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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.
sundroplet: (ι doɴ'т reмeмвer тнιѕ pαrт)

[personal profile] sundroplet 2013-04-20 09:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Welllll, wait - I could use some help, maybe.


Like -- what is this ship really? What do you do?
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[personal profile] sundroplet 2013-04-20 09:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Do you think we could paint them?? The lanterns? I found colors in my -- locker, as they called it. Maybe we could use them!

[ but she hops in place. ]

Tonight!

[ erm. ]

Please.
sundroplet: (pic#5994855)

[personal profile] sundroplet 2013-04-20 09:53 pm (UTC)(link)
What is? Towers? Stealing people's hair?

[ but then she halts, considers. ]

You don't want my hair?
sundroplet: (тнere'ѕ α prιɴceѕѕ ιɴ α тower)

[personal profile] sundroplet 2013-04-20 09:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Well we - my mother and I, we simply live with each other. It's safe. Safer than being outside, my mother cares a lot. She just wants what's best for me.
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[personal profile] sundroplet 2013-04-20 09:56 pm (UTC)(link)
So - why are we here? If not....for our hair? Why where we taken?
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[personal profile] sundroplet 2013-04-20 09:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Will you name her in another hour?
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[personal profile] bring_em_down 2013-04-20 10:52 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't know what it really is, but I work on space shuttles and try to keep people safe, when I can.
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[personal profile] godofthemachine 2013-04-20 11:14 pm (UTC)(link)
AM admittedly gave a short laugh at Lestat's remark. "A radio dial? Well perhaps, if each letter was sounded out individually."

He reached a hand up, brushing some stray strands of hair from his face. "I am simply AM. I think, therefore I am."
godofthemachine: (I'm a sly mofo)

[personal profile] godofthemachine 2013-04-20 11:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, it's a mystery, sadly.

[The smirk on his face faded slightly, because it is a question he himself wishes he knew the answer to.]

But perhaps it's a ship leading us to our deaths. [The smirk comes back.]

Or to lead us to a new home, perhaps. Who knows!
wolfchild: (criticize ❱❰)

[personal profile] wolfchild 2013-04-20 11:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Will you stop talking if I do?
elvenking: (Shell-shocked veteran.)

[personal profile] elvenking 2013-04-21 12:10 am (UTC)(link)
A year, perhaps. It was before I came, but there are records and those who were here before me.
toomuchtenacity: (Mute Lunatic)

[personal profile] toomuchtenacity 2013-04-21 12:18 am (UTC)(link)
[She nods. Mother's are supposed to be like that right?]

Sounds nice.
wolfdreamer: (quiet - they settled dust in your hair)

[personal profile] wolfdreamer 2013-04-21 12:35 am (UTC)(link)
Yes you are! You should be more brave!

[But frustration strains his voice--stupid, he feels stupid, and he doesn't even try to follow her, or even look after her to see where she's going.]
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[personal profile] workout 2013-04-21 12:39 am (UTC)(link)
[ there's something off about it, a pull at his instincts that tells him he should be paying more attention. but that's all it is, because he's not paying attention - not expecting her to lie. plus he's in space and things are weird, and that's a pretty effective distraction. ]

Yeah. I mean, I guess, it's just... sorry.

[ sorry for questioning her, maybe. or just sorry for being so confused and useless right now. ]

We're seriously in space.

[ it's a bit dejected, because he was okay with things being normal for a whole like, three days. but then something else occurs to him. ]

Is everyone okay?
culver: bubblemilk @ lj (callin' baton rouge)

[personal profile] culver 2013-04-21 01:37 am (UTC)(link)
[She places her fingers over her lips to hide her smile form Wheatley. He's a good person, she thinks, but she wouldn't ever want to see him in a kitchen. Maybe only if he were heavily supervised. But she nods again to Soysauce--his help would definitely be appreciated, especially if (as he said) people liked the treats so much.]
culver: subalary @ lj (postcard from paris)

[personal profile] culver 2013-04-21 01:39 am (UTC)(link)
[Her cheeks go a bit pink, but she smiles and nods her thanks. There's enough to bake, and Nill herself is pretty resourceful in the kitchen. Improvising here and there isn't that much of a challenge, as long as she doesn't get too crazy.]
humanistic: (listen - we all know rats like cheese)

[personal profile] humanistic 2013-04-21 02:06 am (UTC)(link)
They're safe enough.

[They're all playing by the rules that Cutler outlined for him, aren't they? The blood bag is proof enough of that. Or else this is just a snack, and there's secrets and cover-ups even in space, just like Bristol all over again, and Mitchell shoves his fingers through his hair, pushing it away from his face as he tries to calm himself down.

(And yeah, it's more likely that what he's perceiving as some vast conspiracy is just vampires being vampires, doing what they do to survive--but like hell Mitchell is going to see it that way. At least, not right now.)]


If everyone's out and open in front of the humans, then they've got t' be safe, yeah? That's the way it works--we tell them what we are, and we all get on like neighbors, or else we're staked and shoved out of their airlocks.

But more careful-- are you tellin' me you've got some other way of doing things?
seered: <user name=sharp-pastels site=livejournal.com> (only there is shadow under this red rock)

[personal profile] seered 2013-04-21 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
[L is right about the nosiness--among his many other observations--and it doesn't seem like she's going to back down anytime soon. She offers a friendly smile, though Rose doesn't make any attempt to actually see what L is looking at.]

I suppose I would be mistaken if that is not, in fact, your locker. I haven't been here very long but I do know that we receive things, from time to time. If we're lucky.
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[personal profile] differentsideofmyself 2013-04-21 04:10 am (UTC)(link)
The project is over. There's nothing left. She asked me, and I said yes. Why not?
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[personal profile] heirwithouthope 2013-04-21 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
[His brow lifts slightly.] There is a forge, in this place?

[Thorin frowns as Fili does, not liking where this was going--even before he says the rest--just by seeing that expression cross his face.

And he doesn't seem to hear the part about others being there from their world: not when the first part was so jarring.]


How could that possibly be true? It was hours when I saw you last.
unsoldiered: (Do they speak english in What?)

[personal profile] unsoldiered 2013-04-21 06:37 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, definitely. It makes me wonder just what or who puts 'em here--and how.

[Because that certainly is something he wonders. A lot. A lot a lot.]
staytofight: <user name=bushyeyebrows> (let grandpa tell you about ww2)

[personal profile] staytofight 2013-04-21 06:54 am (UTC)(link)
It's a good thing to pass up on.

[oh



um

he'll just casually play this cool. :|]


The sun? Not at all. We also happen to not shrivel and screech at the smell or sight of garlic. And we certainly have a good laugh whenever stakes are brought up.
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[personal profile] foolproofed 2013-04-21 07:10 am (UTC)(link)
... That is... very unfortunate.

[but dangerous voodoo--

Whatever, TQ, you guys need to work on that.]


So big creepy ship has a pool and gardens, huh? Not exactly what you expect when you compare the scary shit to it--

[actually there's something else to address

shifty-eyes the place]


... How big is this ship?
unsoldiered: (wut)

[personal profile] unsoldiered 2013-04-21 07:13 am (UTC)(link)
"We have balanced diets here?"

Look at all that genuine feigned uncertainty.

Alex Shepherd is the pinnacle of balanced and healthy.

...

Why did we change direction where you goin' Murphy.