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Huh? Where am I? Why can't I move? What's going on?

Suddenly, a voice starts speaking, and Togham does his best to catch everything it says. His memory was a little foggy at first from just having woken up, but it slowly starts to come back to him as the voice speaks. He doesn't remember anything about "cryogenic stasis", though. After the voice—Louis—concludes his speech, Togham tries to get out of the stasis pod, but still can't move. He tries to stay calm, but can't help but feel a little worried as he wonders what's going to happen next.

-JAY-
You look around, trying to figure out how many pods are there. You can see many- Too many for you to be able to count them. Judging from what you see there are hundreds- No, thousands. You try to look further than what you currently can, but your blurried vision doesn't allow you to.

You look at your sides, and on the pod to the left, you can see a blue robot with the initials "B.E.A.T" written on its pod. To your right, you can see a green haired man with a peculiar rose attached to his body. His pod reads "Green".

You feel like you have regained your ability to speak.

-MARGE-
You couldn't fully understand what the man was trying to say due to not being fluent in english, and it's not like your audition was helping at the moment. You could catch some words here and there, and could understand that you have been in stasis for 50 years.

You look around for your drone, though, it's nowhere to be seen. All you can see by looking around are pods that look exactly like the one you are in. On the pod to your left, you see a green haired man, with a rose attached to his body. His pod reads "Green". To your right, you can see a man with somewhat short brown hair. His pod reads "Togham".

You feel like you have regained your ability to speak.

-GREEN-
Your rose, despite being in cryogenic stasis along with you, is perfectly fine, just like it always was. Its vibrant colors are the first thing most of the people in the pods nearby can see, due to the blurried vision, result of 50 years in stasis.

You look around. The blue artificial light hurts your eyes at first, though you get used to it after a few minutes. You can see two pods at your side: To your right, there's a hairless girl, whose pod reads "Marge". To the left, you can see a pod that reads "Jay", that has a tall man with short hair inside.

You feel like you have regained your ability to speak.

-B.E.A.T-
Most of your systems are not working properly. It's as if the weapons you had with you had been disabled, and your sensorial systems are only half-working. Your visionary module is malfunctioning, so you can process only half of the visual information you are usually able to.

By looking around you notice there are two pods near you: One to the left has an adult woman with short black hair and green eyes inside. The word "Cynthia" is written on the pod. On the one to your right, you can see a somewhat tall and young black haired male. You can read "Jay" written on his pod.

It seems like you have recovered your sound emitting module.

-TANIA-
Despite what the voice said, no signs of any memories from what happened to earth or even entering the ship come to your head. Your nervousness is visible, and though you cannot move, your heart rate increases significantly; not only from not being able to move, but from hearing this unnerving tale.

Looking around you, you can see two pods identical to that you are inside; one to your left, the other to your right. To your left you can see a redhead man with brown eyes, and the word "Robin" is written on his pod. To your right, you can see a muscular old man with a thick beard and mustache, as well as a long white hair. The word "Casper" is written on his pod.

You feel like you have regained your ability to speak.

-CASPER-
Indeed, you were not fond of the whole situation. Being frozen in stasis is one of the last things you'd want. Even though you can't see much around you, you can assure this place is nothing like the earth you know and love.

By looking around you can see there are many, many other stasis pods just like the one you are in. To your left side, there is a black haired female, with the name "Tania" written on her pod. To your right, there's a person with a somewhat thin build, dark mahogany hair, and somewhat brown eyes. Even though in stasis you are all clothless, you cannot identify their gender just by looking, and also don't want to push yourself to do so. Their pod reads "Saturn".

You feel like you have regained your ability to speak.
-ROBIN-
You nervously look around for saturn, and though you can see a thousands of pods, your vision's current state does not allow you to see detail much further than one pod to your side. You do get to notice two pods: one to your left and other to your right. The one to your right reads "Tania", and you notice a female with black hair inside. The one to your left reads "Togham", and there's a short haired young male inside.

You shut your eyes, trying to imagine where is Saturn and Carmine, and what could have possibly happened to them.

You feel like you have regained your ability to speak.

-SATURN-
After your quick moment of relief, thoughts about Robin, Carmine and what could have possibly happened to them take over. You look to the left and to the right hoping to find Robin, however, no signs of him can be seen at all. All you could see was blurry sillouetes of people to your left and right sides.

To your left, you can vaguely see an old man with a thick mustache and beard, long white hair, and a surprisingly muscular build. His pod reads "Casper". To the right you can see a somewhat old man with a body full of scars and the face was barely recognizable as human due to what looks to have been fire damage. His pod reads "Stuart".

You feel like you have regained your ability to speak.

-TOGHAM-
Due to such a long time in cryogenic pods, the most recent memories before entering stasis were lost, and even though it feels like it was yesterday, you can't remember everything fully.

Focusing your limited vision outside the pod, you can notice there are several other pods exactly like yours. Since you are not using your glasses, and your eyesight is currently limited, you can barely detail out anything, besides the two pods to your right and to your left. To the right you can see a redhead young man with brown eyes, and the word "Robin" is written on his pod. To your left, you can see a bald girl, with an average size. Her pod reads "Marge".

You feel like you have regained your ability to speak.

Green sighs in relief. His rose was alright after all. Then he coughs, because making a sound after so long would definitely hurt his throat a little. He takes in his surroundings, looking at the two people directly next to them.

He wouldn't lie to himself - everything going on here was very intimidating. Already he felt uncomfortable with the two people next to him - especially this Jay, who was far too tall for Green's liking. He hoped he would be able to avoid these people and keep to himself.

It was at this point, Green noted, that they lacked clothing. With this the realization came in: if they weren't wearing anything, neither was he. Appropriately enough, he was even more uncomfortable than before and promptly tried to sink into himself and hide. And although he couldn't quite manage it, that did nothing to stop him from trying.

(Note: I will use green text to indicate when Marge is speaking in her native language.)

As Marge grows impatient from waiting for her body to gain enough strength to be able to exit the pod, she tries to remember who Green and Togham is. Thanks to the cryogenic treatment, she only has the foggiest recollection of them. She remembers that Green is a weird plant person, and Togham can understand her language, but that's it. At least she happens to be right next to the guy who can understand her, so interacting with the passengers while her drone is away won't be as awkward. Still, she wants to make sure that her drone is around, so she weakly says, "Hey, little guy, where are you?" She's not sure if her voice was strong enough to be heard from outside the pod.

FULL BODY SCAN INITIATED

SCANNERS: ERRORS FOUND.
WEAPON SYSTEMS: DISENGAGED.
SENSORY SYSTEMS: ERRORS FOUND. ATTEMPTING REPAIRS...
SCANNER: UNSTABLE

ERROR #0451: UNABLE TO RETRIEVE DATA. SCAN CANCELLED.


BEAT makes a low whirring sound in anxiousness; he could barely hear anything, and he was unable to see properly. Even worse, he was unable to access a lot of his programs or commands. He couldn't access much of his memory, but he hoped it was a temporary bug.

"What is this, where am I, what's going on...!"

Jay clears his throat a bit. "Testing, testing..." He coughs a few times, his voice raspy. "Seems like I can talk now." He notices a blue robot in the pod to his left and his eyes grow wide. Whoa! I've never seen a robot as sophisticated as that one. I wonder if my voice will reach outside of this pod. "Hellooooo? Can anyone hear me?"

Casper remains silent, thinking to himself. ... Blast. They say they sent humans on this expedition, and I hear the whirring sounds of a BEAT. Something's wrong here.

But more importantly, he wanted his penchant back at all costs.

He attempts to get up from his pod and start searching the area, hoping to find his clothes and penchant.

Saturn flexes the fingers of their right hand and gingerly reaches out toward the wall of the pod, arm quivering ever so slightly. They look around once again, but more carefully this time--and apparently able to twist their stiff neck slightly to the side, though not without a moderate degree of pain.

"Casp-puhpuhpuh-per," they murmur, stirring the stagnant, chilly air. The soft sound barely escapes their chapped and frozen lips, yet it reverberates noisily around the pod. I haven't shivered like this in a long time; it was always so temperate back at home... Maybe Robin's still there? The wishful thought is a small comfort, but suddenly their thoughts drift back to Mom and Dad. Could this be where they went? No, no. It can't be. They vanished long before this... this...

The wandering thoughts are becoming too dangerous, so they try to distract themself. Curiously, but cautiously, and partially expecting just a cold shock, Saturn Frige tries tapping on the glass barrier with an outstretched finger.

Robin couldn't let go of his thoughts. What happened to everyone? Where's Saturn? And Carmine? Are they...

...gone?

Robin suddenly becomes alert again. His throat still hurting a bit, he looks around and tries his best to search for details, despite acknowledging his malfunctioning vision, but fails to find any sign of Saturn or his cat.

He then decides to knock as hard as possible on the glass, with whatever strength he can possibly grasp from within his partially absent-minded self.

Saturn!? Where are you...? Carmine? Someone! ...Answer- *cough* ...me?

The "glass" still looked like new. Robin realized it was a very bad idea. His throat now hurts more than ever.

Sigh...