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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.
refusing: (yeah okay then)

[personal profile] refusing 2013-05-10 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
'Course I'll adapt. I've got to.

[She says this dismissively, as a confirmation to herself that she'll be able to just as quickly as always. Just hearing it out loud is enough to make her feel a sense of strength and purpose. If nothing else, she'll adapt while looking for a way out. She puts a smile on her face, because one is really needed right about now, just as much as she wants a hand to hold. Since that's not going to happen, she just reaches over to grab hold of her own wrist.]

So...I don't think I got your name, did I? I'm Rose Tyler.
backwardscompatible: (Madness takes its toll.)

[personal profile] backwardscompatible 2013-05-10 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
[And there's the reason the Doctor picked Rose, River surmises. Good. She wouldn't quite know what to do with the girl if she'd broken down rather than pulling herself together. But this she can work with. The smile she gives Rose is a little more genuine than before.]

Professor River Song. It's nice to meet you, Rose.

Now then, I think we're both in need of showers, don't you?
refusing: (just me and this arm)

[personal profile] refusing 2013-05-10 06:12 am (UTC)(link)
[She glances down at her feet, and trails her eyes all the way up her own body. As nice as she looks considering all she's been through here recently, she's probably not going to be happy here in a bit when gel dries all over her. So she nods in agreement.]

Right, yeah, showers. Good idea.

[She glances back behind her, taking notice of people all headed in the same direction. She turns to face that direction.]

Over that way, then?
backwardscompatible: (Will you just yawn and say)

[personal profile] backwardscompatible 2013-05-10 07:22 am (UTC)(link)
[River follows her gaze and nods approvingly.] That's right. When you come out you can follow the general flow to the locker room. Find the locker that matches the number on your arm, and you may be rewarded with some of your things.

[As if that's the most normal thing to say in the world.]
refusing: (sweetly)

[personal profile] refusing 2013-05-10 08:26 am (UTC)(link)
Reward's a funny way of putting it. If they're gonna take us and keep us here, it's the least they could do.

[She turns a smile over in River's direction, before starting to slowly back away.]

Thanks for the explanation and everything. You didn't have to do that, but you did, and that's better than most people would do.
backwardscompatible: (Let's do the time-warp again)

[personal profile] backwardscompatible 2013-05-12 02:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[River gives her a brief smile in return.] You're very welcome. Good luck settling in.
refusing: (dance with me)

[personal profile] refusing 2013-05-14 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
[Not sure there's anything left to say for now, Rose offers River a wave before she turns to head off toward the showers at a run.]

See you around!

[This is shouted out from a good distance away, and she spins about in her jogging to smile and wave at River one final time. The woman helped her out, and that means Rose owes her an awful lot. But being naked and goo covered is overrated, so she vanishes into the crowd to join the others in the showers.]