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it's chaotic. any patterns people talk about are just the natural habit of a creature looking to apply meaning to something. the only real pattern is the chaos.
the only real trend is the events and memory erasing. it's entirely possible that none of this is real at all. maybe nobody ever goes home.
the only real trend is the events and memory erasing. it's entirely possible that none of this is real at all. maybe nobody ever goes home.
[ she can't help but delve -- especially when she herself feels as though she's been made vulnerable. the very possibility, illusory or otherwise, that she'd depended on him for her livelihood render her stroppy.
she's doing her best to swallow the worst of it. trying to remind herself that it's not his fault -- wonderland did this. to him, to her, to the whole lot. ]
I noticed. But it wasn't as though I had many of my own.
[ -- truth is, she still doesn't. especially here. ]
Bit difficult to have much of a social life when your employer is a touch overbearing.
[ a rendezvous or three with a particular stagehand aside. ]
she's doing her best to swallow the worst of it. trying to remind herself that it's not his fault -- wonderland did this. to him, to her, to the whole lot. ]
I noticed. But it wasn't as though I had many of my own.
[ -- truth is, she still doesn't. especially here. ]
Bit difficult to have much of a social life when your employer is a touch overbearing.
[ a rendezvous or three with a particular stagehand aside. ]
Edited 2017-08-14 16:56 (UTC)
[ mock offended, ray argues: ]
Well. You've got be persistent when your usually very reliable and punctual assistant goes radio silent for an hour or so without warning.
[ he could lean into the ceo ray palmer role, easily. it was more of a mask than he wears now when he dons the atom, but it was one he wore longer. sometimes he even forgot he was more than a title in a tie. ]
Well. You've got be persistent when your usually very reliable and punctual assistant goes radio silent for an hour or so without warning.
[ he could lean into the ceo ray palmer role, easily. it was more of a mask than he wears now when he dons the atom, but it was one he wore longer. sometimes he even forgot he was more than a title in a tie. ]
[ -- nicked. it's a good thing the conversation is only over voice, and she doesn't have the school away the mild tumult of dismay displayed once he decides to do a bit of delving and prodding of his own. ]
I'm not to blame if the forces of Wonderland build themselves an alternate reality which suffers from patchy cell service.
[ peggy's not convinced she understands what the excuse means, exactly, only that she remembers having prepared it during the event for just such an occasion: her boss, inquiring as to why she'd let him down. i had no bars, ray. ]
I'm not to blame if the forces of Wonderland build themselves an alternate reality which suffers from patchy cell service.
[ peggy's not convinced she understands what the excuse means, exactly, only that she remembers having prepared it during the event for just such an occasion: her boss, inquiring as to why she'd let him down. i had no bars, ray. ]
[ the feel of this conversation is too familiar, too easy to fall back into. he forgets that he'd only just gotten a proper introduction to peggy a month ago over apologies and cupcakes. his shorter argument rolls off of him, something wonderland said he'd done countless times before. "before." ]
Peg. C'mon. You could've just asked me for down time.
Peg. C'mon. You could've just asked me for down time.
Hardly seemed appropriate, did it? [ they'd had a patter, a rhythm, jumbled into their heads and it bothers her how easily it bubbles up once again. the long-suffering assistant, professional but friendly. ] To beg off hard work while the boss burned the midnight oil, regardless of whether it was midnight or not.
[ and on one of the busiest political weeks of -- stop. peggy's sigh is audible. and when she lashes out, it's not at him but at how comfortable she finds the argument. ]
This is absurd.
[ and on one of the busiest political weeks of -- stop. peggy's sigh is audible. and when she lashes out, it's not at him but at how comfortable she finds the argument. ]
This is absurd.
Yeah, well. It's Wonderland.
[ so far, following peggy's lead and trying to make her comfortable has blown up in his face every time he's tried it. but it's different between them now, even if the experiences were manufactured. the feeling of familiarity remains, whether they like it or not. ]
Maybe it'd help if you tell me something real about yourself.
[ a challenge, and one he doesn't levy lightly. their fake repertoire is all he has to go off of, and maybe that's part of the problem. ]
[ so far, following peggy's lead and trying to make her comfortable has blown up in his face every time he's tried it. but it's different between them now, even if the experiences were manufactured. the feeling of familiarity remains, whether they like it or not. ]
Maybe it'd help if you tell me something real about yourself.
[ a challenge, and one he doesn't levy lightly. their fake repertoire is all he has to go off of, and maybe that's part of the problem. ]
[ oh. he surprises her. and although that comes with an initial sting (there's safety found in predicting another person's gambits), the more lasting effect is a much sharper piquing of her interest.
he's not wrong. she might not care what he thinks of her, exactly, but it does matter that he's acting on bad intel. her thoughtful silence drags on until... ]
Alright. [ ... ] But not over these infernal things. It will have to be in person.
[ no please, no thank you, no may we. ]
he's not wrong. she might not care what he thinks of her, exactly, but it does matter that he's acting on bad intel. her thoughtful silence drags on until... ]
Alright. [ ... ] But not over these infernal things. It will have to be in person.
[ no please, no thank you, no may we. ]
Good Lord. [ well, it's not the sort of neutral ground she'd imagined but her constitution isn't so delicate that she can't handle a bit of grime, appearances to the contrary. ] I didn't realize I was interrupting anything.
[ and yet she's already leaving her room. ]
[ and yet she's already leaving her room. ]
What? No, you weren't.
[ he's constantly working. people interrupting him is a good thing peg. and audio's even better because it means he can have most of his body tipped inside the spectrometer rip dismantled while having a polite conversation about assumed relationships! ]
Besides, you gave me the very serious we should talk intro. That's like the keyword for stop what you're doing, Ray, you have to actually pay attention for once.
[ he's constantly working. people interrupting him is a good thing peg. and audio's even better because it means he can have most of his body tipped inside the spectrometer rip dismantled while having a polite conversation about assumed relationships! ]
Besides, you gave me the very serious we should talk intro. That's like the keyword for stop what you're doing, Ray, you have to actually pay attention for once.
-- Get told that a lot, do you?
[ it's almost friendly. at the very least, it's delivered whip-quick with a kind of idle distraction as she shuts her door and begins down the corridor. she could hang up; she could say goodbye. but she's never been to this 'workshop' and on the off chance that she heads in the wrong direction, she doesn't want to court the embarrassment of having to call him back. ]
[ it's almost friendly. at the very least, it's delivered whip-quick with a kind of idle distraction as she shuts her door and begins down the corridor. she could hang up; she could say goodbye. but she's never been to this 'workshop' and on the off chance that she heads in the wrong direction, she doesn't want to court the embarrassment of having to call him back. ]
[ the truth. there it is, once more. he gives it freely and asks for it in turn. or a piece of it, at least. peggy hasn't yet decided what, exactly, she could offer him that might appease the question.
there's the dull sound of high heels on stairs as she moves between floors. ]
Here's a bit of honesty for free: patches of radio silence aside, I rather admire an active work ethic.
[ she won't say 'healthy.' ]
there's the dull sound of high heels on stairs as she moves between floors. ]
Here's a bit of honesty for free: patches of radio silence aside, I rather admire an active work ethic.
[ she won't say 'healthy.' ]
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