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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.
onetouch: (❦never was there ever a girl so pretty)

[personal profile] onetouch 2014-05-27 07:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[ that brings a tiny smile to his face, and he nods. ] Very much.

[ he missed zee so much sometimes he thought he might not be able to take it. he knows how pepper feels. ]
the_other_eight: (pic#7272026)

[personal profile] the_other_eight 2014-05-28 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
[She smiles back, still pressing the wet towel to his forehead.]

Good; although I'm sorry they're not here.
onetouch: (chuck | amid the chaos)

[personal profile] onetouch 2014-05-28 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
[ that gets the smile to disappear pretty quickly, his hand pressing over the towel so she doesn't have to hold it for him. ]

I'm not. Zee hated space.
the_other_eight: (Pepper Potts - Keep walking)

[personal profile] the_other_eight 2014-05-28 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
... Oh.

[She presses her lips together.]

I'm sorry to hear that.
onetouch: (chuck | forever apart)

[personal profile] onetouch 2014-05-28 10:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[ he smiles up at her, shaking his head. ] I'm glad she's still there. I wouldn't trust the Pie Hole, City edition to anyone else.
the_other_eight: (Pepper Potts - Smiling)

[personal profile] the_other_eight 2014-05-29 12:53 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe one day you'll see her again.