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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
but_civilization: (glasses bending)

1!

[personal profile] but_civilization 2015-01-15 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
[Combeferre has something of a weakness for people who look like lost animals, honestly. New people in need of help? He's good with those too. So, after he's dressed and looked for his friends, he'll be approaching the young man carefully, offering him a smile.]

Would you like some help? Things are really strange here, but it is all right.
bespectacle: (surprise)

Harry Potter | Closed to Draco Malfoy

[personal profile] bespectacle 2015-01-15 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
Lockers (closed to Draco)

[Naked, embarrassed, dripping wet with shower water, and nearly blind, Harry barely makes it to his locker, where the crewnumber printed on the surface is hazy, legible only when he has his nose a foot from the surface, and the skewed rash of spraypaint below it just kind uninterpretable from where he's standing. He's managed to fumble his way this far, and glad of that, but he finds himself really hoping against hope that no kind of dial-turning will be necessary to open this thing. When he sets his hand against it, to his delight, he can feel his glasses fluttering faintly against the door, in a bid to answer his wandless summons five minutes ago.

Even better: the locker opens.

His sense of gratification, however, is short-lived. A split-second after his glasses zing into his fingers, his unadorned eyes go huge, lift: the rest of his locker contents, some book, a broom, a screeching cat, and an even louder Sneakoscope come tumbling out, hitting him square in the chest. In his bid to catch everything-- or something, at least the bloody cat, he winds up stumbling down to the knee, momentarily forgetting all about his bare bottom.]
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[personal profile] deservesadaisy 2015-01-15 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
I must have been out of it. I think I would remember a space cloud.

[He sighs, leaning a little against the lockers.]

What things didn't work right? Obviously the life support pulled through.
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[personal profile] deservesadaisy 2015-01-15 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
I'm... not entirely sure.

[A flicker of a sardonic smile, at that.]

Which sounds like bullshit, I grant you, but I really can't quite... but I did dream something.

[And the lack of fresh blood was the first thing he wanted to blame, frankly; it was the biggest change, and the thing about the ship that was getting under his skin most quickly, for all the physical craving could have been worse. It was bad enough, and he wasn't going to be fine very long if he started dreaming on top of everything else.]
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[personal profile] trynotodie 2015-01-15 03:41 am (UTC)(link)
[jasper makes a muted sound that is made up of more parts surprise than pain when raven's elbow connects solidly with his right eye. there's pain mixed in there too though, of course, but surprise is what has him letting go of her.

caution and concern leads him to scoot back out of reach of more jabbing elbows as clarke arrives on the scene, one hand coming up to shield his right eye instinctively against any further bruising. he breathes a little sigh of relief, clarke will help fix things. whatever thing has gone wrong with finn while he was in the pod.
]

I don't know what's wrong. [jasper tells her, the unspoken 'fix it please' clear enough in his voice.]
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[personal profile] better 2015-01-15 04:25 am (UTC)(link)
I'm Erica and this is the Tranquility.

[She moves closer to him and sighs.]

It's a spaceship. A really big one, too. Do you know what a spaceship is? [He seems pretty... unaware.]
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[personal profile] dino_zarf 2015-01-15 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, a year and a bit. And I bet you just saw me a few hours ago." Might as well head that one off right away. From the way she reacted to him being here all alive and such, she couldn't be from as far along as Simon. She didn't know yet.

And if Wash had his way, she never would, on board.
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[personal profile] kutte 2015-01-15 05:08 am (UTC)(link)
Someone? Which someone?

[ there's no denying it, that's got jax interested. he's got a vested reminder of why he needs to get off this ship crumpled in his hand. external rescue? he's willing to look into it, though charles tone doesn't hint at anything promising. ]

Defensive maneuver by who? I can fucking vouch for the fact that no one's driving this rig. It's autopiloted.

[ spend that much time on the bridge, the fact that there's not a pilot is painfully obvious. though that led to a bigger problem, didn't it, if something had altered their course. ]
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[personal profile] kutte 2015-01-15 05:10 am (UTC)(link)
I never knew you had a kid back home.

[ which is interesting. firo wouldn't be the first person jax had known to have kept his family life quiet. there's plenty of reasons for it up here. even jax wasn't so forthcoming, or he wasn't now, with tara gone. ]

What's his name?
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[personal profile] kutte 2015-01-15 05:14 am (UTC)(link)
[ it's in jax's nature, to be tactile. anderson isn't necessarily like that, or if she is, jax is careful not to push his luck. the women he knows fall into a few strict categories, and anderson doesn't land in any of them. when he tightens his grip on her, it's only after a minute's hesitation, hedging his bets, making sure it's the right course of action. ]

I'll set an alarm clock next jump. [ joking, because what else can he do? ] I'm not gonna leave you on your own up here if I can fucking help it, Pollyanna.

[ but it didn't always matter what he wanted, or she wanted. tara left him up here. he hadn't been able to stop it. if he left, he wouldn't be able to stop that either. but he wants to pretend he can. it's a stupid, empty promise, but jax has to make it, has to do something. ]
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[personal profile] kutte 2015-01-15 05:16 am (UTC)(link)
Well, if that's the case, whiskey ain't a bad way to go about it.

[ darkly, though it wasn't as if jax was turning down the bottle. they all complained about it, but no one was going to pass anything up. they didn't have alternatives. that's part of the problem. they're dependent. but it's not like jax has a fix for that. ]

Since the twenty-third jump.

[ this is the point where he wants to remind her that she should know, but she doesn't. jax bites his tongue, shrugs as he looks up at her. ]

Why?
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[personal profile] kutte 2015-01-15 05:19 am (UTC)(link)
Whoever's running this rig.

[ not that there's any clear answer on that, but it's not a serious question. there's no real way to affect their fate up here. or not in any way they want. jax hates that, doesn't want to pretend the whiskey and mementos makes up for it, but they'll take what they can get. that's how it goes. ]

You gonna lead me to it?

[ which is as much an invitation as anything else, except-- ]

I gotta check things in Gunnery first. Duty calls, and all that bullshit.
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[personal profile] wiped 2015-01-15 05:24 am (UTC)(link)
[ thomas wants to be brilliant. he wants to figure all of this out, but this isn't like the maze. ( but it was, it was, and if he could just find the pattern-- ) he doesn't have the changing to piece together all the parts of this place he's missing. even the people here don't seem to know.

newt reaches for him, and thomas blinks up at him, like he's surprised, uncomprehending for a moment before he gets his act together. when he gets to his feet, it's like a baby deer trying to find its legs. it could be better, but it's probably just a good thing it's not worse. ]


I gotta talk to them. Were William and Brad in there too?

[ there's other people to ask about, but those two names come first. they'll probably always come first. ]
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[personal profile] civics 2015-01-15 06:32 am (UTC)(link)
Other than waking up in this place, covered in slime, what have you been through? You look--

[ Ragged. Exhausted. Worn. It's all over Levi's face, especially in his eyes, in the way he stands, and in his tone of voice. Erwin takes a few steps toward Levi, reaches forward and touches the healing cut across his cheek. His fingers linger before coming to rest on Levi's shoulder, squeezing it lightly. He's here, he's warm and real, and he has been through far more than Erwin has, that's for sure. Levi has been by Erwin's side for far too long, enough time that Erwin notices little changes and subtle nuances. ]

You look like you need to rest.

[ But Erwin knows that isn't going to happen any time soon. ]

We can find a map and figure out what course of action we need to take from there as soon as you tell me what has happened to you.
sparkler: (✦ out on the front doorstep)

[pods]

[personal profile] sparkler 2015-01-15 06:34 am (UTC)(link)
Well, isn't that pleasant. How nice to know I could be poisoned at any time.

[A sigh. This place just gets better and better. Oh well - at least this man doesn't seem so bad, though Dorian still isn't sure whether he can be trusted. But if his things might be somewhere...]

I ought to find that locker and get dressed, at the very least. Then I suppose I'll see how things go from there.
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[personal profile] sidewinding 2015-01-15 06:36 am (UTC)(link)
[ There's a split second choice to be made, when Draco's attention is snared -- like a fly in the web or the arachnid sensing a faint tremor from the outer reaches of its structure, sometimes an unusual combination of either -- because he could either leave Potter to his own devices and equip himself, or.

Or.

He moves quick and silent, bare feet, bare legs, his body a starkly pallid form in the bright locker room lights, making the deep navy swimming trunks all the darker in contrast. (If he must stumble out of the goo filled chambers every thirty-odd days, he isn't going to do it naked.)

Of the items spilled in all directions, he chooses one. Maybe Harry can sense it, a subtle undercurrent of something wrong, when bony fingers curl around the wand of holly and phoenix feather. ]


Well well well.

[ Draco voice is as slithery as every other predictable snakeish characteristic, somehow maintaining a regal bearing half-unclothed, damp from the showers. ]

What's it mean I can't turn a corner in space without running into you.
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[personal profile] materminal 2015-01-15 06:46 am (UTC)(link)
[ is it tho maybe you should check the reserves list buddy ]

Humans. Usually about this height, sometimes smaller.

[ She holds a hand out around waist height, but it's obvious she's kidding. ]

But I suppose that's something to be grateful for. Ships can be difficult for children.
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[personal profile] materminal 2015-01-15 07:00 am (UTC)(link)
The Qunari.

[ She echos it back, curious, but instead of asking for more details she offers him a nod. ]

Dreadnoughts are a good comparison. This ship is called the Tranquility — it's probably larger than anything you're used to.

[ And there's no end to the lessons, really. But it's true that she's verging on patronizing, and he's obviously still got some adjusting to do. She steps forward to offer him a hand in formal greeting. ]

My name is Ellen Ripley. [ A glance towards... his pockets, which actually she's not so sure he has, so never mind. ] Have you found your communication device yet?
Edited (??? 12 am ok) 2015-01-15 07:02 (UTC)
circumitus: She literally cut my boxers off with a 8" chef's knife and had her way with me. (tomorrow never knows)

[personal profile] circumitus 2015-01-15 07:19 am (UTC)(link)
She nods, her shoulders slacking a little at the offer. Her head is buzzing from waking up and there are still many things that are niggling at her subconscious. Part of her wants to break down, but that would cause a scene and that would just be inconvenient.

Glancing down, her eyes squint as if realizing for the first time that she's still wearing nothing but a towel and holding these stupid dogtags.

"Will get dressed, first," she says, reaching into her locker for a pair of cargo pants and a shirt.
circumitus: tall, lanky, uses teeth when giving head, and runs like a giraffe. don't do it, man... (no i know her type)

[personal profile] circumitus 2015-01-15 07:21 am (UTC)(link)
She starts to nod, but before she responds she freezes, eying him warily.

"Did it mess with yours?" Rey asks, cautious.
letsjustgogo: (Two finger salute.)

[personal profile] letsjustgogo 2015-01-15 07:26 am (UTC)(link)
Well, that means you've slept for over a month, right? [Gogo smirks.] Anyone would feel off after that.
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[personal profile] troops 2015-01-15 07:37 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, they're- uh.

[Does she not know what a qunari is? Cullen is suddenly tasked with trying to explain an entire concept of a people and it leaves him a little lost for words- which is all for the best really, because the woman starts speaking again, explaining things here and there.

Of course, the name of the ship unnerves him slightly, and Cullen's brow furrows sharply at that, though he forces himself to ease when she introduces herself. There's no need to jump at every sound, though it might merit investigating later.]


Good to meet you. I am Cullen Rutherford, Commander of the Inquisition's forces.

[...okay, maybe everyone he meets here won't know what the Inquisition is, but he introduces it as more of a title than a line to fish for familiarity with. He's not even sure how to begin to answer her question, and- alright, he knows what both words mean, but he can't really imagine what a device like that would be.]

I... I don't think I have one of those.
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[personal profile] technologist 2015-01-15 07:49 am (UTC)(link)
[ He's still watching her, though now it's more like she's a puzzle than a threat. Her own explanation takes a moment to sink in; his brow furrows, concern and confusion in equal parts. ]

That's... surgery? [ It isn't really his field. The only reason it rings a bell is because of Coulson and that awful machine, the research he'd done alongside Jemma to get caught up, figure out how to help Skye. But it's supposed to be a treatment, not an injury.

For a second he thinks she's mistaken. Except she figured out the hypoxia thing easily enough, and even if she's been slightly abstract, none of her wording's been wrong. Fitz still sounds bemused when he hedges a guess, well aware that there might be something offensive in the implication.
]

You did it on purpose?

[ You. Or someone, in any case. Limbic leucotomy isn't something that just happens accidentally. ]
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[personal profile] technologist 2015-01-15 08:05 am (UTC)(link)
[ For the best, frankly. Fitz is tired of condolences, and the blunt response is actually far easier to cope with. ]

Yeah. To both, I mean. [ As in yes, it sucks. Flat attempt at humor, but it's the thought that counts. The next part's very reluctant, gaze straying over the desk in front of him. ] I'll just have to ask someone with medical.

Thanks, by the way. For— [ Another shrug, noncommittal. Trying to help, hopefully not telling someone he's been digging around, take your pick. ]
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[personal profile] technologist 2015-01-15 08:10 am (UTC)(link)
I— [ Don't want to answer that question, basically. But it's not like this is something he can just hide, so even if he has a hard time meeting her gaze while he speaks, he tries to get on with it. ]

Ward. He tried to kill me and Simmons. He didn't, obviously, but there was a— the team split up, for a bit, and I've got this thing, now. This injury.

[ A very messy attempt at avoiding saying it outright, brain damage, and he switches gears quickly, focuses on what she probably needs to hear. ]

SHIELD's still there. It's just... different.