Catelyn | OTA and a closed tag for Robb

[onlyvengeance]

Who: Catelyn Stark
Broadcast: no
Action: a nice dose of hallucinations, for the most part
When: now

A. Hallucinations, OTA

[ At first they were faint, such that she wasn't even certain that she heard them. But a mother knew her children's cries. They were distinct to her, even when they were only small babies. And though she knew in her heart that none of her children would sound like infants, still she heard them. And as time wore on they only got louder and louder, and the compulsion to find them grew more and more urgent. So in earlier stages, she'll simply stop at seemingly random points, listening intently. Later, she will find herself doing things like ripping up the deck plates, or trying to, growing more and more frantic. She may not recognize people that she should. And these moods are chaotic and come out of seemingly nowhere, so you might find her to be perfectly lucid as well. ]

I will find you, my sweetlings. Nothing will hurt you now.

B. Closed to Robb, in the Iskaulit gardens

[The voices did not follow her here to the gardens. And though she was not given to praying in the godswood at home, preferring the ritual of the sept and voices raised in song, she felt compelled to seek the green space and it's quiet here and now. She has closed her eyes and is singing in her heart, seeking a calm she struggles to feel in any other way. And even here it is fleeting. Though it is ship's night and she should be sleeping, she cannot. ]

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[onlyvengeance]

[ Beverly is only trying to help, but it doesn't quite feel that way, and Catelyn struggles , to little avail, and finally, she cries out, a low, wounded-animal sort of cry. ]

Please let me go to them.

[dancingmd]

[That cry rips at Beverly, her own heart crying with her in sympathy, but she doesn't let go, though her eyes are filling with tears. Something dreadful is going on here and she can't help but suspect the augments.]

No one's down there, I promise. But tell me their names and I will help you look for them.

[onlyvengeance]

[ I'm so sorry, Beverly Catelyn tries to pull herself together. A small observant part of her mind is horrified by her actions, but she can't seem to help herself. She stops resisting so much, weighed down by grief and anxiety.]

Robb. Sansa. Arya. Bran. Rickon.

[ But she's confused too. If Robb was really a baby then... ]

[dancingmd]

[Beverly lets out a soft sigh. Bran and Arya are gone of course, and she's never met Rickon, but Sansa and Robb will be able to help.]

I know Robb and Sansa. They live on my ship and they aren't babies, they're a strong young woman and young man and they are safe and I can take you to see them right now.

[onlyvengeance]

[ Catelyn was not soothed by this knowledge. On the one hand, she knew that her children were no longer babies. But the imbalance, or whatever was affecting her, convinced her that they should be small babies. ]

But...don't you hear them?

[ Her voice was small and plaintive. ]

[dancingmd]

[She shakes her head, her gaze soft and sad.]

No, but I believe you, that you can hear them. Atroma did it to me too.

[onlyvengeance]

[She is trying to regain her calm. It is something of an effort. But it is more her norm than hysteria. It is not seemly to be in such obvious distress, and she feels the shame. ]

I am sorry to hear that. Do you have children of your own?

[dancingmd]

[Beverly would be the first to reassure her that there is no shame in this, in crying out for your children. Still, it is good to see the other woman trying to refocus, and Beverly lets go of her wrists.]

I do - my son, Wesley.

[onlyvengeance]

[ She runs her fingers over her wristbones, trying to banish the feel of hands there. ]

Tell me about your son.

[dancingmd]

He's a little older than Robb and he is honest, like Robb, and sometimes shy like Sansa, and he's brilliant - he sees things in a way most people can't, including his poor mother. [She smiles] Give him any machine, he'll pull it apart and put it back together better than before. Give him any scientific problem and he'll see the answer, right there in his mind, where the rest of us would spend hours working it out on the computer or on paper. It's... Amazing, really.

[onlyvengeance]

[ She smiles in return. ] It is easy to see that you are proud of him, and for good reason. Is he here with you?

[dancingmd]

[She shakes her head sadly.]

No. I have not seen him in a long time, now.