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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
nowi_wins: (and other fancy stuff)

[personal profile] nowi_wins 2015-06-10 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh no, she didn't mean to bring him down too! Nowi shakes her head and musters up a smile.]

That's okay. I learned a long time ago that if you've only got a little time with someone, you have to make every second count. So I'm definitely getting back to my friends.

[She's got no idea how she's going to do that, but Nowi is pretty confident that there's enough smart people on this ship that someone will figure it out for her.]
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[personal profile] foundafamily 2015-06-10 09:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[He smiles too, trying to be encouraging.]

Exactly. Everything's gonna end eventually, so you make the best of it, right?

[Even though he's immortal with his family, he knows things can go wrong.]

...We'll all hafta do our best. We're learnin' more about this place all the time, so that's a start.
nowi_wins: (Flight of dragons heavenly argosies)

[personal profile] nowi_wins 2015-06-11 04:03 am (UTC)(link)
Right! And a lot of the people here are much smarter than me. They've gotta figure it out eventually.

[She probably shouldn't be so enthusiastic when she implies that she's dumb.]

And until then, I'll just make new friends here.
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[personal profile] foundafamily 2015-06-11 02:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah. Hopefully.

[He feels her on being resigned to a lack of intelligence, so he just smiles and nods.]

How're you doin' so far with that?

[This is a much more pleasant topic than immortal eyeballs. And Firo knows a few people who could use some happy friends in their life, so he thinks he might be able to help out.]
nowi_wins: (Green scales fell like rain)

[personal profile] nowi_wins 2015-06-15 04:31 am (UTC)(link)
[/shrug]

Okay I guess. But this place makes it really tough to have fun with people.
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[personal profile] foundafamily 2015-06-15 07:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[He nods, feeling like he doesn't even need to ask.]

Creepy, dark hallways and monsters that wanna kill us don't help with fun, huh?
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[personal profile] nowi_wins 2015-06-18 02:26 am (UTC)(link)
[She sighs.]

Not so much... You'd think they could at least give us some good stuff in between all the bad stuff.
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[personal profile] foundafamily 2015-06-18 02:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[He laughs.]

I dunno if I'd wanna see what this place thinks of as good. Even the stuff in the library is crap.