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Tweak says, "why do birds suddenly appear"

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 2017-04-26 06:38 am UTC (link)
	I'm obsessed with science fiction. Virtual reality is always culturally relevant. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pocket_sized 2017-04-26 06:46 am UTC (link)
	True, but Sonce when has VR been done wel outside of the Matrix? There was that awkward Stallone movie which I can't remember the title of. Where all intimacy was done by weird virtual mind melds? Or does that not count? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	justanitgirl 2017-04-26 06:53 am UTC (link)
	Red Dwarf had a few episodes with perfect VR. Farscape too if I'm remembering right. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pocket_sized 2017-04-26 07:01 am UTC (link)
	Forgot about those. I think i need to brush up on my classics. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	justanitgirl 2017-04-26 07:02 am UTC (link)
	You're failing me Ray. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pocket_sized 2017-04-26 07:15 am UTC (link)
	Send Oliver after me. [He jokes.] I have failed this Feli-city. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	justanitgirl 2017-04-26 07:25 am UTC (link)
	[That gets a sad smile rather then a laugh, though she covers it up as best she can with a better one.] Now you're just getting cheesy. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pocket_sized 2017-04-26 07:32 am UTC (link)
	A little cheese is good now and again. [Although actually in hindsight that was a bit cruel. Talking about Oliver when there was no guarantee she'd see him again.] Do you know where the apartments are? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

justanitgirl
2017-04-26 09:49 pm UTC (link)

[She's actually not entierly sure she will see him again, or anyone else that she considers family now. It's been something that's been weighing her heart down since she got here.

Which is why Ray's mentioning of Oliver hurt all the more.]

Yeah, I memorized the map. It's this way.

[She's not exactly cold, just distant and distracted. Did they even know she was gone back home? Would they miss her; or would they just work around her absence. Maybe they thought she'd gone somewhere because of what was going on - except she wasn't on bad terms with anyone just, well, it was complicated.]

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	pocket_sized 2017-04-26 10:40 pm UTC (link)
	[If it helps he regrets it. He actually woshed Oliver was here as well. He's someone to look towards when you needed strength. He doesn't say anything to her response, just giving her some mental space. God knows he needed a little of that. So he finished his cookie and dumped the trash in a nearby bin.] Sector two. Hm. That bulding ovwr there must be the one. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	justanitgirl 2017-04-27 01:16 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, it's close to everything I need, we, we need. [She's still getting used to the whole working together with Ray Palmer as a friend thing.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pocket_sized 2017-04-27 02:49 am UTC (link)
	Only in regards to technology. I wonder what's actually possible in a virtual space. Can we make anything or are there restrictive physics? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	justanitgirl 2017-04-28 01:33 am UTC (link)
	Since they wanted it as real as possible there are probably limitations. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pocket_sized 2017-04-28 01:44 am UTC (link)
	Physics may not work the same way in other realities. I guess we'll have to figure that out. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	justanitgirl 2017-04-28 02:07 am UTC (link)
	Good point, but it has to be vaguely similar since they fooled everyone for so long. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pocket_sized 2017-04-28 02:11 am UTC (link)
	True but one earth to another could have physics radically different. Maybe one universe doesn't even allow for what I programmed the ATOM suit to do, or allow the Flash to even exist. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	justanitgirl 2017-04-28 02:21 am UTC (link)
	God, that would be horrible. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pocket_sized 2017-04-28 02:23 am UTC (link)
	Yeah. Can you imagine life without being able to shrink things? [He forgot, did he tell her that?] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	justanitgirl 2017-04-28 02:25 am UTC (link)
	Shrink things? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pocket_sized 2017-04-28 02:28 am UTC (link)
	Oh. Well. My ATOM suit shrinks. [He brings his thumb and forefinger together quickly. Big to small.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	justanitgirl 2017-04-28 02:32 am UTC (link)
	So, you're literally a real life 'Honey I shrunk myself'? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pocket_sized 2017-04-28 02:40 am UTC (link)
	Only got stuck that size twice. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	justanitgirl 2017-04-28 02:48 am UTC (link)
	[She pauses, turning back to him.] Twice? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pocket_sized 2017-04-28 02:52 am UTC (link)
	Once when I tested the suit for the first time and the other, a malfunction on the Waverider. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	justanitgirl 2017-04-28 03:06 am UTC (link)
	And see, this is why I would have gotten angry about you becoming a superhero. [One of them at least.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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