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cityship ([personal profile] cityship) wrote in [community profile] trans_92010-04-01 07:04 pm

Snap, Crackle, and POP

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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 phosphorescenet 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] kirasaves.livejournal.com 2010-04-02 12:46 am (UTC)(link)
He couldn't find Lacus, no - and to be honest, Kira was starting to worry about that. But there were others, others he didn't recognize.

But he'd been here before, and they looked... well, stunned, most of them. "Are you all right?"

[identity profile] mercjedi.livejournal.com 2010-04-02 12:48 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah I'm alright," Kyle said as he shook his head. Glancing at the speaker he didn't recognize him. "Any idea what's going on? Besides the talking ship."

[identity profile] kirasaves.livejournal.com 2010-04-02 01:03 am (UTC)(link)
"Kind of," Kira said, still looking around them for any sight of the girl, before he looked back at the older man. "I've... been here before. I... I guess they put me back in the pods?"

"I'm not really sure," he admitted.

[identity profile] mercjedi.livejournal.com 2010-04-02 01:21 am (UTC)(link)
"Wait they put you back in those things?" Kyle gave an exaggerated shudder. Being covered in this goo once was bad enough, but twice? "You sure you're alright? You seem a bit vague on the details."

[identity profile] kirasaves.livejournal.com 2010-04-02 01:57 am (UTC)(link)
"I... I'm not sure," he repeated, holding a hand to his head. "It feels really fuzzy - like it was a really vivid dream or something."

"I don't remember a lot of it. Just that I was... here before."

[identity profile] mercjedi.livejournal.com 2010-04-02 02:01 am (UTC)(link)
That worried Kyle. It might mean somebody drugged the boy or somehow messed with his mind. "So just go along with it, and all will be explained is what you're saying?"

[identity profile] kirasaves.livejournal.com 2010-04-02 02:15 am (UTC)(link)
"I... I remember," Kira said, frowning, "There were something that... they destroyed entire worlds. We were told we were here to stop them. I'm not sure," he shook his head, "It seems more distant than I thought."

"I don't know if we'll get any answers beyond that."

[identity profile] mercjedi.livejournal.com 2010-04-02 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
Great another Death Star or something like it. What was it with the evil people in the galaxy and destroying worlds? "Thank you for that much at least."

[identity profile] kirasaves.livejournal.com 2010-04-02 02:42 am (UTC)(link)
"You're welcome. ...sorry I can't be more help," he said, and there was quiet frustration in his voice that he couldn't remember more.

"I'm Kira, by the way. Kira Yamato."

[identity profile] mercjedi.livejournal.com 2010-04-02 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
"Kyle Katarn," he said and offered his hand. Goo or not no reason to not be friendly.

[identity profile] kirasaves.livejournal.com 2010-04-02 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
Kira shook some slime off of his hand before reaching out to take Kyle's. "It's good to meet you, Kyle. I'm sorry it's not under better circumstances."

[identity profile] mercjedi.livejournal.com 2010-04-02 03:03 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm rather used to meetings under circumstances like this." He was smirking when he said it. "Of course I'm also used to having pants at those meetings."

[identity profile] kirasaves.livejournal.com 2010-04-02 04:10 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh, uh." Kira's faced turned a little red as Kyle pointed that out. "Well, there's... Stacy, she gives you these plantsuits, so if you'd rather do that we can-- it isn't far, I don't think."

[identity profile] mercjedi.livejournal.com 2010-04-02 04:57 am (UTC)(link)
"Thanks, I'll go check it out then." Clothing of any kind would certainly be welcome.

[identity profile] kirasaves.livejournal.com 2010-04-02 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah. That's..." he looked away. "Probably a good idea. I'll come."