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Does anyone actually know how off-Barge contact yesterday was made possible? Or is that another Barge secret inmates aren't allowed to know about until they have a warden to check in with first?

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[Five minutes after Heero's arrival, Eddie rocks up. He is-- naturally-- donned in his Riddler outfit and tapping the cane part of his ensemble against his shoulder as he approaches.]

You're early.

[You better bet he has to look down to properly view teeny tiny Heero. Six foot looming over five foot one. Eddie's always been a fairly tall man, and it makes up for his lack of muscle quite well.]

Eager to get started?

[Eddie gets a very, very subtle inspection, brow furrowing lightly in suspicion as he sizes him up. He might be small, but he's incredibly dangerous even when unarmed, so he's not particularly concerned or threatened.

He shrugs lightly, which is basically a 'yeah, sure, let's get going', but he's not actually going to say any of it because... he's about as chatty as a brick wall.]

[Eddie's not one to underestimate children, not after the Robin's. Even preteens are capable of breaking your clavicle (which has happened, most unfortunately).]

[He smiles at Heero, turning towards the CES entrance. He has long legs, and long strides, so you better be ready to keep up the pace, kiddo.]

I'll take that as a yes.

We'll start with the Closed Ecological System, if you have no objections?

[Eddie glances over his shoulder, to see if he'll receive a physical or verbal response.]

That's fine.

[And Heero's keeping up easily, expression neutral and hands hidden in the pockets of his jacket. He's not really one for idle conversation. Or, conversation at all, really.]

[It's a shame that Eddie's so adamant about drawing him into a proper exchange. He's not deterred by short replies, as Slade will tell you.]

Lovely.

[Edward unlocks the door with his cane and is rewarded with the gentle pitter-patter of rain. He quickly steps aside to allow Heero entrance.]

Is this a new experience for you, or had your barge the same advanced technology as this one?

[Heero enters a little more cautiously then Eddie, but it's subtle. He doesn't display any particular sign of surprise or alarm, just neutral acceptance of what he's seeing, although it's certainly interesting.]

Not exactly. It's not artificial?

[Eddie keeps a close enough eye on Heero to notice little more than his neutrality. He's a very taciturn young man, for reasons Edward almost wishes he could forcefully uncover-- but he shouldn't pry, should he?]

Not exactly?

[Well, that was promising.]

It's a 'system', these environments are either fabricated by the ship itself-- which I wouldn't find at all surprising-- or it's a gateway, and we're temporarily able to trek over small portions of a natural, uninhabited world. Uninhabited by conscious creatures, that is.

[He gesture off towards a bird flying overhead.]

We have plenty of animals here.

[Heero accepts the explanation easily enough without elaborating on his own universe at all, nodding once as he tracks the bird with his eyes for a moment. There have clearly been odder things happening on the Barge then this, and he's not as surprised as he probably could be.]

Can the setting be controlled?

[The lack of reference to his own barge was disappointing, but Eddie liked a good mystery. He slipped his hands behind him and as they inched slowly towards the wilderness.]

It's spontaneous.

[He raised a shoulder in a very slight shrug.]

You can close the door on a winter wonderland and open it to a sunny summers day.

[Heero just nods. This isn't entirely dissimilar to the more natural environments installed in the colonies - in that there were some fairly nice parks and forests set up to give people in space some semblance of a natural environment, but there's no doubt this is more complex.

After all, what he was used to was more similar to sticking a plant in a pot and giving it water so it wouldn't die. This was apparently a real, natural environment.]

Can it generate anything man made, or just natural systems?

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