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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.
throwsdown: (Default)

[personal profile] throwsdown 2013-04-10 08:39 am (UTC)(link)
[he sighs, curling up a little more. only it's more of a pout, than anything]

My stomach hurts. The pods made them hurt again.
staytofight: <user name=bushyeyebrows> (did i ever tell you about that one time)

[personal profile] staytofight 2013-04-10 08:48 am (UTC)(link)
That's quite the eye you're giving those lockers, Miss Bela.

[Hey, hey. He's sitting cross-legged on top of the lockers behind you, because he will never learn how to just say 'hey!' and wave like a normally function person. Sad but true.

What's up! c:]


Nothing fun appearing in your own?
Edited (DW DON'T SASS MY HTML) 2013-04-10 08:49 (UTC)
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[personal profile] onsilksheets 2013-04-10 08:50 am (UTC)(link)
A warship. [Interesting.] At least you're used to mixing with humans.

What do you make of our lovely vessel? [So much sarcasm.]
foolproofed: <user name=bushyeyebrows> (smokin marijuana wita my mama mama)

[personal profile] foolproofed 2013-04-10 09:01 am (UTC)(link)
I'm-- [fine

but then he remembers how he sorta did have an injury inbetween his shoulder blades. A deep one at that. His hand instinctively reaches behind him as his brow furrows in confusion; and then he regrets it with a silently cursed wince. Yeah, okay, it's still there. But it certainly doesn't as hurt as much as it did back in the facility--it's closing up, even: a swollen, dark spot, where he'd gotten a sharp as hell hand shovel thrown there. Hard enough that it had wedged and didn't fall out, despite him collapsing on the ground.

Okay, it's a miracle he survived it.

He grunts and pulls his shirt back down, still sopping, still confused.]


... Might consider that later.

I'm, just-- [when he can't find a better word for it, he shrugs hard.] regrouping for a while. This is all kinda intense, y'know? From one bad trip-out dream to another.

...

Not that I think this is a dream. It'd be a pretty vivid one.
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[personal profile] passe 2013-04-10 09:11 am (UTC)(link)
[ you are so lucky he wasn't privy to that beard/lumberjack situation on the network. hal glances at the contents of the locker briefly, and he only gets a vague look; by the time derek's focused on him, he's returning the favor. ]

I don't imagine you did.

[ he says it with a slight smile. it's a loaded statement; he imagines there are a great many reasons derek intervened (none exactly the correct one, of course), and saving a vampire's life definitely isn't one of them. ]

Am I to assume you're taking responsibility for our friend, then?

[ friend being tom; responsibility being keep him off hal's back, please. he has no interest in dealing with a corpse anymore than you do.

well, he might be slightly more okay with it, but the fact remains that there's a reason he wasn't coming out on top of that fight. it's not entirely down to skill. ]
staytofight: <user name=bushyeyebrows> (Don't be a dick about it.)

[personal profile] staytofight 2013-04-10 09:21 am (UTC)(link)
Come on, now, don't leave me in the dark! What's going on?

[BECAUSE I'M CURIOUS NOW. Humans aboard this ship are always great at keeping him occupied, and he was fond of LB, just as he was her bloodlust for battle. She was a good kid; unhinged a bit, but aren't most people around here?]

I'm hardly one to judge.

[personal profile] whywefight 2013-04-10 09:22 am (UTC)(link)
Someone once told me that you should always share a good bottle. [She tilted the brandy and smiled.] Last bottle of this I had was with Doctor Chakwas and damned if we didn't finish it, too.
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[personal profile] onsilksheets 2013-04-10 09:49 am (UTC)(link)
Fourteen months if we're being precise.

[Not something that she was entirely pleased with despite finding happiness with someone. A person that could disappear at any given moment and there would be nothing that Bela could do except hope that they came back. Knowing that your death was imminent back home also dampened a girl's spirits so there was a lot on her mind.]

I could impart some information about it, yes. You probably won't like it though but no sense in keeping you in the dark, is there?
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[personal profile] onsilksheets 2013-04-10 10:23 am (UTC)(link)
Easier with someone who doesn't have long hair.

[even after all this time, bela is a little vain and she didn't see that changing anytime soon. it was a small mercy that she had someone to help her in the shower if she needed it.]

Other tips? [she sounds mildly surprised by his question but well, why not go along with it? if anything, it would help to pass the time and provide bela with a distraction.]

Don't wander off into the bowels of the ship because you can get lost quite easily and there are things known as manticores roaming the halls. You might be an excellent shot but faced with an army of them might lessen your chance of survival.

[A smirk.] Figured that tip would be more useful.
prefectly: (sarcasm ✧ surprise surprise)

[personal profile] prefectly 2013-04-10 12:09 pm (UTC)(link)
No, I'll only scold you for not doing what I told you to when I'm honestly just trying to look out for your best interests.

[ she pauses as someone steps around her to head towards the showers, using the distraction for a moment to think, just a couple of seconds- ]

Time is weird here, that's a very important thing to keep in mind, always. For instance. Before I arrived here, I had just returned to Hogwarts after Christmas holiday of my sixth year. However, Remus is from the middle of his fifth year, and Sirius, I believe, is just starting his seventh. I have no idea why it turned out that way, but it has. But then, Remus has been here for so long, I believe he's the same age as me by now. I'm not sure. [ and now she's just going to pause because there, she's told him who's here, she's ready for him to run wild like a puppy being told his own is finally home from work. ]
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toomuchtenacity: (That's your insult? Really?)

[personal profile] toomuchtenacity 2013-04-10 12:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[Chell smirks at first but then frowns as he continues. What do you think that was for?]

[She simply points at the Aperture jumpsuit she still has tied to her waist. How about you trying to kill her? She figures that earns you a punch or two.]
backwardscompatible: (When a snake of a guy gave me an)

Halls!

[personal profile] backwardscompatible 2013-04-10 12:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[ The Doctor's gone. It's hardly the first time he's run off on her in the middle of an adventure but it still stings. But she's River Song, so aside from a brief sigh and a roll of her eyes when her usual check of his comms number bounces, she continues about her business as usual.

That is until she spots the familiar figure of Clara Oswald in the crowd. It seems she's swapped her Doctor for one of his companions. She makes her way through to her with a friendly-but-not-too-familiar smile. ]


Hello, have we met yet?
heorot: (question ж yeah?)

[personal profile] heorot 2013-04-10 12:23 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm touched that you care so much about my-

[ yeah okay, so he made an honest effort to keep this conversation going, but you said two of the most important words to him off-handedly, like it didn't even matter. The things about time and being from different years does make it to him, he 's vaguely aware of how strange that is and what it could mean since if she's from right after Christmas Holiday then-

But, like he said before, two important words. Or names. Or whatever you want to call them. James eyes, albeit as useless as they are at the moment, light up and he breaks into a grin and suddenly there is only one thing that needs to happen right now and that is move. ]


Remus and Sirius are here? Fantastic! Can you take me to them?
whoneedslegstofly: (Stoic)

[personal profile] whoneedslegstofly 2013-04-10 12:31 pm (UTC)(link)
That yet isn't exactly comforting, Commander. Nice try though.

[He's grateful to have her beside him though, leaning against her just a bit more until he feels better about putting all his weight on his legs.]

I think it looks good on you. I mean, blue always was a good color for you so why not add some nice blue goo to the style?

[Insert sarcasm here.]

All jokes aside though...is there any way off this ship?
whoneedslegstofly: (Da fuck you on?)

[personal profile] whoneedslegstofly 2013-04-10 12:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[Joker is just going to stare for a second, trying to figure out who serious the other is being before he outright winces a bit.]

Yeah I think I will too. That first option doesn't sound like fun and I, ah, kind of like not being a red smear.
whoneedslegstofly: (I'm busy dammit)

[personal profile] whoneedslegstofly 2013-04-10 12:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Trust me, I feel naked without my hat. I mean, I am naked but...

[Of all the people he expected to come across in this weird place, Zaeed was towards the bottom of the list. But he'd be lying if he said he wasn't glad the other was here.]

Mind helping me up? I know I'm not in the best state to be upright but I'm really starting to think I might end up stuck like this.
elvenking: (But it won't pay the rental)

[personal profile] elvenking 2013-04-10 12:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[He's still uneasy around dragons, but he only gives them a sidelong glance as he draws a very beautiful bloodworm out of the soil. There's dark dirt under his fingernails and a little in his hair from brushing it back behind one ear. There's a certain gentleness to the way he eases the worm out of the soil despite its protests. Once it's free, it curls against his grubby fingers to weakly push against him.]

My Lady. [He glances up at Dany.] I am glad to see you and your children have made it untroubled through the jump.
onsilksheets: (say that again?)

[personal profile] onsilksheets 2013-04-10 01:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Garrett!

[Bela almost cursed there and was close to jumping out of her skin when he spoke from behind her. Why couldn't he just announce himself in a normal way? Probably asking for too much there.]

You shouldn't sneak up like that. [Sigh. Then a breath.]

And no, I didn't get anything in my locker this time. [She whirls around, eyes narrowed at him.] How long have you been watching me?

[personal profile] whywefight 2013-04-10 01:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[Shepard shook her head lightly, her laugh quiet.]

Zaeed apparently stole a shuttle once with dire consequences, so I'm going to go out on a short limb and say no to getting off the ship. At least not that anyone's found. Might want to get that story from him, though. I got mine second hand.
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[personal profile] prima_facie 2013-04-10 01:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Instead of answering the question, Cutler presses on. ] Okay, let's try something else. Remember when you first realised that all the stories about vampires and werewolves and ghosts, they were all true? When it stopped being something told around the campfire and started being something you lived.
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[personal profile] prima_facie 2013-04-10 01:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Cutler spreads his arms wide in a nice friendly, open gesture. Nothing to hide here. ]

Well, if you have any questions I'd be happy to answer them.
humanistic: (shock - stuck my hand in your throwup)

stop being so fun I keep staying up too late!!!!

[personal profile] humanistic 2013-04-10 01:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[Perhaps he should be surprised, or more fearful--but no, of course there's a load of werewolves here, because that's fate, isn't it. As vehemently as he tries to deny it, and avoid it, that's the way that things are going to work out, like a train in its own right. Even alien abduction can't stop it. He shoves a hand through his hair in the brief silence. Werewolves, bloody werewolves, a wolf-shaped bullet--it could be anywhere aboard this ship, then, it could be anyone--]

What?

[This miserable reverie is abruptly broken by Josh's comment, and Mitchell looks around at him, studying his face. But he's not taking the piss, not as far as he can tell, he looks in earnest--even if it is a bit of a silly thing to say.]

Seriously? [No judgement. Just-- surprise, and a touch of familiarity.]

humanistic: (whaaa - you have no game at all)

[personal profile] humanistic 2013-04-10 02:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Doesn't everyone?

[Vividly, horribly vividly--the bright bloom of blood smeared on Herrick's chin and the weak sounds of the dying--the damp of grass, and the way that damp crept up over him, cold--

He shakes his head, pushes his fingers through his hair again; irritation and hunger both make him snap out:]


Look, d'you mind getting to your point?
ex_question191: (Default)

you're perfect, by the way.

[personal profile] ex_question191 2013-04-10 02:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey, you're welcome, no big. Community service. Or something.

[ they're all in this together, and all of that. plus, stiles just has a nose for danger, and dudes covered in that much blood have got to have a story or two. right now, though, his nose is twitching again. he's not going to ask, though. he's not. ]

Dude, are you smoking up?

[ aaaand he's asked. minimal judgement, maximum curiosity. ]
prima_facie: (But we're talking kings and successions)

[personal profile] prima_facie 2013-04-10 02:16 pm (UTC)(link)
It's a bit like that, but with spaceships and lasers and aliens.