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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.
allbloodyhail: (come on try and understand)

[personal profile] allbloodyhail 2014-05-12 03:07 pm (UTC)(link)
That gets surprise, canting his head much like his canine companion might. "Well, then. Bully for you." This woman already knew far more about him than almost anyone else. Peter and a few people he had shared memories with being exceptions, but. Not even Buffy knew as much as Ilde seemed to just be able to pick up, without being told. "Liked your book, by the way."
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[personal profile] trouvaille 2014-05-12 10:10 pm (UTC)(link)
It's just listening, is what Ilde would say if ever drawn on it-- she's interested in people, so she listens. It's astonishing how much you can take away just by paying attention to people; how they talk, what they talk about. She doesn't like to ask questions - all you get is an illustration of how they answer questions, what they want you to know. If you just listen, though, you can get a much clearer picture.

She forgets, sometimes, that it's just as easy to do to her.

But the mention of her book makes her brighten-- "Really? That's fantastic."
allbloodyhail: (come on try and understand)

[personal profile] allbloodyhail 2014-05-12 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, really." His expression softens a little, thinking about reading it to Peter. He knows how the whole observational thing goes too, most people didn't pay attention to what they gave away. It's more that she even cares what he isn't saying than the fact that he isn't saying it. "My, uh. Pete liked it too."

He's so stupid, even as he watches Byron squirm around in her arms.

"I read it to him."
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[personal profile] trouvaille 2014-05-12 11:25 pm (UTC)(link)
"Your uh Pete?" is a little bit teasing, bumping her chin affectionately against the side of Byron's head. "Don't tell me I got somebody laid, that's fantastic."

...in case anyone was in doubt about how much and what kind of a brat she is.
allbloodyhail: (i'm the best)

[personal profile] allbloodyhail 2014-05-12 11:30 pm (UTC)(link)
He laughs, shaking his head. "My boyfriend, alright." Then a shrug. "And yeah, maybe."
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[personal profile] trouvaille 2014-05-12 11:38 pm (UTC)(link)
"Nice," very approvingly. "Nice, right? Byron thinks it's great, too, I can tell."

There's very nearly some kind of fairy joke - magic, fairies, clearly she knows what animals think, right? - but she's not quite at that place, yet, where she's comfortable making a joke someone might feel the need to follow up on, so...she doesn't. But it's there in spirit.
allbloodyhail: (prophecizing)

[personal profile] allbloodyhail 2014-05-12 11:40 pm (UTC)(link)
"He should. He'll have something to write about in his college essay." Being brought up by two superhero dads, what Ivy league wouldn't eat that up? Nevermind that he was a dog.