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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.
skjalf: (♕ He drew me from the dance's riot)

[personal profile] skjalf 2014-03-30 07:17 am (UTC)(link)
As everyone's minds differ, I suppose. You are right. But it would be nice to think that perhaps in another place...

[ someone like her might be happy. she tilts her head, now a little curious. ]

What of you, my lady? If I may be so bold as to ask.

[ this is both the answer she was and wasn't expecting. she smiles at tauriel, easy and genuine. the light of it reaches her eyes. ]

The day may come where it may be necessary. I was not born to hold a sword, but perhaps I might learn. I would like to try.

You are very kind. I thank you a thousand times over!
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[personal profile] woodlander 2014-04-03 12:38 am (UTC)(link)

What of me? [ Tauriel looks up at her, curious. ] Am I happy? I am content.

[ Not happy, because she's trapped here, and cannot be happy with that. There were things sh was supposed to do, people she was supposed to help, and beyond that though she cares for those who are here, they do not truly know her. The Thranduil here is not truly her Thranduil. She cannot be happy, so far from her own world.

But she can be content with her lot, until it can be changed. That is what she tells herself. ]

And there is no need to thank me, my lady. I am happy to help. [ A little smile. ] I will enjoy it, I think. I like to train, and practice. It keeps my skills sharp.

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[personal profile] skjalf 2014-04-04 06:38 am (UTC)(link)
Yes. [ tauriel's reply makes her smile. ] As you should be. That is good.

[ they are trapped, yes. but their situations differ vastly. in comparison, elizabeth is content also to be here because it removes her from being a pawn in a game played by others. there is no richard or henry to fight over her like she is a scrap of meat.

or merely a stand which holds england's crown. she is content, and that might grow into happiness in time. and sadly as she herself does not know tauriel at all, she cannot read that there is more behind the elf's words than there appears.

she would attempt to give her comfort, otherwise. ]


You are doing me a great kindness. I think it right that I thank you.

[ she smiles, too. ] I will endeavour not to disappoint.