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cityship ([personal profile] cityship) wrote in [community profile] trans_92010-02-06 12:58 am

Beyond the Walls of Sleep

Slowly but surely, the nightmares have been chipping away at the mental defenses of the crew.

Even those who attempt to stay awake to avoid the nightmares find themselves too on-edge to completely concentrate their defenses.

And the Nightmare King has not been idle during all this, no. He has been slowly feeding off the crew, gathering his strength so that he may yet break free from his prison.

And he now uses that new found power, reaching out to affect the minds of the crew even in the waking world. Even those avoiding sleep will find themselves drifting in and out of their nightmares, bringing everyone a taste of despair.

After all, no one can escape the grasp of the King of Nightmares.

No one.

[ooc: OH NOEZ. As you can guess, the Nightmare King is getting stronger. As such, the crew will start experiencing waking dreams. These are much more subtle than the normal nightmares, however, and are more so depressing and surreal than actually brain-breaking. Mostly they would be miserable versions of the character's normal life, or perhaps even their life on the ship.]

[identity profile] magictrkswwater.livejournal.com 2010-02-06 09:25 pm (UTC)(link)
"Alright. Matt? One. You're not pathetic. And two? Unless I missed something, whatever you did beforehand? It got her attention and not only has she looked at you, she's in love with you. Stop acting pathetic alright!"

...yeah, something was up here.

[identity profile] lackofdarkwings.livejournal.com 2010-02-06 09:29 pm (UTC)(link)
"Stop acting...?"

Things started to fall into place one by one, slowly at a time. "Not... pathetic... it's... a nightmare..."

There was a surge of rage in Matt and the normally docile young man did the one thing he could think of: Drop to his knees, raise his fists to the sky and scream "KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!"

[identity profile] magictrkswwater.livejournal.com 2010-02-06 09:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Irma, for her part? Just facepalmed at Matt's act. He could have all the power in the world, but he's still a dork.

"Alright, Captain Hammy the second. Off your knees." Irma said.

[identity profile] lackofdarkwings.livejournal.com 2010-02-06 09:36 pm (UTC)(link)
"Eh, sorry. I just had to get that out somewhere," replied Matt, standing back up.

"So... got any brilliant ideas on how to get out of this nightmare?"

[identity profile] magictrkswwater.livejournal.com 2010-02-06 09:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Irma couldn't help but grin.

"Oh, I dunno. Wake up, maybe. If that doesn't work, go find Will and ask her out."

[identity profile] lackofdarkwings.livejournal.com 2010-02-06 09:41 pm (UTC)(link)
"That's if I can get her to focus on me in this dream," replied Matt. "I've been trying to get her attention but no dice."

[identity profile] magictrkswwater.livejournal.com 2010-02-06 09:58 pm (UTC)(link)
"Try harder!" Irma said, a bit annoyed. "Seriously! I mean.... h-how did you two meet the first time? Try that!"

"...could also try a dormouse as well..."

[identity profile] lackofdarkwings.livejournal.com 2010-02-06 10:22 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well in our world, Will was fishing Dormouse out of the tree when I stepped up and she hit my foot with a stick," reminisced Matt, rubbing his chin in thought.