[muffled spooky scary skeletons playing in the distance]

[geonomy]

Who: You! Me! Everybody!
Broadcast: idk but we've sure got a pretty broad cast of folks eh, eh
Action: HECK YEAH PLANET MINGLE
When: 10/7 until plot update or recaptcha

It's a deep, deep forest filled to the brim with fungi, mysterious life forms, and pitch black darkness. Explore if you dare and discover all these things and more! Just don't get lost...

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[benames]

I mean the superpowers. Which I have.

[ super dryly and maybe he's a bit amused ]

[takingkarabusiness]

Wait, you have superpowers! Cisco!

[ arm punch, which is slightly harder than a love tap because she's supergirl, but it won't hurt him too bad. maybe a bruise ]

Why didn't you say anything! Is this a new thing?

[benames]

Ok that - seriously hurt and ok, I am going to just,

[ inch away from her ]

before I tell you that no, nothing new, been there all the time but before you go for another punch, they're really more weird than super.

[takingkarabusiness]

Sorry, but you should have told me! What are they?

[benames]

I tap into the multiverse's vibrations. The vibrations of time and space, I mean. I can see alternate timelines, tap into alternate universes.

[ a tiny smile ]

Barry called me the Vibe.

[takingkarabusiness]

That's amazing! Can you—Does it count for like my Earth? How is it here? Have you had to deal with things? Does it tell you anything about how we got here or where "here" is? Why Vibe?

[benames]

I don't know.

[ and he should be more excited about the whole thing, about finding out the answers to all those questions. as a scientist, as the nerd he is, he ought to be more enthusiastic.

but the part that has met reverb seems to dominate his feelings regarding the whole thing ]

I vibed just once and it was my Earth. I think I might be able to vibe yours. It takes - I got some equipment from the hand-holding planet. Barry thought it was awesome since - well. Vibe. Vibrations.

[ he shifts a bit and shakes his head ]

No clue about this place, though.

[takingkarabusiness]

That was too many questions, wasn't it?

But you don't seem excited about it.

[benames]

It's not like you and Barry. I mean, I don't think I can ever do what you do.

[ and after a moment, he adds ]


I'm not sure it was ever meant to.

[takingkarabusiness]

Well, I mean, there's already at least one Barry and one me, and I'm not sure we'd like the competition.

You can do what you do. That's what's important.

[benames]

I didn't mean like that. I mean - I'm not sure if the Vibe can be a good thing like the Flash or Supergirl. Every sign out there indicates that if I go for this, I'll be your - arch-nemesis or something just as terrifying.

[takingkarabusiness]

What signs are those?

[benames]

Well - evil psychotic speedsters who was the one who gave us those powers said he was proud of me for having them and my earth-2 self is the worst comic book villain since Captain Cold.

[ he flops back ]

I don't know, Kara. I'm not sure I'm meant to be like you. Or Barry. What if I'm the one you two will have to stop?

[takingkarabusiness]

Is Earth-2 the one with the evil versions of everyone?

[benames]

Not everyone. Me and Caitlin, for sure. Barry was still a nerd. He was just a nerd without speed.

[ basically. ]

[takingkarabusiness]

Okay, well, when Barry was explaining the different Earths to us, Winn said, "how about an Earth where everything is exactly the same but we're evil" and Barry said, "I've been there, it sucks". Is that what he was talking about?

[benames]

Yeah.

[ he nods and then adds ]

I mean, his two best friends were psychos so I guess earth-2 looked like it to him.

[takingkarabusiness]

Right, so, if that was the differentiating factor, that means it has to be different, right? Nothing on your Earth has indicated you're evil.

[benames]

No, I guess not.

[ if he questions himself, it's mostly because of eobard thawne but did thawne really know or even cared about cisco's nature to begin with? ]

I guess I'm overthinking it.

[takingkarabusiness]

[ her tone shifts slightly, less externally placating and slightly more insecure ]

I'm worried about it too, you know. The turning evil thing. My evil twin wasn't a twin, or evil, or from a different dimension. She was a girl that our enemy-turned-kind-of-ally engineered to mimic me. The poor girl... well, she's in stasis now until we can figure out how to heal her up.

But that was just Bizarro. The real thing I'm scared of—Evil Kara wasn't from another world. It was me, poisoned. It was horrible because I was aware of how I was hurting everyone but I didn't even care. And I'm constantly worried that it could happen here at any minute. I haven't really talked to anyone about it because I don't want people to be afraid of me... I feel like Winn probably has a plan for that situation but I don't know. I don't like to think about it.

I guess what I'm saying is, you're not alone, Cisco. But just because you've met a different version of yourself, or you've experienced something scary like that, it doesn't mean it's inevitable.

[benames]

[ he listens to her before shifting closer and nudging his shoulder against her own, taking her hand and squeezing her fingers. ]

I'm not scared of you. Or - Evil Kara. If Winn doesn't have a plan, I'll help him work one out and you guys will - just do the same for me.

[ a small smile ]

Call it Project Reverb.

[takingkarabusiness]

[ she leans her head on his shoulder ]

I think the first rule to coming up with a plan to stop an evil version of yourself is not getting to name it.

But that is a great name...

Anyway, if you happen to come across any red glowing crystal-like rocks, just make sure to keep them away from me. Green ones too, for that matter. Just stay away from the glowing crystals.