1:11 AM: NIGHTMARE

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EVERY SENIOR ON CAMPUS...

You’re falling, and it shocks you into wakefulness. Except you’re still in your bed, you haven't moved, but your heart beating too fast. It's making you feel feverish, both sluggish and anxious, alcohol and caffeine. All you can recall from the nightmare is a scream, but it wasn’t from a human. It was deep, anguished, and indescribable. Trying to call it back to your mind only feeds the panic.

You’re not alone. You can hear your roommates stirring, and your familiar is wide awake with you, agitated and frightened. There’s static in the air, making you nauseous. You want to cry, maybe you do cry. The feeling sticks to you either way, like a film you can’t wash off.

This feeling slowly recedes as the sound of rain picks up outside. A drizzle at first, then a downpour.

HOW THIS WORKS

• This takes place at 1:11 AM, 6/22, but we’re posting it early so you can write some scenes.


• Only seniors experience the nightmare. Congratulations on winning the water balloon fight!


• Seniors haunted by the uneasy feeling that something is very wrong, but they don’t know what. Falling back asleep will be difficult, but the panic does wear off within a minute or so. They may feel prone to nausea and/or crying, though.


• A rainstorm begins and lasts until mid-morning the next day.


• Animals all across campus are agitated and frightened, so younger years might be woken up if they sleep with their pet. Younger years won’t get the supernatural sense something is amiss, but wow Fluffy sure is upset.

» IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT: You're awoken by a nightmare, or by an upset animal.

» OOC - Discussion

Comments

Big Fish Ladies

[un_kept]

"Oh, no." Avery isn't typically a puker until someone else throws up. Turning away, she takes a deep breath to keep herself from adding to it.

"Is there any way we can open the window? That... feels like a bad idea but I think some fresh air would be nice." She's resolutely looking away, but she scoots over so she can do her best to reach out to Chloe or Rosy if they need her.

She isn't one to keep snacks in her room much, but she has crackers. "If - I have a little bag of crackers if you think it'll help your stomach, Chloe?

Big Fish Ladies

[cmdrchloe]

"Oh, I'm so sorry, I just-" she pauses, one hand on her stomach as it heaves again, but she doesn't throw up. "I don't know, I just, I feel so... bad and gross and..." she shakes her head at the offer of crackers and straightens up, Her eyes are watering from throwing up. No, is she crying? She watches as Garrus leaps from the bunk, dashing madly back and forth across the cabin like he wants out. "Don't open a window," she says, afraid her cat will dash off into the night. "What was that?" Chloe asks, instinctively looking to Rosy for answers.

Big Fish Ladies

[browbeats]

Rain starts to slap the windows, wind brushing through the trees. "Not a good idea to open a window," Rosy agrees with a quiet nod. "Everything'll get wet and..." She trails off. Her heartbeat is slowing, and through her bracelet, she can feel the steady beat of Sy's as well. He's alive, he's fine. That helps.

"Maybe the storm woke the animals up." It's not a great guess, it's not based in a lot of fact, but she says it with enough confidence to probably sell it.