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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] skjalf 2014-02-16 03:26 am (UTC)(link)
[ lizzie comes as close to making an oh moooooom look as she can given how tired she is. ]

I am eighteen now, Lady Mother. It will be all right.

It seems I shall be in the room marked eleven, should you need me.

[ but then her features soften, and she moves forward to hug her mother tightly. ]

Yes, I will. I promise. I love you, Mother. God give you a good night.

[ and with a swift kiss to her parent's cheek, she gently lets go, and turns to find her own quarters down the hall a-ways. ]
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[personal profile] twicequeen 2014-02-16 06:22 am (UTC)(link)
Good night, Lizzie.

[Elizabeth hugs her tightly in return, slowly getting go with a soft smile. She indulges in at least watching Elizabeth head down the corridor just in case before turning away towards her own room.

Only then does she let herself give out to collapse on the bed with both physical and mental exhaustion from the day.

Perhaps the new day will bring clarity to their situation.]