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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] playsin-traffic.livejournal.com 2010-02-08 05:27 am (UTC)(link)
"Welcome to the meatship, then. Just remember..." He eyed her critically for a moment. He really shouldn't let her get to him, but she was challenging him and his inner wolf really wanted to have a go. For a moment, he indulges the beast. Suddenly, instead of a teenage boy, there is a ten-foot tall furry death machine standing in front of her. Half man. Half wolf. Half pig.

"Don't judge a book by it's cover," he growls.

[identity profile] fiercerhyena.livejournal.com 2010-02-08 06:03 am (UTC)(link)
Several instincts grabbed Grim Eyes' body at once, pulling her in different direction. One said large predator, one said wolf, one said male, all of them conflicting.

The large predator instinct - that triggered the flight response. Grim Eyes should have been running immediately, if she was any kind of hunter worth her salt. Fighting huge beasts that shouldn't rightly exist was a warrior's job, not a hunter's.

Her nose said wolf, though, and wolves weren't generally dangerous unless you got separated and caught on your own by a whole pack. They were hunters in their own right, and they were to be respected.

But the third instinct was the unmistakable scent of testosterone. That was the instinct that screamed at her to grab this impertinent male by the scruff and toss him into a wall until he got the picture.

But ten-foot-tall wolf won out over male, and Grim Eyes' mane slicked back so flat it might as well not have been there, her ears flattening as she did something she never thought she would ever do when confronted with a challenge - not a challenge with a male anyway - she lowered her spear and backed up a step.

[identity profile] playsin-traffic.livejournal.com 2010-02-08 06:09 am (UTC)(link)
Plays eyes her for a moment, a growl threatening to erupt from his throat. The rage told him to toss her against the wall, to pin her with his teeth at her throat until she whimpers in submission and never, ever dares challenge him again. He flexes his fingers, claws twitching as he fights to keep himself under control. His hackles rise and then he slowly lowers them, body shrinking as he returns to being a pink human teenager. Not much taller then average, really.

He bows slowly in respect, "Plays-in-Traffic, Cliath Philodox of the Bone Gnawer Tribe."

[identity profile] fiercerhyena.livejournal.com 2010-02-08 06:40 am (UTC)(link)
Grim Eyes felt like an idiot. She should have trusted her nose when it first told her he wasn't human, and assessed him accordingly. Not that she couldn't have taken him... if his other form had been just the slightest bit smaller, and if it hadn't been sprung on her so abruptly.

Still, she had to acknowledge that as far as strength and intimidation went, he had won this round. It stuck in her liver to admit that, but there it was. "...Grim Eyes, Hunt Leader of Boneclaw Mother's tribe." Her ears were still flattened out of respect, but she gave a small abortive bow just in case he didn't read hyena body language too well.