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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.
needsheadphones: (neutral | adjust)

[personal profile] needsheadphones 2014-03-19 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
Exactly.

[ There's a thoughtful hum. ]

In that sense, at least. But there are more things to fight for, or to fight against.
fertilefeet: lyrics 'The Willow Maid' by Erutan (See me now ray of light in the moondance)

[personal profile] fertilefeet 2014-03-19 07:11 am (UTC)(link)
It is alright, you do better than others.

[She shakes her head, trying to imagine being on this ship for that long It would be unbearable. As pleasant as the gardens are, they aren't the Forest of Neldoreth. She misses Menegroth and all of Doriath.]

I imagine you are, by far, the the most knowledgeable of us. Perhaps I can rely upon you should I ever become lost?

[There's a good chance of it happening. Even if her home literally translates to 'thousand caves.']
myfriendkeith: (WAFFLES)

[personal profile] myfriendkeith 2014-03-20 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh-ho, we did get hurt." He admitted, no less fondly than he'd been about the rest of the story. "Pretty bad. Well, Keith did, anyway."

Then what Firo had said registered. "Ya mean like, some parkour shit? Aw, man, that sounds insane!"
skjalf: (♕ The silk peels off my skin)

[personal profile] skjalf 2014-03-20 07:06 am (UTC)(link)
My mother would say otherwise.

[ and she almost makes a face--almost. but catches herself, and tilts her head in interest. ]

But it is an ideal that appeals to me. [ well, that's news! ]

What sorts of things?
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[personal profile] foundafamily 2014-03-21 01:22 am (UTC)(link)
Those words coupled with the tone catch Firo off-guard; he blinks before responding to Ellis. "How can you talk about that so casually?" Just how bad did Keith get hurt?

"No idea what that is."
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[personal profile] myfriendkeith 2014-03-21 01:34 am (UTC)(link)
"Aw, Keith's always gettin' hurt. Kinda like how ya just expect the sun to come up every mornin'." He explains, shrugging. "Plus, he's fine, now. 'S long as he's not still hurtin', it's fine to laugh about it."

Then he excitedly starts explaining parkour. "Oh, it's like when ya just run around an' like, jump on stuff and climb over stuff an' just cruise around like that."

Sorry for the lousy explanation, but it's the best he can do.
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[personal profile] woodlander 2014-03-21 04:14 am (UTC)(link)
It is.

[ And yet perhaps it’s not. Thranduil would be listened to before Legolas, after all. Perhaps it is to do with age. But still she would say that the rightful queen’s voice should be heard, over and above that of her guardian.

Human politics are strange, however. She would not pretend to understand them.
]

Does he speak in your place, until you ascend in his stead? I have heard of such things, though never seen them, for in my lifetime always has Thranduil been the Elvenking.
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[personal profile] needsheadphones 2014-03-21 05:19 am (UTC)(link)
Well. There are governments that don't care about their people, or judges who have been bought to let the guilty go free. There are people who do cruel things to animals and children, just because it makes them feel strong. Women can work but we're still fighting to get paid as much as men do for doing the same job. The air we breathe becomes dirty and we have to fight to try to make it less so, to stop pumping things into it that don't belong.

[ She has no real idea if Elizabeth will quite grasp all of this -- especially when it comes to disagreeing with governments -- but a girl can hope. ]
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[personal profile] foundafamily 2014-03-22 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
He just nods at the explanation, though he doesn't see anything too cool about it. It's just kid stuff in his mind. Even if he does get a little creative in his movements when it's necessary.

"You sound like my friends. Claire and Berga used to always beat each other up, but as soon as it stopped hurtin' they'd be laughin' again."
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[personal profile] mathematically 2014-03-22 05:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[ For a moment, Lydia's lips purse, she's used to Haymitch doing this and yet sometimes it's aggravating all the same. She wants him to react like normal people just this once given everything that's happened.

But she should know better, that's not how Haymitch works. That's never how he works. ]


You going to be okay enough so I can leave you? Or do I have to walk you to your room?
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[personal profile] cargojet 2014-03-23 05:12 pm (UTC)(link)
You sure? I reckon I could have taken him. Not as tall as you'd think, who'd have thought.

[ But he's only joking on account of his big grin, and he ducks forward slightly, reaching out to pat Peter on the shoulder. ]

Thanks, Pete. I don't say it enough, but thanks.
skjalf: (♕ Their black envoys call)

[personal profile] skjalf 2014-03-24 08:03 am (UTC)(link)
Is that the sort of world you live in? [ she looks shocked, but then it fades into a look of startled understanding. ]

It sounds very much like my own. That is so very frightening, I..

[ and sad. very, very sad. the only part she doesn't understand is about the air. the rest; well, she was raised at court and groomed to rule. she has grown up watching her father while he's done 12 years of ruling.

and caring for his people. but people are sick and twisted, no matter the century. and in her mind, if women are allowed to work at all, why should they be paid less? no. she only doesn;'t really understand one thing, really. ]


Why would the air be dirty, Lady Rebecca?
skjalf: (♕ The silk peels off my skin)

[personal profile] skjalf 2014-03-24 08:05 am (UTC)(link)
I will not ascend in his stead. [ she shakes her head. ]

I will marry another King somewhere, and be his Queen. But I will not have much power, or much say.

Thus my surprise at your freedom, my lady. I did not know I wanted such before.

But it would be a wonder, to have such an ability. [ such liberty. ]
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[personal profile] needsheadphones 2014-03-24 08:21 am (UTC)(link)
That's part of it.

[ That doesn't even touch the corruption of the Templars, the way politics are a secret battleground between two sides. It doesn't cover how she has seen almost everyone she knows die fighting for a cause, for free will, against people with deeper pockets and more resources who want to control it all. ]

Well. There are some things that people use for fuel, or to make things, that we learned hurts the earth. Imagine a fire burning all of the time, only you keep putting things into the fire that make the smoke blacker and blacker until the air is always like that. Or imagine that you dumped waste and dyes into the water and then had to drink from it.
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[personal profile] myfriendkeith 2014-03-24 09:01 am (UTC)(link)
Ellis laughs at the thought. He and Keith never actually beat each other up, but there were multiple occasions when the'd hurt each other indirectly or by accident. Like daring each other to do things that ended up getting them hurt.

"Yeah, 's long as you're good friends there's no reason not to have a good laugh over a little pain."
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[personal profile] askedtobe 2014-03-24 04:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Sure. Any time.

[ flicking nathan a smile, it disappears in an instant and peter shoves his hands into his pockets, visibly trying not to be perturbed. but he's already turning and waiting for nathan to follow him back out of the medbay. ]
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[personal profile] skjalf 2014-03-24 09:28 pm (UTC)(link)
What would be the rest?

[ she has no idea that she might be bordering on sensitive territory. one day she will be a queen somewhere, and she wants to learn, from speaking to people of every sort, just how to be a good one. this, to her is just another opportunity to do so. ]

Why in God's name would such foul things be used for fuel? Wood and flame keep us warm, and horses serve us well in getting us where we need to go. I see no reason why such a thing would be needed.

[ frankly, she's appalled. ]
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[personal profile] foundafamily 2014-03-25 03:33 am (UTC)(link)
"Not very important in the long run, is it? At least, with kid stuff." Otherwise, grudges are very important. "Not that they aren't still like that... Every time Claire comes home, they still start beatin' each other up."
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[personal profile] cargojet 2014-03-25 04:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Okay, that was definitely a something. Nathan shot his brother a harder look. ]

What is it?
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[personal profile] woodlander 2014-03-26 04:16 am (UTC)(link)
Such can be the way of things, for those of Royal blood. Princes must marry Princesses. So would it be in my world as well –

But my status is not so high.

[ She hesitates, considering, and then offers Elizabeth the tiniest of smiles. ]

But my lady, if you will permit me to say so – here, there is no reason why status should prevent you from doing anything. If you wished to learn to fight, there is nothing to say you cannot.
skjalf: (♕ She is safe; who desires no power)

[personal profile] skjalf 2014-03-27 09:10 am (UTC)(link)
So it is the same in your land. Are these princes and princesses happy, do you think?

No? I have never heard of a woman being captain of a guard before.

I find that quite impressive, myself.

[ elizabeth returns the small smile with one of her own, and is silently thankful for being given an opening. ]

You are the first I have met to say so, my lady. I do not know how well I would handle a weapon.

But in the future, would you perhaps be willing to instruct me?
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[personal profile] needsheadphones 2014-03-28 08:47 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe I'll tell you, someday.

[ It's easy enough, for now, to say that and let it be. (It will be more difficult later, should Elizabeth align herself with the Borgias; and make no mistake, Rebecca has been watching to see what the duo does.) ]

More power. You can get places faster. There are reasons -- but there's cleaner ways to power things, now that we know how harmful they are and how to use the clean things efficiently. It's greed that's keeping them from being widespread.
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[personal profile] woodlander 2014-03-29 01:57 am (UTC)(link)
I cannot say. Perhaps there are some who are very unhappy, and others who relish their role. I think that even princes and princesses must have thoughts that are their own, and will not always think the same.

[ Legolas is as much a guard as Tauriel, yet he's a prince. She thinks that he's happy, but she hasn't really asked him. She wonders about it, now.

But then she's distracted by the question, and she inclines her head.
]

I would be happy to give any aid that I could. If you wished to learn, I would by no means deny you.

I do not think you should be restricted, when it is your choice.
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[personal profile] askedtobe 2014-03-29 04:31 pm (UTC)(link)
What is what?

[ Peter rolls his eyes back towards his brother and waits, as if expecting to fill in his irritations for him. Not that he's perturbed with Nathan about anything. ]
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[personal profile] skjalf 2014-03-30 07:00 am (UTC)(link)
Very well. Forgive me if I was prying.

[ now, it is simple. later, perhaps not so much. the borgias are from her time period, and lucrezia is close to her in age. in such a strange environment, any reminder of home and sense of familiarity would be welcome.

well. all things will come to light in time. ]


That is a vile and disgusting thing. You speak of a world poisoned, my lady. How will it, or we survive?

And for the sake of gold and power and land. [ that, sadly, she does understand all too well. she hugs herself with shaking arms, frowning. ]

Did none think of the cost of all these advances?