<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=119103.msg5213767#msg5213767">Quote from: Wintercat on 15-09-2011, 19:56:05</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><br/><strong>Paradox (NYC)</strong><br/><br/>The woman viewed the several monitor screens seriously for a long moment, listening to him speaking, seeming to slowly submit to the realization he was the real deal, not insane but what he claimed. Her body trembled a bit, as she then swallowed. "Excuse me, I have to make a call." Moving away, she headed to the nearby director's office, seeming intent to report her findings. <br/><br/>At that time Carter stepped out of another room. "Heheh. You ought to eat your meal while you can, that ice queen will claim you for her questioning again soon I'm afraid. She's persistent bugger." As he smirked at Paradox there, Carter had a relaxed look about him, hands in his pockets again not seeming too concerned, though looking into the computer room proper at the noise, blinking at the images. <br/><br/>"Oi, either you got a very good electronic forging skill, or you're going to make some big-wigs wigs spin with that. Especially if you can do it again." He smiled, but shrug. "Anyway, its not like I said anything, but they really ought to lock the roof of this place. I mean, the soldiers sometimes take turns heading up for a smoke. Rent-a-guns though, what'd you expect eh? But no cameras and nothing, and the old door lock opens with a twist of wrist from the inside anyway, heheh its really going to show they have a ton of money for some things but cant take care of some simple things elsewhere."<br/><br/>In that meanwhile Paradox could pick up some off the phone-conversation picking up the signal soon. <em>"This is White, this guy we have been studying came to and what he's been saying is troubling. I think you need to hear it yourself sir."</em> The line crackled a bit as a reply came metallically. <em>"I trust in your ability to gather the initial information, send me the raw data along with your summarized report, see if the fellow is willing to come over at Pentagon then."</em> There was a short pause in turn before the woman's voice spoke up. <em>"I am not sure if he is willing, and sir we have no way of knowing what he is capable of. One of the abilities he has established some proof of so far seems to be temporal manipulation."</em> The silence lasted half a minute this time. <em>"Officially, we cant do more than invite him yet. He's been treated by exclusive, and very talented healthcare for free so try and press that angle on him, and hand him a bill if he refuses to come. That ought to persuade him."</em> The phone call ended with that, and the director sighed into the phone before lowering her end of the line, setting the phone down. She hadn't yet left her room though.<br/><br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Paradox can't help but laugh at that, putting a hand on Carter's shoulder. That was. . .oh hell, that was funny.<br/><br/>"<strong>I knew there was a reason I liked you.</strong>" he remarks, taking his hand off and starting to step back toward the door.<br/><br/>"<strong>I have to go, sadly. They want to take me to the Pentagon. Somehow I doubt I'll come out again if I do. These people- it's about control, you know. They can't accept things as they are meant to be, so they break it into something they can control instead.</strong>" he remarks with an incredulous shake of his head. 2012, you could keep it. But for a better Tomorrow, you have to start making a better Today.<br/><br/>"<strong>I'll see you around though. Get a beer sometime.</strong>" he smiles.<br/><br/>Turning toward the red-taped doors, Paradox starts firing away his connection on overtime. First, he tries to get into the security system so that he can see through the security cameras- seeing around corners when he wants and turning them off when he wants to do that too.<br/><br/>Second, he makes a phone call of his own to White.<br/><br/>"<em><strong>White? Paradox here. Sorry- didn't mean to listen into that phone call. I just was connected to the network and it kind of happened.</strong></em>" he confesses. His lips don't move, but nanites broadcast to his suit for a signal gain and out onto the Network for some Radiopathy.<br/><br/>"<em><strong>Another difference between 2284 and 2012. We don't leave people to die if we don't expect anything out of it. I told you, we're post-scarcity in 2284. Goods, Services, Information- we give each other whatever we need because we know that all that we have is each other. We're all we've got- so we embrace it. If you had crashed a time machine into 2284, we'd nurse you to health without a thought- because you're a fellow human being.</strong></em>" he says as he breaks the first bit of tape. Opening the door, he tries to make his way toward the front door of the hospital.<br/><br/>"<em><strong>I guess I should throw a bone though. Most of you just don't know any better.<br/><br/>1- There's going to be a press conference soon. You may want to look into it.<br/><br/>2- There will be a large explosion just outside of the orbit of Mars within the next day or so. Nothing to worry about really, my ship was breaking apart- that's the engine going.<br/><br/>3- That storm in LA is a metahuman. A native american who thinks she's going to get stuck in a cage somewhere for getting a power. In the original timeline you hesitate at first, then respond with unnecessary force. As a result it gets out of control, she and thousands of other people die. Try not to mess it up this time.</strong></em>"<br/><br/>A tap on his shoulder, and the suit reconfigures itself to a doctor's smock with mask while the cameras aren't watching.<br/><br/>"<strong><em>I'll keep in touch though. You did possibly save my life- just because I don't believe in Money doesn't mean I don't believe in Debts. And even I admit that if the timeline is really going to be fixed we'll need to work together. I'm just not going to do that shut away in a cage.<br/><br/>I'll help you and your bosses prepare for the Future, but they're not going to Control it.</em></strong>"