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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.
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[personal profile] overthought 2014-02-18 04:58 am (UTC)(link)
[she couldn't blame him, she's been in the same place as he has. she's just been lucky that she's been working in comms. but, if she could develop a ship-wide monitoring program, she could.

she's usually the one monitoring the ship.
]

That's the only way to put it, sadly.
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[personal profile] wrecktified 2014-02-18 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
(isaac still had that weird troubled look on his face, even after taking a moment to think the situation over further. why would someone or something bring them in if they couldn't do anything to help?

guess it wasn't for the purpose of help, then.
) What are we supposed to do? Sit around and look pretty?
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[personal profile] overthought 2014-02-19 11:25 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm sure you'll do fine. [he's good looking, it's just a fact. she gives him a little smile, hoping to make it less awkward. she's just used to it, sorry.

plus, it's his fault for being cute.
]

Do you mind if I ask you a question?
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[personal profile] wrecktified 2014-02-20 03:53 am (UTC)(link)
I haven't been trained for that... (he still looked like a sulky baby, but hey, he had jokes! a brow quirked slightly at her unexpected question- unexpected, but not unappreciated. answering pop quizzes would be better than grumping over the ship, right? he shrugged.) Go for it.
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[personal profile] overthought 2014-02-23 07:59 am (UTC)(link)
If you need a crash course, you know where to find me. [it was odd that the joke was something that the chief would roll his eyes at (or rather, she'd do it for him).]

Your spine has an external neural interface, doesn't it? [oh boy, aren't you a fascinating specimen.]
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[personal profile] wrecktified 2014-02-23 02:03 pm (UTC)(link)
(hey hey hey, any day you get a chuckle out of isaac is a good day.

he probably should have expected that question, but it was still hard for him to digest the fact that no one else owned a rig around here.
) Yeah, that's one way to put it. I'm used to seeing them on just about everyone. But, uh. (he shifted his shoulders awkwardly- making sure his rig was still there, perhaps. he knew it still was, but hell, double checking put him a little more at ease.) It's not common around here, I guess.

I actually thought everyone had theirs removed. Nobody even seems to know what they are, though.
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[personal profile] overthought 2014-02-25 05:47 am (UTC)(link)
[she'll get to discover that soon enough, she thinks.

for now, she inspects it like it's a very curious thing. it's like what keeps her- kept her- and the master chief in sync for so long, but on the outside.
]

Does it change colors? [it looks like it was an indicator of sorts.] Does it house anything? [like an AI?]