NON PERSONAS CHARACTINO ([personal profile] ima_npc) wrote in [community profile] pumpkin_space_latte2016-10-09 10:59 am

A rude awakening

[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.
whenitrainsitstorms: (What kind of strange?)

[personal profile] whenitrainsitstorms 2016-10-10 06:15 am (UTC)(link)
[Grunts.]

I guess I'll need something else.
unexpectedboner: (what to expect when you're expecting)

[personal profile] unexpectedboner 2016-10-10 06:33 am (UTC)(link)
What do you think you wanna be called? Since you're the one who's gotta hear it.
whenitrainsitstorms: (I think that's stormleavings)

[personal profile] whenitrainsitstorms 2016-10-10 06:35 am (UTC)(link)
You say that like I remember any other names.
unexpectedboner: (uhh...do we have to clean this up?)

[personal profile] unexpectedboner 2016-10-10 06:39 am (UTC)(link)
Everybody's got names. Like... That Guy, or Hey Man, or Dudebro...

[these are not very good names]
whenitrainsitstorms: (How can you have too much air?)

[personal profile] whenitrainsitstorms 2016-10-10 06:43 am (UTC)(link)
Is one of those yours?
unexpectedboner: (...huh.)

[personal profile] unexpectedboner 2016-10-10 06:46 am (UTC)(link)
...

...

That's a good question. Sure hope not, though.
whenitrainsitstorms: (What kind of strange?)

[personal profile] whenitrainsitstorms 2016-10-10 06:48 am (UTC)(link)
Well, what would you want to be called?
unexpectedboner: (g-goodness my poor maiden heart)

[personal profile] unexpectedboner 2016-10-10 06:52 am (UTC)(link)
I...I don't know. I've gotta think about it. Your name reflects what you are inside, right? So maybe something...familiar. Something solid. Strong. Reliable. Cool. ...That kind of thing.
whenitrainsitstorms: (Kaladin felt like one of the ten fools)

[personal profile] whenitrainsitstorms 2016-10-10 07:02 am (UTC)(link)
Strong, solid, and reliable...

[Thinks about it for a minute.]

Iron? Stone?
whenitrainsitstorms: (I used to think he was wrong)

[personal profile] whenitrainsitstorms 2016-10-10 07:20 am (UTC)(link)
They're solid and strong.
unexpectedboner: (...huh.)

[personal profile] unexpectedboner 2016-10-10 07:36 am (UTC)(link)
Well--yeah, I guess they are. [frowns] ...It's just interesting that you mentioned them. I don't think those are the first things that would've come to mind, though. Feels a little...old-fashioned?

[maybe? not that he knows what is "old," but]
whenitrainsitstorms: (What kind of strange?)

[personal profile] whenitrainsitstorms 2016-10-10 07:40 am (UTC)(link)
Well, what do you think of when you think solid and reliable?
unexpectedboner: (...huh.)

[personal profile] unexpectedboner 2016-10-10 07:58 am (UTC)(link)
Um... Steel, maybe? Boots? A cowboy?

[really really not good at this]
unexpectedboner: (a stepladder you say?)

[personal profile] unexpectedboner 2016-10-10 08:03 am (UTC)(link)
A cowboy! But only the good ones! Or...maybe a fireman is better...
whenitrainsitstorms: (Instead of bothering me)

[personal profile] whenitrainsitstorms 2016-10-10 08:06 am (UTC)(link)
Is that what you want to be called?
unexpectedboner: (what to expect when you're expecting)

[personal profile] unexpectedboner 2016-10-10 08:08 am (UTC)(link)
A fireman? No, that'd be silly. I'm pretty sure I'm not a fireman in real life.
whenitrainsitstorms: (What kind of strange?)

[personal profile] whenitrainsitstorms 2016-10-10 08:15 am (UTC)(link)
How do you know for sure?