesh tearing apart and burning as if mere paper. And the fire keeps burning in rampage but it still doesn't affect anything else but them, only leaving black traces on the ship's wood.]

*No matter how he speaks to her, his voice isn't getting through. Following her brief spell of normalcy, it's like the taunting voice in her head has come back with a vengeance. Or at least, it seems that way at first, the way her body keeps twisting and pulling.

Then she stops at that whisper, but it's not enough to bring her back. If anything, it makes her try even harder to pull away, her nails digging and clawing at his back, frantically doing what she can to be apart from him. She can't kill him if she's so painfully close.

The burning around her skin causes her to spasm and scream, though it doesn't seem to be her own, belong to someone, or something else instead. But soon she makes no sound, eyes and mouth open in horror, until they disappear completely in the flames*

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The End

Y Hallow Thar (this is a placeholder till Sunday =( )

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(oh yeah, prob junctioned with some thunder spells!)

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Sorry for being late!

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