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outsiderslogs2013-04-13 10:20 am
shutupmarco) wrote in outsiderslogs2013-04-13 10:20 am
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who. Rachel (shutupmarco) and you!
what. wandering around Zeta District in confusion
where. anywhere in Zeta District
when. right now
warnings. does Rachel count as a warning
The freaky thing is that Rachel doesn't even remember getting on the shuttle. She remembers coming home to dinner late for the third time that week because of a meeting with the other Animorphs, worried she'd get chewed out or worse, grounded, but then her mother had apparently barely noticed the time and just apologized for ordering without her. She remembers the whoosh of relief, and then a bit of a pang realizing that her cousin Jake probably wasn't getting off so easily with his mom, and -- then what? She can't remember.
They're ushered off the shuttle before she really has a chance to take any of it in. Rachel falls into step with everyone else as the offload into the seething crowds of Omega, realizes with a flutter of panic all at once that she doesn't see any of the others and also they're in space. This is some kind of space station, or maybe a giant ship. What the hell.
For a moment, she thinks it's the Yeerks. That this is some kind of Controller base ship she's somehow gotten stuck on. But while she sees plenty of humans, she doesn't see any Taxxons or Hork-Bajir, just a whole host of different alien-looking creatures she's never seen anything like before. The place doesn't seem very Yeerk-like, either. Is it an Ellimist trick? Maybe. It's too hard to tell.
She thinks all of this in the space of a few seconds, before she realizes all of the people off the shuttle are being directed one way by a group of nasty thug-looking aliens in armor, a couple of equally unpleasant-looking humans among them. "All new arrivals to Zeta District," they snarl, over and over again. Rachel brushes her hair from her face and puts on a neutral smile, walking as she's directed like she belongs there. On the inside, she's trying not to puke from panic. She's got no idea what this place is, or what all of these aliens are, or why she's here, but she's going to find out.
shutupmarco) and you!what. wandering around Zeta District in confusion
where. anywhere in Zeta District
when. right now
warnings. does Rachel count as a warning
The freaky thing is that Rachel doesn't even remember getting on the shuttle. She remembers coming home to dinner late for the third time that week because of a meeting with the other Animorphs, worried she'd get chewed out or worse, grounded, but then her mother had apparently barely noticed the time and just apologized for ordering without her. She remembers the whoosh of relief, and then a bit of a pang realizing that her cousin Jake probably wasn't getting off so easily with his mom, and -- then what? She can't remember.
They're ushered off the shuttle before she really has a chance to take any of it in. Rachel falls into step with everyone else as the offload into the seething crowds of Omega, realizes with a flutter of panic all at once that she doesn't see any of the others and also they're in space. This is some kind of space station, or maybe a giant ship. What the hell.
For a moment, she thinks it's the Yeerks. That this is some kind of Controller base ship she's somehow gotten stuck on. But while she sees plenty of humans, she doesn't see any Taxxons or Hork-Bajir, just a whole host of different alien-looking creatures she's never seen anything like before. The place doesn't seem very Yeerk-like, either. Is it an Ellimist trick? Maybe. It's too hard to tell.
She thinks all of this in the space of a few seconds, before she realizes all of the people off the shuttle are being directed one way by a group of nasty thug-looking aliens in armor, a couple of equally unpleasant-looking humans among them. "All new arrivals to Zeta District," they snarl, over and over again. Rachel brushes her hair from her face and puts on a neutral smile, walking as she's directed like she belongs there. On the inside, she's trying not to puke from panic. She's got no idea what this place is, or what all of these aliens are, or why she's here, but she's going to find out.
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[ God, this is so weird. Rachel's dealt with weird time travel bullshit before, but it was always reversible. This time she's stuck here, as far as she know. ]
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Skipping lunch is the least of your worries right now but don't worry, we'll get something in that stomach.
[Whether or not it will taste good depends on where they go. Luckily, Ino has been here long enough to pick apart the bad eggs and find the small good ones.]
Do you have a gap in your memory?
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I don't remember getting on that shuttle, if that's what you mean. The last thing I remember, I was at home. With my family.
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There's a small frown sent in her direction. It must be hard to just leave your family behind like that. It was hard for Ino to think of everyone important to her back home where they needed her. Not much either of them can do about it though.]
They'll be okay. [She smiles encouragingly.] And hopefully you'll be able to get back home soon to them too.
I've been on a station like this before and people go home all the time. Think of this as...a personal learning experience.
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[ Rachel looks up, alert. If there's a way off this station, she'll take it, whatever it is. She's needed back home, to fight the Yeerks. ]
How?
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These things called 'wormholes' take you home. They don't have a pattern and they just take people back at random. There's no way to control them either.
I don't even know what they are either, but it's not the first time they've been a pain.
[An irritated sigh.]
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Nobody's figured out how to control them yet? Come on, you'd think this place would be full of aliens and scientists with that kind of power.