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cityship ([personal profile] cityship) wrote in [community profile] trans_92010-02-18 05:11 pm

From Beyond

The crew will see them slinking off, disappearing around hallways--shifting shadow shapes and the backs of heads ducking around corners. They're always people they think they know. Dead loved ones, perhaps, or loved ones they're not sure are dead or alive. They lead crew members into dangerous places, sudden drops, parts of Stacy where things can go wrong.

And they do go wrong. Floors drop out. Ducts become damaged somehow, invisibly, and suddenly spew hot steam. Around the children, items slam into walls--poltergeist activity.

Whether these are really those lost souls, or just illusions, is hard to tell. Either way, those that are part-ghost or have supernatural powers will have a helluva workout. The upside is the presence of the ghosts might disrupt the Waking Dreams to allow people to escape them more easily.

Which is good because the dreams will start to cause injuries now. Real ones.

And refusing to go to sleep doesn't save you when the dreams can happen while you're awake.

[ooc: Waking dreams will continue--and start causing injuries. Furthermore, ghostly apparitions will start to cause poltergeist activity and lead the crew into danger. Start to raise the alarm, meatship. It's starting.]

[identity profile] sonotasuperhero.livejournal.com 2010-02-20 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
Getting the heck out of Dodge? Ava can do that. "Come on!" she says, practically dragging Cale behind her as she breaks into a sprint. After a few feet, she suddenly jumps-- and a strong wind lifts both her and Cale into the air, carrying them over the head of the ghost. The Drej are still going to be a problem, although at least a moving target is harder to hit than a stationary one.

[identity profile] mapquest-titan.livejournal.com 2010-02-20 03:07 am (UTC)(link)
One minute he's running, the next he's...flying through the air? Ok...this is different.

Cale glances over his shoulder, expecting to see the Drej chasing after them. But there's nothing there. Not the Drej. Not his father. Just the corridor and, it appears, the empty engine room.

"I think we lost 'em," he said aloud, turning his attention forward again just as three Drej soldiers were coming around the corner. Ooops. Spoke too soon. "...or not!"

[identity profile] sonotasuperhero.livejournal.com 2010-02-20 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
"Way to f%&king jinx it!" Ava snaps in a panic as she sees the soldiers round the corner. They're too close to brake, and she can't exactly go around them with Cale in tow... might as well go through them. She speeds up a little as she aims for a point slightly above the middle soldier's head and shoves two walls of air at the group, hopefully knocking them out of her path.

If not... well, she does have a Plan B: fly faster.

[identity profile] mapquest-titan.livejournal.com 2010-02-20 10:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Not only did she knock them out of their way, Ava knocked the dang things right out of existence. Just as quickly as they had appeared, the Drej were gone again. This time, they weren't coming back.

Cale, staring wide-eyed at the spot where the Drej had been, eventually glanced over at the girl that had saved his life. "Ok, how did you do that?"