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Tweak says, "feinted rules!"

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 killerspeed 2013-04-25 01:27 am UTC (link)
	That's bull. [Seriously, who thought that was a good idea?] I can get it if you didn't do some great stuff, like you know, the occasional petty theft, driving without a license, and borrowing someone's car to chase down a thief... but come on, innocent people? Here? All the more reason we should find a way out. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Voice breakspromises 2013-04-25 11:49 pm UTC (link)
	I think most of us are there with you. So far, it's not looking great. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Voice killerspeed 2013-04-26 09:59 pm UTC (link)
	Unfortunately. They added a lot of stuff here, but it's like... what did they call it in school... Oh! Bread and circuses. Distract the public, keep them preoccupied, and they'll do whatever you want them to do. Is that what they're going for? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Voice breakspromises 2013-04-29 12:15 am UTC (link)
	Probably. Keep us happy so we're less likely to revolt. [He's entering sector 4 right now, looking for Bart.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Voice killerspeed 2013-04-29 04:59 am UTC (link)
	What if I still want to revolt? Will they bring out their sharp and pointy things? [He's half-teasing, half-serious. Bart's made Peter's job slightly easier, as he's hanging around close to the entrance.] Oh, hey, if you're in the area - I'm the blonde guy. The one with the impossibly cool sunglasses, if I do say so myself. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Voice-->Action breakspromises 2013-04-29 11:09 pm UTC (link)
	They've got different sorts of punishments if you break their rules. Some of them are kind of dumb like teaching the place a new game. Some of them are more serious, like making you mute for a day or being in solitary. That sort of thing. [Oh! Look he sees you there. He approaches, waving as he does.] Bart? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Action killerspeed 2013-04-30 01:23 am UTC (link)
	Oh. [Somehow, the serious answer's less anticlimactic than he expected. The second Bart hears Peter's voice, he grins and turns off his feed.] Hey! Yeah, the one and only. I'm gonna sound kinda dumb right now, but I didn't catch your name at all, so um... [he laughs nervously.] It's nice to meet you? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Action breakspromises 2013-05-01 02:09 am UTC (link)
	[Peter clicks off his feed as well.] Oh. No. Sorry. I probably forgot...I'm Peter Parker. It's nice to meet you too. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Action killerspeed 2013-05-02 01:14 am UTC (link)
	It happens. [He goes ahead and takes his device off, holding it out to Peter.] So from what I've heard, this thing's impossible to break, super-sophisticated... Any reason why they gave it to us, beyond rehab records? I don't know about you, but I'm not going back to Livejournal anytime soon. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Action breakspromises 2013-05-02 03:28 am UTC (link)
	Pretty much. I mean I haven't tried to break it, but that's what--that's what I heard. As far as I can tell, they want us to communicate with each other, form relationships and interact. It's part of our rehab. I'm pretty sure they keep tabs on the network as well. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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killerspeed
2013-05-02 06:36 pm UTC (link)

I'd be more surprised if they weren't playing Big Brother. [Bart doesn't trust the tech, if it weren't obvious enough. It smells fishy - and he's sure it's not because he's under the sea.] They've gotta make sure we're not trying to publicly revolt and stuff.

I'm just glad it's not a "dear diary" kind of scenario. [Bart can't sit still long enough to talk to people most days - asking him to keep a daily diary would be torture.]

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	Action breakspromises 2013-05-03 03:30 pm UTC (link)
	[Peter, in general, loves technology. He is a bit wary of it here simply because he knows the wardens are peeking in and he didn't run down to Best Buy to buy it himself or build it himself. He laughs at the 'dear diary' comment.] I'm sure they wouldn't object if that's what you wanted to do with it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Action killerspeed 2013-05-03 08:15 pm UTC (link)
	[Bart'd offer his comm link for dissection! He's half-expecting it to sprout legs and move when he's not looking.] I think I'll leave that to all the 12 year old girls out there. [Or whoever else in the dome decides it should be used as a diary.] Can you even access stuff later? Because I heard from a couple of people that it's close to impossible. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Action breakspromises 2013-05-13 04:29 pm UTC (link)
	[In this place, it's possible, but Peter doesn't think it's likely.] Probably for the best. [He pokes at the device a moment.] By a few hours. Outside of that, not that I've noticed. They're not big on keeping records and history available here. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Action killerspeed 2013-05-16 08:45 am UTC (link)
	That sucks. [Bart's not much of a recordkeeper, but even he figures it'd be good to save conversations for later.] All part of the whole "live in the moment" attitude, right? Not letting us see past stuff would fall right into that. Or at least free up memory space on this thing. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Action breakspromises 2013-05-20 10:55 pm UTC (link)
	I think we're supposed to move forward and do better here than they think we did at home. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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