Pod-Pop

[cityship]

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

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

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

Pop. Poppop. KASCHUNKhiiiiiissss.

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[cityship]

||Are you certain you do not desire a mild sedative, Elle Bishop?|| the disembodied voice asked once again. Only this time a long meaty arm emerged from out of nowhere with a long, angry-looking needle attached to it.

[electricityjolt.livejournal.com]

Elle jerked back in surprise. Yikes. While every instinct in her head was screaming Electrocute that thing, kill it!, Elle wasn't sure if she wanted to find out what else could come out of those walls. The "mild sedative" was freakish enough.

"Positive," she spat, eyeing the needle warily as the electric ball in her hand sizzled out. Whoever her warden was, they were running a tight ship.

Shooting the needle one last glare, Elle decided to try investigating the podcaverns. She didn't really feel like talking to the voice anymore.

[cityship]

The needle and arm withdraw back into the ship, leaving no sign that it had ever been there. The disembodied voice is noticeably silent for a few moments, allowing Elle the opportunity to explore the caverns on her own before finally speaking again.

||Do you require assistance in locating what it is you are looking for, Elle Bishop?||

[electricityjolt.livejournal.com]

Elle was going nowhere. She just kept getting lost between rows of pods... The gooey unconscious people reminded her of corpses - it was pretty unsettling, seeing so many of them suspended in motion like that.

"I'm looking for a way out," she grumbled. "Where's the door in this stupid thing?"

[cityship]

||Where do you wish to go?|| the voice inquired.

[electricityjolt.livejournal.com]

She frowned. "I don't know! I just want to get out!"

[cityship]

||The ship has no exits,|| the voice said. No escape!!!

[electricityjolt.livejournal.com]

"Then why did you even ask?!" She made a face.

Elle was prepared to ignore the voice again, but- "...Wait, ship?"

[cityship]

||Yes.||

[electricityjolt.livejournal.com]

This was getting stranger and stranger by the second. Feeling a little dizzy, Elle was didn't speak for a minute or two, trying to digest all of this.

"So... Where are you taking me?"

[cityship]

||You have been Chosen for a Great Purpose.|| The voice is good at vague. It has mad skillz in vague!

[electricityjolt.livejournal.com]

...

"Huh."

That didn't tell her much... Or, really, anything at all. Elle resumed wandering through the podcaverns, thinking.

[cityship]

The voice allows her to wander, again, before interjecting.

||Do you desire clothing, Elle Bishop?||

[electricityjolt.livejournal.com]

"Uh... Yeah?"

She crossed her arms, annoyed. "Don't you think you should've helped me with that a little earlier?" Creepy intercom.

[cityship]

||You did not ask.||

She's got a point, Elle. But, hey, she's asking now. That's worth something, right?

[electricityjolt.livejournal.com]

"You're not very helpful, you know..."

She gestured at the monotonous expanse of pods. "I didn't know where to find any!"

[cityship]

Just then--as if to prove her wrong--a series of phosphorescent pustules formed on the floor, starting at Elle's feet and leading off to a large, winding ramp in the distance.

||Follow the lights.||

[electricityjolt.livejournal.com]

Oh. Well. That certainly made things easier.

"Thanks," Elle muttered grudgingly, still incredibly distrustful of the entire situation, but not particularly wanting to hang around this place much longer.

She could've told me about THAT earlier, too.

[cityship]

The trail leads Elle up to a large cylindrical chamber with numerous vine-like tendrils hanging from the ceiling. In the middle of the room, set into the floor, is metal circle.

||Step into the circle.||

[electricityjolt.livejournal.com]

"Ooookayyy..."

She followed the voice's instructions, looking around the room suspiciously. Weird. They weren't going to try and probe her or something, right? Elle was really starting to consider the idea that she'd been abducted by aliens.

[cityship]

No, Elle, no probing, but...


INVASION OF THE BODY-SNATCHING SEAWEED OF DEATH!!!

...hehe, just kidding.

The tendrils suddenly grab hold of Elle and lift her off the ground, sliding over her body to wrap her in a dark-green, leafy body suit. When they set her down again, she is fully dressed and even cleaned off a bit.

[electricityjolt.livejournal.com]

"W-Whoa!" Jarring, much?

She tugged on the green fabric-...-like substance. "What's this thing made of?"

[cityship]

||That information is classified.||

[electricityjolt.livejournal.com]

"...Right."

Again, the voice was pretty useless. What a pain. Elle continued out the chamber, examining the suit material on her arm.

[cityship]

Not useless. Just vague.

||Do you wish to obtain your belongings from the Weapons & Possessions Locker at this time?||