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THE N E S T ([personal profile] onemind) wrote in [community profile] station722016-03-14 01:56 pm

[HATCH LOG] IS ANYONE THERE?

CHARACTERS: All
WHERE: Station 72
WHEN: Day :150
SUMMARY: Today is the day you wake up.
WARNINGS: None; will edit if necessary.






A MOMENT AGO it seemed like you willingly took the hand of someone beckoning to safety.


NOW YOU WAKE UP in one of many chambers of Station 72’s nesting deck. If you had wounds, they’re (mostly) gone; if you had doubts they are - for the split second between dreaming and waking - gently reassured. This is correct. This is right. You’re safe here. The only question is what here is exactly.

The compartment you find yourself in is small, though gently padded for comfort with enough elbow and head -room to not be wholly claustrophobic. Still, it’s difficult to re-orient yourself; the best way to get to the chamber’s built in ladder and down to the smooth, polished white floor of the nesting is to simply roll over onto your belly and go out feet first.

First thing’s first though: get rid of that tube running from the rear wall of the chamber to the base of your skull. The moment you’ve done that, there’s the sensation like a rubber band popping - a string in your hand being jerked. The headache that punches in falls like the heavy end of a hammer - not serious, but surprisingly abrupt - as a of combination confusion, resolve, anxiety, certainty, delight, and fear and expectation finds you. In fades after a moment, churning to a low dull pressure and a faint hum. It’s feels like standing outside the door of a small party, sounds muffled and incomprehensible. Some pieces rise and swell above the others then fall again. Strain your ears and realize you’re hearing nothing at all.

On the plus side, you’re not hooked into the compartment anymore. Slide out and onto the ladder, though not too fast or you’ll miss the small cubicle built into the wall near the mouth of the chamber. In the cubicle are all the things you brought with you, every small piece you own of the home you left behind. There’s a neatly folded pair of something like white pajamas there as well. They’re definitely in your size, though you have the option not to wear them since you’re still in the clothes you left home in. Granted, for some of you that might not exactly be a blessing. Your clothes haven’t exactly been laundered or repaired, so best hope you didn’t bleed or sweat on them too much during your escape.

Sliding free from the chamber pod and stepping out onto the ladder, you’ll find yourself in an open space. The room is broad and pale and clean, its sloping walls featuring dozens and dozens of holes like the one you just wiggled out of. There are more ladders and a few other people climbing down, or stareing, or already down on the nesting deck’s floor but the sixteen - seventeen, including yourself - people present would hardly fill even a sixth of the room’s available accommodations.

The noise is louder when you near any of the others. It’s as if you've entered the party yourself. Identifiable now is the low wash of feelings, a hum of emotions that only serves to make the slight headache worsen. They feel genuine. They feel like they could belong to you. Still, that pressure in your head doesn't worry you --Shouldn't it worry you? Does worrying - about the headache, about the world and people you left behind, or the strange place you’re in now, the odd collection of people you’re with and the fact that you feel strangely drawn to five or six of them - make the headache better? Or worse?

If you manage to push the sound aside and listen with your true ears, you'd notice you can't hear anything besides this small group of fellow hosts: their footsteps, their oddly sharp breathing. There’s no sound of traffic, no wind in the trees, no birds, no hum of a ship. Only circulating air and silence.

You may not know what a brood is, but finding yours is easy. There are minds among these strangers that call to yours, their voices louder than the rest, their feelings sharper. The nearer to you they are, the more comfortable you feel. Is that strange? You don't know them, but you do. There are few answers to be found on the nesting deck.

Eventually you will have no choice but to head out of the room. There’s only one way out that you can see: up through a spiraling hallway that arches overhead. When it opens again the space seems slightly less alien. There are doorways of a kind lining the walls and each one opens to a small, nearly normal room. There are no doors, so it's easy to see all the rooms are vacant. In seventeen of them there are items neatly stacked on the bed. Most are hygiene supplies. Some of them - a toothbrush, comb, razor - may be familiar to you. Others less so. There's a flat horizontal ledge beside the bed with a small light and a single drawer. Another table, apparently built into the wall, sits across the room with a chair. A mirror is on the desk; it’s slightly mundane and not quite to the Station’s style.

This room is yours for the moment. It doesn't mean someone won't want to trade - or take. Beyond this life support deck stretches the rest of Station 72. It is quiet and and twisting and perfectly inert.

At its most familiar, the Station is merely a still, empty ship with broad chambers and gently mottled light. At its worst, it’s an Escher painting of strange angles and bizarre platforms that seems grown as much as built. There are many ways to many places and while it seems all doors and passages open to you, there’s an unshakeable feeling that the space doesn’t quite match up - that there’s even more to the Station which you can’t yet see. Don’t get lost!




For now, you reach the floor of the nesting deck. When you do, something blooms in your mind. A voice, disturbingly lacking any identifying traits but warm and comfortable like sweetened milk, says:

( ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬...There you are...▬▬▬..Welcome to Station 72 ▬▬. )


If you follow the thread of that voice, you’ll eventually find your way either to Cathaway on the bridge or The Prince in the training wing.








((OOC Notes: Welcome to Station 72! Feel free to check out the SETTINGS page for more information about the Station. If you have any questions about the setting itself, feel free to ask them there; otherwise, please direct all questions to either the FAQ or MOD CONTACT pages.

Prince’s top level should be live in the evening! Keep an eye out for it if you want him to give your character the introduction spiel instead of Cathaway.

Happy hatchday, everyone! :) ))




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[personal profile] decommission 2016-03-22 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
[ A light snort. The instructions narrow it down, and once he's got the tool in hand he heads straight for ship. ]

You look like you know what you're doing. [ There's still faint humor in his voice, curiosity pulsing behind it. He stretches his arm up, offering the screwvodriver. ]
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[personal profile] apoptotic 2016-03-23 04:40 am (UTC)(link)
[ he takes it in hand, the click of metal on metal sounding when the servodriver touches his palm. anakin gives steve a nonverbal gesture of thanks. turning his attention to the task at hand, he speaks without looking up. ]

I've been taking things apart and putting them back together as long as I can remember.

[ droids, ships, engines, repulsors… it was relaxing. as close to peaceful as anakin knew. he is in desperate need of anything that would grant him a measure of peace. he needs to take his mind off of what being here means. ]
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[personal profile] decommission 2016-03-23 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
A mechanic? [ He understands the need to work, to keep busy. Steve would be doing the same himself, that's how he wandered into the hangar in the first place - but everything even if he were good with tools and machines there's nothing here that looks recognizable. ]

What're you working on there? [ The question isn't just for small talk. There's a lot he has to learn, and even he knows there's no figuring out all of it by himself, not unless he wants it to take forever. ]
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[personal profile] apoptotic 2016-03-26 01:00 am (UTC)(link)
[ no. perhaps in some of their tasks for those skilled in the technical aspects of their tools. a jedi is far more. far greater. requiring the greatest discipline. a deeper commitment. anakin's lips part to correct steve on that point.

they press shut without answer. what is he now? a jedi knight in a place where there are no other jedi. the force become a thin hum of the deep ocean it had been. the war is far away, and he will not return to it. mechanic suits him fine. he can fix things. the old childish boast slaps his ears: he always was good at fixing things.
]

Climb up, [ he offers. ] You can see better.
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[personal profile] decommission 2016-03-26 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
[ He notices the slight pause, tucks it away without mention. At the offer he gives the ship a once-over, gripping the side of the wing to test his weight against it. This isn't a seamless jump - he's all slim, gangly limbs as he hoists himself up onto the ship's wing, swinging one leg over - then the other. He manages well enough on his own, not looking to the man for help, and sitting up straight with his legs over the side, peering at whatever it is that's being worked on. ]
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[personal profile] apoptotic 2016-03-28 02:16 am (UTC)(link)
[ for his part, anakin makes no move to help. if he wanted it, he would have asked. once steve is settled, anakin removes the last bolt and lifts the cover. ]

This is a transponder. [ he points out the part he means. ] More advanced than I'd seen, but it's easy to recognize.

This, [ he grasps a slender cable, ] connects to the antenna that should be right there.
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[personal profile] decommission 2016-03-28 05:11 am (UTC)(link)
[ His eyes follow, nodding slightly as his eyebrows begin to knit together. Another glance at the man. ]

Any idea how far something like that oughta be able to transmit?

[ Assuming it had an antenna. There's more to the curiosity radiating off of him now, suddenly more wary of his own question spoke aloud - and thoughtful (of home). ]
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[personal profile] apoptotic 2016-03-30 12:46 am (UTC)(link)
If there's a receiver on the other end…anywhere in the galaxy.

[ anakin has no need of a connection to know where the other's thoughts have turned. his own are turned to his. to the woman that makes it so. ]

Unfortunately, there are no transmissions home. Not until there's a way to secure the signal. It's dangerous to us…and to them, [ he finishes quietly. anakin is rarely cruel when he breaks news. only when the other deserves his contempt. but neither does he sugarcoat anything. ]
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[personal profile] decommission 2016-03-31 07:09 am (UTC)(link)
[ A slow nod. He prefers the truth as it is, no dancing around - and at least Anakin's not the first person to tell this one to him.

A beat, then: ]


There's a war going on. [ a sort of dry humor enters his distracted tone ] Wish I could've left a note, at least. [ Sent a telegram. It's not much safer back home. Not for Bucky in the trenches, not for Agent Carter and her work with the SSR. But whatever chased him here is worse. He knows that.

He lets his gaze fall on the transponder. ]
What's it like where you're from?
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[personal profile] apoptotic 2016-04-01 05:11 am (UTC)(link)
[ without trace of humor, ] There's a war.

[ with a sharp tug, anakin comes up with the bundle of wires. the ends show significant fraying. anakin tosses them aside with a shake of his head. ]

I should still be there.