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Tweak says, "A villain has arrived!"

Bart Allen | Impulse (killerspeed) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2013-04-20 16:48:00

Entry tags:

artemis crock, bart allen, dick grayson (all-star), dirk strider, duo maxwell, kitty pryde (aoa), korra, peter parker (tas), wally west, zatanna zatara

day 215 | afternoon | action + voice
[action]
[Bart didn't know which was worse: waking up in prison, losing his superpowers, or receiving the ugliest jumpsuit known to mankind. He wasn't a stranger to law enforcement, having been on both sides of the equation, but Marina's new territory. It's like the sick, twisted love child of Atlantis and Belle Reve (complete with free ankle monitor! all yours for the grand price of your freedom!)

Unable to take off the monitor, Bart had settled for turning off his comm device and heading to the nearest clothing store. Thank god he'd woken up in Sector 4 - running would've been a pain in the neck. Unfortunately, he also doesn't have cash.

He wouldn't steal under any other circumstance, but people usually expect cash. That's just how capitalism works! If anyone asks, they never saw him. Of course not, because the kid who entered in a jumpsuit and the kid who left in a red t-shirt and white jeans aren't the same person. Absolutely not. Especially since that second kid had already dumped his prison jumpsuit into one of the inventory bins.

It would've been the perfect crime ~~not that he knows everything's free~~, but his conscience is making his heart race again... and of course, the second he tries to leave, he hits the door face-first and falls hard onto the floor (activating his voice feed in the process). Goddammit.]

[voice]
OW.

Oh hey, this thing's on... [Bart fiddles with the feed some more, before hastily adding:] Ignore the man behind the emerald curtain, y'all. No - seriously, I'm not the tech guy, that's kind of Chloe's thing. I barely understood Twitter, I don't particularly get Facebook, and these wardens expect me to use this thing without breaking it? Or well, it seems simple enough, it's just... you know, prison tech. The last prison didn't have tech nearly this sophisticated.

[He's speaking rapidly about how much tech isn't his thing, even without his super-speed, until he remembers where he is. Bart coughs.] Right, sorry, fair people of Marina Novella. Nova? Marina Telenovela? Whatever we're called, I'll catch you on the flipside. Assuming that, you know, I don't get out of here on parole first.

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	voice; smuppeteer 2013-04-21 02:10 am UTC (link)
	That's all we've got. The wardens have decided that such information as what planet or what universe we're in is irrelevant to our [ you can almost hear the air-quotes ] "rehabilitation". (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	voice; killerspeed 2013-04-21 02:34 am UTC (link)
	That sucks. We're stuck here because of some crummy stuff we did, and we're not even told what planet we're on? The movie theater really doesn't make it any better. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	voice; smuppeteer 2013-04-21 02:36 am UTC (link)
	Hey, don't knock the movie theater. It's got some highly interesting insights into all sorts of different cultures. [ A pause. ] But yeah, this place pretty much blows. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	voice; killerspeed 2013-04-21 02:53 am UTC (link)
	Hey, if the popcorn's good, I'll probably be there a lot. It's just not enough compensation for a grand lifetime sentence on another planet or dimension or wherever this place is. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	voice; smuppeteer 2013-04-21 02:58 am UTC (link)
	No kidding. They're just trying to placate us anyway. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	voice; killerspeed 2013-04-21 03:25 am UTC (link)
	Has it been working? From the sounds of it, Marina Novella's got way more than just a movie theater and clothing stores. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	voice; smuppeteer 2013-04-21 03:27 am UTC (link)
	A lot of people don't seem to care one way or the other about getting out of here, so yeah, I'd say. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	voice; killerspeed 2013-04-21 03:34 am UTC (link)
	Damn. I knew this prison was way too nice, but if that's their game, the wardens here are good at it. No one's made any attempt to escape yet? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	voice; smuppeteer 2013-04-21 03:36 am UTC (link)
	Oh, there've been attempts. Nothing's succeeded, but thankfully the people who are too complacent to try are also too complacent to stand in the way of those of us who aren't. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	voice; killerspeed 2013-04-21 04:31 am UTC (link)
	Jeez, that's something. I guess we should talk about this in person later, but I want to know what hasn't worked so far. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	voice; smuppeteer 2013-04-21 07:33 am UTC (link)
	Pretty much any attempt at hacking the system has not only failed, but brought down undesirable side effects as a result of messing with the dimensional stabilizer that regulates basically everything around here. Either that or those are failsafes the wardens put in place deliberately to keep us out. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	voice; killerspeed 2013-04-22 02:18 am UTC (link)
	A dimensional... stabilizer? You're losing me, bro. Is this place like a "pocket dimension" or a place-between-the-worlds? I know there's a word for it. [He means nexus.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	voice; smuppeteer 2013-04-22 03:50 am UTC (link)
	How am I supposed to know? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	voice; killerspeed 2013-04-22 09:58 pm UTC (link)
	Sorry, man. It's just weird being in a new place and not knowing all the answers. I've usually got a Watchtower for that. [He laughs a little nervously.] I'm Bart, by the way. Thanks for the intel. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	voice; smuppeteer 2013-04-23 03:06 am UTC (link)
	Nah, I hear you there. If we were back in my universe you could've asked me anything about anything and I could have answered. Shit's disorienting. Dirk. And no problem. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	voice; killerspeed 2013-04-23 03:30 am UTC (link)
	I can only imagine. I had Watchtower back home and I still maybe had what, half the answers? This place seems like it'd do that to you. Maybe we could hang out sometime? I know everything here's free, but it seems like the least I could do. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	voice; smuppeteer 2013-04-23 06:10 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, we could do that if you want. Kind of in the middle of something at the moment, though. [ Also he's really awkward with strangers. ] Maybe sometime, though. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	voice; killerspeed 2013-04-23 08:26 pm UTC (link)
	[Good thing Bart's pretty good with strangers, then!] Oh dude, take your time. It's not like we're going anywhere. Do what you have to do - and if you're still free after that, just gimme a call. If I haven't managed to break this thing by then, I should be around. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	voice; smuppeteer 2013-04-24 01:24 am UTC (link)
	Sure. Talk to you later. [ He's about to go get chased by raptors in another thread so he'll probably forget to give Bart a call. No offense. ] (Reply to this) (Parent)

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