NEW COMERS POST 1

[proximods]

Who: OPEN TO ALL
What: The first wave of newcomers arrive in the hospital.
Where: The Hospital, Center City
When: July 26
Warnings: Please tag any smut or triggers in the comment subject line.

The common room is just as brightly lit and white as the rest of the hospital. There are some scattered seats - large plush chairs and stiff looking couches, as well as wooden chairs at tables - and a TV blaring local soap operas in the corner. A few long tables are set up along the walls, each with a sign dangling down from the front to inform newcomers of what they can find here. Housing, job opportunities, and the Proxima Gamma Information Desk. Minus a few pamphlets about the unique attractions the island has to offer, there isn’t really that much of use on the last table. It’s clearly meant more for tourists than people who have been kidnapped.

Another set of tables hold a variety of snacks; fruits, vegetables, various candies, as well as a table with water, punch, and soda. No alcohol, unfortunately - this is a hospital, after all. You’ll have to leave to go find a bar for something stronger than that.

There’s not much place else to go - so come on in, settle down, and maybe find a familiar face, if you’re lucky.

Comments

Chloe | Noir (CRAU) | Wide Open

[true_noir]

In an alcove of the common area, one girl simply stood and watched. One hand held up the device they'd given her in one hand, tapping at the screen briefly before sliding it out of sight again. It wasn't of much use just yet, after all.

Cloaked entirely in a green, high-necked cloak, her body was difficult to see clearly, heavy boots touching the ground at its base. Purple hair framed mixed Chinese and Italian features, narrowed eyes gazing at everyone that she saw curiously, but not approaching at first. It was almost like she was watching for something in the people that emerged from their rooms.

Recognition.

[hermetics]

Ed was trying to push his anger down so he could focus on gathering information - something he was not entirely used to. Okay, wasn't used to at all. He wanted to just go up and start beating the shit out of whoever looked like they might have answers so that he could snag some from them, but in the past that hadn't really worked, and in situations like this... Well. He remembered how badly some fights with that so called goddess had gone and he was sure the scientists wouldn't be much different.

He still wasn't thinking entirely clearly or maybe he would have felt someone nearby in the more concealed portion of the common room. Instead, he was busy stuffing his face with some cake and not really caring if it was drugged at this point. He'd woken up starving and he was going to satiate that hunger for now, seeing as it was the only solution to any problem he had right now.

ayyyy fancy meeting you here

[brandedrose]

And she'll recognize one such person as she comes out of a room. Lightning cautiously steps out from the room, eyes narrowed as she takes in the surroundings. For all that she's perturbed, she's not shocked or scared like many newcomers are. The setting is new, but the game - or whatever else it could be called - was familiar.

As she takes a few steps into the room, though, her eyes sweep over to the other side of the room and land on Chloe. They widen in surprise. "Chlo-" She stops herself. This was a new place, and while she may have been taken here straight from Atia, this Chloe might not have been. She remembers how it works. But she'd already said too much, and while she waits for Chloe to say something, her mind backpedals and tries to think of what to say in case Chloe doesn't recognize her.

Really, she does not want to peeve the former assassin.

Edward Elric | FMA (CRAU) | Open!

[hermetics]

Ed's neck still felt like it was throbbing, a bandage wrapped nearly around the base of his throat from where he'd immediately tried to dig out the chip when he'd felt it come to the surface. He knew it was probably futile, but when he'd been outright told he had something inside him, it had been an almost instinctual reaction. The nurses had sedated him quickly and he hadn't managed to even touch the thing. Failing once was enough to make him realize he couldn't try again. At least not while he was stuck in this hospital.

Still seething with rage that was held just barely under the surface, he was trying his best to keep a cool head. Beating people worked sometimes, but these nurses seemed to know little, and were less than willing to share. Instead of heading straight to the common room, Ed had decided to snoop around the halls, trying to find some answers in any corridor that the doctors would actually allow him in to.

Re: Edward Elric | FMA (CRAU) | Open!

[recombined]

Alphonse had been exploring as well, the layout of the building and some of the rooms keeping him occupied as he tried to make sense of the machinery within. He didn't see Ed though, until he was coming out of one of the rooms and his footsteps paused for a long moment.

"Brother?" Because even if he'd only just seen him more or less, it was still a bit of a surprise to find him here as well.

Well, and there was the relief of seeing a familiar face.

[misanthropicmezzode]

Kim poked her head out of her room just as Ed finished passing by it. He seemed to be doing a good job evading the nurses, but there were only so many places to duck behind in a hospital residential wing.

The metal arm immediately drew Kim's attention, and she activated the sensors built into her cybernetic arm. Interesting.

She fell into step behind Ed, although she wasn't quite as light on her feet as him.

"Hey, who built those prosthetics? They're almost as good as mine, which is pretty impressive, although pretty heavy too. Do you use them for a lot of hand to hand combat or something?"

[automechanic]

The entire place was overwhelming to her. It was unlike anything that she had ever seen before. She was much better about hiding her fear at a situation, but at that point she was trying to ignore just how terrifying the situation at hand was.

For awhile she had stayed in the common room trying to find someone familiar, but eventually she had needed some air and so stepping out of the room was at least a little relaxing. Finding a chair in one corner of the hallway, she took a seat. Winry let out a shaky breath and put her head into her hands, not knowing that someone familiar was actually quite close by.

[ninjainviolet]

Sheena was on her way to the common to do exactly what Ed was doing, but in a totally different manner. Sometimes you got more information by being in a crowd rather than skulking about in corridors.

Ninja credo: blend in so you don't draw attention to yourself.

And creeping from door to door didn't exactly keep attention off a person; in fact, it drew it to them instead. And Sheena's was currently focused on the blond snooping through the halls as she tried to determined if he would recognize her just as she did him. Well, only one way to find out. Stepping in his path, she waited until he was almost upon her before speaking.

"Edward?"

Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III | HTTYD | Open!

[horrendoushaddock]

Shell-shocked was probably the best way to describe the look that showed on Hiccup's face as he sat on a couch in the common room, good leg tucked underneath him and peg leg dangling off the edge of the couch and scraping over the floor. He had the tablet device on his lap, both a little frightened and extremely curious about the thing. The brief instructions had been gone over at least a dozen times and a nurse had at least been nice enough to show him how to really swipe through it and try to start figuring it out, but he was just as baffled and lost as he had been when he started.

This was some weird dream, wasn't it? A strange land, nothing like Berk, with buildings and devices the likes of which he could never have dreamed up. A part of him wanted to take things apart and figure out how everything worked, but he was still so lost in trying to have this new reality sink in that he didn't know quite what to make of anything.

All he knew was he wanted his dad - something that was impossible - or maybe Gobber. Someone older and wiser who could tell him it was going to be alright and that this was all just in his head. This dream was sinking in as a nightmare pretty quickly and he was starting to feel a little sick.

Focusing on the tablet, Hiccup did his best to continue to tap and swipe his fingers over the screen, using it as a grounding piece as he tried to sort through what was going on.

[misanthropicmezzode]

Hmmm, there was a cute boy sitting in the common room wearing ridiculously sexy armor and he was also disabled and he was fiddling with his tablet thing and he looked kind of confused, and Kim could probably go over there and try to strike up a conversation and if she helped him maybe he'd even like her and realize she was a cool person.

Or maybe he didn't want help and she would just be bothering him and when he saw her he'd be all 'gross get away from me.' That was the more likely scenario, after all.

So instead she just sat in her chair on the opposite side of the common room, picking pieces of candy out of her hoody pocket and eating them one a time, staring like a creepster.

Steve Rogers | MCU | OPEN

[americanclassic]

This, sadly, wasn't the first time he'd woken up in a strange place. But he supposed he should be happy that no one had gone through the effort of trying to trick him into thinking he was somewhere he wasn't. Problem was, he had no idea where he actually was. Until the mad little scientist came and gave his song and dance, directing Steve to his communication's device before leaving. Without answering anything Steve had asked.

He'd been tempted to break the damn wall down and follow after the man, but a door had opened up and even though it was exactly what they wanted him to do and where they wanted him to go, it just seemed better at the moment to follow along. Until he didn't have to.

Coming into the room, he saw other people milling around, all seeming just as confused as he was, if not angry or upset. Great. So he wasn't the only guinea pig here. His hand moved up to the itch that reminded him of that implant, a frown crossing his features. This had HYDRA written all over it, though he wasn't quite certain about the seeming freedom he'd been given, or the others as well. No restraints. No guards. Just that chip and a phone before they were told to go off and 'do whatever you wanted'. Dr. Creepy might regret giving him that kind of leeway, but for now, he was going to move around the room, looking at the magazines and pamphlets and maybe trying to catch someone's eye to see if they were up to attempting to exchange a little information.

[true_noir]

Not everyone in this place looked quite as confused as one might have expected. A purple-haired girl stood in a corner, wrapped in a long, green cloak while she quietly people watched. An air of amusement surrounded her, as if the whole situation was for some strange reason funny.

Catching sight of him as he walked out of his room, Chloe nodded once, the edges of a smirk visible at the top of her cloak. She started to walk over slowly. "Another one I see."

[misanthropicmezzode]

"There's not much in there," Kim said, watching Steven look over the pamphlets. "It's probably good stuff if you're here on vacation, not if you've been dimension-napped."

"Apparently there's some really cool caves in the desert."

[secondpotter]

The fog was beginning to clear and Al had a chance to really get a good look of the others in the room. One man stood out in particular for reasons that were painfully obvious. He was probably the most attractive person in the room. Al had never seen anyone who was physically perfect before. Did he take some sort of muscle potion that went haywire? If so - it looked good on him and Al was not too embarrassed to admit that.

The man made eye contact (Merlin, such blue eyes!) and Al couldn't stop himself from approaching him, giving him his winning Potter smile. "Hello," he said. "Strange place for a gathering. I can honestly say this is my first mixer in the lobby of a hospital. My name is Albus Severus."

Lightning Farron | Final Fantasy XIII (CRAU) | Open

[brandedrose]

New setting, new parameters, same bullshit. Lightning was less than a happy camper when she had woken up, and was less so by the time the sordid explanation was done. Though on the bright side, she was able to remove her old collar and toss that out the nearest window. Seeing it fall and land unceremoniously brought quite a bit of satisfaction, even if it was hollow. The chip was, at least, more conspicuous, but still as unsettling.

As she walked out into the common area, she dug at where the chip was. A part of her wanted to dig it out, at least try to, but a larger part knew it would be futile. She balled her hand up into a fist, wrenching it to her side and forcing herself to keep it there as she approached the information tables. Ten to one she would be stuck here awhile, so might as well see what she could find out.

[misanthropicmezzode]

"Don't poke at it. It's got a defense mechanism," Kim said. The first thing she'd done was try to pull the chip out - with much better tools than fingernails - she'd only been rewarded for her efforts with a shock.

Dante | DMC: Devil May Cry | Open!

[poked_heart]

Needless to say, Dante didn't handle being kidnapped very well. After having had to be restrained and sedated after he tried to bash his way out, he's finally let out of his room well after he originally woke up. The chip might be helping keeping him calm, who knows, but he's lost the urge to fight his way out. At least for now. Chip or not, he also knows when he has to pick his battles, and this was not one he was going to win as is.

He's looking a little worse for wear when he finally half-stumbles into the common room. He rubs at his neck, fingers digging in and looking for the chip. The food is tempting, but he resolutely ignores it and goes to stand in a secluded spot somewhere else, seeing if he can get the chip out and figure out his next move.

Hayley Marshall | The Originals/The Vampire Diaries | open!

[louisianawolf]

Once she gets to the common room, Hayley starts by looking over the information. She hasn't seen a familiar face yet, which is both a relief and not. A relief because that means she hasn't seen anyone familiar from home who is one of her enemies, but that also means she hasn't seen anyone familiar from home who is a friend.

She's trying not to think about whatever's in her neck, though it's hard. Bad experiences with magic back home raises her suspicions about things here. With her new communications device in one hand, she moves over to stand near the set of tables with snacks. She picks up an apple, sniffs at it, then takes a bite. A few seconds pass before Hayley walks over to an empty chair. "Is this seat taken?" She asks the person in the chair next to the empty one.

[americanclassic]

He'd been sitting, mulling over exactly how he might have wound up here and where everyone else was in relation to him. Was this some isolated area, or was it like Asgard -- another realm altogether. It took him a second to realize there was a person nearby and that person was speaking. Looking up, he saw a rather pretty young woman, asking about the seat next to him. Habit had him standing, gesturing to the seat she wanted as he gave her a nod. "I'd say it is now."

Allison Argent | Teen Wolf | open!

[arrowsofsilver]

Waking up in a hospital in who-knows-where after being in Beacon Hills sure is a change. Especially as she had just been pushed under a tub of ice water back home. She's relying on her survival skills now; just because she's weapon-less doesn't mean she's defenseless. She's still in her thin, black dress and feeling a bit cold as she rubs the place at her neck where the chip has been implanted.

She also knows that knowing where she is is important, so she opens up the map of the island on her tablet, and looks very closely at it so she can orient herself once she gets out of the hospital common room. She looks up from the tablet every so often and if she makes eye contact with someone and she doesn't recognize them from Beacon Hills, she'll approach them and say: "Hi, I'm Allison. How ... long have you been here?" She might as well start seeing if she can find any sort of rhyme or reason to the people who have found themselves here.

[true_noir]

The girl standing there held up a hand from inside of the dark green cloak she wore and counted something on her fingers. Looking to the side, at Allison, she spoke in a high pitched, tinny voice that sounded far too amused about everything. "Three hours? Maybe four?" she hazarded, her eyes glancing at Allison somewhat carefully, as if studying her. They slipped away. If she'd ever met the girl on that other island, it wasn't important or deep. Too many passed through there to remember everyone, and she clearly didn't remember her.

"You may call me Chloe, if you wish."

Kim Ross | Dresden Codak | OTA

[misanthropicmezzode]

"Oh my god candy. Soda. CAFFEINE." Kim rushes over to the refreshments table and proceeds to STUFF HER FACE with junk food. After maybe ten pieces of candy she just grabs an entire bowl and just sits down on a chair nearby, unwrapping candy and shoving them in her mouth.

Initial reaction complete, she scans the room (metaphorically and literally, given the advanced optical technology built into her cybernetic eye).

"Mwhere ith thish pwashe shupposhed to be, anyway?" It was waaaay more modern and sophisticated than anything the hedonists had ever put together.

[true_noir]

Ok, she was just going to watch this scene play out. It was infinitely more amusing than almost anything she'd seen in a while, and considering some of the madness of that damned island, that was saying something. To date, though, she had never seen a soul attack candy with the kind of ravenous appetite that Kim had just done.

When she attempted to talk, that was when the purple haired maiden approached, walking slowly up and snagging an apple from the table. She whipped out a knife and started to slice a piece off after coring it. She offered the piece to the girl and winked. "It's rude to talk with your mouthful. Want to try that again?"

Elijah Mikaelson | OTA

[internalizing]

Waking in unfamiliar surroundings was hardly new to him, although the fact of this one being a hospital was more than a little unsettling. Elijah left the room as soon as the video finished playing, tucking the device into a pocket as he moved through the hallways, stopping the occasional nurse for a conversation.

That led nowhere.

Eventually, he found his way to the common room, taking in the refreshments before moving to find a seat after reading over the available information before he took a seat on one of the couches. If anyone he knew was present, they would eventually make their way here.

Or he'd hear the screams in at least one case.

[arrowsofsilver]

Allison has finally decided to touch the refreshments. She grabs an orange and sits in the nearest place she sees, which is a couch ... the same one Elijah is sitting on. She has her communications device on her lap as she peels the orange. Eventually, she looks over at Elijah. "Want half an orange?" She asks, now that she's almost got it completely peeled.

[ninjainviolet]

Standing off to the side and watching the others, Sheena reached up to adjust a now non-existent collar and sighed in frustration. Just how many times was she going to do that before it sank in that it wasn't there any longer? She could still feel its phantom presence--much like one who could still feel a ring on their finger when it was gone.

After her stint on Atia, Sheena had become somewhat of a realist. She knew she had to look into employment and housing, but for the moment, she was more interested in something else.

If Chloe had been brought here, had anyone else she knew made the trip?

[misanthropicmezzode]

Kim sat in the lobby nomming piece of candy after piece of candy. It was necessary. Her limbs ran off of sucrose.

She saw Sheena wandering by. It wasn't really unusual, just about everyone was 'lost' in some way. Though it seemed like she had more of a... well concern? Hope?

Kim watched her pace back and forth a few times silently before she finally got the courage up to speak up.

"Are you... looking for someone?"

Vector |Tron Uprising | OTA

[the_least_i_could_do]

His end had been traumatizing...and his new beginning almost just as much so. The program was still very disoriented and confused as to how he was here in the first place. Didn't he derezz? This shouldn't be possible! It had taken him a while to adjust and become conscious enough to receive the screened messages and the instructions for the tablet device. Technologically speaking, it wasn't a blatant shock. There was similar communications tools and methods back in his home system.

Still, there was plenty here to shock him. Being still alive being the primary one. The second was how glitching bright and white it was. It made his eyes hurt. Oh, and then the whole matter of being installed with a chip of all things. Vector didn't like that at all. The idea that his disc was tampered with didn't sit well with him and was too disturbing to think about. Whatever they did to his disc with this chip, he couldn't do a thing about it.

When the opportunity came to leave his room, he decided that perhaps a little recon couldn't hurt. So far the information he had been given was pretty vague, which was annoying. Perhaps exploring could reveal more answers.

The black guard stepped into the common room, eyes squinted against the brightness as he glanced around warily. He spotted other people there, and so kept to the perimeter as he observed. Unfortunately, due to the fact that the place was so bright, his efforts at being unobtrusive was kind of ridiculous in hindsight. He stuck out like a sore thumb in his form fitting armor. The black of it, and his hair providing a stark contrast. He paused at the food table, eyeing the various items with a wary suspicious frown before moving on. He lingered at every table, picking up various bits of information as he went.

[true_noir]

"Nice try," she said, walking over with a peach in hand before tossing it in his direction in a light lob that would be easy to catch if he wanted. "But there's only a few of us here so far. It kind of makes it hard to blend into shadows that aren't there."

She said it with a light tone. She'd been trying the same thing earlier, but honestly they all stuck out like sore thumbs. And, with an unusual outfit like that? She was definitely at least a little curious.

Albus Severus Potter | Harry Potter Next Gen | OTA

[secondpotter]

Albus shuffled through the common area still groggy from whatever potions the staff had fed him prior to waking up. He couldn't remember why he was in a hospital. At first glance he assumed it was St. Mungo's but there were far too many muggle devices around for this to be any building in the Wizarding world. Why was he here? The last thing he remembered was heading back to his flat in London. Could he have been attacked? Perhaps someone had used an Obliviate charm on him which would explain the hazy memories. If that was the case then he was in bigger trouble than he first imagined.

There were people in the room but no one he recognized. They all looked to be just as confused as he was which wasn't reassuring. Albus idly picked up a pamphlet and leaned against the table, trying to make sense of the words on the page. Hopefully something would jog his memory.

[true_noir]

Not everyone looked 'quite' as confused. There were one or two who didn't look at home, but who looked a bit more ... aware that something was up. It wasn't their first kidnapping, after all. Chloe walked up behind the young man, curiously looking over his shoulder from behind and reading the pamphlet to see whatever it was he was checking out.

A second or two later, her lips parted in a smile and she giggled. "Is it useful at all?"