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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
songofhappiness: <user name=amotentiass site=tumblr.com> (207)

[personal profile] songofhappiness 2015-01-28 07:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, trust me. I'll definitely be careful in the future. I just got done talking to a guy going on about finding a zombie hand or arm in his locker once.

[ And she looks appropriately disgusted about it. ]

He kept it for a pet. Also a stoner, so kinda not surprised. Still creepy. [ She shakes her head. Seriously, stoners. ] Anyway. You don't think your dad's book might have some kind of magical way of getting off this ship, do you?

[ She's joking, trying to keep it lighthearted since the book's arrival has Fortescue in low spirits. ]
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[personal profile] songofhappiness 2015-01-28 07:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Even if she might not need the help, she would like to keep an eye on him. Make sure he's doing okay before she leaves him alone on the Good Ship Spaceterror. ]

Sure, I'd like the company. I'm keeping an eye out for my friend. [ She tilts her head the slightest bit forward, looking over at him before she starts to walk. ] She didn't wake up last month, but I'm pretty sure she's still here. Ish.

As here as you can be in a weird space tube, anyway.
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[personal profile] protohistory 2015-01-28 08:11 pm (UTC)(link)
We did make an excellent team. I cannot think of anyone I would have rather served alongside.

[She's no soldier, but she knows what it means to truly serve a cause now.]

It will. It has to. All you did-- it won't be in vain.

[She's confident in that much.]
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[personal profile] servator 2015-01-28 08:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Now you're just being a flatterer. [ She begins to smile, but stops at "in vain." She wouldn't be coming back to see for herself if the world would be changed, was never going to know if her actions had really made a difference.

It makes her feel... a little bit hollow. Glad for the victory, overwhelmingly proud of her friends, but, still...

Wish I could be with them. ]


But, uh-- We can't worry about that here. [ Not that there's anything to worry about, right? ] Since we're not in any part of space we've heard of before.
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[personal profile] blackmagus 2015-01-28 08:53 pm (UTC)(link)
That doesn't sound like a bad idea.

[Anything can happen around here. Fortescue's reasonably certain of that. And if this sort of thing ever happens again...

She gives a wry smile.]


I suppose whoever puts things in our lockers could still snatch it out, but it doesn't hurt to be prepared.
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[personal profile] blackmagus 2015-01-28 08:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[It's a symptom of her life, but Fortescue has never associated quiet and peaceful. Not for a long time, at least. First she'd been holed up between missions in a quiet, quiet house, where a break in the silence meant new orders and potentially killing for King and Country. Then during the war, quiet had meant the enemy was coming up with something new. And in Panama, quiet could have potentially been broken by someone trying to kill her.

She musters a tired-looking smile.]


Go on. She'll be ecstatic to see you.

[And Caroline needs some good news after fretting all last Jump.]
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[personal profile] blackmagus 2015-01-28 09:08 pm (UTC)(link)
It's an odd life to have, but. [She gives a shaky chuckle.] It has its perks.

[They might be on board a ship that has dubious plans for them, and they have to deal with blue goo and oxygen tubes, but at least they've both got a drinking buddy or two. And the ship does tend to build a sense of camaraderie among the people it kidnaps.]

No one's actively trying to kill me here. That's pretty nice, I have to say.

[Well, the ship might be, but not because of who or what she is, probably. And it's sad, but that's a step up from back home.]
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[personal profile] technologist 2015-01-28 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[ And he goes for the latter, apparently. ]

No. I mean— no thank you. I don't think it's here, anyway.

[ It was silly to expect a miracle cure to pop up when he doesn't even have access to medical's systems. Getting it will be the first step. ]
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[personal profile] pompous_today 2015-01-28 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Simon could feel himself going red, too, holding his arm out to Kaylee.

"It would be my pleasure, my lady- both the proper and the improper." Because of course he could guess at her meaning.
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[personal profile] circumitus 2015-01-29 12:58 am (UTC)(link)
"Not much of a social butterfly, either. Just like going to the lounge sometimes. Something calming about it." Perhaps it's the lighting, or the colors. It's not something she's used to seeing in her old nitty gritty life, so it's a scene that keeps her grounded to the present moment.

But Rey can sympathize about keeping busy. Ever since her return from the last recon mission, nothing has felt right. There are times she feels like she may be going crazy again.

She doesn't want to be crazy again.

The lift doors close. Rey braces herself in the brief silence, occupied by the mechanical hums moving around them like clockwork.
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[personal profile] circumitus 2015-01-29 01:09 am (UTC)(link)
It doesn't take much time for Rey to recall the first and last time they'd spoken, and his general offer of support to non-humans. It also doesn't take a whole lot of imagination to know why when she looks at him, and nods as he properly introduces himself.

Only her eyes shift towards the dogtags, as though she just realizes that they're there. "Used to be. Am not that person anymore."

Hence her reluctance to wear them. Schuyler was a different person. A decent person. Possibly one of the most normal of Rey's old lives.

"What sort of things?" She's genuinely curious. Most of the things ending up in her locker were familiar trinkets, or welcome gifts.
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[personal profile] foundafamily 2015-01-29 02:03 am (UTC)(link)
Wow, rude, Rey. Accurate, but rude.

"All right, then." He still sounds wary, but he'll trust her. It doesn't sound too threatening when she puts it like that.

Though he doubts whatever next steps she has in mind will be easy, he feels somewhat relieved just knowing that she'll help. Now the hard part will be trying to think of things he can do to help her.

But first, there's something he should probably say. He clears his throat and glances around. "...Thank you."
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[personal profile] better 2015-01-29 03:41 am (UTC)(link)
The Fade? [Erica has a confused look on her face that should be the only answer he needs, but she still drives that one home.]

I have no clue what you're talking about and if you break any barriers around here -- you'll probably put a crack in the hull and we'll all slowly die from suffocation. I wouldn't recommend that.
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[personal profile] compressioncoil 2015-01-29 04:13 am (UTC)(link)
All grins, she takes his arm, holding him close to her side. This felt so right! So perfect! So- so Simon.

"Well I ain't no lady, but I'll take it. An' some'a that pleasure, too." Sex was great. And with Simon it was gonna be even better. "You don' share a room with anyone, do ya?"
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[personal profile] blackmagus 2015-01-29 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
...A pet. [Fortescue's eyebrows go up into her hairline.] And here sometimes people give me lip for having a cat who rides around on my shoulders.

[Having a zombie hand for a pet would probably give those same people a conniption. Actually, it might be worth it just for that. ...or... nah. No. She'll pass on zombie hands. No thank you.

Instead, she looks down at the book in her hands.]


Somehow, I doubt this scenario would have occurred to him. [Her smile is a little less grimace, this time.] But, who knows. Perhaps he thought of something we could use. Stranger things have probably happened. I'll let you know, shall I?

[If she's going to peruse this book, she's also going to get very, very drunk.]
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[personal profile] righteously 2015-01-29 05:03 am (UTC)(link)
[ Dean can hate, Dean can hate with a fury that probably surpasses the argents, fueled by decades in hell with a knife in his hand. Lately, though, the older he gets, the less he can muster up the energy for it. His life has become a slow burning fire of bitterness, and there isn't really even any of that directed at Derek either. Just the world weary determination to do his duty, softened by exposure and experience. Somebody might call it wisdom, though Dean doesn't feel particularly wise even at the best of times.

Maybe he's just too tired to be a shitty person.

He can't help but to huff something of a tiny laugh when Derek mentions the brig. First off, if killing a werewolf to prevent multiple lives earns him a life sentence in space jail, it's a price he's willing to pay. Second off, he'd be impressed if any jail actually managed to hold him for longer than a couple weeks without round the clock supervision. Then again, it's not like he'd be able to get very far if he broke out, so. Fair enough.

The answer's good enough for him for now. Whether or not Derek's being honest remains to be seen, but it's not like Dean can get a damn contract signed in blood or something, so he nods solemnly.]


Alright.

[He agrees, lips pursing together.]

I'll take your word on that.

[Which is about the best thing they've got in a place without currency.

And on that note, there's nothing left to be said. He pushes up from his chair, sliding it politely out of the way.]


Good luck with your, uh-

[He nods vaguely at the bandage Derek's been so keen to keep on the DL this whole talk. Sorry, bro, he definitely noticed. At least he wasn't douchey enough to ask about it.]
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[personal profile] handelaar 2015-01-29 05:55 am (UTC)(link)
"Mm." Which, again, agreement. Isn't he just a scintillating conversationalist, Marty? He's lucky you're here to pick up the slack. He cants his head and listens to what suddenly sounds like plan-making, interested. Blinks at bites us in the asshole because that's a new one, he's not sure if it's a Marty one or a wherever Marty is from one. (He's assuming Marty.)

"Should. Carolyn didn't know." Which is. Pretty much how far his inquiries got - he would've gone to Nathan, or Simon, but they were gone by then. Who the hell else was he going to ask? If Tyke knew, she'd be telling him.

"Ask William, maybe. Or."

Or what? He doesn't know. He shrugs, not only shoulders but palms up too.
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[personal profile] oversight 2015-01-29 06:07 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I'm— I'm okay.

[ This'll wear off. He knows it will. And when that happens maybe he won't be so damn messed up, but for now he's just going to fake it until he makes it. ]

Thanks... The concern's appreciated.
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[personal profile] oversight 2015-01-29 06:12 am (UTC)(link)
Little bit, yeah, thanks. Guess I'll— guess I'll be okay. Don't gotta hang 'round on my account. Definitely don't wanna put anyone out.
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[personal profile] foolproofed 2015-01-29 08:08 am (UTC)(link)
Well, hell, he can't help but fluster at that.

"That so? If Eponine says it, it must be true." He's surprised to think that he was genuinely missed. He jokes about it, sure, but... christ, he wasn't much good in the end, right?
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[personal profile] throwsdown 2015-01-29 08:53 am (UTC)(link)
[Holy shit indeed, I'm awesome.

He seems to have a hard time coming up with a decent reply to that, though, biting his lip and shifting his feet. What's a... Well, they're...]
They, um, they got big fluffy tails and sharp teeth! And they got different lots and lots of fur...!
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[personal profile] sacrifica 2015-01-29 09:48 am (UTC)(link)
Make him one. It'll be even more special.

( Would having it mean more make it harder to go back on his promise? She could hope that )

Lexi told me about how she'd helped Stefan. Maybe some of that could help? At least him teaching you gumbo means he was out and around people. And you'd have said if it went bad.

( And it clearly didn't. So him being out already was good. Having something to focus on helped. Focusing her anger on killing Rebekah had stopped her breaking down again over Jeremy. It wasn't the best example but focus is good )

Let's keep doing that.
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[personal profile] betterangels 2015-01-29 09:50 am (UTC)(link)
[ Rick's focus fixes on Kieren, and maybe 'charmed' isn't the word, but there's a way about the young man's introduction that saps some of the tension away, even if Simon insists on maintaining it. Frost returns to Rick's regard as he looks back at him.

No name offered, then. Creases at his eyes deepen at the conclusion Simon's arrived at, almost amused without the mirth, and allowing a few seconds to tick by before he answers. ]


I didn't decide anything. I seen it. They're walkin' nerve endings, and the rest's dead. Nothing partial about it.

[ More to Kieren; ]

Rick Grimes. [ A little gruffly, like he isn't sure it's appropriate-- ] Sorry.
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[personal profile] sacrifica 2015-01-29 10:00 am (UTC)(link)
I'm going.

( There's a nod, and a quick pause before Elena turns - one last thing )

Let me know if you need anything.

( A friend, a distraction. Someone to stop her being sad and fretting? Elena has lots of experience with sad and loss )
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[personal profile] strayed 2015-01-29 12:41 pm (UTC)(link)
I'd already guessed he had poor taste in company.

[The dry tone of her voice conveying the because he's friends with you without her saying any more. It's the usual sort of remark she'd make about Sirius, right up there with saying his head needed examining, but somewhat counteracted by how she steps forward, taking a seat on the small edge of the bed that Sirius has left free in his sprawl.]

Stitches hold wounds closed so they can heal faster. He won't need them unless he has surgery.

[She adds, without acknowledgement of the move.]