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axmods. ([personal profile] ataraxites) wrote in [community profile] ataraxionlogs2015-05-07 09:14 pm

forty-third 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: As you emerge from the grav couches following the jump, the chill of the medical bay pales in comparison to the hollow feeling that settles deep within your chest. Grim and foreboding, the grip of isolation spreads through you like a gnawing void, as though you've been left behind. That nagging sensation of neglect that comes from someone turning their back on you only worsens as you move through your routines, leaving you feeling distant, disoriented, and unwanted.

New arrivals will find messages spray-painted in red 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
rhyfelgri: Bᴜᴛ I'ᴍ ᴘʀᴇᴛᴛʏ ɢᴏᴏᴅ ᴀᴛ ᴄᴜʀᴛᴀɪɴ ᴄᴀʟʟs (Sᴘɪᴛᴛɪɴɢ ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴀᴛ sᴡᴇᴇᴛ ᴘʀᴇᴛᴇɴᴄᴇ)

[personal profile] rhyfelgri 2015-05-10 12:27 pm (UTC)(link)
( she moves as far as putting her foot on his neck instead of her knee, rising to stand and leaving sufficient pressure on him to make good on the not-terribly-veiled-at-all threats to his personal safety. she rummages around in her locker for a minute, shrugging her coat on over her bodysuit (she'd put her jeans on, but she doesn't have anything better to restrain him with right now than her own strength-- too much opportunity for him to bolt while she's trying to get her pants up) and digging out the comm device, the like of which she'd seen others on their way out with.

if she's not killing him, and she's not just setting him loose among the rest of whoever the hell, there needs to be a third option. it's gonna require a little research, although she'd rather not linger over it longer than she absolutely has to; she scrolls past everything that doesn't seem useful or relevant, taking a moment to go through the support department's introductory information and paying particular attention to the names that seem most potentially useful. )


All right, superstar. You got two options it looks like--

I can haul your ass to Security and tell 'em you assaulted a lady. Or I can haul your ass to these science types, might have some place for you to dry out, and I can tell 'em you assaulted a lady because you're a sad desperate poof who needs to get his head on straight and get his bloodlust under control in a nice, controlled environment what locks.

( her expression is expectant. you get input, champ. )
Edited 2015-05-10 12:28 (UTC)
deservesadaisy: (methodical)

[personal profile] deservesadaisy 2015-05-10 12:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[His first instinct is sarcasm, but he squelches it. After a brief pause:]

Xenogen. If you don't just plan to kill me, that's the safer option.

[He isn't at all sure he won't still just get put down - or airlocked out - but Security has their hands full and will likely look for the fastest way through a problem. The science department might at least take some time to ask some questions first. And he's prefer not to take a spot on Security's shitlist higher than necessary.]
rhyfelgri: 'ᴍ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ Mɪʟᴋʏ Wᴀʏ (Yᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ᴏɴ ᴀ ᴅɪғғᴇʀᴇɴᴛ ʀᴏᴀᴅ)

[personal profile] rhyfelgri 2015-05-10 12:36 pm (UTC)(link)
It is, isn't it.

( enfys rests her other foot against his wrist. she considers him for a few moments in silence, not quite smiling, not quite-- not smiling. thoughtful. measured. when her weight begins to bear down, it's slow - it's deliberate, the way she leans, finds just the right angle, keeps pressing.

she doesn't stop until she feels the sick crunch of bone cracking against the hard floor underneath him, the sound an afterthought.

she isn't exactly smiling. but there's a certain satisfaction that comes with what she's just done, and it softens her around the eyes in a way that some people would find unsettling. )


But I don't want you to have any illusions about what that means for you. You fuck up, I won't call Security.

( she will just keep breaking things until he runs out of body parts. )
deservesadaisy: (you look awful)

[personal profile] deservesadaisy 2015-05-10 12:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[He doesn't make a sound (just), but his expression makes clear both how much it hurt and how much anger lies behind the contrition he'd been presenting.

When he's capable of speaking again, it's very precise:
]

Understood.

[She's self-evidently not interested in small talk, and he's beyond not interested in offering it.]
rhyfelgri: ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ ʙʟᴀᴍᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ʀɪᴄᴏᴄʜᴇᴛ (Cᴏs ɪᴛ ɢᴇᴛs ᴀ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ᴛʀɪᴄᴋʏ)

[personal profile] rhyfelgri 2015-05-10 12:44 pm (UTC)(link)
( that does warrant a smile, sharp enough to cut, but her next words aren't for him; decisions made, she sends a message to the xenogen department, breaking off only briefly during to move his arm and get a look at the tattoo that matches her own to supply them some identification.

she does not take especial care not to hurt him further in the process. )