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lчdíα ( вєttєr thαn αnч σthєr αlphα ) mαrtín ([personal profile] mathematically) wrote in [community profile] ataraxionlogs2013-05-07 11:13 pm

eighteenth 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.
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[personal profile] goldshirt 2013-05-08 08:47 pm (UTC)(link)
I think that was the fourth or fifth jump. [he says, gaze angling upward thoughtfully for a moment before coming back to her.] We're on eighteen, now.
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[personal profile] nonsomno 2013-05-08 08:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[Her face pales, though she doesn't lose her hard expression.]

And still no way to return. I see.

[She exhales.]

Who are you?
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[personal profile] goldshirt 2013-05-08 08:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[ he shakes his head because if they'd found it, he wouldn't have the number 001 tattooed on his arm.]

Name's Jim Kirk, Captain of the U.S.S. Enterprise. [he holds out a hand, though its up to her to take it or not] This is the Tranqulity. You know anything about it yet?
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[personal profile] nonsomno 2013-05-08 08:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Enough.

[She studies his hand for a long few seconds before shaking it firmly.]

Talia Malak-el-Dahshat, princess of Arathea. Though I don't think that matters much here.
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[personal profile] goldshirt 2013-05-09 04:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[his smile broadens when she shakes his hand, and he releases it after a moment.]

It matters enough. There are plenty of kings and queens up here, doesn't mean you should forget who you are. [it was why Jim still introduced himself as captain, even after eighteen jumps. it's who he was, he needed that to be a whole person.]
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[personal profile] nonsomno 2013-05-09 10:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[She isn't the sort inclined to smile, not even at those she likes-- but Talia's disposition becomes friendlier, at least.]

Do you make it a point to come and greet all newcomers, Captain?