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[trigeminalheadache]

Who: Caitlin Snow + YOU
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Hospitality Deck
When: Now!

VIDEO

[ The video starts suddenly, with Caitlin sitting straight up, eyes open and wide with fear.

More than what's warranted with waking up in a strange place.

Her head bows, her eyes going directly to her wrists. It seems she's checking both of them, rubbing absently at them, as if she expected to find something. (Shackles or handcuffs, that's what she's looking for.) If she's reassured there's nothing there, she certainly doesn't look it. When she looks back up, her gaze sweeping around the room, she's trying to place where she is, what's happened. This isn't Barry's lab at CCPD, it isn't STAR Labs, and it definitely isn't Zoom's lair.

It's a few minutes before she looks right into the camera, her head tilting with curiosity. ] Hello?

[ Then the feed cuts out. ]

TEXT

[ The text follows about ten minutes later. ]

This is going to sound odd, but: whoever or whatever brought me here, thank you. I need to get back to Central City, though.

Comments

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[takingkarabusiness]

[ Kara caught the video, and her interest is piqued by the text that follows it ]

So, a lot of what you're going to hear is very weird. Sorry about that; none of us really have control over that.

But hey, you're from Central City? I have friends from Central City. One of them is even here. Maybe you know him?

Er, not that everyone from the same city knows each other. That would be like.... pretty ridiculous to expect. And that's even assuming you're from the same Earth, you know?

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[trigeminalheadache]

Weird how? I'm somewhat used to weird.

Yes, I'm from Central City. [ From the same Earth. She definitely has Caitlin's attention. ]

Would these friends from Central City have mentioned "Earth-1"?

[takingkarabusiness]

Infinite Earths weird?

Yeah. A little geo-centric if you ask me, but I guess you can name it whatever you want.

My name's Kara. Do you mind if we switch to video? It'd be easier to explain rather than typing it all out.

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[thebestseller]

I think I've heard weirder. Wait 'til you find out what you're here to do.

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[trigeminalheadache]

Good to know that I'm still the least shocking, no matter where I am.

Are you keeping me in suspense?

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[thebestseller]

OK- get ready. You're here to be a contestant in a reality show.

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[beathach]

[he also saw the video, and it was concerning enough to make him reply]

It doesn't sound that odd. Are you alright?

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[trigeminalheadache]

I'm okay.

[ She isn't, but she's not going to say any different unless pressed. ]

Just disoriented, I think.

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[beathach]

[he won't press. He understands the need to appear "fine" so, so well]

I'm afraid that's normal. I can explain some things once you're settled? I don't want to overwhelm you right away.

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[passingthrough]

[She notices the recording from the beginning and watches the woman's reactions to herself and her environment. She waits to see if a deliberate message comes and it does. She decides to call back in video though. She's rude like that. She also prefers that sort of connection and to get the additional feedback of vocal inflections and expressions. Of course it means Kitty is seen too, but she's fine with that. Caitlin will see a woman of twenty who will likely read a bit older than that. She's lived too hard, seen too much, but she's also had over a year to soften back up.]

I doubt they get much in the way of thanks very often.

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[trigeminalheadache]

[ Caitlin's doing her best to keep it together right now. It's hard, when she's expecting Zoom to come tearing through and take her away again. She's wiping her eyes with the back of one hand. ]

That's a little concerning.

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[passingthrough]

Well, you'll have that with abductions. [A little flippant in content, but the tone is gentle.]

I'm Kitty.

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[spontaneouscombustion]

[FINALLY Pinkie's back aboard the Caprine after exploring the moon! After sifting through a dirth of messages, she comes across one that's... actually only a couple seconds old! Time to respond!]

Hey, there! Are you okay?

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[trigeminalheadache]

[ She's fairly certain that she's now hallucinating. Because that's a pink talking pony. There's just a blank stare at the camera for a too long moment. Then she blinks. ]

Sorry. Sorry. I'm ... okay.

[spontaneouscombustion]

Okay, phew! Yeah, I know it's a little scary being in space the first place, but a lot of the people here are really nice!

Has anybody told you where you are yet?

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[ladybro]

Central City, huh?

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[trigeminalheadache]

You're familiar with it?

[apurrstate]

Good news: I'm sure they're just as happy you're here as you are
Bad news: Sort of permanent, as far as I can tell
Sorry

[trigeminalheadache]

That good news doesn't feel all that good, to be honest.
Sort of? What makes permanent only "sort of"?

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[residu]

..... [ Well. It's not a hello, because Jihwan currently feels too sick to his stomach to muster up one, but he'll nod in her direction at least from where he's just emerging from the bathroom, pale-faced and with bags under his eyes.

Because space. ]

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[trigeminalheadache]

[ Just as she thinks she's calming down, some little thing triggers her anxiety. Caitlin's hyper-aware of her environment, hyper-vigilant, her eyes scanning for anything or anyone who moves. When he emerges, she flinches, her shoulders jerking.

She takes a deep breath and blows it out slowly. ]

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[winn]

[ he doesn't usually look through people's conversations, but the mention of 'central city' piques his curiosity. he only looks through enough to ascertain that yeah - this place continues its trend of kidnapping from the same groups. ]

Hi -- whoever brought us here may be listening, but they're not really chatty. I am though - hi.

...I said that already. [ shaking his head with a smile that realizes how unfortunate he's being already ] I'm Winn. Schott. As in, S-C-H-O-T-T not trying to tell you about any injuries don't worry it's actually been really safe here so far - [ what is he doing? ]

I'm a friend of Cisco's. Has anyone explained the whole -- time stays put at home while we're here thing yet? Because that usually helps a little bit with the urgency to get back.

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[trigeminalheadache]

Hi, Winn.

[ There's a look of recognition in her face, if just for his name, not his face. So this is Kara's best friend. Kara's Cisco. And she smiles because, yes, Winn really does remind her of him. ]

Kara said you two are friends. And ... no, no one's mentioned anything like that. [ A beat, while she considers that. ] I doubt that it's time freezing because time doesn't work like that. It's probably closer to whoever [ she waves a hand to indicate their "hosts" ] did this is capable of returning us to the exact same spot in the timeline. Which is remarkable. And a bit scary.

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[benames]

[ ok so central city sounds promising though while it houses the best people you'll ever meet it also houses some of the worst and cisco still worries about, you know. crazy metas, absolute villains, hartley.

but then he carefully reads some of those comments and - ]

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[benames]

Caitlin!

[ the girl that appears on the screen is quite short but what she lacks in height, she makes up for in spirit as she basically bounces in her lab ]

Caitlin, it's me - !

[ she seems to remember something a moment afterwards. oh yeah ]

seriously long story that involves me sassing a bunch of aliens and becoming -

[ well ]

it'll wear off eventually, I mean, I'm 88% sure. Are you ok?