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[runningstart]

WHO: Wally West & You!
WHERE: The four imPort cities & the west coast
WHEN: Month of June
WHAT: catch-all log
WARNINGS: PROBABLY NOTHING

[Wally can be found in the chemistry labs in Stark Industries, and also on his MAD WICKED AWESOME roadtrip with his best buddy ever, Robin. He's graduated and so BYE SCHOOL FOREVER. He can also be found in a pet shop in De Chima, purchasing two rats and wearing a Beyonce tank top.

Kid Flash is spending his time all over the place, as well as in Heropa handing out sno cones to kids on the boardwalk. Looks like he rented a machine for the day. He also seems to be wearing a Blue Beetle inspired baseball cap.]

Comments

Stark Labs

[glitchinthesystem]

[ So, if anyone were to tell you Wally and Glitch were getting along...you know that would be evidence for some higher divine being. If you count Pizza as a divine being and other horrible shit that has gone on in their lives.

Because. how? just how? It was strange, to say the least. Glitch had expected this olive branch of peace to burn up like so many other things in his life but it's been surprising...non flammable. He supposes their mutual friends keeps this thing from totally imploding on itself. Or it's probably the fact Glitch and Wally have reached some form of actual friendship.

The world was a mystery.

But, regardless of how it happened, what's happening is Glitch is stopping by Stark Industries. He may not be an employee but being a registered person earns you enough to get through a lot of the red tape. Plus, pesky security computers and stuff are no match for a quick zap of electricity to make them hiccup.

All but strolling into Wally's lab, the largest pizza (the Chicago style from that mom and pop place Wally went on about.) And he's calling loudly:]

Yo, Walls! You in here or am I going to have to give this food to the security?! [ That should get their attention. ]

[runningstart]

[sticks his nerdy goggled face out from one of the labs. he debates being a good employee and telling glitch to gtfo but then he sees that pizza, and no, hahaha no. no he's a bad employee.] Hell no, don't give it to security! Also, how did you get in here? -don't answer, the less I know, the less I'm liable for. C'mere I'll clear off my desk.

['clearing off his desk' entails shoving all his files literally into a box but hey, it's clear. you don't mind drinking soda out of beakers, do you glitch? don't worry they're probably clean.]

Okay...wait, I forgot the topic for this one. OH. No I remember, it's 'names we hate because we knew jerkoff people with that name before.' You go first.

[glitchinthesystem]

Okay, I won't tell you how i got in. Definitely had nothing to do with your security system not handling electricity well. Nope, not at all.

[ Doop, doop, heading over to the desk and just dropping the pizza down on it. Bask in it's glory as he opens the lid, one could almost describe a holy light emanating from it. Or maybe that's the glistening of the cheese with all it's grease.

Glitch is already snagging a slice before Wally inhales it the rest. He paid, he might as well enjoy SOMETHING of it. ]

Hm, tough one. Lets see....well, I knew this prick named Muscle back home. Huge guy. Could get anything he wanted just by punching people. Tried to steal my food once and well, lets say his hands were out of commission for awhile.

You?

[runningstart]

[Muscle? Is everybody named after nouns where he's from? Like it's an apocalypse world, maybe that's how shit works when everything gets wrecked. People start going by nouns. Wally will be Pizza.]

God. I can't even say anything when you break out those stories. It's like oh, I hated this girl named Kelly because she always hogged the good swing when I was five.

I CHOOSE MY OWN OPTIONS

[khajidont]

[When Jaime and Dick finally decided that they wanted to try getting Khaji back for real, Jaime didn't tell many people - didn't want to get their hopes up, didn't want to get his own hopes up, flat out didn't want to talk about it - but he did, at least, tell Wally. He's Khaji's only other friend, and he deserves it. He told him that he'd tell him as soon as they came to a conclusion, no matter what that conclusion was, and really, Jaime did intend to stick by that promise.

But once they're done, Jaime has his own things to do, which, if Wally knows Jaime (and he does know Jaime), involve crying in some capacity. In this case, it's happy tears, and Dick's probably suffocating underneath the pressure of a patented relieved Reyes hug, but Khaji? Khaji doesn't have to wait.

Over the next little while, he'll be reaching out more than before, filled with a strange sensation (relief) that Jaime was kept alive during Khaji's own slumber, but before any of them, Khaji has to reach out to the other person he had forgotten and, quite possibly, the only other person to have mourned his loss.

That doesn't mean that he'll be eloquent about it, however. In his inbox, Wally will receive one prim greeting underneath Blue Beetle's ID, but hey -- it's self-explanatory.]

Hello.

[runningstart]

[See, the thing is Wally knows he's been smothering Jaime ever since that GL throwdown. He's been coming over every day, texting, calling, checking in and it took Jaime very gently telling Wally that he doesn't have to call all the time for Wally to clue in that maybe, maybe he should give the guy some space. Jaime actually speaking up about something he doesn't like is practically the same as the guy throwing you out of his house.

So when Jaime (and Robin) tell Wally they're going to give this a shot, going to try and drag Khaji back to the surface the hard way, Wally forces himself to stay home.

...okay well he forces himself to not go with Robin and ends up running across the country to burn off some of the nervous energy, but the point is that he doesn't hover. Sticking himself to Jaime's side might be how he shows he cares, but he's finally starting to learn that hey, maybe that's not always the best way to show it for everyone.

So he's at a rest stop, sticking his head under a water fountain to cool down when his phone buzzes in his pocket. He wrenches his head out, grabs it (already two false alarms, stupid emails about college prep shit he already knows, this better not be it again), swipes and fails the password twice because of shaking hands before he opens it to just a single word text message from the Blue Beetle contact.

Which isn't Jaime's.]

DUDE

DUDUEUBGVLSIGUD USDLISUDFOSUDF KAHIASDJFAISDF

KHAJI IS THAT YOU KD IS THAT YOU MAN IS THAT YOU

[khajidont]

Yes.

[It's hard to tell tone through text, but it's especially hard with someone like Khaji Da. He's never learned how to emote through text messages save for his interactions with Wally, and has mostly relied on the fact that the one person that matters is able to feel what he means, instead of gleaning it from words alone. Using anything but strict spelling and grammar, saying only the necessary facts and being as precise as possible is still a bit of a mystery to him.

But Jaime will feel another swell of gladness in his chest that he will associate with Khaji's new life, but is actually because there's more than one person that Khaji feels remorse for have missing.]

< Jaime Reyes > and < Dick Grayson > succeeded in their efforts four minutes and thirty-two point eight seconds ago.

[Which is to say, Wally had been one of the first things on his mind, even after that sudden rush of data flooding his system. It's easy to prioritize when he only really has two priorities.]

Thank you for caring for < Jaime Reyes > in my absence.

[runningstart]

are you kidding me of course i did
he was so freaked out with you all reset we didnt even think it was you man like

it was horrible

are you okay like youre all the way here and stuff

wait this JUST happened dont you wanna spend time with jaime




GOD IM JUST SO HAPPY UAUABGALKDSJF

Boardwalk

[wifeonmars]

[It seems like the perfect day for stroll along the boardwalk, and while her green skin gets some doubletakes, M'gann doesn't seem bothered. When she notices Wally, she gives a cheery wave, smiling from underneath the brim of her floppy sunhat. She flies the last couple feet until she's hovering in front of him.]

Nice hat! A little off-brand though, isn't it?

[runningstart]

Holy crap, you're cute as hell in that hat. [She really is. Wally grins and leans on his elbows on his cart, tweaking the brim of his own cap.] Well, I figured enough people love Kid Flash, I don't need the extra advertisement. [ok] Plus there's all these rumors flying around about Blue with that fight thing that happened, so I'm just showing my support.

[He smacks his little stand-up whiteboard nearby.] Look lookit, all the flavors are imPort themed. You're on there, green apple.

[wifeonmars]

Thanks! [M'gann runs a hand around of the brim of her hat and strikes a poser.]

Good to know you're so popular here. Maybe you should guest star on my show sometime. ...And Blue Beetle too, if his image is so bad. Nothing's more wholesome than a sitcom, right?

[She peers down at his whiteboard.]

"Ragin' Robin Red?" What flavour is that supposed to be?

[runningstart]

Oh my god, Megs! [SMACKS HANDS DOWN ON CART TOP INSTEAD, LEANING FORWARD] Do you know what that actual flavor is called? Tiger blood. Who the hell names a snow cone syrup freakin' tiger blood?! That's so awesome.

[lasthugs]

[Cass is, as usual, working at the café! There's a lot to do with less hands to help, and right now she's scrub-a-dub-dubbing at some empty tables during a lull in the traffic. Her customers are sweet and ever-patient, and that's a saving grace to her.

Anyway, she's the same usual Auntie when Wally walks in, responding to the jingling bell with a cheerful "Welcome!" as she turns around, and her smile widens to split her face when she recognizes one of her favorite redheads.]

Wally!

[runningstart]

Auntie C! Gueeess what! I have something cool to show you. [Wally grins and flaps a letter with a University seal on it. It's pretty obvious he's got an acceptance letter, but he's still gonna be a coy little jackass about it because that makes it more satisfying.]

[lasthugs]

Oh is that so? What. What! What is it??

[Cass already knows that it is. It's obvious from her mounting excitement and the barely held back squeal (her voice just keeps rising in pitch) as she puts down what she's holding and bounces over to him.]

[runningstart]

OH MY GOD! You wanna see it? WHO HERE WANTS TO SEE ME OPEN THIS LETTER? [there is nobody else in the cafe wally the part timer is in the back room nobody cares] Drum roll, please.

[beneathbluerafters]

[ You know who really likes sno-cones and doesn't quite grasp the concept of 'for kids' age restrictions? This guy right here. Klarion's teleported a couple of yards down the boardwalk and stepped out of a portal right next to the sno cone machine, and he's eyeballing the thing like it's some kind of mysterious alien technology from the 31st century. ]

Do you have strawberry flavoured ones?

[runningstart]

[so you know how all those kids got snow cones for free]

Four dollars.

[but yes he has strawberry syrup and it is called 'the frozen flash' flavor]

[beneathbluerafters]

What?! He didn't pay four dollars! [ he points accusingly at a little bespectacled kid a few feet away, who recoils as if Klarion's finger is loaded. ]

This is boardwalk robbery!

robin

[runningstart]

GRAYSON! [kicks down robin's bedroom door at five-thirty in the morning, arms loaded down with an assortment of towels and clothes and mostly snacks, lbr. it's roadtrip day. they probably discussed leaving after lunch, but you know what? wally's excited and he doesn't feel like waiting.]

[performance]

Nnnnbuh, [ Dick complains eloquently, and hurls a pillow at Wally without excavating his face from the mattress. 5:30 AM means he went to sleep, oh, maybe two hours ago. ]

[runningstart]

WHYATCHAA! [karate-chops that pillow right outta the air] Nice try, bird boy. It is bright and beautiful and you can sleep in the car. C'mon, get up. [dumps the stuff on the floor with a truly alarming clatter and ambles over to robin's bed to nudge the mattress with his knee.] Look alive. When'd you get to bed? One, two?

pet shop

[foreshadower]

[ Shade had honestly just been walking by. He'd been minding his own business, not paying attention to the cute puppies in the pet store, when he saw what he assumed was Flash, in a tank top, buying was it...

Vermin? That was enough to catch his interest, and he slipped in, pet a stray dog on the way -- Shade loved dogs -- and stopped next to him. ]

Who is... Be yonce? [ Be. Yawns ]

[runningstart]

[don't do that to wally

not sneak up on him, that's not the issue; DO NOT ask who beyonce is]

Are you serious? No. I'm sending you all her albums. [TAPS AWAY AT PHONE FURIOUSLY] I cannot believe- Alive for a bajillion years and he doesn't know when a goddess walks the Earth, I can't...

[foreshadower]

What --

[ Shade paused, and looked between Wally and the phone.

No Wally, you know what's coming: ]

What do you mean, send me her albums? What are you doing with your phone?

[ Who doesn't use the data part of his phone? It's this guy. ] This isn't one of these technological things that's passed me by, is it?