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( If Ray finds that he has a "missed call" from Gideon and didn't notice it coming in.... well she'd started opening a message to him and had then changed her mind.
So much is happening in Wonderland that is outside of her normal parameters and she isn't certain how to comprehend it.
Somehow Gideon has the feeling of 'needing to talk to someone' but doesn't actually know what do say. Or entirely why.
So missed call it is, Raymond )
So much is happening in Wonderland that is outside of her normal parameters and she isn't certain how to comprehend it.
Somehow Gideon has the feeling of 'needing to talk to someone' but doesn't actually know what do say. Or entirely why.
So missed call it is, Raymond )
[ it takes him a bit to clean up his current project and get the suit from sarah, but he dutifully zooms out to meet helena, looking to inspect her set up. ]
You know, it's kind of cheating. [ he grins beneath the visor as he walks toward her. ] You keep luring me out with all this mystery and danger...
You know, it's kind of cheating. [ he grins beneath the visor as he walks toward her. ] You keep luring me out with all this mystery and danger...
( It's a little while before Gideon responds due to that 'not being certain' feeling )
I was human.
( It isn't really an answer to his question, not directly, but it also feels more productive than saying she doesn't know. It starts her problem off )
I was human.
( It isn't really an answer to his question, not directly, but it also feels more productive than saying she doesn't know. It starts her problem off )
[ peg. of course. her lips purse -- unseen -- and she pauses a moment before picking up the conversational thread once again. ]
Oh, everything is right as rain. [ sarcasm, it seems. but it's uncharitably offered and after a sigh she shakes off the worst of her bad attitude. ]
Only -- something of a debriefing might be in order. Given what's happened.
[ maybe he's done this sort of thing before in wonderland, but this is the first event where her fundamental nature -- her very psychology -- had changed. she's rattled; she needs touchstones. ]
Oh, everything is right as rain. [ sarcasm, it seems. but it's uncharitably offered and after a sigh she shakes off the worst of her bad attitude. ]
Only -- something of a debriefing might be in order. Given what's happened.
[ maybe he's done this sort of thing before in wonderland, but this is the first event where her fundamental nature -- her very psychology -- had changed. she's rattled; she needs touchstones. ]
Debriefing? [ he chuckles, anxiety making him titter. ] How professional. OK, uhh...
[ he forgets that other people have normal reactions to these types of things. that his varying methods of never actually processing aren't exactly what the kids these days call healthy. unfortunately, he assumes she's looking for wonderland talk from the very experienced wonderland veteran... ]
These kinds of events are pretty rare, honestly. It usually happens when Wonderland brings worlds where everything's magic or something like that.
[ he forgets that other people have normal reactions to these types of things. that his varying methods of never actually processing aren't exactly what the kids these days call healthy. unfortunately, he assumes she's looking for wonderland talk from the very experienced wonderland veteran... ]
These kinds of events are pretty rare, honestly. It usually happens when Wonderland brings worlds where everything's magic or something like that.
Rare or not, [ she answers, ] there's something rather disarming about your social landscape changing so suddenly and without your say-so.
[ like, for example, suddenly having an employer the likes of ray palmer. knowing his drink order(s), and filling them. the very memory makes her puff up a little with indignation. you know? maybe that's a good place to start. ]
I hate fetching coffee. Almost as much as I hate fetching someone's lunch.
[ like, for example, suddenly having an employer the likes of ray palmer. knowing his drink order(s), and filling them. the very memory makes her puff up a little with indignation. you know? maybe that's a good place to start. ]
I hate fetching coffee. Almost as much as I hate fetching someone's lunch.
[ softer now, ray chuckles again. she's just expressed the exact same feeling he had about the whole thing-- and one he generally doesn't speak on. ]
What, you mean you don't want me blowing up your phone at all hours of the night with the most frivolous requests I can think up?
What, you mean you don't want me blowing up your phone at all hours of the night with the most frivolous requests I can think up?
I'm no longer certain what is real.
( There is a MASSIVE conflict between the memories that Gideon knows are real (the time on the Waverider, the years with Rip and then her crew) and the new memories of her time as a human. It isn't just those few days that Gideon remembers but the years of her life. Childhood, growing up, and they're not compartmentalised but jumbled all together. She's trying to section them off, and if she were still her old self it may be simpler, but there's an overwhelming sense of nostalgia alongside the real emotions that that human felt. Emotions deeper than her own, and she's not equipped for it )
( There is a MASSIVE conflict between the memories that Gideon knows are real (the time on the Waverider, the years with Rip and then her crew) and the new memories of her time as a human. It isn't just those few days that Gideon remembers but the years of her life. Childhood, growing up, and they're not compartmentalised but jumbled all together. She's trying to section them off, and if she were still her old self it may be simpler, but there's an overwhelming sense of nostalgia alongside the real emotions that that human felt. Emotions deeper than her own, and she's not equipped for it )
[ peg's not proud of how long it takes her to understand precisely what he means by blowing up your phone. for one bleak moment, she'd taken it literally.
but then quickly realizes that would have been more interesting than the truth. ]
So you admit to them being utterly and wholly frivolous, do you?
but then quickly realizes that would have been more interesting than the truth. ]
So you admit to them being utterly and wholly frivolous, do you?
a friend of mine, someone from another world-- she's mentioned that wonderland feels anomalous sometimes.
people talk about it as if it's an entity but i never got that feeling. wonderland seems like a broken system to me.
people talk about it as if it's an entity but i never got that feeling. wonderland seems like a broken system to me.
Edited 2017-08-14 16:21 (UTC)
Well. They were actually tamer than I used to ask.
[ the pause from peggy's end had felt like another misstep, and it brings on ray's response quickly. ]
We don't, uhh-- if you want to forget the whole thing, say the word. That was who I used to be, it's not who I am anymore.
[ ........mostly. he might be protesting a little too much. ]
[ the pause from peggy's end had felt like another misstep, and it brings on ray's response quickly. ]
We don't, uhh-- if you want to forget the whole thing, say the word. That was who I used to be, it's not who I am anymore.
[ ........mostly. he might be protesting a little too much. ]
[ oh, no, that's a tempting prospect. forgetting the whole thing. unfortunately, she's a bit rubbish at forgetting anything. she clings to grudges and to inconveniences.
but she also clings to questions. and this one bears asking: ]
Oh? You used to be like that?
[ because peggy draws a very distinct line between the woman who'd fill his lunch order and the woman she is now. or has ever been. ]
but she also clings to questions. and this one bears asking: ]
Oh? You used to be like that?
[ because peggy draws a very distinct line between the woman who'd fill his lunch order and the woman she is now. or has ever been. ]
[ that nervous titter comes back, and ray feels like his embarrassment is on display despite the lack of video. ]
My friends keep me in line these days... [ chagrin, chagrin. he's lucky he has mick to shove him when he's overstepped ok. ] I don't know if you noticed but I was pretty light on those.
My friends keep me in line these days... [ chagrin, chagrin. he's lucky he has mick to shove him when he's overstepped ok. ] I don't know if you noticed but I was pretty light on those.
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