Leonard Snart // Captain Cold - IC Inbox

[hypothermic]

ID: coldasice

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[charbroil]

I'll remember that if we end up running out of food and pets and start resorting to cannibalism.

...

I dunno, maybe I'll skip the middle steps when we're down to beets.

[billionerd]

We're only about forty people here. If we really do end up going post-apocalyptic, we have more than enough food to feed everyone until we can start growing more.

[ He might have given this a lot of thought. ]

We could survive on potatoes alone for a pretty long time.

[charbroil]

I've done enough surviving.

[ He says it simply, seriously. The bottle is raised to his lips. ]

If I'm not living, you're all dead.

[billionerd]

[ Ray's not about to get hung up on hypotheticals, as serious and worrying as Mick sounds. ]

We'll be fine, I promise.

[charbroil]

[ Mick scoffs loudly, snapped out of his darker musings. He looks like he can't decide whether he's more annoyed or amused. ]

Stick to promises you can keep, Sunshine, even if you don't plan on keeping them. I know you can lie better than that.

[billionerd]

I'm not lying. I've been working on a shrink ray, it wouldn't be that hard to reverse it— especially under pressure. And that's just one plan, I have half a dozen of them. We'll be fine.

[charbroil]

Doesn't the shrink ray do something weird to whatever you use it on? Isn't that why you have to wear that suit?

[billionerd]

No, actually the first time I accidentally shrank myself without the suit. What keeps me safe are the tiny robots running around in my bloodstream. I can... theoretically shrink anything if it's in the suit, but taking it out of the suit while shrunk might cause explosions. [ He is accidentally getting really enthusiastic about this, looking up at Mick from what he was doing mixing ingredients. ] Kinda like scuba diving? If you're submerged very deep and take off the suit, the pressure would kill you.

[charbroil]

[ Ray might be surprised to find Mick actually seems engaged with what he's saying. ]

Does it feel like you're underwater in that thing?

[billionerd]

No, that'd be way easier to navigate. It's just armor? The shrinking was pretty disorienting at first, especially since I was stuck for months and I wasn't even wearing it and cockroaches are terrifying. [ He huffs, rubbing the back of his head. He doesn't talk about that very much, or about how scary it was to make himself small again voluntarily, so he looks a little uncomfortable. ] I'm used to it now, and I've gotten pretty good at flying— I flew through a fighter jet once.

[charbroil]

I've only worn armor one time. Me and Snart broke into a museum in Chicago and there was some historical armor. When we got through with the rest of the place, we put some on and held up a place in it after. The pigs couldn't shoot us because we were wearing priceless fucking artifacts and by the time they got the squeals on wheels we'd already made it down into the subway.

[ The memory makes him grin. ]

No one even batted an eyelash at us down there.

[billionerd]

You should take me sometime, it'd be fun.

[ Or he'd get robbed and kidnapped, but that would be kind of fun too. ]

[charbroil]

To Chicago? Or on a job?

[ His brow wrinkles, a little bemused. ]

[billionerd]

Both? Not that I approve of illegal activity but I'm always up for learning experiences.

[charbroil]

Ha! Not a chance.

[ There's that mixed annoyance and amusement again. ]

I haven't forgotten about how you handled a measly little housebreaking.

[billionerd]

Well, I'd never broken into a house before.

[ He looks sheepish. ]

I was presumptuous. It's a character flaw.

[charbroil]

Uh huh. You were excited for a chance to show off for the big boys.

[ There's a wry little quirk of his mouth. ]

You're too bad at taking directions from us as it is. No way.

[billionerd]

I can follow instructions! I just haven't wanted to.

[ He's trying to figure out how much flour to add as he says it. ]

[charbroil]

For you it's the same thing.

Can't teach you anything if you think you already know better than us. Punk.

[billionerd]

I don't think I know better than you... anymore?

[charbroil]

[ Mick folds his arms, tilting his head appraisingly. ]

Yeah?

[billionerd]

I do learn, you know? Pretty quickly, actually. I messed up, I won't do it again.

[charbroil]

Uh huh.

[ He licks his lips. ]

What would you wanna do? Steal something?

[billionerd]

Yeah! But in a Robin Hood way.

... or in Star City to annoy Oliver. That'd be funny.

[charbroil]

[ Mick rolls his eyes at the sheer predictability of "Robin Hood" falling out of Ray Palmer's mouth. ]

Am I supposed to know who Oliver is? That's not your twin...