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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] projectkr-e-16.livejournal.com 2011-04-02 01:09 am (UTC)(link)
Suuperboy stood out of the pod as if it was natural to him. Indeed, at first he thought he was back at the lab, before his senses kicked in and he realized he was covered in goo.

He barely noticed he was naked. But he definitely heard the "Hey! Hey! A little help here? I think I'm stuck in the worse dream I've had since Mother told me you can mix Ambien with shnapps."

He had no clue what this meant, and though he heard what Stacy said it was less important than yelling man. He didn't know what the Ohm were and this Stacy was a no good telepath anyway. Couldn't trust anything from them, so he decided to go with helping the random guy.

"What's wrong?" He asked.

[identity profile] i-had-one4this.livejournal.com 2011-04-02 05:23 am (UTC)(link)
"Uh, I just woke up in a pile of lube without any strippers and without my gun, I'd say there's a lot wrong," Sterling says, as if he couldn't possibly fathom the guy approaching being any more dense.

[identity profile] projectkr-e-16.livejournal.com 2011-04-02 05:26 am (UTC)(link)
Superboy just blinked at him, "Oh." He couldn't argue with that, but it wasn't like there was much they could do about it as far as he could tell. "I did to." He added.

[identity profile] i-had-one4this.livejournal.com 2011-04-02 05:55 am (UTC)(link)
"And this doesn't bother you?"

[identity profile] projectkr-e-16.livejournal.com 2011-04-02 05:57 am (UTC)(link)
"I've seen worse." He said. Contrary to his words, Superboy did seem rather annoyed, though he didn't seem to pay any attention whatsoever to his nudity.

[identity profile] i-had-one4this.livejournal.com 2011-04-02 06:29 am (UTC)(link)
"Well, yeah. On a scale of one to ten, this is probably a seven," Archer says, then pauses. "Point five," he adds.

He doesn't seem too perturbed by the nudity either, but as far as he's concerned, he's got nothing to be ashamed of. If he were to list his best features - and he did, once - several of his body parts would make it onto the top ten. He looks over at the lights on the floor. "So what, we go down the runway and knock on the door?"

[identity profile] projectkr-e-16.livejournal.com 2011-04-02 06:39 am (UTC)(link)
Superboy looked at the hallway, "There isn't anywhere else to go." He said with a harumph. But he did start to walk in that direction. Clearly the man was fine, so Superboy wasn't needed anymore.