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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.
floridity: (i'd bend the knee all night long for you)

[personal profile] floridity 2013-04-12 06:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Mm...

[He lets out a quiet little sigh. Ignoring the part where he was the bearer of bad news in the first place...]

I suppose I don't know how one should react to this. But I would worry if you were taking it well.
humanistic: (sad - if you weren't real)

[personal profile] humanistic 2013-04-12 06:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[Mitchell finally gotten himself together enough that he can leave, his hunger curbed (or as curbed as it ever is, and actually a damn sight worse than that; it's like waking up in this place has nearly undone his every step toward sobriety)--and then he comes around the corner and there's blood.

The thin coppery smell is fainter than an open vein might be, but it's still enough that he takes a step back, his fangs nearly slipping out on their own accord. Instead, he chokes, his hands gripping reflexively at nothing, forming fists--

A vampire, drinking from a bag of blood. When he forces himself to focus--and it's hard, his vision is swimming--that's what he sees, a vampire and a bag of blood, drinking directly from it--]


Jesus.
ironsights: (pic#3813610)

[personal profile] ironsights 2013-04-12 06:42 pm (UTC)(link)
A small nod. Kazama can't remember the last time he's slept through a night properly, and he's finally buckling enough to think some sleeping pills might help -- he certainly looks like he needs them, too.

"Needed some medication." He's still glancing cautiously around the medbay though, obviously keeping an eye out for something -- or someone.
therainbowking: (leaning on things is cool)

[personal profile] therainbowking 2013-04-12 06:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[Hey, it's probably better that Loras told him this than Stannis. At least he would believe Loras. In any case, he's curling a bit closer, never mind the fact that it's a little difficult for someone as tall as he is to curl up.]

Mm, I wouldn't say 'well.' Perhaps 'slightly terrified.' ....Will you tell me what happened? Not now, not if you don't wish to -- but I'd like to know. Perhaps there is some way it will not happen.
theshabbiestofmen: (Talk ☾Hmmm--)

[personal profile] theshabbiestofmen 2013-04-12 07:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[He rolls his eyes.]

Well-- timelines are odd, here. People come from different times, different places-- even if they're from the same world. So while my last memory is October of 1975, Sirius' is of summer 1977, and yours is of June 1976.

[He hesitates for a moment-- should he say something about Harry? Perhaps not just yet.]

Er-- and it gets odder. I used to be here, but older. Far older. An adult, somewhere in my late twenties, I think, Sirius? I have no memory of it, but there you have it. And there's no real rhyme or reason for it.
goldshirt: (thrilling ✬)

[personal profile] goldshirt 2013-04-12 07:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[it's a combination of things that show him this is Uhura and not someone presenting as her, the straightening of her spine and the sound of her voice, the fact that she says his name at all. of course, it's entirely possible she could know who he was without being Starfleet— but she responds like an officer and whatever had set his teeth on edge soothes itself with the familiar.

the fact that she doesn't address him as captain doesn't even matter for a moment, as his blue eyes rake her face. Jim is all wiry tension, the firmness in his grip something that doesn't catch on desperation but instead almost demands explanation. he'd stopped asking why when most of the first wave had vanished, when none of them came back, or when they did and remembered nothing. unlike the others, who believe the selection is purposeful, the only similarity that had stayed consistent between them was that, maybe, they were all from false realities. but thinking of that makes him think of Sherlock and Watson and even that isn't something Jim allows himself these days.

he's lost so much in the last seventeen months, things that should have taken years instead of days.

but this is something he's been given back, a member of his team, a crewman that he'd fought to gain the respect of and had finally won. someone he knew (hoped, after last month—) he could trust, that he wouldn't have to hide information from. his expression cracks, the intensity in his face fracturing into something that's like disbelief and forces his mouth to curl up at the edges, a flicker of the man Uhura remembers from the bridge, from when they'd narrowly escaped a black hole.]


Uhura. [her name is breathless, and in saying it the reality cements in him and the smile widens. it's about this time that he realizes he's grabbed her, and his gaze drops to his hand before he releases her and steps out of her personal space.] I can't believe it.
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[personal profile] ironsights 2013-04-12 07:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[ he hefts her up carefully, still tactfully trying to avoid looking at her. as soon as he's out of here, he'll have to look for katniss, just to clarify if she's gone, or just hiding somewhere. ]

... just by being here, you put her at ease. You take care of her in that way. You did fine.

[ an awkward pause before he lets her hand go and glances towards the exit. ]

I'll -- let you get cleaned up.
wolfchild: (hear ❱❰)

[personal profile] wolfchild 2013-04-12 07:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[ I'm no one.. ]

My name is Cat.

[ He's not her brother anymore. She has to remember that.

—but after her initial apprehension, Nymeria lets Summer close. She nuzzles her brother, one of her true pack.
]
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[personal profile] shoyu 2013-04-12 08:01 pm (UTC)(link)
The moment Lestat gives him the okay, Soysauce joyfully takes to coddling the dog -- scratching him between the ears and throwing his arms around his neck to give him a bit hug. "Mojo! What a lovely beast! There are quite a few animals here aboard the ship by now, but I must admit precious few of them seem quite as lovely as this fellow here --" A little laugh before he gently squeezes Mojo's face in his hands. "Nice to meet you!"

He seems to remember his manners after a moment, though, idly petting at the back of Mojo's neck as he looks up at Lestat.

"Ah, please forgive me for forgetting my manners like that -- I never could resist dogs, they're such lovely animals. But eh -- I've been here close to an year, now. Quite the long time!" A slightly sheepish laugh, comfortably sitting down on the floor. "I take it you're new aboard the ship this jump, sir? It must be awfully disorienting, getting used to things."
shoyu: (❝ home sweet home ❞)

ughhhhhn his cute little face

[personal profile] shoyu 2013-04-12 08:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[ soysauce has always loved animals, especially dogs, and he's more than happy to relax, scritch dukino under the jaw and coddle him gently. which means he's completely relaxed and unguarded when that blunt head's suddenly whumping into his midriff. ]

-- uff! [ it's sudden enough to send him bowling back, and soysauce can only give a breathless little laugh as he wraps his arms around dukino's neck, patting him solidly on the back from where he's lying on the ground. ] -- oof, you -- sure are an energetic little guy, aren't you?
realslimstrider: (Sure whatever.)

[personal profile] realslimstrider 2013-04-12 08:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Most of the ship is unexplored, what is has security patrolling it. [He spreads his hands wide.] What doesn't has these butt ugly things most people call Manitcores or whatever. No one knows where they came from, but suspect the previous crew were making the blasted things.

Who wakes up in the morning and goes, you know what we need? Man-eating mole rat dog things. Yeah that's perfect.
invis: yourmindisfancy @ LJ (Default)

[personal profile] invis 2013-04-12 08:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[Simon takes it all in, and it all makes sense enough. He still looks a little lost, but it doesn't take a spaceship to make him look like that.]

Thank you.

[He nods at Cillian and lifts his hand enough for a quick and awkward wave.]
shoyu: (❝ home sweet home ❞)

[personal profile] shoyu 2013-04-12 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ah, it certainly smarts. soysauce is still gingerly rubbing at the back of his head as he extends a hand to take those photographs -- giving a grateful little duck of the head in lieu of a bow. ]

Nothing that will leave a mark, I think. And it's no fault of yours, m'lady! I really should be paying more attention to my surroundings, here. [ a sheepish little laugh. ] It's just -- it's a little sobering to receive objects from home, through these lockers. Something of a reminder of how far we all are from home, yes?
shoyu: (❝ thank you ❞)

[personal profile] shoyu 2013-04-12 08:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Eh -- I suppose that's a good way of putting it! Never hurts to have a bit of excitement in one's life? [ a little laugh before soysauce crouches down to pick up some of the photos he's dropped, carefully collecting them in a little stack. ] But I suppose -- it's only natural for one to get homesick, once in a while? It's not too difficult to find distractions, but sometimes ...
deprecate: (in the deepest grass of springtime)

[personal profile] deprecate 2013-04-12 08:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[ cillian chuckles softly, tips his head back against the wall and blows smoke at a vent, watching the aircurrent catch it. ]

Yeah, sounds like he knew the way of it. Might be I'll do the same for the whole ninth floor.

[ he casts a look at mitchell. ]

Cillian Quinn, by the by.
deprecate: ('til the eyes that i remembered)

[personal profile] deprecate 2013-04-12 08:31 pm (UTC)(link)
You had an arranged marriage. Jesus, that sounds rough.
shoyu: (Default)

[personal profile] shoyu 2013-04-12 08:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[ he laughs as he takes up one of the smaller cookies, grinning after he takes a bite. ]

Ah, that's a rather difficult request to abide by when they're so excellent! [ he's joking, though, and soysauce dusts his hands off once he's done with that cookie -- covering his mouth politely as he chews and swallows. ]

Are you still looking for more people to help with the welcoming party?
bring_em_down: (Default)

[personal profile] bring_em_down 2013-04-12 08:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Dammit, Bela.

[SO AMUSED.]
onsilksheets: (Default)

[personal profile] onsilksheets 2013-04-12 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Engineering, huh? Your skills would come in very handy here.

[As for her skills? Well, they lended themselves to running scams, cons and stealing priceless artifacts. She had done a little trading on board but nothing that really contributed to the ship.]

There's no 'United Federation of Planets' where I'm from. Could you perhaps expand on that a little bit?
onsilksheets: (pic#4989208)

[personal profile] onsilksheets 2013-04-12 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
You didn't exactly object as far as I can remember.
bring_em_down: (Default)

[personal profile] bring_em_down 2013-04-12 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
I never do and I probably never will, but... You're really bad sometimes.
glassesonachain: (Hmm this interests me)

[personal profile] glassesonachain 2013-04-12 08:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[As vague as it is, she can still relate.

A lot.

So much that a look of wonder and understanding washes over her face and she suddenly doesn't seem quite as cranky. It's not every day that she finds people that also dislike surprises.]


That is a perfectly reasonably thing to be upset about. I mean, given the situation, if I had been in your shoes, I probably wouldn't have even shown up. I don't, I like to have things planned out. They need to be organized and orderly. Surprises are...unsettling.
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[personal profile] onsilksheets 2013-04-12 08:47 pm (UTC)(link)
I won't deny that. But maybe one day you should turn the tables on me and show me your bad side.

[Not 'maybe' but yes. She wants to explore a little.]
incubo: (❝ & darkness passed over me ❞)

[personal profile] incubo 2013-04-12 08:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[ finch holds up his index finger in a gesture meant to pause him, expression taking on a slightly 'bitch, plz' note. ]

Uh-uh, don't feed me a line of bullshit. It takes more than 'tame' to send a grown man crying in the showers. [ a pause, expression fading into something a little awkward. ] --I'm not saying share with me, 'cause I'm sure you've noticed I'm not the best at handling emotional shit, but-- you know. Don't ignore it, either.

[ he pauses a little uncertainly, then offers a hand down. ]

Won't use my charm on you, I swear, but-- c'mon, man, let's get you outta' here so more random assholes like me don't go stickin' their noses all up in your business.
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[personal profile] longestnose 2013-04-12 08:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[Fili hesitated for a moment, but then sighed, and moved to sit, resting his arms on his knees.]

I am pleased...but him not knowing...it complicates things.

And you can't honestly think that he's going to appreciate our friendship.