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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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[spacesharks]

Wow. You look different. [—wait, that sounds really bad.] I mean, of course you do, being from a different universe and all.

[Actually, he wasn't sure if that was normal... But maybe it didn't matter, because, "How old are you?" is an even worse thing to say. (Though he is most definitely thinking it. He didn't look much older than him, honestly. Weird.)

...he shakes his head.]

Wait, let me start over. I'm Kyle. I used to be a Green Lantern, if that means anything.

[rushing_by]

That's actually one of the weirder parts. Most of the alternate universes I've run into, when they have versions of people I know at all? Those versions tend to be mostly the same looks-wise, aside from any scars or metahuman powers that might have happened because they had a wildly different history. This universe has been the odd one out so far.

And it doesn't, sorry. I know Green Arrow, but I'm guessing that's not really the same thing.

[spacesharks]

Oh, good. I mean, I wasn't sure, but that makes me sound a lot less weird for pointing it out.

[He wasn't close to Barry or the Flash or anything (though something in the back of his mind tells him that's not entirely accurate), but he was an artist, and he noticed, remembered things like the fact that his physique was totally different, and he looked a lot younger, and did AU Barry dye his hair or was he naturally blonde...]

And no, no, that's okay. We're totally different, though, yeah. He's a lot more facial hair and street stuff, and we're a lot more... interstellar police force.

[rushing_by]

If that exists back home, I've definitely never heard of it.

[The Corps did exist in some fashion in Barry's universe, but thus far the only clue that they did was that a test pilot had disappeared in flash of green light during Barry's coma.]

What do you meant by facial hair, though? He's got stubble, but I wouldn't count that as a lot more facial hair.

[ringslinging]

Whoa. I was definitely expecting older and blonder. I guess that's the alternate universe thing for you.

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[turntex]

woah a living legend in the flesh
by which i mean on a little mobile screen at the moment which i guess is no different from how ive ever seen any version of you before but you get the idea
is this version of you still the speedy guy

[rushing_by]

Believe it or not, I do actually have a good explanation for the age difference. It's kind of a complex story that I really don't want to go into the details of, but it basically boils down to someone messed with time enough that I got hit by lightning a few years earlier than I was supposed to.

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[rushing_by]

Yes, I'm still the speedy guy.

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[turntex]

we should race sometime
i mean id probably lose what with you being the speedy guy and all
but thatd be cool
like a little kid getting to play ball with shaq you know hes gonna get fuckin destroyed but thats not the point

[ringslinging]

I try not to think about time travel any harder than I have to. Saves a lot of headaches.

Anyway - Hal Jordan, and if you're not familiar with Green Lanterns, I'm guessing that means you don't know me yet. Or won't at all. Or...whatever.

[rushing_by]

As someone who has time traveled a lot, that's probably for the best.

And yeah, anything involving alien life isn't really a thing in yet, if it ever will be. Supergirl's the only one I know, and she's not from my universe.

How does someone end up getting picked for an interstellar police force anyways?

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[whyarewehere]

don't fall for it new guy he cheats.

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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.]

[walkingballpit]

Hey, Barry. I'm Robbie. Now that that's out of the way - there's another you?

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[rushing_by]

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

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[rushing_by]

Cheats, huh?

[It's said in a fairly disbelieving tone.]

[ringslinging]

In general: we're picked for strength of will and the ability to overcome great fear.

In specific: a glowing green ring buzzed me and dragged me over to a dying alien who asked me to take up his position. But I hear not everybody's initiation is quite that dramatic.

[spacesharks]

Really? [Well, if he was as young as Barry, maybe that wasn't so surprising...] I gotta show you sometime. We're talking full-on beard here.

[This is like, the least important detail... But honestly, he's really curious about what this alternate universe is like.]

If you've got aliens, there might be Lanterns somewhere. For the longest time, it was pretty much only aliens. I guess they didn't think humans had what it took. [Of course, he was the optimistic type. If he didn't know them now, maybe it was just— too early.] You've met Supergirl, I'm guessing?

[rushing_by]

That's her, yeah, but we're not from the same universe, I just ended up in hers by accident.

[whyarewehere]

look you don't have to believe me but i'm telling you. cheater cheater.

[whyarewehere]

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

[rushing_by]

Well, to be fair, given an infinite multiverse, there's probably an infinite amount of other mes. But there was a version of me native to this universe at one point.

[walkingballpit]

I'd like to think I'm unique in the multiverse.

So - you in this universe is dead? How dead? Because if I ever existed, I'm like 950 years dead.

[turntex]

dude get over it already you lost fair and fuckin square

[whyarewehere]

except not either of those things.