nope... this won't end badly at all.

[rikuheyriku]

Who: Sora and Riku, at first; then, all other Spade Pirates.
Where: Spade Pirates' ship
When: 22nd-end of event
What: Ghost ships go "we're gonna geeeet yooou", Riku and Sora go "WTF", Sora says "Screw this, I need a vacation." then gets hit by Insta-Death.
Style: Starting in prose, but also accomodating.
Warnings: Death is a thing here.
Status: Open to all Spades, yep.

The day started out normally. They were all back on the ship, everyone was back into their routines, and all was well. As it got later in the day, Sora heard someone shouting. By the time he looked up, the ship was already being covered in what looked very much like fog--only problem was, it was way thicker than any fog he'd ever seen. It took... 'blanket of fog' to a whole new level in meaning.

It was definitely weird, to say the least.

Everyone had pretty much gotten quiet, after that. What little sound Sora could hear sounded strange. It was almost as though he had a ton of cotton jammed into his ears. Still, though, he was moving--blind, or not--through the white barrier, of sorts. Slowly navigating, he made a valiant effort to find his friends.

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[darknessinside]

The fog was...strange. Riku almost expected to meet resistance as he tried to make his way through it, that's how thick it was. And the fact that nighttime had fallen wasn't helping anything.

He thought he'd seen Sora come this way, though -- or at least, he could hear some of the others stumbling around and he hoped one of them was Sora.

Also, he was pretty sure the railing of the ship was somewhere nearby, so he was kind of hoping he didn't misjudge where he was stepping and somehow go tumbling off the ship.

That would suck.

After a few more minutes of blindly trying to find his friend, he finally tentatively called out, "Hey, anyone there? Sora?"

[rikuheyriku]

Hey, good timing. The familiar, nearby voice sent a feeling of relief and Sora turned toward it, eye squinting (as if that could ...help somehow?). Cautiously making his way in the direction from which he heard it, he called back out, "Yeah, over here, Riku!"

Putting on a frustrated face, he held both arms out--better to jab someone with a hand, than walk face-first into them, right?

Right. Fortunately, it didn't take long for blue eyes to land on what appeared to be a familiar silhouette, of sorts. Making his way closer, he called out.

"Riku?"

[darknessinside]

Riku turned the second time his name was called and nearly walked straight into Sora's outstretched arms.

"Whoa, hey."

He grabbed one of Sora's wrists and held on loosely, like he wanted to make sure he didn't lose him again. Even when he was right there, it was still a little hard to see him clearly.

"Geez." He laughed a little. "That is you, right? This is kind of crazy."

[rikuheyriku]

If not for the voice, he probably would have been incredibly startled at his wrist being grabbed. Fortunately, it was Riku's voice; and, well, he couldn't have asked for that to work out more perfectly!

Sora knew who it was, but he still reached up and patted the older teen's face--pretty much in nothing more than a joking manner. Yep. That would be Riku's face. He grinned a bit, letting out his own laugh, before lowering his hand.

"Yeah, it's me," he said as he grinned a bit. "Well, at least we found each other, right?"

[darknessinside]

He gave an amused snort at that hand on his face, ducking out of the way a bit just as Sora pulled it back.

"Of course we did."

Riku squinted at the fogginess around them.

"Hopefully Kairi and the others are okay. Have you seen anyone else?"

[rikuheyriku]

He moved his hand to the back of his neck, letting his expression drop at the question. Unfortunately...

"No, actually. I heard people. But, most of them sounded like they were all on the other side of the ship..."

He sighed and let his hand falls, "What about you?"

[darknessinside]

Riku shook his head, belatedly letting go of Sora's wrist.

"Nothing. I thought I heard someone walking around? But...that might've just been you."

He crossed his arms, looking out to sea (or where he was pretty sure the sea was), but there wasn't anything but fog. Riku huffed out a breath.

"Actually, it's...really quiet. Have you noticed? Even the water..."

REST OF THE CREW!

[darknessinside]

[If you hadn't already been alerted to the ghost ship's presence when Sora yelled, well, you'll definitely hear some screaming now. Riku's up on deck going a little crazy with his various "final move" attacks and trying REALLY HARD not to let the darkness swallow him whole as he attempts to kick the shit out of a bunch of ghosts.

...There may be a little ship damage in the process. HE IS NOT IN HIS RIGHT MIND OKAY.]

[reluctantjinrou]

There was a lot of commotion on deck, and Natsuno came running. He hadn't heard Sora shout, but he could certainly hear the attacks that Riku was performing on the ghost boat. The first thing he noticed was the dense fog, making it difficult to see, but that didn't matter so much, he could hear Riku.

Natsuno had no idea what happened exactly, but it wasn't good. A knot formed in his stomach, and he ran in the direction of the sound. There were, what looked like meteors falling from the sky and when the fog broke and he could see Riku, he almost paused. He looked furious.

Whatever was going on, Riku was going to damage the ship and that would be a problem. He crossed the distance between him and made an effort to grab his arm. His tone was insistent, even loud, unlike his usual manner of speaking. "Riku!"

[darknessinside]

Riku twisted away, barely registering that the other boy was even there. He swung at another nearby ghost, watching in frustration and anger as the Keyblade did little more than harmlessly go right through it.

When Natsuno made another grab for him, getting a hand on his arm, Riku came very close to slamming the end of the Keyblade into his gut.

"Get off," he snarled, but then it clicked that someone was holding him, there was someone else out here, and the ghosts were still lingering around—

He turned halfway, still tense and not quite meeting Natsuno's eyes.

"Get out of here!" he said, his voice hoarse. "Dammit, go back inside, don't let these things touch you!"

[reluctantjinrou]

"Stop this!" Natsuno shouted at him in return. If he could get a good grip on Riku's arm, he would hold on.

He hadn't noticed Sora's body through the fog, but he could tell Riku was hurting. He looked at the ghosts. He wasn't exactly afraid of them, they were just stupid ghosts.

He spun around and stood in front of him with his arms out. "Stop." He ordered again.

[darknessinside]

Riku jerked to a stop in front of Natsuno, his Keyblade held high.

"We can't just run away from them!" he shouted. "They have to be dealt with, we have to find a way to destroy them before they kill the rest of us!"

[reluctantjinrou]

"Your attacks aren't very effective!" Natsuno pointed out. "You're only being effective at damaging our ship. It's..."

He was cut off in surprise as a ghostly hand pierced through his chest and the ghost retreated. He raised a hand to his chest. Natsuno felt so strange. Soft fur appeared on his hand, growing out of seemingly nowhere.

[lonelygod]

The yelling has certainly attracted the Doctor, who comes barreling up onto the deck with his screwdriver in hand. It's not hard to spot Riku, and even harder not to feel him. All the energy coming off the boy and the intense emotion surrounding the incident hit the Time Lord's senses like a hammer and he momentarily staggers. Making his way across the deck, he sways, avoiding ghosts with practiced ease.

Of course, he hasn't noticed the body, just Riku going London Blitz on the ghost ship. Which...is probably the least surprising thing out tonight.

"Riku, stop it," is his immediate response, voice edged with concern and maybe a hint of command he knows will be ignored. The tip of the sonic screwdriver begins to glow, a buzzing sound filling the air as he moves it in precise jerks, deflecting incoming meteors and other magical backlash from the boy's berserk rampage. If nothing else, he'll keep the ship from sinking!

"Snap out of it! You'll sink us if you don't stop!"

[darknessinside]

Riku's having a hard time really hearing anything at the moment, as he blindly sends attack after attack at the ghost ship, the anger and helpless rage only building when they continue to do nothing. The Doctor's voice sounds like it's coming from underwater, and it isn't until he swings around at one point to throw the his Keyblade at another ghost the he falters to a stop.

Because the fact that there's suddenly someone else there, someone solid and human and alive, manages to penetrate the furious haze that's taken hold of his brain. And it'd probably be best if he didn't go hitting his crew mates.

The abrupt change of plans in the middle of his attack has him stumbling and falling to one knee, but he looks up quickly and shouts across to the Doctor, "Don't let them touch you!"

Then he's up and swinging around again, trying to slice at a ghost that gets a little too close for comfort.

[lonelygod]

The Doctor's face darkens as he approaches, screwdriver extended like a deadly weapon, and he focuses a buzzing strike at the ghost that sends it shrieking away. His eyes blaze with anger as he sees Sora's body nearby, and Riku's anger suddenly makes a lot more sense. As much as he hates violence, the sight of a dead boy...that makes his blood boil. And the gears in his head turn. Ghosts. He could probably rig something up to get rid of them, but not here.

"Riku, we need to get inside. Now! There's too many to fight like this."

[darknessinside]

"I can't fight them at all, that's the problem!"

He sends a blast of fire through another ghost, which of course does nothing except nearly catch the rigging before it dissipates out over the water.

"They just—Sora was—"

Riku clenches his teeth and squeezes his eyes shut, trying to keep himself under control. It only partly works before he brokenly screams again, and abruptly plunges his Keyblade into the deck of the ship.

The wood doesn't break, or even splinter from the impact, though. It just flashes for a second, dark energy pooling together around the Keyblade before columns of it suddenly shoot up into all the ghosts surrounding them.

[lonelygod]

"And I can. I just need a moment to get some things and a bit of cover. Come on!"

The Doctor lets out an angry bellow and grabs Riku's hand, pulling him back, the dark energy not even phasing him. Not the weirdest thing he'd seen tonight, after all. The screwdriver lashes out with more sound, driving away another ghost that was rushing them.

"It won't do you any good to die here. Nobody else is going to die if I can help it, now get moving!"

[thatched]

What the hell was going on? Thatch came from the galley. There was a kid dead on the deck. Sora. Riku trying to flail away at ghosts and failing miserably. Meteors streaking through the sky, some threatening to hit the deck. His power. He was getting into a rage and it was going to be hard enough to keep Ace off it. To top everything off, a hoard of ghosts was coming for Riku, hands outstretched.

"Shit."

He charged across the deck, sliding as he kicked Riku's legs out from under him, then grabbing him by the waist and twisting, bringing the boy across him to let him crash against the deck on his other side, hopefully jarring him out of his rage and preventing these bastards from touching him.

"Everyone get below before you all get killed!" he bellowed.

[darknessinside]

...Well, he didn't definitely didn't see that coming!

Riku's eyes widened, his arms flailing out inelegantly as his feet were swept right out from under him. The world twisted as he was flipped around, and then suddenly he was hitting the ground hard, the breath completely knocked out of him.

Unfortunately, despite Thatch's efforts, as he was being slammed down his hand passed straight through one of the oncoming ghosts. Not that Riku even noticed at first—he couldn't breath anyway from hitting the ground like that, so his body seizing up on him, the sudden burst of pain that flashed through him, none of it really overly concerned him. He struggled against Thatch, pushing at him, trying to get him off, when suddenly.

Suddenly he kind of didn't want him to get off anymore.

In fact, it was fine if he stayed right where he was, distracted, head turned away to yell at the others. It left the side of his neck wide open, perfect for—

What the hell.

Riku abruptly stopped moving. As in, completely. Totally. Even that not being able to breath thing, that wasn't an issue anymore.

Vampires don't didn't need to breathe.

[hiken]

[Anger. It was a natural first response. In his head, Sora's voice vanished and for a few seconds, Ace reached into his pocket for his film of vivre cards. In Sora's section, it was an empty plastic slip.

In reality, Ace had every inclination to try and destroy the ghost ship, but it was right in the middle of theirs. Ace, rushing up out of the galley, landed on the deck and ran to the edge, drawing his right hand back. Above all else, the end result of Sora being touched had been death.

No one else was going to die. His eyes livid, Ace ignited his hand and went with the quickest means of escape. Hurling his gigantic fiery fist into the water, Ace pushed the Sun up in the air, literally straight out of the sea itself. Pushing forward, Ace dragged his fiery hand against the surface of the water to clear visible strain on his face as he made moves to push them clear away from the ghost ship.]

SAILS! SOMEONE CAST THEM DOWN SO I CAN PUT AIR IN THEM!

HOLD RIKU DOWN AND I'LL GET US OUT OF HERE!

[darknessinside]

[Currently struggling under the massive weight of Thatch on top of him, but he's regained enough of his senses to hear that Ace is yelling—though not enough to interpret it logically. Instead he just snarls at the others being told to hold him down, throwing his head back to shoot Ace an upside-down glare.

And if anyone glances his way right about now, they might notice that some of his teeth are suddenly a bit...long.]

[thatched]

[massive weight, you little bastard, is what turning into a werewolf will do to you. He can feel the changes spread throughout his body, his hands twisting into claws and the sharp teeth filling his mouth as his new hair itches intolerably against his back.]

Got it! [he snarls it, not that he has another choice, and tucks Riku under one arm, keeping his arms pinned at his sides as he uses his other hand to shake one of the sails loose]

Get to work, idiots!

[darknessinside]

[...Riku is not used to being tucked under someone's arm and hauled around like a sack of flour.

He's also not really in his right mind and doesn't need his arms at the moment, as he pretty suddenly has other methods of attack at his disposal.

Like those fangs that are sinking into Thatch's bicep right about now.]

[fierybluebird]

Tch.

[Marco doesn't even bother half transforming or flying, since that would bring him closer to the ghosts, he just jumps, climbs and gets the sails going with a quick burst of blue flames to catch a meteor now and then. How reminiscent of Akainu. Well, this was one ship Marco could afford to protect.]

Let's go, Ace! [As if the hot-head wasn't already hurrying as best as he could.]