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Tweak says, "We don't need rings or vows"

Ray Palmer (pocket_sized) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2017-04-17 06:42:00

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felicity smoak, jack harkness, ray palmer

Day 424 | Video | Action
[Video]

[He didn't think that breaking time was in the penal code, but then considering what the Dominator's had come to earth for he's not exactly surprised to find himself here. The more pressing question was the absence of the rest of the legends. If he was going to make contact with the other inmates, he might as well get that out of the way.]

Hello, people of Marina. I hope this finds you well, assuming this is a recording and not a live communication channel. I guess I'll find out in a second or two if anyone is watching.

[He's defaulting to a slightly more professional way of composing his speech, trying to be as clear as possible as he would in any board meaning or in front of his students back in the 50s. Just going for efficiency. Plus it helps mask his panic.]

I'm Ray. Ray Palmer. And I'm looking for my friends. Sara, Nate, Mick, Amaya, Martin and Jackson. Has anyone seen them? Heard those names? I mean of course I am leaving out specific details such as appearance, surnames, distinguishing characteristics, I'm assuming if they're here they'd receive this message and find me.

Otherwise I think I'm going to need more information about this place. Hopefully I can assist with an escape plan? There's one of those, right?

[His lips turn up into a genuine smile, but it fades almost immediately, seeming crestfallen. He turns the feed off with that.]

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[Action]

Ray stays in Sector one for a while, processing everything that had happened. He'd been here almost immediately after he and the Legends crash landed in L.A. due to a time storm. Sure enough that was listed as one of his crimes. Others remarked on his using underhanded tactics to acquire Queen Consolidated, and his being regarded as a criminal by the Time Masters. Even the time he nearly blew up the chem lab in his undergrad, it was all stacked against him as supposed crimes. Alien law, he supposed, was maybe a little less nuanced than even the flawed justice system of western society. At east there you were innocent until proven guilty.

Here he didn't even get a trial.

He moved on to sector two, finding a clothing store and opting to change before continuing on to explore the city.

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	justanitgirl 2017-04-21 08:09 pm UTC (link)
	Which I never thanked you for by the way. Oliver forced me to be his secretary; which, aside from being insanely sexist on his part, was a gross insult to the fact that I'm the best hacker alive. Or, well, inside the machine now, which, incidentally is one of the reasons why I'm in here. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pocket_sized 2017-04-21 09:14 pm UTC (link)
	Well, I. Hmm. I guess you did sorta say thank you but indirectly. That said, you're welcome. Why are you in here? I mean I can think of a few things off the top of my head. Aiding a criminal for starters. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	justanitgirl 2017-04-21 09:36 pm UTC (link)
	That, a couple counts of larceny, bombing a building which arguably I did, but it was empty and it was one of Oliver's holdings. A ton of hacking ... Like, I mean over half the list was different types of hacking. The last one I don't really get. It says I bombed a city. [That is literally something she would never do.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pocket_sized 2017-04-21 11:11 pm UTC (link)
	Wait. The Queen Consolidated Applied Sciences? That was you? [Somehow he should have known that.] That was because of Slade Wilson wasn't it? [He shrugs and exhales. Oh well.] Bombed a what? How? Why? At least you didn't get something about breaking time. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	justanitgirl 2017-04-21 11:35 pm UTC (link)
	[Part of her doesn't really wanna talk about Slade Wilson. Or, honestly, the whole bombing of Havenrock thing. She can't even conceptualize any situation where she would willingly drop a bomb on anything. Which means it's a good thing that he decided to tell her why he was in here.] How do you break time? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pocket_sized 2017-04-21 11:37 pm UTC (link)
	We sort of went back in time and interacted with our past selves. Let's just say it had results we didn't foresee. And ended up crashing the Waverider, that's our time ship, in LA. With Dinosaurs. And I'm pretty sure I saw the Big Ben somewhere too. So both space and time. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	justanitgirl 2017-04-21 11:42 pm UTC (link)
	That's ... wow. [Her eyes widen at that. That's a huge thing. Also, pretty damn cool too. There's a huge part of her that really wants to see that and interact in a place like that. The advanced tech and computing capacity had to be amazing.] You totally win. Like, coolest reason to be in prison ever ... and worst. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pocket_sized 2017-04-21 11:48 pm UTC (link)
	Worst? I wouldn't say worst. I can think of worse. Off the top of my head about ten different people who could be worse to be stuck here than me. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	justanitgirl 2017-04-22 12:14 am UTC (link)
	Seriously? You know ten different people who've done something to be in here? [She wasn't exactly expecting that. After all, Ray was probably the most wholesome person she knows.] I wouldn't actually have guessed that about you. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pocket_sized 2017-04-22 12:19 am UTC (link)
	Sure. Mick Rory, Damian Darhk, Ra's Al Ghul, Leonard Snart and Slade Wilson. Just to name a few. I could go on. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	justanitgirl 2017-04-22 12:41 am UTC (link)
	[Oh, so that's how he's going to play it is he? She tilts her head and looks incredibly unamused. Seriously though, she wouldn't want to be in the same country as Slade Wilson let alone the same potentially inescapable prison as him. The others; other then Snart, she didn't know.] People who've tried to kill me [She holds up a finger.] or Barry, don't count. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pocket_sized 2017-04-22 12:45 am UTC (link)
	[Oh okay. So if that's the game...] I feel like if I gave a list outside of our rogues gallery I'd just get in trouble. Imagine Oliver and me as roommates. I can't see that going well for either of us. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

justanitgirl
2017-04-22 12:52 am UTC (link)

[See that smile? That big growing smirk that's really larger then it has any right to? That's Felicity imagining Oliver and Ray in an 'Odd Couple' situation. It's the best mental TV series she's ever thought up for herself.]

It'd entertain me at least. Seriously, there would be closed circuit cameras on that apartment all the time.

[Wait, that sounded really stalkerish didn't it?]

In a totally not, stalkerish way of course.

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	pocket_sized 2017-04-22 12:57 am UTC (link)
	[He winces because that sounds like the worst thing.] If he does show up here I'm not doing that. Drawing a line in the sand. [All this serious talk while he smirks.] Then again I suppose the same would be said for the two of us. Speaking of roommates, we could find a place to live. Not sharing a room or anything. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

justanitgirl
2017-04-22 01:09 am UTC (link)

What?

[She's not sure how to deal with that one. Yesterday he was walking in on her at pretty much every bad moment of the day. Now he's asking her to move in with him. It's weird right? It's totally weird that he's asking her to move in with him.

But it also makes sense. They're the only ones from their world here. The only ones to really understand one another.]

Why don't we see what happens.

[It's as committal as she can get with the suggestion. After all, he's still kinda her boss.]

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	pocket_sized 2017-04-22 01:16 am UTC (link)
	Or at least close by. [He nods at her answer, accepting it. He just doesn't want to walk very far to be able t see her. Not that he's lazy. It's just he doesn't want distance between them.] I was looking into Sector 3 before you called. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	justanitgirl 2017-04-22 01:25 am UTC (link)
	[Close by seems more manageable. After all one conversation doesn't make them bosom buddies and she's pretty used to living alone.] Sector 2 has literally all the computer components I need. [Just putting that out there.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pocket_sized 2017-04-22 01:31 am UTC (link)
	But Sector 3 has spacious room for two people to live in and each have their own work space. Also not drive each other crazy. Not that we would, just saying it's entirely possibly to do so if you only have 500 square feet to share. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

justanitgirl
2017-04-22 01:36 am UTC (link)

[The more he talks about this the more something dawns on her.]

If we get separate apartments you're just going to walk in on me everyday, aren't you?

[She's starting to get horror scenarios in her head of being in the shower and him just walking in on her without knocking. Well, at least she could lock her door, but then he'd just knock and come sit on her couch again ... without bringing her coffee. Rude Ray, rude.]

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	pocket_sized 2017-04-22 01:42 am UTC (link)
	We could try that arrangement. I guess my only stipulation is that we don't live far apart. I guess that does sound a little strange, and I keep having to remind myself that I have to start over. [His brows knit and he looks down. Honestly he's not used to living alone anymore He can handle it, but he doesn't want to.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

justanitgirl
2017-04-22 01:55 am UTC (link)

'A little strange' is an understatement.

[She looks down at her hands, frowning. It's all so weird when he starts talking about things like living together and, well, acting like she's so important to him. There's a level of intimacy from him that she can't quite downshift to having a reason to be there.]

The Ray Palmer I knew yesterday didn't, look at me the way you do. It's kind of disorienting.

[Nice, but disorienting.]

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pocket_sized
2017-04-22 02:12 am UTC (link)

[He is not sure what to say to that. There are so many feelings right now, he isn't even sure he realized the implications of what he was saying. He did look at her differently. It was a mix of regret and loneliness, but also he just didn't want to be here alone either.]

Part of it, Felicity, is that I've lived in close quarters with my team for two years. It would feel weird not to live with someone.

But I won't force you to live with me. I just want to be able to, I guess, spend time with you.

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justanitgirl
2017-04-22 03:34 am UTC (link)

[She gets that, but she also gets that there's something deeper to it. Just from the time that they were sitting here she could feel the difference. There's a way of sitting just a little too close, hands lingering a little longer then they would a veritable stranger. Looks that you're not supposed to notice. They were close. Really close. Something between now and then had drastically changed in their relationship and she couldn't figure out what it was. She doubted it had anything to do with him finding out about her night job.

There was something deeper; something had happened between the two of them that had drawn them closer to each other. Except it hadn't happened yet, and Felicity was used to being alone. In fact she'd turned down one of the most prestigious jobs in Central City because she preferred it that way. Living with people, relying on them to exist just didn't work for her. Even when it came to the team. Even there she more of less worked alone.

Now she was sitting next to a man who, less then 24 hours ago could arguably look at her emotional distraught state with a detached concern, who now, clearly couldn't. A man who had a strong and overwhelming emotional attachment to her and she couldn't place why he had it. He'd said she saved his life, but honestly, she'd do that for anyone. That didn't explain anything.

She turns to look at him again. Her lower lip separating from her top as she tries to articulate the words. It's hard, but she tries to start anyway.]

That's not it ...

[She frowns, pressing her lips tight together.]

I don't know how to explain it, but it's not that.

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pocket_sized
2017-04-22 03:45 am UTC (link)

I guess I can't expect things to just fall into normalcy. That's what I want, something to ground things for me.

[He looks down, clearly hurt, folding his hands together as he looks at his surroundings. There was a wall up between them that even he can sense now. He just didn't want to believe it was there.]

To be fair, that quip about trying out a system where I burst in unannounced was more of a joke. I mean I am aware I did that. Probably more times than responsible.

Would you be alright with neighbors? Down the hall, kiddie corner? There's a chance I need some time to cope.

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	justanitgirl 2017-04-22 03:48 am UTC (link)
	Wait, you did that more then once? [She really was hoping that was a one off.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)