Shot in the face you say? (Ask before joining)

[Nightmare Darklight]

Well, this was interesting.

Truth be told, Nightmare had rarely ever sailed the seas, which, considering how Spira was, was exceptionally odd. Maybe once or twice here and there, but it was never really a common occurance for the man. Well, perhaps he would remedy that in the future, if things looked up anyway, it really wasn't fun. So far though, no catastrophes, no capsizing, no tidal waves, no slamming right into an iceberg and somehow splitting in half. It seemed that there really wasn't anything for danger out at sea, other than the fiends underwater. But when you thought about it, they couldn't hurt you if you didn't fall over the railing and into the water. So as long as he stayed away from the railing, there was really no danger to even begin with.

Or, so he thought.

People were active on ships. They brought children, they played with blitzballs and were just obnoxious. And while the screaming and wailing children, along with the parents who didn't even do anything to quiet them were annoying, they weren't dangerous. The Blitzball players however, seemed to be becoming dangerous as Nightmare had narrowly avoided being smashed in the face with a blitzball several times. That's why the poor guy just sat on the deck, keeping his eyes trained on the blitzball players for anymore stray shots. He couldn't help but growl softly, this had gone to hell in a handbasket unusually fast for him. He had so far been wrong about the relaxing feel of a cruise ship, instead becoming simply annoying. Things really needed to start getting better, or he'd make sure to try to avoid boats whenever he could.

He could feel the eyes.

Nightmare looked to his side, seeing a little girl who couldn't have been older than five, staring at him with curiosity. In response, he gave her an annoyed glare, making it clear that he didn't want the girl around. She didn't seem to get the hint and stayed until a parent finally decided to do their job and called her back. With an annoyed sigh, Nightmare turned back towards the blitzball players.

Only to see a blitzball just inches away from his face and moving fast.

He didn't have any time to react whatsoever, and was rather promptly laid flat on his back as the ball slammed straight into his face. The projectile then rolled to the railing, only for one of the players to run over, grab it, and mutter a half hearted apology to the fallen Warrior. Nightmare didn't move for a few seconds, as if he were completely out cold, at least, before a groan sounded. He pushed himself off the ground, groaning in what sounded like agony before uprighting himself. If looks could kill, those players would all be stone dead right now, he was not happy at all.

It just got worse and worse.

[Jamie]

People were supposed to be active on ships? Well, in Jamie's never-ending search for finding new ways to be more human-like, she was failing in this particular department.

Attached to a flailing rope was Jamie, eyes tightly shut, clinging to that rope for dear life.

She had seen so many people get on this boat. Wherever there were a lot of people, Jamie knew that it would be a good spot to explore. She blindly followed some people onto the SS Winno, thinking that perhaps it would be fun and she could make a few friends~!

Oh how wrong she was.

The rocking made her insides feel queasy. When she found that the rocking was because of water, she more or less panicked. Jamie made a mad dash for the ledge, but they were too far for her to jump. "Don't go in that water, little lady!" A man shouted to her. "Monsters galore! You'd make a yummy snack."

The kitty gulped. Her adventures would be over if she bailed out now. There was no way she would anyway. Water freaked her out. So with those thoughts in mind, we fast-forward to the present, where Jamie is holding on for dear life to a rope in the middle of the boat.

The kitty groaned softly, wobbling as the boat swayed beneath her feet. Her balance was bad enough, adding a rocking motion to it wasn't the greatest thing ever. In a matter of moments, she toppled over, her grip slipping away from the rope. She nearly tumbled into a little ball, but a man had blocked that path. So instead, she just tripped over him, landing on her back with a frightened little "Myaao!"

Crimson blinked up to the fluffy blonde haired gentleman, or was it a woman? She couldn't exactly tell, they were just a blob of yellow in her dizziness. "F-Fishies.. fiiishies are gonna eat meeee...!" She squealed, flailed her arms in the air, and then...

Passed out.

[Nightmare Darklight]

And just like that, things had gone from exhausting and annoying, all the way into the territory of 'what the hell'. He had been trying to flip the day back up, have it end quite nicely, and leave the annoyances behind. Unfortunately, it was not meant to be for the Warrior, the day wanted to hit him with one other thing. Before he knew it, there was already a kitty girl in his lap, squealing about how fish were going to eat her. So now there were homicidal blitzball players, lazy parents, obnoxious kids, and now a catgirl on the boat. Although at least the kitty had one plus to her, and that was that she was absolutely freaking adorable. Maybe it was the kitty tendencies that tended to cause Nightmare to let a few things slide with her.

Of course, it was attracting stares from the others who just so happened to be on this little floating asylum. And it wasn't those 'what the hell' stares either, not like what Nightmare had given just moments earlier. Oh no, these stares were the kind of stares that insinuated the wrong thing, usually the opposite of the actual situation. He could tell from the whispers, the covering of the childrens' eyes, the shaking of the heads. They thought he was going to take advantage of the poor girl, that was unbelievabley low. He wouldn't ever do anything like that, he wasn't someone who would molest an innocent catgirl. He may have been the epitome of jackassery, but even he wasn't that horrible.

Although he needed her to wake up, and he needed it now before the situations got any worse for him. Trying to work as fast as he could, his hands went over to her ears as he began to play with them a bit. Cats had sensitive ears right? So surely she'd be able to perk right back up if he kept bugging her.

[Jamie]

A soft touch... a playful touch. That touch made her little charcoal ears twitch, as well as the tip of her tail. Maybe even her foot, too. Soon, both arms were flailing in the air again, as she mewed and purred softly, rolling all over him. "Ehehe, nooo mister~~ We gotta.. run from the fishiiiies~!"

Her eyes popped open suddenly, staring up at the man. A pearly white tooth poked her bottom lip as she smiled impishly. "Nyaaaoo~ a little to the left~" Changing subjects so quickly, eh? Jamie did not have the best attention span ever. Besides, those fishies that haunted her could go... somewhere. She was enjoying this attention. Her head nuzzled softly into his hand as her purring grew louder.

As most kitties do when they are being loved on, Jamie crawled up into his lap, nearly clinging to him for dear life. It was better than that rope, that was for sure. Her slender little arms slid around his neck, squeezing as tight as they could... which was... pretty tight. Whirling beneath her skin were circuits, machina parts, gears and such. He would probably never know this... by himself. Jamie would flaunt it someday. For now, she was concerned about getting more lovings~!

The grip around his neck just got tighter and tighter, especially after she began to nuzzle against his cheek. Pulling away for a sec, the hyper kitty blinked and stared at him. "Ooh~ Jamie has not found someone to return her luffles, nope nopes! Usually she gets sprayed with water or beaten with a rolled up newspaper!"

Silly kitty, why did she sound so peppy about that~?

[Nightmare Darklight]

Well she definitely had catlike tendencies, she purred, she twitched, she even nuzzled into him. It was actually really adorable to see, and it made her all the more cuter, it just made him silently go 'aww'. Though her reactions definitely weren't helping ease the looks from the boatgoers, who were now adding disgusted looks. Jeez, those people... they were really taking this the wrong way now weren't they? She seemed to just like being petted in general, rather than have it be him who was doing it. Maybe that's all this kitty was, a big loving ball of affection who would just love well... anyone. Truth was though, Nightmare really wasn't sure what to do with said little kitty, no one had been this clingy with him before.

Though he had to admit, she had a really strong grip, especially considering she was just a little kitty. Not to mention that the way she was gripping him really wasn't helping his current predicament. She was just making it more awkward for the poor guy, and in truth, he still didn't know what to do. "Uh-huh..." Nightmare gave an odd look to Jamie, that, he really wasn't sure why she was acting so happy. Honestly, he thought cats hated getting wet, or getting whapped about with items like newpapers. This was confusiing, he really wasn't sure what he was going to do with her, so he just continued to do what he had been. He just continued to play with her ear, really not sure how to proceed.

[Kadaj]

It was a nice day at least. The sun was out, shining down brilliantly as it always did in this part of Spira. Besaid and Kilika usually got the best sun at this time of year... well, actually, everywhere did apart from Guadosalam, the Thunder Plains and Mt. Gagazet. The sound of the waves hitting the bow of the boat, caused it to rock from side to side. It wasn't as violent as it looked though, it was all a matter of keeping ones balance and just not to think about it too much. So all in all, it was a marvelous day. A figure at the very front of the boat, leaned on the railing as he stared out to sea, watching the world go by as he day dreaming, wondering how the world would be right now should Sin still be alive. It had been 2 years since the High Summoner defeated him, and every time the figure clad in black at the front of the boat thought about, he couldn't help but feel slightly upset.

The group of Blitzball players behind him were practicing their moves and passing the ball to one another in small groups. Loud mouths on them and confident it seemed. The silver-haired figure didn't turn around through to watch them. He just continued to stare out to sea as he allowed the conversations of the passengers and crew reach his ears. Taking a large lungful of the sea air, the Remnant of Sin, known as Kadaj, closed his glowing, turquoise eyes and basked himself in the sunlight for a moment. It was warm... kinda felt good too. It wasn't everyday that this male would be in a good mood. There was so many things needed to do... He had to complete Sin's work since the monsters passing 2 years ago. Non Serviam and Yevon had to be crushed and High Summoner Yuna needed to be put in a grave. Sure, it wasn't going to bring Sin back but at least then the world would be a better place.

Eventually, the Remnant opened his eyes and turned around, leaning his hips against the railing and allowed his weight to fall back. He started to watch the Blitzballers as he raised up his arms and folded them across his chest. They seemed to be doing alright, thought the Remnant wouldn't really know. He remember that he used to love swimming when he was a child, before the attacks on Kilika by Sin, but he'd never really given any thought to training to become a professional like these guys.
~Is Blitzball season back up again already?~
The Remnant thought as he tilted his head to one side slightly. Blinking a couple of times, he glanced past the Blitzball players and caught sight of a blond-haired male and some sort of.... cat-like fiend, who resembled a small human child, clinging to his neck.

[Jamie]

Her tail swished a bit, at quite a fast pace. She was... excited about something. Her crimson orbs just kept staring at the man, staring and never blinking once. It could possibly be a bit creepy. Her big crimson eyes, exceedingly cute and innocent. Though her stare was a bit mischievous, since most of her thoughts were...

Suddenly, she popped off of him, dragging his hand along in hers. She tugged at it, pulled his arm, anything that would give him a hint to stand with her. Her petite little frame might not seem too convincing, but that tug would probably force him up, if only to get her to stop pulling so hard with her robotic-like arms.

For a moment, she stopped tugging and wiggling, her face going a bit serious for once. "What are they playing?" She pointed to the Blitzball team passing their blitzball back and forth. "Jamie wants to plaaay~!" Like an excited little girl, she bounced around him, tugging at his arm again. "Let's go find a round thingie and plaaay~!"

Really, who could resist a request from a cute kitty such as her?

[Nightmare Darklight]

How creepy, or adorable, Jamie was staring at him, not even blinking, not even averting her crimson gaze. He still had no idea how to deal with this, he had never dealt with anyone like her before. She was just so cuddly and affectionate, she didn't even ask for a name and she was already snuggling with him. Not once had anyone just snuggled him when he didn't have a clue who they were in the first place. In fact, this was the first time he had ever seen a catgirl in his entire life, he didn't even know they existed. And before he knew it, he was already being yanked to his feet, this girl was unusually strong for someone of her size. He was at a complete loss here, this had never even happened before.

Now he was beginning to wonder if she was even from this world, she was asking what the game was. How could someone in Spira, from Spira, possibly not know what Blitzball was? It was madness! Who in the world was Jamie, why was she a catgirl, why was she so cuddly, why was she oblivious to Blitzball? Nightmare was at a complete and total loss, so all he could really do was explain the game to her. "They're... practicing for Blitzball. It's a game where you hold your breath underwater for a really long time, for starters. After that, two teams go at each other and try to get the ball into the opposing team's goal to score a point. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins the match, and sometimes they even have tournaments." He nodded, assured in his explanation.

But she also requested to play the game, and all the while, tugging and pulling at his arm, what a grip. But, well, he'd grant her wish, and after wrangling his arm free by pulling out of her tough grip, he began to approach the players. Turns out they were practicing kicks again, and it would once again come to bite Night in the ass. Right after he opened his mouth, ready to speak, the blitzball once again sailed through the air and slammed into his face. And once again, he was flat on his back, lying on the deck of the boat, having been clocked again. The blitzball didn't roll to the railing though, and instead bumped into Jamie's foot. Nightmare himself though, could see a second head of silver besides Jamie, leaning against the railing.

Just what was going on here?

[Kadaj]

Kadaj's ears perked up slightly as he noticed the blond-haired man was now talking to the cat-like creature whom herself was tugging away at the man's arm to get him to his feet. Remaining leaned back against the railing, the Remnant of Sin folded his leather clad arms across his chest, making the material creak slightly as he did so, before settling his glowing, turquoise eyes upon the unusual pair. The blitzball players didn't seem too bothered to have the black-clad male standing there as he almost glared at the cat and blond. Sure, the day was nice, but Kadaj wasn't. Though the silver-haired assassin couldn't help but smirk as he watched a blitzball slam into the face of the blond man, which knocked him for six before putting him flat on his back with a thud. The players had strength, but it seemed they lacked accuracy.

Yet Kadaj didn't move or say anything. There were too many eyes here, too many people, parents, ignorant children and whatnot. It was too crowded to be able to make any moves. So, biting his lip, he frowned and remained rooted to the spot with his glowing eyes watching the movement of the blitzball until it bumped into the cat-girls foot. The Remnant took notice of her now, looking her small frame up and down a couple of times, staring at her ears and tail for a few seconds.
~Another tail? I wonder if they're related?~
The silver-haired man thought to himself as he pictured a certain blue-clothed thief standing beside the small cat-girl. He shook his head afterwards and just smiled inwardly, keeping his darkened and somewhat glarish expression on the outside.

[Jamie]

As Jamie went into thought, piecing together what this "Blitzball" was, it seemed Nightmare had gotten smacked in the face again. On the ground, he was, and Jamie tilted her head, blinking confusedly. "Do you like the ground, mister? Are you sleepy~?" Her eyes caught sight of the blitzball next to her foot. She bent slightly, and picked it up.

Jamie blinked at it, holding it high above her head, twirling it, poking it, examining it. She still had no idea about the game, but hey, why not try it? Humans like Blitzball right? That meant she had to like it if she wanted to fit in~!

She was about to do... something with it. She hadn't thought that far. But her gaze wandered to a lonely looking person in all black. Hey! Jamie's in all black! Maybe they could be friends~!

The hyper kitty bounced over to Kadaj, placing herself a few inches away from him. She meant no harm, none whatsoever. All she did was hold the Blitzball up again, to show him. "Hiyas~! You wanna play wiff us~?" Poor innocent Jamie. This was probably not the smartest move she would ever make.

[Nightmare Darklight]

Nightmare groaned again as soon as he came to, though immediately, he had already heard Jamie's question. He wanted to answer, rudely, that he had been assaulted and did not like being hit in the face with a blitzball. But, he decided to let it slide, she seemed to be really naive, and either way, he'd probably regret it. He'd probably regret being rude to her as she may have been easily hurt in the emotional sense. And for some reason, he didn't want the kitty to cry, just seemed too adorable and sweet to make her cry. So, he'd just focus on getting back up so he could get back to making sure he didn't get clocked again. Honestly, that really hurt, were they trying to hit him in the face with that blitzball?

With another groan, he sat up, placing his hands on the deck for a moment as he tried to regain his equilibrium. They had really done a number, he was surpised he wasn't seeing stars, or any variation of such. A few more seconds, and everything started to look normal again, he was getting his senses back. Slowly, but surely, he got himself onto his feet, but staggered for a second or two before regaining is balance. Those players really needed to be more careful, they were going to kill someone one day or another. Knowing his luck, it'd probably be him, or someone else, he had been known to have some good luck. Sometimes it had been bad, but other times, it had pulled through and done some incredible things.

But then he saw her run over with the blitzball to the man who shared the same hair color as Jamie. For some reason, he didn't like the feel of him, it was as if something was up with the guy. In a way, Nightmare was cautious, if things came up, he'd be sure to step in and make sure nothing bad happened. But there was something about this guy he just didn't like, but he couldn't put his finger on it. Maybe he was just being paranoid and stupid and he was simply worrying over something that was nothing. All he could really do was wait and see what would happen and just hope what came out of it was good. It really wasn't helping to ease his mind though, so, he'd just keep an eye on the man.

[Kadaj]

The waves of the ocean were still brushing against the side of the boat, causing the wooden structure of the hull to creak and groan slightly as the large ship continued on it's journey across the vast open space of blue liquid. The wind was bringing in a new cool breeze which helped counter the hot rays that the sun beamed down upon all who wandered the ships deck. Especially for Kadaj, being clad almost head to toe in durable, black leather. Taking a small sigh, the Remnant of Sin raised a gloved hand and took hold of the zip near his neck and tugged it down slightly, listening to the sound of the zipper undo a short distance so some of his chest could feel the cool sea-breeze.

Returning to reality though, Kadaj's eyes narrowed as he frowned, watching the small cat-like girl gather up the blitzball by her feet, before bounding off in his direction. She seemed odd... almost, non-human... and it came even more apparent the closer she got until the little animal was perched a few inches away from one of the Assassin's leather boots. Glowing, turquoise eyes looked down from under the sheet of silver hair that covered half of his face, an eyebrow raised as he wondered why she wanted to play blitzball with him, out of everyone else on the boat. Taking a moment to look back up, Kadaj stared at the blond-haired man as he got back to his feet before noticing that the blitzball team already had plenty of balls to practice with. Truth be hold, Kadaj was interested in the game. It was probably one of the very few things that stopped him going on his path of chaos and destruction.

Crouching down, Kadaj just stared at the cat-girl, almost glaring at her as he looked her over, trying ti figure out who or what she was. Cat ears with matching tail. Small figure and big innocent eyes. Though from the way she clung to the blond-haired mans neck...
"Fine. I'll play."
Kadaj stood back up and in an instant, he reeled back one of his legs and kicked the Blitzball within Jamie's hands pretty hard, shooting the ball and hopefully the cat-girl herself, back at the blond-haired man.