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axmods. ([personal profile] ataraxites) wrote in [community profile] ataraxionlogs2014-09-08 12:00 am

thirty-fifth 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: You wake feeling cold and alone. There is a strange sense of emptiness, and the jump holds no surprises for you. There is nothing buffering the jump sickness and disorientation for you this month, and those still suffering the lingering effects of August's plot may find it more difficult than usual to get through the post-jump routine.

New arrivals will find messages spraypainted across their lockers telling them not to follow their tattoo numbers, and instead to find a room on Floors 001-010.


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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.
borndying: ᴅᴀɴᴇ ᴅᴇʜᴀᴀɴ (ʟᴇɢɪᴛ ɢᴇɴɪᴜs ɪᴅᴇᴀ ʜᴏʟᴅ sᴛɪʟʟ)

[personal profile] borndying 2014-09-15 08:45 am (UTC)(link)
"It was in an elevator," he says, a flicker of something like amusement and something like bitterness in his expression; he hasn't gone into details with Peter about what he remembers gently, intensely implying Gwen should somehow psychically manage to compel Peter to do for him while not even knowing what the fuck he was talking about. He's not about to tell her. He hadn't even told her when he sort of wanted her help.

He's not telling anyone, really. He's certainly not telling anyone what else he's considered doing.

"I mean," affably, "everybody's a little bit spacy in elevators."
unmakes: ([ quiet half-smile. ])

sorry for the delay :x

[personal profile] unmakes 2014-09-15 09:42 am (UTC)(link)
Less 'aliens', more 'super high-tech space vacay that may or may not occasionally try and kill you'. [ whether or not that's better or worse depends on how opposed you'd be to getting probed. ]

Hi, by the way - I'm Sally.
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[personal profile] judex 2014-09-15 10:14 am (UTC)(link)
Fourteen times?

[ He isn't disagreeing. He is amused—inappropriately, maybe, but he's been drenched in other people's blood too often not to have developed a sense of humor about it. A dry, drawly one, possibly impossible to differentiate from disinterest except by the fact that he's still talking instead of walking away. But still: humor. ]

Or once, with fourteen hands.

[ Fenris glances at the wolf again and decides to chance it, crouching long enough to pick up the closest iron and examine the head. ]

They're not yours?
Edited 2014-09-15 10:14 (UTC)
regulatingpressure: (❝ hell yes i can do it ❞)

[personal profile] regulatingpressure 2014-09-15 10:44 am (UTC)(link)
[ and she looks them over for a second before picking out something in a deep burnt orange color. the color of fire without the light of the blaze. ]

This one? [ the woman said to pick any, but she's asking just to be safe. ]
regulatingpressure: (❝ i'm good to go ❞)

[personal profile] regulatingpressure 2014-09-15 10:48 am (UTC)(link)
[ it'd probably be the first time anyone's been called a do-gooder for telling someone they look like shit, but if she knew he was thinking it, she'd probably take it anyway.

and while she's got plenty of sass to fire right back at both his first comment and his second, the third's a different matter altogether. she has no idea what he means by 'look like you know shit', so she's just gonna lift her chin a little and say:
] I might. What kind of shit d'you wanna know?
regulatingpressure: (❝ you know that right? ❞)

[personal profile] regulatingpressure 2014-09-15 11:17 am (UTC)(link)
[ oh trust me, she's definitely picked up on that. zombies just aren't a thing where she's from, so as long as he doesn't start actively bleeding from the eyes, she's just going to give him the slightly-wary benefit of the doubt here. ]

No kidding, [ she agrees with just a hint of sympathy hidden under the casual demeanor. ] Anyone give you the run-down yet?
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[personal profile] songofhappiness 2014-09-15 03:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Having spent the majority of her time in the lockers just sitting there, watching other people, Caroline notices when someone does something a little different.

This guy didn't go for the jumpsuit. She did, even if she had to wrinkle her nose a bit at it. While she'd rather wear her own clothes, found in her locker, going with what was provided to them seemed like a good plan.

Leaving the imagined safety of her position in front of her locker, she approaches him, curious.
]

Not feeling the outfit they gave us, huh? [ She can agree with that sentiment. ]
consequence: (used to have a sense of humor)

[personal profile] consequence 2014-09-15 04:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[It's possible that there are worse people to run into at the jump, but a definitely pregnant Hayley Marshall probably isn't very far from the top of Caroline's list. There's no hiding it at this point, but she also knows that if people are starting to drop in again that there's a chance they remember being here before.

She's going to risk a hell of a lot, just to see if Caroline remembers being here before.]


You alright?
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[personal profile] alldamned 2014-09-15 05:25 pm (UTC)(link)
It was when he saw Caroline part ways with her that Benny approached; he'd meant to step in and talk to them together, but missed his chance as the girl he'd spoken to earlier made her way to a locker further on down the bank. He was cautious in his movements, careful in his attempts to avoid coming off as overbearing -- but he was concerned, and if she knew Caroline, then he had to figure that she was one of them, too -- or at least in the know.

He'd be able to tell once he was closer, maybe.

"You alright?" he asks, gently laying a hand against the locker beside hers, taking care not to hover. He jerks his head in Caroline's direction. "For a given value of 'alright,' that is. I know nobody here's exactly singin' this place's praises. You a friend of Caroline's?"
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[personal profile] prehendere 2014-09-15 06:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Tranquility [ - repeated just after Charles says it. The name sounds right, even if he has a strong gut feeling that the place is far from it (even with amnesia, there is a distinct vibe of industrial sci-fi house of horrors going on). He nods at what's being said and later on he'll have the hindsight to confirm that this isn't too dissimilar to the first time he 'went home.']

You're not making it worse. [It's not making anything better, either, but he's n...ot going to say that.] But maybe it'll be better to go to familiar places. Re-trigger memories? [It wouldn't hurt anyway.]
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[personal profile] prehendere 2014-09-15 06:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[ - that is his name. But he's fairly sure he doesn't know the face of who said it, which leads to an uncertain sounding - ] Uh. Yeah? [It's not helped by the fact that most people he's encountered during the span of his life know him as his pale, fleshy human looking self, not the blue, fanged, beclawed version standing here right now. There's a faint nervous hum behind the tough exterior. Tell-tale signs of a man not yet grown into himself.]
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[personal profile] prehendere 2014-09-15 06:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Alex?

[ - like his encounter with Charles a little later on, he hasn't quite retrieved all his memories of The Tranquility beyond a sense of the familiar and navigating on autopilot. The last clear memory he has of his friend is the day he'd been shipped off and that was - well, it was a while ago. He looks like he wants to give him a hug.

...he will refrain, given the fact they're both gooey and in various states of undress.]
How are you?
prehendere: (pic#7922842)

[personal profile] prehendere 2014-09-15 07:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Better than the last time I saw her. [ - which could be taken various different ways.] On board. [The qualifier is tacked on not unkindly. He turns back to Erik again.] I can't make a full prognosis without examining her proper but it looks as though the nanite extraction was successful. No more rapid fluctuating shifts or mutations. Everything is back where it should be. The extra month might even be good for her.

[It's better than he can say for most people on board, present company included. He's unsure if his own recovery was so quick because he 'went back home' or because his body is used to it.

Then, even surprising himself a little - ]
How are you feeling? [At the end of the day he's a doctor, even if technically not an MD, and he is one of the very few on board who has substantial knowledge on mutant physiology.]
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[personal profile] prehendere 2014-09-15 07:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[Which isn't entirely wrong - on a cellular level, Hank has aged something closer to three-four years, thanks to re-writing his DNA. And he's healthier, either because of going 'back home,' or simply because his body is used to rapid mutations. Or both.

His mind, however, is still recovering from the combination update and last month's amnesia. The distance he usually maintains around strangers wobbles in the face of Remus looking glad to see him. Honesty, then.]


I went back for a while. [Not that he's sure he believes he physically traveled.] Back back.
killingboys: (❣ devils and heathens alike)

[personal profile] killingboys 2014-09-15 07:08 pm (UTC)(link)
['The Tranquility' - what in the hell. Jennifer gives a quick glance over the other girl before giving her best friendly-and-harmless smile. She needs answers.]

Hey. [She makes sure the clasp one her necklace is secure before fluffing the ends of her hair away.] What is this place, exactly? Because no one's running around screaming and the name makes me think second rate day spa, but the vibe is more when Keanu Reeves wakes up from the Matrix.
sorrycharles: (no emotion)

[personal profile] sorrycharles 2014-09-15 07:38 pm (UTC)(link)
No.

[ The answer clags rough in his throat,

flat disrespect in the lock of his eyes to hers. Challenging.

Clean water is left to bead cool on his skin, breaking into isolated runs when he breathes. His near side remains a raw, gummy mess, but the majority of the gore is older blood. The flow clinging cold to his ribs isn’t branching any further outward.

He waits for her to try again. ]
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[personal profile] songofhappiness 2014-09-15 07:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[ That's a voice she certainly didn't expect, and when she looks up at Hayley her expression is surprised. Surprise turns to shock as she registers Hayley's pregnant state. ]

Hayley? [ The last time she saw the werewolf she had her neck broken for her troubles, a reminder that has her mouth thinning into a line. Talk about conflicting emotions. ] Yeah, I'm fine. Ish. As fine as I can be. Did you do the whole -

[ She waves a hand in the direction of the pods. ]

Waking up in a tube of goo thing?
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[personal profile] songofhappiness 2014-09-15 07:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Same, considering the weird circumstances. [ She's not gonna let herself mope too much about said circumstances. Too much to figure out, like what to do next. ]

So, space. Totally not my area. [ It's said lightly, but seriously - not her jam. Caroline likes planet Earth just fine. ] How long have you been on here?
consequence: (feeling a little superior tonight)

[personal profile] consequence 2014-09-15 07:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[Hayley nods, her own damp hair gathered up in a loose ponytail.]

It's kind of a monthly thing around here. [Of course, Caroline asking about it in the first place answers Hayley's own curiosity about her remembering anything.]

They're jump pods and as unpleasant as it is to wake up on the floor covered in blue slime, the other option of not getting into them once a month is a lot worse.
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[personal profile] uncurse 2014-09-15 07:55 pm (UTC)(link)

Great.

[ Undeterred, Emma reaches out to clap one hand at the slope of his neck, grip digging into his muscle. ]

You don't have to want to: you're doing it anyway.

[ The earlier phrasing was just her being polite: she doesn't have to stay that way. ]

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[personal profile] invisibilitea 2014-09-15 08:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Does he-

[This isn't fair. She shouldn't ask because Ivan knows too much, maybe, and Mitchell can't defend himself. But she needs to know, if she's going to be the one in charge of keeping him clean.]

Does he do this often?
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pulls snood over your head

[personal profile] altercate 2014-09-15 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[ at least this much is the same. watching tyke with her dogs, it's reassuring. he thinks that more than anything eases the tight knot of worry in his chest, though it reappears the moment she starts trying to get up. he can hear it, everything behind her answer, the frustration and anger there. she's weakened. derek knows what it costs for her to display it like this, unable to pretend otherwise. ]

Okay.

[ he's careful, trying to keep his voice even as he crouches next to her. he puts the towel into her hands, at least giving her that much control over the situation. ]

I can carry you.

[ it's no hardship. but he won't do anything without her say so, even if he's sure this is the best way, would rather carry her than see her try to haul herself upright again and register the way her scent had gone sour with pain. ]
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[personal profile] humanistic 2014-09-15 09:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[Thanks, Ivan. And while no one could ever mistake Ivan for being truly kind--well, he's occasionally something, at least, something approaching an emotion very much like kindness that can sometimes be sorted out from the rest of him, if you work at it.

And Mitchell--less than inclined to take kindness these days, but wanting, badly, to hear some kindness--vacillating between caged-in anger and so many old habits like whatever pragmatism he's ever been able to scare up or fake, over the years--Mitchell doesn't know quite how to take that, or what he should say, so instead, he sort of-- flinches, a little, looks away, his jaw tight--]


Just behave yourself. All right? There's no one here to catch you. Whatever system they've got is more for their comfort than ours, and they can cut it off. This ship'll do its best to destroy you on its own.

[And what a fucking mess either of those ends would be, and Mitchell suppresses the eager part of himself that would like to see it.]

I can't stick around. I have to go.
Edited (nitpicking sorry!!!) 2014-09-15 21:31 (UTC)
humanistic: (sad - if you weren't real)

[personal profile] humanistic 2014-09-15 09:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[Carefully said, but also with a hint of scolding to it--or something just up the road from scolding, at least. Which, to be fair, he absolutely deserved. After all, he was, to all intents and purposes, looking over a mostly naked woman. Whether or not he's also a blip on her supernatural radar won't be immaterial--well, neither is really a strike in his favour.

And while there's some part of him that would encourage reacting quite differently, Mitchell does his very best to fight that down--and keep it down.]


I wasn't trying-- [Not the best start; he cuts himself off and tries again.] Sorry.

[Only a little mutinous, more embarrassed and mumbled to be taken as sullen.]

Thought you were someone else.

[Which is a lie and not even a very good one. Does going off blood mean that he's losing his touch? Yes it does, and Mitchell winces, a little, and says again--]

Sorry.

[Christ, but her blood smells good.]
pompous_today: (hee)

[personal profile] pompous_today 2014-09-15 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Indeed; I was being sarcastic. The only warm reception waiting for us would be an interrogation lamp, perhaps.

[... So she's not surprised. That does give Simon pause and make him wonder... Am I the only one who knows? He's not going to be the one to bring it up, not yet, but he's sure Zoe would have had a much different reaction.]

I actually just saw him a short while ago- everyone on the ship is recovering from an illness that befell us all. He seems to be in pretty good shape, though.

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