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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!

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||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.
withanethel: (Listening)

[personal profile] withanethel 2010-02-02 01:26 am (UTC)(link)
Œthel's first thought was that this was revenge for the incident one month before in chemistry class, when she'd made a vial of nasty, slimy goo explode and coat several of her classmates. She'd been suspended for a week, unable to convince anyone it had been an accident.

But even without her glasses, she could see this place was no part of her school she knew. And she was pretty sure she'd have noticed being kidnapped and stripped naked.

Oh, yeah. And no one she knew could have projected their voice into her head the way this "Stacy" was doing. She could make out the lights on the floor, though they were blurry; following them seemed the best course of action. Probably.

And the first person she bumped into... well, that had to be an elaborate suit. Nothing else it could be. She couldn't really make out the hyena's snout on her face. "Uh... D'you know what this is all about?" Because "Stacy" had been way less than helpful.

[identity profile] fiercerhyena.livejournal.com 2010-02-02 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
"Unfortunately, no" Grim Eyes said, looking down at the young human girl who had just bumped into her. She was squinting. Obviously the girl didn't see very well. "The spirit said to follow the lights, but usually that's the last thing to do when you wake up in a strange place and can't remember the night before." She tried for an easy, joking tone - you never knew how human children would react to the tribe.
withanethel: (Eugh what)

[personal profile] withanethel 2010-02-02 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
Œthel squinted harder. Luckily, her world hadn't reached the point where furries were commonplace, so she couldn't make that assumption.

"Uh, yeah, I guess not..." A dream, maybe? A pretty silly one, though. What on Janus was her subconscious trying to tell her?

"...what exactly are you?" she asked.

[identity profile] fiercerhyena.livejournal.com 2010-02-02 02:12 am (UTC)(link)
Grim Eyes snorted. This one wouldn't have lasted very long in the tribe. "I am a hyena, a daughter of She-is-Fiercer. Grim Eyes of Boneclaw Mother's tribe. You are a small human." The declaration was stating the obvious, but she supposed if the girl was questioning what Grim Eyes was, the next step would be wondering what she was herself. Addle-brained, probably, besides being badly sighted.
withanethel: (Consideration)

[personal profile] withanethel 2010-02-02 02:17 am (UTC)(link)
"I am not a human," she protested. If this person was going to make up ridiculous stories, Œthel might as well not math her way past her lies. "No, really, what are you?"

[identity profile] fiercerhyena.livejournal.com 2010-02-02 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
Grim Eyes twitched her ears. Ah, a mad human. Perfect. "You smell human. You look like an ape with no hair - human. You have no claws or teeth to hunt with - human. I bet if I bit you, you'd taste like it, too. Though I wouldn't, because you generally taste foul." That is, if the veiled priest she had tussled with was any indication. Their skin tasted like plant oils.
withanethel: (Eugh what)

[personal profile] withanethel 2010-02-02 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, Œthel couldn't quite help but draw back at that. Whatever this person was, she was rather creepy.

"Yeah, we taste pretty nasty. So don't even try, you... thing." She was kind of at a loss right now. She couldn't really be blamed.

[identity profile] fiercerhyena.livejournal.com 2010-02-02 02:25 am (UTC)(link)
"Like the oils from plants and the grit of stone all mixed together," Grim Eyes agreed, wrinkling her nose. "And I already gave you my name, girl. You're a rude child - if I was your mother I would smack you until your ears rang."
withanethel: (Oh really?)

[personal profile] withanethel 2010-02-02 02:26 am (UTC)(link)
"Too bad you're not my mother," she lied, affecting a sarcastic tone. "Look, are you going to be any help at all? I might as well go try to find someone else or fall off a cliff so I'll wake up, or whatever." Because that was what her mind had decided. She was dreaming. No other answer.

[identity profile] fiercerhyena.livejournal.com 2010-02-02 02:30 am (UTC)(link)
"A tragedy, but in a pinch the sisters of the tribe can affect discipline over particularly unruly children." The threat is mild and wry - she's dealt with intractable cubs before. "The voice said that more would be explained. I propose we follow the lights."
withanethel: (Eep)

[personal profile] withanethel 2010-02-02 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
"Because you're not the one who just said that's a bad idea." Thank the lord for sarcasm. It made her class so much easier to deal with. "Fine, I don't have any other ideas."

Probably wouldn't be very long until she woke up, anyway.

On a somewhat different level, she actually appreciated having run into some weird lady in a dog suit. It made her own nudity much less embarrassing.