Let us play a game.

They call me the Nightmare Child, you can too. Honestly if you know me long enough to find out my name, you are already on your way to death. ((Rper for superwholockinspace. Fc: Helen Bonham Carter))

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[nomoralswithscience-blog-blog]

The Rani pondered this for a moment. It was a fair question, what type of being needed the energy that angry humans created? Was it for scientific game? Or was it for something else? She didn’t know and knew she couldn’t answer it at the time being, she probably needed to wait and see. The time lady glanced out the window and at the crowd that was starting to form. She saw the point the Nightmare Child was trying to make. “Well,” she began before pausing for a moment. “The group mind must have a starting point somewhere. What do you think would happen if we had one of them on their own, do you think they would be less of a threat to us? I’m not saying that we will, just for hypothetical purposes.”

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"I'm not sure. Maybe we should try to isolate one when we have a way back to the right time." The Nightmare Child offered, her mind pondering the idea. It wasn't too bad of one if executed one, but they had more pressing matters to deal with. "But a whole lot of flimsy organics against any army would lose. Humans have stayed alive because the universe either ignores them or the Doctor saves them from destruction. They don't have any of the technology to defeat any other race, so, unless who ever did this has enough resources left over to outfit the whole world, it serves no real point."

[superwholockinspace-blog]

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[fearyourownmind-blog]

“Who would want an army of rage happy humans? They aren’t strong and the rage, from what I can tell, has made their critical thinking all but gone. They are basically  animals now. Who would want that?” 

[nomoralswithscience-blog-blog]

The Rani was silent for a moment as she thought. “What sort of creatures other than humans roam about the Earth? Wouldn’t they like making humans more…. animistic? So they’re not in danger as much? Or what if there’s something around that feeds off this energy?”

[fearyourownmind-blog]

"That might be it, but what type of creature needs this energy?" The Nightmare Child looked out over the town, watching the people crowd together slowly. What used to be an empty town was starting to look thriving. "They seem to have a group mind. They don't pose a real threat unless in a big group and they know it. Look how they aren't attacking, just waiting for others to join them." The Nightmare Child pointed over at the ever growing crowd and frowned. A creature ruled by anger was waiting for more numbers.

[superwholockinspace-blog]

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[fearyourownmind-blog]

The Nightmare Child groaned, but simply let her mind take her to the back of her thoughts. There had to be a reason for their anger. No human virus that had been made by 2013 could come up with those results. “Could a human tamper with emotions so cleanly?” She wondered out loud, hoping that the Rani would have something to add for once. For all of the annoying things about the time lord, she wasn’t stupid. 

[nomoralswithscience-blog-blog]

The Rani was silent for a long moment when the question came up. She let out a breath, as she thought about it. “You mean, humans around this time of course.” She closed her eyes. “Other species, maybe.” She answered before glancing over at the Nightmare Child. “Humans, I don’t think so. Why?”

[fearyourownmind-blog]

"Who would want an army of rage happy humans? They aren't strong and the rage, from what I can tell, has made their critical thinking all but gone. They are basically  animals now. Who would want that?" 

[superwholockinspace-blog]

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[nomoralswithscience-blog-blog]

The Rani stared at the Nightmare Child for a moment, not caring. “It took us forever to get into here. Look around, the windows are at the very top of the ceiling. It’s doubtful that they’ll see the tiny flame of the lamp. Keep your eyes closed then!” She snapped, sitting down still. “I just want to see so I’m not sitting here in the dark. Deal with it.” She commented, resting her chin on her knee, watching the small flame burn. 

[fearyourownmind-blog]

The Nightmare Child groaned, but simply let her mind take her to the back of her thoughts. There had to be a reason for their anger. No human virus that had been made by 2013 could come up with those results. "Could a human tamper with emotions so cleanly?" She wondered out loud, hoping that the Rani would have something to add for once. For all of the annoying things about the time lord, she wasn't stupid. 

[superwholockinspace-blog]

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[fearyourownmind-blog]

“Yeah.” The Nightmare Child answered as her mind wandered off again. How could someone manipulate emotions with the same effect on everyone? That would take technology a lot better than anything the humans had or would get for another few hundred years. It had to be a virus, right? How could a virus create the same symptoms in everyone, though? It was about as predictable as a human was. Sighing, she laid down, closing her eyes to think.

[nomoralswithscience-blog-blog]

The Rani let out an annoyed sigh before standing up. She looked around the room, trying to find something that would make the night there a little better. She walked about the place before finding an old cabinet. Inside there was an old kerosene lamp. Picking it up, she took it back over to where she had left the Nightmare Child and set it down in front of her. “I found this, light for when it starts to become dark outside. This work for you?” 

[fearyourownmind-blog]

"I don't think that lighting something in the middle of a town that might be infested with angry, virus filled humans sounds smart. It would be more of a beacon for them than anything helpful for us. Anyways, what is there to see in this worthless building anyways? Unless we can get downstairs, I say we try to conceal where we are as much as possible." The Nightmare Child didn't deign to open her eyes to say any of that, not caring what the Rani's reaction would be to it, just hoping that she wouldn't have to argue with her before they reached an agreement. Nothing that they were going to do needed the extra obstacle of a fight. She just hoped that where ever they were was close to the Torchwood hub and that something useful would be in that hub.

[superwholockinspace-blog]

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[fearyourownmind-blog]

“The scale of the change and the intensity of it is far more impressive than anything I have ever seen you do.” She bit back, irritated by the rhetorical question. Humans were weaker than most, but their internal strength was impressive to the Nightmare Child. To see it repressed and manipulated was even more amazing. “I think we should leave early morning and look for the old Torchwood base, and then we can work on getting back to our time.”

[nomoralswithscience-blog-blog]

The Rani looked at her, glaring. “Oh, shut up.” She muttered under her breath, unamused. She didn’t want to hear it and only wanted to get back to her own work. “Sounds good to me, so, we’re sleeping here for the night then?”

[fearyourownmind-blog]

"Yeah." The Nightmare Child answered as her mind wandered off again. How could someone manipulate emotions with the same effect on everyone? That would take technology a lot better than anything the humans had or would get for another few hundred years. It had to be a virus, right? How could a virus create the same symptoms in everyone, though? It was about as predictable as a human was. Sighing, she laid down, closing her eyes to think.

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fondofstainedglass said: Father Mulcahy… a bit lost actually -he smiled kindly- And you?

The Nightmare Child groaned and rolled her eyes. Why did people insist on talking to her? "Next time buy a map." 

[fearyourownmind-blog]

Oh.. hello there.

And you are?

[superwholockinspace-blog]

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[fearyourownmind-blog]

“It’s like something severed their emotions, only leaving anger intact.” The Nightmare Child watched the crowd slowly grow as more and more people stumbled to them. “The perfect weapon, really. I am impressed.” She smiled faintly before standing up to look at the Rani. “If they see us, they will attack, I know that much. How they got that way, though, I don’t. I couldn’t stay in there long enough because their anger was bleeding into me.”

[nomoralswithscience-blog-blog]

The Rani watched the crowed before looking at the Nightmare Child once more. “You’re impressed by this?” She had to admit, it was a bit impressive for the human world at lest. She just wished she could have gotten her hands on one of them to experiment with. “I see.” She frowned. “What do you propose we do then?”

[fearyourownmind-blog]

"The scale of the change and the intensity of it is far more impressive than anything I have ever seen you do." She bit back, irritated by the rhetorical question. Humans were weaker than most, but their internal strength was impressive to the Nightmare Child. To see it repressed and manipulated was even more amazing. "I think we should leave early morning and look for the old Torchwood base, and then we can work on getting back to our time."

[superwholockinspace-blog]

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[fearyourownmind-blog]

“This body can become useless, but I don’t think there are a lot of other ones I could take unless you want to volunteer.” The Nightmare Child retorted bored of conversation. The last thing she wanted was to talk about herself. No one needed to know anything about her that could be turned against her.

Closing her eyes, she let her mind go back to the amassing crowd to try and find out what had happened. The Nightmare Child knew that she couldn’t find the origin as much as she could decide what they wanted to do. She was telepathic, not a god. Once her mind wrapped around one of the people, all that flooded into her was pure rage. It was like every other emotion had been stifled except anger. As it started pouring into her own thoughts, she pulled away, coming back to the building with a jump. 

[nomoralswithscience-blog-blog]

The Rani didn’t say anything as she stared at the Nightmare Child. She shuddered to think about the creature in her body. “I don’t think so.” She muttered, glancing around again. She peered out, watching the crowd gather. 

The brunette time lady looked up at the Nightmare Child the next moment. A frown was still present on her face. She looked down at the crowd that was gathering before looking back over at the creature. “What? What happened?” She asked. “Do I need to shoot something?”

[fearyourownmind-blog]

"It's like something severed their emotions, only leaving anger intact." The Nightmare Child watched the crowd slowly grow as more and more people stumbled to them. "The perfect weapon, really. I am impressed." She smiled faintly before standing up to look at the Rani. "If they see us, they will attack, I know that much. How they got that way, though, I don't. I couldn't stay in there long enough because their anger was bleeding into me."

[superwholockinspace-blog]

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[fearyourownmind-blog]

The Nightmare Child nodded and moved back to the edge where they had entered the building, sitting down so her legs dangled off the edge. It wasn’t as high as the roof she had adopted as her home, but it would do. She didn’t want much, but the vantage point was going to help. “I think I am going to see if there is anything in their minds. Try to not let me get killed while I do.” 

[nomoralswithscience-blog-blog]

The Rani watched her and cocked the gun. She was ready to fire if she needed to. “Alright, go ahead. I’ll try and shoot them if I see any getting dangerously close.” She paused and rose an eyebrow. “You can die?”

[fearyourownmind-blog]

"This body can become useless, but I don't think there are a lot of other ones I could take unless you want to volunteer." The Nightmare Child retorted bored of conversation. The last thing she wanted was to talk about herself. No one needed to know anything about her that could be turned against her.

Closing her eyes, she let her mind go back to the amassing crowd to try and find out what had happened. The Nightmare Child knew that she couldn't find the origin as much as she could decide what they wanted to do. She was telepathic, not a god. Once her mind wrapped around one of the people, all that flooded into her was pure rage. It was like every other emotion had been stifled except anger. As it started pouring into her own thoughts, she pulled away, coming back to the building with a jump. 

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[fearyourownmind-blog]

She picked the gun up and held it out to the Rani. “Because you are going to be using this.” Turning away from the now empty closet, the Nightmare Child looked back over the town. There were more people now, but they were all keeping their distant. For now, at least. “Maybe we should stay here until tomorrow morning.” The Nightmare Child suggested as she looked at the setting sun. She had learned enough from the humans about horror movies to know that moving at night wouldn’t help them.

[nomoralswithscience-blog-blog]

The Rani blinked and took the gun front the creature. She looked it over, never holding a gun like this before. It was different than the guns she was used to. However, she could still use it. She let out a breath as she looked up at the Nightmare Child. “I think that would be the best idea.”

[fearyourownmind-blog]

The Nightmare Child nodded and moved back to the edge where they had entered the building, sitting down so her legs dangled off the edge. It wasn't as high as the roof she had adopted as her home, but it would do. She didn't want much, but the vantage point was going to help. "I think I am going to see if there is anything in their minds. Try to not let me get killed while I do." 

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[fearyourownmind-blog]

“None that I found, but I didn’t dwell too long on them. Once their minds felt strange, I pulled away. No use in risking something on a mystery that might be responsible for a deserted town.” She answered before opening the closet to see if anything useful was in it. Her eyes scanned the whole thing before they landed on a small gun. “Do you know how to shoot?”

[nomoralswithscience-blog-blog]

“Hm, well, I mean, if we’re here and they’re here. They might be the reason for the deserted town and whatever those words mean.” She glanced up at the Nightmare Child. “What if it’s a virus or something?” She blinked at the next question. “Yes, I do. Why?”

[fearyourownmind-blog]

She picked the gun up and held it out to the Rani. "Because you are going to be using this." Turning away from the now empty closet, the Nightmare Child looked back over the town. There were more people now, but they were all keeping their distant. For now, at least. "Maybe we should stay here until tomorrow morning." The Nightmare Child suggested as she looked at the setting sun. She had learned enough from the humans about horror movies to know that moving at night wouldn't help them.

[superwholockinspace-blog]

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[fearyourownmind-blog]

“Something that can help or tell us what happened here.” After they managed to get the board off of the wall, she grinned. Behind the wood had been a closet with the word croatoan carved into it. “Do you know what this means?” The Nightmare Child asked the Rani, tracing one finger over the letters. “They carved it into metal so it has to mean something, right?”

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The Rnai knelt besides her, looking at the board they had just pulled off. She stared at the word for a moment. “What if it’s a message and a warning of some sort. Outside of those people, how many normal humans did you notice?”

[fearyourownmind-blog]

"None that I found, but I didn't dwell too long on them. Once their minds felt strange, I pulled away. No use in risking something on a mystery that might be responsible for a deserted town." She answered before opening the closet to see if anything useful was in it. Her eyes scanned the whole thing before they landed on a small gun. "Do you know how to shoot?"

[superwholockinspace-blog]

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[fearyourownmind-blog]

“Then help me get into the rest of the building.” She rolled her eyes, irritated that the Rani was simply pointing out the obvious. They needed to do something, not just talk about it like morons. “I think I found a loose board.” She announced, her hand pulling lightly at the loosened nail at one end of it. “Help me pull it off.”

[nomoralswithscience-blog-blog]

The Rani was silent, crossing her arms in front of her as she watched the Nightmare Child. She got up and moved over to the loose floor bored. She watched before she went to the other end and tried to pull the loose nail there out. “What do you thinks under it?”

[fearyourownmind-blog]

"Something that can help or tell us what happened here." After they managed to get the board off of the wall, she grinned. Behind the wood had been a closet with the word croatoan carved into it. "Do you know what this means?" The Nightmare Child asked the Rani, tracing one finger over the letters. "They carved it into metal so it has to mean something, right?"

[superwholockinspace-blog]

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[fearyourownmind-blog]

“I don’t think that getting their DNA then getting into a lab where you can look at it is going to happen.” The Nightmare Child groaned, why do people waste time talking about things they can’t do? She turned to the door again and ran her fingers over the boards in the room looking for a loose space she could crawl through to get to the rest of the house.

“A weapon maybe. Or some clue as to what happened here?” 

[nomoralswithscience-blog-blog]

The Rani glared at the Nightmare Child. “Yeah, I know. I don’t even have anything to look at. If I did, it might be useful and I could figure out if it would effect us.” She hissed at the creature. She didn’t like her mind being invaded. “Well,” The Rani stood up and looked around. “We could start looking for clues.” 

[fearyourownmind-blog]

"Then help me get into the rest of the building." She rolled her eyes, irritated that the Rani was simply pointing out the obvious. They needed to do something, not just talk about it like morons. "I think I found a loose board." She announced, her hand pulling lightly at the loosened nail at one end of it. "Help me pull it off."

[superwholockinspace-blog]

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[nomoralswithscience-blog-blog]

The Rani grabbed hold of the Nightmare Child and heaved her up through the window. She glanced over at the creature and shrugged. “It could be, it would be nice to look, that way we could be able to tell.” She had to look at the DNA of these new humans to be able to tell if it was a virus or not. 

“Hm?” The time lady rolled her eyes. Oh, how she wished that there was time to do so. She glanced around the room. “And, what do you propse we use?”

[fearyourownmind-blog]

"I don't think that getting their DNA then getting into a lab where you can look at it is going to happen." The Nightmare Child groaned, why do people waste time talking about things they can't do? She turned to the door again and ran her fingers over the boards in the room looking for a loose space she could crawl through to get to the rest of the house.

"A weapon maybe. Or some clue as to what happened here?"