THE LEWIS AND CLARK - DAY TWO

[inferis]

Well, whatever the heck went down in the Event Horizon has effected you guys, too. A massive shock-wave rocks the ship, sparks fly everywhere and all power but the stasis pods and life support are taken out. The journals are still working, at least, as are a couple of torches, floating around now the gravity is off. Better get to fixing things, at least there might be a few manuals floating around to help you out]

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[kungfuwitch]

[Phoebe shrieks as the shockwave knocks her off her feet. She shields her head as sparks shower over her. What the hell is going on here?!

And now she's floating. This is new. She yelps as she lifts off the ground, trying as hard as she can not to bump into the walls or people. But that's pretty tough to do when you've never been without gravity before.]

Is everyone okay?

[Yeah the not being able to see thing isn't helping, either. She tries to grab a wall to steady herself]

What the hell was that?!

[compromisedarrow]

Great. This is just great.

[Zero G. Again. Wonderful.]

Phoebe? Is that you?

[Even with his own peerless eyesight he can't see. Fuck space.]

[hardenedimmortal]

[Adam had been in the control room, simply trying to find something to focus on in order to lessen his anxiety, when the shock wave hit. He'd tried to scramble away from the control panels, but had been knocked back. Unfortunately, he'd cracked his head on something and lost consciousness for a few moments.

When he comes to, he's floating and there's blood on his head from where he had hit it]

Bloody hell! What in hell is going on here?

[kungfuwitch]

[There's a voice from the corridor as Phoebe slowly makes her way towards the control room]

Adam? Is that you? Are you okay?

[encryptedlock]

Son of a bitch!

[Well, looks like someone touched something they shouldn't have. York quickly activates his magnetic boots so he can walk, and Delta flashes on to be a light source.]

D, status.

Life support functional. All other power seems to be offline following a shockwave that superficially resembles a nearby Slipspace rupture.

Fuck. Got it. Let's get down to the control room and see what we can do.

[Run into someone who seems to know what he's doing? Ask for help? Use Delta as a nightlight?]

[savethedarkness]

Agent York! [M is trying very hard not to flip out, because she had never expected to have to deal with zero gravity. thankfully she managed to grab hold of a bulkhead and is pulling herself toward him]

Any idea how bad all of this is? I've a feeling you'd know better than most.

[courageous_wit]

Freelancer York! Delta! [floats over to them] I'm glad to see you both.

[both_neither]

[The loss of gravity is jarring but not entirely out of his realm of experience. He's quickly orienting himself, shaking off the jolt of pain of hitting the ceiling, and pushes towards York.]

Wait, I'll come with...

[youfallback]

[Carolina is another one of those who jump at the sparks that fly through the ship. She quickly notices that the gravity's been turned off and the first thing she thinks of is the crash at Sidewinder. On her way to the control room, she comes across him and deja vu hits her hard around the head.] Where the hell are you going?

[wizard_redfive]

[Dairine had maneuvered her way to the stasis room, a LED flashlight keychain at hand. Times like these make her glad that she's used to moving in low G. After checking the pods' condition, Dairine is just about to head towards the Control's Room when she notices another light: Delta.

She half bounces, half floats towards him.]

Hey! [What's his name... oh, right.] York! What's the situation?

[radiantwingedone]

[ Duke doesn't mind the lights going out so much as he minds the gravity vanishing. He has found something sticking out of the hall he's in - very likely he found it with his head - and is currently clinging to it.

There was no yelp to signify that the sudden floating was severely distressing. Not at all. ]

[wantsiceland]

[awkwardly floating by]

You. Did you see what caused this?

[songsandstories]

[The sudden shift nearly knocks her over, and Sansa has to grab at the walls. It's pitch black with not much light save what the torches are throwing off. She doesn't know much about modern technology, but it has her worried for those in stasis and those on the other ship. Not having Lady weighs on her even more this day. She keeps expecting to feel her beside her, but when she looks, the direwolf is still gone.

First she's going to try and find a way back to the stasis chambers. At least one of her bannermen are in there, and she needs to check he is okay. Then she'll be over to the doors separating their ship from Event Horizon.]

[sworn]

[As Vereesa struggles to get her bearings, she notices someone moving off and away from the others, and that catches her attention. She manages to pull herself along the wall toward her, still trying to keep herself upright without gravity.]

I don't think it's entirely wise to go off on your own at the moment.

[staggeringego]

[ She's not the only one worried about the people in stasis. James doesn't want any of them, especially Henry, ending up getting hurt just because they've been knocked out and can't react in time to catch themselves when the ship gets tossed about.

He's heading the same way when he notices her ahead of him. ]

Alayne!

[the_effect_she_has]

[The shockwave took Katniss off her feet and slammed her into a wall. She managed to tuck herself in time, so she didn't break anything, but she knew she would be bruised, from shoulder to waist.]

[Cursing, she ran towards the control room.] What the hell is going on?

[billiardsplz]

[might not be that far since you know. No gravity.

This one's trying to swim over to said control room, but that's not going well]

Massive system failure, no doubt!

[cyan_maid]

[There's a yelp when the shockwave happens and sparks fly, and a scream when the gravity disappears. It's dark, she's not on the ground, and the castle sent her here in a skirt. Jane is officially sick of space.]

W-What's going on?!? Heeelp!

[mal_addict]

[Maladict will just begin floating with an annoyed look on her face. Not that anyone can see it]

Well, I'd say we;re all floating in the dark.

[banshee_rider]

[Kelly doesn't at all like being on a ship. The feeling of helplessness isn't something any Spartan wants to deal with; they're creatures of action and reaction and split-second thinking.]

[So when the power goes out and the gravity is killed, Kelly feels much better.]

[You might catch her maneuvering throughout the halls with ease, making precise kicks and grabs to the walls, ceiling, and floor, to propel her to where the artificial gravity center is located. She's got a small smile on her face, mottled pink like the rest of her body with the remnants of burn scars.]

[savethedarkness]

[ladies and gentlemen, a study in contrast: M is clinging to an open doorway, looking around. she got this far on her own, but there's nothing else within reach for her to pull herself forward. she calls out to the armored woman:]. Don't suppose there's a secret to that?

[unnaturalpause]

[Oh you had to be joking, right? Right? He was floating and it was dark and what the heck was he going to do about this?

Well flail like an idiot and try to find something to grab onto, a person, wall, chair, something, and mutter to himself.]

What I wouldn't give for magnets about now.

[hellshaped]

[That thing you just grabbed onto is somebody's tail, James. Hellboy just looks kind of nonplussed by this situation.]

What would magnets do?

[princelyspirit]

Ackth!

[Her yelp is cut off by hair floating into her mouth. Just one of the many downsides of having long hair in zero-g. Utena coughs and chokes as she bumps against the walls, and grasps blindly for something to hold onto]

What the- [Holds her grip in one hand, and blindly swats hair away with the other] What the hell was that?!

[billiardsplz]

[Gold usually has a hair tie on him whenever he needs to get his exploding bangs under control. He tries to blow it over to Utena since it looks like she needs it more.]

Yo! Use this, it'll make your hair less Octillery-ish.

[kindnessing]

[ Ken... is floating without regard for his personal safety, scribbling furiously into his journal. Oh my god kid CALM YOURSELF. He does this in various places in the ship throughout the day. Maybe in some dangerous places. Booyaka. Please help him before he hurts himself. ]

[unvarnished]

[this is August's first experience with zero G and he's trying to hold onto pipes or whatever else is solid along the walls. But when he sees the kid in distress, he lets go and tries to catch the kid]

CONTROL ROOM

[samson]

[WELL THAT'S ANNOYING but whatever. After putting up a rather annoyed message over the journals, Brock can be found in the control room, alternately pulling off panels to look at whatever wiring is in this place or screwing around with the wiring in question.]

[unvarnished]

[truthfully August's knowledge of mechanics doesn't go much farther than fixing motorcycles and other ground vehicles. But he's optimistic as he floats through]

Any tools in here?

[kid_apocalypse]

[Though Evan was used to moving around in low gravity, suddenly completely losing gravity altogether was more than he was prepared for, and he's knocked off of his feet by the shockwave, landing hard on his back before the gravity kicks off. He'll just be laying in midair for a few minutes, trying to shake off the pain of landing on the metal deckplates without his powers. Before long though, he's pulling a flashlight he'd found out of his pocket, and clicking it on to see what's happened.]

Hey, is everyone okay? What was that?