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lчdíα ( вєttєr thαn αnч σthєr αlphα ) mαrtín ([personal profile] mathematically) wrote in [community profile] ataraxionlogs2013-04-07 10:58 pm

seventeenth 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.
therainbowking: (kingly and impressive)

[personal profile] therainbowking 2013-04-08 11:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[Certainly not. His hand tightens on Loras' shoulder a bit, but he descends into a charming enough (if short) bow.]

We are in your debt, ser. I trust we shall not have to press the importance of silence?
cobaltblue: (Default)

[personal profile] cobaltblue 2013-04-08 11:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[Well hey, there's a familiar sight, that gun. He's never met this woman, but he'd certainly heard of her during that week or so of traveling through the corridors. He'd heard about a lot, actually. Wheatley doesn't seem like the type who knows how to shut up. He eyes the device as he walks down the hallway toward her, then waves a little as she comes closer to get her attention.]

Hey. You're Wheatley's friend, aren't you? With the gels and the portals, or whatever?

[Since evidently she had a bunch of them and had been throwing them around the ship. Why, he didn't know, but the orange stuff, he hadn't really appreciated running across that unexpectedly once.]
recalibration: (Default)

[personal profile] recalibration 2013-04-08 11:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[ oddly clint can handle just about all of it, but the tube rammed down his throat is something he's not interested in getting used to. the possibility of him being outraged at their having to do this once a month is high.

clint's preoccupied with putting the finishing touches of his uniform on. there's no gun unfortunately, but the bow and the knife are more than enough for now he hopes. the whole place doesn't have a hostile environment feel...maybe his shoot my way out instincts were a little premature.

the voice is familiar, unsurprisingly so. whoever or whatever brought them here would want someone like tony stark in their custody, right? not that that logic answers any of his questions. he's going to blame the disorientation brought on by waking up in a vat of goo. ]


Whoever brought us here definitely didn't get advanced placement. [ a pause. ] Stark? What the hell happened to your eye?

[ yeah, screw being polite, he's not letting this slide. priorities: clint has them. ]
widowing: (pic#5861027)

JUMPS ON THIS

[personal profile] widowing 2013-04-08 11:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[ when she first sees him, she thinks, for a second, that she's hallucinating. that she's suffering from a slime-induced fever dream and when she cleans herself and regains her bearings, that he'll be gone again. but she watches him through as he pulls himself up, moves towards the locker rooms, and once she's positive she's not seeing things she does the same and shoves herself up and to the showers, following him but making sure she's out of his line of sight and range of hearing until she's ready to say hello. when clint shuts the door, he'll find her standing behind it, arms folded and leaning against the locker next to his, her expression somewhere between amused, apprehensive, and grim. ]

I don't know, considering the numbers and amount of time they've been able to hold onto people, I think they've done a pretty good job.

[ welcome back is on the tip of her tongue, but she knows from experience that the sardonic greeting would be premature. a quick glance to his arm tells her that his numbers are different and based on that and the way he's reacted to everything since waking from the pods, she's willing to bet that he doesn't remember anything about his previous time here.

either of them. ]
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[personal profile] transwarped 2013-04-09 12:00 am (UTC)(link)
I only fly in the finest metal. Any traps and death related activities are strictly the fault of the people aboard.

[Now he's getting more concerned. Could it really be possible his worst dreams are coming true? Could it be...]

Now don't say I've been snatched on to a sub-par ship.
toomuchtenacity: (Um no I don't think there's a pony there)

[personal profile] toomuchtenacity 2013-04-09 12:04 am (UTC)(link)
[She turns quickly at the name and frowns at him. Friend? Not likely.

She looks at him then points to the Aperture logo on the gun and back to him. Are you from Aperture?]
cobaltblue: (the hell are you talking about?)

[personal profile] cobaltblue 2013-04-09 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
[He raises an eyebrow at the gesture.] What, you can't talk?

[Fine, but her meaning isn't exactly clear to him.] Okay well no, don't shoot me, though if you're saying you wanna give me the gun then yeah, sure, I'll take it.
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[personal profile] testgasm 2013-04-09 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
[This again.

Wheatley smiles at Maya's approach, glad to see repeat customers
]

Well, there are new people every jump, you know. Always questions to answer. And, you know, Nill was good enough to bake for us this time around, so.
recalibration: (Default)

:3c lol just stealing everything from the meme, nbd

[personal profile] recalibration 2013-04-09 12:10 am (UTC)(link)
[ were this any other time, maybe clint would have the good senses to pay a bit more attention, to realize he's being watched. between his head hurting and generally trying to get his bearings of the place and the people around him (of which there are more than there should be) he doesn't notice the red hair and the familiar eyes following him. it's not until he's about to close his locker door that he gets the feeling someone's there. ]

First Stark, now you.

[ of course, he could be talking about her comment on their captors but it's more likely he's referring to her being here. bow in hand, communicator in the other, he probably shouldn't look as relieved as he does about seeing her. ]

Is this some kind of reunion, 'cause I feel like I'm missing something.
toomuchtenacity: (Um you said I could go right?)

[personal profile] toomuchtenacity 2013-04-09 12:17 am (UTC)(link)
[She shakes her head quickly. Nope, you aren't getting her gun.]

[Her throat isn't so sore here though and you aren't an A.I. She points to the logo and underlines it again then clears her throat.]

Are you from Aperture?

[Her voice is thin from disuse and she closes her mouth quickly afterwards. She doesn't want to talk much okay? Just answer the question.]
theshabbiestofmen: (Talk ☾Oh gosh)

[personal profile] theshabbiestofmen 2013-04-09 12:19 am (UTC)(link)
[He's so used to Raven blue now that it's honestly a shock to see her human. Remus wonders at that as he comes up behind her, but tries not to pay it much notice.]

How was your Jump?
cobaltblue: (Default)

[personal profile] cobaltblue 2013-04-09 12:24 am (UTC)(link)
Aperture? [Oh right, that company that made the gun that Wheatley worked for, or something like that. He hadn't really paid any attention but really, when Wheatley was involved, who did.]

Nope. I was in the Marines before I got here. Why?
toomuchtenacity: (Hard at work testing)

[personal profile] toomuchtenacity 2013-04-09 12:30 am (UTC)(link)
[Okay good. She seems to relax slightly. Though not too much, who knows who you are after all.]

This isn't Aperture?
cobaltblue: (the hell are you talking about?)

[personal profile] cobaltblue 2013-04-09 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
Huh? No, of course not. Haven't you been here a while now? Wheatley said you were throwing those fucking gels all over the place a couple months ago.

[Church, of course, had never heard that she had disappeared. The confusion on his face is evident.]
testgasm: (TESTING!!)

hay gurl hay

[personal profile] testgasm 2013-04-09 12:42 am (UTC)(link)
[Wheatley, on the other hand, is incredibly preoccupied with his rubik's cube when he catches the flash of orange in her periphery. Chell leaving and coming back and leaving again, only to turn up completely fine, whether she'd been exploring the depths of the ship or inexplicably returned home.

It's a comfortable constant, even if he has mixed feelings about Chell's presence on the ship in general, but coexistence has seemed to work well, except when she gets in a mood.

Which is often.
]

Hey--!

[He springs to his feet and leans over the booth, raising his hand partly in greeting, partly to get her attention. The motion is almost involuntary, at this point, a knee-jerk response to seeing her back.]

Oi, lady!
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[personal profile] workout 2013-04-09 12:51 am (UTC)(link)
[ stiles you cannot just breeze through this kind of thing, jeez. remember how long it took him to catch up to the werewolf concept? but instead of asking now, what he does is make a list - future, aliens, magic, etc., because he's coming back to all of that.

but right now the "killing us all" comment seems the most relevant, somehow, so even if he knows exactly what stiles is doing - avoiding something - he goes with it. ]


Why would it kill us? And why does my mom work in a medlab in-

[ why is he even asking, it's not like you can give a real answer to something that makes zero sense. there's something else that just occurred to him, anyway, and it quickly steals the relevant title. ]

Are you okay? And why do you know all this?

[ see also: how long has his best friend (and mother) been on a spaceship without him knowing about it. ]
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[personal profile] prima_facie 2013-04-09 12:52 am (UTC)(link)
[ Mitchell could only be talking about the Old Ones. Cutler had also assumed on arrival that only the Old Ones could have something like this set up. ]

The Old Ones? Not in the way you're thinking of, no. I thought the same thing, but it turns out things are a bit more complicated than that. Let's find your room and I'll explain everything.

[ He's calmer now that it sounds like Mitchell's listening, but still on edge. If Hal can't be clean on the ship, what are the chances of someone like Mitchell managing it? ]
toomuchtenacity: (A crime against science)

[personal profile] toomuchtenacity 2013-04-09 12:53 am (UTC)(link)
[That makes her frown even more. And she shakes her head. Nope.

Never. She's just as confused, she doesn't even know where here is.]
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[personal profile] darkholme 2013-04-09 12:54 am (UTC)(link)
[ ah, Remus. the tension in her shoulders sinks a little more, a languid smile stretching across her face before she turns to meet his eyes. she should tell him what happened to her mutation, she likely should right away.. but no, she likes the idea of him being a distraction from it, not giving him reason to worry. ]

It was so boring, all that sleeping. Same as always. [ she reaches to pull him in for a hug, presses kisses along his neck ] How're you?
widowing: (pic#5861026)

whatever it's your prerogative.mp3!

[personal profile] widowing 2013-04-09 12:58 am (UTC)(link)
[ he shouldn't feel too bad that she was able to drop on him: she's had the advantage of being here before and knowing how the jumps work, how her body reacts and how long it'll take her to recover. the disorientation and crowd also work in her favor, but she's sure he would have been able to spot her if he'd known to look. he'd been the one sent to take her out, after all. ]

Something like that.

[ it started with her and stark, and she and him had always been a constant. until they weren't, and she'd been pulled back into this mess ( starting to sound like banner, she thinks with a bitter smile ). she unfolds her arms and her expression grows graver as she steps a bit closer, just enough so that whatever she has to say will be drowned out by other conversations should there be people around them. ]

How thorough of a rundown did Stark give you?
toomuchtenacity: (Um no I don't think there's a pony there)

[personal profile] toomuchtenacity 2013-04-09 12:58 am (UTC)(link)
[She knows that voice and she turns quickly. Instinctively clutching the portal gun in her hands and trying to find the location of the personality core....]


[Wait. What?....]

[Why does that human sound like him....]

[Is this some kind of trick?]
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[personal profile] gunshiptotheface 2013-04-09 01:00 am (UTC)(link)
[The only thing worse about having to get out of the pods is having to get into them and Garrus is fairly certain that neither one is enjoyable. But even after already having done this once, it takes Garrus a moment to stabilize himself on shaky legs.

Most of the other people have moved ahead with going to get a shower while he's still trying to scrape the worst of the goo out of his cowl when he notices that the person sitting in the hallway is familiar.]


Joker?

[personal profile] whywefight 2013-04-09 01:01 am (UTC)(link)
[He wouldn't have wanted her to offer a hand up, so she didn't. Towel clad and her hair slicked back but still relatively gooey, Shepard eased into a crouch in front of him. It's funny how you miss faces after a month of not seeing them, and then there they are. A little bit of home. He did her best to keep the towel she'd snagged for Joker off the wet floor.]

So, I hear there's this pretty badass pilot who helped save a galaxy somewhere in all this goo. You wouldn't know anything about that, would you?

whoneedslegstofly: (HAH)

[personal profile] whoneedslegstofly 2013-04-09 01:04 am (UTC)(link)
[Well that's an unexpected but familiar voice and Joker can't help but be really glad to hear it.]

Garrus..hey. Long time no see. Or something. I'm actually not sure how long it's been.

[He's paused in his attempt to get up, the pain a little too much for him to handle at the moment. He does, however, lift his head some, shooting the other a slightly forced grin.]

Mind helping me up?
whoneedslegstofly: (Yes ma'am)

[personal profile] whoneedslegstofly 2013-04-09 01:07 am (UTC)(link)
Give me a minute, I might be able to find him.

[There's relief in his voice as he replies, the pilot pausing in his attempt to get up--at least he's partially sitting now which...okay no it doesn't really help his legs but it's closer to standing at least--looking at Shepard and trying to decide if he's dreaming or not.

Because this whole thing seems surreal.]


I'd apologize for the lack of uniform, Commander, but apparently you changed the dress code without telling me.