italktomyplants: (and around [ finding this ])
samantha carter ([personal profile] italktomyplants) wrote in [community profile] mayfield_rpg2012-03-10 05:29 pm

first exploration

[ a / action: 1485 kramden road ( housemates ) ]

[ Sam had been in enough weird situations that weird was... well, it was pretty normal. It didn't mean that she expected anything or it didn't affect her but she was less thrown by it when it happened. And apparently today it happened.

After saving Earth (again) and making a start on the paperwork Sam had grabbed one of the rooms at the SGC; she'd been too tired to want to attempt to go home and with the time that it was? Staying had been marginally easier.

Except when she awoke? Something felt wrong. The feeling in her gut was her first trigger to it, the one that she always got when something was wrong. After thirteen years she trusted it and despite the fact that she hadn't slept for long she wasn't ignoring it. On opening her eyes that feeling was worse - it wasn't the SGC, if anything it was more like the dream world that Fifth had created and that was bad ]


Oh boy. This... this isn't good.

[ Which was an understatement of the century ]

[ b / phone ( a few hours later ) ]

The last time this happened there wasn't anyone there other than the person that did this and somehow I don't think that's the case this time. [ She was a little wary and knew not to judge (or rule out, in this case) by appearance but with other messages over the phone? It seemed a little less likely ]

Numerous people kidnapped and stuck in some... town? And even if the natives were here they might not be any more help. Damn. [ All of this is far too familiar for her, although given that they'd defeated the last few aliens that did things resembling this? A new one popping up suddently was worrying ]

And this is a long shot but it's still worth asking: has anyone been given a purpose as to why we're here?

[ c / action: in town ( a while later ) ]

[ After finding clothes, talking and forming ideas for a little while Sam's off out in town. What she's looking for? She wouldn't say to anyone but hopefully an answer, or something that someone unaware might not have known of. Whilst people native to their planets might have known about the Stargate if these people weren't from here or didn't have a Stargate? They wouldn't know. So she's looking, and hoping a little ]
headedforhope: (that horse in the ground)

[personal profile] headedforhope 2012-03-10 09:53 pm (UTC)(link)
A wise illusion to discard, honestly.

[A pause, pondering how best to phrase her next words.]

Yes, with a disturbing degree of routine. Have you had a chance to encounter those known as "drones"? The people who act as though you've been here your entire life, as though this is a normal town where nothing odd happens?
headedforhope: (it's hard to dance)

[personal profile] headedforhope 2012-03-10 10:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, I'm sorry for that. They can be unsettling to be around just on the street as it is. [Hmm...] Well, overt rebellion or troublesome behavior on your part will often result in you turning into one for a certain amount of time, usually proportional to the "offense".

[Usually.]

That's the most common form of brainwashing. It's both a punishment and an indication that someone has returned to their original world. [...] I think the latter briefly happened to me, although I don't quite recall it.
headedforhope: (to dance with a devil on your back)

[personal profile] headedforhope 2012-03-14 01:37 pm (UTC)(link)
It can work as a punishment simply because being "home" again is not guaranteed to last. You can be dragged back at any time, without warning - just as you can suddenly depart, also without warning.

People generally remember their previous stay, making a return to this prison doubly harsh to bear.
headedforhope: (that horse in the ground)

[personal profile] headedforhope 2012-03-29 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, sorry - I meant that people remember their stay only the instant they've been returned to the town. While in their original worlds, it seems as though their Mayfield memories have been wiped clean. Is that clearer?