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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
foundafamily: (pic#8980742)

[personal profile] foundafamily 2015-06-01 03:23 am (UTC)(link)
Good.

[Speed helps a lot, because Firo's not so eager to tangle with these things again. He runs behind Muscovy to try and be in position to shield him if the monsters get too close.

He can see an elevator up ahead. If they can reach it in time, he'll step inside once Muscovy makes it and hammer the button for another floor.
]
muscovy: (what on earth)

[personal profile] muscovy 2015-06-08 06:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[As soon as they're inside the elvator, Muscovy reaches into his pocket and quickly leans down to pull three little tin soldiers out of his pocket and placing them on the ground before whispering a command. They turn into thirty centimetres high little men that are purely made of flame and line up at the entrance of the elevator, not blocking the door from closing but ready to attack the manticores if they try to get in.

....And his eyes go wide in shock as he sees them. THEY SHOULD NOT BE THIS SMALL.
foundafamily: (Default)

[personal profile] foundafamily 2015-06-09 01:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[Firo glances over at Muscovy as he hits the button for any floor but this one. He wonders why the heck the kid's playing at a time like this, but then the things erupt into fire.]

What the hell're those?

[He bashes the button a few more times as he stares in confusion, but the door is closing slowly. Agonizingly slowly. Slowly enough that a manticore lunges forward and snaps through the gap at the little soldiers.]
muscovy: (sunflowers can't live here)

[personal profile] muscovy 2015-06-09 05:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[Two little flame soldiers swing their swords at the attacker, and as the tip of the manticore's muzzle falls to the ground while the beast jumps back, what remains of its face on fire, the door finally closes. Muscovy still doesn't answer though, too shocked still to do so. The soldiers keeps standing in front of the door, ready to attack again if anyonething tries to enter.]
foundafamily: (3.3)

[personal profile] foundafamily 2015-06-10 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
[Firo slumps against the side of the elevator as the doors close and they're whisked away. First it goes up, then starts moving horizontally, taking them away from the darker hallways.

He stares at the soldiers.
]

...Thanks.

What are these guys?
muscovy: (we're good)

[personal profile] muscovy 2015-06-10 09:08 am (UTC)(link)
They are mine, and only listen to my words.

[He crouches down and holds a hand out, whispering a command to make them return to him. They do, and stop just far enough away from him to not set him on fire before abruptly turning back into little toy soldiers so that he can pocket them. Which he then will do.]

But they should be much taller.
foundafamily: (13.3)

[personal profile] foundafamily 2015-06-10 08:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[Firo watches the display with his mouth hanging open just a little. He's seen many strange things, but stuff like this still leaves him flabbergasted.]

Like as tall as a normal person?

[Huge flaming soldiers. Yep, that'll keep you safe.]
muscovy: (Default)

[personal profile] muscovy 2015-06-11 09:51 am (UTC)(link)
[A nod.]

As tall as an adult.

[After all he is as tall as a normal person too, himself, he's just ...as tall as a child.]
foundafamily: (13.3)

[personal profile] foundafamily 2015-06-11 03:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[He scratches his head as he tries to picture that.]

Wow. How the hel--heck did you come by somethin' like that?
muscovy: (Default)

[personal profile] muscovy 2015-06-11 05:26 pm (UTC)(link)
I asked the General to kill a few hounds, and the Queen regarded me as his boss so I got the reward for it.

[It was a damn nice reward, really. And one that the General most definitely wouldn't be able nor want to use.]
foundafamily: (14.1)

[personal profile] foundafamily 2015-06-12 06:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[There's a lot right there that Firo doesn't understand, but he nods anyway, the slowness of the gesture possibly giving it away.]

Are you the general's boss?
Edited (What the heck, autocorrect ) 2015-06-12 18:59 (UTC)
muscovy: (from the east)

[personal profile] muscovy 2015-06-15 07:44 pm (UTC)(link)
No. We have a contract. He protects me and in return he gets rule of my lands every winter. But it doesn't really help against everyone, because some of the others are really used to cold weather, too.
foundafamily: (3.2)

[personal profile] foundafamily 2015-06-17 01:38 am (UTC)(link)
Huh... He sounds like a pretty good guy, then, eh? And tough.

[He recalls all the weapons Muscovy had with him when they first met at the lockers. This kid doesn't seem to be a slouch, but Firo imagines any kid that size and apparent age isn't hurt to have someone helping them. ...Much like Firo failed to do right now, he realizes as he slumps a little more against the wall.]
muscovy: (I can really have it?)

[personal profile] muscovy 2015-06-17 01:19 pm (UTC)(link)
He's there.

[He's not so sure about good or bad - that is a pretty hard to figure out labelling right there.]

But he is tough.
foundafamily: (3.3)

[personal profile] foundafamily 2015-06-18 02:36 pm (UTC)(link)
That's good.

[Or is it? He sounds a bit unsure as he says it, noticing that Muscovy's not quite arguing with the General being good, but not agreeing either.

But speaking of taking care of people...
]

By the way, um... I'm sorry I dragged you into this.
muscovy: (from the east)

[personal profile] muscovy 2015-06-21 08:53 am (UTC)(link)
[That puzzles him.]

I dragged you. [Kind of literally.] And if you had gone alone, you wouldn't have been safer.
foundafamily: (11.1)

[personal profile] foundafamily 2015-06-21 09:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Still...

[He was the adult! Or, well, a semi-adult.]

It doesn't matter about me bein' safe--I wouldn't wanna get you hurt. Next time I'll do better, all right?
muscovy: (I can help us)

[personal profile] muscovy 2015-06-22 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)
But if you get hurt you would not be able to protect me well, either, yes? So it is silly if you say that it doesn't matter if you are safe.
foundafamily: (13.1)

[personal profile] foundafamily 2015-06-23 06:13 pm (UTC)(link)
...Never thought about it that way.

[He smiles and reaches out to try and pat Muscovy's shoulder.]

I'll try and keep myself safe to keep you safe, then. I promise.
muscovy: (we're good)

[personal profile] muscovy 2015-06-23 09:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[Letting Firo pat his shoulder, Muscovy turns Firo's promise over in his head a few times, trying to see how it could turn terrible (after all you can never know just how powerful promises are for people), but then nods.]

Good.