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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.
floridity: (we're the beautiful people.)

[personal profile] floridity 2013-05-13 04:22 am (UTC)(link)
[He squeezes her hand in return. He'd always been confident — too confident, sometimes. And so it is hard for him to believe, truly, that he could have come to such harm that those who knew him best would be so worried. But she had been, and though he wants to be comforted by her words, and by his own self-assurance (naturally, his deeds would be praised by so many), the thought sits uneasily with him.]

And yet you were so surprised to see me well. ["The brink of death," she'd said, and it rings in his ears again. Gently:] How uncertain?
agenda: | all by stockholm (❝noble dead❞)

[personal profile] agenda 2013-05-13 04:40 am (UTC)(link)
I cannot say. All news of your triumph was filtered through the lion's den. [ True enough. It would not be so surprising, if she had been tricked. ] Father, grandmother, and Garlan were gone, as were most of father's bannermen. With Lord Tywin dead, Lord Tyrion on the run, and Ser Jaimie away as well, I was left with neither powerful allies, nor reasonable consults. Cersei Lannister was in control, and she despised me — us, far more than I ever suspected. She delighted in our suffering; sought our deaths as a moth seeks the flame. [ She shakes her head. ]

I cannot distinguish between the truths, lies, and rumours of King's Landing any longer.
floridity: (i just wanted to make you proud of me.)

[personal profile] floridity 2013-05-13 05:35 am (UTC)(link)
[It's so much to take in, and he has too many questions to know where to begin. It's disorienting, to feel like he's been absent from his own life.]

... All this time I've been here, I was afraid of what might happen to you in my absence. I had not thought it could be worse with me still there.
agenda: | all by stockholm (❝intervention❞)

[personal profile] agenda 2013-05-13 04:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Don't fret. Things are improving, Loras. Without your efforts, Highgarden — the Reach would surely have fallen. [ This is still so unreal. How can he not know? What does he remember? ] What is the last thing you remember?
floridity: (there's a lot of symbolism here.)

[personal profile] floridity 2013-05-13 04:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[Her words ease his mind (so it had mattered, so he hadn't failed in his duties again) but only for a moment. As it happens, his last memory is hardly a pleasant one. He glances away, and his hand goes absently to the handle of his sword, a tense gesture.]

... Lord Jaime had recently returned to King's Landing, and Brienne with him. I spoke with him a while, and he told me to go to her, to judge for myself the truth of what she had to say for her part in Renly's death. I did as he commanded, and later delivered her to him. It was after that night that I found myself here.

[He had thought of that night more than a few times since his arrival, but it still stung, for more reasons than he cared to admit. Enough, even, for him to momentarily forget just how much time must have passed for Margaery.]
agenda: | all by stockholm (❝lost souls❞)

[personal profile] agenda 2013-05-15 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
So you have not had an easy journey. [ And it seems that things will get worse, before they get better. ]
floridity: (some snacks? a condom?)

[personal profile] floridity 2013-05-15 06:30 am (UTC)(link)
It has been... confusing, to say the least. But perhaps not as difficult as you might think.

[If he were to be completely honest, it's been almost too easy to settle into a sort of routine here. He had never planned for a life without Renly, and having him back, even here — for the first time in months, he had felt certain of his purpose again. Which has become suddenly complicated, with everything that Margaery has told him. Everything he still wants to know.]

[But he can't keep himself from asking:]


... What of Stannis?
agenda: | all by stockholm (❝traitors❞)

[personal profile] agenda 2013-05-15 11:51 am (UTC)(link)
After Lord Robb Stark fell, Stannis attempted to align himself with the Houses of the North. I do not know if he is dead or alive, but rumors say he was betrayed. [ unsurprisingly. ] And all I have, as of late, are rumors and Lord Tarly's passing remarks.

[ Her tone is somewhat bitter. More than anything, she does not like being left in the dark. ]
floridity: (i just wanted to make you proud of me.)

[personal profile] floridity 2013-05-15 12:03 pm (UTC)(link)
A pity.

[He had hoped so much for vengeance. That was a less satisfying answer by far. But he shakes his head, forcing that thought away for now. He could deal with it later, and on his own.]

My apologies. You've only just arrived, and here I am nearly interrogating you.
agenda: | all by stockholm (❝out with the old❞)

[personal profile] agenda 2013-05-15 12:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She smiles and nudges him. Teasingly: ] I only hope you have been better company for Renly.
floridity: (no. john hughes did NOT direct my life.)

[personal profile] floridity 2013-05-15 12:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[That catches him by surprise, and he flushes a little.]

... He certainly hasn't complained.
agenda: | all by stockholm (❝potential❞)

[personal profile] agenda 2013-05-15 12:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Her grin widens at that. ] From what I hear, he has no reason to.
floridity: (sorry that people are jealous of me.)

[personal profile] floridity 2013-05-15 12:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[And he can't help a little grin in return.]

Naturally. You know how seriously I take my responsibilities.
agenda: | all by stockholm (❝sweet dreams❞)

[personal profile] agenda 2013-05-15 02:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[ It's good to see him smiling again. ] Speaking of responsibilities and Baratheons...I've no idea how to handle multiple husbands.

[ Let's just hope Joffrey stays dead. ]
floridity: (the first time i went through 2nd grade.)

[personal profile] floridity 2013-05-15 02:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[You know, most people don't have these problems. And it's so absurd that he almost has to laugh.]

That does complicate matters. Though I doubt that anyone would know the proper etiquette for this situation.
agenda: | all by stockholm (❝moment of truth❞)

[personal profile] agenda 2013-05-15 03:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[ suddenly serious: ] Well, I'll allow you to have one, if you like. [ and her smile cracks a little. ] I know you're fond of Joffrey.
floridity: (Too gay to function?)

[personal profile] floridity 2013-05-15 03:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[Flutters his eyelashes, a hand on his heart.]

At last, all my dreams are coming true.
agenda: | all by stockholm (❝IF I HAD A GUN WITH TWO BULLETS❞)

[personal profile] agenda 2013-05-15 03:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[ and she laughs, loudly and sincerely. ] Do try not to faint, though. It would be terribly unseemly.
floridity: (that is so fetch!)

[personal profile] floridity 2013-05-15 03:31 pm (UTC)(link)
I make no promises.
agenda: | all by stockholm (❝angel❞)

[personal profile] agenda 2013-05-15 03:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She laughs again. ] I missed you, and I'm glad — glad that we're here together now.
Edited (fuck syntax) 2013-05-15 15:38 (UTC)
floridity: (we're the beautiful people.)

[personal profile] floridity 2013-05-15 03:53 pm (UTC)(link)
And I am thankful for it. I would not have wished this place on you, but... I did miss you terribly.