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[beathach]

Who: The Blameless crew & visitors!
Broadcast: n/a
Action: The Blameless
When: August

[it's a mingle! go forth, blameless and friends]

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CISCO RAMON 🍟

[benames]

( A; nerd squad vs weird devices | CLOSED TO HANK & WINN )

[ ok so implanting devices on board? so not cool.

potential space spying opera? so dope though. Cisco has various guesses who could have implanted the thing on board, starting from weird aliens to the very suspicious lady with the missing tooth who worked the fish stall in the marketplace in the previous Vacation Resort Planet.

So he's in his lab, circling the thing, already getting his equipment ready. he's waiting for Hank and Winn currently but it doesn't mean a dramatic monologue at the little device is out of the question. he can be heard muttering:

You just wait, buddy. We're gonna crack you open and then, it's open season on your secrets. ]

( B; sock sliding! )

[ who knows what you were doing, maybe you were heading somewhere, maybe you were going to the kitchen to get a snack, maybe you're in the middle of a very important job but either way, it'll all stop for a moment as you might notice a figure sliding towards you in the hall.

you might hear a whoa, obstacle - before the crash comes.

sorry about that. ]

( c; wild card | visitors )

[ for anyone who wants their own thing and/or to come visit him :> ]

b

[athru]

[ Honestly, Raven would laugh if she wasn't a little bit concerned, and she shifts and moves forward, turning her head around a corner and tilting her head up to stare, fighting the urge to laugh.

Then she's walking over, bending to offer Cisco a hand. ]

That was impressive.

[benames]

Talk about little floating speedsters running round my head -

[ joking. he's only really seeing two of Barrys zooming around happily around his head. Barry would have appreciated the finery which is sock sliding down a space ship's corridor ]

Heya Raven - looking good.

[ he's always glad to see her rather than the blonde girl, honestly. ]

Wanna join my one-man-team of sock sliding? we can make it a duo.

[athru]

You should go and check in with the lab if they don't go away.

[ But she's shaking her head, settling down at his side even as she huffs a little noise - honestly, he's ridiculous, but she has a little touch of fondness for him in her heart. ]

Thanks. [ Eyebrows raised, and then - ] I don't think I'd be half as good as you.

[benames]

You probably won't be.

[ so so smug ]

I happen to be the Blameless' champion of sock sliding. No one here seems to appreciate it which, if you ask me, is lame.

[athru]

Can you really be the champion if you're the only one that does it?

[ It sounds like something she and Charles would have done when they were younger... And something they can't do now, at all. ]

I think you should challenge Hank.

[benames]

Uh, yeah. Champion by default, baby.

[ firm nod. a moment later and he gives her a look ]

No way, it's not fair. You'll cheer for him since you're biased and I'm painfully single.

[athru]

That's not how it works.

[ But, hey. It's not really her place to try and make up Cisco's rules.

Shifting, he turns back over to him properly. ]

Well, then find yourself someone to cheer you on. Are there any girls - or boys - that you like?

[benames]

--- oh no not you too.

[ a groan and you get a finger pointed at you, Raven ]

for the sake of the protocol and I hope this is filmed, Winn and I are not gay. We both have long hair and love cartoon music and complete each other's sentences, okay but - not a thing. not an item.

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[beathach]

[it's really not cool, and while Hank can't really be too surprised, the discovery of the device is definitely scratching at his paranoia. Since it's discovery he's been pacing all over the ship, back and forth from the lab, while they wait for Winn to show up. It's a nervous energy, and pacing is a lot better than it being all over his face.

He's very, very thankful that all three of them are getting together to handle this. Out of everyone on the fleet, he feels as if they're the ones who'll figure out the most about it, at least.

(He might be a lil bias)]

—what are you mumbling about?

[winn]

[ secret devices hidden on all of the ships? winn has no doubt who's behind this. this - it might be just the breakthrough he's been looking for - maybe these devices are the key to figuring out how exactly they're being watched and where the hidden cameras are actually hidden - but he doubts it. the timing is too convenient. all along, the atroma's timing has been suspiciously perfect. he needed to restore kara's powers, their next stop is to a toxic moon full of the chemicals he required to get that done. he's gotten close to figuring something out - whoops here are some conveniently discovered hacking devices to keep him busy. why is he falling for it, then? because no matter how perfectly they planned it out, there's going to be some hint in these devices, he's convinced of it. maybe of their purpose if not their methods. and he can't completely rule out the possibility that it was just a coincidence and they really did screw up this badly, unlikely as it may be.

so winn runs all the way from his shuttle, too anxious to get to work that finally utilizes his true expertise to even be afraid of the trip - and lets himself right in, out of breath. ]

Let's get this party started.

[benames]

[ perhaps no one is surprised that Cisco is the least one of the trio to feel paranoia or anxiety and if he does, he channels them all towards excitement. after all, this is a fine piece of technology and getting to study alien tech is always something that gets him to squee. ]

-- so, who is going to do the briefing on what we know? 'cause I mean, this is incredible, obviously a plot twist.

[beathach]

The Stalker found it in the communications equipment. No one here knows when or how it got there.

[he finally stops pacing and grabs one his notebooks and a pencil, in order to keep track of all of this properly]

[winn]

Did anyone inspect the communications equipment before, do we know it wasn't there from the start? Or that...he didn't put it there?

[ because I mean, come on. the stalker? it's right there in the name. that's the guy threatening kitty's ship, he's not beyond suspicion to winn. he's pretty sure the guy never set foot on the windrose or the tourist and still those ships were bugged but -- he could've sent someone else to do his dirty work. bribery doesn't seem like something that'd be above someone with that name.

winn leans in to examine the device. (it is exciting to work on. especially with his nerdbros, he loves jim but the guy is too serious for his own good sometimes, he's definitely too serious for winn's fun's good.) ]

[benames]

--- Am I the only one who thinks shacking up with someone called the Stalker is seriously creepy?

[ just saying. ]

I'm going to have nightmares over that one. So I ran some standard tests, I still don't know what that thing was doing though I have my suspicions but what I do know is that it's off for sure so whoever's at the other end can't hear us.

[beathach]

I don't think he put it there.

[yeah sure "Stalker" is a creepy moniker to go by, but Hank is certain that he wasn't responsible for the device. It didn't seem like something he would do] Though I couldn't tell you how long it's been there; I've looked over the equipment before, but not thoroughly enough to have noticed it.

[which - maybe that's on him, as captain. But he isn't about to guilt over something like that right now]

[winn]

Doubt it, if this is the Atroma [ which, really that's his best guess. ] that's not how they're listening in, it'd be way too easy. Once we knew it was there, it wasn't that hard to find, which means they wanted us to find it. Which means - listening in wasn't the objective.

[ what is the objective, though? he can't quite figure it out. if he could track the signal while it was connected - but leaving it connected was just too risky. ]

Jim thought it might be meant to cut us off from help, but we didn't find anything on the shuttles...did you inspect yours?

[ b ]

[precedented]

[ You have probably crashed into Leto - which feels like crashing into a solid brick wall.

He blinks, unperturbed. ]

Cisco.

[benames]

--- Girder 2.0

[ he rubs his head. dude, what the hell?? he'd pretty sure he's sporting a concussion of a sort. he's beginning to think that aside of him and Winn, everyone in the fleet is a meta of some sort. He's going to have to think of a better name for Leto than Girder 2.0 when he regains clear thought. ]

let me guess - super strength is definitely on your resume?

[precedented]

It is a very long list.

[ He offers a hand up. ]

[benames]

Oh I feel much better now.

[ he takes it and lets himself be pulled up, rubbing at his head as he goes. trust the whole fleet to be a meta and cisco himself having to hide his own powers in fear of - well. becoming the men who encouraged him to pursue them. eobard. reverb.

he shakes his head ]

ok, I gotta ask, how fast can you run?

[precedented]

Fast. Not as fast as your Flash, but very fast. Why?

[benames]

Just wondering how righteously bitter I have a right to be. You know, it's getting harder and harder to just be a normal human being around all of you super-people.

[ squint ]

How fast is very fast? Are we talking past the speed of sound or the regular 50 miles?

[precedented]

You shouldn't be. Being human is a privilege and many people would easily trade what they have for it.

[ Leto shrugs. ]

I've never measured it.

[benames]

Yeah, I have a feeling I know what you mean.

[ how he misses the days before the vibes came and gave him both nightmares and daymares. He still remembers how haunted he felt ( still does ) over the one of Dr. Wells reaching into his chest, killing him. ]

Don't you want to? dude, you should at least find out your limits. Aren't you excited to find out what you can do?

[ he sure is. ]