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axmods. ([personal profile] ataraxites) wrote in [community profile] ataraxionlogs2014-05-07 08:58 pm

thirty-first 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: There is something very easy about waking from the gravcouches this month. The sensation of being watched is absent, and so is much of the sickness - even for those characters who entered Engineering in February. Instead the jump feels comfortable, the stasis fluid warm on your skin, the medbay lights not too harsh as you emerge amongst your fellow passengers. The sensation may be unnerving in its strangeness, but there will be a deep feeling of being well-rested, calm and content, that will not be completely lost no matter how much you question it.

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You wake up in darkness.


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.

You are not alone.

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.

This is your welcome party.
nightblogs: please dnt (054)

[personal profile] nightblogs 2014-05-11 03:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Warning me? [pff.] What, like they're dangerous or something?
allbloodyhail: (the peter icon)

[personal profile] allbloodyhail 2014-05-11 03:19 pm (UTC)(link)
No, just disgusting. And nothing like what an oreo should be.
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[personal profile] nightblogs 2014-05-11 05:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, no, I'm guessin' not. Still, fruity's better than nothing. Can't taste Oreos in thin air.
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[personal profile] allbloodyhail 2014-05-12 08:27 pm (UTC)(link)
If you say so. [ he makes a face, just remembering what they smelled like. ]
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[personal profile] nightblogs 2014-05-12 09:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[he arches his brows.] Can you?
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[personal profile] nightblogs 2014-05-12 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Taste stuff in thin air.
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[personal profile] allbloodyhail 2014-05-14 07:49 pm (UTC)(link)
...No. [ he still doesn't get how the two are related!!!!!! ]
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[personal profile] nightblogs 2014-05-14 09:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Huh. 'Kay.

[Hyperion doesn't make sense. Ever. You'll get used to it.]

Would be a cool power though.
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[personal profile] allbloodyhail 2014-05-23 09:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Unless it was something really hideous.
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[personal profile] nightblogs 2014-05-24 01:25 am (UTC)(link)
Well, yeah. I wouldn't wanna be able to taste, like, some dude's farts or anything.
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[personal profile] allbloodyhail 2014-05-27 07:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[ he snorts but it's quickly tumbling into an all-out laugh. he shakes his head. ] You know, vampire super senses aren't always all they're cracked up to be.
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[personal profile] nightblogs 2014-05-28 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
[neck
creak]


... 'You say vampire?
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[personal profile] allbloodyhail 2014-05-28 02:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[ this conversation never ceased to catch him off guard, and he glances over, frowning just enough to look pouty. ] You didn't know, mate?
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[personal profile] nightblogs 2014-05-28 11:38 pm (UTC)(link)
No? Not like you carry around a sticker saying 'yo, I'm a vamp'. How long have you been one, dude?
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[personal profile] allbloodyhail 2014-05-28 11:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Over a century? [ said to the tune of, this is so two weeks ago. but then he just shrugs. ] When you're card-carrying, sometimes you forget people don't just know.
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[personal profile] nightblogs 2014-05-28 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Damn, you got some experience on ya! [scanning him from head to toe. Mhm, mhm. I see I see.] So what do you take?
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[personal profile] allbloodyhail 2014-05-28 11:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Take? Like, for batteries? [ what the fuck is wrong with you hyperion. ]
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[personal profile] nightblogs 2014-05-29 12:20 am (UTC)(link)
[EVERYTHING. ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING.]

Blood type, bro! You ever tried priv-blood and shit?
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[personal profile] allbloodyhail 2014-05-29 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
Something tells me I don't want to know what that is.
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[personal profile] nightblogs 2014-05-30 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
Dude - my man. You don't know what priv-blood is. [oohhhh.] I gotta tell you, this is your lucky day.