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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] troops 2015-01-08 07:53 am (UTC)(link)
[Cullen doesn't see him at first, too busy tugging at straps and sliding buckles closed. Even though everything around him is foreign, terrifying in the wrongness of it, he can manage to take some small comfort in the method and routine of his armor. There's scratches on the plate from training exercises, a slight cracking of the leather for being pulled taut for so long, and the familiarity is reassuring.

So reassuring that he doesn't quite note Dorian's presence until he speaks, and the Commander nearly jumps at that, startled as he spins to face Dorian. Dorian, thank the Maker, and even though back home he didn't know the other man well- still a little sore from the way he roped the Inquisitor off to Redcliffe, maybe- it's more relief than he can really quantify, being able to see at least someone he knows.]


Dorian. [He's struck with the insane urge to reach out and touch him, as if to ensure that he's real- Cullen holds back at the last moment though, fingers clenching by his side instead. Dorian is here- how could Dorian be here?

In a way though, it's a blessing. As much as he's wary around magic, having a mage with him will probably make getting to the bottom of this much easier. Cullen doubts he could purge a wisp in the state he's in, let alone this... whatever this is that's around them.]


It's just the two of us, then? [That doesn't sound right. Why take a mage and an ex-templar? The only thing the two of them have in common is the Inquisition, and if that was the target, then he's certain that there are more important people to abduct.] Do you know why? Or- what this is?
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[personal profile] better 2015-01-08 07:59 am (UTC)(link)
[Another jump, another pile of people having coronaries on the floor in a puddle of blue goop. Yay. Erica rolls her eyes at the guy currently flailing around. You would think that she hadn't been in the same sort of condition only a few months ago when she arrived, but she's better off forgetting that ever happened.

Exhaling, she glances to the guy as she puts her shirt on. Thankfully, not all the pods open up at the same time and she's already showered and getting dressed by the time he falls out onto the floor.]


Welcome to Space. [That was totally you're official greeting.]

If you want to spit all the blue crap out onto the floor, go for it. No one is gonna care, but I'd consider getting showered. That'll dry on your skin and you'll be sticky for the rest of the day.
righteously: ([neg] and a swelling rage)

lockers;

[personal profile] righteously 2015-01-08 08:00 am (UTC)(link)
[There's no denying that it's a rough jump for everyone involved. There's a different feeling this time around than there had been last time, and even though Dean's starting to get used to it, there's a churning sensation in his gut that hasn't dissipated since he woke up. Other people can feel it too, he knows because he could see that look on their faces as they slipped from their wombs. He's seen that look on a thousand civilian faces when things are about to go bad, that dread that pulses in their core, pulling at something primal and instinctual inside them.

He doesn't like it.

There is a speck of good news amidst that feeling, though; when he had the presence of mind to circle around to Blake's pod, it was already empty. He doesn't exactly go looking for the other man in the showers, he's got a firm sense of shower conduct that he tries his damnedest not to break, but as soon as he's dressed and geared up, he goes looking. He finds the man a solid twenty minutes later after most of the population already cleared out, standing there alive and in the flesh in the back of the locker room in front of a mirror, fingers wrapped around a watch.]


Blake!

[He calls, frustration and relief in equal measure in his voice. He doesn't get a response, though, and neither does the second one. By the time he makes it across the room there's a frown on his lips, and a hand claps down gently onto the other man's shoulder.]

Hey, Earth to Rocket Man, did you seriously not check your phone yet?
Edited 2015-01-08 08:00 (UTC)
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[personal profile] unguard 2015-01-08 08:05 am (UTC)(link)
[He's been space-napped after watching one of his group die, he just had to break up a fight between that dead friend and an ex-lover, and both of them are currently in space prison. Loosening up isn't in his near future, not by a long shot. His lips close again as he studies Marty's reaction, eyes narrowing a little and eyebrows creasing.

There's a moment of intense silence that passes between them.]


...Just so we're clear, that's the story you're going with?
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river tam; locked + ota

[personal profile] perceptum 2015-01-08 08:08 am (UTC)(link)
[ LOCKED - dean ]
[ the first thing she does as she hangs her head over the edge of the gravity couch is dry heave. like a lot. her stomach is empty and nothing comes up, but for a solid few minutes all that can be seen is bedraggled dark hair draped over the edge, shaking slightly as the shock of waking up forces her system into overdrive.

which, incidentally, isn't the first time that's happened - and much like the first time, river doesn't take too kindly to waking up naked in a pod. her head jerks up with a gasp and she stares around, all wild eyes and panicked sounds as she clambers out onto the floor, hitting the deck before her legs fully wake up. this isn't going too well.

as with her legs, it takes a moment for everything to catch up, and mostly she's just aggressively aware of the fact that this isn't Wonderland - an event maybe? it couldn't be, everything feels too different, too many unfamiliar voices and faces for it to be anywhere other than other. sucking in a deep breath, she picks herself up off the floor, and promptly sprints for the door-

-and its a shame that spatial awareness didn't kick in sooner, because right between her and that door is a very solid, very familiar person, who she fully intends to greet.

right...when she stops screaming long enough to recognise him, of course.
]


[ A. LOCKERS ]
[ things are a little more relaxed here. not much, but at least she won't be attacking anyone, right?

the act of seeking out her corresponding locker is something that gives her enough to focus on that she isn't going to lose it again, which is a step in the right direction and about all anyone can ask for right now. river hums lightly under her breath as she paces along the lockers, leaving small wet marks behind her as evidence of the odd tip toed pattern that she's walking with.

when she finds her number, river glances from the locker to the number on her arm a few times, and then announces to the room in general: ]

How does it open?

[ kid genius indeed.
]


[ BEYOND ]
[ later she's a little drier, a little brighter as she walks down the halls with the seeming intent of finding someone, somewhere around here. (hint, it starts with a b- and ends in -ig brother - he's here somewhere, she can feel it). sometimes that searching might lead to her finding another, non-Simon soul. she doesn't mean to be quite so invasive, at least not intentionally, but all the same she still catches hold of an arm as she passes people by, familiar face or not. ]

Excuse me, do you know the way to Tam?

[ very polite ]


[ C. SURPRISE ME ]
[ from wandering halls to knocking on doors, river is going to be up in everyone's business. if you want to wing something this is the option you want! go for gold, buddies. again, brackets or prose are both fine! ]
Edited 2015-01-08 08:21 (UTC)
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[personal profile] foolproofed 2015-01-08 08:08 am (UTC)(link)
[He turns to squint at Bellamy, looking so very hurt by the obvious accusation that he's a total fibber. Not cool, man, not cool!!] It's not a story! Well, I mean, it's a story to everyone else since — different universes, and all, but shit man, I'm not nearly high enough to play pretend here.

[He holds up his hand, looking super duper intense. Sort of.]

I dismembered a zombie with a trowel and faced down a dragonbat. I shot a werewolf!!

[IT WAS A VERY VERY TRAUMATIC DAY.]
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[personal profile] righteously 2015-01-08 08:22 am (UTC)(link)
[A dozen pods to the left her, Dean Winchester half-collapses out of his own space womb, catching himself with his palms and lowering himself down onto a knee as he coughs. No, he distantly decides between hacking coughs, downing a fifth of whiskey does not help this whole thing go easier, and his throat feels like it's been filled with angry bees. Coughing is a common sound, it breaks through the room all around them at random intervals, but dry heaving is an unusual one. His eyes are drawn to the source as soon as he can lift his head, and he can't help but feel a little sympathy for whatever poor kid that is. All he can see at first is tangled, soaking wet dark hair obscuring a clearly heaving face, and for a few seconds he ignores it.

Spends a little time trying to force himself to his feet, pushing his flopped hair away from where it mats against his forehead. He seems to make a little better progress standing up than the girl to the right of him; or at least he thinks he does. Before he can manage to get his aching into gear, she's already sprinting. More than that, she's screaming god damn bloody murder, and it only takes a second for the sound to forcefully rip recognition to the surface.

Before she can steam-roll passed him, he manages to catch her with two sticky, damp hands on either of her upper arms.]


River, River-

[It's flying out of his mouth desperately, head already pounding, feet cold on the floors, all of that forgotten in the wake of this sudden turn of events. He doesn't stop to contemplate whether or not she recognizes him, remembers him, if she's the same girl from Wonderland or a new version, or whatever- it doesn't matter, because it's River and she's freaking the fuck out and it's first nature, immediate instinct to calm her down.

The fact that she might actually take his head off in the process does occur to him, but it takes a back seat for the time being.]


It's okay- it's okay- you're okay- it's me-
Edited 2015-01-08 08:23 (UTC)
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[personal profile] unguard 2015-01-08 08:32 am (UTC)(link)
[He's not necessarily calling Marty a liar, okay, he's just saying this guy is probably insane or stoned out of his mind or probably both. Grounders, he understands. Alternate universes, sure, he understands. Science, space ships, interstellar travel, that all makes sense. Giant old gods bursting forth from the ground is a little much.

His lips part a little as Marty defends himself, that muted skepticism falling into bold-faced undeniable (possibly judgemental) disbelief.]


I don't suppose whatever you were smoking happened to be laced with anything, right? Experimental drugs, maybe jet fuel? That stuff will fry your brain- not to mention set you on fire.

[Call it a public service announcement. Helpful advice for everyday life.]
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lockers!

[personal profile] romancekiller 2015-01-08 08:33 am (UTC)(link)
[This jump had gotten off to a rough start for Clarke between everything she witnessed that happened between Raven and Finn before they were taken to the brig. Everything was fine before the jump happened and now, not only was she confused but she was completely feeling at a loss too especially the way that Raven reacted to her when she tried to break things up.

She thinks that she saw Bellamy and Octavia there too but she was feeling just overwhelmed by everything that that fact didn't register with her right away. She goes through the motions with her jump routine of showering, getting dressed followed by checking her own locker before heads further down the halls. There were a million question running through her mind about what just happened but it's not too long before she looks up and notices Bellamy which causes her to stop in her tracks. He was actually here and suddenly she feels both a rush of relief and concern washing over her simultaneously as she begins to approach, calling out his name]


Bellamy! [He seems a bit lost in his thought while he by his lockers but without any warning she almost tackles him in a hug but considering how they were separated, she couldn't help it and whether he reciprocates or not it doesn't matter to her. She had hope that he had made it out okay too but being on this ship did nothing to ease her worries about everyone that was still back on the ground, so seeing him now was confirmation enough that she was right about something at least]
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[personal profile] foolproofed 2015-01-08 08:42 am (UTC)(link)
[Ur totally calling me a liar. He rolls his shoulders, tugging on his jacket, looking a little proud of himself and completely sure of himself to boot.]

As a matter of fact, it is special weed. That's not the point though.

Where're you from, anyway?
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[personal profile] foolproofed 2015-01-08 08:48 am (UTC)(link)
He jumps a bit in surprise, but by the time he's turning to face her, he's got a big 'ol grin in place. Sure, he's a little thrown off, a little anxious — but he knows how to play the part, and hell if it's not a little happy to see Eponine is still around. He didn't know her for long, but she was one of those ones he'd have liked to be safe.

"The floating chips? I'm going to have to start making those again, huh? The CDs are all accounted for, too. I'll have to make it an event."

He stands up, patting off his pants.

"You've been doing okay, Epp?"

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[personal profile] unguard 2015-01-08 08:50 am (UTC)(link)
[Waking up had been hectic, without question. Taking in the sights and sounds of a new ship, an abrupt change, had been coupled with the sight of a very much alive Finn getting his ass handed to him by Raven, and in the hectic confusion that came with pulling them apart, watching them get arrested, feeling lost and confused and stranded on the grating outside of the pods, he almost didn't even process the fact that Clarke was even there. Hell, he almost couldn't believe any of it had even happened in the first place, it was like something straight out of a vivid nightmare that only time and a hot shower could put perspective on.

Standing by his locker gave him enough time to feel a little more caught up to the present, a little more awake, a little more human, which is why it nearly startles him into a head injury when he hears a familiar voice call his name. His head whips up just in time to spot her barreling toward him, and this time when he arms wrap around his shoulders he doesn't hesitate.]


Clarke-

[He'd been stunned by the last one, couldn't believe she was alive, she was there, but this time? He reacts immediately, arms circling her waist and bodily lifting her off of the floor for a second.

He doesn't know where they are or why they are or what's going on, but damn is he glad she's here. He might actually have a shot at dealing with it all if she's around.]
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[personal profile] oversight 2015-01-08 08:50 am (UTC)(link)
[ If he hears the words, he's clearly not ready to acknowledge them, even as the hand on him distracts the former cop from his current obsession. The watch and his hand lower to his side, but when he looks at Dean, he's still seeing that second hand moving around the face of the watch.

He counts the seconds. Seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-phone, twenty—

Wait.

Blinking several times, those naturally sharp eyes focus and finally, finally, he sees Winchester's face. At first, nothing registers. There are familiar enough features, even some things he recognizes — a particularly moody green, for instance — but the haze is far too thick and by the time he grasps on to a wisp of what his best friend means to him, it's gone just like that.

His eyebrows knit and he licks his lips nervously.
]

What? Sorry, I-I— [ Attention wandering back to his watch, John mutters. ] Think my watch is wrong...

[ A person can't tell time in a dream, right? Or is that just a myth? ]
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[personal profile] foolproofed 2015-01-08 08:50 am (UTC)(link)
With great power comes great responsibility, Ned. Keep ur dick hidden under more than one layer, goddammit. He makes a noise that is probably able to be typed out as a keysmash as he shields his eyes, though not before looking again anyway to gawk at the scene. "Where the hell are you getting all these damn chickens from?!"

Don't tell him he's gonna help you catch more.
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1/3

[personal profile] throwsdown 2015-01-08 08:52 am (UTC)(link)
[gasp]
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[personal profile] throwsdown 2015-01-08 08:53 am (UTC)(link)
[oh my gosh

sparkles and sparkles and sparkles]
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[personal profile] unguard 2015-01-08 08:54 am (UTC)(link)
[His eyes roll to the ceiling for a second. Yeah, that's exactly the point, and as far as he's concerned it's all the proof he needs to know this guy is completely delusional. With that fact established, he turns away to cross his arms and face the elevator like the stoic son of a bitch he is.]

Space.

[He responds flatly. After a beat, he seems to rethink that.]

Earth.

[He corrects himself in just about the same tone, and... yeah, while both answers are technically correct, he doesn't know which one is more accurate anymore.]
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[personal profile] throwsdown 2015-01-08 08:55 am (UTC)(link)
[With surprising speed, he leaps forward and throws his arms around Rocket in a warm and cuddly and totally... surprisingly vice-gripped... hug. Sometimes Takeshi forgets he's wearing the power suit sometimes.]

Tanuki!!

[YOU'RE SO CUTE

AND YOU TALK

I'M GOING TO FEED YOU AND LOVE YOU FOREVER!!!]
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lockers!

[personal profile] materminal 2015-01-08 08:56 am (UTC)(link)
The jumpsuit would be more practical.

[ You were saying. The observation comes from the opposite row of lockers, and Ripley's roughly towel drying her hair (or scalp, really) as she shuts the door to hers. She's decked out in said crew-issue jumpsuit, all simple utilitarian black cloth and zippers.

The delivery's flat, but there's an upward quirk to her lips that says she's only teasing.
]

Do you come here often?

[ Nope. He's definitely new, but this approach is more conversational. ]
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[personal profile] foolproofed 2015-01-08 08:56 am (UTC)(link)
[...... Marty's eyebrows raise at him.]

Space-earth?

[I'm being sassy, see what happens when you leave an opening for sass.]
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[personal profile] throwsdown 2015-01-08 08:59 am (UTC)(link)
[He still doesn't like the crying, but it's better than sad tears. He'll take what he can get. He finishes up cleaning up her face and leans back, eyes wide and attentive.] I went away?? Where did I go?

[He doesn't remember anything else. He doesn't remember leaving. He remembers getting into his pod and getting ready to sleep for the jump...]
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[personal profile] righteously 2015-01-08 09:01 am (UTC)(link)
[And it's around this point that any happiness or hope Dean might have been feeling at this little one-month reunion goes flying right out the space-window, because when Blake finally does look up, he's not looking at Dean but rather through him. He stares straight through the back of Winchester's head for a solid five seconds, and Dean's seen that look before. He's seen that spaced out I'm somewhere else altogether look, and he's seen it a lot.

On Sam, right after he got his soul back. On Sam during one of his particularly enrapturing hallucinations, wherein the younger brother had to physically force himself back to the present. Fortunately, Blake comes around again just in time to keep Dean from physically shaking him, but there's no disguising that perturbed, concerned expression off of his face.

Even with Blake back in the present, he doesn't seem... fully there. Something's missing, and Dean's hand tightens it's grip a little on that shoulder.]


Okay, first of all, who cares? We're on a freakin' space ship, who even knows what time it is? Second of all-

[That hand drops away and Dean leans back a little, trying to get a better up-and-down look of the guy.]

-dude, you were in that tube for a month.
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[personal profile] materminal 2015-01-08 09:03 am (UTC)(link)
I don't think it's your size.

[ The guy talking to himself is what gets her attention, first, but a stray glimpse of the small hat is what keeps it. Ripley hadn't exactly rushed out of the medbay on her first jump, but the way she hangs back is more deliberate this time, focused on getting a feel for the other passengers — who's been here longest, who's new.

Who's useful.

The last comment bears questioning, on that front, but Ripley doesn't approach it directly. Instead she makes bad jokes about hats, idly rubbing a damp towel over her scalp before drawing it down over her shoulders, ends held in both hands. She's already dressed in the TQ jumpsuit, apparently unarmed.
]
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oh my *christ*

[personal profile] rocketeer 2015-01-08 09:04 am (UTC)(link)
[ Rocket did not expect this to happen to him when he decided to stop and be nice. This is what nice earns him.

Thankfully, being cybernetically enhanced makes him a lot more resilient than he looks, and he doesn't wind up strangled in the vice grip. Or otherwise harmed, because damn.
] Whoa, kid - !

[ He yelps in surprise, bringing his hands up to put them on Takeshi's shoulders. His ears swivel back, his tail bristles, and he makes a high, irritated noise once he realizes he's doomed himself. ]

All right, let go. I ain't a huggybear.
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[personal profile] unguard 2015-01-08 09:05 am (UTC)(link)
[Marty is bequeathed the most royal of Bellamy's bitchfaces. Please, you plebian.]

Earth-space.

[He corrects, deadpan. Although it does feel good to fire back a little of that sass ping pong, it's probably a little more accurate of the two possibilities. Space-Earth is just Earth, because Earth's always in space. Earth-space is the space around the earth.

At least, it makes sense in his own head. Whatever. Let him explain with actual sensical words.]


A space station just outside of Earth's gravitational pull. We went back eventually, but technically I'm from space.