003 ϟ open } { wake me up before you go go

[supertardiness]

Who: Barry Allen + YOU
Broadcast: Video
Action: First Breath + Visitors
When: December 1st

[action ~ first breath]

[Somewhere, many many Earths away, Barry Allen says goodbye to his family and the woman he loves and steps through into the speed force. All that really exists in the speed force is running, so that's what he does - he runs, as fast as he can and as far as he can, until he doesn't have to run anymore.

And on December 1st, in his room on the First Breath, Barry opens his eyes for the first time in thirty days. It's disorienting at first, not knowing immediately where he is or that he's not in the speed force anymore, so he instinctively does the first thing he can think of - he runs. He blazes through the halls of the ship in an endless look, a burst of red and god lightning that can't be caught and disrupts everything around him.

Pro: He is not running fast enough to accidentally phase himself through the hull of the ship and out to die in the vacuum of space, nor is he phasing through doors into private areas he shouldn't be in.

Con: Pretty much everything is getting blown everywhere, because running at superspeed is not subtle or unnoticeable.

Eventually he'll skid to a stop or someone will stop him but apologies to the other members of the crew - you're all getting quite the wake up call this morning.]

[video ~ fleetwide]

[And after he is caught, calmed down, and realizes where he is, he'll eventually make his way back to his bunk to try and reorient himself in general. Which is when an awkward looking Barry will appear over a network because he has a very important question to ask that probably shouldn't wait.]

So, hey guys. Sorry about being radio silent but I was ... out for a while. A really long while.

[That's mostly an apology to Kara and Mon-El - he doesn't really think anyone else beyond his crew was looking for him. He needs to be better at making friends.]

Anyway - has anyone else had one of those weird coma dreams where they go home and actually live some of their life and come back again? And if so, am I the only one who finds that super weird and disorienting, or can we all agree that that pretty much sucks?

[Please feel free to register your vote with the speedster present at your convenience.]

Comments

video.

[mucked]

You're certainly not the only one, Mister Allen. [ okay, so she doesn't know barry. but steve does, and that means she's willing to pipe up. ] I've personally had it happen twice since my arrival in the fleet.

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[supertardiness]

[It's cool, he doesn't people already knowing who he is. He's kind of used to it at this point.]

Twice? That's ... not at all comforting.

[mucked]

Oh, I'm quite certain there must have been others who have remembered more. [ her tone is cool -- polite and distant. ]

The last time all I remembered, honestly, was a another day or two.

[supertardiness]

Ah. It was a few months for me. But I was out for a month, so it was kind of ... proportional?

video

[passingthrough]

Wow. The Atroma were really extra coma happy during all this.

...Also, hi. I don't know you. [The trouble of making commentary sometimes. But first Steve then Natasha and now this person. That's a lot!]

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[supertardiness]

[He will raise his hand in a bit of a wave.]

Hi. I'm Barry.

[But he'll go back to the main comment at hand.]

Was it more than just me?

[passingthrough]

[She will see his wave with a nod.]

Kitty.

And you're the third I've heard of in the last few days. Steve and Natasha were out too. I was thinking it was an Avengers sleep over until you chimed in. Unless you're one of the Avengers. Let's see, who haven't I met yet...Hulk?

[supertardiness]

Not an Avenger, no.

[Is a superhero though, but he's side tracked by ... ]

What's a Hulk?

[spacebro]

Barry! Hi. Good to see you're okay.

You missed Thanksgiving. [And so much more. But do you ever really miss getting into space battles with cannibals?]

[supertardiness]

[And there's definite disappointment there.]

Oh, man. I love a good Thanksgiving spread. Are there any leftovers left?

[Because the only thing just as good as Thanksgiving dinner is Thanksgiving leftovers. Then there's a beat as something occurs to him.]

Oh, hey! We met back home.

[spacebro]

It's been long enough I'm going to say no, but you could ask Jim. He hosted it.

[Okay, he wasn't expecting that.] We did?

[supertardiness]

Yeah, it was weird. There was this fugitive you guys chased to our Earth and Kara was in trouble, so you and J'onn brought her over to see if we could help figure it out. She's fine now, though.

Video;

[reconstitution]

It's weird and disorienting. It sucks, and it happens pretty often.

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[supertardiness]

[He makes a bit of a face at that.]

How often are we talking? Like should I be expecting a coma every six months or something?

[Because he had made it so long without major medical incident.]

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[reconstitution]

It depends on the person. As a whole, it happens often. It's only happened to me once, but it's not unheard of to happen more than once.

[supertardiness]

Good to know. I guess I'll just be on the look out for possibly more surprise comas in my future.

[He doesn't sound super thrilled about that, but at least he knows they happen now.]

I'm Barry, by the way.

action - first breath

[takingkarabusiness]

[ when she sees his video message, she doesn't bother replying. she rushes over to the first breath and boards, immediately looking for Barry to give him a big ol' super hug ]

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[supertardiness]

[There's a definite oof as Kara takes him by surprise with that hug, but he's also super happy to actually hug her? So it all works out in the end. He can't hug her back quite as tight, but he gives it his best shot.]

Hey. Sorry if I worried you.

[takingkarabusiness]

Of course you did, but it's okay. You would've been the same about me.

So what's with this dream?

video.

[brainiest]

I haven't had one, but I know about people who have. [ She frowns, watching him for a moment, instincts in overdrive. ] Are you alright, Barry?

[supertardiness]

Physically? Yeah. Mentally, I'm a little thrown for a loop.

[It's weird to have been asleep for thirty days, and also having dreamed up a few months of his life.]

Are you okay? I heard things while I was asleep were a little ... intense?

[brainiest]

I've heard it happens. You'll let me know if you need anything, won't you?

[ But there's not much she can offer other than that - and her nose wrinkles, a little on the edge. ]

It was... Well. It's good that it's over, I think that's the best thing to say about it all.

Action

[tallasaking]

[And there was Tyrion, frowning as he is working on one of his devices. Or he was, until Barry swept through at top speed and sent ... everything everywhere.]

[Tyrion gets off the ground, where he had fallen over, and looks around at the mess everywhere.

Then he clicks on his communicator.]

Welcome back, Barry.

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[supertardiness]

[It takes him a minute, to run himself out, but eventually he responds.]

Hey, Captain. Sorry about the mess.

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[tallasaking]

[Tyrion sighs as he looks around his workroom, and he can only guess everything outside is just equally wrecked.]

.... so. You are going help clean all this up.