A rude awakening

[ima_npc]

[You awaken from a deep sleep. You are groggy and cold and feel off in ways that may be initially difficult to place. The door to your stasis pod opens. How did you get here? That's a really good question. Who are you? That's another.]

[Step outside into the warmer (albeit not especially warm) room and you'll see the others, all dressed in a similar style of stasis suits. One or two of them are wearing the same colors as you, though it's perhaps hard to tell with the dim, red glow that fills the room.]

[The doors are closed. There is no apparent way to open them. And a robotic voice intermittently rings through the room:]

Life support is being restored to the facility. Please stand by.

Comments

[fandisservice]

My ears haven't given out, regardless of whatever else is nonfunctional out there. Got any plans for killing two hours?

[whenitrainsitstorms]

We'll want to see whether anyone remembers how we got here.

[fandisservice]

Go put my answer in the pool for me, will you? No fucking clue.

[whenitrainsitstorms]

That makes two of us.

[fandisservice]

I figured, from your asking. You got anyone else's answers yet?

[whenitrainsitstorms]

[Pointing at the other two in blue and grey.]

They don't know anything.

[Indicates the redhead.]

He says he remembers.

[fandisservice]

How fucking grand for him. He got any useful reason we're all in here with life support outside suspended?

[whenitrainsitstorms]

I'm trying to find out now.

He says he knew me, before this.

[fandisservice]

Has he mentioned how much money you owe him?

[whenitrainsitstorms]

[Pause.]

You think he's lying?

[fandisservice]

I think unless there's proof either fucking way don't give him the five hundred and change back.

[whenitrainsitstorms]

It might make sense if he was asking for something, but he's not.

[fandisservice]

There's time for that, isn't there?

[whenitrainsitstorms]

...I guess so.

[fandisservice]

No point yet. Just wait until we see who gets the fanciest digs when we see the rest of this rust bucket.

[whenitrainsitstorms]

You're planning to stay?

[fandisservice]

As opposed to going where, exactly?

[whenitrainsitstorms]

We'll have to wait to see that with all the rest.

[fandisservice]

Two hours to kick back. Not in a hurry, are you?

[whenitrainsitstorms]

[Grunts.]

Not if I want to be able to survive when I get out there.

[fandisservice]

Right, those pesky little necessities like breathing and not freezing to death.

[whenitrainsitstorms]

Doesn't it seem strange to you that things like that would be shut down in the first place?

[fandisservice]

Emergency power saving measure or some bullshit like that, isn't it?

[whenitrainsitstorms]

[All of those words make sense, but not in that order.]

Power saving?

[fandisservice]

If you're running low on fuel and power, who the fuck wants to keep the whole area stable? Better to cut losses.