The One Where The Spades Have All The Nightmares

[booyaka_boom]

Who: The Spades
When: During the Ghost Ship event
Where: The Sun and The Moon at sea
What: Nightmares! Spookeh stuff! Chaos!
Status: Closed for Spades
Style: Any.
Warnings: Spades, so language/sex?/violence/other (crazy scary things of nightmares)!

The Ghost Ships bring the crew's nightmares to life!
Please date threads and, importantly, signpost if the nightmares are visible to all, or for your character only!

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Any day

[om_nom_namur]

[Something weird has happened to the ships. Weird and awful and Lord of the Sea they are all going to die. Why are the ships so high up in the air? How the hell are they sailing through the air this high up? WHY THE HELL ARE THERE HUGE GAPING HOLES IN THE SHIPS??? Namur knows that logically, it makes no sense. But he sees them, clear as day. If people are below decks he sees them moving around- falling. Only to reappear a moment later on the other side of the hole. There's only a narrow walkway around the edge of the ship by the rails, and one going lengthwise across the middle of the ship. The rest? Gone. Open. And there aren't even Cloud Islands that are this high up. So Namur will be carefully inching his way around the perimeter of either ship, or possibly doing a balancing act along the mid-line. He probably looks ridiculous, considering that the ships are all fully intact, and sailing calmly over the waves as usual. It's all in his head, after all.]

[giovaneuccellodifuoco]

[Ikki doesn't see any holes on the ships. Neither sees them sailing up in the air. And he still doesn't see Shun anywhere. Not even a trace of him, which is what really matters right now.

He goes up to the deck, prey of panic and anger because this just can't be happening. He had Shun in his arms. He was holding him firmly and close. He wouldn't let go. He had swore to himself he would never let go even if they cut both his arms. And Shun had been safe, had felt safe and secure in his arms, that's why he slept so peacefully, why he smiled despite everything else. So Shun has to be around, somewhere. And he is going to find him.

The five years old kid doesn't pay attention to the fishman as he runs towards the deck. Right to where there's nothing but a gaping hole waiting for him to fall through.]

[fierybluebird]

[It doesn't take Marco long to figure out what's going on. A few observations here and there, and finally he just wraps a fiery blue wing around Namur's shoulders, and gently rubs under the fishman's chin with the top of his free hand.]

I've got you, yoi. I won't let go.

[Terrible though it is, Marco is kind of amused that of all things that's what Namur fears most. Marco would have expected chains, or Marineford style things, or even other dangers from the New World, but it made sense. Powerlessness, right? Ironic. Marco wasn't his happiest underwater for obvious reasons, but because he had Namur, he didn't fear it. Losing Nami on the sky island probably doubly shook Namur up.]

[feetarestrange]

[Nami realizes something is up, just from the talk she's been hearing all around the the ship. And yet, she doesn't see anything wrong herself.

So when she spots Namur, she can't help but stare for a bit.]

What are you doing?

OTA - Selphie is 4

[booyaka_boom]

1st Day:

*There's a little girl in yellow shorts and yellow tshirt, shuffling around the deck. She's gazing around the place with large, wide eyes, full of a combination between fear and awe. Everything is so big, and so unfamiliar. As she makes her way around the ship, down below, and up on deck, she eventually begins to grow very worried indeed. At various points around the ship she is tugging on a braid and wailing*

Mommyyyy?? Daaaddy??!

*The nightmare if being abandoned by her parents for the first time and being left all alone is suddenly very real for Selphie*

Other Days:

*If Selphie is excitable and energetic as a 19 year old, she's as busy as can possibly be as a 4 year old. Find her balancing on chairs to get to the snacks in the galley, or running races with herself around the ship, and if there are any shiny weapons lying around you can bet that Selphie has found them and trying to figure them out, or else she'll be singing and telling stories to anyone who will stand close enough to hear her. Sometimes, though, she'll remember that she's all alone, and then there's tears and wailing, staying awake at night too*

2nd day

[fierybluebird]

Marco just casually sneaks up behind her, picks her up, and sets her on top of his shoulders. "Hello my little box of Sunshine! How are you today?"

Marco is way too damn cheerful for nightmares, and gloom running amok, but joke's on the rest of the world, Marco has gotten used to his recurring nightmares and worst fears realized because he lived it all, oops. In any case, the more pressure mounts for everyone else, the more Marco makes it his job to prove how unflappable he is, that way the others can live under his umbrella of forced normalcy.

[hiken]

[Ace, freshly awoken in the middle of the night, scratched his stomach as he sneaked off to make himself one of the rationed 'pre-meals' he prepared earlier. It was the safest way to keep him from making too much food.

He headbutted the kitchen door by accident, nearly falling back asleep.]

Ahhhuughhh?

Any day - Ikki looks like he's 5 and doesn't remember anyone

[giovaneuccellodifuoco]

[Shun isn't here.

Shun. Isn't. Here.

He has no idea where "here" is, but that doesn't matter. What matters is that Shun isn't here. But he has to be. He has to be. He had him in his arms just a moment ago, didn't he? He was holding him tightly and Shun as asleep. He was peacefully asleep, smiling softly in his baby dreams despite all the shit they were going through.]

SHUN!!!

[Ikki screams as he throws sheets around, pillows, chairs... He looks between the sheets, under the pillows, under the bed, he looks in every piece of furniture and even presses his ear against the floor. Because Shun has to be there. He has to be somewhere. He had him in his arms. He didn't let him go. He would never let him go. Even as Pandora was doing that weird thing and his body hurt like never before.

He couldn't have let go of his brother. She couldn't have gotten him and sent Ikki somewhere far away where he can never find Shun again.

No. Of course, not. That's not how it should be. He was never going to let go of Shun. He was going to always be with him. He wouldn't be taken away. Ikki wouldn't be sent to be sold as a slave or whatever adults wanted. NO.

He doesn't know who is on this place. What this place is or how he got here. But he got here with Shun. He had to, and so those people must know where Shun is. And nothing is going to stop the five years old Ikki from finding Shun. He's not scared. He's not. And it's definitively not a mix of pure panic and anger what sounds in his voice as he screams while searching every corner of the place.]

WHERE IS MY BROTHER!!!!????

[booyaka_boom]

MOOOOMMMYYYY!!! DAAAADDY!!

*Selphie is yelling at the top off her lungs too, but in between the yelling she can hear someone else*

Mommy?!

*They're shouting something back at her, her name - a word that begins with S anyway. And she runs straight to it, as fast as she can*

MOMMMYYY! I'm comiiing!!

[fierybluebird]

[Marco goes down on one knee and rests a hand on Ikki's head.] Hello little Ikki, what are the chances you remember me?

[He's betting on "Not good," but if Ikki punches or kicks him in the face the way Marco would expect Ace to, it'd be an answer either way.]

All Days

[ex_automobiles598]

[Asami will be spending most of her time on the The Moon, but someone might catch a glimpse of her on the Sun as well and...she won't be acting like usual herself at all. Any sort of happy demeanor she once had is going to be replaced with a complete array of fear and sorrow. She also looks really tired.

Seeing what seems like your friends and crewmates die in the most gruesome way possible and leaving one alone isn't very good for anyone's mental health. Though, of course, everything is just an illusion. But Asami doesn't know that and should anyone run into or approach her now, she'll only be able see them as dead]

[rebonding]

[It's the second day when Korra stumbles (yes, stumbles, as in she's on her feet) toward Asami on The Moon. She's short of breath, her limbs are weak, and she's damn close to losing consciousness completely. She's barefoot, and there's a thick platinum chain wrapped around her arm. Look familiar?]

Asami!

[Korra's eyes flicker between the white light of the Avatar State and their everyday blue.]

Asami, I need to find Tenzin! Zaheer, he's-!

[She collapses against the deck railing with a painful grunt.]

He'll be here!

[feetarestrange]

Hey, Asami.

[Heck of a past few days we've all been having, yeah?]

... What's wrong?

First couple of days

[kingkilvas]

[Naesala is in the worst mood of his life.

The fear and anxiety from that night come rushing back, only this time it's worse. It's so much worse.

The herons. The ravens. His friends, his people. They're dead. Everywhere he looks, he can see them, dead, corpses, gone, and it's his fault. It has to be his fault. Where the hell was he when they had fallen? The people of his country counted on him to protect them from the curse and he failed. The last remaining herons were slaughtered while he had his back turned on them. Again.

Rafiel, Reyson -- Leanne. They're gone, too. They're all dead, and for what? What in the name of Ashera did they do to deserve this? Why did he fail to save her again?

Naesala is seeing his fellow countrymen, as well as the herons he knew and loved, as dead. His people from the curse placed upon him, and the herons from his own negligence. He's on deck, mostly in a state of shock, not wanting to process this. Glancing around quickly, working through fear and sadness and rage. If anyone approaches him, there's a good chance he is not going to be kind.]

[hiken]

[Ace didn't approach Naesala the first day, figuring the kind of mood that guy was in came from one of the really bad nightmares. He sidled up a bit closer to him on the second day, just sort of patiently waiting for a good time to say something.]

First several days~

[originaldragoon]

[Some crew members may notice that every now and then there a pair of ghosts would appear that were very different from the ones coming from the ghost ships. They are both men in armor, who look determine and ready for a fight.

[Rose recognizes these men for she was the one who took their lives and she pales whenever they appear. The ghosts themselves will be calling her things like "Black Monster" or "Murder of the innocent" and claim they will not let her kill the Moon Child. They will try to attack her which she will dodge for the most part unless she notices another crew member around, which will make her falter some. Whatever these ghosts were saying, she did not want others to hear it.

[They will not try to attack anyone else. In fact the ghosts will act like they are trying to protect them from Rose.]

[om_nom_namur]

[Namur kicks one into the void he's still seeing after hearing the soldier call Rose a monster. That's whaleshit. So while Rose may still be seeing the ghost, Namur thinks he's watched the guy fall into an endless oblivion. He inches around the side of the ship to where Rose is, holding out a hand.]

Where the hell'd that dumbass come from? C'mon over by the rail, 's a li'l safer over here.

[giovaneuccellodifuoco]

[The idea that Shun is "frozen in time" and all those things Marco told him... Still sound pretty ridiculous to Ikki, to be honest. But he has looked everywhere he can think of and there's no sign of his brother, and they are in the middle of the sea so he can't go search anywhere else. Which means that, whether he likes it or not, Ikki has to acclimate to this ship and act as if he's fine with being here while he waits for his chance to escape. Which is okay, it's not very hard, it's like with the orphanages except maybe a bit better.

Except that orphanages don't have people in armor yelling at people and trying to attack them. The boy doesn't really listen to what those guys are saying, he doesn't care unless it's related to Shun. But he knows that the woman is a member of the ship, which the soldiers aren't, and that's more than enough to give Ikki a reason to act.

His choosen plan of action? Try to beat a guy with a pipe he has found somewhere. Because that's a solid plan that won't go wrong.]

Leave her alone!!! Raaaaaaaah!!!!

second day

[rebonding]

It started when Korra was sitting in her room. The sickening, heavy feeling in her limbs. The dizziness. Her fingertips and toes tingled into numbness. She hadn't even felt her legs in well over a month, how could they suddenly start to go numb now?

In her fear, it didn't dawn on Korra that this couldn't be real, that this was just an effect of the ghosts. The poison was gone. It was gone when Suyin pulled it from her body, just like it was gone ten minutes ago when she was idly patting Naga in her room.

Then why did she feel that trickling of energy through her body? The surge of heat behind her eyes, down her arms and legs... Korra knew what the Avatar State felt like, and she knew that she had to do something soon, or the poison was going to kill her.

She burst out of her room, a thick, platinum chain wrapped around her wrist and her hair hanging loose over her shoulders. She ran (ran?) through the ship, looking for somebody, anybody that could help her. Bright, white light flickered in and out of Korra's eyes as she searched frantically. Zaheer couldn't be far...

[hiken]

[Naturally, the door Korra swung open struck Ace in the temple and he immediately started cursing, waving his arms around blindly and grabbing at things to keep upright.]

Selphie--! I told you not to go around swingin' doors open like that!

Any day/night

[redfootzeff]

[Zeff seems to have escaped the nightmares. He'd already lived it once, after all: slow starvation. It's hard to have nightmares about something you're prepared for and you know you're prepared about it.]

[As the days pass, however, it's becoming increasingly obvious that he's ending up in the minority. So he's pulling even later nights and earlier mornings to prepare for someone looking for something to knock themselves after waking up from bad dreams.]

[giovaneuccellodifuoco]

[Good little boys should sleep soundly during the night. But Ikki's not a good little boy, the night time has been his ally for a good while, it's always easier to move around the city during that time. People don't wander through the night as much as they do during the day, and those who do are usually more preoccupied with themselves than with some kid walking around with a baby in his arms. It's always easier to break into a house and steal some food, or even cook something simple for him to eat.

And no matter what Marco and the others say, little Ikki is still far too scared to relax and forget his habits. So he remains awake and eventually tries to sneak into the galley. He doesn't know if he's allowed to, but he's not taking any chances. Of course, for all his sneakiness he's probably no match for an experienced pirate cook.]

[booyaka_boom]

*At sometime in the evening, just when it's starting to be late for little four year old girls, there appears to be a tiny person lingering by the entrance to the galley. She's doing her best to hide, watching the big old man as he is busy in the kitchen, peering round the corner as she wonders when she might be able to come in and get some food*

First Couple of Days

[crackpotcrocker]

Denzel awoke and found himself not in his cabin. To him the ship's walls have been replaced by cement walls and a small window with bars. As soon as Crocker sees that he's already in full panic and screams rather insanely; "I KNOW THEY EXIST! I KNOW!" As he begins to laugh like a manic, he also bumps around the room with his upper body in a straitjacket. However, to anyone else, it would like Crocker is confining himself.

But how did he get back here? Wasn't he just on the ship with the Spades?

It must be those fairies, right? Of course! Because this is Crocker's world so it must be because of them - FAIRIES!

Regardless, anyone passing by will hear thumps and if they are to open the door they'll see Crocker on the floor with his feet in the air and his arms tightly against his upper body and laughing like a loony bin.

Where is everyone? And more importantly, when is going to get out of here?

[giovaneuccellodifuoco]

[Little Ikki is still searching around the ship, everyone's insistence that Shun isn't there is annoying. But so far... He really hasn't found trace of him. And it's very scary because if Shun isn't there... Where is he? Is he really just "frozen in time" but safe? Or is he in Pandora's hands? He still doesn't get what Pandora wanted to do with Shun but he knows he didn't like it.

He hears the thumps coming from a closed room and for a moment he thinks that maybe it's Shun. Shun trying to escape, bumping around or something. So quickly the five years old kid goes to the door, standing on his toes to open the door and then...]

Huh... What?

[He can't help to stare at the adult man on the floor acting like that. What's with the people on this ship anyway?]

first week of event

[tactilelearner]

[After an encounter with the strange ships -- not long after the shard that was her birthday gift had lit up -- Rogue...

Well. It was plain things were happening to the others.

But what worried Rogue was the constant, very real, question: What is real?

Almost all of the people around her had to be real. They had to be who they said they were. But any one of them could be Mystique. One of them was Mystique. She'd heard that voice in the night, when she was half asleep. Talking to... someone else. Rogue hadn't heard who. Something about how she was settling in nicely, taking to everyone. How she was starting to relax.

Mystique was posing as one of them, gaining her trust that way. She didn't know who. And until she knew, she couldn't trust any of them. Not even Logan.

Still, the distress of the others is genuine. And she can't be seen to suspect anything. So, she keeps to her usual duties on the ship as well as trying to check up on the others when she can. She can't let it seem like anything is wrong.]

[giovaneuccellodifuoco]

[Ikki may be a five years old kid, but he's stubborn. Very stubborn. Stubborn enough to not give up his brother even after some strange magic was used that caused him so much pain he would have swore he was going to lose his arms. But then again, it was easy to be stubborn back then, with his baby brother in his arms, his reason to live being right there with him. But now Shun isn't here. Or so everyone seems to say.

He doesn't accept it though, not easily. Not until he's sure he has checked every corner of the ship. Several times. Because they could be lying. Adults are all liars and he can't trust them, he must not trust them if he wasn't the leave out of there unharmed. And the ships are two, and big enough for anyone to hide a baby somewhere and move the baby around so Ikki couldn't find him. But sooner or later they will slip, the chance exists that they will think he is done checking somewhere and place Shun there, and then he will return there and find Shun. And then he will find a way out of the ships.

Maybe he should think about how to leave the ships more before he finds his brother, but Shun is his biggest priority. He regards the girl with wariness, when he sees her.]

... You too will say that my brother isn't here, right?

[He knows what she will say but he still has to ask. Maybe someone will actually be dumb enough to be honest.]