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[shrinkage]

Raise your hand if you think it's unfair for Wonderland to yank you back in mid-event.

[ the video is framed far enough away that you can actually see ray raise his hand to his own question. vigorously. think back to that kid in your class who had to hold up their raised hand with their other arm. were you that kid? yeah, bet you were.

ray grins and shrugs. ]

I guess Wonderland doesn't really do fair, huh? Either way, I'm back! What'd I miss?

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[boilover]

You were gone?

[Mick makes a vague grunt.]

Did you bring me back something? [Is it food?]

[shrinkage]

I brought you me!

[ haha it's just voice you can't reach him to hit him or put him in a headlock buddy it's-- oh shoot no this isn't v2 mick abort abort ]

I mean, I can bring you food. Or ... beer?

[boilover]

Hmmm. [There's a moment of thought there.] Can I return you for like ... store credit?

[He wasn't entirely sure he wanted store credit at some 'random genius' store tho.]

Beer works. Also some chips. [If you're offering!]

[shrinkage]

No! I mean-- yes I can bring chips.

[ no returns :| especially because uhhhh-- ]

You really didn't notice I was gone?

[boilover]

Nah.

[He did but admitting that is like admitting he likes Ray and he can't quite do that.]

That chick you pulled told me the gist.

[shrinkage]

Her name's Sarah.

[ he's got to walk the line on amusement and irritation. but it's mick. you gotta pick your battles. ]

With an H.

[boilover]

Don't care.

[Mick grunts in dismissal. That name is dumb, he will not be using that name. He hates silent Hs. What have they got to hide anyway?]

Where'd you even go, Haircut? It's been a while.

[shrinkage]

Oh, I just came from the moon, actually! It was great, we were stranded and I had to channel my best Mark Watney...

[ doe smick recognize a ramble ramp-up...? ]

[boilover]

You were on the moon?

[Mick has zero idea what the fuck you are even saying. It's insane.]

Who was we? Who were you stranded with? [God, he hopes it's not somehow him.]

[shrinkage]

Oh! Uhh...

[ questions right yeah he said we huh awesome good job ray ]

Just-- another scientist. Boring stuff, and all-- I got to run around on the surface, though. That was awesome.

AND WITH THE RIGHT JOURNAL

[boilover]

Is it that weird nerd that replaced Leonard?

[Nate. He means Nate. And no, his tone isn't at all bitter.]

Sounds about right. The nerds always get to explore the fun places.

eheheheh

[shrinkage]

[ ray frowns and shakes his head. it's a little too serious, when he says it: ]

Nobody replaced Snart, Mick. We don't replace legends.

[boilover]

Whatever.

[He doesn't know what to say really because then he'd have to talk feeling and... he's Mick.]

Are we seriously calling ourselves legends now? [He frowns.] I know I don't know as much as you do but really? All we ever do is make a mess then sorta clean it up. We're like... janitors. Of time. But ones who make the mess they clean up.

[shrinkage]

[ that actually makes ray chuckle and shrug. it's a contrast to his usual rigidity about heroes and their shining armor. ]

I dunno. I think maybe that part is just what you don't get from the stories. It's all messy-- what makes us legends is that we try to clean it up at all.

[boilover]

So we ain't really legends, we're just underpaid workers who clean shit up.

[Mick pulls a face. So that's his future? Unpaid space janitor. God damn, his life really does fall apart after Leonard.] Legends are like Robin Hood and Chuck Norris, not losers like you.

[shrinkage]

[ ray pulls a face right back, and cocks his head to the side. ]

You mean us.

[boilover]

No. We're a me and a you, not an us. If I have to be a legend, I ain't being a loser too.

[Look, he's already suffering enough, don't drag him down entirely.]

[shrinkage]

Robin Hood and Chuck Norris worked with teams, too.

[ maybe nailing down what a loser actually is will help??? ]

[boilover]

Chuck Norris never needed a team. Sometimes he took pity on a team and invited them to bask in his glory but guys like that? Lone rangers.

[Nailing down what a loser is? You, Ray. Just... all of you.]

[shrinkage]

But he was a government agent. He was inherently part of a team!

[ no u ]

[boilover]

Some people are so cool, they can be parts of teams and never really be in the team. Chuck Norris didn't need a team, a team needed Chuck Norris.

[ no u, butthead :| ]

[shrinkage]

[ ray's eyes cross because what the what ]

Well. Maybe he'll show up one day and tell you why you're wrong.

[ >| ]

[boilover]

If he shows up one day and talks to me, I don't even give a fuck about what he says about that shit, I'll be too busy asking him about ninjas.

[ALL THE NINJA THINGS ALL THE TIME SCREW TEAMS.]

Some people can just be on teams and not really be in them. Like Snart.

[shrinkage]

[ OKAY WELL sure yes the ninja thing is a really fair point but everything else is wrong wrong wrong ]

Snart isn't your best example. He literally sacrificed himself for the rest of us. That's literally the pinnacle of teamwork.

[boilover]

He sacrificed himself for me.

[Did they have to have this conversation? He didn't really want to.]

He did it cause I was gonna do it and he wanted to have my back. I was gonna do it to fuck over the people who fucked with me and well [Cause he didn't want Ray to die but shhh, that isn't a thing.] You were gonna do it for everyone. You're a team player. We ain't.