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axmods. ([personal profile] ataraxites) wrote in [community profile] ataraxionlogs2015-01-08 12:01 am

thirty-ninth 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: A feeling of deep dread greets you as you stumble out of the gravcouch, strong enough to hold you still for a long moment, searching your surroundings for the source of your wariness. Nothing becomes apparent, only your fellow passengers waking up. Eventually you gather the resolve to pick yourself up and start moving, the feeling fading slowly as you progress through 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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YOU͘ ̨WAKE̢ ̧UP ́IN DA̛RKN̢E̕SS̶


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.

YÓU̴ ̧ĄRE NOT҉ ̷ALǪNE҉


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.

TH̀IS͜ ̶I͠S͡ ͘Y̵O͝UR ̕W͝E̛L̨C͡O͝M͏E P̛AR̴TY͜
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[personal profile] traumata 2015-01-14 04:56 am (UTC)(link)
With my— [ Oh right, his design. The dress that isn't a tree. ] Yeah, well, I haven't actually started on it. So I'll just take that into account, shall I?

[ He doesn't sound particularly apologetic. He sounds more feisty, actually, like he isn't even a little bit sorry that he hasn't started on her dress. He might care a bit more if she did — or if she wasn't so generally unpleasant.

Probably best to cut this conversation short. Instead he eyes her hair for another second, then:
]

It's a bit rough, though, isn't it?
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[personal profile] traumata 2015-01-14 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
[ To be fair, he's not quite as graceful as he used to be. He keeps his balance, though, giving her balancing grip on his arm a curious look — most people aren't usually so quick to touch zombies, but then again the passengers here aren't most people.

Recognition settles in a moment later, the answer to her question automatic.
]

Yeah, I'm fine.

[ A little dizzy, sure. Disorientated. But that isn't abnormal. Side effects of the medication, and the jump can't be much help. It's only then that her first observation sinks in; his brow furrows, confusion obvious in his voice. ]

Sorry— shouldn't I be? Awake, that is.
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[personal profile] unforgives 2015-01-14 05:35 am (UTC)(link)
[They definitely haven't met before but when she hears the other girl answer, she nods] Yeah, it did feel rougher this jump, that's why I just wanted to confirm what jump it was exactly.
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[personal profile] altercate 2015-01-14 05:46 am (UTC)(link)
[ it's the starting over that always throws derek. he resents it in a way, doesn't like the sensation of having everything he knows about a person upended. it's not dean's fault, it's never anyone's fault, but it still leaves derek tense, watching as dean takes a seat. there's nothing threatening in dean's body language, though derek snorts a little at his posture. that's familiar, at least. ]

I'm not going anywhere.

[ cora would skin him. the talk he has to have with his sister is probably going to be a thousand times more difficult than whatever dean winchester has to say to him. ]

You've got five minutes.

[ they've never done this, derek realizes. they've never actually sat and talked. maybe snapped at each other over the comms, but this is something else entirely. it's a different ball game. derek has to actively remind himself of that. ]
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[personal profile] inspirited 2015-01-14 06:39 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, it really is— hello! [Chuck smiles somewhat sheepish as she tries to get the three of them to settle down for at least a few moments thankfully] Sorry about them, they can get pretty excitable sometimes. Is your cat alright?
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[personal profile] altercate 2015-01-14 06:45 am (UTC)(link)
[ it's hard to tell with river, whether she recognizes him or not. derek's relieved enough to see her here that he doesn't push the issue. he'll find out eventually, and in the mean time he's more relieved to see her. it's been a long time, and derek hadn't--

he'd missed her. even if her first act is to call attention to one of the things derek's been trying his level best to ignore. ]


Yes.

[ he says after a minute, because she's not wrong, it should have. ]

But not right now.
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[personal profile] sparkler 2015-01-14 06:48 am (UTC)(link)
[He'd be lying if he said he wasn't at least somewhat pleased to see Cole, too. Another familiar face, and... well, the boy probably was no threat. It wasn't easy to know, after all, as he was rather strange and Dorian really hadn't had a chance to get to know him.

Well, apparently now he had his chance.]


Does it? Now that's a pleasant thought, though I hesitate to wonder what it might mean.

[He looks Cole over. At least someone's handling this well.]

You wouldn't happen to know anything about this place, would you?
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[personal profile] altercate 2015-01-14 06:50 am (UTC)(link)
[ is this part of his big brotherly duties? making nice with people who may or may not have eyes for his sister? this was never--he and laura had never done this, and no one had done it for derek. he's a little at a loss. finally, he takes the chocolate, expression still faintly suspicious. ]

I'm not worried about you killing me.

[ of all the things that could potentially end derek's life, sirius is not one of them. ]

Did you get this out of your locker?

[ though it's been a very long time since derek made isaac leave his ice cream to melt rather than eat anything that came out of a locker. ]
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| Lockers |

[personal profile] civics 2015-01-14 06:54 am (UTC)(link)
[ Erwin's arrival hadn't gone much better; his first reaction upon waking was that he was in the belly of a titan, panicked, covered in slime, far from the calm and collected man he usually is. He would be ashamed if anybody under his command saw him reacting that way. He quickly realized, though, that his initial assumption was very far from the truth when his eyes regained their focus and he saw the stark, sterile walls around him, the blue slime slowly sliding down his body.

The Walls are a distant memory. More recent in his mind are things like the university, the ships, the masquerade. Nothing was clear, though, everything shrouded in a thick fog and would likely stay that way for some time.

Like Levi, Erwin eventually finds himself at his designated locker, showered and dressed, bolo tie hanging around his neck and hair parted a little differently than he normally parts it. And, while he's straightening his collar and smoothing out his jacket, a voice catches his attention and he knows, without a doubt, who it belongs to. Erwin slowly exhales, relieved. ]


And what should we do about that? We know nothing of our new surroundings; we can't run off without learning a bit more about where we are and formulating some sort of plan first.

[ Hi, Levi. ]
Edited 2015-01-14 06:55 (UTC)
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[personal profile] altercate 2015-01-14 06:55 am (UTC)(link)
[ a month. things are coming back to him, bits and pieces filtering in slow. he remembers her. he remembers the ship. he doesn't remember the dream. that's the most frustrating part, but he don't have a chance to focus on it. there'll be time for that later, when he's not trying to swallow his own panic while soothing tyke's. ]

It's okay.

[ which means nothing, in the long run. derek's definition is lacking on so many levels. ]

I'll explain. I can explain.

[ though derek doesn't even know where to start. there's so much he and tyke haven't talked about explicitly, and now he can't just let her look into his head. ]
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[personal profile] altercate 2015-01-14 06:57 am (UTC)(link)
[ granny's standard is just about derek's speed, all things considered. outright praise is hard. it's getting easier for him, but the words still don't come naturally. he nods, the movement somewhat forced. ]

She wanted to learn everything.

[ or so derek assumes. he hasn't asked cora, just like she hasn't asked him about the gardens. ]

Do you know her?

[ which might be a stupid question, derek belatedly realizes, but there's a difference between knowing someone's name and knowing them, as it were. ]
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[personal profile] uncurse 2015-01-14 07:17 am (UTC)(link)
The mansion.

[ A short, breathy huff of disbelief. Processing. Her eyes flicker across his face briefly, doing some quick math. Figuring out what's happened since then and what she feels about it. ]

And everything since then … Was that him? Was any of it even real? Has he just been using you to get my magic?

[ Predictably, the strain in her voice mounts with each iterative question, swelling with her distress. ]

What the hell does Gold want my magic for? What haven't you been telling me?!
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this seems like good timing y/n

[personal profile] capsize 2015-01-14 07:42 am (UTC)(link)
Emma— [ The accusation pulls it out, defensive and pleading, but he bites down on it quickly. Now isn't the time to be asking for forgiveness. And even if he doesn't want the blame, he wants honesty — wants the confession that'd been denied him on the phone and several times since, held in check only by Gold's magic. His heart's still gone, yes, but now there's nothing to bind it. ]

He plans to rid himself of the dagger's power over him. He needs magic to do it. I tried to tell you—

[ The next word doesn't come. Instead there's a sharp inhale of breath, hand drawing away from her quickly to clutch at his chest as he falls back a single step. The pain's quick, intense, then gone — it still leaves him gasping for air, chest heaving slowly, brow furrowed in confusion.

It shouldn't be possible. Gold's gone, can't possibly control him from Storybrooke, not when he's— his eyes abruptly gain focus, lifting to hers as realization hits.
] It's on the ship.
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[personal profile] troops 2015-01-14 07:44 am (UTC)(link)
Oh?

[He's interested now, and a little more at ease now that he's relatively sure that she seems friendly enough. Cullen looks toward the others around them, back to the door he came into this room from.]

What do you mean by that?
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[personal profile] fade_away 2015-01-14 09:29 am (UTC)(link)
[Cole shakes his head sadly at the question.]

Cullen thought I was responsible for our being here. I wish I was, then I would be able to help better, but I don't know either. Then he got upset and left. He's scared of me.

[Cole understands why Cullen is scared of him, but he genuinely doesn't get why Cullen got upset.]
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[personal profile] foolproofed 2015-01-14 09:38 am (UTC)(link)
Snort.

"I think you mean they always gave us drugs. And honestly, I bet someone's already pulled a croc or something. I mean, I knew a dude who had a dead deer crammed in his once. And I had a zombified hand fly out of mine and attack me."

See, totally a thing.

Totally normal space life.
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alas, he won't know he was gone til Heather finds him!

[personal profile] throwsdown 2015-01-14 09:53 am (UTC)(link)
[Takeshi can tell the hug and being kind to her makes her happier, and he basks in it as he sits back to look at her.]

I'm glad, too! I love t'help! I know lotsa' grown ups think I can't, but I definitely can!
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[personal profile] throwsdown 2015-01-14 09:56 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh, yeah! Lots and lots of times! I don't even get as sick no more, I do this so much!"

He's got mad jump-skills.

"You're new though, huh! I don't remember your face!"
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[personal profile] throwsdown 2015-01-14 10:05 am (UTC)(link)
He squints at her, as if she's not making a whole lot of sense. You're a really odd one, aren't you? Definitely like a lot of people in the apartment. "Nuh-uh, I don't. I wanna live. If someone tried to put a knife in my head, I'd just throw them into a wall! Jus' like I do when Gantz puts us in the games. I throwed a lot of monsters."

He tilts his head to the side, examining her hair.

"I like your hair."
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[personal profile] blackmagus 2015-01-14 10:40 am (UTC)(link)
I wish.

[Which she hadn't thought she'd say, before now, but she would vastly prefer that the ship had never retrieved anything. If only Jazz was the only thing she'd ever gotten in a locker. Or perhaps just the notebook...]

Perhaps the ship thought I was too content last month.

[Or, you know, however long actually passes between jumps, since people seem to be investigating that.]

It gave me something of my father's.
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[personal profile] sacrifica 2015-01-14 01:30 pm (UTC)(link)
What sort of thing?

( Whilst Elena would probably love to have something of home - memories of the people she misses, especially people that are gone, there are definitely a few things that would give her cause for concern if they appeared in her locker. She doesn't know what it would take to make her sad but she can understand not being thrilled by what you see. When she'd first arrived here there'd been a blood bag in her locker. If Caroline hadn't been there that could have been... difficult )

Maybe you could put it somewhere and forget you have it?
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[personal profile] sacrifica 2015-01-14 01:34 pm (UTC)(link)
You really have been spending a lot of time with Benny.

( Because gumbo, Caroline? That is so not Mystic Falls-y )

I kind of wished there'd been something big that I could have missed. ( The only upside to being in a coma is skipping the bad stuff, right? ) But at least you're okay. That's more important than anything.

( And Elena turns to look at her, keeping a firm hold on Caroline's arm )

You're okay, right? Minus going crazy over me.

( There might have been no drama but everything else was right, right? What could have happened so big in a month that she wouldn't be? )
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[personal profile] axeyou 2015-01-14 02:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Johanna keeps her stare fixed on Eponine. Her mouth is half hidden by the lift of her shoulder, a tightly-drawn line. And the stare is direct, judgmental--not necessarily unkind, but too sharp to be mistaken as kind.

Eponine is dull, but she isn't stupid. There's a hard-earned wariness in her that Johanna recognizes. She doesn't like her--but she doesn't hate her, either. It's stupidity that she hates more. At least Eponine can learn.

That eventual assessment makes Johanna turn away with a little flounce, a smile twisted across her face. She likes to have her talents recognized. "You bet I am. So you better listen to me." No modesty here, false or otherwise, and Johanna waves a hand toward her hair again, regal and dismissive. "Now finish up. I don't have all day."
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[personal profile] humanistic 2015-01-14 03:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[The pause between question and answer is so slight it would be easy to overlook it. One second, maybe two, in which Mitchell doesn't break his gaze--not even a flicker in his expression to suggest that something might be amiss. In his head, he might be thinking something quite like holy shit, but it doesn't show.

Instead, just as even as Ivan, he nods.]


Yeah. A little, at first. Then it was a lot.

[And it was hell, but he doesn't elaborate. The question wasn't asked idly. He doesn't have to tell Ivan how awful it is, to dream after all that silence. It's not a huge conclusion to jump when he asks:]

What was it about?
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[personal profile] hairlocked 2015-01-14 04:09 pm (UTC)(link)
No, the third; but sufficiently early as to make very little difference. She's still gone, and I'm still lost without her.

[ The human touch. She's lost people too, and connections are easy once you know how. Leoben learned faster than the others. Psychologically, people are easy to predict and read--to manipulate if need be. But his manipulation is subtle here. Surprise is disarming. Time to make an emotional connection.

First, a soft little something of a smile.
]

Do you know many people here? Someone from home?