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axmods. ([personal profile] ataraxites) wrote in [community profile] ataraxionlogs2014-02-07 09:55 pm

twenty-eighth 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: It could just be the standard sensation of air on wet skin, but if you bother to check, you might notice the steam rising from your body, barely there and gone within a minute. By the time you get to the showers, it will be clear that it's not just taking you time to adjust. The room is cold — colder than usual, but no worse than the last jump. While it's nothing dangerous, it's certainly motivation to hurry through the usual routine and get dressed quickly.



It's getting closer.





YOUR EYES ARE OPEN.

KEEP LOOKING.


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.
sorrycharles: (speak up please im drowning)

[personal profile] sorrycharles 2014-03-03 10:09 am (UTC)(link)
[ Erik looks like a street dog fresh out of a fight: rattled, scruffy and desperate. There’s nothing noble about the way he shivers with adrenaline, or in the way he eyes Nathan setting down across from him, like he’s struggling not to lunge after him a second time.

At a distance, Lehnsherr’s too lean without his clothes, all bloody runoff and short breaths. ]


What about you? [ he wants to know. ]

Are you convinced of your own ineptitude or can we expect another call to arms next month?
Edited (not deliberately spamming u just agonizing sorry im done now) 2014-03-03 11:38 (UTC)
ex_heightens219: (everything floats down here)

[personal profile] ex_heightens219 2014-03-03 12:08 pm (UTC)(link)
I might have to take you up on that someday. Katherine just showed up here, too.

[ that... was probably not the best way to tell elijah that his ex is on the ship, but elena wasn't exactly thinking about that at the moment. she's thinking of katherine's penchant for pretending to be her, of the damage she could do here. if she wanted to pretend to be elena at robb, or nathan, or any one of her new friends... she could do a lot of damage. not to mention the havoc she could wreak on her family. ]

[personal profile] catatonics 2014-03-03 12:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[ dana doesn't give even the slightest hint of a fuck about anyone watching them. the only thing she cares about is inflicting the most pain possible on derek, hurting him for taking away her choice and for forcing her to live when she had no desire to. shouldn't it be her choice? she was tacitly responsible for the end of the whole goddamn world, shouldn't she be able to end her own life when she wants to? ]

It doesn't matter what he wanted, does it? He's dead, and if you had any shred of humanity at all you'd have let me die with him!

[ for one furious moment dana wishes her shift was voluntary, that she could change her fingers into claws and tear at the hands around her wrists, tear sharp teeth into his throat. all she wants is to hurt someone as much as she hurts right now, and since derek is the cause of her pain, it only seems fair that he bears the brunt of her rage. ]
thebreakingwave: (02 » earnest)

/sob sob so slow. We can handwave/wrap if you'd like?

[personal profile] thebreakingwave 2014-03-03 04:30 pm (UTC)(link)
I've been here --[He does a bit of quick math.]-- almost a year now, so I guess I've just gotten used to it.
killarevolution: ([C] Embrace the contraction.)

[personal profile] killarevolution 2014-03-03 07:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[Wow Lydia. Give him a second to balance. He holds the bottle aloft as she hugs him, taken off-guard by the gesture, but eventually he lowers his arms and hugs her. It's a bit awkward, given that he's still holding a bottle of liquor, but it's still a hug.]

That worried, were you?
killarevolution: ([C] Who ran over the steam roller?)

[personal profile] killarevolution 2014-03-03 08:00 pm (UTC)(link)
"And knows the ship better, so he can remain that way." He's a fox hiding in his hole and no one is capable of sniffing him out. They don't have the kind of resolve for that.

But they can get organized.

He follows her, leaning a bit on the wall to support him when his vision gets a bit blurry. Post-jump sensations are a lot worse when you add withdrawal into the mix. "That attempt may have failed, but it did prove one thing- we actually might have a bunch of fighters."
andblockbuster: (Sentencing scheduled for.... Now.)

[personal profile] andblockbuster 2014-03-03 08:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Basically, Jaye hasn't been okay since that time her cow exploded and she got stuck outside. [Sage nod.]
gilding: (ᴛʜᴇ sᴏʟᴇ)

[personal profile] gilding 2014-03-04 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
[He doesn't think that it's possible for any one person to find the solution individually. Collecting pieces from various sources had led Sark to a mess of notes, but it was better than most could boast. Emma says something about the bridge being dosed with some kind of hallucinogen, and that follows too much of a pattern for Gold not to be curious about what was seen - but Emma doesn't seem too amiable to being questioned at the moment. Maybe later, when she isn't covered in blue goo.]

It was the first time in a while that a large group have made such an independent move.

[As was shown by the huge reaction to it.]

Perhaps the risk of death was never truly on the table, and you were being given a warning. Now you have to decide whether to heed it.

[He very much doubts she will. Not entirely, at least.]
uncurse: (Default)

[personal profile] uncurse 2014-03-04 02:18 am (UTC)(link)
Well, if that's what they were trying, they got the opposite. [ she's discouraged, admittedly, by the futility of their attempt. but despite the discomfort associated with tripping out the past few days in there, they'd at least done something. and they'd had some minor success in doing even that. so, she'll do it again, and again, and maybe sooner or later, they'll have something to show for it. that's just how charmings work. if headbutting it doesn't work, headbutt harder. ]
wolfchild: (criticize ❱❰)

[personal profile] wolfchild 2014-03-04 04:05 am (UTC)(link)
I would not!

[ when the doors open, she gets into the car first. she shoots gendry a cross look. ]

If I wanted to cut you, I'd do it. I wouldn't offer you a shave.

gilding: (ᴄɪɴᴅᴇʀᴇʟʟᴀ)

[personal profile] gilding 2014-03-04 04:15 am (UTC)(link)
[That gets a thin smile, hard to tell if it's just amused or if maybe there's something vaguely fond in it.]

Some lessons do have to be learnt the hard way.

[Not particularly clear whether he means Emma listening to warnings, or whatever larger forces they're being manipulated by realising the difficulties in dealing with Charmings.]
sapphir: (Default)

[personal profile] sapphir 2014-03-04 05:16 am (UTC)(link)
You're very kind. Thank you, for the information and the greeting. You're unlike anyone I've met.
sapphir: (Default)

we can handwave XD

[personal profile] sapphir 2014-03-04 05:17 am (UTC)(link)
[Impressive... possibly. Not that she hasn't seen people stuck in time for longer.]

I wonder if I'll be here as long, myself.
uncurse: (Default)

[personal profile] uncurse 2014-03-04 05:37 am (UTC)(link)
I can't imagine how uncomfortable it must be for you. [ it's hard to tell if she's taking a genuine dig at him or if she's finding reassurance in the familiarity here. ] To not be the one teaching them.
suddenlycaptain: (what you choose to be)

[personal profile] suddenlycaptain 2014-03-04 05:43 am (UTC)(link)
Grab a bottle and meet me somewhere? [ She isn't taking the cats out drinking. ]
inafadingcrown: (Hard as di'monds)

[personal profile] inafadingcrown 2014-03-04 05:55 am (UTC)(link)
You are quite welcome of course. [A little tilt of her head and a smile- the sort that says this isn't the first time that she's been told she's rather unique.] But you do have me curious- what makes me so unlike anyone that you have known?

[Or rather- what makes you say so this early on?]
needsheadphones: (neutral | desk side)

[personal profile] needsheadphones 2014-03-04 06:09 am (UTC)(link)
Well, that part is over, at least. We're still here, though.

[ She shrugs. ]

Thanks. It was my choice, but... well, I guess if I'd been thinking more clearly, I would have known better. I just don't do well without anything to do, and since we can't get into engineering...
needsheadphones: (happy | grin)

[personal profile] needsheadphones 2014-03-04 06:12 am (UTC)(link)
Probably shouldn't do it in the next billion or so, either.
needsheadphones: (happy | pleased smile)

[personal profile] needsheadphones 2014-03-04 06:18 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, no, not at all! I hope you find your friend.

[ She genuinely means that. ]
last_ofthe_jedi: (esb: playful)

[personal profile] last_ofthe_jedi 2014-03-04 07:14 am (UTC)(link)
[Luke just grins at her. Hey, he finds the fangirling sort of endearing, okay? He plans to encourage this behavior... without it looking like he's encouraging the behavior, of course. Fly casual.]

Then why don't we meet over at the lift in a few minutes?

[The congealing fluid is beginning to congeal in some of the most awkward places and he's rather eager for a shower.]
circumitus: Why was that not a good enough reason to put me to bed? (threw a jar of pickles at a police car)

[personal profile] circumitus 2014-03-04 07:30 am (UTC)(link)
Rey nods absentmindedly, reaching for a towel on the way out of the shower area. She pulls it over her head to dry off the dripping strands of hair. She leaves it that way even after she heads to her locker to retrieve some dryer clothes, casting glances to Haymitch every now and then. He looks unwell. Perhaps more so than usual, and it doesn't go past her notice.

"That why you went? To size up potential comrades?"
suit: (pic#5779222)

[personal profile] suit 2014-03-04 07:41 am (UTC)(link)
You're not the only one. [ it's said while trying to control satchmo a little— peter sounds exhausted and it shows in how he moves, petting satchmo slowly and in how those words are surprisingly drawn out. still, he manages to gesture for neal to come closer. ]

Come here. I'm— here. That's what matters.

[ that's not all that matters but peter doesn't quite want to address it just yet. ]
mathematically: (pic#7403216)

[personal profile] mathematically 2014-03-04 08:20 am (UTC)(link)
[ You're a billion feet taller than her bro, you don't need to balance that much. Still, she doesn't seem to mind how awkward it is, and for someone who doesn't necessarily give hugs all that often ( seriously most people don't actually deserve her hugs ) she seems pretty okay with just staying there. There's a moment when she considers grabbing the liquor before she pulls away just a bit and shrugs. ]

Don't let it go to your head. I was more concerned about who I'd go to for advice I wanted when I maybe wanted another opinion outside my friends. [ A pause. ] You don't want me to say anything more than that. I know you.
mindtricks: (⚖ D I C T U M)

[personal profile] mindtricks 2014-03-04 12:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Please.

[ one of the reasons anderson offers the self-defense classes, beyond just wanting to make a difference and making it possible for people to look after themselves should they come under attack, is to keep herself and her students busy. inactivity is dangerous in ways that are mostly psychological and the tranquility lends itself well to depression or desperation.

it is a distraction, and a necessity.

she figures the same reasoning applies to this as well, in some ways.

that, and she genuinely enjoys sparring with him. enjoys being taught instead of teaching, too, and he is better than she is in ways that are not due to physical strength only.
]
boogiewoogiebugleboy: (Blue - looking down)

[personal profile] boogiewoogiebugleboy 2014-03-04 05:03 pm (UTC)(link)
I can't use magic, so I don't know.

[All his magic was in the Witching Cloak. And that's gone, now, disintegrated.]