( ic contact ) - ( sorry, guys, i got a little held up. you had to be there. )

[tardily]

 

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Comments

[tardily]

:D! you have to tell me who they are so i can make sure they're good. even if they sound pretty good already.

...are they against italian? did you already eat italian the last time?

[pobrecisco]

kinda not my usual type but yeah.

nah last time we did german.
but italian might work, as long as its interesting and good food but not like
requires reservations and a dress code fancy

1.2

[tardily]

consider my interest peaked.

nah, it's great impasta. shade liked it when we went there and he's kind of the snobby foodie guys, so you should be safe. just tell them to not judge the book by it's cover.

[tardily]

[ and right after: ]

i didn't go on a date with shade there. we just ate there. together.

[pobrecisco]

well hey if it's good enough for shade it'll probably do on the food front

also when did you and shade go on a bro-date? should i be bro-jealous?


[ Real interesting how he's dodging talking about who it is, huh? ]

[tardily]

if it doesn't, blame it on your best friend with weird taste in italian.

before you were here! no bro-jealousy required. especially since jay's here. all his flash love will go to his flash and i will be all yours.

unless i should be worried about your date. should i be jealous as a bro that my bro is going to be too busy making out with his girl to chill with me?

[ Real interesting, he sees that, Cisco. He sees it. ]

[pobrecisco]

hey you trusted me to SEE you through that date with patty (get it???)
i'll trust your italian recs

[ He waits a minute before sending the next text. It's not that he thinks Barry will be weirded out that he's apparently kinda bisexual, or that he's even weirded out about it himself or anything, but he's a little worried Barry will think it's something he's been hiding from him. Also he really wasn't kidding when he said M wasn't his usual type. ]

yeah so about that
he's kinda not a girl
i mean you still shouldn't be worried obviously
bros before hos still applies

as long as you promise not to tell anybody i just said "bros before hos"

[tardily]

you're never going to let me forget that, are you?

[ there's a few minutes between the two texts, not because barry's weirded out because of cisco being a bit bisexual ( because if he's honest, he's not the only one who might be a bit bisexual in this conversation ), but because cisco said "bros before hos" and because honestly that cisco didn't tell him. ]

i may tell him you said bros before hos. just to see his face about it. to see if it matches mine right now. what's his name? i have to make sure he's good for you. it's in the bros before hos handbook. and i have to threaten him if he's a dick.

[pobrecisco]

nope

[ A few minutes in the world of Texts From Barry is ages, and it's long enough for Cisco to have gotten a little fidgety. ]

i'm pretty sure threatening him wouldn't accomplish much
he kinda makes zoom look like he skips leg day

but his name's M and please don't tell him i indirectly called him a ho

[tardily]

as long as he doesn't have superspeed, i think i'm okay. you won't have to deal with me and another broken back.

:(

but i wanna tell him you called him a ho. because i'm the bro. :( i can tell him you didn't mean it that way.

[pobrecisco]

nah his powers are a totally different set
tho i think it'd be interesting watching you two spar maybe
he's got brain implants that let him see what people are gonna do before they do it so like
that vs superspeed would be pretty sweet

ughhhh stopppp the :(s
bros dont snitch on their bros totally embarrassing wordplay

[tardily]

are you already planning on using me as a guinea pig to see how him and i spar? not that i'm against volunteering but am i going to have you in my corner if he gives me an ouch?

:( :( bros do exactly that when the ho in question is also a dude and when bros earn it by making fun of other bros losing their eyesight before their first date with their girlfriend.

[pobrecisco]

you know i love experimenting with powers!
but dude come on of course you will
maybe not as effectively as having caitlin in your corner in this particular scenario but
of course

I WASN'T MAKING FUN making fun wouldve been recording the feed to laugh at you later
which i will admit crossed my mind
but i didnt do it!

[tardily]

as long as i know you've still got my back even if i get beat. which i appreciate, a lot.

YOU WERE JUST MAKING FUN. and you thought about it so it counts!

ergo, allowed to do the same to you.

text - ID reads Kid Flash

[runningstart]

barts kidnapped

were going to go get him right

text

[tardily]

we're not losing him again.

yeah, wally, we're getting him. come on.

text

[runningstart]

i asked shade and jay for help too

i dont want to get wrapped up in all of this war crap barry i dont think we should
we can get in there and get everyone out before it comes to that right

text

[tardily]

way to make me feel like the slow one.

i don't either, because you're right, we shouldn't. it's...war doesn't do anyone good and, you're right. and yeah, we can. with you, me, jay and shade, there's no reason we shouldn't. i mean three flashes and mr. king of using the shadows to pop in unexpectedly. it'll be a piece of cake.

text

[runningstart]

theres already a bunch of people organizing stuff but

so many of them sound so gung ho about the war
or its tony stark
who is pro registration pro military pro everything


we gotta figure out where they are first

[pobrecisco]

always bro

even tho you're the worst

text

[tardily]

i noticed

people react like this when people get taken. the...government doesn't help any. i mean i'm not saying i'm not tempted but i also know that the military likes telepathic gorillas so it wouldn't hurt to not react like that. you gotta explain tony's thing to me after this is done. not now because it's not important. later.

right sorry. i just. it's not just bart, it's cisco and eddie and i'm thinking clearly, point still stands. once we figure it out.

[tardily]

:(

i am not

:(

you don't really believe that

:(

[pobrecisco]

ugh your :(s are guilting it out of me
i don't actually think you're the worst
far from it

text

[runningstart]

yeah robin blue beetle gogo a bunch of people i know got grabbed also its not just bart

im gonna keep an eye out for anyone who wants to organize to get the hostages instead of shacking up with the military ill let you know if i find anything out

Re: text

[runningstart]

barry