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[rushing_by]

I have to say, all the many downsides aside? This is pretty cool. We're basically in the Star Trek future. With aliens!  I mean, I've met an alien before, in a different universe, but she did look fairly human. Aside from the whole faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to fly thing she had.

Anyways, hi. [He gives a little wave.] My name's Barry Allen, and I'm the Flash.  Not this universe's version of the Flash, though. I'm from a different one entirely. It's similar, but they showed me a couple pictures of the one from this reality and he wore a lot more spandex than I'm entirely comfortable with.

Getting off of that, it's nice to meet you guys, and I look forward to working with all of you.

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[whyarewehere]

how do you do the running through walls thing?

[ No hello, no nice to meet you, Grif has a priority here okay.]

Re: text

[rushing_by]

By vibrating my molecules so fast I become effectively intangible. Why do you need to know?

[whyarewehere]

this guy i know tried it once and it didn't work.

[rushing_by]

Does this guy have a name and does he still need help with it?

[whyarewehere]

nah i just wanted to know. like maybe you could give me a step by step that i could tell him. that'd be cool.

[rushing_by]

There's not really a step-by-step to this sort of thing. Getting it right, especially the first time, is partly a state of mind. I'd feel better about the whole thing if I could be there to talk them through it.

[whyarewehere]

oh okay nvm.

[ He really has painted himself into a corner here. How can he introduce himself without this clever ruse completely coming apart?

By just not doing it, apparently.]

Private tezt

[rushing_by]

Look, I really don't have any problem helping out with this. I won't even tell anyone if you're that worried about it.

You shouldn't be, though. There is definitely a learning curve to being a speedster. Even I 'm not 100% sure of everything I can do yet.

Permafilter

[whyarewehere]

[ Grif has to go wrangle with Wash in another thread for a minute or two before getting back to Barry, then... ]
okay.

i'm grif. i've been here basically since all this shit started and i'm still figuring out the whole speed thing. it's kind of not gone great for me.

Re: Permafilter

[rushing_by]

It's fine, I get it. I had trouble getting a handle on my powers too. When was I first starting out I occasionally set my clothes on fire by running too fast.

Whenever you feel up for it, come down to the S.T.A.R Labs building on the Habitat deck.

Private to Grif

[unrecovered]

[This one guy could only mean one person, and right now, Wash is looking like Christmas has come early.]

You did what?

Private to Wash

[whyarewehere]

[ Grif's sticking with text, it's less incriminating. ]

i didn't do anything. don't they teach you to read in freelancer boot camp?

Permafilter

[unrecovered]

I learned to read between the lines in middle school. You're literally the only other person here with super speed, and nobody ever asks that kind of thing "for a friend."

[whyarewehere]

you don't know that! and excuse you but i'm a great friend ask anybody.

[unrecovered]

[After a few minutes, Wash replies with a link to a video of Grif running into the wall. It's about two minutes long: the first several loops just show Grif running into the wall, and every loop afterwards has some type of effect added, from slow-mo to cartoonish sound effects upon impact to overblown Michael Bay explosions. There's a reason it's taken Wash a few minutes to respond: while he looks relatively composed now, it's fairly obvious that, off camera, he's been laughing his ass off at the video.]

I think I found your friend.

[Would you take a look at that smirk.]

[whyarewehere]

fuck you, wash.

[ He's seen a lot of edits of that clip, but this one's new. Will the net ever forget and let Grif live? The answer is no. ]

[unrecovered]

[There's an easy, automatic reply here - nah, that's your mom's job - but he bites it back. Not his place. Not today.]

Look, I kept this private for a reason. You talked to me when you needed help. It's going to be a lot easier for you if you talk to Barry and actually ask for help. Otherwise, it's just going to be more of this.

[Is that the two-minute-long wall clip again? You bet it is.]

[whyarewehere]

[ This response takes a bit longer than it should. ]

okay okay fine. god. i almost miss sarge just yelling at me to do things better. all this giving a shit about me stuff is weird.

[ In some ways, just taking a crack about his mom would've been a lot simpler for Grif. ]