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cityship ([personal profile] cityship) wrote in [community profile] trans_92011-04-01 12:09 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] burnedbrighter.livejournal.com 2011-04-01 09:57 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yes, but I advanced faster then any others. Rightfully so." She smiled and her eyes unfocused again as she thought back to happier days. "A prodigy, the daughter of the Firelord, my skills grew so fast few teachers could keep up with me."

[identity profile] twilit-midna.livejournal.com 2011-04-01 10:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, charming. Now she was bragging about herself. Midna suppressed a sigh, pretending to listen closely to Azula's speech about he skills and her prodigy status. These lights were going on forever.

"So I guess you went through a lot of them. Teachers, I mean. Must have been the good life."

[identity profile] burnedbrighter.livejournal.com 2011-04-01 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)
"The best." She sighed and then her voice sharply lowered, "Until Uncle and my brother ruined everything." And there was the dark angry eyes again. "Traitors, cowards."

[identity profile] twilit-midna.livejournal.com 2011-04-01 10:58 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh yeah? What happened?"

Midna had the feeling that she was about to find out whether she asked or not.

[identity profile] burnedbrighter.livejournal.com 2011-04-01 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)
"The betrayed their family and their country!" She growled her pace quickening in her anger, "Father had everything in order. We had the world in our hands and they allied themselves with the enemy. Attacked and stabbed us in the back. Everything our family had ever worked for destroyed in an instant because of my FOOL OF A BROTHER!" She screamed her voice echoing in the hall. Everyone had already given them a wide path.

[identity profile] twilit-midna.livejournal.com 2011-04-01 11:14 pm (UTC)(link)
She barely understood what Azula was screaming about, but Midna was pretty sure she didn't want to be this brother that seemed to be the center of this tirade.

"So you were going to invade some other country and they messed up your plan?"

[identity profile] burnedbrighter.livejournal.com 2011-04-01 11:17 pm (UTC)(link)
"We had already won! The world was ours and they tore it apart!" She was lost to the world now, "That water peasant, I'll destroy her slowly...let Zuko hear her screams and let him know he brought it all"

[identity profile] twilit-midna.livejournal.com 2011-04-01 11:31 pm (UTC)(link)
"Look," she said, finally beginning to lose her patience, "I'm sorry about what happened to you. But you don't have the right to seize other people's realms whenever you want. They don't belong to you. And if your brother stopped you from doing that, well, he was probably right to do it."

[identity profile] burnedbrighter.livejournal.com 2011-04-01 11:36 pm (UTC)(link)
"Who are you to say?" She shot finally settling her wild eyes on Midna, "We had every right! We took the world because it was destiny! He turned his back on his family and his nation while we fought to do what was best for everyone."

[identity profile] twilit-midna.livejournal.com 2011-04-01 11:41 pm (UTC)(link)
"Right. Destiny. Is that what makes you better than them? Because it looks like destiny bucked you right off the saddle.

"My people tried the whole conquering game. It didn't work, and look where it got them. You can talk about how it was best for everyone, but I think what you really mean is best for you."

[identity profile] burnedbrighter.livejournal.com 2011-04-01 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Azula let out a furious scream and took a swipe at Midna, "I don't need to tolerate this, If all you planned to do was tear me down then begone!" Just like all the other figments. She should have known better then to let her guard down.

Every single time...

[identity profile] twilit-midna.livejournal.com 2011-04-01 11:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Midna darted backwards to avoid the blow; it was easy to do when you could fly. "I'm not here to 'tear you down'. I do want to help you. But I don't have to sit here and listen to how great your life would have been if you could only have crushed the lives out of all your enemies."

[identity profile] burnedbrighter.livejournal.com 2011-04-01 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)
"Then you shouldn't have asked!" She shot back and turned on heel to try and abandon this hovering pest. It seemed she couldn't even trust her own hallucinations to support her.

She was more alone then ever despite being surrounded.

[identity profile] twilit-midna.livejournal.com 2011-04-02 12:02 am (UTC)(link)
"That's the wrong way," Midna called after the retreating woman.

She felt sorry for Azula, but heck, maybe it was better this way. Midna certainly had no idea how to deal with someone else's demons. If she saw Azula again, maybe she'd try a different tack.