MASK OR MENACE IC INBOX

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WALLY WEST
"You've reached the personal voice mail of the Wall-man. The honor is yours! Leave your deets, I'll holla back atcha."
[ BEEP. ]

KID FLASH
"This is the contact for Kid Flash. If it's an emergency, call Robin; he'll know where I am. Otherwise, leave your info and I'll get you back ASAP."
[ BEEP. ]


[ voice | text | email | action ]

( Please specify in tag subject line if the contact is for Wally West or Kid Flash! )

Comments

[tardily]

I was already planning on that since it sort of wouldn't go over well with me either. Because you know— I'd be dead and I like living. [ It's really inappropriate to grin but Wally you can't say things like that and not expect him to sound pleased. ] But it not going over well with you or Bart is a definite incentive to double down on my not getting murdered in my sleep.

I— Let me think about it? Normally I'd be very gung-ho about this and I trust that you guys can handle yourself but Reverse Flash is not something I'd wish on anyone and I don't want your place compromised by him. Because I wouldn't put it past him to be able to.

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Normally I'd say you're wrong and there's no possible way we'd be found and also our security systems were put together by Robin so there's literally no place safer, but.

It's Thawne. [And Wally wants him nowhere near Gar and Robin. Bart could maybe outrun the guy, if he was lucky, but Kid wouldn't even be able to get away himself, let alone carry anyone else to safety.]

You better call me if you need help.

[tardily]

It's Thawne and the man will steal an AI I apparently create in the future, so I think it might be best to just put nothing past him?

[ And while he'd love to take Wally up on the offer immediately it presents the same problem staying with Hal did. If he went there it'd put other people in harms way and while he could do his best to protect them— there's limits. Despite everything though, Barry ends up laughing softly. ]

You're first on my speed dial. Two speedsters against one always works out better than one against one. The same goes for you, Wally. Just call and I'll be there in— you know.

[ Feel proud of him, he didn't make the joke. ]

[runningstart]

Hahhhhh okay nice catch but it still counts when you almost say it, y'know.

So. Then what do we do about Bart? Just keep an eye and an ear out? I'm not really good at the "waiting to be screwed over by the time-traveling lunatic murderer" game, I tend to be more proactive.

[tardily]

Only if I got the beginning letter out, but I avoided even the first letter so. I think it doesn't count. At worst maybe half counts.

So do I. It's also what he expects and what got me in trouble at home. I think we have to wait at least this first meeting out and then we'll talk about it. Because if Eobard's as much of a dick as he is normally to people who have the last name Allen then he might solve the problem of getting Bart away from him for us.

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UUUGGGHHHHHHHHHH [probably should cut this off barry it can go on for a while] GGHHHHHHH

[tardily]

Are you for real right now? [ GOD IT JUST KEEPS GOING AND GOING. ] Call me back when you're done ugh-ing, Wally! [ He is one hundred percent not about to listen to the ugh until it ends.

Youths. ]

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-GGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[leaves to make a sandwich

...comes back]

HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.





I hate that guy.

[tardily]

[ who makes a sandwich in the middle of ugh-ing.

who? ]

He tends to have that effect on people. [ See also: me too, but I'm gonna be the adult who doesn't say it. ] Sorry about— not telling you before, by the way. You know how weird things have been for the past week.

[runningstart]

Whatever. [It's not a dismissive 'whatever' at least.]

You want me to tell everybody else? I'm pretty sure the League should know about this guy if he's as powerful as the one from my world.

[tardily]

[ Progress that he is not going to ruin by pointing it out. He is very pleased it's not dismissive though. ]

I've already got Superman and GL handled. Do I have to tell Batman too?

[ He doesn't wanna tell Batman, can Batman not be told about this. Can he avoid meeting Batman ever, maybe? ]

And Green Arrow's— not— I couldn't get a message through. So, assuming he's not here any more so I think that's everyone.

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Yeah, you gotta tell Batman. I mean he'll find out anyway, but if you volunteer the information he likes you a little better.

Also probably we should tell Power Girl and Booster Gold. I can tell them, if you want.

[tardily]

Yeah, but we also haven't even met. Starting off our first meeting with, I know you don't know me, or if you do it's because you stalk with the best of them— but you're part of that League that I'm also a part of in multiple universes. So you should know I've got my mortal enemy rooming with me and he might be a psychopath at some point and kill people. Maybe. I don't know he's a little unpredictable. I don't want to be known as that 25 year old superhero who introduced himself like that.

Definitely tell Booster since— I don't think I could tell him without laughing at that name. And if you tell Power Girl, ask her how she is for me— I haven't talked to her since I first came here but she seemed nice.

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You big freaking baby. I'll tell Batman. He's not that scary. [says the kid who hasn't spoken to the guy in months because he's scared of him]

1.2

[tardily]

I'm not a baby. I mean compared to I think everyone who is a part of the League in your universe and Superman's universe, I may technically be the youngest but I'm not a baby. I just want to look cool, okay.

This is my version of the wanting to prove I can do this thing. Don't you dare tell Batman, Wally I'm not even kidding.

[tardily]

And he calls himself Batman while his protege is called Robin. I'm sorry but Batman doesn't inspire visions of rainbows and sunshine and happiness.

It makes you think of caves and screeching. And vampires if you're feeling particularly in tune with pop culture.

[IMG] 1/2

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Look Bats back home is scary okay, but the one here is terrifying because he's not scary. I'm still trying to figure out if he's tapped all my phones yet. I don't even know. [this may not be helpful in showing batman isn't scary]

Point is if you have no experience with a Batman then he's totally not scary. He'll probably ask you out for drinks or something.

[tardily]

[ HE'S NOT A BABY!!!! ]

Was that supposed to make me feel better? Because I had enough phone tapping/camera spying from Eobard at home. [ That is negative degrees of helpful, Wally. Negative degrees. ]

...Ask me out for drinks or something. In what? His civilian outfit or his bat costume? Because seeing a dude in a bat costume and me in my Flash uniform won't look weird at all. That's not even getting into the me not getting drunk portion of this.

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Oh my god! You are such a whiner!

I'm telling him. I'm gonna text him right now.

1.2

[tardily]

I move faster than you, Wally. I'm doing it, oh my god just let me handle this one! You go do Power Girl and Booster, I've got this one.

[tardily]

Seriously, if I find out you did it, I'm not talking to you for I'm not entirely sure how long. But there will be no talking and you'll make Bart feel bad because we're not talking.

So. Don't text Batman. And remember that this is all new to me okay! I'm working on a learning curve that's like running up a very tall building. I'm used to Green Arrow and my team. That's it. Not Batmans and Supermans and everyone else!

[runningstart]

Don't use Bart to blackmail me! And get used to it faster! God, is it a rule or something that once you hit your twenties you have to take as long as possible to do anything at all?!

And for your information I already told Power Girl and Booster Gold, because I am proactive and get stuff done immediately.

[tardily]

I will use our favorite person to blackmail you! I am not above using that card when it works. And it's not a rule, I'm just— I have literally not had proper breathing room since I got out of a coma less than a year ago with superspeed. I had a mentor, lost a mentor, lost a friend, accidentally created the Rogues for myself. Watched my mom die because time travel is great like that and learned that in another universe I have a nephew who is giving me such shit that I want to end this conversation and that I have a grandson. But not only that I have a whole league of people I fight with. And I've only met a grand total of one of them in my world.

This is stuff that is normal to you, Wally. You have several years under your belt that I don't. And it's not like I thought, huh, I think my mortal enemy is going to be ported in only to have me pass out for three days where he has to take care of me. And before I even get a chance to tell anyone that he's here, I turn into some douchebag who beats people up.

So for one second could you just not be you and not essentially tell me that I really messed up. Because aware of it! Super aware of it!

And I texted him, okay. So get off my back about not being proactive.

i lied

[tardily]

And thank you for getting in touch with them.

[ And you know what? He's just going to hang up because he's done with this right now.

So.

Very.

Done with this. ]