Nightmare/Fog Open Catch-all

[me_matey]

WHO: May + whoever
WHERE: anywhere + dreamscape
WHEN: October
WHAT: May's gotten on the bad end of more than one incredibly dangerous person in her canon...
WARNINGS: Mentions of violence, general chase related terror. Mostly just violence, though.


[ i - does the sheep count the sheep ]

-The whirring of the wheels were mostly what you could hear out in the grey mired thickness of the fog, seemingly coming from every direction. It whips by, faster than any vehicle you probably know of, rushing here and there. Accompanying that are the sound of hurried foot steps, and panicked panting. The rattling wheels can't be pinned to a source, but the running footfalls are clearly getting closer.-

Hey! Hey, you need to get out of here! -Whether you know her or not, May is the one that appears from the fog first, clearly panting, a lead pipe in her hands. She had no time to bring her anchor along, having left it at the shelter, but the pipe has clearly seen some use. It's slightly dented, with scratches all through it. It probably couldn't hold up to much more abuse, whatever it was that abused it. But May grabs your shoulder, forcing you to look in her clearly tense eyes.-

Don't zone out on me, I said you need to run! Now! -But the source of her fear becomes apparent as the wheels sound again, rushing near.-

Shit! Get behind me! -May turns about, raising the pipe as if it were a sword of some kind. The source of the sounds comes from the fog... a bed frame. Just a simple bed frame by the look of things, with a young man seemingly strapped in. A closer look showed it was more than simply stapped, but with large screws piercing his shoulders, almost crucifying him to it.

But it didn't remain a bed frame for long. The wheels that had been whirring popped out to the side, extending, growing, as the bed itself rose off the ground. Mishapen limbs spring from the back of the frame, a huge crowned head rotating forth as the bed transformed from crude gurney into nightmarish machination. Its gaze, glowing and red, seemed to pierce into the very mind, causing a ringing in the ears, a throbbing of the temples. Its presence was immense and crushing, like nothing seen before or since.

One of it's long arms raised up, the wheel spinning like a rotary cutter, making a similarly twisted sound as it slammed itself down, caught on the lead pipe May raised in defense.-

I SAID RUN! -She screams. But where could one even run from a thing like that?-

[ ii - suspicious cook ]

-The realm of Morpheus doesn't bring any more peace to the girl. Crossing over into her nightmares, one finds themselves in a bizarre shrine of some sort, the giant heads of seemingly once living beasts adorning a central pillar, their features marred in seemingly ironic "hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil" fashion. The lighting is all provided by mysterious floating orbs, and they all seemed to move to their own ends, going this way and that. But any time to observe one's strange dreamland is interrupted by the sound of May's piercing scream.

Following it, you find her engaged in battle, and against something human-like, but twisted. The man had to have been at least nine feet tall, though he was crawling about like an animal, swinging a giant scalpel around as if it were a spear of some kind. All the while he couldn't seem to stop... laughing. And his laugh was twisted, cruel, dripping with madness. Blood stained the area around him, several disfigured cadavers strewn about, cut to bits, sewn into horrifying shapes. And he went after May, clearly intending to make her his next victim.

May seemed somehow younger, crying as she desperately fought back. But her anchor didn't seem to make much difference, only landing glancing blows on the lizard-like twisted body of her attacker. He screamed about her being due for surgery, and May could only scream back, swinging her the anchor to try and keep him at bay. It was working, for now, but who knew for how long...-

[ iii - wildcard ]

-If you had something non-nightmare related planned for May, go ahead and post a top level here and I'll respond to it!-

Comments

ii

[imaginex]

[Sakura fell into the world of nightmares like she had so many times before: abruptly, just dropped into the middle of someone else's story. Back as stiff as a rod, she didn't know how or when she got here, but after cautiously surveying her surroundings, that turned into an easily forgotten footnote.

The devil wasn't in the details this time; not when there were three marble heads, beastly figures that stared down at her, judged her, and that was all before the screaming started.

She ran, of course. Not because she recognized the voice screaming. Her legs made the decision before her common sense could, and they only halted when she stumbled upon the scene of May and-- and dear fuckin god, whatever that thing was--]

M-May-san!

[me_matey]

-Sakura's voice was enough to distract the mad doctor long enough for May to get a good, solid hit on him with a swing of her anchor. It sent him flying into one of the pillars, skidding along some blood, but he hardly stayed down for long, or at all, instantly springing back to all fours, the scalpel scraping loudly against the floor.

May rushed to Sakura, grabbing her arm.- Run! Now! We have to run!

[imaginex]

[Running? Please yes. Two seconds in and Sakura already had her fill of watching the doctor skitter on the floor like a giant cockroach. Breath caught uncomfortably in her throat, she took off after May, heart slammed against her ribcage and blood pounding in her ears.]

W-what is that?

[me_matey]

Dr. Baldhead! I hate bald people! -That... didn't explain everything, but at least it put a name to the terrible face. But despite clearing some distance across the shrine grounds, it would soon prove not to matter.

He just... popped up. Right in front of them. Out of a doorway of some kind that just appeared in their path, the psychotic surgeon screamed as he caught sight of his victims once more, tossing some kind of gas spewing beaker towards them. The fumes were noxious and choking, May dragging Sakura along to the right in order to get away from it.-

[imaginex]

[A little on the nose with that name, huh. Better suited to a comic book villain, Sakura thought, except in comic books this scene would play out different. It'd be the campy, lighthearted adventure of two girls, not the grit and sweat of the nightmare around them.

She kept her stare forward, ignored the scenery in exchange for an exit, allowed May drag her onward until an abrupt stop and start that gave her neck whiplash. And then the stench of fumes hit her, causing an involuntary breath that sparked a migraine for her troubles. Her feet stumbled as May pulled her away]

Why is it-- [A tightness clawed at her chest and made the world tilt on its axis. The toxins, she thought distantly. Probably meant to stun.] It's after you?

[me_matey]

-May had to shout through her own coughing, her eyes burning and watery from the fumes. She felt like her head was spinning, and not just from the fear and panic.-

It's some kind of tournament... I was trying to get some money out of it, I had no idea they were letting killers sign up!

[imaginex]

[Okay May but WHAT THE HELL--]

Y-you signed up for it?! [Sakura's voice jumped at least three octaves. Maybe this was not the time to be judging friends for their questionable life choices, but there was a bald man on their heels, screaming obscenities and insisting the pair of them needed their check-up, and--]

Okay from now on if you need money, and we're still alive, please tell me first before you sign up for shady tournaments--

[me_matey]

Now's not really the time to argue this! -Once more, the Doctor used his weird spectral door to appear right in front of them. This time, however, May was ready, swinging her anchor forward as hard as she could to catch the door before it opened all the way, slamming it into him.-

Run! Again!

[imaginex]

[Sakura about clipped her teeth on her tongue, switching directions that quickly, but she obeyed and kept running, a hand always inside May's. No way she was gonna lose track of her]

We need an escape--! [A magic doorway, a slide chute, she doesn't care -- all Sakura knew is that she couldn't count on her adrenaline to carry her much farther. Her lungs were still on fire from that poisoned gas, and while May apparently had the endurance to go to tournament battles, Sakura was unarmed and unprepared.]

II

[long_live_the_queen]

[No rest at home, no rest in her dreams, no rest now. Lucy blinked from one world to the next, but there was no time to look around. That scream made Lucy's head jerk around, air around her shimmering.

May was here. Swinging an...anchor? Against something that crawled on the ground, shrieked about appointments, and—

'The doctor will see you now.' That damned voice in that damned waiting room came back unbidden, along with all the attendant memories that went with it. This place had no sterile walls or pneumatic platforms, no whirling drills—but the same kind of doctor, as animal as he was human.

Lucy bristled and she lunged forwards, vectors surging from her shoulders like a spider's limbs, grasping for the creature's scalpel.]

[me_matey]

-The vector's managed to grab the doctor's tool, just long enough to distract him and allow May to briefly escape. In her panicked scramble, however, she dropped her anchor, leaving it behind as she dashed away, running past Lucy as the doctor recovered. And he seemed very upset that Lucy interrupted him...-

[long_live_the_queen]

[The spectral hands tightened on the scalpel, twisting and crushing at the metal. She saw May running past her as a peripheral glimpse, focused on her task and spitting her words in the monster's face.]

I hate doctors!

[Lucy hated a lot of things. But this thing in particular could fuck right off.]

[me_matey]

-A shame. This doctor loved the idea of fixing that sneer of hers into a permanent smile. Probably with some plastic surgery!

Despite Lucy's best efforts, a weird green aura pushed the fingers of the vectors away. The mad doctor laughed, licking his lips before driving the scalpel forward, aiming for Lucy's chest.-

[long_live_the_queen]

[Lucy's face twisted into a snarl as something repulsed her vectors. That twisted green light—how fucking dare it. But screaming alarms tore her away from that indignation.

The scalpel forced Lucy back a vector-assisted step; it was almost audibly sharp, and that damned green light was keeping her away from it.

But it wasn't long enough to keep her entirely out of range. If she couldn't destroy the weapon, the wielder would do.

What about his arms? He didn't need both of them. What vectors Lucy could spare the concentration for surged for his wrist and elbow, spectral fingers curled to grab and tear.]

[me_matey]

-He may not have seemed human from appearences alone, but his resilience in the face of Lucy's vectors' grip only solidified that fact, the pain only seeming to make him even more ecstatic.

Tearing his arm free, only a few bruises to show for it, he pulled a vial from his jacket and tossed it towards Lucy and May, the thing exploding violently as soon as it hit the floor at their feet.-

[long_live_the_queen]

[Seeing the creature pull away, mostly unscathed, infuriated her. Lucy didn't let up, vectors scything back for him as the monster took his hand off the scalpel and reached for something—

The sound of shattering glass made Lucy recoil immediately, but still not fast enough to avoid whatever the vial contained.]

[me_matey]

-In the flash of the explosion, May grabbed a tight hold of Lucy, dragging her away from the battle and running headlong AWAY from the mad doctor.-

Why are you trying to fight him!?

i.

[blacksong]

Fuck, you don't need to tell me twice! [SHE'S HAULING ASS OUTTA HERE, but for all of May's super strength, she's not sure it'll be enough here, and she's not exactly keen on leaving her here to die.] You too, let's go!

[me_matey]

Right behind you! -May pushed back on the creature, but it barely seemed to lose any ground to her. It was only just enough time for May to turn heel and dash out of there, grabbing Rose along the way as she had no faith in the girl's speed. Especially with how inhumanly fast that thing seemed to be moving.-

What the hell IS this thing! I can't get away from it!

[blacksong]

[Rose would say she can run just fine, but with that thing chasing them at a speed like this? She'll get dragged into running with May, no complaints.]

That's what I'd like to know! You sure you haven't seen this thing before? [Then again, she thinks it'd be hard to forget something like this.]

[me_matey]

I'm 100% sure! I have no idea why it's even after me! Or anyone! -They got a few blocks down before the wheel sounds seemed to stop. May slowed to a jog, quickly looking around for signs of the creature. She was panting, but not from exhaustion.-

I've been running from it for what feels like hours... I can never seem to shake it.

[blacksong]

[Rose is a bit winded herself, but adrenaline means that she's still ready to make a run for it the moment danger comes back. She makes sure to keep a lookout for anything out of the ordinary too.]

Maybe it's just this place being fucking weird again, like this fog in the first place. We just gotta make it past it, and we should be safe.

[me_matey]

How in the hell are we gonna make it past something that's, like... teleporting! Or whatever the hell it's doing? And even when it's not doing that, it moves way faster than I do...

Maybe if we get inside somewhere... I'm not above a little breaking and entering just to get away from that thing. -She was trying to get some clear thoughts despite her brain being given the rope-a-dope by her fear. Fighting it was impossible, but escape may still yield some hope...-

[blacksong]

If someone wants to arrest us for trying to run from that thing, they can kiss my ass.

[Honestly, who can expect them to live their lives normally when stuff like this happens?? She takes a look around though, hoping to see maybe a building or two despite all the fog.]

[me_matey]

-At the height of not being picky, May got to the nearest building and straight-up smashed the window in with her pipe, clearing out the loose glass and getting the frame out of the way. She quickly took off her hoodie and threw it over the edge, just to be sure, and motioned for Rose to get in.-

Hurry, I think I can hear his wheels again.