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lчdíα ( вєttєr thαn αnч σthєr αlphα ) mαrtín ([personal profile] mathematically) wrote in [community profile] ataraxionlogs2013-01-07 10:48 pm

fourteenth jump;

CHARACTERS: any and all
LOCATION: Gravity Couches and beyond
WARNINGS: maybe some swearing, or even some violence, and more than likely some implied (and possibly explicit) nakedness.
SUMMARY: Another month, another jump, another round of new faces.
NOTES: Keeping up with the tradition and copy pasted like always from the last one 

You wake up in darkness.



There's a breathing tube jammed down your trachea, and you're suspended in a tube of clear blue fluid. Upon registering your level of consciousness, the gravity couch drains the fluid surrounding you and retracts the breathing apparatus; the doors in front of you open, and you're deposited on the floor of a stark, sterile medical bay.

You are not alone.


 
There are others who have come before you, others who are awakening beside you. Some may be familiar to you, perhaps even friends. Others have much less amiable plans. Some are merely alien and inexplicable, but there are always those who might mean you harm.

After you catch your breath and your vision returns, you notice a number on the inside of your forearm. Maybe it's a familiar number. Maybe it means something. Maybe it's just a number. But the number—completely unique to you—is a tattoo, and it does not come off.

If you enter the room adjacent to the medbay, you will find a small locker with your number on it, surrounded by rows upon rows of identical lockers. Inside, you will find a few of your personal items, a communications device, and a ship's uniform in your exact size. The comms device is fully powered and connects directly to the ship's network; it's your only means of communication beyond physical conversation. Upon turning the device on, a neutral, automated voice will say, "Please take the blue lift to the passenger quarters." Any other attempts at communicating with the rest of the network are met only with static.

This is your welcome party.
talkstoengines: (srs biznes lensflare)

Kaylee! Wide open

[personal profile] talkstoengines 2013-01-08 07:42 am (UTC)(link)
Pods -

[She comes out - and it's different than before - she feels strange, sick, weak, like her mind is filled with molasses and cotton and doesn't want to get going again. She sits near her pod for a few moments, wiping the goo out of her eyes, trying to catch her balance.]

Feel like I ate a too-old protein pack...

Lockers -

[Once she gets back on her feet enough to shower and dress, she's at the lockers. No new items this jump, but she's still trying to piece together some of what she had been seeing before waking up. It's one of the strangest dreams she's ever had, so she sits for a moment, a somewhat-uncharacteristic frown on her face as she tries to figure out what was so disconcerting about it.]
doc_pompous: (pic#5474749)

pppods

[personal profile] doc_pompous 2013-01-08 08:34 am (UTC)(link)
[Simon had spent most of the previous month running tests, checking vitals, trying to find out what was wrong, worrying that the people in comas were never going to wake up. The fact that Kaylee was among those still sleeping only kicked his anxiety into overdrive.

So when he catches sight of her awake, stumbling out of her tank, he wastes no time in snapping into action. She's awake, she's okay, he hopes she's okay--
]

Kaylee--

[He snatches a towel off a nearby table and makes a beeline for her, forgoing all professionalism in favor of pushing through anyone in his way in order to get to her as fast as he can.]

Kaylee!
talkstoengines: (yup)

[personal profile] talkstoengines 2013-01-09 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
[She looks up, still feeling woozy, but seeing him still manages to put a smile on her face.] Hey there, Simon. This one sure hit me hard...
doc_pompous: (pic#5020198)

[personal profile] doc_pompous 2013-01-09 06:45 am (UTC)(link)
[Simon can't understand how anyone can be so eternally cheerful, even after a month in blue goo--though it is possible she doesn't realize it, yet. He wraps the towel around her shoulders and gently starts to lead her to an examination table--partly so she can sit down, but mostly so he can make sure everything checks out.]

Are you feeling all right? Do you remember where we are?

talkstoengines: (shy smile)

[personal profile] talkstoengines 2013-01-10 04:10 am (UTC)(link)
[This is Simon, so she's not complaining about being led anywhere by him. Plus, he's got nice hands, if only she wasn't feeling so woozy, she might be able to enjoy it more.

He only ever forgets his silly politeness crap when someone's sick or hurt.]


Sure, Tranquility, I'd know that weird hum anywhere. Ain't nothin' like Serenity. Names are real close, though. Why, did somethin' happen?
doc_pompous: (pic#5020203)

[personal profile] doc_pompous 2013-01-10 07:27 am (UTC)(link)
[He seats her on the nearest table, then makes a beeline for a countertop, pulling open drawers and assembling the necessary instruments to take her vitals.]

You've been...

[There really isn't a good way to put it.]

This is the fourteenth jump. You didn't wake up last month.
talkstoengines: (what is that?)

[personal profile] talkstoengines 2013-01-11 07:34 am (UTC)(link)
[She frowns at him.]

What? You mean I slept that whole month?
doc_pompous: (Kidnapped by hillfolk)

[personal profile] doc_pompous 2013-01-13 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
The whole month.

[It pains him a little to say it, but he supposes it only makes sense that she doesn't realize how long she's been in the tank. He tries to disguise it by fixing his gaze on the blood pressure cuff he slides up her arm.]

I was--I was worried you weren't going to wake up.
talkstoengines: (talkin' to simon)

[personal profile] talkstoengines 2013-01-13 10:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[His worry - okay, so she doesn't want to worry anyone, but knowing he cares enough to worry? Kinda makes her feel warm and tingly inside. So she takes his hand, gives it a squeeze.]

Sorry 'bout that. I'm glad you're here to look after me though. You always do a real good job of it.
doc_pompous: (pic#5474809)

[personal profile] doc_pompous 2013-01-16 08:39 am (UTC)(link)
[Ordinarily, contact of this kind would make him nervous, worried that he'd do something wrong, but an entire month of worrying about her safety or if she'd even wake up at all throws all of that out the window. He stops pumping the blood pressure cuff full of air for a moment, to better feel his hands in hers.]

Don't be sorry, it wasn't your fault, I'm just--

[He sighs, heavily, shaking his head.]

You know me, I worry.
talkstoengines: (sunshiny day)

[personal profile] talkstoengines 2013-01-17 04:26 am (UTC)(link)
Worryin' just means you care. [She smiles at him.] I'm fine, though. I mean, I'm good and rested now at least.
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[personal profile] doc_pompous 2013-01-18 04:54 am (UTC)(link)
[He smiles back and laughs, trying not to look too agitated.]

You'll let me know if anything feels off, right?
talkstoengines: (nose wrinkle!)

[personal profile] talkstoengines 2013-01-19 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
Only if I get to look after you sometimes. [If anything, her smile widens. What? It's Simon, okay?]

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lockers

[personal profile] willpunchfaces 2013-01-08 05:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[showered and dressed, Francis is just trying to get his bearings after finding his friends, get his head on right. having everyone back ... he's happy. moreso than he'd necessarily admit

seeing Kaylee, he pauses. she looks preoccupied, and though he hasn't met her yet, he's never one to turn down checking up on a cute girl, so]


Hey. You okay there, beautiful?
talkstoengines: (welp.)

[personal profile] talkstoengines 2013-01-09 03:02 am (UTC)(link)
[Aw, if it isn't a kid showing up, calling her beautiful!

It's a good thing she finds it flattering.]


Aren't you sweet? I'm fine, just a little woozy still. Guess I was asleep for a bit there.
willpunchfaces: (pic#4212562)

[personal profile] willpunchfaces 2013-01-09 06:12 am (UTC)(link)
[one of these days he's gonna get punched in the teeth and totally deserve it]

You were one of the ones stuck in the pods then?
talkstoengines: (worried?)

[personal profile] talkstoengines 2013-01-10 04:06 am (UTC)(link)
Simon says I was, and he don't lie, not to me, so I guess it's true.

Here I thought I just had a weird dream. [She shrugs faintly. Good-natured, as always, but still groggy from the pods, from the coma, still trying to get her bearings so still not as cheerful as she might otherwise be.]
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[personal profile] willpunchfaces 2013-01-10 05:40 am (UTC)(link)
[he doesn't know who Simon is, but he figures he's a friend, and just shrugs] What sort of dream?
talkstoengines: (stop that.)

[personal profile] talkstoengines 2013-01-11 07:33 am (UTC)(link)
Wasn't like any dream I ever had before. I was on the ship, but it was different. Lotsa people, none of the folks I know here now. And none of them ever saw me.
willpunchfaces: (pic#4212592)

[personal profile] willpunchfaces 2013-01-12 04:48 pm (UTC)(link)
What, you mean like ghosts?
talkstoengines: (so when you said...)

[personal profile] talkstoengines 2013-01-13 10:19 pm (UTC)(link)
If anyone was a ghost, it musta been me. They were talkin' to each other, it was me they couldn't see.
willpunchfaces: (pic#4212561)

[personal profile] willpunchfaces 2013-01-16 03:12 pm (UTC)(link)
That's [lonely] a bit creepy. What do you think it was all about then?
talkstoengines: (have a nice day!)

[personal profile] talkstoengines 2013-01-17 04:27 am (UTC)(link)
I guess I'm just figurin' on it bein' a dream, y'know? Not sure I've ever had one like that, but there's a first time for everything. Never been in a place like this before, either.
willpunchfaces: (pic#4212556)

[personal profile] willpunchfaces 2013-01-19 06:20 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah? You're taking this pretty well, considering you basically had a ghost dream.
talkstoengines: (welp.)

[personal profile] talkstoengines 2013-01-20 06:22 am (UTC)(link)
It was just a dream. Everyone has 'em. [She shrugs.] Wasn't real scary or anythin'. Dreams about Reavers, now those're scary.