Captivity

[quickied]

captivity

No matter how hard you fought, how subtly or overtly you rebelled, or how many times you tried to escape, you ended up at this point all the same: you're a prisoner. Perhaps you're just a regular, run of the mill captive, perhaps a hostage, a science experience, a weapon to be used, yet, no matter what, you're not free.

But you're also not alone.

There's someone else confined along with you, who you met through your mutual imprisonment. The only thing you two may have in common is that you're both trapped here - and that's enough. The two of you grow close (it seems you're closer to them than you've ever been to anyone, but that could just be the situation); soon, something begins to start between you, tiny and delicate. You can't speak to what that something is, not in a place like this, but you know you want it to last. They are another reason to keep going.

Captivity, of course, has a way of stripping everything from you, including reasons to live. Surely, it is only a matter of time before this small - and still somehow world encompassing - comfort is taken from you...

...no. Not this time. They've taken all you have, right down to your freedom, and it stops now. You won't let the person who's become most precious to you in this hell be stolen away.

No matter what.

HOW TO PLAY

• Comment with your character and preferences. Are you open to AUs and assumed CR? What are your limits? Given the subject of the meme, there's likely to be triggering material here. Do you prefer very dark fare or a light at the end of the tunnel scenario?
• There's one prompt that could be smut, but feel free to play it in others if you're open to it. However, I'm going to be posting this as a smut meme on TLH later this week.
• Reply to others. RNG.

PROMPTS

1. Prisoner of War: Who's side were you on? Or were you just an innocent civilian caught in the mire?


2. Hostage: Take heart. You're worth more alive than dead.


3. Scientific Experiment: What an interesting specimen you are. You will have to be tested.


4. False Charges: One or both of you are here because of lies told against you; eventually, though, you may begin to believe that your worth is truly that low.


5. Do the Dirty Work: Your powers are useful, maybe even enough to use you as an unwilling assassin.


6. For Different Reasons: You're imprisoned for different reasons, and you still draw close. After all, does it matter when you're both stuck?


7. Most Unforgivable Sin: One of you is a prisoner in the most basic of senses: hostage, slave, what have you. The other? Well, it's much more complicated. The other is a person forced against their will to be a lover, spouse, or sex slave of those in charge. What if that other does find someone they actually love? It could cost you both your heads.


8. Equalized: Maybe you were in different social strata before, but now, you're both common dirt.


9. Should Be in Charge: One of you has a higher ranking in the system. Will you use your power to manipulate them or to skew things in their favor.


10. Beneficial: You both have something the other wants. It's a mutually beneficial set-up, and that's all it needs to be. At least, that's how it starts.


11. Love at First Sight: You never thought you'd see someone like them here, and maybe it's because you've been cut off for some long, but you're feeling so smitten, even if that's usually not you.


12. Needy: You're not cut out for this. Almost immediately, you reach out for anyone who can offer to take you under their wing.


13. Won't Fall: To you, it's all to keep yourself sane. You won't actually fall in love, not in a million years.


14. Traumatized: It's hard to care for someone so broken, someone who's seen such terrible things, but you do it anyway.


15. Brainwashed: Before you met them, you never doubted your masters. But now...


16. Flower of Hell: Such a beautiful ray of light should not belong here in this darkness. Cruelty will snuff if out. You don't want that to happen.


17. Kindness: They showed you an unprecedented act of charity and selflessness. You feel drawn to them.


18. Tend to Wounds: It's easy to get hurt while captive. At least you don't have to wait for your wardens to fix you up. You have someone kind or dedicated enough to tend to you and you alone.


19. Anything to Protect You: They can't protect themselves, so you'll do it for them in any way you can.


20. Using Them: Really, you don't care for them. You just want their protection and their help. At least, that's what you keep thinking.


21. Burned Before: You had another prisoner before that you loved, and they were sent away or killed. You want let down your guard again.


22. Human Contact: You've been deprived for so long, you crave any attention.


23. Can't Touch: You're in cells, kept apart. You can never touch.


24. Barely See You: There kept away from you and everyone else for most of the day, but you still have feelings for them.


25. Separate: They're to be taken away, perhaps even to another outpost. What will you do?


26. Frustration: How long has it been since you've been with someone? You may take any opportunity to get some privacy.


27. Have Hope: You don't want your partner to lose faith, so despite your own beliefs, you'll stay positive.


28. Promises: You keep telling them things, swearing that you'll follow through and you'll both be okay. Inside, a part of you may fear it's all hollow words.


29. Escape: You're going to leave, but not without them.


30. Punishment: For your crimes, both of you will be punished. How much will your affections mean then?


31. Forced to Torture: Not only does your closest person have to be tortured, but you're the one who has to do it.


32. All a Sham: The truth is out. They were only playing you. In fact, they may


33. Turncoats: Your captors have pitted you against each other.


34. Fight: You may argue or even come to blows, yet soon enough, you'll be wanting to forgive and forget because there's no one else to look out for you.


35. Jealousy: They're all you have here, so you're not inclined to share.


36. Taken by Another: Someone else captured here with you all saw what you had and decided they would steal away your significant other.


37. Know How to Break You: Your tormenters know they can't hurt you with torture, but if they hurt the one you care for? That's another story.


38. Death: There's no need for prisoners who won't keep on the straight and narrow. You've pushed the envelope too many times, and now, execution is the easiest option for your captors.


39. Finally Free: The two of you have finally made it out alive. Suddenly, in the light of day, things seem different. Was all of this, all of these feelings...were they true or out of some desperate need?


40. WILDCARD

Comments

Damien | Diamond Dogs | OTA

[hungercity_hellhound]

[Canon for him to be both the captor and the captured. MM for anything kinky/sexual. OTA for anything else.]

shin hati: star wars

[warghound]

[ crosscanon welcome! open to being either the captive or the captor. f/f for shipping ]

shadowheart, baldur's gate — ota.

[forbade]

[ either is cool with me! if we're going with shadowheart as the captor, it's likely pre-canon or her bad choices route and ordered along by shar, but i'm open to discussing awful and trashy ideas. feel free to hmu! ]

persephone — classical mythology.

[granum]

( it is quite literally the vibe — prefer to get fucky with the retelling and make our own vibes here! )

Dorian Storm | Critical Role | OTA

[makingmyway]

(( Probably the captive, because lbr he can get into a lot of trouble ))

Blackbeard | Our Flag Means Death

[treading_water]

Sherlock Holmes | Moriarty the Patriot/Yuukoku no Moriarty | ota / MtP cast

[finallyivecaughtyounow]

(Open to basically everything)

Sam Winchester | Supernatural | ota

[notarambler]

[Could be either captive or captor...he's a busy guy]

dracule "hawk eyes" mihawk | one piece (la)

[crosspurpose]

[ Pretty sure Mihawk could bust out of a cell with a toothpick if he has his usual abilities. That being said, if he's not a prisoner, maybe he's visiting for some reason and runs across a captive. ]

Liora | Flight Rising | OTA

[liorafae]

[100% captive. Human version also available and preferred for kinky/smutty. F/M also preferred for smut, OTA otherwise.]

Eligre, the Lady Crow || high fantasy OC || OTA

[lady_kaivodulin]

{{Captive. Prisoner of war most likely but will hear other prompts.}}

Buggy | OPLA | ota

[theflashyfool]

[Nnnot above kidnapping, but he's also been taken captive before, so pick your poison.]

Rico Dredd | Judge Dredd | ota

[judgementcrime]

[ captive, or captor. Or mutual captives? AU-ing this guy is fine and fun by me. Gen relationships/scenarios totally welcome.

I’m very interested in him in a captive or fellow captive scenario!

If he’s the captor of your character, it’s most likely short-term and for an actual purpose. Non-sexual (and non jealousy-related) reasons preferred for this, but still could be plenty violent.]

[buson]

((I'd love to write platonic stuff! Awesome, someone else who's a racketeer! Not awesome, effectively a dystopic police state cop, huh... D:;; Buson's gonna HATE being stuck with a cop, even if they're both in this garbage situation.

Buson's partner is also very flippant about death, we're used to that. Rolled and got... 16! Hilarious. Who does this even fit?! Mr. Attempted Child Murder (even if he would rather not, initially, and urged them to escape, but once they kept interfering, it's personal)... isn't exactly innocent. He's naturally a very honest, open book sort and he's devoted he is to those he cares about, but even that's also "will excuse atrocitues or carry them out with them." Uh...

Rolling again (unless you prefer promot 16?), I got 27, which is... cute, honestly like Buson to stay upbeat, even if it probably means he'll pester Rico with wisecracks and make light of the situation to keep morale up. ))

Narek | Star Trek | OTA

[talshiarent]

[It's certainly something, being the last man standing at the end of a massive decades long conspiracy and coup. He'd feel superior about being the one who survived, but he's busy being extremely under arrest. OTA.]

Konoka Konoe | Mahou Sensei Negima | OTA

[im_gonna_heal_u]

[[Captive, most likely. I like the concept of feeling conflicted about their captivity whether it's due to comfort, having met each other, brainwashing, etc. Preferring F/F for anything kinky.]]

Nefertari Vivi | One Piece

[regal_azure]

[ Most likely the captive ]

Arilanna Tayrey | original SF character | OTA

[astrogator]

[Info in journal, platonic only please, happy to combine settings so she's visiting your character's planet if you don't want to lean much into the SF aspect. Both as captives seems easiest to make work but I'm open to other ideas!]

[seencombat]

( can my federation nurse get kidnapped with your lieutenant )

nikolai gogol ; bsd

[sparklings]

(( m/m for shippy ))

Justin Martingale | OC

[unluckyagent]

[Captive. I'd love for him to get himself captured screwing up one of his secret agent missions... XD]

[M/F for smut, OTA otherwise.]

[theagentisin]

[It was a relatively simple job. The city's finest, wealthiest hotel was hosting a very important secret meeting the next day. All Justin had to do was sneak in, bug the conference room, and slip out unnoticed.

At first, it looked like he'd gotten away with it. His disguise was perfect, his identity unquestioned, there was hardly even anybody else around as the hotel finished prepping the room. All he had to do was make it back to his hotel room and await further orders.

There was another woman in the elevator as he entered, but as long as he played his role, there was no reason to be worried about her.

At least...until the elevator doors closed. Then all at once behind him, a hand clamped over his mouth and a hard cylinder was pressed against the small of his back.]

Nice try, agent. But maybe next time you should check who's watching the security cameras.

[Still holding Justin tight, she leaned over with her elbow to bump the button for the top floor. Going up.]

Buson (Attila) | Pokemon | OTA, platonic preferred

[buson]

((Fitting a situation for him given he tortures people in canon and has taken hostages.
He can be captor or captive. I really like the idea of mutual captives! Maybe they could escape together?

He is very loyal to his partner, too, and despite the cruel job, naturally, he's a casual and friendly sort who does try to empathize with people, even enemies! Doesn't stop him from doing his job, but...))

spoilers: some new team bad locks them up

[goodheartedhero]

[Coming too--the first thing Kris felt was the pain that rain through her head. It takes her a moment to recollect what had happened: she had left the town she had stopped by for a quick visit to the Pokemon Center, and out into the fields at night. A careless mistake on her part to keep traveling the dark fields alone, with little regards for her safety.

Rolling over on her side, Kris will struggle to sit up. Of course they're going to go the extra mile of tying her up! How rude. She was definitely getting an earful from Silver about this--her thoughts are put to a halt. Wait, someone came and tied her up in a strange room, all on her own, at night. Could it be who she thought it was?

Immediately fear edges in as she's wildly looking about trying to find any hints or clues as to where, who, or why she was locked up. Her first instinct was to start making sounds but she knew better. She didn't want any potential captors to know she was awake right away.

Instead, in the dim light of the room as Kris looked around did she finally notice another figure. Crawling over, while putting aside the idea of finding a way to untie herself, she'll whisper.]

Excuse me--? Hello? Are you awake?

david king || dead by daylight

[hardlydead]

[ almost certainly captive, and pissed as hell about it too. love an au or assumed cr, let's go. ]

Rezo the Red Priest | Slayers | OTA

[redprayer]

[[Canonically the sort of guy who would be holding someone captive, but his magic and his status as a demon king's vessel (or former vessel?) might be of interest to those who have the ability to hold him. Open to stockholm/lima-type scenarios and mutual captivity scenarios.]]

[fistofthetraveler]

[A few weeks late but I can't resist the siren call of a fellow carrier of scary god macguffins - basically Sheyleigh here is carrying a legendary magical power source called a Shard of Creation in her chest, which acts as a battery keeping her alive after nearly dying from a magical plague as a baby. Perhaps Rezo might want to study the shard or they're both nabbed by someone who's curious about them both?]

Copy Rezo | Slayers | OTA

[repeatedprayer]

[[For best results he's either the captor or this is a mutual captivity scenario- if someone was holding him captive he'd bear a murderous grudge over it and anything shippy would be a very hard sell.]]

Violet Sorrengail | Fourth Wing

[silverviolence]