Cisco grins down at the rats running around him, both of them
seemingly accepting Cisco's presence in their home and deeming him
'not a threat'. Cisco's glad, because he hopes he'll get to be around
them frequently in the future, considering he's dating their daddy. It
really is sweet, the way Hartley treats them, how they run around his
house and behave themselves, his little furry army.
Cisco turns his eyes back up to Hartley when he explains why he named
one of them Galileo, and again Cisco's reminded that Hartley's
interest in sound isn't just a hobby. The hearing aids Hartley uses
are really incredible, a feat of technology more powerful than
anything on the consumer market. The first non-explosive set Cisco had
developed when Hartley had been incarcerated in the Pipeline had been
a stopgap as he'd been wholly unable to reproduce exactly what Hartley
had engineered himself. Beyond sound amplification, they'd had a
complex wavelength filter build into them that not only filtered out
ambient noise and counter acted Hartley's permanent, unbearable
tinnitus but allowed for fine adjustments to be made either
automatically (if the soundscape changed suddenly) or manually (for
specific situations). Cisco's replicas had been basic, only able to
remove ambient noise and cancel the tinnitus.
A few months later, after Hartley had willing helped Team Flash on a
few projects despite still being their prisoner, Cisco had agreed to
work with Hartley to make a more functional set of replacements. At
first Cisco had done all the work, guided by Hartley's instruction,
but eventually Cisco had given Hartley the tools he needed to complete
the work himself. Cisco suspects the design of the set Hartley's using
now has been upgraded and modified several times since the version
Cisco had helped with, and Cisco finds himself interested to know what
Hartley's changed. He has a mind to ask when Hartley mentions that two
of his pets were lab rats previously, and it brings back to mind his
thoughts from before about Caitlin and the rats at STAR Labs.
"Caitlin never liked that the other bio engineers at STAR Labs used
rats for their testing either," Cisco remarks, moving to carefully
stand, Flash and Splinter squeaking and standing up on their hind legs
to see what he's up to, one of them climbing onto his shoe and testing
the length of his shoelace with its teeth. "I think she eventually
convinced them to stop, and, after the particle accelerator explosion,
she took the ones we had left to a rescue." Cisco thinks about it for
a moment, watching Galileo on Hartley's shoulder, watching as the rat
sniffs along Hartley's collar. He never spent as much time in the
biology lab as Caitlin had so he doesn't know how many rats they had
at the end, but he's starting to get the idea that maybe Hartley'd
been liberating rats from STAR Labs before Caitlin had.
"Wherever they are now, I'm sure they're being well taken care of,"
Cisco says, giving Hartley a little smile. He might be making the
wrong connection, but if he's not he wants Hartley to know he's glad
those rats are happy and safe. Considering when Hartley probably took
them, if he truly had, he might have even saved their lives.
"I agree, by the way," he adds, wanting Hartley to know how he feels
about animal testing himself. "I don't think scientists should test on
animals unless there's no other way, and then only when it's really
important." He thinks back to what Hartley said before, about testing
his flute, and he knows Hartley's going to be as sure as he can be
that it's safe before he does any testing at all, but Cisco wonders if
having to use animals to test it is why the project has stalled the
way it has. It makes Cisco wish there had been some way they could
have kept Thawne imprisoned rather than sending him back to his proper
timeline. Cisco can't think of anyone he'd rather use as a test
subject than the man who had betrayed and used all of them for no
reason beyond his own ego.
[ooc: I think the backstory you're writing is great! I love
Hartley and I think the way you've fleshed him out is
interesting/engaging and totally fitting with his character. And thank
you! I'm so happy you like the way I'm playing Cisco! I really like
him too and, as always, I wish the show did more with him. That's a
big part of why I like RPing him, so he can get the attention he
deserves, hee.]
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Date: 2016-07-26 06:31 pm (UTC)Cisco grins down at the rats running around him, both of them seemingly accepting Cisco's presence in their home and deeming him 'not a threat'. Cisco's glad, because he hopes he'll get to be around them frequently in the future, considering he's dating their daddy. It really is sweet, the way Hartley treats them, how they run around his house and behave themselves, his little furry army.
Cisco turns his eyes back up to Hartley when he explains why he named one of them Galileo, and again Cisco's reminded that Hartley's interest in sound isn't just a hobby. The hearing aids Hartley uses are really incredible, a feat of technology more powerful than anything on the consumer market. The first non-explosive set Cisco had developed when Hartley had been incarcerated in the Pipeline had been a stopgap as he'd been wholly unable to reproduce exactly what Hartley had engineered himself. Beyond sound amplification, they'd had a complex wavelength filter build into them that not only filtered out ambient noise and counter acted Hartley's permanent, unbearable tinnitus but allowed for fine adjustments to be made either automatically (if the soundscape changed suddenly) or manually (for specific situations). Cisco's replicas had been basic, only able to remove ambient noise and cancel the tinnitus.
A few months later, after Hartley had willing helped Team Flash on a few projects despite still being their prisoner, Cisco had agreed to work with Hartley to make a more functional set of replacements. At first Cisco had done all the work, guided by Hartley's instruction, but eventually Cisco had given Hartley the tools he needed to complete the work himself. Cisco suspects the design of the set Hartley's using now has been upgraded and modified several times since the version Cisco had helped with, and Cisco finds himself interested to know what Hartley's changed. He has a mind to ask when Hartley mentions that two of his pets were lab rats previously, and it brings back to mind his thoughts from before about Caitlin and the rats at STAR Labs.
"Caitlin never liked that the other bio engineers at STAR Labs used rats for their testing either," Cisco remarks, moving to carefully stand, Flash and Splinter squeaking and standing up on their hind legs to see what he's up to, one of them climbing onto his shoe and testing the length of his shoelace with its teeth. "I think she eventually convinced them to stop, and, after the particle accelerator explosion, she took the ones we had left to a rescue." Cisco thinks about it for a moment, watching Galileo on Hartley's shoulder, watching as the rat sniffs along Hartley's collar. He never spent as much time in the biology lab as Caitlin had so he doesn't know how many rats they had at the end, but he's starting to get the idea that maybe Hartley'd been liberating rats from STAR Labs before Caitlin had.
"Wherever they are now, I'm sure they're being well taken care of," Cisco says, giving Hartley a little smile. He might be making the wrong connection, but if he's not he wants Hartley to know he's glad those rats are happy and safe. Considering when Hartley probably took them, if he truly had, he might have even saved their lives.
"I agree, by the way," he adds, wanting Hartley to know how he feels about animal testing himself. "I don't think scientists should test on animals unless there's no other way, and then only when it's really important." He thinks back to what Hartley said before, about testing his flute, and he knows Hartley's going to be as sure as he can be that it's safe before he does any testing at all, but Cisco wonders if having to use animals to test it is why the project has stalled the way it has. It makes Cisco wish there had been some way they could have kept Thawne imprisoned rather than sending him back to his proper timeline. Cisco can't think of anyone he'd rather use as a test subject than the man who had betrayed and used all of them for no reason beyond his own ego.
[ooc: I think the backstory you're writing is great! I love Hartley and I think the way you've fleshed him out is interesting/engaging and totally fitting with his character. And thank you! I'm so happy you like the way I'm playing Cisco! I really like him too and, as always, I wish the show did more with him. That's a big part of why I like RPing him, so he can get the attention he deserves, hee.]