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[ his laugh is a little hollow, marking cynicism where ray doesn't often express it. but ray does smile as genuine as he can manage in the middle of all this mess. ]
You know what? Yeah. I'll tell you. But you should talk, too. [ he'd noticed that pause before, if only because he watches gideon for signs of problems as a scientist. but more and more, his image of her holographic head is fading away to be replaced by this version of her.
he moves toward not the main door to the hallway but the one that connects to the room he shares with sarah, ushering her to follow. ]
C'mon. Though-- I haven't asked if you eat, yet, have I?
You know what? Yeah. I'll tell you. But you should talk, too. [ he'd noticed that pause before, if only because he watches gideon for signs of problems as a scientist. but more and more, his image of her holographic head is fading away to be replaced by this version of her.
he moves toward not the main door to the hallway but the one that connects to the room he shares with sarah, ushering her to follow. ]
C'mon. Though-- I haven't asked if you eat, yet, have I?
Involved? [ a scoff. ] You presume too much.
[ nope. lies. he presumes enough — except for the part where he and wynonna are still involved. doc may have kind of sort of dumped her? but how do you dump a person when you were never officially together? it's facebook levels of #complicated. ]
[ nope. lies. he presumes enough — except for the part where he and wynonna are still involved. doc may have kind of sort of dumped her? but how do you dump a person when you were never officially together? it's facebook levels of #complicated. ]
( Gideon's head dips a little when Ray turns the request back on her. Was it shame? Embarrassment? Perhaps guilt that Gideon had done what she'd promised not to?
Part of her did feel foolish to still have trusted Rip so implicitly despite knowing that he was a different man, but she couldn't ignore him, and if seeing him could somehow have helped him...
But it didn't. Instead the consequences had been worse than she'd imagined.
His next question brings her gaze back up, a hint of a smile at his question )
I don't. But you should.
Part of her did feel foolish to still have trusted Rip so implicitly despite knowing that he was a different man, but she couldn't ignore him, and if seeing him could somehow have helped him...
But it didn't. Instead the consequences had been worse than she'd imagined.
His next question brings her gaze back up, a hint of a smile at his question )
I don't. But you should.
[ nope.jpg ]
I'M HERE TO TELL YOU NOTHING OF THE SORT.
AFTER ALL, IT'S NOT HIM YOU NEED TO BE WORRIED ABOUT.
IT'S HER.
I'M HERE TO TELL YOU NOTHING OF THE SORT.
AFTER ALL, IT'S NOT HIM YOU NEED TO BE WORRIED ABOUT.
IT'S HER.
[ oh, raymond. raymond, raymond, raymond. ]
THAT WOULD CARRY A LOT MORE WEIGHT IF SHE WAS THE TRUE HEIR.
WILLA EARP WAS ROBBED.
THAT WOULD CARRY A LOT MORE WEIGHT IF SHE WAS THE TRUE HEIR.
WILLA EARP WAS ROBBED.
[ aren't they peas in a pod? ]
C'mon, we can at least sit in the living room and you can watch me eat an irresponsible amount of brownies...
[ he ushers her in to what's become a small apartment-- sarah's design is in every facet, but pieces of ray stick out. projects that made their way beyond the workshop and gadgets he built to make things better.
in fact, as ray passes the first vacbot he'd built, he not so surreptitiously shoves it under the chair so that gideon can't see its label. ]
Make yourself comfy, I'll be right back.
C'mon, we can at least sit in the living room and you can watch me eat an irresponsible amount of brownies...
[ he ushers her in to what's become a small apartment-- sarah's design is in every facet, but pieces of ray stick out. projects that made their way beyond the workshop and gadgets he built to make things better.
in fact, as ray passes the first vacbot he'd built, he not so surreptitiously shoves it under the chair so that gideon can't see its label. ]
Make yourself comfy, I'll be right back.
( When they go through to the apartment Gideon does look around, though not in human curiosity but more an assessment of what items are in a room, and what he may believe she lacks if Ray was ever invited to her own room. Though he assisted her in finding a room it's still almost as bare as that day. She hasn't much use for what humans might use and hasn't brought anything else in.
This time, unlike when Ray invited her to his lab, Gideon does at least make the effort to sit on the couch, though whether or not she looks comfortable... still sat straight, perched on the edge. Classic Gideon )
This time, unlike when Ray invited her to his lab, Gideon does at least make the effort to sit on the couch, though whether or not she looks comfortable... still sat straight, perched on the edge. Classic Gideon )
[ he comes back with a little plate of snacks and a big old glass of water and makes himself comfortable on the floor at the coffee table, crossing his legs and looking very much like an overgrown child for a moment. ]
So you saw him?
[ it's not the biggest of intuitive leaps, but ray has to imagine it's a delicate subject for her. he realizes he's not even sure how long it had just been rip and gideon, before they'd assembled the legends. ]
So you saw him?
[ it's not the biggest of intuitive leaps, but ray has to imagine it's a delicate subject for her. he realizes he's not even sure how long it had just been rip and gideon, before they'd assembled the legends. ]
I did.
( There's only a couple of seconds pause before Gideon clarifies more )
I had kept in mind your words, but knowing his mind as I do I had wanted to see how it had been altered.
( Okay, she already knew how it had been altered given her previous venture into his mind but she hadn't had the opportunity to speak with him )
Knowing what he thinks may have provided us with more information in order to help him.
( There's only a couple of seconds pause before Gideon clarifies more )
I had kept in mind your words, but knowing his mind as I do I had wanted to see how it had been altered.
( Okay, she already knew how it had been altered given her previous venture into his mind but she hadn't had the opportunity to speak with him )
Knowing what he thinks may have provided us with more information in order to help him.
[ ray nods, glad for her assessment. ]
I think I was hoping he was faking. He didn't kill Nate, he didn't come after any of us, he didn't do anything to remove hope entirely.
[ he shrugs. ]
I thought maybe, you know, he thought he could keep a better eye on Thawne or something. That if I just kept trying we could talk or I could get him to crack, or something.
I think I was hoping he was faking. He didn't kill Nate, he didn't come after any of us, he didn't do anything to remove hope entirely.
[ he shrugs. ]
I thought maybe, you know, he thought he could keep a better eye on Thawne or something. That if I just kept trying we could talk or I could get him to crack, or something.
I had hoped the same.
( Not all of it. Perhaps Gideon had simply believed Ray when he'd told her of Rip's state, not having been here and seeing him from the earlier time point. They'd just gotten his memories back, she'd just saved him, yet it hadn't yet happened. That was easier to accept in the initial moment than the history.
Her tone has dipped a little, not quieter necessarily but lower. It's void of the usual emotion that a human may possess in their voice, but her speech also isn't the usual chipperness that Ray has come to know )
I had hoped that talking to him may have helped to bring some of his memories to the surface.
( They had spent an awfully long time together, and Gideon had always been there for him )
But I also know the current state of Rip's mind, and what Eobard Thawne did to him. Such a hope was foolish.
( Impossible. A simple conversation could never help, not with the bitterness and loathing that Rip seemed to possess; emotions that he also directed towards Gideon herself )
( Not all of it. Perhaps Gideon had simply believed Ray when he'd told her of Rip's state, not having been here and seeing him from the earlier time point. They'd just gotten his memories back, she'd just saved him, yet it hadn't yet happened. That was easier to accept in the initial moment than the history.
Her tone has dipped a little, not quieter necessarily but lower. It's void of the usual emotion that a human may possess in their voice, but her speech also isn't the usual chipperness that Ray has come to know )
I had hoped that talking to him may have helped to bring some of his memories to the surface.
( They had spent an awfully long time together, and Gideon had always been there for him )
But I also know the current state of Rip's mind, and what Eobard Thawne did to him. Such a hope was foolish.
( Impossible. A simple conversation could never help, not with the bitterness and loathing that Rip seemed to possess; emotions that he also directed towards Gideon herself )
Edited (fff repetition ) 2017-07-28 23:22 (UTC)
[ pls stop trying ]
do you know what the secret to a successful lie is?
there are always grains of truth.
do you know what the secret to a successful lie is?
there are always grains of truth.
No, it wasn't.
[ whether he's defending himself or her, ray figures it doesn't actually matter. lately he feels like the only one willing to keep hoping in the face of insurmountable odds. his voice is quiet still, calmer than it normally might be. ]
When it seems impossible, that's when it matters the most.
[ whether he's defending himself or her, ray figures it doesn't actually matter. lately he feels like the only one willing to keep hoping in the face of insurmountable odds. his voice is quiet still, calmer than it normally might be. ]
When it seems impossible, that's when it matters the most.
I know that we can help him.
( If only because they've done it before. If they hadn't perhaps it would have been just hope, and sadness.
The thing is that Gideon isn't used to failure on a personal note. There have been times when their plans had failed; when Rip had almost died or the Waverider could have been destroyed. Those were easier to cope with -- she just looked for a new plan, something new to do. Failing with Rip... it was almost betrayal. No, it was. With how he'd acted, doing the one thing that he didn't do. That was betrayal )
Because we cannot lose him. Not with all of our efforts to help him.
( Both in their world and here. It just felt more difficult now )
( If only because they've done it before. If they hadn't perhaps it would have been just hope, and sadness.
The thing is that Gideon isn't used to failure on a personal note. There have been times when their plans had failed; when Rip had almost died or the Waverider could have been destroyed. Those were easier to cope with -- she just looked for a new plan, something new to do. Failing with Rip... it was almost betrayal. No, it was. With how he'd acted, doing the one thing that he didn't do. That was betrayal )
Because we cannot lose him. Not with all of our efforts to help him.
( Both in their world and here. It just felt more difficult now )
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