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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.
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[personal profile] born_this_way 2014-05-13 05:50 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh it's no problem at all." Merlin hurries to reassure her, now finally content to actually look in her direction, eyes trained unwaveringly on her face and a friendly smile spread wide across his own. "I'm glad I could be of some help. Is it warm enough for you, then?"

And then, as though suddenly struck by the thought that he hadn't even introduced himself, he added, "I'm Merlin."
unmakes: ([ genuine. ])

[personal profile] unmakes 2014-05-14 06:54 am (UTC)(link)
Gosh, what a dork. He's adorable. Reminds her a little of Stevie, except Stevie lost his shit and ate his family so I guess he's pretty much nothing like Stevie at all but whatever.

"Sally," she offers right back. "And it's - " Still freezing, sticking to the jello still clinging to her skin, " - great. Seriously." She'll be showering before long, anyway.
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[personal profile] born_this_way 2014-05-14 03:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, Merlin isn't planning on eating anything except maybe Arthur's breakfast when he isn't looking. Or even more likely, giving that breakfast to someone else who needs it more. So, you know, not at all like him then.

Merlin shakes her hand warmly, perhaps even managing to magically infuse a little warmth into her body through the small touch. "It's very nice to meet you, Sally, even under such circumstances."
unmakes: ([ over shoulder. ])

[personal profile] unmakes 2014-05-15 06:45 pm (UTC)(link)
...Hang on. "Merlin, Merlin..." It's under her breath, she's trying to place the name. But then it clicks. "Wait, like the Merlin?" Sally looks to him now, but she can't place his face because it's not like a single King Arthur story had the same artistic rendition of him. "With, like, King Arthur and all that?"
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[personal profile] born_this_way 2014-05-15 07:03 pm (UTC)(link)
"Er." Merlin said awkwardly, flushing a bit at the sudden interest and ducking his head. "Er, yes, I have been hearing around here that there are apparently stories about, uh. About Arthur and me."
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[personal profile] unmakes 2014-05-18 09:45 pm (UTC)(link)
"That's crazy," she says, but it's with a huge grin. She's not gonna make a huge thing of it, she just thinks it's really cool. Her brother was really into the King Arthur stories as a kid. If and when she gets back home, she's totally gonna exploit him not being dead in this timeline and hunt him down to tell him about this.

"Don't worry, that's totally the last time I'll bring it up."