PLAYER PLOT: fear is the mind-killer

[fullmoon]

CHARACTERS: You and all your least favorite things.
LOCATION: Shipwide.
WARNINGS: Violence, gore, monsters, psych trauma. (Please warn for any potential triggers—e.g. medical horror, eye stuff, recollection of past sexual trauma—in your subject lines.)
SUMMARY: Boggarts. See the plot post for a full timeline if you want to forward-date; otherwise, watch this space for updates.
NOTES: Whatever happens, however this ends, remember that it's Draco Malfoy's fault.

JAN 22

If you've been paying attention, you should already be on edge. Ward and Resnik have returned without many answers. There's the dead pirate again. The Tranquility is being pursued. People are talking about violent confrontation like it's inevitable, any cycle now. Any day. And now Morgoth is back, somewhere in the corridors.

If you keep an eye out, you won't find him. But you might find something else.

JAN 23

Never mind about Morgoth.

JAN 24

Despite very well-intended claims to the contrary (see above), the mounting evidence suggests that boggarts can be killed. Also, there's probably more than one. Sorry about that.

Comments

[shallbeavenged]

[Ai's eyes are wide as she hears her name being called. She manages to hold out a hand. Fear etched in her face as she remains on the floor.]

Stay back!

[The Lord of Hell is dangerous, that's all she can think of right now. She doesn't want anyone else hurt by this. The spider meanwhile is focused on her.]

You broke the rules Ai Enma. You know what that means.

[acapriciousthing]

[She's not afraid. She's older than any lord of any hell. More fundamental. Just try to hurt her.]

Ai, this isn't real. It's just trying to scare you.

[shallbeavenged]

How...

[Her voice is shaky and she's still on her knees. She doesn't want to believe this is real but it's always been her biggest fear. That he'd find his way here, that time didn't stop, that he would hurt them because she was gone.]

This is real hell girl. They are broken and in hell because of you. Because you betrayed them.

[acapriciousthing]

There's something loose on the ship. Something that wants us scared.

[She's had an interesting encounter with a fishbowl. Maybe that's why she's out trying to help like this]

You're safe. I'm with you.

[shallbeavenged]

[Ai takes a moment then nods...slowly getting to her feet.]

You have broken the rules once again Ai Enma.

[The voice still makes her flinch though.]

[acapriciousthing]

Just walk away. We're walking away.

[Listen to her, not him. She's real. She cares.]

[shallbeavenged]

I

[She winces as she looks at the Lord of Hell again. If he's not real. If it's something that's just trying to scare her....she turns to walk over to Didi.]

We should leave.

[Before she does something they'll all regret.]

[acapriciousthing]

[She holds out a hand]

We should.

[Staying can only end poorly]

[shallbeavenged]

You will never escape your fate.

[Ai however just takes Death's hand and goes with her. She's pretty sure if she doesn't get away now something bad would happen.]