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

Entry tags:

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
2017-04-22 04:22 am UTC (link)

[She notices how his eyes flick away for a moment and a part of her can't help wondering what he's hiding. A part of her wants to press the issue. What else was there that she would blackmail him into doing?

There was a more pressing matter though. The item of the Atom. She hadn't heard anything about a project like that.]

What's the A.T.O.M.? Oh, and by the way, it's awesome isn't a spoiler.

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	pocket_sized 2017-04-22 04:28 am UTC (link)
	Basically a super suit. Also, it shrinks. Like I said, awesome. [See how honest he's being?] Awesome is a spoiler when you don't want to spoil things. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	justanitgirl 2017-04-22 04:33 am UTC (link)
	[At the words 'super suit' her face falls, jaw steeling and eyes narrowing.] You made a super suit? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pocket_sized 2017-04-22 04:35 am UTC (link)
	[Uh oh. Uuuuh, why is she looking at him like that? Like he's done something wrong.] Yes? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	justanitgirl 2017-04-22 04:39 am UTC (link)
	You, Ray Palmer, made a super suit? Did you use it? [It takes so much of her control not to scream at him right now. He could get hurt, he could hurt someone else if he's not careful. He could get hurt and she was just starting to like him.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pocket_sized 2017-04-22 04:43 am UTC (link)
	Uh. Yes. And I thought you didn't want me to lie to you. [He is totally holding his tongue here.] Does it matter? I can't use the A.T.O.M suit if I don't have it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	justanitgirl 2017-04-22 04:52 am UTC (link)
	I don't, but I also don't want you to be going off and getting yourself killed when I've just started to actually like you. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pocket_sized 2017-04-22 04:59 am UTC (link)
	Felicity... [He actually seems very exasperated at this point, and even he knows it's out of character for him. He exhales then sits up straight.] Can't argue with that. We've had this conversation before, but that is who I am now. And you helped me build it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	justanitgirl 2017-04-22 05:02 am UTC (link)
	[Her eyes go wide at that. Seriously? So this is what this is going to be now. Just her repeating everything he remembers her doing? Also, she did what now?] Seriously? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pocket_sized 2017-04-22 05:04 am UTC (link)
	I don't know what to tell you, Felicity. I can't change who I am now. I'm trying to be as reasonable as I can. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	justanitgirl 2017-04-22 05:10 am UTC (link)
	Seriously. I, helped you, make a super suit? How? [She can't imagine a scenario where there isn't bribery involved.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

pocket_sized
2017-04-22 05:19 am UTC (link)

[He looks like he's thinking for a while, then he sighs because he can't do this without telling her things. Painful things. When he had to see Anna again. His hands are weaved together and gripping tightly.]

Because my motivations changed. Because I began to care for you, and my friends, and my city, in a far less superficial way than I did when I started. Before I even considered taking over Queen Consolidated.

I created the ATOM suit to protect the people I care for.

And since then I've done more good for the world than I ever thought possible.

[He mulls it over and knits his brows. That look of pain coming over his features again.]

During the siege, my fiance was killed by one of Slade's soldiers, and I couldn't do anything about it. And that was the motivation from the start.

And you, Oliver, everyone changed me. That is why I'm the ATOM. It's why that's never going to change.

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justanitgirl
2017-04-22 05:35 am UTC (link)

[She stops, looking at him with her mouth half open. That that was way more then she'd asked, but it answered a lot more questions then she expected. Also, it explained exactly why she would have helped him. The same reason she stayed on after they'd found Walter.]

Oh.

[She sits back down, frowning.]

Sorry.

[About the siege, about his fiance, about making him tell her. There's just so much that she's sorry about right now.]

I, didn't mean to bring all that back up on you.

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	pocket_sized 2017-04-22 05:40 am UTC (link)
	It's been a long time coming, but maybe I need to talk to someone about it, and other things. This is sorta why I just want to settle in for a while. You and I can work on building a computer rig for you, which, arguably you'd be far better at utilizing than me. And I can focus on the weird science. That's my plan. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	justanitgirl 2017-04-22 05:53 am UTC (link)
	I'm someone. [She frowns, the inside of her bottom lip worrying between her teeth. She really didn't mean to do this. To bring up things like this. She had no idea they were even there for her to dig up.] And with us living next to each other it gives you free reign to knock on my door any time. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pocket_sized 2017-04-22 05:58 am UTC (link)
	[He has been through a lot, including being shown a possible future with you as his fiance. So there was much, still, to uncover, and much more that he didn't want to deal with yet. He turns up his hand, offering her to take it if she wanted to support him emotionally.] I'd like that. Thank you, Felicity. [So genuine.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	justanitgirl 2017-04-22 06:10 am UTC (link)
	[She looks down at the hand for a moment before resting her hand in his. For everything that's happened in the past couple hours she sure as hell knows him better then she did yesterday and she knows she wants to support the man next to her.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pocket_sized 2017-04-22 06:17 am UTC (link)
	[He grips her hand takes a moment to regain face and he smiles.] I think I've had my fill of visiting the darkside for today. And I think I'm kinda in the mood for cookies. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	justanitgirl 2017-04-22 06:19 am UTC (link)
	[She squeezes back, just so he knows she's there for him.] You know, I think I saw a cookie place on the map. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pocket_sized 2017-04-22 06:21 am UTC (link)
	Why aren't we there right now? [Okay look, they need milk and cookies to cope.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	justanitgirl 2017-04-22 06:31 am UTC (link)
	We could be. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pocket_sized 2017-04-22 06:34 am UTC (link)
	Seeing as it's the optimal solution to my emotional state. Lead the way. [That chipper tone. Definitely going for chocolate chunk.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	justanitgirl 2017-04-22 07:36 pm UTC (link)
	[She gives his hand a squeeze and stands up.] You know, you're totally not the guy I expected when I first met you. [It's nice.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pocket_sized 2017-04-22 08:00 pm UTC (link)
	Isn't that true for anyone? Except when your intuition is spot on and the book was as bad as the cover. You'd hope that that's not the case. As a general rule. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	justanitgirl 2017-04-22 08:03 pm UTC (link)
	[She shrugs.] I like to think I'm exactly who I seem like. For the most part. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)