cityship: (Stacy--Actual Face)
cityship ([personal profile] cityship) wrote in [community profile] trans_92010-08-01 12:28 pm

Podpop

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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.
ms_pepperpotts: (looking to the sky for answers)

[personal profile] ms_pepperpotts 2010-08-02 11:34 pm (UTC)(link)
"The last time I saw you was just after that press conference where you announced you were Iron Man." Pepper continued.

This didn't sound good. He was talking about things that hadn't happened, and Pepper worried the alcohol had finally started to turn his brain.

[identity profile] failsatsecrets.livejournal.com 2010-08-02 11:40 pm (UTC)(link)
"What...?" How could that much time have been blanked from her memory? "Pepper, that happened months before the race." Needless to say, he was pretty concerned now.
ms_pepperpotts: (think my bluetooth just cut out)

[personal profile] ms_pepperpotts 2010-08-03 12:30 am (UTC)(link)
"Did it? I would think I would remember watching you drive in a race. Have you been drinking? More than usual?" Pepper asked, voicing her concern, hand coming up to touch Tony's face.

[identity profile] failsatsecrets.livejournal.com 2010-08-03 12:41 am (UTC)(link)
His own hand came up to cover hers. "I was for a little while... But I know this all happened, Pepper. You really don't remember it?"
ms_pepperpotts: (&tony. want to but can't)

[personal profile] ms_pepperpotts 2010-08-03 01:18 am (UTC)(link)
She blinked at Tony. "No. Should I?"

[identity profile] failsatsecrets.livejournal.com 2010-08-03 01:25 am (UTC)(link)
"I would think you should. A lot happened. Including me handing the company over to you." He wasn't entirely sure he should bring up their relationship just yet.
ms_pepperpotts: (think my bluetooth just cut out)

[personal profile] ms_pepperpotts 2010-08-03 01:38 am (UTC)(link)
Okay. This was scary. Tony handed over the company to her? She was very good at her job, but to be the CEO of Stark Industries?

"Why did you do that?" She asked, after a long moment of gaping in shock. Tony had that particular skill of rendering her speechless.

[identity profile] failsatsecrets.livejournal.com 2010-08-03 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
She really didn't remember a damn thing...

"I thought I was dying. I didn't know anyone else who could handle taking over for me." Nevermind the fact that he made it particularly hard for her to run the company while running around living like there was no tomorrow.
ms_pepperpotts: (looking to the sky for answers)

[personal profile] ms_pepperpotts 2010-08-03 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
How could she remember when it didn't happen for her?

Wait. Full Stop. Dying?

"You thought you were DYING?" She said, her voice rising at the last word.

[identity profile] failsatsecrets.livejournal.com 2010-08-03 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
In hindsight, it probably hadn't been a good idea to bring that up. Oh well, no turning back now.

"The palladium in the arc reactor was poisoning me, and pretty quickly. But I found something better to use, so I'm not dying anytime soon." He really hoped that would keep her from freaking out.
ms_pepperpotts: (think my bluetooth just cut out)

[personal profile] ms_pepperpotts 2010-08-03 04:12 am (UTC)(link)
Pepper concentrated on breathing as she absorbed the news. The very thing that was keeping him alive was or did try to kill him.

"You were being poisoned by your arc reactor?" Pepper emphasized her point by touching the glowing circle on his chest.

She was torn. She had decided to not take him up on his offer just before the press conference, to protect herself from the thought of losing him, but now, now she was questioning that decision. He could have died from the arc reactor, could not have been in that pod, all sorts of what-ifs running through her head.



[identity profile] failsatsecrets.livejournal.com 2010-08-03 04:34 am (UTC)(link)
"I was. But now I'm not, so you don't need to worry about that." He could tell she was worrying unnecessarily, and his brilliant idea to fix this was to lean in and try to kiss her.
ms_pepperpotts: (&tony. want to but can't)

[personal profile] ms_pepperpotts 2010-08-04 04:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh this wasn't the place for this. For one thing they were both naked, and well considering certain thoughts that involved said state, but not here, covered in drying slime, and certainly not where others could see.

Pepper laid a finger on Tony's lips, and smiled. "I'm fine, Tony. You're here now, and that is what matters.

[identity profile] failsatsecrets.livejournal.com 2010-08-04 11:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Right. She wouldn't remember that they were together. He shouldn't be surprised by this. That's alright, it just meant he had to chase her again.

"Of course." He smiled slightly under her finger. "Now what do you say we find some clothes?"
ms_pepperpotts: (&tony. the perfect assistant)

[personal profile] ms_pepperpotts 2010-08-05 01:50 am (UTC)(link)
"That is the best idea I've heard from you today, Tony." Pepper smiled, stepping away. She started moving toward the lighted pathway.

[identity profile] failsatsecrets.livejournal.com 2010-08-05 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm sure I'll come up with something better before the day's over." He took a moment to let her walk ahead of him. Even if she did basically just reject him... There was no reason he couldn't enjoy watching her walk away.
ms_pepperpotts: (are you looking at my legs or the car?)

[personal profile] ms_pepperpotts 2010-08-05 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
"You always do, Tony." Maybe if you're really good, Pepper won't be walking away the next time you try to kiss her, Tony.

[identity profile] failsatsecrets.livejournal.com 2010-08-05 03:09 am (UTC)(link)
"Of course I do." That might not happen, then. Tony and "good" don't really work.
ms_pepperpotts: (Default)

[personal profile] ms_pepperpotts 2010-08-05 03:23 am (UTC)(link)
Pepper has faith in you, and she will never know the fail you had with the strawberries.

"That's my Tony," Pepper said, over her shoulder.

[identity profile] failsatsecrets.livejournal.com 2010-08-05 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
That wasn't entirely a failure. It showed that he was thinking of her, and strawberries came to mind. He just... Couldn't remember why they had.

Her only answer was a self-amused smirk.