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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] wanna-tke-apart.livejournal.com 2010-04-02 01:40 am (UTC)(link)
Confusion. And light.

They came first. The confusion was from the sudden slam to the ground. And the fact that everything felt very wet and sticky.

Winry blinked her eyes open. Where was she? Wasn't she just home? Wasn't she...?

"Ed...?" She mumbled on reflex, sitting up and looking around and-- naked. Fantastic. "Where am I...?"

The better question may be, How did I get here?

[identity profile] ermine-flash.livejournal.com 2010-04-02 01:59 am (UTC)(link)
Chamo was in heaven as he lead a sort of shell-shocked Negi everywhere. Despite the few naked guys and alien-types, there was always a pretty girl somewhere else.

Turning the corner, he gazed upon the latest arrival. A little short, but gloriously blond and chesty.

"I APPROVE!" exclaimed Chamo with a thumbs up, engaging Dirty Old Man Mode.

"... huh?" said Negi clueless for a moment.

[identity profile] chosenlightchld.livejournal.com 2010-04-02 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
Hikari was upset, barely able to keep the tears in her eyes. After everything, everything that they had do to save their world.

And it was all gone. And she was chosen to put a stop to this stuff. Again.

She held Tailmon to her chest tightly, the small feline digimon just as visibly upset as she was. She started walking, not really knowing where she should be headed...

And then she heard something say something loud and she blinked, looking over at a small, talking furry creature... leering at another naked blonde woman. "What are you...?"

[identity profile] wanna-tke-apart.livejournal.com 2010-04-02 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
Chamo should have spoken softer. Winry turned her head to see a boy (and a little ermine, but obviously that wasn't what was talking, right?).

Winry stared at him.

She stared.

And stared.

And stared.

And then she shrieked, leaped to her feet -- amazing how energized she felt -- and ran right at him, swinging a punch at his face (the boy, not the ermine).

(She missed her wrench. Where had it gone?)

[identity profile] ermine-flash.livejournal.com 2010-04-02 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
"Duck Aniki!" exclaimed Chamo moments before Negi was cold-cocked right on the jaw. He flew backwards, bouncing twice off the floor and skidded to a halt.

Any other time it would have earned a violation, but it was obviously done in comedic timing.

"Whoa, strong punch Anesan!" exclaimed Chamo from his position on the floor, looking up and leering at Winry. Then he noticed Tailmon and Hikari and wolf-whistled. "Looking good!"

[identity profile] chosenlightchld.livejournal.com 2010-04-02 03:03 am (UTC)(link)
Hikari blushed and stammered, holding Tailmon closer to her chest. "I.. what, you... what!?" she said, all rational thought at what was going on vanishing for the moment.

Tailmon growled and actually tried to break out of Hikari's arms to punch the little ermine before she realized that Hikari had a death-like grip on her. And that being held like this was the only thing keeping the creature from seeing Hikari completely naked.

[identity profile] wanna-tke-apart.livejournal.com 2010-04-02 03:14 am (UTC)(link)
The ermine. Was talking.

Whoops.

Winry blushed quite furiously and kicked at it.

[identity profile] hisfathersstaff.livejournal.com 2010-04-02 03:19 am (UTC)(link)
Chamo dodged expertly while leering quite openly as Negi groaned and sat up, rubbing his head. He looked at the two girls and blushed brilliant red. "I um, that is... to say..."

"Hey great timing aniki, you can introduce us to these lovely ladies!" exclaimed Chamo.

"Chamo-kun seriously..." Negi sighed and averted his eyes. "Negi Springfield. And Chamo..."

[identity profile] chosenlightchld.livejournal.com 2010-04-02 03:23 am (UTC)(link)
Hikari held Tailmon closer. "Umm... Yagami Hikari."

"I'm Tailmon..." Tailmon answered. Hikari was blushing a lot.
Edited 2010-04-02 03:23 (UTC)

[identity profile] wanna-tke-apart.livejournal.com 2010-04-02 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
Winry promptly aimed another kick at Chamo and then wrapped her arms around her chest.

"W-Winry Rockbell."

This was the most awkward introduction ever.

Had she not been so concerned with killing the little rodent, she would ask if any of them knew why they were here. Or where this was.

[identity profile] hisfathersstaff.livejournal.com 2010-04-02 04:02 am (UTC)(link)
"Nice to meet you three," said Negi, trying not to look. He had seen far too much in his short year of teaching.

At least none of them had gone for the bits like his class would have.

He coughed. "We should, um, find some clothing..."

[identity profile] chosenlightchld.livejournal.com 2010-04-02 04:06 am (UTC)(link)
Hikari just nodded, holding Tailmon closer to her. And Tailmon couldn't really move since well... Hikari was naked.

[identity profile] wanna-tke-apart.livejournal.com 2010-04-02 04:16 am (UTC)(link)
Quite honestly, she hated this. And she wanted to murder that little thing.

"...F-fine."

She was going to give up understanding anything. She'd heard a voice, right? Or was that a hallucination?

(Of course, she was going to let Negi and his perverted ermine lead. She didn't want anyone looking at her behind.)

[identity profile] hisfathersstaff.livejournal.com 2010-04-02 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
Negi got the look from the pair. Especially Winry. Swallowing, he turned around, still blushing fairly hard as he awkwardly goose-stepped towards the rooms where people were going to get changed and cleaned up. "I guess it's this way," he said.

"Good job Aniki, you scored two babes!" exclaimed Chamo in a low voice.

"Chamo-kun," he growled in a warning tone.

Sighing, Negi entered the room. What else could go wrong?

[identity profile] chosenlightchld.livejournal.com 2010-04-02 04:29 am (UTC)(link)
Hikari didn't say anything as she followed after the two of them, keeping Tailmon pressed against her body.

[identity profile] wanna-tke-apart.livejournal.com 2010-04-02 04:31 am (UTC)(link)
A moment passed.

"...Where are we, anyway?"

It was a very good question.

[identity profile] hisfathersstaff.livejournal.com 2010-04-02 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
"Well the telepathic message says we're on a ship headed through some kind of space as refugees," said Chamo.

"Champions of life," said Negi, a little bitterly. "Some champion I am..."

[identity profile] chosenlightchld.livejournal.com 2010-04-02 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
Hikari frowned. "I..."

Tailmon sighed. "Hikari..."

The young girl shook her head, still following after the others.

[identity profile] wanna-tke-apart.livejournal.com 2010-04-02 04:59 am (UTC)(link)
"...What does that mean, 'refugees'?" She knew what the word meant.

But she was positive she'd hallucinated that message, because it couldn't be true.

[identity profile] hisfathersstaff.livejournal.com 2010-04-02 03:29 pm (UTC)(link)
"Like the ship said, anesans," said Chamo as he pointed at the pair of them. "Look at where we are: covered in goo in a holding area with hundreds if not thousands of pods. We've been saved, the way I see it."

"Chamo..."

"Hey, just throwing out suggestions here."

[identity profile] chosenlightchld.livejournal.com 2010-04-04 10:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Tailmon frowned. "We're saved... really?" She asked, not really believing that suggestion for a second.

Hikari frowned, just holding Tailmon closer to her.

[identity profile] wanna-tke-apart.livejournal.com 2010-04-04 10:03 pm (UTC)(link)
"...We're kidnapped sounds more like it," Winry grumbled.

The implications of "saved" disturbed her. What were they saved from?

[identity profile] hisfathersstaff.livejournal.com 2010-04-04 10:05 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah it does sound like that," replied Chamo with a shrug of his tiny shoulders. "But I'm inclined not to look a gift horse in the mouth."

"Couldn't save them," muttered Negi, still a little out of it. "So something else does it for me..."

[identity profile] chosenlightchld.livejournal.com 2010-04-04 10:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Hikari just kept frowning as they kept moving. "But... what about everyone else... why..."

[identity profile] wanna-tke-apart.livejournal.com 2010-04-04 10:37 pm (UTC)(link)
"...Everyone else is probably fine."

They were approaching a staircase.

Winry started to realize that she had no idea where these two people were from-- and each had a talking animal. Aliens? Well, I'm already on a ship in space. But aliens are supposed to be...

She would have to apologize for doubting Sheska. If she ever saw her again.