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axmods. ([personal profile] ataraxites) wrote in [community profile] ataraxionlogs2015-04-08 12:00 am

forty-second 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: There's a strange sense of contentment that greets you as you wake from the jump. Deep and certain, it doesn't warm you or cloak the unpleasantness of the stasis fluid on your skin and the disorientation spinning in your head. It feels disconcertingly distant, instead, a sense as though an answer has been decided on - and that you won't much like to experience it coming to fruition...

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
sleepallthewayhome: (PJ party)

[personal profile] sleepallthewayhome 2015-04-14 07:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[Newt thinks it over for a moment.]

I don't think so....
borntorebel: (Worried about the idiots around me.)

[personal profile] borntorebel 2015-04-14 07:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, considering how...impressionable Luke was when I first met him, I can sort of understand why. Not that I agree with the lie, but I can see why.

[She'd hated not telling her brother the truth but she finds that she hates being separated from him more. Losing Han and Padmé are but drops in the ocean now that she and Luke are separated again.]

No, you didn't. Was there a significance behind them?
tongueamok: (➣ a touch of uncertainty)

[personal profile] tongueamok 2015-04-14 07:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[Not at all, if the way he looks at this stranger with immediate worry has anything to say about it.]

It isn't?
muscovy: (from the east)

[personal profile] muscovy 2015-04-14 08:05 pm (UTC)(link)
It is that in my world, but in some worlds there are no people like me and in others there are Elves and John got adopted by Death, so it would be very silly to think that fate cannot be a person somewhere, yes?
muscovy: (it's cold)

[personal profile] muscovy 2015-04-14 08:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[No. Maglor can't be out of reach for whatever reason. He must have to be able to find him again.]

...He could still come later, if he isn't here now.
undyingbeliefs: (Come again?)

[personal profile] undyingbeliefs 2015-04-14 08:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[There's another nod after reaching the lockers where Ripley's is located and finding no one. But it is at least a start. Evangeline still runs other options through her mind.]

Have you attempted to contact her through the communicators? If she is aboard, I am certain she would answer.
undyingbeliefs: (Considering and thoughts)

Lockers

[personal profile] undyingbeliefs 2015-04-14 08:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[Evangeline keeps a polite distance. The sobbing is what caught her attention, and while she'd like to help, she knows it's not her business to. Still, leaving now doesn't feel right so she gives the woman some time before asking,]

is everything all right?
muscovy: (hello)

[personal profile] muscovy 2015-04-14 08:28 pm (UTC)(link)
The world that I came from has a big black dog that was Death. It adopted John. I'm not sure how, though. I think he had to die for it.

[Very factual, this is a perfectly normal conversation, after all.]
sleepallthewayhome: (Please be alone)

[personal profile] sleepallthewayhome 2015-04-14 08:30 pm (UTC)(link)
I tried but there's no answer....I don't know if I'm doing it right.
muscovy: (I can really have it?)

[personal profile] muscovy 2015-04-14 08:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[He nods. Expect Pityo to be put on a leash first thing after finding him the next jump.]

Are they here? [Before being taken from Earth, he might have asked the same, but he might also have asked if they're alive or how old the baby girl is now, but he's not on Earth.]
muscovy: (I can really have it?)

[personal profile] muscovy 2015-04-14 09:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[....WELL. That explains what is wrong with Sketto. It's good that he chose to wear these weird new clothing just in case (even though he knows that Elves in most situations would never harm a child if they can help it - this place is new and he knows nothing about it, if he can run or hide here. And he has no clue if there is anyone here who will come to his aid should he need it. So better lie low.

He reaches up and tries to pull the fairies down, calm them. After a bit of trying, he manages to grab the taller fairy's leg and pull her down and force her to sit in his lap, where she keeps chiming worriedly.

And there still is one thing to puzzle about left.]
She knows you. [How else would Sketto have been able to tell that this pretty lady might be troublesome? But the lady in turn doesn't act like she knows the fairy...] Do you not know her?
fertilefeet: lyrics 'The Willow Maid' by Erutan (She wrapped herself in beauty)

[personal profile] fertilefeet 2015-04-14 09:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[It's an admitted relief as he pulls the fairy down into his lap. She had no real desire to swat it from the air, Lúthien was fond of most creatures. Her mother had taught nightingales their song and she made flowers grow where she stepped. While strange to her, this was just another creature she might have hoped to befriend.

Clearly that isn't an option. It's disappointing but she's learned that not everyone or everything can be made friends with.]


I am afraid I do not. None like her reside in Doriath and I have not seen any here until now.
servator: (i don't understand)

[personal profile] servator 2015-04-14 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
One. [ Unbeknownst to Shepard, Liara is no longer on the ship. ] Her name's Liara T'soni, if you run into her. You'll know; she's an asari, so... she's blue.

[ Literally. ]

I'm surprised more haven't arrived, actually. Maybe they will.

[ And maybe they won't. Her life is weird like that.

Shepard considers him, tilting her head. ]


Anyone you know?
technologist: (563)

:'c

[personal profile] technologist 2015-04-14 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[ About that. "Secure" would be a generous description for any part of the ship, and the hesitation might give that away. ] My room. Or— your room, actually. We can get you moved in.

[ Not that she has much to be moving. There's another awkward pause before he realizes that right, she has no idea what's going on, he'll have to play tour guide. He turns and starts towards the lift, easily trusting that she'll follow. ]

Except the higher levels aren't safe— they haven't got any patrols, anyway. Security hasn't got enough people, so most of us are on the lower floors. [ He comes to a stop in front of the lifts, turning back towards Jemma as they wait for the doors. ] Security's one of the— um.

[ Lost the word. And he'd been on a roll, too. But he stumbles over it instead of stalling, as if he hadn't just stopped mid-sentence. ] I'm with engineering, obviously. And there's medical, and physical science.
blackmagus: (♒ distracted)

[personal profile] blackmagus 2015-04-15 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
[ There's a two-score attack of guilt, then, because Fortescue wrinkles her nose and looks less than pleased, though she tries to keep her face otherwise blank in that regard. She's feeling like she needs to stay guarded, for the moment.

However, if he's telling the truth... Elizabeth, only caring about herself? That's not right at all. The way she'd been tormented by those creatures, before, the ones that preyed on fear... ]


Did Elizabeth notice something was off? Did she recognize you? [ A pause. ] Has anyone else experienced this, when they were attacked by the monsters?
blackmagus: (♒ haha no really)

[personal profile] blackmagus 2015-04-15 12:17 am (UTC)(link)
Gamble? No. Only once or twice.

[ For a mission, and only to seem like she'd gone to a place of gambling for the act of gambling itself. Instead of to watch someone, or... to kill someone. ]

Do you work at a casino, Mr...?
mspoots: (and your love will be warm nights with p)

[personal profile] mspoots 2015-04-15 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
One of my friends showed up.

[ She feels a little selfish for wanting Simmons here, but she is happy to see her, even if this ship is uncomfortable at the best of times. ]

How about you?
mspoots: (just don't bother with the things left i)

[personal profile] mspoots 2015-04-15 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
You were here before, but I think this is normal.

[ She's nosy enough to grill people about it and read whatever information she can find, so she can say that with some authority. ]

Don't worry about it. Well, no, you should worry about it. We got kidnapped into space.
lifescience: (Default)

[personal profile] lifescience 2015-04-15 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
[There it is again, that little breach, Jemma expecting him to pick up on the next step automatically. A part of her doesn't want to ask, because that will make it real, so she's grateful when he finally turns to lead her where she should go.]

What sorts of threats are there on the higher levels?

[She probably shouldn't sound as interested about that as she does. It's not like she plans on running off to explore on her own or anything equally ridiculous. But who knows what sort of lifeforms might wander there?]

There's departments? [She brightens even more, because it's really not sounding too dissimilar to the Bus, at least not in how it's set up. But that's confusing in its own right.] But Fitz, what about whoever's controlling the ship? Where are they taking us, and for what purpose?
foundafamily: (Default)

[personal profile] foundafamily 2015-04-15 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
[Usually Firo cultivated a more careful style in breaking the news to new arrivals. But after the stress of everything just before the jump and the knowledge that the guy'd find out sooner or later...

Yeah, he was just going to go for it.
]

Not at all. Usually we gotta deal with monsters and all this mystery shit.
foundafamily: (1.2)

[personal profile] foundafamily 2015-04-15 03:34 am (UTC)(link)
[Firo tries to nod encouragingly.]

Yeah, there's always that. People show up here all the time, every time we have a "jump"--that's this thing.

[He waves his arm to gesture to the medbay around them.]
birdarang: (i c)

[personal profile] birdarang 2015-04-15 06:19 am (UTC)(link)
[ Robin frowns, tilting his head to the side. ] You do? When we jump, do you stay near the engines? [ or whatever they were ] I think I could understand then. The lower you are the worse the pull would be.

[ ...no stomach? That catches him, actually. ] ...What about an equilibrium?
bracingly: please don't take without asking ([+|-] downward facing dog)

[personal profile] bracingly 2015-04-15 08:42 am (UTC)(link)
[ He's striding up to her even as her face lights up, and that foreward momentum doesn't slow even a beat at her quip. He just plows straight on ahead with one hand holding a towel over his junk until he's in her personal space and throwing an arm around her shoulders. It's stupid wet and probably hella uncomfortable, and his ass is on display to passersby, which, by the way, you're welcome for the view strangers, but none of that matters right now because-- ]

Holy hell am I glad to see you.

[ He informs her kindly once he pulls back, one hand still on her bare shoulder, probably a little too close for comfort, totally ignoring that whole banter thing right now because priorities. Objective number one, be concerned and confused. Objective two, be a smartass about it. He's still working through to that point.

For example, allow him to lead off with an incredulous: ]


Did you see- like- four hundred naked people falling out of creepy goo pods, or am I on the best drugs right now?
regulatingpressure: (134)

'bemused' should mean amused and bewildered, it seriously should

[personal profile] regulatingpressure 2015-04-15 11:06 am (UTC)(link)
[ aaaand that's a hug, okay, she didn't know they were hug people (let alone wet hug people) but - now that's over with and they're definitely moving on with a much more acceptable hand on her shoulder. ]

Closer to two-hundred, and yeah, that definitely happened. [ but her head tilts a little now for the amused-confused follow-up: ] You might still be on drugs, though. Everyone else is neck-deep in what's commonly called the 'post-jump hangover'. It's the half-hour or so where this? [ a gesture to wick in general, to his level of enthusiasm more specifically. ] Is probably gonna get you punched in the face by someone both wetter and more naked than you are.
betterangels: (#8606394)

[personal profile] betterangels 2015-04-15 01:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Rick backs up once embrace is deployed, hand dragging onto and off Daryl's shoulder and breaking off contact. He looks tired, and maybe it's space hell that's done it, maybe it's yet another reminder of the things left behind; of being on the road. Of Judith being gone. Of walking Daryl and Carl and Michonne all into another trap. Of the catatonic first two weeks upon alien abduction, alone.

But space hell sure didn't help.

His answer is a grunt, at first, the usual sandpaper grind of a thought barely articulated. What isn't going on. ]


Carl's here.

[ It's the first thing he is inspired to say. Incongruous, maybe. It's not what's going on, but it's different than before. Eye contact becomes more steady, more focused and speculative as he makes sure; ]

You remember, all this.

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