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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
letsjustgogo: (So it's like.)

Hope you don't mind one more?

[personal profile] letsjustgogo 2015-01-09 06:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Gogo was sitting in front of her locker tugging on her shoes when she saw the kid starting to wander by. She didn't remember seeing him last month, which didn't account for much but she thought she would've noticed somebody that young.

Especially looking so lost. So the asian girl lifts a hand, waving to get his attention.

"Hey kid, you alright?"
Edited (Icon.) 2015-01-09 18:36 (UTC)
throwsdown: (HEY BABE)

vacuums in CR, yessss

[personal profile] throwsdown 2015-01-11 11:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Did someone say Asian!! Kindred spirits! Takeshi is always eager to see someone potentially from home, what with the games Gantz forces on them and — well, maybe someone from another team may pop up. It's not often people completely understand his story and how his world worked before arriving here. His eyes brighten a bit and he walks over, donning his usual sweater over the starkly contrasting power suit beneath it.

"I'm okay!! I do this all the time."

See, he's groovy.
letsjustgogo: (Okay yeah that's pretty cool.)

[personal profile] letsjustgogo 2015-01-12 06:49 am (UTC)(link)
Gogo couldn't help but smile at the kid, that kind of enthusiasm was hard to stand up to. "Glad to hear it." She wasn't entirely sure she believed him, just because he seemed to be rather lost, but who was she to argue for now?

"You been doing this a while then?"
throwsdown: <user name=bushyeyebrows> (We hope you'll enjoy the rest of your)

[personal profile] throwsdown 2015-01-14 09:56 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh, yeah! Lots and lots of times! I don't even get as sick no more, I do this so much!"

He's got mad jump-skills.

"You're new though, huh! I don't remember your face!"
letsjustgogo: (Two finger salute.)

[personal profile] letsjustgogo 2015-01-14 04:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Gogo smiled at that as she stood, bouncing on her heels to push her shoes down and then stretching her arms before flopping them down at her sides. "Yup, it's only my second one."

"So, old timer," she grinned. "Got any tips for a newbie?"
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[personal profile] throwsdown 2015-01-17 08:48 pm (UTC)(link)
He taps his chin with a finger, thinking hard on it.

"Don't go into the halls! An' stay with a buddy. Buddies if you can! Ummmm, the holodeck's fun and I like the pool... Smiley's bad! And sometimes real bad things happen, so just be real strong and hang on no matter what!"

That's super important, okay.
letsjustgogo: (So can we go now?)

[personal profile] letsjustgogo 2015-01-18 04:34 am (UTC)(link)
Gogo was surprised by that advice, but it made sense when you considered he was a kid. Walking around on his own probably wasn't the best idea.

"Sounds like good advice," she agreed, smiling. "I'll keep it all in mind. What's your name, kid? I'm Gogo."
throwsdown: (The key to faking out the parents)

[personal profile] throwsdown 2015-01-22 07:18 am (UTC)(link)
"Hi, Gogo! I'm Takeshi. Are you a fighter, too?"

Call it a hunch. Takeshi has been around a lot of fighters in his very short time as a fighter himself.
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."
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[personal profile] throwsdown 2015-02-03 07:24 am (UTC)(link)
Well, that's pretty much the coolest thing ever, too!

"A racer?! Like Mach GoGoGo?! Is that why your name is Gogo?!"
letsjustgogo: (So can we go now?)

[personal profile] letsjustgogo 2015-02-03 04:39 pm (UTC)(link)
"Uh," Gogo wasn't quite sure what to do with that, but she managed a laugh and a shake of her head. "No. Well, maybe. It's a nickname someone gave me."

"I've never heard of Mach Gogogo though." Or at least, not under that name...
throwsdown: <user name=bushyeyebrows> (She doesn't even go here!!)

[personal profile] throwsdown 2015-02-07 07:49 am (UTC)(link)
He gasps. Audibly. Like, one of those dramatic ones that sort of just sound ridiculous, really, but he's a kid so he gets a free pass. "You don't know Mach Gogogo?! He's a racer!! He's got a cartoon and he races all kindsa' people, and he wins a lot!"
letsjustgogo: (So it's like.)

[personal profile] letsjustgogo 2015-02-15 05:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Give her a second because she's catching up and figuring out what he means. "Huh. You mean Speed Racer?"
throwsdown: <user name=bushyeyebrows> (Do you believe in love at first sight?)

[personal profile] throwsdown 2015-02-18 09:13 am (UTC)(link)
"... who's Speed Racer??"

TRANSLATION BARRIERS, OH NO.
letsjustgogo: (Okay yeah that's pretty cool.)

[personal profile] letsjustgogo 2015-02-19 05:51 am (UTC)(link)
"He's a cartoon? And a kind of crummy movie...he drives really fast, has a girlfriend named...I think Trixie? It's been a while since I watched it."

"There's a mysterious bad guy who's secretly his brother?"
throwsdown: <user name=bushyeyebrows> (I would have a show like Oprah)

[personal profile] throwsdown 2015-02-22 10:19 am (UTC)(link)
He jumps on his tippy toes excitedly, a lightbulb dinging in his head.

"That's it!! That's the TV show!! But those names sound funny."

Nod, nod. He's very sure of himself.

"But it sounds right!!"