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cityship ([personal profile] cityship) wrote in [community profile] trans_92010-02-01 04:23 pm

Once You Pop, The Fun Don't Stop!

[ooc: Newbie Helpers List | Instructions: Post your character with one post establishing them as being podpopped. Tag each other in groups of 2's, 3's, and 4's, to get some interaction to start with. If a thread doesn't already have 2 or 3 people tagged in, tag it with your character's podpop popping near the other people, rather than making a new subthread. If you would like to play out them talking to the AI, please send an email to the mods making the request--we do this only by request. Then move onto the big Newbie Meeting. Once your character has gotten the rundown from the old crew, you may start posting entrance posts and freely tagging.]


||Pod Release Protocols Initating|| Stacy's familiar voice sounds out to all the podmates through the ship.

In the Pod Caverns, there are the sounds of: Pop. Pop pop pop. Poppuhpoppoppop. KASCHUNKhiiiiiiiissssss.

There is condensation and mist spraying out from cracks in the pods, as the people inside slide out onto the floors, covered in slime.

--


There was nothing. You were going about your normal life, then there was a bright light, and then? Nothing.

Then the world lurches.

The chamber here is humid.

Actually, "chamber" isn't quite accurate. You're in a cavern, half-lit by an eerie greenish light, going on and on as far as the eye can see. The light is coming from what can only be described as pods, glistening, round greenish-yellow things, glowing with a pale inner light, outlining human -- and not quite human -- forms. Each is rooted to the floor, to the walls, with something black, twisted, and unidentifiable.

They line the walls of the cavern, go up in maddeningly high columns, curling and corkscrewing up into the darkness, until the light from them is like that of the stars, glowing pale and mournful in clusters in the darkness above. Twisted walkways and stairs crisscross, traverse the platforms in front of the pods, wending their way back and forth, up and down through the chamber.

You just came from one of those pods, broke free like a butterfly from a (slimy, nasty) chrysalis.

Now you stand alone but not quite alone, naked, not knowing how you got there, who took you, or why you were taken.

As your body heats up again, you realize the air is warm -- just a few degrees too warm to be comfortable -- and muggy; it smells acrid and organic, like freshly spilt blood and sweat. Your mouth tastes of salt.

The floors are pulsing under your feet, throbbing...

Wherever you are, this entire place...is alive.

Oh, and also you're naked and covered in alien snot.

When you call out, ask where you are, a voice speaks to you, in your head. She tells you:

||You are here.||


When you ask who she is, she tells you that her name is STA'C K'LTRRB'TXFT, but that you may call her Stacy. When she tells you who she is, there is a gush of emotion, love, maternal warmth. You are on a ship. She is that ship. Her name is Stacy and she loves you. Her voice is warm and motherly, even if these messages sound almost automated.

Glowing phosphorescent lights appear in pustules along the floor. They lead you up a massive spiraling walkway that gives you a view of what are possibly millions in stasis. At the top is a room with moving vines that clean you and clothe you in a plant-like body-suit--soft, but durable. After that, the lights lead you to a great cavernous room with a clear floor that lets you see all the holes and tunnels in the walls of it. When you reach the center, the last thing she tells you before whisking you away to gather your belongings and meet the rest of the crew is this reassuring thought:

||You have been Chosen to accomplish a Great Purpose. You have been Chosen to help fight the Ohm, a race of insectoid beings that are the destroyers of worlds.||

||You have been Chosen as champions of life, as protectors of the worlds and peoples that are left. The others are waiting for you. They will explain everything.||


She will tell you nothing more. Your answers lie with these "others" she speaks of.

[identity profile] sonotaang.livejournal.com 2010-02-01 11:26 pm (UTC)(link)
"This isn't f%$king Pinocchio, radioactive stomach barnacles or not. Do you know any psychic whales? Because I don't." Ava says, giving the area around her a cursory glance. Pods, pods, more pods... a pulsating wall...

[identity profile] re-engineer.livejournal.com 2010-02-01 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
All said, Angie had woken up in worse stuff over the years. Especially after joining the Authority. Alien snot was nothing compared to...well, most anything else.

She manages to push herself to her feet, the nanotech using the minerals in the mixture to help coat herself in her usual metal armor. It felt more normal for her.

Then there's that burst of light and nothing has looked so welcome in her entire life. "Apollo?"

[identity profile] sonotaang.livejournal.com 2010-02-01 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
"... are you okay?" Ava asks, looking at Han from over the remnants of her pod. She recognizes him from somewhere, but she can't quite place it right now. (She was never really a Star Wars fan.)

[identity profile] am-alwaysfree.livejournal.com 2010-02-01 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Mal rolled his eyes and sighed quietly. This wasn't gonna be easy. But at the same time, he doesn't take it personally.

"Captain of Serenity, a Firefly-class transport ship. This ain't my ship; the voice in your head is kind of a part of this ship. She calls herself Stacy." He took a breath as well, to organize his thoughts and answers.

"Don't rightly know all the details, but the Ohm are some insects that got powers to destroy stuff. Includin' all our worlds. If we want them back, then we've got to fight them." Mal shrugged, placing his hands in his pockets. "It's up to you whether to believe it or not, but it doesn't look like any of us are gettin' off this ship."

[identity profile] wearsagun.livejournal.com 2010-02-01 11:32 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, sort of, although I'm just going to guess that your idea of a storyteller is different than the one that's called normal where I'm from." Beckett smiled slightly. "Care to elaborate?"

"I can agree though that Castle's got his head stuck somewhere else that's not reality."

Possibly, but that's bound to happen when you get a bunch of different species on the same ship. They'll work things out eventually.

[identity profile] trivialprezsuit.livejournal.com 2010-02-01 11:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Seeing the other man looking like he could use some help (and really, they could all use some help), Jed couldn't resist walking over. There was something about him that looked vaguely familiar but he couldn't put his finger on it. No matter. Despite the fact that he was still naked, he approached Han, seeing the other man pinch himself.

"Hate to break it to you, but I think this place is real. My wife is going to be mighty upset that I seem to have lost my good suit."

Seeing woman who had approached, Jed nodded to her as well. "I think he's okay, but he's covered in goo and doesn't know where he is. Just like me."

[identity profile] gtmighty-pirate.livejournal.com 2010-02-01 11:37 pm (UTC)(link)
He flinched slightly, inching away from the girl with careful steps. “Not personally, no. I knew a giant manatee once, but I hardly think that counts.”

Guybrush looked away in a personal aside. “Yeeesh. Testy.”

Then he turned back. “Do you?”

It was an honest question.

[identity profile] agyieus.livejournal.com 2010-02-01 11:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Apollo's hearing isn't that much better than everyone else's, but he can still hear a friendly voice. He looks down, then beams as he spots Angie. "Angie!"

He floats down and runs a hand through his (gunky) hair, seemingly heedless of his nudity. "At least they had the sense to grab more than one of us. Do you know if anyone else is here?"

[identity profile] re-engineer.livejournal.com 2010-02-01 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)
"Hey, I just woke up! Give a girl a chance to get dressed and sort her brain out first." She grins, though, rubbing her forehead. [Engineer to all points. Anybody out there?] There was a buzz of static from every direction but the one in front of her. "Unless they're standing right behind you, I'm thinking no."

[identity profile] sneezure.livejournal.com 2010-02-01 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Whoa! Whoa, no this is not-- this is not normal. This is unbelievably ab of the normal. Unless he went to sleep after a mighty meal of something greasy again last night.

So, he's not panicking (yet) when he starts to walk because hey, every guy's had a sexy alien dream before, right? Right? Okay, maybe this one's a little more arrogant than usual, but Topher can't fault Stacy for her judgment. And okay, maybe his brain isn't being completely original with the insect aliens, sure. But hey! He's a freaking champion, who cares?

Off to find the mysterious others in hopes that they aren't giant acid dripping face suckers. With a hand over his man parts, of course.

[identity profile] ttly-shot-first.livejournal.com 2010-02-01 11:46 pm (UTC)(link)
So now not only was he naked, but there was a woman and another man who seemed to have as much clothing as he did. There went any decency out of the metaphorical window. Not that Han had much of it, it was just the principal of the thing.

"Look pal," he began with annoyance, wanting to put one of his hands on his head, but that would mean he'd have to remove his hands from down there. "I just finished helping save the galaxy. I don't need this." He looked around. "You think we can find some clothing?"

[identity profile] agyieus.livejournal.com 2010-02-01 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)
"Damn. They would pick us up without Midnighter and Jenny, wouldn't they?" He sighs and floats down, clasping a hand on her shoulder. "Come on, let's find out who they need killed so that we can go home. Midnighter promised me a night in Paris last week, and I intend to hold him to it."

[identity profile] jediwiseass.livejournal.com 2010-02-01 11:56 pm (UTC)(link)
She rubs her eyes, trying desperately to process all of this. She knew of only one Firefly left in the universe, and it was owned by a certain Boba Fett. And she was having difficulty placing his accent, too.

"Ohm? I've never heard of any Ohm. What system are we in? What planet are you from?"

And the million credit question. She smirks slightly, "And while we're at it, I'm sure you'd rather I left this one out, but any chance I can get something to wear?"

[identity profile] thewolfdaughter.livejournal.com 2010-02-01 11:58 pm (UTC)(link)
San woke from a dream of trees flashing by with the sun flickering between them. Of standing on Mother's back as she wove between the pillars of the forest and the flashes of white Kodama faces between branches blurred green by the speed of their passage.

...Slime. She was embedded in slime, and the only memory she had of it was that it was the blood of the Forest-Spirit, and if she touched it, it would kill her. So, she panicked, flailing and snarling, thrashing wet and ferociously out into the world like a hairless ape of a chestburster. Stacy's voice transfixed her, before she could do aught else, with the serene words of a goddess unlike any she'd ever witnessed. And this....this was her body?

San could work with that.

[identity profile] brilliantbug.livejournal.com 2010-02-01 11:58 pm (UTC)(link)
"Great, alien abduction, way to make my day, Ohm-thingy-whatevers," Ted grumbles, following the phosphorescent lights. He doesn't really know where he is, and he hasn't really started processing this yet. But he has a plan, oh yes.

He's going to find Booster and strangle him. This has to be his fault.

[identity profile] not-very-noir.livejournal.com 2010-02-02 12:02 am (UTC)(link)
Jamie woke pretty much the same time his head bounced off the floor and realised that he hadn't, in fact, fallen out of bed. Unless someone in X-Factor was pulling some sort of prank that involved stripping their boss naked and rolling him around in some kind of goo. In which case, he really didn't want to know.

Besides, even if that were the case, he didn't think anyone in the team had the ability to put him in what seemed to be some sort of big, slightly fleshy room with a lot of other naked, gooey people.

He looked over at the dupe that had resulted from the impact from falling out of the whatever. "Any ideas?"

"Hmm? Hey, you think this stuff dries on your skin like Elmer's Glue? Peeling it off later might be fun!"

...so much for that idea. "Just help me up will you?" Jamie groaned.

"Okie dokie!"

Now on his feet (though no less gooey and naked), Jamie looked around. He considered absorbing the dupe for a second, but he may actually need the back up and there were definitely worse personalities it could have manifested with. Instead he focussed on the guy standing looking equally confused nearby and wandered over, doing his best to ignore the whole 'naked' part of the scene.

"Uh, hey. Is this making any sense to you?"

[identity profile] doesnthavegps.livejournal.com 2010-02-02 12:02 am (UTC)(link)
He was supposed to be having a treatment. Topher was smiling at him. Adele leading him by the arm. He'd promised Sierra he'd see her at dinner. Everything was safe and warm and comfortable.

And then it wasn't.

The warmth remains but Victor isn't thinking about that right now. To put it very bluntly, Victor is freaking out. He's in tabula rasa state and he doesn't understand this. He doesn't know who this voice is or where he is but he does know it's not home and she is not among the handful of people he does trust. He's naked and slimy and terrified so in response, he does what the only instinct he has drives him to do. He tries to scoot back into the pod, curled up and hunched against what he is sure is inevitable danger. He keeps one hand over his head and tries to stifle his screams. There are flashes of what Alpha did to him in his head but he doesn't have context for that so they're just still images.

"Can I have a treatment now?" he asks in a terrified, half strangled voice as he continues to try and get back into the pod.

[identity profile] re-engineer.livejournal.com 2010-02-02 12:03 am (UTC)(link)
Angie snorts, kicking off the ground a bit. Hey, she can fly too, you know. "Are you kidding? I'd PAY to see you hold him to that!"

[identity profile] ayasofia.livejournal.com 2010-02-02 12:04 am (UTC)(link)
Sofia was jarred awake, released from the shell that had cradled her for countless months, if not longer.

What?” She asked in Spanish. After she’d been struck she expected to awake in the middle of a fight or in a hospital. Or she expected to see her mother welcoming her to heaven. She was about to speak again when Stacy spoke into her mind and soothed her.

A champion of life? No, I don’t have my powers. Just now I was-” Oh no. “Stacy, what happened to my friends? Are they-"

There was something… different. Not in her surroundings but in herself. Something had changed but she didn’t know what.

[identity profile] am-alwaysfree.livejournal.com 2010-02-02 12:07 am (UTC)(link)
Mal rubbed his head, thinking to himself that this girl asked too many questions. "Again, I don't know all the details. I've never heard of the Ohm either but apparently they're real enough. Unless we're all hallucinatin' or somethin'. Far as what system this is, I couldn't really tell you. Might want to ask someone who's been here longer."

"I'm from the planet Shadow, though I don't live there anymore. I spend most of my time flyin' from place to place, doin' jobs for people who need stuff transported places." It was a vague answer but he wasn't going to go into the details of his work. "Oh. Yeah. You'll be needin' somethin' aside from your skin while you're here, which is why there's the Clothing Room. You get cleaned up and then given these plant suit things that work as clothes. I can show you there if you want."

[identity profile] agyieus.livejournal.com 2010-02-02 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
He chuckles and joins her up in the air again, floating towards the tentacles. "If you can manage a camera he wouldn't notice, I'll record it for you."

The trick will be whether or not Midnighter keeps the mask.

[identity profile] re-engineer.livejournal.com 2010-02-02 12:13 am (UTC)(link)
"Now that WOULD be a test of my skills." Midnighter noticed EVERYTHING. It was part of his charm. Or something like that. "Just remind him that stopping off to overthrow some dictatorship in Africa isn't a date."

[identity profile] make-contact.livejournal.com 2010-02-02 12:14 am (UTC)(link)
Joey hit the floor in a flail of wet limbs, tumbling head over heels and not quite managing to balance enough to do a proper somersault. He landed in the end on his stomach, a formless groan working it's way out of him.

Propping himself up on stiff arms he flushed at realizing he was naked, looking around in the dimness at the long rows of pods, the winding path up the walls and most of all the other people picking themselves up out of the muck. For a second the dark green room and it's salty leafy odour made him worry that the afterlife was nothing like any earthy idea had told him it would be.

Afterlife... dying... WAS he dead?

His hands passed clumsily across his abdomen, phantom pain rushing through him as his brain tripped over the absence of a mortal wound that should have left him torn open from navel to ribs. Instead there was the smooth seam of a barely noticeable scar, and a stiff pop of his spine when he moved the wrong way that set a shiver through him.

On the verge of his panic Stacy's voice echoed into his mind. He recognized the sound of her oh so faintly, deja vu needling at him with the promise of her love and devotion.

'I'll take good care of him, don't worry.'

He remembers her saying this, but about him, not to him. They had thought he was asleep as they tucked his body into the pod. (It was warm and womblike, his eyelids growing heavier as the warm slime-fluid that would sustain him rushed in around him. It had reminded him of the sound of a warm bath running...)

Who had Stacy been speaking to again?

Once the idea came to his muddled mind all of their faces came back in a rush. Their wide eyes and thin hands, soft calming touches and alien voices burbling soothing things that he didn't understand.

He remembered no fear in their presence, only peace and a sense of safety that he'd thought had long ago been lost to him. They were the ones that had healed him. They had sat with him and kept him company. They had preserved him with an affection that was nearly parental. The rush of motherly love from Stacy only backs up those memories in force.

'But what happened, how did they find me in the first place?' runs through his head and Stacy's voice echoes there in reply.

'You will understand Joseph Wilson. Go to meet the others, they will explain.'

[identity profile] sonotasuperhero.livejournal.com 2010-02-02 12:16 am (UTC)(link)
"Pretty sure the voice in my head said we're supposed to follow the lights." Ava says, rather matter-of-factly for someone talking about voices in their head. Although she's spent enough time in locker rooms to not be horrifically uncomfortable while naked, she'd still much rather have some clothing.

[identity profile] sonotasuperhero.livejournal.com 2010-02-02 12:19 am (UTC)(link)
"No. Because they don't exist." Ava is just going to be walking this way, following the bioluminescent nodes on the floor. She doesn't really care whether or not you follow her, Guybrush.

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