The Airplane Meme

[siroccowinds]

The Airplane Meme

♢ Post with your character. Your character is now on a flight! Is it their first time flying, or are they veteran fliers? Is your trip going to last only an hour or two, or are you here for the next sixteen hours? Are you flying coach, business class or first class? Or maybe you're on some other mode of travel entirely: private jets, airships, space shuttles, hot air balloons, helicopters... anything that might suit your fancy!

♢ Other people tag in. Maybe you just met them because of random seat assignments and you figure it can't hurt to say hello. Or perhaps you and a friend are traveling together; dibs on the window seat! Did the cute girl right across the aisle catch your eye? Is the person sitting in the row behind yours digging their knees into your chair? Are you guys finding that the in-flight movie isn't half bad, or maybe you've seen it a hundred times? Maybe you hate flying, and you have to give your seatmate a heads up. Don't panic at the turbulence, and hopefully you get to your airsick bag in time.

♢ Or maybe you're working on the plane as co-pilots, or perhaps as fellow stewardesses. Maybe you're crewing on the same ship and the other guy's a newbie! All the same, flying may be routine for you by now, but sometimes  you run into a special case now and then. And remember to be patient with the passengers!

♢ Obligatory smut option. Depending on what class you're flying and how many other people are in the plane with you, you've got to be very discreet and very creative. (But remember that that isn't what the aircraft's bathroom is for! Try not to get the staff mad at you, okay?)

♢ Come up with your own custom scenario! Whatever you decide, you're stuck with each other for the next few hours until the plane lands. Thank you for flying with us, and remember to wake your seatmate up if they ended up taking a nap on you halfway through the flight before you go!

Comments

Hermes | An octopus

[eightlazylegs]

[It's cold in cargo. Why shouldn't he get himself a seat?]

[pitchforkdoctor]

[Mordin doesn't seem to mind. He offers Hermes a drink.]

This is a relaxing trip.

Lisa Reisert | Red Eye | F/M for smutty situations, OTA otherwise!

[good_with_pens]

OOC: Obviously, I HAD to.

Andrew Carter | Hogan's Heroes

[stlg13bomber]

[Former bombardier, he's impressed by the amount of space and depressed that he doesn't have a button at his seat with which to drop explosives on the enemies below.]

The Riddler | Batman '66

[braintease]

[His question mark biplane was cooler.]

Griet (Landsknecht) ⚔ Etrian Odyssey IV

[improvedlink]

[She prefers the skyship, but that's still being fixed up from the last giant dragon encounter.]

Feda Gandamak | OC

[notbloodylikely]

((The basics!

Any age, your choice or leave it up to me.))

[You know that guy who puts his seat back way too far and his legs up on the back of the seat in front?

Feda is that guy.]

Anemone | OC | OTA

[fake_name]

[She loves flying. Seriously, people invented a way to fly, how awesome is that? She's also the annoying passenger on the late-night flight who refuses to go to sleep.]

[regeneriot]

"Hello." Is this his seat? No, but seeing as he doesn't technically have a seat and this seat is currently empty, it is for now. Nevermind that the plane's in mid-flight and, judging by the fact that all the windows are pulled tightly down and half the patrons are asleep, somewhere over the middle of an ocean.

He peaks into the storage pocket in front of him, glances briefly at the in-flight safety instructions before settling on dragging Skymall into his lap, and then smiles at her. "Can I ask you a question? Where are we going?"

sherlock holmes | elementary

[cases]

is this cool? she'll be in some kind of modern-day AU!

[companionly]

[ Today, Inara is flying business class. It seems like she's a regular, if the way the stewardesses smile at her familiarly is any indication. They direct her over to the seat next to Sherlock's as they stow her carry-on luggage for her, and Inara thanks them with a warm smile. ]

[clonecop]

( beth looks like death. maybe because it was only hours ago she had contemplated throwing herself in front of a train. it would have been so easy, all she would have had to do was jump out onto the tracks when the train pulled into the station and that would have been that. no more secrets. no more lies. no more living in fear of someone killing you. no more clones. no more paul. no more anything.

but on her way to the station she stopped and started going the other way. she headed for the airport. she didn't have her coat, and she didn't have any luggage except for her purse. her hair was a mess and it was obvious she had been crying. the girl at the check in seemed like she wanted to refuse beth a ticket. beth had told her there had been an unexpected family emergency and she needed to leave immediately. when she went to question her again beth pulled out her detectives badge and essentially bullied the girl into selling her a ticket.

how had it come to this? how had she gone from elizabeth childs, raising star detective with a promising career and the perfect boyfriend she was head over heels in love with - to beth, the clone and the killer whose boyfriend was actually her monitor who was only there to keep tabs on her. none of it had been real. had her entire life been a lie? she had tried to keep it together. really she had. at first it was to get back at whoever was behind all of it, and then it was for allison and cosima the other clone. but everyone had a breaking point, only it had taken beth a long time to realize she had passed her's ages ago.

she had gotten the very last seat on the plane. she didn't even really care where she was going, but she needed to get out. i'll do it later, she tells herself. there will always be another train, or another car or something to jump in front of. but right now she can't be n the city for another second.

she drops into her seat. immediately signaling the stewardess and asking if she can have one of those mini bottles of vodka. somehow she manages to get something out about being a nervous flyer. the stewardess smiles sympathetically and hands beth a bottle, then she secretly passes her another on her way to assist another passenger. beth reaches into her purse and pulls out a bright orange prescription pill bottle. she isn't sure which one this is, she's been taking so many different pills to deal with everything she can't keep track and she doesn't really care. she opens it and spills a few out into the palm of her hand, she puts them in her mouth chasing them down with the vodka. she's practically shaking at this point, she's wishing she had gone to the train station instead. then she wouldn't be here on this plane, with no idea what the hell she was doing.

maybe this is how she could do it - a lethal dose of antidepressants and vodka up in the clouds. she glances back down at the pill bottle in her hand. it would be so easy. so, so, so easy. no one here would know, and no one would care. )

Doctor Doom | Marvel Comics

[bowbeforedoom]

[His private jet is in for repairs after his latest attempt at annihilating that blasted Richards, so Doctor Doom is forced to travel to a diplomatic meeting in a civilian aircraft. His engineers will be tortured for their tardiness upon his return, of course.]

Pathetic machine. Such shoddy construction would not be permitted in the Latveria of Doctor DOOM!

[subject223]

[ Sometimes, it just doesn’t pay to travel coach. Not that Steve is paying for this trip. No, this trip is being funded by SHIELD and taking a commercial flight is meant to be part of his cover. Of course, it’s difficult to maintain such cover – a random, if well-muscled, tourist bedecked in garish Hawaiian shirt, cargo shorts, and flip flops - when he’s sitting next to Doom, of all people.

But he tries. He really, really tries. ]

What type of aircraft are you used to flying in, sir?

Saft | Original Character | OTA

[whitescalesbigmouth]

[Whoa wait. You're telling her that in this world people actually made machines that can fly?!

...There's no way they can be better at flying than dragons right?]

Haruka Tenoh | Sailor Moon

[actsmagnificent]

[ First-class passenger, window seat. Her helicopter must be in the shop. ]

[oceanicbutterfly]

[Karen's in the neighboring aisle seat, lost in thought. Her parents are always using the private jet.]

[heroiccia]

[He is either the loud pilot, or loud flight attendant. Have fun on Air America.]

Casey Shraeger || The Unusuals || OTA

[prefersrules]

Douglas Richardson | Cabin Pressure | obviously.

[heychief]

DOUGLAS. :D

[incrediblebanner]

Douglas may, perhaps, wonder why it is that MJN Air has been chartered to ferry around a physicist - just the physicist, no other passengers. Of course, if he follows American superheroes at all, he might notice that the physicist works closely with the Avengers and SHIELD in containing the Hulk. (At least, according to official sources.)

If not, then she's a rather pretty but somewhat withdrawn doctor whose ear is being talked off by Arthur, who apparently is up on American superheroes. And has a lot to say about them.

When he wanders off to do something-or-other in pre-flight checks, she sees Douglas doing the walk-around. "Is he always like that?"

Lois Lane | Smallville/DC Comics | OTA

[loistheintrepid]

Gotouda Aki | Honto Yajuu | OTA

[unsuitably]

Kay Friave, OC, OTA

[ktfe]

In the windowseat is a short redheaded woman, late twentysomethings, leaning her forehead against the small patch of double glass and peering outside with interest.

Edward Nygma | DC Comics

[questionslinger]

[ He's got first fucking class tickets to Cabo, bitches! Edward Nygma travels in style. ]

q • skyfall

[compile]

[ Aisle seat. Definitely in the aisle seat. As calm and collected as Q always manages to look, it is very much clear that he is not fine. He's naturally pale, of course, but he looks white as a sheet. He's obviously trying to control his breathing. He is not fine. Why the hell did he agree to this. ]

Re: q • skyfall

[regeneriot]

Did you know more people die every year falling down flights of stairs than in plane crashes?

[The man at the window seat seams to think this will be helpful. He offers it with a chipper smile.

...Which falters. Because he wouldn't be here if everything were going to go smoothly, now would he?]

A stuffed teddybear

[toybear]

There's a stuffed toy seated by the window. Could it belong to you or to the person sitting next to you (who has momentarily gone away somewhere)? Or could it be travelling the world all by itself?

The toy can speak and understand you - at least if you believe so - but it can't move around on its own.

(Feel free to change the setting. Toybear would love to try any mode of flying.)

Agent Six | Generator Rex | Het

[stupidsexysix]

.

[doc_holi]

She wasn't a huge fan of flying, honestly. She wasn't a fan of travelling in general, but White had practically demanded she go on this trip for the scientific blahblahblah. Mingling just wasn't her thing with these sorts.

At least she had convinced Six to come along with her this time. They had just settled into their seats, waiting for take off.