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theairlock2017-01-09 12:13 pm
airlockedmods) wrote in theairlock2017-01-09 12:13 pm
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the mock mingle
[An hour ago you woke up in a bed that wasn't yours, awakened by a chirpy, feminine voice coming from the device on your non-dominant arm. The voice cheerfully requests that you exit your sleeping quarters and to please make your way to the the main deck of the ship for a debriefing on your circumstances.
It was around this time you might have noticed the clothes you last remember wearing are gone and replaced with this little number. If you take a moment to check out the Personal Identification Program on your arm, you'll find a touch screen with a few icons that lead to a series of 21 profiles and a series of apps that lead to note-taking functions and a number of customization appearance screens. The profiles all contain a photo of each Champion, their name and title, their age, species and world of origin.
As you stumbled out of your chrome-y quarters (into an equally chrome-y hallway), with every step the floor lights up under your feet, illuminating the dark ship a little at a time. On one side of the hallway are a series of mechanical doors with screen pads embedded on the walls next to them. A quick flash of your PIP will open them for you without hassle. On the opposite side of the hallway are a long string of windows showing nothing but vast amounts of stars and the deep, dark blackness of deep space. Once you reach the end of the hallway you'll find a large central living space with 20 other people, the same people from the profiles, either there already or filing in along with you. Floating well above everyone's heads in the middle of the room is a large computer screen. Once everyone piled in, the screen blinked to life and the same voice from your PIPs greeted you in the same peppy tone from before.
The voice introduced herself as the Champion Excellence Control Environment or C.E.C.E. before welcoming you to the Deep Space Champion Excellence Program, explaining that you were selected for this program based on being the best in your particular field in your particular world, hence the title of "Champion". In this program you will be expected to live communally together here on the ship for as long as possible. The ship is fully-functional and fully-stocked for an extended stay.
Oh? You don't want to stay and participate in the program? That's alright, there's an easy fix to that! All you have to do is kill one of your fellow Champions and not get caught. That is easy enough, right? Right.
When the debriefing is complete, the screen dims but doesn't turn off completely. If need be C.E.C.E. is available to answer any more questions you have throughout the week. For now, you're free to explore the ship as you like. There's the communal dining hall, a zero gravity room, a kitchen, a holo deck, the central living area and the personal quarters everyone woke up in.
Go make some friends, dears, you may be here a while.]
It was around this time you might have noticed the clothes you last remember wearing are gone and replaced with this little number. If you take a moment to check out the Personal Identification Program on your arm, you'll find a touch screen with a few icons that lead to a series of 21 profiles and a series of apps that lead to note-taking functions and a number of customization appearance screens. The profiles all contain a photo of each Champion, their name and title, their age, species and world of origin.
As you stumbled out of your chrome-y quarters (into an equally chrome-y hallway), with every step the floor lights up under your feet, illuminating the dark ship a little at a time. On one side of the hallway are a series of mechanical doors with screen pads embedded on the walls next to them. A quick flash of your PIP will open them for you without hassle. On the opposite side of the hallway are a long string of windows showing nothing but vast amounts of stars and the deep, dark blackness of deep space. Once you reach the end of the hallway you'll find a large central living space with 20 other people, the same people from the profiles, either there already or filing in along with you. Floating well above everyone's heads in the middle of the room is a large computer screen. Once everyone piled in, the screen blinked to life and the same voice from your PIPs greeted you in the same peppy tone from before.
The voice introduced herself as the Champion Excellence Control Environment or C.E.C.E. before welcoming you to the Deep Space Champion Excellence Program, explaining that you were selected for this program based on being the best in your particular field in your particular world, hence the title of "Champion". In this program you will be expected to live communally together here on the ship for as long as possible. The ship is fully-functional and fully-stocked for an extended stay.
Oh? You don't want to stay and participate in the program? That's alright, there's an easy fix to that! All you have to do is kill one of your fellow Champions and not get caught. That is easy enough, right? Right.
When the debriefing is complete, the screen dims but doesn't turn off completely. If need be C.E.C.E. is available to answer any more questions you have throughout the week. For now, you're free to explore the ship as you like. There's the communal dining hall, a zero gravity room, a kitchen, a holo deck, the central living area and the personal quarters everyone woke up in.
Go make some friends, dears, you may be here a while.]
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Hoping that they just grabbed onto the other girl's arms... or something. Not anything awkward and maybe this wouldn't hurt so bad. Hopefully. ]
Waaah--! I-I'm trying!!
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Aaaah!
[They kinda just tumble around in zero-gravity for a moment. The momentum wasn't exactly enough to push them out of the door and onto the cold, unforgiving floor of normal gravity, so if it's any consolation, the only casualty is Tamamo's wounded pride.]
Hf... huff... what kind of black magic...?! You, girl! What spell have you cast?!
[this whole floaty thing is obviously Ruby's fault]
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Huh? Me? I didn't do this! This room was all weird and floaty before I got here!
[ Which was the honest truth. She'd been a bit alarmed herself but now was mostly cool with it hence why she'd been daring enough to start twirling around before but now this was a thing?! ]
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[Tamamo is having severe trouble trying to balance, fox tail and float-y clothes and all. Still, she manages to steady herself after a while, going from thrashing wildly to floating relatively peacefully. She's actually upside-down, but there's not much concept of Up vs Down in zero gravity.]
If what you say is true, someone here might be using this kind of magic to their advantage! [Sure, the specialized zero gravity room is pretty well-cushioned, but she can think of ways to weaponize this.] Imagine if someone uses this to lift us in the air, and then dispels the spell, causing us to fall!? Sure, you'd probably get a sprained knee, but if you landed on the head...
[If turning off zero gravity is even possible in this room, anyway.]
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Nooo! That'd be a horrible way to die!
[ She does look concerned at the sheer idea of it happening ]
You don't think someone would actually DO that, do you?
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[Tamamo's trying to act all calm, but she's not too great at it. She tries to make a swimming motion towards the door, and almost succeeds... but instead, hits the wall right above the door, and gets flung back.] Ow-- come on, can't you just let me out?! Is anyone outside?! Someone, heeelp!
[RUBY, IT'S UP TO YOU TO BE THE SANE ONE]
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It's okay! I think I figured out how to get us out! Get as close as you can and grab my hand!
[ Ruby only hopes her little plan works here. Hopefully. They'd see it in due time. ]
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Anyway. Tamamo quickly grabs Ruby's hand, trying not to fling off into the distance. There's air in the room, so it's not like there's nothing to swim around in, but it's not as efficient as actual water.]
Quick! I'm being pulled away!
[No, she's just freaking out. Ignore her, Ruby.]
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While Ruby herself may not be the strongest, the lack of gravity kind of took weight away and made it much easier for her to start carefully moving with one hand gripping the textured wall. They were just about near the door when she'd heard the other girl insist she was being pulled away.
Shaking her head, she finally looked back at Tamamo with a bright-eyed smile. ]
You'll be fine! Promise! I'm gonna see if I can get through the door and when I do, i'll pull you with me and we can get out together!
[ Sounded like a solid plan in her head and they're close enough to the door for this to work. ]