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axmods. ([personal profile] ataraxites) wrote in [community profile] ataraxionlogs2014-09-08 12:00 am

thirty-fifth 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: You wake feeling cold and alone. There is a strange sense of emptiness, and the jump holds no surprises for you. There is nothing buffering the jump sickness and disorientation for you this month, and those still suffering the lingering effects of August's plot may find it more difficult than usual to get through the post-jump routine.

New arrivals will find messages spraypainted across their lockers telling them not to follow their tattoo numbers, and instead to find a room on Floors 001-010.


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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] dino_zarf 2014-09-26 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
Can't imagine why you wouldn't.

[ANy more than he can imagine not meeting her himself]

Zoe wouldn't want another doctor, if she had a choice.
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[personal profile] pompous_today 2014-09-28 11:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[Simon looked mildly surprised at that, but he was then all warmth again.]

I hope I do get to do the honors, then. I have had some experience delivering babies, after all.
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[personal profile] dino_zarf 2014-09-30 02:55 am (UTC)(link)
Fine job you did, too.

[He'd trust Simon to deliver their child. Without a second thought.]
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[personal profile] pompous_today 2014-10-01 12:23 am (UTC)(link)
I did try my best. [Simon then gave Wash a light, friendly touch on the shoulder, masking well the part where he felt like scum for not telling him the truth.

Instead, he offered the photo he was holding back.]


Listen, I do not mean to be rude, but I need to get back to the medbay... see if everyone is recovering well.
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[personal profile] dino_zarf 2014-10-02 01:40 am (UTC)(link)
Of course. You go do your doctor things.

[He'll go... look at these pictures some more. And wonder why they showed up like that.]
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[personal profile] pompous_today 2014-10-02 11:36 pm (UTC)(link)
It's what I do best.

[And, feeling exceedingly awkward, Simon left his friend. Part of him realized that the more he put off the "you're dead" thing, the harder it would be... but... how could he?]