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Oliver Queen does not wear tights (dl_greenarrow) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2013-10-16 19:40:00

Entry tags:

aradia megido, artemis crock, bart allen, kitty pryde (aoa), oliver queen, piter de vries, tear grants, wally west, zatanna zatara

Day 241 -- Video
[Well this is new. Not that he didn't deserve to be in prison considering the amount of crimes he's committed over the years, even if they'd been in the name of pursuing truth and justice. Illegal was illegal, right?]

[He's not sure what to do right now, but he needs to figure it out, so he takes a deep breath and turns on the camera. An image of an attractive, late twenty-something year old man with light blonde hair and brown eyes appears. He's not smiling, and mostly he just looks very tired. There's a long red gash across his right cheek that looks fresh.]

Hey. I'm new here. [Now he hesitates. He doesn't know what to expect, or what to say next. A first for him, really. He always seemed to say whatever people wanted to hear. Or needed to hear.]

I'm Oliver Queen.

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	dl_greenarrow 2013-10-17 09:09 pm UTC (link)
	[He clearly has no clue what she's talking about, and looks at her dubiously.] Pretty sure I'd remember if I'd been to an underwater prison before. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2013-10-17 09:12 pm UTC (link)
	And if I had a nickle for every time I heard someone say that I'd have a lot of useless currency. Will it sound more plausible if I start talking about arrows? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dl_greenarrow 2013-10-17 09:13 pm UTC (link)
	[Well, that shuts him up. He just stares at her image on the screen for a long moment.] ...who did you say you are? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2013-10-17 09:16 pm UTC (link)
	I didn't. But back when I met someone who with your name the first time, I would have said I was Shadowcat. But since I'm meeting you today I guess you can call me Kitty. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dl_greenarrow 2013-10-17 09:20 pm UTC (link)
	[Shadowcat sounds like a code name to him. Maybe she's some kind of vigilante? That's his first guess, which isn't surprising considering his own background.] Kitty, huh? Is that your real name or a nickname? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2013-10-17 09:25 pm UTC (link)
	[His first guess wouldn't be wrong.] Look at you getting to the truth. [She smiles a little.] It's Kathrine Pryde. Everyone calls me Kitty. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dl_greenarrow 2013-10-17 09:28 pm UTC (link)
	[Look at him being a good guesser. He smiles faintly, too.] Well, nice to meet you, Kitty. Again, apparently. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2013-10-17 09:31 pm UTC (link)
	Good I was going for nice. [Smiling back.] I guess I'll need to make a space for you on the Defense Force. [Oh, did you want an explanation of what it was or a choice in joining?] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dl_greenarrow 2013-10-17 09:34 pm UTC (link)
	In that case, well done. [He cocks his head to the side at the mention of the Defense Force.] What's that? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2013-10-17 09:36 pm UTC (link)
	It's a group of inmates. We're looking into ways of taking this prison down and protecting people while we're here. Not everyone who shows up is as charming as we are. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dl_greenarrow 2013-10-17 10:06 pm UTC (link)
	No, I imagine they aren't. Then again, it is prison... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2013-10-17 10:18 pm UTC (link)
	It's a prison where everyone is a criminal and they just haven't gotten around to processing everyone. There used to be a twelve year old here who I'm pretty sure was made of rainbows and sugar. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dl_greenarrow 2013-10-17 10:22 pm UTC (link)
	[He's still a bit out of it from suddenly arriving in a new place but it dawns on him that both Artemis and Zatanna are way too young to legally be in any kind of a prison. That shakes him out of his stupor a bit.] How can they hold kids here? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2013-10-17 10:31 pm UTC (link)
	Big, impenetrable dome? [She shrugs.] They do what they want. Not sure whose say so they do it on or how they got this kind of tech going. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dl_greenarrow 2013-10-17 10:44 pm UTC (link)
	Point. [His frown deepens.] Someone with a hell of a lot of money, apparently. And who knows our secrets. Someone like... [He pauses before he can say Lex Luthor, because Lex is dead. And Oliver would know. He killed him.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2013-10-17 10:47 pm UTC (link)
	Have you decided it's someone from your universe? It could be, but that's a little limiting and this thing has a lot of scope. Also, I don't know that we all have secrets here. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dl_greenarrow 2013-10-17 10:50 pm UTC (link)
	It's crossed my mind. It wouldn't be possible, though. He's dead. [And the expression on his face is blank. He looks away from the screen for a minute, not sure what she means about the secrets part. Unless...] ...you mean people know our secrets here? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

kitty_has_claws
2013-10-17 11:01 pm UTC (link)

[Oh, funny he should mention death.] When time travel is possible death isn't a huge obstacle. There are people here pulled from their world just seconds before they died. [He's talking to one. It's actually something she found out the the night of drunken kissing. Life affirming drunken kissing?]

As far as our secrets go only the wardens and anyone we tell or who knows us already knows those. [Kitty doesn't exactly hide hers though.] I just meant not everyone here comes with a codename and power or special skill. [Lots of people do, sure. Just not everyone.]

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dl_greenarrow
2013-10-20 01:01 pm UTC (link)

[Well that's unsettling, to say the least. That means Lex could show up at anytime. Although here, at least, he likely wouldn't be the threat he was back home...probably.] Oh.

[He let that sink in for a moment. He's glad that people probably won't know his other identity, even if it doesn't really matter that much anymore. That's not who he is now anyway. It hasn't been for a long time.] Yeah, I guess that makes sense.

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	kitty_has_claws 2013-10-21 01:14 am UTC (link)
	I feel like I burst your bubble. Mean thing to do to someone underwater. [Her way of asking if he's okay.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dl_greenarrow 2013-10-21 09:34 pm UTC (link)
	[Despite his mood, a smile tugs at his mouth and he shakes his head.] It's fine. I guess it's just a lot to take in, you know? [And of course she probably knows exactly what he means because she too, was new there at some point.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2013-10-22 12:36 am UTC (link)
	Think so? I remember acclimating very quickly. [She smiles. This is kind of an obvious lie. There are still some things she continues to struggle with even being an old timer to the prison game.] I have a feeling you'll figure things out. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dl_greenarrow 2013-10-25 09:08 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, my mistake. [And it's obvious from his voice that he knows she's fibbing.] Yeah. I will. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2013-10-27 11:41 pm UTC (link)
	Good. I'll let you do the settling in thing and the dealing with the initial shock thing. I'll see you around though. Interviewing for a position on the team I hope. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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