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cityship ([personal profile] cityship) wrote in [community profile] trans_92012-01-01 07:38 pm

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] paidinbeer.livejournal.com 2012-01-02 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
Orc was never the smartest boy.

He wasn't really aware of this till he was in school and by then it was too late. He knew he wasn't smart and there wasn't much he could do about that...or so he reasoned.

But he was strong, and mean, and big. And these were his advantages.

But smart? Never. So as he trudged after the other people, listening to words in his head with no idea what they meant he wondered if it was simply because he wasn't smart...or if it was something more. Either way he couldn't figure out what was going on. The voice was talking but it was like someone trying to explain complicated math to him. He had missed something and just couldn't catch up.

So he trudged along, massive heavy stone feat making loud deep noises with each step.

The one thing he was aware of those was...that he was horrifyingly sober. He could feel everything, he was fully aware, and coherent.

Which meant he had so much to think about...and that's why he wasn't paying attention to those around him. Becareful so you don't get stepped on by a 8ft tall rock creature.

Edited 2012-01-02 01:48 (UTC)
greatergone: (universes biggest doobie)

[personal profile] greatergone 2012-01-02 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
Kais was paying attention when he stepped out, being perfectly accustomed to following orders when in a situation that confused him. Unfortunately, he was also small in comparison to humans, standing a little over half the height of the huge rock creature.

It didn't help, though, that without his armor functions, he had awful depth perception and he didn't realize how close it was. That is, until it practically knocked him on his butt. Kais didn't complain but Orc probably felt the impact with the blue skinned alien.

[identity profile] paidinbeer.livejournal.com 2012-01-02 02:01 am (UTC)(link)
Had Orc been drinking...as he wished so dearly, he might not have but in this horribly sharp state of awareness he did and looked down confused at first, as if he couldn't comprehend what had just happened.
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[personal profile] greatergone 2012-01-02 02:04 am (UTC)(link)
Kais pulled himself to his feet and looked up at Orc with his eyes that disturbingly lacked pupils. Polite...he had ot be polite. This was clearly a first encounter and manners for this type of situation had been implanted on his consciousness as a newborn.

"My apologies. It seems I was in your way."

[identity profile] paidinbeer.livejournal.com 2012-01-02 02:12 am (UTC)(link)
Orc was slightly taken aback...ok down right startled by the persons appearance, but his muscles tightened in response.

"Yeah. Do somethin' about that." He growled in a gravely voice, the one he had gotten used to but still felt so strange to him coming out of his mouth.
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[personal profile] greatergone 2012-01-02 02:16 am (UTC)(link)
The memory imprinting took over his reactions, a necessary thing since Kais would normally take the fight or flight approach to being confronted by someone so big.

Instead, he offered up a four fingered hand in the human gesture of handshaking.

"I shall. My name is Shas'la T'au Kais. We...will be working together?"

[identity profile] paidinbeer.livejournal.com 2012-01-02 02:25 am (UTC)(link)
Orc looked at the hand, as if it was some kind of a trick question. Why wouldn't some tiny monster thing shake hands? He held out a massive paw made of stone but didn't grip the hand, afraid of his own strength.

"Sure?"
greatergone: (nooooooooope)

[personal profile] greatergone 2012-01-02 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
Kais would be thankful of that once he was more comfortable with his surroundings. But he did try his best to shake his...paw hand.

"I believe we were given instructions of a place to go so I apologize for not being able to linger."

[identity profile] paidinbeer.livejournal.com 2012-01-02 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
What was he talking about? Oh right the voice.

"You heard that too?" Another stupid question, Orc was just racking up the dumb points today. But if anyone called him on it he's just...well he couldn't hit anyone he might accidentally kill them and he wouldn't do that again, at least not on accident.
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[personal profile] greatergone 2012-01-02 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
"I did hear the voice. It must have went out to everyone." He shook his head. "We must fight these creatures and defeat them for the Greater Good."

[identity profile] paidinbeer.livejournal.com 2012-01-02 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
see...when you put it like that it made so much more sense.

"Where are they?" Another stupid question he was sure but as he lumbered along with the rest of the naked people he found himself wondering if this was just some new trick of the FAYZ.
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[personal profile] greatergone 2012-01-02 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
He shook his head and followed along behind Orc. "I do not know. We will find out, I guess."