Nimue Smallwood (sea_shelly) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2011-07-05 21:37:00

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inactive - kassia frost, nimue smallwood, plot-"relative problem"

What have I become?
It wasn't hard to find the reef Kassi had spoken of. It was harder to make herself come. Even though Kassi had offered her help unselfishly, pre-guilt over what might happen to her sister wracked Marrina. What if she hurt her? Or worse? When her body and mind raged so much out of control as they had been, it was impossible to say what she might do.

Marrina took a deep breath as she bobbed in the water. It would be so easy to just run away from it all. From Namor and Mac and Kassi, and... Mason and... and maybe not so easy.

But she knew what her mother had become. Knew that she'd had to be put down. She wouldn't, couldn't do that to her friends and family.

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	little_mermaid 2011-07-05 11:22 pm UTC (link)
	"Wow, Marrina. I can feel you freaking out all the way from Brooklyn." Kassia showed up more or less unafraid. "Calm down. Well. At least until I provoke you." (Reply to this)(Thread)

	sea_shelly 2011-07-05 11:53 pm UTC (link)
	"That bad, huh?" Marrina asked. "Sorry," she added. "Just... trying to deal and not doing such a good job of it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	little_mermaid 2011-07-06 12:03 am UTC (link)
	"It's really okay. We're going to freak you out, then we're going to get you to control it. It will be just fine. Shall we swim out to open water?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sea_shelly 2011-07-06 12:09 am UTC (link)
	She took a deep breath, letting the water circulate through her system. "Okay," she said. "But if I get really crazy, you have to promise me you're going to get out of here." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	little_mermaid 2011-07-06 12:15 am UTC (link)
	"As fast as my non-fins can carry me, absolutely. C'mon." She started swimming out to deep water and, without warning her sister as soon as they were fairly isolated, she slammed at her with telepathic threats to her own safety. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sea_shelly 2011-07-06 12:51 am UTC (link)
	"Good," Marrina said, as she followed. Once Kassi's assault was underway though, the sense of panic immediately flooded her. The panic sent signals through her body, pushing it into defensive mode. Already, she was becoming more monstrous. A growl escaped her throat. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	little_mermaid 2011-07-06 09:54 am UTC (link)
	This was exactly what she wanted and once she started to see Marrina turn, Kassia started physically going after her. Okay, Marrina...let the beast out. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sea_shelly 2011-07-06 10:35 pm UTC (link)
	Monstrous tendencies magnified, armor plating, scales, teeth, claws, and though she struck back, there was the sense of still being in flux. It culminated with one truly monstrous transformation, flesh and bone rearranging into a creature that could not remotely be called human. It looked at Kassi with hungry eyes. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	little_mermaid 2011-07-06 11:38 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh damn, sis...that's one intimidating form." Kassia had no idea where the hell her sister physically went because this thing wasn't Marrina. She did, however, hold onto a faint tether of her sister's mind and as she did, Kassia focused the bulk of her energy into not letting go. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sea_shelly 2011-07-07 12:11 am UTC (link)
	The leviathan-like creature that had once been Marrina struck out, trying to catch Kassi in its jaws. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	little_mermaid 2011-07-07 12:12 am UTC (link)
	Okay, Marrina. This is the part where you dig in deep and hang on. You know who I am. You don't want to hurt me. You just have to wrestle back to that. I know you can do it. I have faith in you. Kassia dodged the attack. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sea_shelly 2011-07-07 12:19 am UTC (link)
	Something in the message made the creature pause, regarding Kassi with an almost intelligent gaze. It's tail swished violently as it tried to decide what to do. This was broken by the sound of something moving quickly through the water. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	little_mermaid 2011-07-07 12:21 am UTC (link)
	That's right, Marrina. It's me. Your little sister. You're doing just fine... Then Kassia heard the noise and saw the water moving. It was heading right for Marrina. "MARRINA WATCH OUT!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sea_shelly 2011-07-07 12:46 am UTC (link)
	The monster let out a challenging growl as something, no, several somethings came at both her and Kassi. Not as monstrous as Marrina currently was, but clearly not human either, they were on the hunt. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	little_mermaid 2011-07-07 10:34 am UTC (link)
	"Marrina, on your left!" Kassia had no idea what the hell the creatures were and she'd seen some unusual sea beings before. She attempted to dodge as one of the creatures came at her, swiming towards her monstrous sister to help protect her. As if she couldn't do it herself. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sea_shelly 2011-07-07 09:41 pm UTC (link)
	The creature that was Marrina struck out with its long tail, slamming into one of the creature's with a meaty sound that carried well even under the water. The other was swifter and grabbed on, sinking its claws into her flesh. The other two darted for Kassi, claws out. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	little_mermaid 2011-07-08 12:47 am UTC (link)
	Kassia was fast, but she was fairly certain she wasn't that fast. Help....oh god, help....Marrina...help... She tried dodging, then weaving, then flat out swimming under them. "LEAVE US ALONE!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sea_shelly 2011-07-08 01:14 am UTC (link)
	Somehow, there's enough sense of herself left to respond to her sister's pleas. Marrina swarms one of the creatures, her tail slamming the one clinging to her into the reef. Her jaws snapped, tearing the arm clean off one of the ones attacking Kassi. It let out a high pitched scream, and the others began to flee. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	little_mermaid 2011-07-08 01:16 am UTC (link)
	As their attackers flee, Kassi swims up to her monster-form sister and actually hugs the beast....as best one can a tail-wielding sea serpent. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sea_shelly 2011-07-08 01:23 am UTC (link)
	She curled protectively around Kassi, still tense. It became quite clear why. The creatures were swimming back towards some kind of underwater vessel, large and imposing in the ocean. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	little_mermaid 2011-07-08 01:27 am UTC (link)
	This is my fault, Marrina. I'm so sorry...I'm so sorry. Whatever it was that was coming towards them, it scared Kassi and she knew damn well she wasn't going to be able to outswim them or get Marrina out of there as well. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sea_shelly 2011-07-08 10:01 pm UTC (link)
	Monster or not, Marrina seemed to waste no time putting herself protectively between Kassi and the ship. Only to let out a terrible, pained roar as some kind of hypersonic signal cut through the water. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	little_mermaid 2011-07-08 10:23 pm UTC (link)
	The signal, obviously, didn't impact Kassi the same way it did Marrina, but it didn't take long for it to start giving her a headache and disrupt her telepathy. Kassi lost her ability to communicate with Marrina and her vision went a little swimy. She made one more effort to hold onto her sister before she realized it. They were doomed. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sea_shelly 2011-07-08 10:44 pm UTC (link)
	Compelled by the signal, Marrina swam toward the ship, bringing her sister with her. An airlock opened up, letting her in. A wall slid back to reveal they were trapped there. Through the clear wall, a man could be seen approaching. His smile was one of self-satisfaction. "The last of her spawn... I never thought it would be so easy." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	little_mermaid 2011-07-08 10:47 pm UTC (link)
	"My sister isn't anyone's spawn!" Her head hurt. Her imperiousness was off, but she tried to be just the same. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)