i know you, i walked with you once upon a dream

[thespaceopera]

[ Calibration Rooms ]
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A - C Aurae "Tempest" Le Paulmier Arthur Kirkland Asuka Shikinami Langley Barry Allen Belthazar Spellscry Billy Cranston Carl Grimes Chloe Price Clay Terran Cloud Strife Cogsworth

D - F Daenerys Targaryen Daeron Daryl Dixon Dezel Doudanuki Masakuni Edna Edwin Jarvis Eithan Paine Eizen Eleanor Hume Ezri Dax Fingon Felix Gaeta Felix Harrowgate Fenris Furiosa

G - I Gil Brodie Ginko Hermione Granger Ignis Scientia

J - M Jack Sparrow James "Bucky" Barnes Jayden Price Jim Kirk Kaiden Alenko Kai Gracen Katie McCoy Kaworu Nagisa Keith Khadgar Kirito Kitty Pryde Kurt Darkholme Lance Looma Red Wind Lumiére Lunafreya Nox Fleuret Peggy Carter Maglor Max Rockatansky Merlan Margaret O'Keefe Mikleo Mon-El

(last updated: 6/18/17)

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barry allen | ota PLEASE SEE WARNINGS

[supertardiness]

[At first, entering Barry's calibration room is like entering a sea of smoke and lightinging that continues to swirl around, almost like a TV that just can't come into focus. The world stretches and "tunes" in it's own way before everything comes into focus and you're found in one of three places:

THE WEST HOME:

The West Home, arriving in a wash of yellow, is the point of entry for most people who try and enter Barry's calibration room. Strangers get the Barry that most of the world sees, a CSI, who's living with a great girl and has a great adopted (living) family.

Most of these memories are light and getting to know you type things, the basic Barry Allen package. This is for those who have yet to thread with Barry at all. You're more than welcome to drop in and say hi, and introduce yourself to Barry Allen.

THE ALLEN HOME:

Those who have already threaded with Barry may find themselves in the Allen Home, though the decor and style is a little more dated than the first stop. This room takes a deeper dive into the man that is Barry Allen, allowing those who have already spoken or spent time with him to delve into some of the events that have made Barry, Barry.

This room features of memories of his mother and father, both gone too soon. There are also more personal memories of Iris, showing the depth of his relationship with her, and other things Barry keeps closer to the chest. While this isn't the room that will reveal his deepest, darkest secrets, it will be a little more than the Barry Allen that most people have seen so far.

THE CORTEX (DCTV CREW ONLY):

Those who know Barry well, on the other hand, or at least know his largest secret, will find themselves in the Cortex at STAR Labs, where Team Flash conducts most of it's business. This is where you'll have access to most of Barry's Flash-related memories, racing in to save the day, along with some more recent memories that he can't seem to shake and probably should open up about.

Regardless, this is the level where Barry is the most himself, hanging out with people he trusts. Still, there are secrets that the friends he has here don't know, and he he should probably talk about them.

(Unless, of course, you're Rip Hunter, and you already know everything.)]

WARNINGS: Threads/memories may include: death, suicide, imprisonment, violence, torture, medical experimentation, and other similar themes. Appropriate warnings will be included in the subject line of the appropriate threads.

[takingkarabusiness]

[ Kara is surprised to find herself in the Cortex. She mostly worked out of the Hanger when she helped them defeat the Dominators, but she'd heard so much about it that she had to see it, so this incarnation wasn't entirely unfamiliar. But still, she doesn't know where to look ]

Barry?

[supertardiness]

[His head pokes out from around the corner and he flashes her a wide smile.]

Hey! What are you doing here?

[He's pretty sure this is some kind of hallucination.]

[takingkarabusiness]

Hey. I'm not entirely sure.

Well, I mean, I kind of know but I'm pretty sure it's not real real.

[supertardiness]

Yeah, that's what I thought.

[Still, he makes his way out and further into the Cortex, glancing around as he does.]

But ... welcome to STAR Labs. Or at least how it is in my head, anyway.

[takingkarabusiness]

It looks pretty much like the real thing.

Does anything do anything cool?

[ she indicates the console ]

[supertardiness]

Yeah!

[And he moves around to the part where Cisco usually sits.]

They track and monitor my vitals from here, and Cisco runs an algorithm to track crime in the city so we can run in and save the day.

[There are three buttons lit up on the main area of the console - one red, one gold and one blue. Each one plays a different memory, but Barry doesn't seem to notice that they're there.]

[takingkarabusiness]

What does this one do?

[ she hits the red button before waiting for an explanation ]

[supertardiness]

[Barry doesn't really get to process what Kara's asking before the button is hit and the screen flickers, bringing up Barry and Iris, stumbling into a warehouse where a speedster in a yellow suit is waiting in a cage.

Barry's face pales in an instant, eyes wide in surprise, because how did that button trigger that, and he tries to reach forward again, wanting to stop it before he went too far, but the more he tried, he louder Eobard's voice got, until all he could do was watch as his worst mistake is corrected in the worst way.]

( west home )

[uprightness]

[ nothing about this room is familiar. steve stands at the entrance and looks at the picture on the table. the faces are as foreign as can be. it seems like he had stumbled into the room of a stranger.

it's an eerie, terrible feeling. this is not how he wants to meet someone new, by intruding on their mind and their memories. however, he knows that simply standing still is not going to get him out of here.

he picks up the photo, looks at the family with a little smile. ]

[supertardiness]

[Barry comes down the stairs, almost bounding at being in a familiar space for the first time in a long time. For a moment, he almost thinks he's home and that's enough, but when he reaches the bottom of the stairs and finds Steve there, a little bit of reality sneaks back in.

Something about this isn't right.]

Oh. Hi.

[And then, as an afterthought.]

I'm Barry.

[spacebro]

[Mon-El is slowly turning himself around, taking in the unfamiliar surroundings. It does look like Earth to him, reminding him in some ways of the DEO headquarters.] Hello?

(OOC: We talked about this forever ago, but I believe you invited him to the Cortex. If you'd rather have him elsewhere, just let me know!)

[supertardiness]

[There's no voice in response, just the sound of rushing wind coming from the next room over from the Cortex. The computers are registering all kinds of readings, but beyond that, there are no people to be found in this area of the Cortex.

What do you do? Do you walk towards the weird or stay where you are?]

[spacebro]

[You know, here is good. Nothing bad is happening right here. But there's also that voice reminding him that Kara would be heading towards the weird and then a second voice saying, yes, but sometimes that's just reckless not brave. And a third voice saying, how did all these voices get here? Before he takes a breath moves toward the sounds.]

[supertardiness]

[What he'll find is the Speed Lab, with Barry dashing around on the internal track as fast as he can. Part of Barry knows that this isn't the same as running in the real world, but it's the first time he's gotten to run in over a month, and he wants to enjoy the opportunity.

When he sees Mon El wandering in, he changes his track and skids to a stop in front of him with a grin.]

Hey, man.

[spacebro]

Hey to you too. [He smiles back.] That was fast which I've heard you're good at.

[supertardiness]

Yeah. Speed does seem to be my thing.

[He flashes him a grin.]

So what are your things? Other than durability, because I think Kara mentioned something like that?

[Surprise, Barry knows you're an alien. Which he doesn't seem put off by, at all. Aliens are cool, unless they're Dominators, which are less cool.]

[spacebro]

She's been talking about me? [He likes that. He thinks.] Yes, durability. [Unless it's lead.] Enhanced strength. No flying, but I get some serious distance in leaping. [Tilting his head.] And I'm kind of fast myself.

(OOC: So sorry for this extremely late reply!)

[directed]

[Contrary to what one might believe, Rip doesn't know everything, because Barry changed the timeline. Or he will--it's hard for Rip to say whether Mr. Allen as he is now has created the Flashpoint reality just yet, gone back and altered it again. While he might guess, Rip hasn't had that conversation yet with Barry.

Just a message from the future sent into the past, and a warning not to trust anyone.

He recognizes STAR Labs when he finds himself in the Cortex, and in turn, the calibration for what it is. Taking a long look around the room, Rip quietly sighs before calling out into the silence.]

I know you're here somewhere, Mr. Allen. [Everyone else has been part of their own calibrations in some manner. He expects the same to be true now.]

[supertardiness]

[Barry's been spending a lot of time in the speed lab. He's missed running, way more than he should, and while he knows this isn't real, necessarily, he hopes that it'll at least get some of the antsy-ness out.

That being said, when he needs a break, he speeds back into the Cortex and is surprised to find Rip there.]

Oh. Hey.

[directed]

…Hello.

[Offered up rather dryly. Rip's been through a few of these by now, so he at least has some idea of how it's meant to work. What he doesn't now, however, is if Barry (or this manifestation of him) is aware of the scenario they've both now found themselves in.]

Do you know where we are?

[supertardiness]

Technically? It's STAR Labs.

[Only barely technically though, as he immediately taps his temple.]

But literally, I think it's a version that's up here.

[directed]

[So it seems they're both already aware of that much, thank goodness for small favors. Rip nods in confirmation to Barry's ultimate suspicion.]

The word being tossed around the Marsiva is "calibrations." [Which in no way sounds terrible at all when combined with the knowledge that they each have some mechanical device implanted in their brains.] Seems I've wound up in your memories this time, which is unfortunate.

I don't suppose you know the quickest way out of here, then? [There's been some brand of condition in all of them, be it a riddle to solve or a journey to experience. No doubt it runs the same in Barry's mind, and Rip in turn is eager to be done with it. He's entirely sick of seeing glimpses of people's past in this incredibly invasive way.]

[supertardiness]

[And there's a small grimace because yeah - while he knows how Kara got out, he also knows it might not work the same way twice.]

Uh, yeah. That I'm not so sure about. Kara used the front door, but I can't guarantee it's gonna work the same way. And that was after we got to deal with some really awesome memories.

[And you can tell by the way he says awesome, he means not awesome at all.]

[directed]

[Par for the course, then, and yes, Rip agrees. Not at all pleasant or awesome.]

I suppose that's as good a place to start as any. [To the front door, then; Rip sets a brisk pace—brisk for normal people, anyway. He's learned from his past encounters that so many of the memories seem to be triggered by touching an object of some sort, so he's careful not to. While it may be inevitable, Rip's got no desire to see anything more than he has to.

Despite what he already knows.]