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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: (hey sexy come here)

[personal profile] therainbowking 2013-04-12 06:31 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, I shall -- for you, of course. [That grin is getting a bit harder to hide at this point, so he buries his face in Loras' shoulder for another nuzzle. And, slightly muffled:]

I love you.
ex_question191: (❝ T E A S I N G ❞)

[personal profile] ex_question191 2013-04-12 06:31 am (UTC)(link)
[ stiles tips his head, interested. ]

Okay, complicate it for me.
humanistic: (grl pls - this isn't law school)

oh....... then no more love.

[personal profile] humanistic 2013-04-12 06:38 am (UTC)(link)
[Yeah this is so what Mitchell needs right now. Except in some strange way it sort of is? He has a lot of shit going on right now obviously, and selfishly that takes priority, and he doesn't know Josh from any other werewolf outside of this conversation--

Except the instinct to sort of explain things is a strong one, even right now, even after alien abductions and werewolf prophecies and-- maybe it is, in some small way, for George's sake. Or maybe it's a response to the tone of Josh's voice. Whatever, he shouldn't care, and he doesn't, he just...

...is going to continue to conversation. Which isn't caring.]


Don't think it's my nose, thanks-- [A nose which works perfectly well, if a bit too well right now, a nose which he wrinkles at Josh, in an are you quite serious sort of way.] I'd say I'm about ninety-five percent certain that it's definitely you. I mean, no offense, mate, but you smell.

You weren't hanging around with other werewolves, were you? And the smell just sort of rubbed off on you? What d'you do at full moons around here anyway--I mean, you're nearly on the moon. It's not your time of the month all month long, is it. [A whole load of werewolves always at the full moon. His anxiety kicks up a bit at the thought, but he tries to make it something of a joke.]
ex_question191: (❝ E E E E H H H ❞)

[personal profile] ex_question191 2013-04-12 06:50 am (UTC)(link)
My mind is already pretty freaking fresh, thanks.

[ still, when it hits, the corner of his mouth quirks up slowly and his eyelashes flutter shut. between his occasional underage drinking and half a lifetime on adderall, stiles is no stranger to the sensation of his brain chemistry changing, rearranging him. ]

I feel kind of bad, for standing up while you're sitting down. I mean, maybe you're used to it, maybe you're really short and I just can't tell? But it still seems kind of rude to make you crane your neck up at me just for a conversation.

[ and with that, he takes a seat, right there on the floor, folding his legs under him. ]

So, what happened to your clothes?

[ it seems more polite, somehow, than asking 'what happened to you'. ]
floridity: (ok. if you just want to fool around or..)

[personal profile] floridity 2013-04-12 06:50 am (UTC)(link)
Renly...

[And now he's getting pulled into another kiss.]
humanistic: (glare - we feel like ghosts)

[personal profile] humanistic 2013-04-12 06:54 am (UTC)(link)
[Blood, even hearing the word is enough, and a spasm of hunger spikes through Mitchell, so physical it's like something moving under his skin. Whatever small progress he's made toward control and balance is undone--his hands clench into fists; his jaw clenches, hard--and as the lift hums to life, he glares over at Cutler.]

I'm not like you. And I won't be using it. Like I said, I'm clean now. [He laughs, derisively.] God. Leave it to vampires to call the difficulty of killing a disadvantage.
but_civilization: (looking at thing)

[personal profile] but_civilization 2013-04-12 06:57 am (UTC)(link)
Longer even than Enjolras and I. [And Combeferre's smile is growing now that he sees it really doesn't seem painful for Albert to speak of this.] And he is my oldest dearest one at that.
growling: (306)

wow i was just about to go to bed hvdu

[personal profile] growling 2013-04-12 07:21 am (UTC)(link)
Well I'm married to one, so yes. I'm pretty sure some of her smell rubbed off on me.

[ only a little sarcastic and also a load of shit. he knows that's not what's going on; this is down to liam and the strings attached to being turned by a purebred. which he'd rather ignore, so thanks for making it very clear that won't be an option, he appreciates it. but at least mitchell's providing a distraction with the questions; it's making it hard for josh to wallow in his problems right now, and it goes a long way in muting the nervous energy he's managed to work up.

q&a now, freak out later. ]


It seems to stick with whatever cycle you were following back home, and there are literally hundreds of empty rooms on this thing. They're secure - more secure than a brownstone, anyway. There haven't been any accidents since I've been here.

[ ... well. ]

Wolf-related accidents. But security runs a pretty tight ship, and there's also the threat of people wanting to airlock the entire supernatural community if we screw up, so... it encourages caution.

[ he trails off slightly at the end, and it might have something to do with mitchell's rocky declarations of being clean. not that he means that as a warning, of course - just some friendly advice. ]
darkholme: (C R U S H E D.)

[personal profile] darkholme 2013-04-12 07:28 am (UTC)(link)
No-!

[ it makes no sense, trying to fight out of Remus' grip just to get to a mask. some part of her sees that for what it is, realizes how wrong it is. but something stronger is too angry about losing it, feels betrayed that he would take it away from her at all. ]

Why are you doing this?! [ she jerks her shoulders, but honestly, wearing a shift takes so much more out of her than it used to. she huffs a breath, tries to focus on holding onto it, not to let her body shift back to blue too soon. ] I need- my mask, Remus, I need it! Please!
theshabbiestofmen: (Anger ☾firm glare)

[personal profile] theshabbiestofmen 2013-04-12 07:31 am (UTC)(link)
[He keeps his fingers wrapped around her shoulders, angling his body to try and block her should she try and make a run for it. His grip is surprisingly strong, for all that he leans toward the scrawny-- werewolf strength, that's what Sirius thinks it is.]

No! It's corrupting you, it's making you into someone you aren't-- Raven, look at me!

[He ducks his head, trying to meet her eyes.]

Do you remember what I did when I had my mask? Animalistic tendencies, you said. Well, what on earth do you think yours is unearthing?
darkholme: (A R G U E.)

[personal profile] darkholme 2013-04-12 07:48 am (UTC)(link)
Nothing I can't handle! Mine is different, mine- it doesn't make me hurt people. [ well, yes it does. only not in the same ways Remus' made him act. all she can think about is the control she feels when she's wearing it, the strength. she's afraid she can't get that back if she loses it. she looks at him with a wild sort of fear behind all her frustration, not so much fighting his hold so much as using it ] I'm not hiding some kind of monster deep down inside, I'm not cursed. [ but she never would say stuff like this if the mask wasn't making her crazy either sooo ] I was born with something that I don't even fully understand yet, but my mask does. It can help me!
theshabbiestofmen: (Sad ☾ introspective)

[personal profile] theshabbiestofmen 2013-04-12 07:51 am (UTC)(link)
[The words aren't anything he hasn't told himself before-- monster, cursed-- honestly, they're not anything he hasn't heard in Hogwarts from the teachers. But Remus still finds himself jerking back a little, his grip temporarily loosening.]

That's--

[He grabs her arm again, his mouth tight.]

You're being an idiot. What on earth does a mask know about your powers?
yardbird: Simply because I'm on FIRE. (they call me candle guy)

[personal profile] yardbird 2013-04-12 07:58 am (UTC)(link)
Alex, you are about two seconds away from being punched in the face.

Or you were in any case, before it becomes quickly obvious that the gesture was more of a helping one than a threatening attempt at his life. Instead Murphy just jumps, startled at first.

The Good Samaritan strikes again.

Murphy just grunts at Alex's first comment. "Don't much like the sound of that." Old man Murphy. Makes him think of himself as one of those old codgers shaking their fists while ranting and raving about hooligans on their front lawn.

Damn kids these days and their rock and roll music and twist endings.

"Not drunk, either." For once.
darkholme: (A D M I R E.)

[personal profile] darkholme 2013-04-12 08:35 am (UTC)(link)
I don't know. But maybe if you had more self control, your mask could have helped you too. [ and suddenly she seems less aggressive, and more.. hopeful? ] Think about what you could do if you could control that side of you..
therainbowking: (Default)

[personal profile] therainbowking 2013-04-12 08:43 am (UTC)(link)
[Well, he is quite happy to return that kiss. ....And, possibly, to cling a bit. It's been an interesting jump.]
floridity: (i just wanted to make you proud of me.)

[personal profile] floridity 2013-04-12 09:03 am (UTC)(link)
[That's putting it mildly. It lasts longer this time, but he finally pulls back, searching Renly's face, concerned.]

And I've been selfish. It was hard news to give, but harder to hear, I'm certain. Are you...

[There's no adequate way to end that question, but he hopes Renly takes his meaning regardless.]
nubilate: (➤ i'll carry you.)

[personal profile] nubilate 2013-04-12 10:34 am (UTC)(link)
"Are you trying to quit?"

Though he's quite likely disrupting a contemplative moment for Rey, Hollow doesn't ask to sit; he just does it, quietly taking a place right next to her. He's clearly just come along this way from his locker because he's toting something metal around in his hands, folded clothes piled up on top to partially obscure it. he slides the whole thing between his feet on the floor, and then he turns and looks at her properly, peering a bit back to where her head tilts upside-down. He leans into her field of vision to none-too-subtly get her attention.

He has a bland and meaningless smile on his face, as usual — but at least his deliberate actions aren't indicative of any real intent on his part, beyond being friendly. It's just nice to talk to someone familiar, right? Nothing too complex about his desires, there, most likely.

"Is that why it isn't lit? Or... maybe they're new to you? If you're considering starting, it might not be all that advisable, since I imagine it'd be hard to develop a vice for something with limited supply."
sexting: (78)

[personal profile] sexting 2013-04-12 10:37 am (UTC)(link)
[ the jumps always seem to give Cambridge a little bit more of a beating than anyone else - even after all these months, when other seasoned passengers have grown accustomed to that sickening disorientation that comes with reawakening, Cambridge suffers worse than ever. He knows why; it's something to do with whatever technological fuckery it takes to punch a city-sized ship through the physical material of time and space and how it interacts with his technopathy. It leaves him drunk and reeling, and makes him look just as bad as he feels.

He always takes his time leaving the medbay. Finding all of his limbs and forcing them in to the unpleasant weave of the ship's standard uniform is nothing less than a test of mental fortitude when you're as jump!drunk as Cambridge feels. With one arm in his jumpsuit and the other arm bare with the sleeve hanging loose Cambridge seems to have taken a break for now: he sits on a bench, head in hands, and only just manages to lift his gaze from the floor with a squint. ]


Oh, good god -- [ A man with a blood bag, sitting nearby. Cambridge isn't exactly the squeamish type but he can't help but sharply pull a face in reaction. ] Must you? Here?
inebriety: (tony › don't you love me)

[personal profile] inebriety 2013-04-12 11:25 am (UTC)(link)
[Luckily for Finch, this actually works out better than trying to be gentle. A brusque manner did far more to catch his attention when it was the sort of manner that he was more used to.]

Things have been fairly tame actually. [He scrubs his face with one hand.

In a way that was true, his time on the ship didn't involve any physical harm like his time in his own world usually did. Instead he had several things that he'd buried and ignored for years now, dragged kicking and screaming out nearly all at once. A dead fiancée that tried to kill him showing up from another universe, a dead team-mate briefly making an appearance here and the dead teen hero he was meant to train and failed showing up from another universe and then disappearing just as he felt like he could do this. He'd dealt with loss and grief by drinking heavily and it only barely allowed him to function so how was he expected to deal when they all showed up to remind him at once?]
prima_facie: (Is simply why I'll)

[personal profile] prima_facie 2013-04-12 12:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Where I come from, it's not the lack of blood that kills us. It's the consequences of trying to stay off it. Vampire history is littered with people who tried to "go clean" and ended up doing far more damage than if they'd stuck to the occasional sip.
prima_facie: (But we're talking kings and successions)

[personal profile] prima_facie 2013-04-12 12:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[Suddenly the lift feels far too small and far too slow. Cutler shows his palms in a placating gesture.]

I heard you. And you're free to try what you like, just as long as you get the help you need if you discover that it's not so easy after all. The last thing any of us need is a repeat of what happened in Bristol.
elvenking: (Serenity.)

[personal profile] elvenking 2013-04-12 12:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh ugh another one that thinks centuries = bragging rights. Because they needed more of those. Is this one a vampire, too? Those are always so pretentious. "Oh I have a different diet and don't have to die so I'm not human! Look how special I am!"

For all this, which Lestat may be able to read the jist of anyway from Thranduil's own mind, Thranduil's voice and face are both even.]


The sorrow seems to have affected you deeply.
heorot: (question ж oi!)

[personal profile] heorot 2013-04-12 12:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Wait, Evans! [ James turns his head in whatever direction she's already heading off in, not even going to try and mask his happiness. ] I'll find you later?

[ because lily and you know what, who cares if she saw him naked he's on cloud nine at the moment and feeling a little confident. But, being James, before Lily can even respond he's probably going to turn back to Sirius and Remus, pull Sirius out from behind him because you're bloody ridiculous and he also needs time to turn and laugh at Remus, pull him into a quick hug before listening to Sirius rambling. He'd call it an explanation if it made any kind of sense but it's a good thing James is fluent in excited-sirius-speech because he's able to pick up on a few things. ]

Different how? And months? Bloody hell what do you even do on a spaceship for months? Haven't been to my locker yet, wanted to make sure Evans wasn't pulling my leg about you lot being here so I made her take me here first - wait, fireworks? Can you even shoot those off on a shi-

[ and then. yes. the most important part of this whole things. James turns to Remus, eyes a little wide. ]

Moony's got a girlfriend?

[ James has to think for a minute, back to school and years and wait what do you mean Remus was fifteen and Sirius seventeen? ] Just finished sixth year a few weeks ago, actually, so just turned seventeen.
heorot: (question ж yeah?)

[personal profile] heorot 2013-04-12 01:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Why don't they just let you keep 'em?

[ Seems a little strange to him, but that would go along with the experience as a whole, so James is just going to...accept it. And move on. And figure out how to get to his glasses. ]

Camelot, eh? [ Okay sorry Gwen but James can't help but smile a bit at that. ] Gwen from Camelot. Merlin and Arthur here as well?

[ it's a joke. get it. joke. ]
humanistic: (shock - stuck my hand in your throwup)

[personal profile] humanistic 2013-04-12 02:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[What the hell--

She might be cool with--whatever it was that just happened--and maybe Mitchell ought to be as well--it's not as if people's eyes changing colour abruptly is an unknown to him, is it--but this was different, this was something else. A ghost, he thinks, ghosts can look-- no, she's no ghost--

There's a distance still separating them, but that doesn't stop him from leaning away, from pressing against the wall.]


What the hell was that?