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axmods. ([personal profile] ataraxites) wrote in [community profile] ataraxionlogs2015-06-08 12:00 am

forty-fourth 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: Awareness comes to you slowly in the smothering quiet of the blue fluid. In the light piercing through from the medical bay you realise there's a shadow, a figure stood at the glass of your gravcouch, a hand pressed to the surface just above your face. Fear spikes through your gut as waves of alien sensation crash into your mind, a rage that feels endless, all-consuming, furious, molten hatred that you know is for you.

When the fluid drains, door sliding open to deposit you on the medbay floor, you remember it. Remember it coming again and again, like a nightmare that plagued your sleep over and over, leaving you with no respite, no rest. Days. Perhaps even longer.

You remember that the light coming through from behind the shadow was red.

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
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[personal profile] oldmanhusker 2015-07-05 03:23 am (UTC)(link)
"It's a bit more complicated when there's ranks and titles from so many different places in play." Really, it was a wonder the ship ran as well as it did with the strange way everything was cobbled together. But they managed. Somehow they managed. But it was definitely an adjustment after the way things were run in the Fleet.

He should really explain the other major event. Rather than leave Lee to try to interpret the situation until it reached the point of awkwardness. "We... missed you, at the wedding." It was strange how many people had arrived since they'd married.
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[personal profile] cabins 2015-07-05 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
"while I appreciate it, Lee, I assure you, as your father said, there's a lot of pieces at play. and if Leoben Conoy saw fit to call me Laura, you can as well. there are kings and queens here, as well as senators, lords, ladies." she shook her head and slipped her hand back into Bill's. "but your words are certainly noted." she'll take his loyalty all the same. it still meant a lot.

he had voted for her, after all.

"we did," she agreed. "we'd hoped, as much as you can in this place, that you would be here." or Zak or Billy or anyone, really, that was certifiably human- Tigh, anyone. "which, is another reason you should call me Laura." she squeezes bill's hand. this may be awkward. probably.
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[personal profile] thecag 2015-07-12 05:36 am (UTC)(link)
"I'll do my best," he finally agreed.

It was true, he'd try but Lee wasn't great with change and it would probably take time for him to adjust. A pause followed though, as he caught up with the rest of what his father had said and Roslin subsequently. There was a blink as he glanced between them and saw a tell-tale ring on the President's finger that matched his father's.

"Oh." Wait, the gravity of it is kicking in. "Oh!"

Derp.

"Wow, okay. Congratulations!" His expression was sincere and a smile was steadily growing. "How long, exactly? The being married and being here in general that is."
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[personal profile] oldmanhusker 2015-07-14 07:31 pm (UTC)(link)
"We've been here a year. But only married for two months." Because Lee, you may not realize it, but your parents can be real idiots when it comes to relationships. Then again. You may realize it. "The strange things that happen here... we've had to look at a lot of things differently."

There was the matter of titles and how they interplayed with so many different systems to consider. And the far more obvious how they felt about each other when those titles matter a lot less.
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[personal profile] cabins 2015-07-15 04:48 am (UTC)(link)
And how long had they been engaged for? It felt like not long at all, to tell the truth. No more than six months, at least. She squeezes his hand, trying not to look like a love-struck teenager.

It really didn't work.

"We have. But it's wonderful that you're here. As strange as this place is, I hate to say it, but it's been a vacation." Except for wedding planning. It was easier to run the colonial fleet than plan a wedding.
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[personal profile] thecag 2015-08-04 06:09 am (UTC)(link)
"No Dad, I understand," Lee said quickly. He knew all too well what changed when there was no way to go home and a bleak future ahead. At least they were making better decisions than he in how they dealt. "And I'm happy. For both of you. Gods know we have to take what happiness we can find, when we find it."

There might have been a small grin twitching at the edge of his mouth when he said as much. While Lee wouldn't explain unprompted, it wasn't a derisive amusement. No, he was just pleased to see what he'd felt was a long, long time coming.

"...If this is your idea of a vacation, you must really be tired of the fleet." The image of that bloody, ghostly hand clawing at the glass sent chills down his spine. "Maybe I just need a little longer to settle in?"

Which was, in the long run, not going to help. As his memories came back, Kara Thrace's imminent death and exploding fighter ship was sure to leave him more distressed.