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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.
andblockbuster: (Got that handle undercover in Hanoi.)

good. you aren't ready for that jelly either.

[personal profile] andblockbuster 2013-05-09 12:06 am (UTC)(link)
It's SS, actually. [My name is Topher Brink and I am unbearably smug... and also sad in his heart, because DAMMIT BONES. YOU DON'T REMEMBER HIM.] It's actually the Tranquility. I don't know the designation, but it's probably not USS. We're a little out of America's jurisdiction. [Handwave.] Crazy kidnapping space ship problems.

hypospray: (pic#6145766)

considering i had already taken a bite at the time, i kind of was.

[personal profile] hypospray 2013-05-09 07:35 am (UTC)(link)
[ THIS IS NOT HIS FAULT. ]

USS means it's under the Federation's jurisdiction. United Space Ship. Not United States Ship. SS is— applicable enough. [ Bones: Actually pays attention in classes that aren't medical sometimes. Who knew. ]

Kidnapping. And here I thought I dragged my ass to that tube and just didn't remember it because I hit my head. [ Bones, seriously. ]
andblockbuster: (Zip up your boobs.)

well... fine. as you were, soldier.

[personal profile] andblockbuster 2013-05-09 09:23 pm (UTC)(link)
We're out of the Federation's jurisdiction too. [He has no idea what that means, except Star Trek, so... he knows exactly what it means, but he's scared of Pulling a Josh.]

Hey, if you wanna believe that, I won't stop you. [He leans casually on... whatever there is to lean on. Assume leaning thing here. I am a really lazy RP-er.] Whatever makes you feel cozy at night.
hypospray: (pic#6148731)

as YOU were.

[personal profile] hypospray 2013-05-12 07:41 am (UTC)(link)
Federation's jurisdiction's pretty large last I heard. [ Bones, don't lie to the damn kid, you can't remember for the life of you how large that damn thing is beyond the fact it's buffered by the Romulan and Klingon neutral zones. And fuck bitches I don't give a single fuck if the Klingon one doesn't exist yet. Hello, I am also the lazy one because I'm not playing the timeline game today. ]

Being off this ship would be what would really make me feel cozy at night, being kidnapped just makes me want to casually point out that there are standards to this sort of thing unless you're a goddamn barbarian.

[ Calm down bro. ] You're not one of them are you?
Edited (it's late leave me alone.) 2013-05-12 08:00 (UTC)
andblockbuster: (I brought you back with a spell card.)

as YOUR FACE was

[personal profile] andblockbuster 2013-05-12 04:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Probably not this large. [Topher quit being vague at the nice man.]

Dude, I'm not even responsible for the actual kidnapping part. I'm a kidnappee too. [Topher holds up his hands.] And say what you will about people from Los Angeles and how they drive most days, but barbarian blood does not run through my veins. I'm just your friendly neighborhood neurologist stuck on a hell ship.
hypospray: (pic#6186082)

LEAVE MY FACE OUT OF THIS

[personal profile] hypospray 2013-05-17 08:14 am (UTC)(link)
Space is large. [ Nice. And oh god why did he remind himself about that. No, no, no, bad life choice. ]

Considering you're acting a lot more at ease with the ship than I am, got every reason in the universe to think what I did. [ Am thinking, either way, it's a minor ( kind of big ) detail. ] Neurologist from Los Angeles.

How old are you, kid?
andblockbuster: (And something unexpected happened)

[personal profile] andblockbuster 2013-05-20 08:20 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, that's the whole point of space. [Topher, no. Just stop.]

I've been here for a year. [Topher flails his arms again.] I've seen some serious crap. I can afford to be a little jaded and nonchalant for the sake of my sanity. [He crosses his arms over his chest pointedly.] I'm twenty-eight.

[beat.] Twenty-nineish maybe.
hypospray: (pic#6220674)

[personal profile] hypospray 2013-06-02 08:12 pm (UTC)(link)
I had no clue. Here I thought it was supposed to be small and compact and we could just hop into it from the ground. [ Southern sassmaster right here. ]

I don't care if you've been here for five, ten years. Who gets accustomed to a hell ship. [ Or a ship for that matter. And eyebrow raise. ]

Twenty-nine ish. That the same as I'm five and three quarters?
andblockbuster: (Sentencing scheduled for.... Now.)

[personal profile] andblockbuster 2013-06-04 11:09 pm (UTC)(link)
It's the same as "I've been here awhile and I lost count." And lots of people get acclimated to a hellship. Look around. Note the difference between the people who look like they're going to pee themselves versus the ones who just look like they've got hangovers.

[GET WITH THE PROGRAM, BONES.]
hypospray: (pic#6220600)

[personal profile] hypospray 2013-06-05 10:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[ THE LONGEST PAUSE ON THE PLANET. ]

Did you just imply that I look like I'm going to pee like a scared dog all over myself? [ YOU, SIR, HAVE INSULTED HIS HONOR. ] No one gets acclimated to a hellship unless their brain is trying to protect itself. Come on.
andblockbuster: (Yes sir.... Mr. Johnson.)

[personal profile] andblockbuster 2013-06-08 03:33 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, well... I'm a neurologist. I happen to be very invested in the things the brain does to protect itself. And acceptance looks way better on the charts than 'screaming madness.'
hypospray: (pic#6186084)

[personal profile] hypospray 2013-06-09 05:35 am (UTC)(link)
Looks better on the charts, but what about in the person's head? Does it look like I care about having pretty charts of acceptance when it could be forced as hell? Hippocratic oath, have to take it. Live by it.

[ Bones, calm down. ]
andblockbuster: (It's... Hog boiling time?)

[personal profile] andblockbuster 2013-06-11 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Dude, breathe. Aneurysms don't look nice on anything.
hypospray: (pic#6142237)

[personal profile] hypospray 2013-06-11 10:16 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm breathing just fine. And if I haven't had an aneurysm yet courtesy of Jim Kirk, I'll be fine.

Point still stands.
andblockbuster: (Call her a gold-digging whore)

[personal profile] andblockbuster 2013-06-15 05:30 am (UTC)(link)
The point about the Hippocratic Oath. Right, right. [Bored nodding.

Have fun with this one, Bones.]
hypospray: (pic#6286964)

[personal profile] hypospray 2013-06-15 07:44 am (UTC)(link)
[ Huff. ]

You got a name? Since you're dead set on not caring about the words comin' out of my mouth.
andblockbuster: (I'll tell Seth Green's story.)

[personal profile] andblockbuster 2013-06-16 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
Topher Brink. I do that to everyone. It's not personal. It's just the quintessence of Topher.
hypospray: (pic#5388660)

[personal profile] hypospray 2013-06-17 05:29 am (UTC)(link)
Quintessence of Topher to ignore what people are saying. Unless, let me guess, it applies to you?
andblockbuster: (I brought you back with a spell card.)

[personal profile] andblockbuster 2013-06-18 06:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[Long. Thoughtful pause.]

That's a very blunt way of putting it, but kinda? [You're getting all Ivy at him.]
hypospray: (pic#)

[personal profile] hypospray 2013-06-22 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
[ Oops. ]

And you're twenty nine ish.
andblockbuster: (I will drown you in international waters)

[personal profile] andblockbuster 2013-06-25 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
I'm young at heart.
hypospray: (pic#6214026)

[personal profile] hypospray 2013-06-27 12:16 am (UTC)(link)
You're like a child at heart or a teenager if that's the case.
andblockbuster: (Tarzan love Jane.)

[personal profile] andblockbuster 2013-06-29 01:52 am (UTC)(link)
Everyone's got their foibles, dude.
hypospray: (pic#6397370)

[personal profile] hypospray 2013-06-29 05:11 am (UTC)(link)
That doesn't count as one.
andblockbuster: (Sentencing scheduled for.... Now.)

[personal profile] andblockbuster 2013-07-01 05:49 pm (UTC)(link)
What? Why? Are you the foible police or something?

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