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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
blackmagus: (♒ casual)

[personal profile] blackmagus 2015-05-12 07:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Not out of the question. She smiles as Jazz goes back to curling around her ankles, green eyes tilted up to watch Ivan. ]

Oh, not terrible, I suppose.

[ In the grand scheme of things, aboard the TQ. ]

What about you? Find anything interesting in your locker?
deservesadaisy: (confused)

[personal profile] deservesadaisy 2015-05-12 11:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Thankfully, no. It's never interesting in a good way, is it?

[He smiles, warm if a little wan.]

You?
blackmagus: (♒ chortle)

[personal profile] blackmagus 2015-05-13 09:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Not unless you're one for gruesome objects or unpleasant reminders.

[ Fortescue grins. ]

I didn't get anything. And an acquaintance of mine got an eyeball, so I feel as though I've won some sort of lottery.
deservesadaisy: (indulgent)

[personal profile] deservesadaisy 2015-05-14 02:12 am (UTC)(link)
You know, there are worse body parts. Minimal cleanup, at least. And unlikely to be recognized without context.

[...Ivan.]
Edited (too tired to properly html) 2015-05-14 02:13 (UTC)
blackmagus: (♒ waggles eyebrows)

[personal profile] blackmagus 2015-05-16 07:37 am (UTC)(link)
[ She laughs quietly in response, arching a playful brow. ]

Something like that would be a shame for a person to lose, wouldn't it.
deservesadaisy: (smile and murder while I smile)

[personal profile] deservesadaisy 2015-05-16 03:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[He grins, crooked.]

I mean, depth perception is a loss, sure, but I can think of worse.
blackmagus: (♒ haha no really)

[personal profile] blackmagus 2015-05-18 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
I imagine if something like that ended up in a locker, we'd know about it.

[ Depending on who's locker it ended up in, of course. ]

By the shrieking or startled yells.
deservesadaisy: (folly of the world)

[personal profile] deservesadaisy 2015-05-19 09:42 pm (UTC)(link)
It would certainly be one way to start a new jump. Though there are some people I would be pleased enough to know are missing a piece.
blackmagus: (♒ listening)

[personal profile] blackmagus 2015-05-21 01:54 am (UTC)(link)
Oh really.

[ She looks amused. ]

Anyone I know?

[ That would be an interesting way to discover that you're missing a limb or an organ... By stumbling out of a pod. ]