[OPEN] Holes: Reapers (PG-13)

[asgardmods]

Who: EVERYONE being haunted by/hunting the ghosts/Reapers
What: An Introduction to Holes
When: Day 312 (August 17/18)
Where: The Dark Carnival/all across the city
Rating: PG-13. Anything higher than that should be taken to the R-rated log and label any possible content warnings or triggers in your comment title, please!

[ On Day 312 (August17/18), the Reapers that were floating listlessly around the hospital have found new victims to manipulate. They can be found in the Dark Carnival instead, twisting the otherwise peaceful spirits that usually meander around the theme park into violent vengeful spirits.

These angry spirits, driven by the Reapers, will take to the city and will target Travellers whose circumstances remind them of their own. The spirit of a woman killed by her lover may go after a man who has been violent to women in his past; the spirit of a boy dead from drowning may go after someone who has nearly drowned before. Their only purpose is to achieve “vengeance” for their untimely deaths, and they will seek this vengeance out wherever they can throughout the city. Take care, Travellers, for the night is dark and full of terrors or your past may come back to haunt you. ]

[ OOC NOTES: This is the PG-13 mingle log for the Introduction to Holes Reaper plot. These spirits will not rest until they are either banished, brought to peace, or the Reapers are dealt with. A thread for plotting out how to seal the Reapers off is over here. Please be sure to include your character's location(s) and [OPEN/CLOSED] in the subject line, along with any possible trigger warnings. The R-rated log for threads with heavier content can be found here. Let us know if you have any questions or concerns! ]

Comments

[fishdouche]

[He's only blah because magic isn't fucking real, okay?]

Look. Magic, wwhich is the only explanation for fuckin' ghosts here. Is not real. At all. It's fakey-fake musclebeast shit invvented to fool gullible fishes like you.

[He frowns, crossing his arms over his chest.]

[neverymind]

Ghosts don't have to be magic though... Aren't there a lot of differences between the places we come from, too? Maybe these are just plausible things from somewhere else...

I think -- hey wait, I'm not a gullible fish! You take that back! [You were so close, Nevy. So close.]

[fishdouche]

[He grins.]

You are the most gullible little fish.

[He teases gently, almost friendly. Maybe it was the resemblance to Feferi that made him not immediately bristle at her presence.]

[neverymind]

[Stamping her foot indignantly, Nevy curls her fingers into tiny fists and hovers a couple angry inches off the ground, just enough to be at eye-level with him.] I'm. Not. Gullible! [In her frustration, a bubble expands from her mouth on gull and pops fantastically on ble. It's an extremely convincing show from a person you should absolutely take seriously.]

[fishdouche]

[He just grins before letting his mouth drop open in 'shock' and pointing over her shoulder with a quivering, outstretched hand.]

I wwas wwrong! The ghost! It's right b-behind you!

[neverymind]

[Never has such a shriek been heard in all the histories of all the leaves of Yggdrasil. Eardrums burst, children are traumatized, souffles collapse under the affliction of such a vocalization. Nevy shoots about a metre up in the air and hunches her legs and arms in as close to her body as possible, eyes frantically scanning the area around them, trying to get a good look at where Eridan is pointing.

It's a few moments of panic before she realizes there was nothing there.]

You--

You jerk! [And then she readjusts her hovering to just over him and plummets down toward him, tiny feet kicking out at his chest punishingly.]

[fishdouche]

[Excuse him while he laughs. A lot. Ugly, ugly laughter.]

Gulli--Hey!!

[He holds his hands over his head, trying to avoid the worst of her beating.]

There's no need to be fuckin' rude.

[neverymind]

You were rude first! Why would you scare me like that? You're so mean!

[Kick kick kick.]

[fishdouche]

[Ow, that hurts. He attempts to hold her by the shoulders to keep her kicks from landing.]

I nevver said I wwas nice! Wwho told you that lie?

[neverymind]

You're horrible! I never believed you were anything but horrible, but now you're extra horrible. I hate you! [She flails her little arms and kicks her legs straight out, scrabbling to continue assaulting him with her butterfly wing strength.]

[fishdouche]

That's me. Most fuckin' horrible troll a' all trolls. I am the stuff your day mares are made of.

[He reaches out, attempting to grab her arm to stop the onslaught.]

[neverymind]

I don't have day mares, they're called nightmares. [He succeeds in grabbing her arm, but her little legs keep kicking and all she does is flail harder.] Why are you so awful? Let me go!

[fishdouche]

[He frowns, growling under his breath.]

Stop hittin' me an' I'll let you go! Seriously, you're bruisin' my delicate royal skin.

[neverymind]

You deserve it! I'm not even hitting you that hard! [She gives up kicking him and merely digs her heels into his chest to use as leverage to try and pull her arm free.]

[fishdouche]

[Eridan suddenly lets go.]

Wwhatevver. Just stop wwakin' people up, got it?

[neverymind]

[With a high, shocked screech, Nevy goes flying backwards and crash lands marvelously into the ground. She's about to begin screaming at him again, but then she sees a shade shift behind his shoulder, and lets out a scream for an entirely different reason.]

[fishdouche]

[He blinks down at the frantic girl, furrowing his eyebrows.]

You can't think I'm goin' to fall for the same trick you pulled on me!

[neverymind]

No!

I saw it, it's real, I'm not faking-- I'm not--

There's something behind you. [Panicked, she scrambles back on her ass, getting dirt all over her pretty pink skin.]

[fishdouche]

[Eridan blinks, turning around slowly on his heel.]

Wwhat the... oh my fuckin' glub!

[He lets out a high pitched noise, taking a few shaky steps backwards from the specter.]

[neverymind]

[Hahahaha Eridan hahahaha if she weren't terrified she'd give you so much shit for that noise.]

Oh my stars, what do we do?! [Proactive and highly trained in the art of combat, Nevy frantically hides behind her hands.]

[fishdouche]

... Wwe run.

[Eridan doesn't have his rifle on him. And he's not even sure it would work on a ghost.

And he's not going to stand around waiting for Nevy. He's already taken off sprinting down the hall, cape fluttering behind him.]

[neverymind]

[Wow, Eridan. What a good friend.

Fumbling desperately, Nevy struggles up behind him, trying to catch up. Unfortunately, she's pathetic and weak and has sensitive feet, so she collapses again only a few moment later, crying in fear of the spectral terror approaching them.]

[fishdouche]

[How many times does he have to tell her that he's not a good guy...

But he's not about to leave her either. He's not that much of a scumbag. He turns on his heel, sutmbling back to where she's fallen. After a huff of exasperation, he scoops up the alien girl in a princess carry, struggling back to his feet.]

You're fuckin' heavvy.

[neverymind]

[You'd think Nevy would be way too busy being terrified to smart off, but you would be wrong. Nevy will always be obnoxious, no matter the circumstance.] I'm not heavy! Gil always told me I was light as a f-- ah! [She's jolted while Eridan moves, and ends up clutching at his shirt desperately so to not fall.]

-- a feather.