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Tweak says, "Where are your pants?!?!"

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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	[ video \| private] notbabymagic 2013-04-25 12:11 am UTC (link)
	Got another four or five years to go, apparently. [She heard from a certain very reliable source.] So, Bart...I feel a little out of the loop. Seeing as how you know me, and not the other way around. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[ video \| private] killerspeed 2013-04-25 12:24 am UTC (link)
	Sounds like a solid five-year goal. Well, what do you want to know about me? [He's half-amused, half-serious.] I'd show you why the world calls me the Fastest Man Alive, but uh... [He gestures towards his ankles.] The wardens just had to give me a welcoming present. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[ video \| private] notbabymagic 2013-04-25 12:35 am UTC (link)
	Fastest-- [Now, that sounds familiar.] Speedster? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[ video \| private] killerspeed 2013-04-25 01:18 am UTC (link)
	Got it in one. You need something done fast? I'm your guy. [Normally, anyhow - that welcoming present makes him as slow as everyone else.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[ video \| private] notbabymagic 2013-04-25 01:22 am UTC (link)
	Already got one of those, actually. But I'll be sure to keep you around for a handy backup. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[ video \| private] killerspeed 2013-04-25 01:30 am UTC (link)
	You do? ... I don't think I've met your speedy delivery guy yet. As far as I know, it's just me and Mr. Garrick. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[ video \| private] notbabymagic 2013-04-25 01:31 am UTC (link)
	Not ringing any bells, sorry. He goes by Kid Flash. I'd give you his other name, but some people tend to be a bit particular about the whole Secret Identity thing. [Not her, of course] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[ video \| private] killerspeed 2013-04-25 03:53 am UTC (link)
	[Bart doesn't even bother to hide how unimpressed he feels right about now.] Kid Flash? He does realize Jay's not taking on any apprentices, right? Heck, no one's taking on apprentices. Batman's got his trusty partner Nightwing and... well, that's actually kind of about it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[ video \| private] notbabymagic 2013-04-25 04:07 am UTC (link)
	[The feeling's mutual. Mostly. Though she does sit up a little straighter when he mentions Nightwing.] It must be an alternate universe. Kid Flash is Flash's partner...whatever his name is...but "Nightwing" doesn't exist yet. He's still Robin. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[ video \| private] killerspeed 2013-04-25 07:04 pm UTC (link)
	Has to be. [He noticed that sitting up straighter!] My Nightwing's a girl, and I've never heard of a "Robin." [Nightwing also happens to be a really hot girl, but like he'd admit that bit out loud.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[ video \| private] notbabymagic 2013-04-25 07:39 pm UTC (link)
	Definitely not a girl. [But also hot. Which she would absolutely admit if asked.] Robin is Batman's partner. He's my age. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[ video \| private] killerspeed 2013-04-25 09:29 pm UTC (link)
	Batman lets him fight crime? Jeez, and people thought Nightwing the college kid was bad enough. [He's totally making a mental note to tell Batman this later! If he remembers, at least.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[ video \| private] notbabymagic 2013-04-25 11:10 pm UTC (link)
	[Rude, not!Barry] I'd like to see you try and stop him. Any of us, really. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[ video \| private] killerspeed 2013-04-26 04:52 am UTC (link)
	[To be fair, Barry was the most reluctant to take on a sidekick!] I don't know, this place kind of does the job already. [more seriously:] But I'm also not stupid enough to stop someone from doing what she loves. It's just... this isn't work I'm comfortable letting you handle. Hell, Conner isn't out there, and he could be a freaking Superboy. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[ video \| private] notbabymagic 2013-04-27 01:57 am UTC (link)
	[She opens her mouth to comment.] [...] [...then closes it.] [No, too easy.] [Besides, he'll find out on his own soon enough.] We were all trained for exactly this sort of thing. Well...they were. Robin and the others. But I've also been training in magic my whole life, which is technically the same thing. [Sort of.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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killerspeed
2013-04-27 05:14 am UTC (link)

[When he was their age, he was fencing Rolexes. Bart knows that technically, they're doing better work than he did - but it still makes his blood boil. Who in their right mind would train children to fight?]

... At least you know how to use your powers.

[He doesn't exactly want a fight here. Not now, and definitely not with baby Zee - he knows what she's capable of.] That's something, at least.

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	[ video \| private] notbabymagic 2013-04-27 09:30 pm UTC (link)
	[Good move; even with her powers inhibited, she could still be a forced to be reckoned with.] Want a demonstration? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[ video \| private] killerspeed 2013-04-27 09:59 pm UTC (link)
	I think I'll pass. No offense, Zee, but I just got here. [More like he really doesn't want to turn into a frog, switch bodies with some random soul, OR get randomly married Vegas-style.] Buuuut if you really want to, I think I can spare a minute or two. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[ video \| private] notbabymagic 2013-04-27 10:02 pm UTC (link)
	Hey, it's all the same to me. You missed my big show a few days ago. I was the star of the festival. [Not really. She did have fun, though.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[ video \| private] killerspeed 2013-04-27 10:19 pm UTC (link)
	No way! Seems like every time I go somewhere, I miss you by this much. [He even pinches his fingers to indicate it. The subject change's doing wonders for his mood, really. He may hate child soldiers, but he's got nothing against her magic.] Maybe the next festival, whenever it comes around? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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notbabymagic
2013-04-27 10:29 pm UTC (link)

It's not easy staying one step ahead of a speedster, you know. Fortunately, I've had some practice.

[At least this speedster didn't spend the first several however-long-it-was of their relationship attempting to deny magic's existence altogether.]

No idea. They sort of spring these kinds of things on us last-minute. And trust me, if I didn't have the right connections, there was no way I would've been prepared to put on the show I did.

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	[ video \| private] killerspeed 2013-04-27 10:40 pm UTC (link)
	With Kid Flash? Yeah, I bet. We're kind of hard to surprise. [Considering that Bart has an alien from Krypton and a policeman from Mars on his speed-dial, magic really isn't the strangest thing he faces on a daily basis.] Yeah? So you never know when things're going to happen until they do? That kind of sucks. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[ video \| private] notbabymagic 2013-04-27 11:00 pm UTC (link)
	Not as hard as you'd think. [It's amazing how off-guard you can catch a boy when reality doesn't always apply to you.] Eh, I don't really mind that part so much. Makes us feel like we're all living in the moment, which is my favorite way to live. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[ video \| private] killerspeed 2013-04-28 01:38 am UTC (link)
	For your friend, maybe, but you'll have to try harder to catch me. [He can agree with that sentiment, so he nods.] So there's no other form of time-keeping around here? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[ video \| private] notbabymagic 2013-04-28 01:53 am UTC (link)
	[Is that a challenge?] You can always do what I do: mark the wall with tally marks for every passing day. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)