ataraxites: (Default)
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.
dino_zarf: (Default)

[personal profile] dino_zarf 2014-02-11 04:56 am (UTC)(link)
Afraid "space" is about all we've managed to suss out. Nothing matches any star charts I know and that seems to be the general trend. Far from familiar space, no matter who is defining it.
afraidofthe: (means business)

[personal profile] afraidofthe 2014-02-11 04:58 am (UTC)(link)
[Bigby relaxes when the stranger lets go, although the slight frown on his face does seem to be perpetual for this conversation. Don't take it personally; he looks like that often.]

Yeah, I know of it. I live in the state. [He motions with his hands, indicating the whole of the medbay.] Looks like we've left it to me. Doesn't it to you?
wolfchild: (jape ❱❰)

[personal profile] wolfchild 2014-02-11 04:59 am (UTC)(link)
...You're not going to tell my mother, are you?

[ because everyone knows cat. ]
wrecktified: (Default)

[personal profile] wrecktified 2014-02-11 04:59 am (UTC)(link)
Shrug. "I heard about it, it was a sad story." Maybe Isaac just had a lot of feelings...

Or, rather, maybe he wasn't all that keen on sharing yet. It was funny, in an accidental and pathetic way- Nate suspected Isaac was a Unitologist, and Isaac suspected Nate was another EarthGov agent, like Kendra had been.

They were both dumb.

"Are you good to go now?"
moonstruck: (barren feelings)

[personal profile] moonstruck 2014-02-11 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
[Frowning, he considers this for a moment.]

And what of the person in charge of this vessel?
skjalf: (Default)

[personal profile] skjalf 2014-02-11 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
[ the corners of her mouth twitch upward. ]

Not unless you tell mine. And I have not met the Lady in question, either.
doggedly: (pic#3067462)

[personal profile] doggedly 2014-02-11 05:04 am (UTC)(link)
[Part of him wants to lean closer to her, take some comfort from that. But he knows he couldn't stand it for very long; he would quickly grow claustrophobic, or else his anger would overtake him all over again. He can feel it even now, as he clenches his fists, reflexively.

And then he stands, all at once, pushing away from the bed, pacing across the room, and then pacing back again.]


I don't know what to do.

[He admits it, tightly.]
uncurse: 3.15 (☇ finish him your way)

[personal profile] uncurse 2014-02-11 05:06 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah. [ she exhales it heavily, her breath still evening out. she glances up at the kid addressing her briefly, then glances back down as she coughs, hacking up more of the blue fluid that had gotten down her throat in her panic to escape the pod. she wipes her mouth again. ] Happy to say I'm not now. [ because yay not being a puddle on the floor after she'd all but resigned herself to it. ] Why?
majestyofthethrone: (Sera - half in darkness)

[personal profile] majestyofthethrone 2014-02-11 05:07 am (UTC)(link)
[She looks at him, and suddenly, like that, like a math equation suddenly making sense, she knows what she did to the Mayor. She knows exactly how it worked, but she's keeping that to herself.

She knows a little how to help Sirius.]


S C R E A M

[She holds it up, nods her head.]

Right now.
wolfchild: (negative ❱❰)

[personal profile] wolfchild 2014-02-11 05:07 am (UTC)(link)
How did you escape? [ how many escaped is the question she wants to ask.

she was sure they were—
]
boogiewoogiebugleboy: (Blue - looking down)

[personal profile] boogiewoogiebugleboy 2014-02-11 05:08 am (UTC)(link)
I don't think it's even in this universe, no, sorry.

[He eyes the hook for a moment, but raises both eyebrows, and looks back up at whoever-this-is]

If I say Prince Charming, you say-
chuffle: (Tiger - walk away)

[personal profile] chuffle 2014-02-11 05:09 am (UTC)(link)
[She chuffs and her tail rises up, and she turns to saunter off.

Good to meet you too, Yuri.]
humanistic: (desperate - i'll cut your fingers off)

[personal profile] humanistic 2014-02-11 05:10 am (UTC)(link)
I don't want one. Believe me, that's about the last thing that I want.

[A meat waffle. Now that he's heard the words, he thinks them all over again, with a twist of his mouth--and what's worse is, he can sort of picture it. Raw and disgusting, and then suddenly he thinks of the blood in it, and that's one step away from blood that's everywhere else, and he shoves his plate away in his haste to move away from the counter.]

Jesus. [That comes out, mumbled; he shoves his wrist over his mouth, like maybe he's going to be sick--but it's worse than that. It's not a sick feeling, it's much worse, and he fights it down, staring fixedly at the waffle, just the regular old waffle, that this kid made for him. That's all.]
uncurse: 3.14 (☇ it won't be easy)

[personal profile] uncurse 2014-02-11 05:12 am (UTC)(link)
Doors opened. Ten, maybe fifteen minutes before the jump. By the time any of us got here, everyone else was inside. [ she glances around the room, still trying to shake the disorientation. she blinks hard, bringing her eyes back into focus, and fixes a questioning gaze on arya. ] Who did you know in the bridge?
doggedly: (pic#3067459)

[personal profile] doggedly 2014-02-11 05:14 am (UTC)(link)
[He stares at the slate, and then glances at her. Something of that sudden anger has bled from him, a little, filled in by confusion.]

Me?
dislimb: (Default)

[personal profile] dislimb 2014-02-11 05:15 am (UTC)(link)
"...Yeah. Real sad. Understatement of the century." Really? Sad? That didn't even begin to describe the level of hell Nate went through on that damned ship. But, he didn't feel like talking about it. Not yet; he was still reeling from the fact that the Sprawl was gone.

"...I should be." Nate looked Isaac's way, then down at the floor. Time to try getting up again! This time, his legs didn't buckle, though he was still a bit shaky. Not too bad. He should have been able to get where he needed to go now. A shower sounded wonderful, though getting clothed was probably more prudent. "Thanks. You didn't have to come back to help me, so I appreciate that." Even if it was a bit suspicious...
majestyofthethrone: (Sera - hi Evangeline)

[personal profile] majestyofthethrone 2014-02-11 05:15 am (UTC)(link)
[She gives him a look, like yes, you, how do you expect me to do it?]

Yes. Scream. Just.

It'll make you feel better.
Edited 2014-02-11 05:15 (UTC)
wolfchild: (monsters ❱❰)

[personal profile] wolfchild 2014-02-11 05:16 am (UTC)(link)
[ hurt twists her features before arya settles on irritation. ]

It's not that bad! If you don't like it, you can just leave it!
wolfchild: (loot ❱❰)

[personal profile] wolfchild 2014-02-11 05:22 am (UTC)(link)
[ deal. ]

I'm going to get dressed. Nymeria, to me!
carbonite: (LAUGH IT UP FUZZBALL)

[personal profile] carbonite 2014-02-11 05:22 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, I just said that this was a space ship.

[8.

han has to breathe slightly as he once more tries to get out of the his guy's way. he is cold and unhappy, staring into nothingness and the goo.

the goo.

7.
]
wolfchild: (Default)

[personal profile] wolfchild 2014-02-11 05:25 am (UTC)(link)
No one. [ she turns around to leave, then looks back. ] I'm glad you all didn't die.
capsize: (014)

[personal profile] capsize 2014-02-11 05:28 am (UTC)(link)
[ there's another pause to consider her, gauge whether she's as violent as she sounds — probably yes, given the axes. she seems comfortable with them. not just all bark, then. ]

I would. [ but rather than removing the coat right away, there's a quick glance to his own locker. ] You've likely clothes waiting for you — unless uniforms aren't quite to your taste.
carbonite: (LOOK AT YOUR CHOICES!!)

[personal profile] carbonite 2014-02-11 05:32 am (UTC)(link)
[she's going to get in a ton of trouble, that's what's going to happen. han sits up, snarling at the dog as if the dog wasn't the scariest thing that just happened (in truth, once you meet a wookie wolves and dogs don't seem all that frightening).]

Kiddo. [he breathes, leveling out his frustrations to something more palpable.] I'm fine.

Slipped, I guess. Some idiot threw something outside the showers.
capsize: (026)

[personal profile] capsize 2014-02-11 05:34 am (UTC)(link)
The latter. [ but he'd rather find his way back without sharing his business with a stranger. fixation on his task aside, he takes a moment to consider her, and his interest in the next question seems honest enough. ]

You might say it was my last stop. You're from Camelot, I take it?
wolfchild: (Default)

[personal profile] wolfchild 2014-02-11 05:37 am (UTC)(link)
[ yeah, that would be—

one look at nymeria wagging her tail and arya decides against saying anything.
]

You sure? Here, I'll help— [ she grabs his arm to help him up. ]