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Kᴀʀᴀ (sᴛᴀʀʙᴜᴄᴋ) Tʜʀᴀᴄᴇ ([personal profile] astrogate) wrote in [community profile] ataraxionlogs2012-10-07 10:59 pm
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ELEVENTH WAVE

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.

akidfrombrooklyn: ([Steve] Distressed)

[personal profile] akidfrombrooklyn 2012-10-10 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
You sure? 'Cause you don't look so good. [ And he seems to look worse after the nod, his own head throbbing in sympathy. ] I'll be okay, I recover quicker than most.
akidfrombrooklyn: ([Steve] In awe)

[personal profile] akidfrombrooklyn 2012-10-10 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
You know, you probably shouldn't drink after them, either, not if you're taking it hard enough as it is. [ It lacks judgement and comes as more of a friendly suggestion. ] You good to make it to the lockers?
atmnumber0001: (Default)

[personal profile] atmnumber0001 2012-10-10 11:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Even realizing he sounded foolish, Edgeworth continued to insist that they were on a damned spaceship. Maybe the boy had some intelligence in him, but had he gone mad? Had everyone in this place gone mad? There had to be something to explain everything, there had to be.

"They won't listen to me?" he responded, scowling. "They'll listen to me when I'm through with them!"

So Manfred immediately pulled out that communications device and started fiddling with it. Okay. This might take a while. He never used these things much, and he didn't want to ask for Edgeworth's help.

"I'm assuming everyone uses these ridiculous tablet things to communicate around here."
bring_em_down: (Default)

[personal profile] bring_em_down 2012-10-10 11:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Aliens.

[Seriously, that's pretty much the whole of it.]

The capitol and everything got blown sky-high.
bring_em_down: (Default)

[personal profile] bring_em_down 2012-10-10 11:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[Clint got a big dose of it from getting to know him...self. Ish. So it's not so shocking to him to see another Cap. It could be worse! It could be Natasha.]

Second time I've been in one of those things, and I'm not looking forward to a repeat if they're a regular thing.
tofindthesun: (ᴏʀᴄs ᴀʀᴇ ᴡᴏʀsᴇ.)

[personal profile] tofindthesun 2012-10-10 11:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[if he is aware of her presence, he doesn't acknowledge it outright. hers is a company he is somewhat familiar with, one he finds himself doing as well (though not as much as he might like). quiet contemplation, recollection. relaxation.

her curtsy gives him pause, and after a moment it is returned with a low sweeping how.]


Good evening, my lady, if it is evening indeed. [it's a funny thing-- he's gone from not knowing day from night to not knowing night from day. but it is a minor thing as well, and he dismisses it in favor of straightening with a small smile, both polite and genuine.] You are enjoying the gardens, I hope?
akidfrombrooklyn: ([Steve] Awkward)

[personal profile] akidfrombrooklyn 2012-10-10 11:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Steve can at least be thankful that there isn't another version of himself wandering around, but he feels for the confusion of those who do have one. And one Natasha is enough for anyone. ]

You might want to prepare yourself for future unpleasantness. [ There's a sheepish smile, because, well, no one wants to hear it. ] Some months are worse than others.
justdumbluck: (Shocked)

Firo Prochainezo | OTA | Prose or action

[personal profile] justdumbluck 2012-10-10 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[After his ungraceful tumble from the grav couches, Firo manages to find his way to the showers and get rid of most of the goo, though he doesn't have the presence of mind to make sure it's all gone. The feeling of being disoriented hasn't yet worn off, so his movements are unusually clumsy as he fumbles around the locker area. When he finds the locker that matches the number on his new tattoo--when did that get there?--he wastes no time in putting the clothes on. Whether they're actually his or not he'd prefer to be clothed when in the presence of other people, especially strangers.

After receiving the message from the communications device, Firo stands in the locker room fiddling with the strange gadget and glancing around with wide, confused eyes. He's hesitant to follow the instructions; he has no idea if that voice was even real, he could have imagined it. Or it could be a trick from Huey, he thinks as more memories of Alcatraz trickle into his head. If Huey's even here. This is like no part of Alcatraz he's seen, not even like any place on Earth. All the questions that have been swirling around his head are suddenly louder as his senses gradually return and his head gets a bit less fuzzy. Where is he? Who are all these people? How'd he get here?

And most important: How does he get back to where he needs to be?
]
bring_em_down: (Default)

[personal profile] bring_em_down 2012-10-10 11:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[And Steve... you do not want to meet Clint's Steve. You just don't,]

Is this the general process? Rounded up, shoved back in, gooped up and nightmare-fueled?
jurisimpudent: (irritable)

[personal profile] jurisimpudent 2012-10-10 11:30 pm (UTC)(link)
"That is correct," Edgeworth responded, watching as von Karma's fingers worked on the device. He wondered precisely what vicious missive the man was composing at that very moment to Ward and to Resnik...And, truly, if anyone could shame the two of them into responding, it was his mentor.

That thought was, truthfully, a bit cheering. Indeed, yes - perhaps von Karma disapproved of Edgeworth personally in this moment, and perhaps that was difficult to deal with, but ultimately his mentor would help here immensely.

"They've network connectivity. You can use them to make a general post to all on the network, or you can contact individuals directly. It has a few different functions - text, video, or audio."
akidfrombrooklyn: ([Steve] Worried)

[personal profile] akidfrombrooklyn 2012-10-10 11:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[ It's difficult not to spot the changes in James as soon as Steve spots him amongst the other passengers, and as hard as this jump is for him, he doesn't feel half as bad as the young boy looks.

He goes over to him after wrapping a towel around himself, clambering fresh from the showers, concern evident on his face, and he places a gentle hand on his shoulder.
]

You okay, son?
akidfrombrooklyn: ([Steve] Out of time)

[personal profile] akidfrombrooklyn 2012-10-10 11:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He'll take his word for that and hope he never needs to discover it for himself. ]

That's pretty much how it's been since I got here, and the variation and unwanted surprises don't make it any more comforting.
tofindthesun: (ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪᴛ's ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛᴏ sᴛᴏᴘ ʙʀᴇᴀᴛʜɪɴɢ.)

[personal profile] tofindthesun 2012-10-10 11:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[he would that there were more that lived in the gardens but insects. they are small, and though helpful, they do not say much. there are times when one craves such a company. for legolas, he craves it as he would crave for living scenery.

it is a craving so great that he could ignore any others in this garden for the sake of enjoying the relative silence, the murmuring of the artificial stream, the hum of the machinery. he ignores the glance, but when the footsteps stop, he pauses and looks over out of curiosity.

lady he might call her. yet he knows without speaking that he oughtn't. he smiles, anyway, in greeting. if she does stare, he says nothing of it.]


..I do not believe I have seen you here before.
akidfrombrooklyn: ([Steve] Uncertain)

[personal profile] akidfrombrooklyn 2012-10-11 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
Ma'am? [ He hears the question she asks the air clear as day, but he's concerned over the meaning. The jump is obvious, but there's clearly something else, something between going in and coming out that's making her shake.

He remembers her, from the time he ran into her in the gym, and although he still doesn't quite understand how her skin is blue and eyes yellow, Steve doesn't isn't judging her on it now the way he didn't then.
] Are you okay - Raven, right?
alittlesideways: (thinking)

[personal profile] alittlesideways 2012-10-11 12:13 am (UTC)(link)
Arthur... [It takes Tommy a moment to put two and two together, because there's a part of him that's convinced, convinced that the man whose face was torn apart by a bullet was himself. Even though he was older, better dressed, better groomed...]

Why're you sorry?
bring_em_down: (Default)

[personal profile] bring_em_down 2012-10-11 12:14 am (UTC)(link)
[God willing, he won't.]

How long've you been here?
still_alive: (What's the fun in that?)

Gravity couches

[personal profile] still_alive 2012-10-11 12:17 am (UTC)(link)
[If there was one thing she hated about being human, it was being forced to feel all of these horrible feelings month after month after month without fail. It always takes her a minute to get used to the feeling of having legs and arms and not being in control of an entire Facility, to having a control range of feeling from skin instead of everything.

But she makes do and every single month she pulls herself together, making her way to her lockers with just as much dignity as before, if not more, than before and this jump was certainly no exception.

Except, in a way, it was. Because she catches sight of Chell.

And really, once she catches sigh of her, she doesn't even have to give her feet the command to make her way over, they simply take her there of their own accord. She looks the mute woman up and down, observing everything there is for her to observe before deciding that she looks no different from when she left. Whither when she left was when Chell left the Facility, or when she left The Tranquility, she's not entirely sure. Either way, Chell looks the same and entirely too pissed off, and she can't resist the smirk that tugs at the corners of her mouth as she reaches the woman.
]

Oh hi. So, you're back.
onsilksheets: (what?)

[personal profile] onsilksheets 2012-10-11 12:19 am (UTC)(link)
Sounds like a plot out of a movie.

[Not that Bela doesn't believe him of course.]

Did you witness it first hand, Clint?
majestyofthethrone: (Sera - god in my head)

[personal profile] majestyofthethrone 2012-10-11 12:26 am (UTC)(link)
[She looks up at him with a slight expression of who, me? before she starts writing again, but she doesn't seem intimidated at all. She puts the slate up to his face]

My twin used to bitch about it, but we can say that doesn't count.
bring_em_down: (Default)

[personal profile] bring_em_down 2012-10-11 12:26 am (UTC)(link)
I wasn't there, or I wouldn't be here. I mean, I could be, but no. Wasn't there.
onsilksheets: (pic#3852509)

[personal profile] onsilksheets 2012-10-11 12:31 am (UTC)(link)
Of course, yeah. Sorry, I wasn't thinking. I'm going to blame the jump for making me a little unfocused.
theyalldieforme: (Default)

[personal profile] theyalldieforme 2012-10-11 12:31 am (UTC)(link)
[He just takes a minute, and finally he nods]

All right.
bring_em_down: (Default)

[personal profile] bring_em_down 2012-10-11 12:32 am (UTC)(link)
I'm not blaming you a bit. This place seems to pick up all kinds of people. I got to see Thailand try to destroy itself. That one was firsthand.
unparental: ( eaѕycoмpany ) (❝ some of the things are very helpful.)

[personal profile] unparental 2012-10-11 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
[ jenna laughs quietly, raising a hand and see-sawing it in midair, face scrunched into a sort of 'what can you do' sheepish pout before dropping the hand and smiling, brighter than her first one. ]

There's some debate over whether they get easier or we just get better at dealing with them, but I keep telling people it all ends up in the same place so it's not all that important.

[ she taps her head. ] The headaches get shorter, though. Apparently it's an adjustment factor thing. [ her own are short enough to barely last out of the locker room, now, but that's more a vampire thing and even if jenna's out-- so to speak-- there's a large chasm between out and 'my name's jenna, oh and i suck blood'. ] The first time's always the hardest, though, that I can promise.
walksonrooftops: (hesitating)

[personal profile] walksonrooftops 2012-10-11 12:41 am (UTC)(link)
Setsura. [He's heard mention of the village in Kira, but naturally he'd never actually been there. But it's as he suspected: a village far from Kira, a home of large cats like this one, most likely. The details are lost on him, perhaps kept from him on purpose to suppress any curiosity that might arise if he were to know more.

He's not shy about sizing up the new Ribika, glancing over his ears, his tail, his general build. This one is older. Definitely older than him and Konoe.]


Then you're from the same world as me. You're from Sisa.