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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
notmarieanymore: (walk walk fashion baby)

[personal profile] notmarieanymore 2015-01-30 03:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course. [She starts to turn]

Just let me know if you do need anything, alright?
jondrette: (dimple)

[personal profile] jondrette 2015-01-30 03:36 pm (UTC)(link)
He was much good. Here, at least. It was strange how Eponine had found a sort of purpose here in space.

"Careful- many things I say are lies. But, I have not lied to you." WAS THAT A LIE? You'll never know.
revivalism: (8)

[personal profile] revivalism 2015-01-30 03:51 pm (UTC)(link)
He could turn and show her his back—replacing the missing staples is still an unfinished item on his to-do list, and it will stay one until he decides it's worth dealing with any of the doctors or scientists on the ship—but that would be needlessly flashy. It would also be awkwardly delayed, given that he's distracted by the tags, almost involuntarily. (A quick glance at the name. It doesn't mean anything to him. He might not remember it later.)

So he turns his forearm toward her instead, with its blackened needle marks, and then gestures close to the bloodless puncture wound on his ribs, where Odessa stabbed him while she was sleepwalking.

They could almost be scabs, but, "Permanent," he explains. "I'm undead."

And he's used to head games, too, technically, except the head games worked so well he doesn't realize that's what they were. He still sympathizes, though.

"I'd like to talk to you sometime," he goes on, "when we're not—" Another gesture at their shared state of undress. They also share a history of slaughter, if he's remembering right, even if his destruction occurred on a much smaller scale than Rey's. "If you wouldn't mind."
compressioncoil: (proud)

[personal profile] compressioncoil 2015-01-30 03:54 pm (UTC)(link)
"Several rooms! Privacy!" Oh wow, that's more than she had, even back at her home. "Well ain't that just shiny? Bigger'n our bunks?"
strayed: (Default)

[personal profile] strayed 2015-01-30 04:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[There's a brief second where it's on the tip of her tongue to tell him staples do happen, sometimes. But she glances at him and decides maybe it's best not to introduce that fact into his worldview, if stitches are already so difficult for him.]

He should have asked.

[She says, instead, to the idea of this Fitz poking around in cupboards. But Sirius is apparently here asking in his place, working as some kind of go-between that makes Cora another go-between. She hopes whatever might be wrong with Fitz isn't actually urgent for having to go through this chain, wasting time, and her opinion of that is evident enough in her tone as she finally agrees:]

I can talk to the doctors. Find out who's better with brains. [A beat.] And keep an eye on him.
circumitus: What if cement was really a rainbow color they just secretly paint it grey so as not to distract drivers? (what if...)

[personal profile] circumitus 2015-01-30 09:54 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh."

She's not entirely sure what to say to that, but she reacts more in dull surprise than anything else. Not in shock or fear, but a sudden realization because it definitely explains his appearance, and that he wasn't born with ghostly pale skin and eyes. Let's be real here, she would've accepted that as a thing, too.

For a moment she didn't even realize that she was staring -- more like spacing -- and there's a delay in her response. "Oh," she says again. "Yes. Talk. Would like that."

Towels aren't exactly what one would deem proper social attire. Right. That's also a thing.
doggedly: (pic#3067155)

[personal profile] doggedly 2015-01-30 10:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[He shrugs at the first bit, shoulders worked briefly against the mattress and blankets and pillow. Yes, perhaps he should have: but he didn't, and there's nothing to be done about it now. A very blase Gryffindor attitude to things. Deal with consequences as consequences come, and don't even think for a second about sensible foresight and prevention. Whatever.

Her agreement--however dull--gets him to grin, and he sits up, pushes up onto his elbows. His hair has grown out that there's enough to fall, briefly, over his eyes, before he shifts around to free a hand and push it back.]


Really, 'cos that would be brilliant. Thanks. I owe you something incredible for this. You'll probably like him more than you like me, anyways. Even if he is a prat. Don't say anything about the jumpers.
letsjustgogo: (Worried.)

[personal profile] letsjustgogo 2015-01-31 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
"Hmm," a fighter. Well, she did like the way that sounded. "I guess so. When I have to be."

She grinned. "I like to think of myself as a racer, though. Or a scientist."
foundafamily: (14.2)

I'm sorry he's such a drama queen

[personal profile] foundafamily 2015-01-31 05:13 am (UTC)(link)
Get used to it, Rey. If her idea is any help at all (or even if she only tries) she's going to be hearing those words a lot.

He turns bright red and jumps like she swatted him. In the time since they started talking, he's managed to ignore the state of her clothing. "R-right. I, uh--" Oh, damn it, he's a horrible person, isn't he? Imposing on a woman like that and all.

He whirls around, but before he goes... "I-I-I'm sorry."
circumitus: (your girlfriend is a south jersey whore.)

it's okay we love him just the way he is

[personal profile] circumitus 2015-01-31 06:34 am (UTC)(link)
Wow Firo, you can be such a weirdo sometimes.
unmakes: (❝ they call him 'boner' ❞)

[personal profile] unmakes 2015-01-31 06:41 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, well, I am getting tipsy. [ she doesn't take any real offense, but she doesn't ditch the straw either. ] Once I'm tipsy, I'll see about that bottle.
unmakes: (❝ not stay in like a corpse ❞)

[personal profile] unmakes 2015-01-31 06:44 am (UTC)(link)
[ sally's nose scrunches, and she tilts her head in a half-shrug. ] Sometimes, this place just kind of gets to me, I don't know.
oversight: ([±] wassat?)

[personal profile] oversight 2015-01-31 07:14 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, absolutely. I, uh. I owe you one, okay?

[ She'll probably be too polite to collect, but that doesn't mean he can't keep an eye out for an opportunity to return the favor. ]

Be careful out there...
oversight: by: <user name="singergraphics"> ([+] smirking)

[personal profile] oversight 2015-01-31 07:23 am (UTC)(link)
[ He smirks, his face reading tired and amused despite the potential subject matter. ]

Haven't figured out I've got stupid and awkward down yet, have you?

[ John un-props himself a second to lean toward her a little, his voice lowered slightly in challenge. ]

Hit me with your best shot. I very seriously wanna know.
unmakes: (❝ thanks for the raging genital warts ❞)

[personal profile] unmakes 2015-01-31 07:35 am (UTC)(link)
[ alright, john - she'll meet your challenge. sally leans forward a little now too, her chin propped on a palm with an elbow on the bar. ]

Black magic, [ she says, no more hesitation. ] Involving my gross super-dead corpse, and the heart of some dude my roommate killed.

[ which is bad enough on its own, really. but she's drunk, and she doesn't quite process when to quit. ]

But there were all kinds of strings attached. See - like, with magic like that, you either have to feed it or you rot, actual rot. And it's hungry for flesh. I mean, animals work, eating - like, mice and cats and shit, that'll work for a while. But not forever.

[ all without breaking eye contact. then her brows flick up for a second as she tilts her head, like 'chew on that one'.

and that's not even the punchline.
]

And that? That was just the first time.
nutsaboutscans: (doctor doctor)

[personal profile] nutsaboutscans 2015-01-31 08:13 am (UTC)(link)
[He nods, silent for a minute as he drinks.] Is it possible to have a love-hate relationship with this place? It takes as much as it gives.

[He sets his hand lightly on her thigh, more there to reassure than to be sexual.] But psh- who wants to talk about problems. Not me.

[So convincing, John. He holds up a finger to tell her 'just a minute' and reaches over the bar, grabbing an empty bottle, and then fumbling in his pockets until he produces a one dollar bill. He places the bill on the bar, then places the bottle, neck-side down, on the dollar bill.]

Okay. Try to get the dollar bill without touching or knocking over the bottle.
oversight: ([±] wat?)

[personal profile] oversight 2015-01-31 08:16 am (UTC)(link)
What's she look like? Can always— What I mean is that I could keep an eye out for her, too, while we— while we walk or whatever.

[ Perennially awkward isn't all that far off-base when you really get Blake on his own, especially with strangers. ]

Got a pretty good eye for that sorta thing.
oversight: ([-] wait what the fuck?)

1/2

[personal profile] oversight 2015-01-31 08:21 am (UTC)(link)
[ It's just this face for a couple of seconds... ]
oversight: ([±] worried)

[personal profile] oversight 2015-01-31 08:23 am (UTC)(link)
[ And then John shifts completely, his whole posture adjusting with the sudden interest she's piqued. Talk about sobering. He's pretty sure she just admitting to eating potential pets. ]

So, then what? What 'bout the other times? —time? —times...

[ Okay, yeah. Hook, line, and sinker, she's got him on the line. ]
sweetmotherofgod: (real life sucks losers dry)

[personal profile] sweetmotherofgod 2015-01-31 09:15 am (UTC)(link)
[The most perplexed face and she chivvies him into the lift. Fluffy is good, sharp teeth are... less good. But he's fine, so it's probably not a big deal, right?

She still has no fucking idea what he's talking about, though.]


Hey, as long as it's using those sharp teeth for chatting and not biting, it's alright by me.

[The doors close and she stands close again, the strength of her affection welling up hot in her chest again now that they're still rather than moving, puts a hand on his head and ruffles gentle fingers through his hair.]

I'm so glad you're back, buddy.
handelaar: (moving along now)

[personal profile] handelaar 2015-01-31 09:44 am (UTC)(link)
[MEANWHILE.]

oversight: ([±] you are so dumb so very dumb)

[personal profile] oversight 2015-01-31 10:16 am (UTC)(link)
[ As a matter of fact, Blake's more than pleased by the concession, even if he can't bring himself to entirely forgive being shoved into the dark corner in the first place.

He rolls his shoulders and tries to loosen, wary eyes on the other man the whole time. Interactions like this aren't uncommon for Blake — especially since quitting the police force — but he doesn't see any point in letting on to that fact.
]

There is a guy — someone I knew back home. Eccentric type. We used to kick around here an' there. He was big into tactics and theory. It was— [ Not a lie, but not the whole truth. ] It's nothin', if that's what you saw... We played hard.

[ John doesn't appreciate having to operate like this. He's used to people not bothering to ask questions. He gets the occasional comment about being from Gotham, but few people go probing into his past. Then again, there's probably something to be said for easy access... ]
Edited (continuity) 2015-01-31 10:16 (UTC)
tectus: all by bungalows @ dw (i shake it off i shake it off)

do it now they're all tswift i told u it was coming

[personal profile] tectus 2015-01-31 10:24 am (UTC)(link)
[ really, it isn't fair that they're here, and it certainly isn't fair that bellamy has to hold himself up just to keep octavia this side of stable. but at the end of the day, this is their lot in life, and god she needs that to lean on right now. her body leans to the side, just slightly into the hand on her shoulder, and she closes her eyes for a few seconds before her fists unfurl.

it's...a start, at least. as far as things go, it should be considered a remarkable feat that either of them are even managing this well. it could be worse, it could be a stranger and not her brother. she could be even worse than this - he could be falling apart, and god knows octavia couldn't hold them both together right now. it could be worse, she has to keep reminding herself of that. she even manages to crack a rigid twitch of her lips that's supposed to be some kind of sarcastic smile. close enough.
]

I don't know if sheer willpower is going to get us back down there, big brother. [ she's quiet, but at least she's not furious. her eyes roll quickly, and she swallows before winding an arm around bellamy's waist. ] As long as we don't die up here.

[ nice and optimistic ]
brainsqueeze: (89)

[personal profile] brainsqueeze 2015-01-31 10:56 am (UTC)(link)
( There's a small nod at that. Okay then, Fitz ) You change your mind - let me know. ( Or if he wanted anything else. But she'll walk away for now )
deservesadaisy: (because it amuses me)

[personal profile] deservesadaisy 2015-01-31 02:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ivan spares a little grin for that.]

My portfolio was excellent, I'll have you know. They say the market favors the investor, over a long enough time horizon.