Beyond Boundaries

[Lana]

(no, it's amazing! ;D and definitely fits Hell's Water - telepathy is something that looks perfectly possible in this place )

"Thanks", - I mutter and take the bottle, taking a couple of large gulps of water, enjoying the feeling of freshness. I thank her for the water or for the memory, or both. I honestly don't know. I keep drinking, staring at the girl and noticing how much she has in common with Jack: dark eyes, high cheekbones, dark hair... they do look alike. Damn... this is crazy... But then, what isn't? What isn't crazy in Hell's Water? As far as I can remember, everything is crazy, irrational and illogical.

But Nadia being Jack's sister? It's a bit too much. And why didn't he tell me? It's not something too dangerous to be told, doesn't he trust me in the slightest, after all? I close my eyes, exhausted, and lean my head against the wall, sighing heavily. Damn it. I wonder how much I can take here without losing my mind.

Suddenly footsteps echo in the corridor and, I hope, it's Jack. 'Cause he'll start talking to Nadia, and I won't have to talk to her, and I'll be able just to slide down onto the ground, sit and try to clear my mind of all thoughts that are buzzing there now.

[Jacky]

Fortunately or unfortunately for Scarlett, the footsteps do belong to me. I turn past the corner that Scarlett came from before and spot the two of them. The first thing I notice is that Nadia's standing there without a single scratch. "She alright then?" I adress Scarlett - not knowing whether Nadia's being in her right state of mind or not, after all. But as I look at Scarlett I see that she's utterly pale. She looks tired, if not downright exhausted, and.. anxious? I don't know what to call it, but it's like something hit her and knocked the sense right out of her.

Out of the two, Nadia seems to be in a better state of sanity than Scarlett that instant. I frown, "Wha' happened?"

Nadia sort of takes this as her cue to leave. She goes over to Jack and gives him a quick hug. "I showed her." She whispers, then quickly turns on her heels and leaves.

Showed her what..? I frown and warily go over to Scarlett, crouching by her side. "What the hell happened?"

[Lana]

I stare at Jack approaching and feel relieved, 'cause now he'll take Nadia away, and they will leave me alone, and that's exactly what I need now. I need to get ahold of myself, 'cause I feel like all air was knocked out of me.

But when Nadia leaves hastily and Jack comes closer to me, I look at him, and an image of a meter-tall dark-haired boy appears in front of my eyes - Jonathan as a kid, small, with messy hair, beaten up for something he never did. I blink this image away and try to look at the real Jack's face that seems to be quite worried.

"Nothin'", - I say uselessly and sigh, comparing his face to the face of the kid. I knew him a decade ago, when he was much younger. I know him now, when he's more mature. But seeing your lover when he was a kid? It's something... quite unsettling. And getting to know about his sister. And seeing her memories.

"Feel dizzy", - I say, and it's the ultimate truth, I really do.

[Jacky]

"Are you hurt?" I frown, offering her my hand to help her up. Nadia's words echo now. She showed her. Did she hurt Scarlett in a way? I can't really see any physical damage on Scarlett other than she had before though..

[Lana]

"No", - I shake my head and get up, quite unsteady on my feet. - "At least, not more than before", - I clarify and chuckle slightly. - "She told me... no, not told... she... she's okay, not hurt by the dreams", - I change my mind and say not what I wanted to say at first.

[Jacky]

"Scarlett.. what the hell did she tell you?" I frown, my eyes narrowed slightly. She's not making much sense now. She's not hurt, Nadia's not hurt - so something happened between the two of them that stirred Scarlett up as much as it did.

[Lana]

"She *told* me nothing", - I say the truth and take one more gulp of water from the bottle. Damn, I am tired, shocked, and I really want to sleep, but I know I can't. I want to get out of this place, it's pressing too much on me.

"I was... I saw her memories! Like those nightmares we shared, I closed my eyes, she took my hand, and I was able to see her memories!" - I suddenly blurt out, hastily. - "It's crazy, Jack! I am so tired of this place messing with my mind, and now - Nadia! She made me see her memories, can you imagine this? I saw you. And I saw her. And I know who you all are... damn, it's... it's madness! I want rum", - I blabber and, the more I say, the calmer I feel. If I get it out, I won't have to be alone with this stuff. Okay, let him know.

[Jacky]

The more she talks, the more she seems to want to say, so I let her. I let her sit down again, together this time so that my arms are loosely around her, and I let her rant until she pauses to breath. I smirk slightly at her last request for rum.
So I figure she knows who Nadia is by now. If she's seen any memories (I'm surprised Nadia has any, in fact), she's oughta know something at least. But how.. how did Nadia let Scarlett have a glimpse in the past? How can she share thoughts?
The answer to it comes to me more easily than I expected. It's just this place again.

When Scarlett says nothing for a while, I can't help but to wonder though. "What'd ye see?"

[Lana]

I feel quite thankful for Jack's arms around me, but at the same time I feel slightly offended because he didn't tell me Nadia was his sister, he was so secretive about it...

"I saw everything from Nadia's point of view... She was a small girl, living in a shack in the fields, with her parents that were slaves. At your father's plantation", - I pause for a moment, not failing to notice how weird it really sounds. Jack's father was a plantator. Mine was a plantator too, and my husband was. And now we're free, now we're pirates... - "And then there was her memory about one day, when your father lost a wallet", - my voice trails off here and I decide not to continue. I know I won't remind Jack how his father hurt him, because he must remember it well enough without my assistance, and my words might just make this memory even more painful.

"I saw her as a kid... And I saw you as a kid, Nathan..." - I say quietly, because that kid wasn't Jack yet. - "It was so... I don't know how to explain... I saw you when you were ten or something, can you imagine that?"

[Jacky]

"I'd rather not." I confess, my arms embracing her somewhat more tightly as I hold her against me. For a moment both of us are silent, both of us having plenty of things to think about, too much to speak right away. I remember that day. Vaguely. I never knew Nadia was there.. I didn't even know her at that time - I only met her weeks after that day if my memory is correct. But it doesn't seem to matter. What does it change..?
Then I realize.. does it change anything for Scarlett?
I glance over to her, our eyes meeting, esmerald green and deep brown.
"I'm sorry ye.. ye saw anything." I tell her, "You shouldn't have. It doesn't matter, so let's jest forget 'bout it, aye?"

(Ah I'm tremendously in love with this rp)