cityship: (Stacy--Actual Face)
cityship ([personal profile] cityship) wrote in [community profile] trans_92011-10-01 12:17 am

Podpop

Instructions: Post your character with one post establishing them as being podpopped. Tag each other in groups of 2's, 3's, and 4's, to get some interaction to start with. If a thread doesn't already have 2 or 3 people tagged in, tag it with your character's podpop popping near the other people, rather than making a new subthread. If you would like to play out them talking to the AI, please send an email to the mods making the request--we do this only by request. Then move onto the big Newbie Meeting. Once your character has gotten the rundown from the old crew, you may start posting entrance posts and freely tagging.]


||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] becoming-more.livejournal.com 2011-10-02 12:29 am (UTC)(link)
"Ah--!" Aeryn clapped a hand to her neck where the little insect girl had stung her. She'd definitely gotten on her nerves now.

"No," she retorted, her other hand held in front of her to ward off another attack. "I'd say you are definitely-- a bug." Aeryn lunged forward, grabbing to capture the little tralk.

[identity profile] volatile-vespa.livejournal.com 2011-10-02 04:45 am (UTC)(link)
She didn't have time for this! Janet flew further away to land on a safe spot and decided return to her normal size. "Look, sorry if I scared and injured you but I am kind of in a hurry to meet my boyfriend. I'll lead you to the exit." She said everything in rapid speed and crossed her arms for some modesty.

[identity profile] becoming-more.livejournal.com 2011-10-02 05:16 am (UTC)(link)
Even with all she'd seen aboard Moya and as a Peacekeeper, Aeryn wasn't quite prepared for the bug to transform into a full-sized girl. She startled, blinking quickly. Then her eyes narrowed in suspicion.

"'Meet him'? Meet him where?" For that matter, how did the girl even know her friend was here?

[identity profile] volatile-vespa.livejournal.com 2011-10-02 07:57 am (UTC)(link)
"Obs Deck. I woke up before, long story." Janet looked around anxiously, the seconds that ticked by were very precious to her.

"If we walk up this flight of stairs, we will be clothed and some possessions given to us and then we'll meet up with the rest on this ship."

[identity profile] becoming-more.livejournal.com 2011-10-04 06:40 am (UTC)(link)
"And then what?" Aeryn wanted to know, not budging in the slightest. "Why are we here?"

Sorry for the late reply!

[identity profile] volatile-vespa.livejournal.com 2011-10-06 10:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Janet sighed and placed a palm on her forehead. "We will know about the truth. Why we're here. There are plenty of people who will help us."

She then shrank back to her wasp form. "Can we please go now?" Her voice was strained with impatience.

[identity profile] becoming-more.livejournal.com 2011-10-11 02:32 am (UTC)(link)
"No," Aeryn said curtly. She stepped closer to the little bug, suspicious. The more this insect girl said, the less Aeryn trusted her.

"Do you already know why we're here?"

[identity profile] volatile-vespa.livejournal.com 2011-10-12 06:23 am (UTC)(link)
Janet rolled her eyes and crossed her arms and legs in the air. "Did you listen to the voice? She said there's this race called the Ohm that destroys worlds. Unfortunately, ours has been eliminated by them. We're fighting to protect the other remaining worlds and there's still a chance our homes might be restored."

[identity profile] becoming-more.livejournal.com 2011-10-13 01:28 am (UTC)(link)
"I heard it. I'm not sure I believe it." Aeryn stared the girl down-- which was difficult when she was so tiny. She could feel her eyes trying to cross.

"But apparently you do."

[identity profile] volatile-vespa.livejournal.com 2011-10-13 12:56 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well, I heard you can get your memories restored to the point where you got taken by the ship... Pretty real to me."

Her wings kept fluttering as she sat still and she was slowly drifting away from the lady.