Nightmare Moshpit

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WHO: Everyone trapped in the Nightmares
WHERE: Nightmare Moshpit
WHEN: Starting Friday, 10am, continuing until the Dreamers are freed from the nightmares
WARNINGS: HIDEOUSNESS, everyone's personal nightmares, will probably have blood, gore, trauma, insanity, etc. Go nuts, people!
SUMMARY: Ysera has plunged half the City into an interconnected nightmare labyrinth. Everyone caught up in the nightmares will experience their own personal nightmare - whatever horrible nightmare they may have (this is totally up to individual players, go nuts). Those with strong willpower and focus, who realize that they're dreaming, can break free from their own personal nightmare and wander the interconnected nightmares of other dreamers.

The dreams are connected subtly. You could open a door that should lead to a room, wanting out and focusing on getting out of the dream, and find yourself entering a location in someone else's nightmare. You could turn a corner in a spooky woods and find yourself in an open field or a cave or deserted building in someone else's nightmare.

Items can be taken from one dream zone into another. You will start out with whatever clothing/items/etc you subconsciously associate as a part of yourself - or with whatever items/clothing your nightmare calls for. If your nightmare is being tortured, you're in chains. If it's being naked in public, you're naked; etc.

If you realize you're dreaming and have strong focus, willpower, and imagination, you can attempt to manipulate your dreamself and your surroundings - changing them to suit yourself. This will not be easy nor perfectly accomplished right off the bat, try to be realistic about it. It'll take practice and perfect focus at first to manage it, plus a good imagination. Losing focus could cause your changes to revert. Someone with a stronger will - especially in their own dreamscape - can revert or alter changes you have already made, or parts of their own dream.

This all means that if your character can manage the focus, willpower, and imagination to keep it up, they can regain any powers Lachesis took away when they arrived in the City. They can also add extra powers such as flight, breathing underwater, walking on water, etc. Bear in mind, if they lose focus, these manipulations will revert. These changes exist only in the dreamscapes. They do not carry over back to the waking world.

You might run into an evil nightmare version of yourself in your own dream, or in someone else's, if they have nightmares of an evil you.

Death in the nightmare is NOT permanent. Dying or being mutilated in the nightmare will not permanently harm your body in the real world. The worst that could happen to your real self is mental trauma and seizures.
FORMAT: CHAOS

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WIDE OPEN

[satisfiedsigner]

He felt like he'd been running forever. Where was he supposed to go? They were all trapped here and always had been and Yuusei knew that as well as any of them. What was even the point in running? They should have stayed and fought instead of running like cowards.

His friends had never been cowards. He couldn't believe they were trying to take that way out now. he couldn't believe he'd followed them. but he couldn't let them get hurt either...

Then he was on the ground and the side of his leg was on fire. Fuck. It had to be raining tonight.

He carefully got to his feet and looked around. A dead end. If he hadn't slipped, he would have run right into a wall.

"We're supposed to run fron Satellite to where?" he muttered. If they could get to the B.A.D.s, maybe they'd have a chance. Security wouldn't go out there. They'd have to go on foot or not at all, and they wouldn't risk getting ambushed while on foot. The BADs would be safe for a while...if they could get there.

"Or perhaps the City."

Kiryu's blood turned to ice and he spun around so quickly he fell back onto his butt. NonononoNONO--

And that was as far as his thought process got before his body turned limp and fell over, his head exploding with pain as it hit the ground with a solid thunk. The pain spread quickly to the rest of his body, like fire creeping through his veins, burning him up from within, a million little fire ants crawling all over biting everywhere--He tried to open his mouth to scream but he couldn't move; his whole body was beyond his control, trapping him in here with the pain...

And over it all, that single, piercing note, that note he could hardly bare to hear even in a song for a month afterward.

The mark on his arm flared up, scorching everthing down to the bone, and Cavil yelped in surprise. Kiryu scrambled to his feet while Cavil was distracted and couldn't keep him trapped, coughing and wobbling on his feet as he frantically looked around for a way out. The fire he'd managed to call up around Cavil wouldn't stop him for long. He knew that all too well.

There! A door appeared in one of the walls, the edges flickering with purplish-blue flames. Kiryu staggered over and almost smashed through the door in his haste to open it and get inside.

The door clicked shut behind him and disappeared.

Re: WIDE OPEN

[satisfiedsigner]

And he found himself staring at bars. He was seconds away from falling back against the wall and sliding to the ground at the site of them. Why here? Why did he have to be here...?

Somehow he was able to stay on his feet and shuffle his way over to the bars. It wasn't Solitary, at least; it was that other cell, the one that had seen more than its share of his blood. The one where he'd did...the one where he would die. He could feel it already, the oppresive atmosphere that signaled the presence of his God. The God who would be disappointed if he just asked to be taken back right now...

Someone was in the cell across from him. Someone laying across the floor as if asleep. That was different; Security didn't like keep others in the same area he was in. They probably thought he would try to encourage an uprising. Not too far of the mark.

And whoever was in the other cell was familiar. He leaned against the bars, trying to get as close as he could. The dark hair...blue uniform...

"Saitou..." he breathed. Then, louder, "Saitou! Saitou, wake up!"

"You're out of luck."

Kiryu flinched and hissed as Cavil walked into the space between their cells. Cavil had that damn violin tuner in his hand, making that damn note, and a very satisfied expression on his face. Both turned his blood to ice again.

"You..." he hissed, clenching the cell bars in his fists. "What are you doing here?! Didn't think you liked dying so much."

Cavil just smiled and Kiryu fell to the ground in a wave of agony. This time, a scream managed to escape. He could still move, he was just in too much pain to support himself.

"I'm sure you'll be disappointed, but I won't be the one dying tonight. You on the other hand, are going to suffer before I put you out of your misery. Just like your friend there."

Kiryu sturggled to lift his head to look at Saitou again. Even with Cavil around, and he own screaming, Saitou hadn't moved.

But if Cavil had already gotten to him, maybe he was just unconscious. Please, please, just let him be unconscious. Not this...not again--

Another wave of molten fire and piercing needles everywhere. the scream ripped from his throat and his fists clentched the bars so tightly he was sure they would bruise. Still no movement.

"SAITOU!" Fuckfuckfuckwhydidithavetohurtsomuch-- "Saitou! WAKE UP! Help me, please!"

[shiromadoushi]

"KIRYUU-KUUUN!"

He could hear the screams, all he could hear were screams. Kiryu was screaming he needed to find him to save him where was he

There in the darkness, something-- jail cells? Was that--?

"KIRYU-KUN WHERE ARE YOU?!"

Answer, please answer, please be all right....

[satisfiedsigner]

There was a voice...not his or Cavil's or Saitou's...although it was really hard to tell with Cavil muking up his thoughts like this. what if it wasn't even really there--he knew he'd hallucinated last time.

"B-Bakura...?" he bit his lip to keep from screaming again; it already hurt to make any noise at all. "Don't! Stay away!"

[shiromadoushi]

Kiryu was being hurt. His friend was being hurt. Someone was hurting his friend

"I'm not going to leave you here!"

He had to get there. Had to help his brother. Couldn't let someone else be taken from him couldn't let someone else be hurt had to--

[satisfiedsigner]

Kiryu wasn't the one to answer that. He was too busy trying not to scream at the feeling of his leg getting slowly pulled off his body. No, the one to call back through the darkness was someone whom Bakura had probably hoped not to hear again.

"He's right, you know. You'd do better to simply abandon your friend and save yourself. That is what humans seem to best at."

[shiromadoushi]

That voice... he remembered that voice. hurt Kiryu hurt Saitou hurt Misao hurt how dare he how dare he how dare

"I'll never abandon my friends!"

He swung at the voice, not knowing where it was, where it was coming from, had to reach Kiryu, had to save Kiryu!

[satisfiedsigner]

"You're a bit too far away to be trying that, aren't you?" Cavil sneered, seeming more amused than wary at this point. "You know, I never pictured you as being a fighter. I always thought you were too weak."

"Bakura, don't..." Kiryu struggled to stand up--was he just going to sit here and watch Cavil torture another friend--but he could barely keep his head up. He was going to lose someone else and he couldn't do anything about it.

[shiromadoushi]

He was weak. He was always weak. He couldn't fight, he knew he couldn't fight, but he had to do something!

"Get away from Kiryuu-kun!" he shouted, still trying to get to where his brother was, but feeling like he was running underwater.

[satisfiedsigner]

"No, I don't think I will. You see, your friend here has cost me a good deal of time and resources. It only fair to return to favor."

And because this really isn't all that big a place, that hallway up ahead seems to be where the voice is coming from. That row isn't very long--there's only about eight cells--but Kiryu's cell is at the end of it.

Hiatus, what hiatus? I hope this is okay? ^^;

[teppoudama-crow.livejournal.com]

He was racing down the main street on Black Bird, racing, racing away… away from the screams, away from the that fog, from that terrible darkness that's swallows everyone and everything behind him and all he could think was 'Survive! Survive no matter what!', but no matter how fast he was, no matter what route he took… it was after him and he could feel it grab for his soul; dark, greedy tendrils whispering around his arms…

And then he was falling, falling and then he was on the ground and checking, he couldn't breath… couldn't move… and just before him he saw Black Bird toppled over, his proud D-Wheel lying there, helpless and unmoving like its owner...

Everything was growing dark and he couldn't breath, couldn't think and seeing Black Bird brought up memories from years ago, from Pearson and Bolger and a fire and a promise… a promises he had wanted to fulfill so badly no matter what, because he was the only one who could fight for them, for his kids and god knew what would happen to them if he gave up here.

And because of that he couldn't give up and even though his lungs were burning, even though he saw black spots dancing, he pushed towards Black Bird, dragged himself over the longest meter of his life, because he just knew that reaching Black Bird was the answer and he stretched his arm with his kids' faces right before his eyes, their laughter in his ears - he'd do anything to protect that, he would, no matter what - and then there was a card between his fingers, glowing beautifully; it was his one hope, he put everything on it when he slapped it down on Black Bird's monster zone, and hoped, hoped, hoped…

'Soar!'

Then the light exploded and he heard a roar fierce and loud vibrating through the air an the ground and his heart and his arm his burning and he could breath and never had air tasted better than now.

He took another and another and then he opened his eyes and smiles when he saw his dragon, Pearson's dragon, hovering above him. He sighed as he sat up, the mark on his arm still burning brightly red, Black Bird still toppled beside him, Black Feather Dragon still up in the air… something was wrong… this had happened before, he'd raced the fog before… except that he had been able to escape, had hidden in a refrigerator… he hadn't had Black Feather Dragon at that point…

"What the hell…" he whispered, finally stumbling on his feet, then bending down to pick up Black Bird too and pocketing the card, shaking his head. There were more important things; he had to check on the kids, had to make sure they were still there…

He raced away, down the empty streets (so damn, damn empty) to the docks, thinking, praying, please, please, please… and there he was right at his hideout getting off and pushing Black Bird forward as he shouted for the kids and then he relaxed as he heard Hikari shout his name from one of the houses and he pushed back the curtain…

… and was standing in the middle of the hallway of Satellite's Detention Center, Black Bird beside him and just how the hell had he landed here of all places when he had just been at the docks!?

And then it didn't matter because someone was shouting… it was Kiryu crying out some name in despair… and then he was running again… rounding the corner…

"Kiryu?!"

ICEY I LOVE YOU YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW

[satisfiedsigner]

The sudden arrival was enough to distract Cavil for a moment, giving Kiryu a moment to catch his breath and look up. Crow was here--why did Crow have to be here he was going to die--but he had too many markers didn't he? He couldn't have gotten all those at once...

His foot suddenly felt like it had exploded and he bit his lip to keep from screaming. Fuck Cavil, fuck him, fuck...

"Crow..." he managed to get out. "Get out of here..."

o////o ilu2

[teppoudama-crow.livejournal.com]

Crow froze at the picture that met him; Kiryu in a cell, exhausted and hurt (and damn, never mind what ever else has happened between them; Kiryu should never look this pathetic, it's just wrong on so many levels…) and that other, unmoving guy in the opposite cell and that old geezer in the hallway, staring down at him arrogantly, like Godwin, like Rudger, like that damn asshole that had arrested Kiryu… but he wasn't wearing an uniform… Then he heard Kiryu telling him to run (Like hell! Like he would ever abandon a friend in a situation like this!), he shook his head, then glared at the man right in front of him.

"Who are you, bastard?" he shouted, tensing up, ready to put up a fight no matter what (and honestly how much of a challenge could one old guy be?). "What the hell did you do to him?"

[satisfiedsigner]

Cavil let out a soft laugh, looking, if it was possible, even more arrogant than before. At least it took his attention off Kiryu, giving him another brief moment of rest.

"I'm simply returning a favor. You scratch my back, I'll torture you in return. Or is that not how the saying goes..."

"Crow, the thing in his hand..." Kiryu murmured, because screw it, he might be able to reach the bastard, but Crow could, "the thing making noise...shut your ears and get--"

And more pain as Cavil glanced at him to shut him up. "Ah, now, let's play nice, Kiryu."

[teppoudama-crow.livejournal.com]

He bristled with anger; just who did that guy think he was, who was he anyway? Then he heard Kiryu's hint; thing in his hand, sound - he wasn't sure what that meant, but it was a good hint and hopefully his helmet was good enough to block whatever that man was going to try…

"Yeah, let's play" he snarled, a card in between his fingers, taking aim and throwing with practiced ease and then he stormed forward; he was going to take that guy down.

[satisfiedsigner]

Thankfully, Cavil's brain affecting powers wouldn't work with that helmet in the way (not that Kiryu knew that or he would have been singing a much more reassured tune), and he certainly didn't anticipate a card knocking the tuner out of his hand. Kiryu reached out and grabbed it and turned the damn thing off, almost sagging in relief when the note disappeared.

And he could sit back and enjoy Crow kicking the crap out of his worst enemy. Cavil was no fighter, which was why he hid behind his damn powers and the law, so it wouldn't take much to take him down.

[teppoudama-crow.livejournal.com]

Crow pushed forward his elbow as he ran, using his monument to tackle Calvin down (becoming 'Crow the Bullet' in the most literal way), then pressed down with his weight and pulled back his head to ram the helmet against the old man's forehead, ready to deal more damage in case that wasn't enough to knock him out.

[satisfiedsigner]

The first assault wasn't quite enough but the second, aided by Kiryu's burning desire for it to work so he could get out of there, was more than enough. Cavil fell back unconscious and dissolved away into smoke.

Kiryu laughed a little, not really believing it was over. It couldn't be that simple, it had never been that simple. but it certainly seemed to over, and it was because of Crow.

"Crow..." He struggled to his feet, leaning heavily against the bars. "Would you let me out of here?"

much much much later, after he's been through Kaiba's dream

[hackeralastair]

One of Alastair's nightmares, early on, used to include his fear of being re-possessed by the Oricalchos. As he wandered from dreamscape to dreamscape searching for Kiryu, his own nightmare warped and evolved to make this fear come true. But the timing was just wrong - or just right, as Alastair saw it. He had power now. He had control of it. He could use it against anything that would come between him and Kiryu.

He stalked up the dark corridor, certain he was close. He heard the scream, and hastened his pace, his gray coat flaring out behind you. "Kyosuke!" he barked into the darkness. "I'm coming!"

\o/

[satisfiedsigner]

Kiryu froze when he heard that voice. He could even mostly ignore the pain crawling through his body. Alastair...he couldn't let Alastair find them, Cavil would definitely go after him. But there wasn't anything he could do to stop him and he'd lose another friend to this bastard...

"NO!" A solid wall slid into place at the end of the hall, shutting them off. "Alastair, you can't come down here!"

I had this evil idea...

[hackeralastair]

"Kyosuke!" Alastair's shout was slightly panicked, but mostly angry. Nothing was going to get in his way. "Where are you? I'm coming to protect you!"

He heard something else down there. Someone. If someone was hurting Kiryu, they were going to pay.

I think I might love this idea

[satisfiedsigner]

"NO!" Kiryu shouted again, the shout turning into another scream as Cavil prodded his brain again. "You can't! YOU'LL DIE!"

He wouldn't let Alastair get hurt because of him. Alastair had already been in danger enough because of him, and he wouldn't let it happen again. Not again.

And then Cavil had to speak, his voice echoing through the dreamscape, "Yes, run away. I'm sure your friend would be better off without you."

eeeeeeeexcellent~

[hackeralastair]

At the sound of Cavil's voice around them, truly like a nightmare made real, Alastair's heart quailed for a second. But then, the Oricalchos within him surged against his fear, reminding him that he was stronger than that. Cavil is in there and he's hurting Kyosuke! I'm not going to let him. He's not going to kill my FAMILY again!

Anger, seething hatred, those were stronger than fear as well. Alastair raged, and the green light began to swell around him. The telekinetic powers of the Oricalchos rippled outward from him, blasting a hole in the wall through which he could step. And he did, the green symbol blazing on his forehead.

[satisfiedsigner]

And for the first time, Cavil wasn't all sarcastic smiles and biting words; he even took a step back in his surprise. The annoying note in the air got steadily louder as Cavil turned it up for Alastair to be able to hear it too.

Kiryu was shocked too, of course, but it was more shock and awe in his case than shock and fear. He'd known that Alastair had had some sort of power before--maybe this was it. The mark on his arm certainly seemed to think it was, as it started glowing in response.

"Alastair, you..."

[hackeralastair]

"Kyosuke. Are you all right?" The relief was clear in his voice, but so was a confidence Alastair usually only displayed when flirting or trolling the comm. The note made him flinch, but the Seal on his forehead blazed brighter as if to resist it. "Urgh...stop that!" he demanded of Cavil. "I'm not going to let you hurt him any more! Let's see if you can still work that thing without your soul!"

He didn't have his duel disk on him, but he had his cards in a back pocket. He flicked one out and held it out, a spell card written in a different language. The room shimmered with green light, and the mystical Seal appeared beneath their feet. Kiryu's mark would save him from this, but Cavil? He stood no chance against magic when he had no dueling skill to save him.