driftfleet | Tourist, May I?

[ oh, so his singing isn't cutting it anymore? he sees how it is -- ]

You do?? [ grabbing his phone to look ] Guess I can leave my Super Stickfigure alone -

[ one of his projects. don't ask. or do. up to you. he's practically squealing with delight. ]

Now if we could only clone it - [ he wants this phone, dammit. he could do so much with this phone. why did he have to put his down on the goddamn coffee table? who was gonna call him anyway, everyone he knows was in the room! ]

[Hey, she loves your singing, but this way you can kiss and still have music, okay?]

Super Stickfigure? [What?]

Have you guys been hanging out a lot? [Because you seem very in sync.]

Already on it -

[ he takes a dummy model out of his pocket and throws at his direction ]

I mean, I've never actually tried the whole communication technology and it won't have any reception, obviously - but! but! if we connect this to mine - when it'll be working, we could possibly transfer information from one device to the other. I'll need to work on something to connect both of them to but that shouldn't be that big of a problem.

[ as the tune changes into the Pokemon theme music ]

A little less than you guys obviously did.

[ :| ]

[ he catches the phone, running his fingers on the shiny screen with reverence. his eyes actually sparkle with unshed tears of joy as he looks back up at cisco and you know what? this is a hug moment, you get a hug, man! ]

Where have you been all my life??

[ you don't understand, kitty, the guy made him a phone - this is bromance nirvana. and if he replies with 'in a cupboard under some stairs', that seals it. they're one. he pats his back excitedly as he lets go of the hug.

are you guys fighting over him? because he can't recognize this behavior it's too ludicrous for him. ]

I've been working on my own version of Super Mario Bros, it's a really popular video game in my world, 'cept I can't really graphic so it's Super StickFigure Bros. There's Super StickFigure-man and Super StickFigure-woman, here check it -- [ he turns on a demo playthrough he's made one night he couldn't sleep in for them to look at. ] I figured once I'm done I could throw up an open version on the network - anyone who knows what they're doing could add levels, we could have fleet-wide tournaments - course...now we have the real thing...but it could still be cool! I mean, if your Super Mario is anything like ours, I can win it with my eyes closed -

[Okay, yes, there is some Cisco jealousy here now that she doesn't really understand herself and maybe it is ridiculous, but his face is ridiculous so there. (His face is fine.) People she's not jealous of: Kara. Despite, her boyfriend having recently been in love with her and him still adoring her. Shut up, it all makes sense. She will just lean back and roll her eyes when the hug goes down.]

Well, maybe that will be changing. [Muttered out. But she does lean back in to see the thing Winn has been working on.] Your projects really do go every direction. [She would normally be more encouraging and supportive and delighted by his delight. As it is she decides she could use a breather and gets up, heading for the door.] I'm going to get something to drink. Anyone want anything?

[Also, she's already mid-door as she asks as in you can only see part of her as she's standing inside the door.]

number four Privet Drive, in the cupboard under the stairs, awaiting my letter and my destiny.

[ firm nod as he hugs an pets his shoulder. He peers at the demo ]

Awesome!, do you think we can use the network to get the multiplayer option into this baby?

[ ok hold on, pointing at her ]

That will never not be seriously cool.

[ marry him, cisco. ]

Hell yeah! If I can connect the phone into the system and use it as a translator - we're in business.

[ finally he'll be able to show off his skills!

looking back at kitty now though, he can't help but get the feeling that he fucked something up. shit. what did he say? did he say something that would somehow offend one of her teammates, her friends? he has no idea what he did, but she's getting an apologetic look all the same because he's sure whatever it is it's his fault. ]

She's the coolest. [ proudly. he cannot believe that she's with him. ] I'm good, thanks -

[Maybe it's because you're proposing to your boyfriend in your head or just that she feels very out of the wavelength now. But she softens at Cisco's praise and then feels guilty seeing that look. He can't even know what he's looking apologetic for because she certainly doesn't know why she feels like she needs one. She manages a little smile for them both but it's probably still a good idea to take a walk and get out of her head.] Okay. I'll be right back.

[She slips completely through the door this time.]

[ before he can even - ]

hey, don't look at me. There's a reason why the only woman who's been in my life kidnapped me on our first date and robs banks as a hobby.

[ girls be weird, man. ]

...I'll tell you the full story some other time.

-- yeah now you gotta.

[ blink blink. cisco - what? but ok, he absolutely hates thinking about it, but if anyone'll understand it's cisco, right? ]

Though alternate-future me [ because he is absolutely changing this, he will not accept this as his future. ] may have you beat, Kara remembers me hooking up with an actual Banshee who screamed her out a window.

---- sounds like an evil version of Black Canary.

[ he seems to freeze for a moment. ]

evil doppelganger.

[ that probably exists on Earth 2 and reverb probably created the canary cry for her and if they ever see her, that will be terrifying. he may look a little horrified before shaking his head ]

anyway, my last girlfriend was a barista before she remembered her past life as an Egyptian princess, grew wings and flew off with her ancient Egyptian lover which, by the way, was a total douche.

Black Canary? Ok - what is up with your world and color-coding?

[ are these superheroes or index cards?

he frowns a little at that horrified look, but addresses the part he actually says for now - he gives cisco's shoulder a squeeze. ]

Her loss, man. [ but his pain. he's not even going to bring up his last girlfriend because it was so long ago it's actually embarrassing. ] Were you together long?

It's a Starling City thing, don't ask me, I think it sucks.

[ though laurel is great and black canary is amazing ok ]

not that long but she was - well, she's still special. I hope that jerkass is treating her well.

Kinda does. Though, I've heard worse.

[ try asking kate sometime about the hero and villain names of her world, dude. you won't regret it. or you'll regret every second of it, could go either way. ]

Bright side - I got Kitty to give me a second look and stick around, means hell has frozen over and all bets are off. [ if he found someone, cisco should be snatched up in seconds. ]

We should grab a drink sometime. Or ten. [ while waiting for his upset-for-some-reason girlfriend to come back is probably not the best time for guy talk. but boy does he need some guy talking, and it feels like cisco could use it too. ]

You know I'm in.

[ he offers another high five ]

To infinity -

Did you two need more alone time? [She phases back in mid-highfive without knocking. She does have a glass of water with her though.]

[ he jumps up the moment she does ]

...one day I'll get used to it. One day, really soon, I mean, I got really used to the Flash quickly enough so.

[ what. barry running into the room without knocking could startle a person too. Mostly he tries not to, but.

oh so subtly he slooowly gets up ]

Well, you know, I forgot that I wanted to say hi to Kara and discuss some....Things with her. Maybe I better just -

[ trying to escape? yep ]

...and beyond.

[ muttering. he has to, ok, it'll cause him actual physical pain to leave it hanging.

but now he's got a better idea of what's going on. kitty's feeling left out - he should have spotted that, that's how he's felt his entire life. so once the highfive is done, he walks up to her and throws an arm around her. he has an amazing girlfriend and an amazing new friend - and now an amazing fear of them not getting along.

can't things ever just go well? ]

Oh...right, ok -- thanks for the phone -- we'll -- discuss hooking it up later?

[ look at those sad puppy eyes, guys. you've created them. ]

[She sets her drink down and leans into Winn after giving him a peck on the cheek. She didn't mean to break your face and make sad puppy eyes appear.] Wait, Cisco, you know the Flash too? [Interested, but also feeling like it's her fault he wants to leave and that it's making Winn sad and none of that is okay either.] Super speed guy?

Speedster.

[ sister, that's the term we should be using her. ]

Huh, yeah. you know. we talk. I help him, sometimes. we're. pretty familiar with each other.

[ he can't outright say, he's my best friend not when he can't really talk about Barry but just about the Flash himself so he'll stick with that, for now. ]

and I know. Kara. she told me she met him. wasn't involved in that one.

[ forever bitter about. that. ]

[ he gives kitty a curious look ] Do you know him too, or did Kara tell you about him?

[ because damn, if she knows him -- dude gets around! and should have saved her, what gives, man. ok, it's definitely not his fault but he can't help but feel glimpses of anger at everything in the universe that didn't come together to stop what happened to kitty and to her world. ]

I knew him. He was on my team in the prison. I had no idea Kara knew him. Are all of you from the same world? [Waving a hand between Winn and Cisco.]

Different Barry. Earth - 3 -4 - whichever number, Barry. Kara met Earth-1 Barry that's...my Barry, the Flash from Central City.

[ he says my with a sort of a bff pride going on but moving on ]

Earth-2 Barry isn't the Flash at all, for example. Earth-3 Barry could be - teaming up in prisons somewhere. So basically none of us are from the same world.

[ he points to himself and then to winn and then to kitty ]

Earth-1, Earth-3, Earth-4. Go multiverse.

Actually, the prison she's talking about is another pocket dimension like this one - and if people really don't remember their time in these places when they go home, she could have met your Barry.

[ cuz the multiverse wasn't complicated enough on its own, you know?

he points between himself and cisco. ]

Our Earths are pretty similar, but they're not the same. It's just that the Flash can cross the dimensional barrier - which would have really come in handy around here -

What Winn said.

But also... His name wasn't Barry. It was Wally West. He called himself the Flash though. [And then a lightbulb clicks on.] No, it was Kid Flash. We did have other speedsters through though. There was an older one in a red suit who stayed just on the overflow day. And a younger one named Bart who went by Impulse and Danica who was also the Flash. Then Tommy, but he was from a world more like mine. [Since she knew who his mom was and all.]

And why am I Earth 4? Maybe I'm 1. [Okay, she definitely knows her timeline isn't 1 since it was a corrupted version of another timeline. But still!]

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