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SCF_Pinstripes Vice Captain
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 Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 1:24 pm
On the Sleeper Ship Hydra, one of the few Sleeper Ships that took off from Earth during the End of The World, is currently drifting through deep space, billions of miles from Earth. The crew and passengers aboard this ship are currently in cryostasis, however something else has managed to get aboard the ship.
A small group of passengers have been awoken from cryostasis, but something seems to have gone terribly wrong. What has happened to this ship? What are the strange alien creatures that have now taken over it?
The characters in this scenario are the few members of the passengers and/or crew, who were only ever supposed to be unfrozen in case of an emergency. Some poor souls in cryostatis were unlucky enough to be converted into raw material to fix the ship's organic hull, an unexpected response by the ship's maintenance nanotechnology. The characters must wander through the large, space ship in order to try to piece together what happened. Their travels will lead past numerous Alien nests inside the Sleeper Ship, as well as numerous partially converted crew members embedded in the ship's walls.
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Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 10:15 am
"M...mr Hugs?"
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"Mr Hu~gs?"
Ryce Tomlinson wandered through the ship, his teal eyes wide as he took in the vast machine. His plump cheeks were wet with bitter tears and his knees were dirtied where he kept tripping over. The young boy was after his teddy; Mr Hugs. After being woken up, he was confused and quite frankly had no idea where he was. He had no idea who anyone or what anything was. Ryce called out again, but of course wouldn't hear his bear call back.
After what, to the boy, seemed like an age, he sat down against a wall and drew his knees up to chest, wrapping his arms around them. His blonde hair covered his face and his extra long sleeves draped on the floor. He was just so confused....
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DevilsBlueRose Vice Captain
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Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 1:03 pm
Avis bent backwards slightly to crack his back then reached his arms up to stretch them, he had not long ago woken up. He paused mid stretch as he heard a young voice calling out not far from where he was. The young man lowered his arms and started walking towards the voice, speeding up when he heard it stop.
Turning a corner Avis saw a young boy with blonde hair sitting on the ground. He walked over to the boy, his boots making a dull clumping sound on the floor.
"Hey, kid! Are you ok?"
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Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 2:58 pm
Elizabeth and Robert sat by the wall of one of the sleeper ship's long, never ending corridors. Robert had his head in his hands while Elizabeth was trying her best to comfort her cousin.
" Look I'm sure everything will turn out fine. We'll probably wander around for a bit though, but we'll find a member of staff and they'll come and fix the chryo thingies. It will be fine Robert. Come on get up."
" No. You're wrong." Came the quiet reply. " You are always wrong about these things. You just don't understand."
Robert didn't move as he spoke but let out a soft sigh. Elizabeth huffed and stood up.
"Fine. I'll keep going by myself then, see y-"
"No! You can't! You can't! You can't."
Robert lifted his head to stare at his younger cousin. His eyes were wide and full of fear. Fear of what Elizabeth was unsure of, but it did scare her to see Robert like this. She crouched down next to him again, pulling the frightened man into a hug.
" This isn't one of your nightmares Robert. Everything is going to be fine."
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SCF_Pinstripes Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 10:39 am
As the various other people moved around the ship, a presence followed their movements, never showing itself. A scuffling sound in the walls, a shadowy figure, the faint sound of breathing. Unbeknownst to the others someone was moving about in the maintenance shafts and ventilation systems of the ship, watching them, listening to them. At this moment said person was watching a pair - one male, one female - while they conversed, one appearing to try & comfort the other, without much apparent success. There was a vent on the wall opposite them, near the ceiling & at such an height that anything within would be difficult to detect. None of the recent awakened people had stumbled across the invested part of the ship & so they were in no danger of being affected, but still he was cautious. Previous encounters with other people had often had... undesirable outcomes & he'd only made it this far by not trusting anyone, relying on his instincts & what shred of rational thinking he had left.
So he watched & he waited.... tapping his pipe wrench in one hand as he did so, the metal object making a small, dulled thump every time it came into contact with his palm.
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Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 2:43 am
Ryce lifted his head, his plump round cheeks red raw with silent tears. He sniffled and wiped the back of his hand across his nose before starting to speak. "I...want teddy..." he asked. Quite often, the boy would revert to child speak, but it seemed that this moment was another one of those times. "I...lost teddy..." Ryce continued, sniffling again and trying to push himself to his feet.
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DevilsBlueRose Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 11:01 am
Avis crouched down so he could be at, roughly, the boys level. With a smile on his face he held out his large hand for the boy to take.
"How about I help you find your teddy? It'll be easier with the both of looking."
Avis shifted slightly and rested his other arm, that wasn't held out to the boy, on his knees. His friendly smile remained on his face.
"Oh yeah, my name's Avis Akimori. What's your name, kid?"
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Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 4:56 pm
Robert whimpered as his cousin hugged him. There was something off with this ship. He could feel it. He knew when he had gotten aboard this ship and he knew now. Elizabeth didn't. She never did. Robert clung to Elizabeth as he scanned the corridor behind her nervously. There was something there! He could feel something watching them! However he couldn't see very far as the corridor was dimly lit. He guessed it was because not many, if any, people would be walking these corridors now. Elizabeth closed her eyes and began to mumble a song her mother used to sing. She wasn't sure why she had chosen this song but it seemed to calm Robert down slightly, though it might have just been the way she was gently singing it. "Hush, child. The darkness will rise from the deep, and carry you down into sleep, child, the darkness will rise from the deep, and carry you down into sleep."They sat like this for a while until Elizabeth had stopped singing. She gently released Robert giving him a small smile. "It's going to be okay Robert."(( In case you wanted to know the song Mordred's Lullaby Don't know why I chose it. It just kinda soothing in a way c: ))
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SCF_Pinstripes Vice Captain
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Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 3:04 pm
The sound of gentle singing made the shadowy figure pause, his wrench stopping halfway towards his hand. He tilted his head slightly & leant towards the vent grating, looking down at the figures below him to watch the woman as she sang. The sound was soothing in an odd kind of way & he soon found himself closing his eyes & swaying slowly. After a little while, once the woman had stopped he opened his eyes again, putting his hands against the grating. The two other people seemed to be quite close, probably related, which meant they would probably stay together if they decided to explore any further. He wondered for a moment how much longer to watch them, he often found that when he hung around too long someone would notice him - usually because of the whole 'feeling of being watched' thing.
The faintest hint of a laugh escaped the figure as he listened to the woman's second statement, before he murmured under his breath, the sound deep & masculine.
"Everythin' will not be fine... not fine at all..."
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Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 3:18 pm
The young boy sniffed and a wavering smile rippled onto his thin lips. "I...please..." he murmured, taking Avis' hand. "I'm Ryce..." An exploration may not be the best idea, but Ryce was desperate to find Mr Hugs. Just think of him all on his own out there...sitting or laying on the floor in the cold, dark and feeling lonely. Ryve sniffed again at the thought of his one true companion being lost for good.
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DevilsBlueRose Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 11:57 am
"Nice to meet you, Ryce."
Avis, still smiling, stood up once Ryce had taken his hand although he remained slightly stooped to avoid lifting the child off of the floor or hurting him. The young man looked down at the boy.
"Can you remember when you last had your bear?"
Avis thought that maybe retracing the boys steps would be the best way to find his lost bear.
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Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 1:15 pm
Robert stood up slowly, glancing back down the corridor again.
"A-Alright. I'll go."
Elizabeth gave him a smile and touched his shoulder, at which Robert flinched. She followed his gaze, glancing back at him for a moment.
"There's nothing down there. Come on."
She started walking in the opposite direction from where the two had been looking and her cousin trailed after her.
Robert stopped suddenly a little farther down the corridor and glanced behind him. There was something in the shadows. He knew it! but-
"This way."
A little voice in his head called.
"Go this way."
In a sort of daze, Robert stumbled back down the corridor.
Elizabeth turned back to make sure Robert was okay, only to find her cousin missing.
"Robert? Robert! Oh no."
She glanced around wildly.
"Robert?!"
Hearing voices a little way off she froze, confused. Why would Robert abandon her like this? Where did he go?
(( :I /throws ))
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SCF_Pinstripes Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2011 12:36 pm
Having watched the going's on below him for a while, the figure had seen the man (Robert was it?) wander off & then the woman as she looked for him. A few moments passed as the shadowy, hidden figure assessed the situation, before scampering off into the dark. It wasn't much longer before he was in the corridors, having used the ventilation systems to get himself there; with his extensive knowledge of the ship's layout, it didn't take long before he located the woman again - frozen to the spot where he'd last seen her. With his wrench in hand (just in case, you could never trust these people, no never trust them at all..) he got closer, drawing up behind the woman like some kind of wraith. His deep, resonating voice sounded behind her, fairly ominous given the nature of his voice & the current situation.
"I don't think he's gunna come back."
It wasn't that he was actually trying to scare her, it was just that people skills weren't exactly his strong point & he had one of those voices that would be best used as a villain in some sort of movie.
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Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 11:47 am
Ryce smiled, his steps picking up to a soft spring. He skipped forward, his slightly podgy hand holding onto Avis'. "Well...at bedtime...a lady took him away..." he sniffed, wiping his sleeve under his nose again. The blonde child looked up at the ceiling, he could have sworn that he hear some scuffling but since he couldn't see anything, Ryce figured Avis wouldn't believe him.
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DevilsBlueRose Vice Captain
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Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 4:22 pm
Avis tapped a finger against his lips in thought, his emerald eye gazing up. After a moment he looked down at Ryce, a smile on his face once more.
"Maybe the lady put him in a store room or something. Let's keep an eye out for anything that may look like one and we'll see if he's inside!"
The orange haired young man noticed that Ryce was staring at the ceiling and looked at it as well.
"Is something wrong?"
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