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[waverides]

( There he is.

Gideon looks relieved when she sees him, despite his apparent confusion, and steps towards him, this time being the one to Rip into a hug )

Hello Captain.

( The words are soft, just above a whisper. No matter what happened, and why they're still trapped somewhere, she has him. They'll figure it out )

Though-- ( Gideon steps back, eyes searching his expression ) --I am not certain why we're still here. It should have been successful in releasing you.

[directed]

[Even before she greets him, Rip knows from the way her face brightens that this must somehow, impossibly, be Gideon. Her hug is arm and welcoming, and he returns it carefully.

It's all so very strange, even for Wonderland. At first, he wonders if this might not somehow be the beginnings of an event--but her confusion seems to indicate that it isn't so.

An arrival then. Of Gideon. In human form.]

That's, ah, a bit complicated, I'm afraid. [He draws back slowly, hardly sure of where to begin. He's helped introduce the concept of Wonderland to others before, knows all the things he's meant to say--and yet at the moment, it seems he finds it far more pressing to reach up and lightly brush his fingers along Gideon's cheek.

As if the hug had somehow not been proof enough that she were real.]

[waverides]

( There's a small smile at the content, and then a little nod to confirm that yes, she is real. Gideon doesn't question it, knowing how badly his mind had been twisted by Eobard. Perhaps this lay the problem -- he still had doubts )

We'll work on it together, as always.

( She was always there for him, and her form wouldn't change that. Gideon slips one of her hands up to his, the one that's on her cheek, and lets her fingers rest on his in a reassuring gesture. She was here, and she wasn't going anywhere )

I believe in you.

[directed]

[She makes it all seem so utterly simple, and the thing is? That in spite of all Rip knows to be true of Wonderland, of the prison that now somehow, impossibly houses them both, part of him still believes her. Gideon has long been a source of strength and comfort for him, the steady voice he could always come back to even in his darkest hours.

She had been the only one to stand by him when Savage murdered his family. The Time Masters refused to offer aide—but Gideon, who could have stopped him, who could have followed protocol and programming both, instead allowed Rip to steal the Waverider away.

And her with it.]

As always. [He grins, perhaps a more earnest smile than any he has worn in months. Her touch confirms answer to that unspoken question, that she is real and here and physical somehow.

But she is Gideon. Steadfast in belief, always.]

Well, to start, we're not—wherever you just were. [Though he doesn't yet realize why Gideon might not believe him on this point, Rip speaks with certainty.] This is a pocket dimension entirely separate from our own universe and timeline both. I can only assume that's the reason why you're suddenly—as you are.

[Human. Just as he'd envisioned her to be.]

[waverides]

( Oh dear. It takes only those first few words for Gideon to realise the exact problem, and to know why they're still here. She could understand his questioning over whether or not she was real (she wasn't typically human) but to explain this place as if it were actually somewhere-- )

Captain, I'm afraid that this is still your subconscious. Mr Jackson and Captain Lance were able to depart after you'd believed in them.

( But still he did not believe enough -- in himself, or his memories. A pocket dimension, as much as it was a lovely time and space-y explanation, was not where they were. But it was a start -- he was gaining some confidence still )

But you need to believe still. In yourself.

[directed]

My subconscious? [Confusion now finds its way into his words and expression both. Not having lived through the time Gideon now speaks, there's no immediate reason why they should be in his subconscious--and especially not Sara (Captain!) and Jax. The method comes to mind within seconds: cognitive intrusion, and Rip frowns as he immediately begins to wonder not only how the team might know of the practice, but why they would feel a need to use it.]

Don't tell me anything else, Gideon. [The sternness to his words comes not from doubt, as she might think, but certainty. She speaks of his need to believe in himself, and yet he is entirely sure of what he says to her now.]

I need you to believe in me now. [He moves his hands to her shoulders, his grip tight, earnest. He ducks his head just enough to make up for the difference between them in height; Rip looks straight into her eyes, hoping to convince her of the truth of what he says.] Whatever you last remember, wherever you were--the ship, my subconscious, whatever--you aren't there now.

We've been pulled from our universe, and our timeline. I don't know what you're talking about, because I haven't experienced it yet. The last memory I have of home is when we were about to jump to Saint-Lo, France, to rescue Kendra and Carter from Savage.

[waverides]

( To her credit Gideon does stop, hearing him out completely before saying anything.

Except the pause, and the uncertainty that now crosses her own expression, indicate that she's having a problem with what he has said. A big problem.

Surprisingly the problem isn't that Gideon doesn't believe him -- she does. She knows his tone of voice well enough, can recognise the certainty and complete belief that he had in his words, having heard it on numerous occasions before. Somehow she's now with a version of Rip from an earlier point in time. Normally that wouldn't be too much of a problem but-- )

That would then indicate that-- ( That she's real. Human. That is the part that Gideon is having a problem with. She can't be human, not in this reality--

It's not their universr, that's what Rip had said. Had the Spear somehow been involved? She can't ask him that, not yet. Not if it could cause more drastic consequences than are what already occurring )

I do believe you. Though if all of this is real then I believe we may be screwed.

( Unless there's more of the crew, or even the Waverider around. They've accomplished much together, just the two of them, before, but they've also never been in a situation quite like this )