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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
axeyou: (yeah ok - they can't stand besides me)

[personal profile] axeyou 2015-01-11 12:16 am (UTC)(link)
[The start of the argument against weapons actually annoys Johanna more than being 'the girl with the tree dress'. Her image in Panem is more developed than that, thanks to her own efforts and memorable round in the Games--but when it comes down to it, she's used to being known as Tree Girl. Thanks, selective marketing and industry hallmark of District 7.

So her eyeroll is a little exasperated, but not as disgusted as it might be otherwise. Also, stupid question--]


Wow, good job.

[She shifts her knife a little, pinches the hilt against the palm of her hand and the curve of her thumb, so she can run her other fingers through the short length of her hair.]

Don't you like it? It won't look bad with your design, will it?
traumata: (103)

[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?
axeyou: (crazy - i'm a motherfuckin monster)

[personal profile] axeyou 2015-01-14 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[And Johanna's smile flicks across her face, quick and sharp. Her appreciation for feistiness in others is tempered--like every aspect of her personality--by her temper. She runs her fingers through her hair again, her eyes fixed on Kieren. The smile hasn't done anything to soften her face, and it hasn't reached her eyes.

The haircut is a bit rough, hacked off and then patched up by volunteer hairdressers. She knows that. And it's not like she's going to make everyone pretend that it does look good--they can dislike it if they want, whatever--but she's also not going to let remarks go by without answering them.]


Sure is.

[She says it through her smile, and as she drops her arm to her side again, her hand twists to grip at the knife. Not a threat. Just there.]

And since you've got such an opinion on it, you can fix it. Or you can bend over and I'll shove this knife up your ass. [To explain:] Since you can't actually shove an opinion up your ass.

What's it going to be, smart guy?