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cityship ([personal profile] cityship) wrote in [community profile] trans_92011-01-01 02:54 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 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.

[identity profile] unicornjesus.livejournal.com 2011-01-10 04:26 pm (UTC)(link)
The unicorn exhaled, relaxing a little. "I doubt that. This is not my home or any land that I know."

He paused, considering. "Do either of you hail from this strange land?"

[identity profile] alwaysamoirail.livejournal.com 2011-01-11 01:03 am (UTC)(link)
"No," replied Kanaya, grateful that this at least wouldn't be a hostile situation. Even the best-blooded of the lusii could be aggressive, and a wild hoofbeast was a different situation entirely. "At least, I do not. I cannot speak for the human, of course."
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[personal profile] makeherblue 2011-01-11 04:13 am (UTC)(link)
The Doctor kept his hands visible and up where the unicorn could see them. It wasn't quite a full "I surrender" but it was certainly getting there. He'd rather not get gored by a unicorn if he could help it. The Doctor glanced at the other passenger at his side: a gray-skinned alien with these downright gorgeous horns protruding from her head. Really, they were both quite lovely people, if a little jumpy (well, the unicorn was actually the jumpy one, not the horned alien). The Doctor kept his hands up in a quarter of a surrender.

"No threats, I like that," the Doctor said, "Not from around here, no. I'm the Doctor and she is..."

The Doctor paused, about to introduce someone he'd just met for the first time. It would have helped if he had known her name or even what she was in the first place. The Doctor half-turned toward his gray-skinned friend, with slight frown on his slime-streaked face.

"Who are you, anyway? Love the horns, both of you."

He didn't correct her on the "human" mistake: it wasn't the first time he'd been mistake for one. Surface resemblance.
Edited 2011-01-11 04:14 (UTC)

[identity profile] alwaysamoirail.livejournal.com 2011-01-11 09:17 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm Kanaya Maryam," replied the alien girl; her posture was still a bit tense, but she managed to relax enough to smooth a lock of wet hair away from her eyes. "It's good to meet you, Doctor..." She paused, then looked back at the hoofbeast, finishing as best she could think of. "... sir. So neither of you know what's going on either? And you both..."

She gestured broadly towards the pods, trusting that the slime told the story.