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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] altercate 2014-05-17 02:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[ derek doesn't look convinced, gaze moving to her face. a huge dog. dana hadn't even bothered to lie about her scars. derek takes a deep breath, crosses his arms. ]

You should get those looked at.

[ though derek has had the misfortune of developing tact over the course of both his time on the tranquility and his time in beacon hills. he can't tell if he needs to be the bearer of bad news here, or if she already knows and is just being cagey. ]

A dog scratched a friend of mine like that once. I've seen what can happen.

[ subtle hint there, right ]
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[personal profile] unmakes 2014-05-17 04:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[ she doesn't know who this 'dana' is but clearly dana had no idea how werewolves are treated in the real world.

it seems like this guy just might have a clue, though. she meets his gaze again for a second, trying to gauge exactly how much he does know. then:
]

Me too. [ just being cagey, then. ]
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[personal profile] altercate 2014-05-25 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
[ the real world seems to be negotiable. derek knows how werewolves are treated in his world, and that hasn't always matched up with others, though that hadn't done much to curb derek's worries or alter his worldview. this girl though, she's not--

she's not like dana was. they're the same marks, but it's not the same reaction. derek meets her gaze, sizes her up. ]


Then you know what can happen.

[ because you know, being cagey about this is clearly the best way to handle it. ]

You should get some help with them.
unmakes: (❝ yeah. okay. ❞)

[personal profile] unmakes 2014-05-25 06:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[ her eyebrow raises a little, at least until she's sure he's serious (why wouldn't he be? she's already not sure he's capable of anything but serious), then her gaze drops again and she lets out a dry breath of laughter. ]

You sure we're talking about the same kind of dog? I mean, not that I don't totally appreciate your concern, but where I'm from? There is no help.

[ despite the 'dog' analogy, the cover story is still pretty weak so she's talking a little quieter to minimize the chance of being overheard. ]
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[personal profile] altercate 2014-06-02 07:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe not the same kind of dog, but the same kind of bite.

[ because werewolves differed from place to place, and derek's fairly certain that's what they're talking about here. werewolves. ]

I've dealt with it myself.

[ he isn't going to drag up the cure business. that had gotten him into enough hot water the last time, and it was only a legend anyway. why bother. ]