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axmods. ([personal profile] ataraxites) wrote in [community profile] ataraxionlogs2013-12-07 11:17 pm

twenty-sixth 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: Your average, run-of-the-mill jump—except some characters don't seem to be waking up from stasis like they should.



Don't worry.





THEY NEEDED THE REST.


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.
summerlord: (working)

[personal profile] summerlord 2014-01-06 01:40 am (UTC)(link)
"I suppose," he answers. "It depends on the tales that you have heard." He catches the once-over and reaches up to tuck a strand of hair behind his ears: they might seem "weird" in Firo's eyes, slightly pointed at the tips. "I am not completely human."
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[personal profile] foundafamily 2014-01-08 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
Yep, those ears are plenty weird to him. So much so that he can't keep his eyes from widening slightly. Despite the strange things he's encountered here and his world, anything new still manages to surprise him. "There's a few. Some are about little guys who break into a guy's house and make shoes, but I'm guessin' you're not that kind of elf."
summerlord: (the lord of this place)

[personal profile] summerlord 2014-01-09 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
He looks vaguely amused by the comment. "I rarely trespass." Nor does he make shoes, for that matter.
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[personal profile] foundafamily 2014-01-09 05:59 pm (UTC)(link)
He laughs. "Just 'rarely'?" He kind of wants to just ask outright when this guy has had to trespass. Such things can make a good story.
summerlord: (the lord of this place)

[personal profile] summerlord 2014-01-09 10:01 pm (UTC)(link)
"Rarely." And that's all he says on the matter. "What of your world, my friend? Tell me something of it."
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[personal profile] foundafamily 2014-01-10 04:49 am (UTC)(link)
"My world?" Interesting things flood to mind, but he's not so sure he should be spilling details about the alchemists and immortals with someone he's just met. "I know a guy who thinks it's all his world, actually. Doesn't help that he's probably the strongest guy in it and one of the best assassins around."

...Yeah, that probably wasn't the best introduction he could have given his world.