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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] eye-of-blundera.livejournal.com 2011-04-02 02:12 pm (UTC)(link)
"Really? They don't look that different from what I've seen before." Lion-O says as he takes another quick glance at the people.

"You sound like you're pretty well traveled."

[identity profile] expendable-mind.livejournal.com 2011-04-02 02:17 pm (UTC)(link)
"Been to more planets than I'd like to think of. From the core worlds to past the fringe worlds. Hell even portals and gateways to even darker regions. But that's the life of someone like me." He nodded at the man-cat-person in front of him. "I take it you're fine with all this too? What the voice said?"

[identity profile] eye-of-blundera.livejournal.com 2011-04-02 02:38 pm (UTC)(link)
"Wow. I've only been to two." Lion-O says with a grin, then nods. "Yes, I'm fine with it, as long as it's telling the truth. There's always a chance that it's a trick, but it looks like we may have to just go along with it until we get some more answers."

[identity profile] expendable-mind.livejournal.com 2011-04-02 02:45 pm (UTC)(link)
"Don' seem like we got much of a choice unless ya wana tuck yerself right back into the slime sacks." He said with a confident grin, patting Lion-O on the shoulder.

"So you got a name man? Cat... Man cat person?" he didn't seem worried about the fact he was different, and even less at trying to make what to call him.

[identity profile] eye-of-blundera.livejournal.com 2011-04-02 03:25 pm (UTC)(link)
"You can call me Lion-O." He replies with a smile. "I'm Lord of the ThunderCats. I'd ask if you've heard of them, but it seems as though no one here has. And what is your name?"

[identity profile] expendable-mind.livejournal.com 2011-04-02 03:36 pm (UTC)(link)
"Nope, never heard of em, tho it sounds like something some of the flight squads might name their flight." He shrugged, "Don't got one, I am no one after all. Jus' a number, Agent 779, code name Splicer."

[identity profile] eye-of-blundera.livejournal.com 2011-04-02 05:02 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well you look like someone to me, Splicer. Come on, lets see where these lights take us."

[identity profile] expendable-mind.livejournal.com 2011-04-02 05:19 pm (UTC)(link)
He smirked, nodded, and followed along the lit path. "Hopefully into some grub, I could use a meal."

Little did he know that only SLOP awaited him! Oh the horrors!