( OPEN / 4TH WALL ) YOU MAY THINK I'M FOOLING FOR THE FOOLISH THINGS I DO

[accelerate]

Who: Barry Allen x3 ( REAL, MIRROR, EARTH-2 ) & Katherine Pierce x2 ( REAL, MIRROR )
Where: Everywhere.
When: September 1 - 10.
Rating: PG for now.
Summary: The Barrys attack Wonderland, and the Katherines attack one another. Open for fourth wall shenanigans!
The Story:

ALLEN

B1
( to interact with the real barry allen, replies will come from accelerate! )

[ it's no surprise to anyone who knows barry allen that he's eating all that he can. it's not really his fault, in all honesty. wonderland places a plate of food before him, and it'd be rude of him to not take it and eat it. ]

[ it doesn't matter if he's at a party or not, barry's always got some food in his hand. either having stepped inside a room like a normal person, not accompanied by any golden kinetic energy, or having flashed in, swept the room in wind, and left with a good portion of the food — barry's always nibbling on something. ]

[ with his mouth full, he'll always point to someone who looks a little overwhelmed by the display of wonderland hospitality. ]

Hey, are you going to eat that?

B2
( replies will come from a visitor from earth-2, analyse! please be aware there is a good chance earth-1 barry allen will appear. )

[ bartholomew from earth-2 has wandered away from barry from earth-1. it's a little confusing to think of one another as the same person, but bartholomew takes it in stride. after his doppelgänger had pitched they pretend they're the olsen twins, he'd been left on his own to explore, phone in hand to send out a distress signal if he so much as happens to encounter the mad hatter and an invite. ]

[ barry has the belief bartholomew may have better luck than him in scoring that, after all. ]

[ dressed in clothing that isn't quite modern, bartholomew allen wears glasses, shoes with great tread and winged-tipped, and looks around the mansion and outside in wonder. he's never seen such a place like this before, and never in his lifetime did he expect wonderland to be real. ]

[ for someone who takes great pride in always noticing the small details, bartholomew — that's what we'll call him for differentiating purposes — walks with his eyes on the ground, ceiling, or walls, and bumps into plenty of people along his way. ]

Oh! I'm so sorry —

B3
( replies will come from barry's mirror disintegrate! )

[ unlike his earth-2 counterpart, whom he hasn't quite stumbled across, barry's mirror walks the hallways with a confidence barry allen in all of his flustered glory lacks. his attire is less of a man who's awoken and slapped whatever happened to be on the top of his closet shelf on; wearing his infamous converse shoes that are clean and in good condition, barry walks around the halls comfortably in jeans and a blazer. ]

[ the way he walks is with confidence, slow and steady steps winning this particular race. he looks around the mansion with an expression that isn't in awe, but if one was to look more closely, they'd notice how his eyes linger on the walls, doors, even the windows. ]

[ sometimes he can be caught there, simply staring out at the techincoloured and large fields outside. ]

[ he's in the bar, drinking but keeping note of his own pace and limitations, and outside, walking through the grounds without much of a care, as he hasn't had the pleasure of being able to do this on the mirror side. ]

B²
( replies will come from both accelerate and analyse! )

[ there's nothing like showing your doppelgänger around a world you've both read about. barry takes his earth-2 counterpart around the mansion, showing him the sights and sounds, goading him to eat food, open doors, even help him find the mad hatter. the two are always smiling, barry's grin a bit wider as he pulls bartholomew around like he's an excitable child, and his earth-2 doppelgänger digs his heels in with hesitation quite a lot. ]

[ basically: they can be found anywhere in the mansion, so feel free to stumble upon them being nerds about something wonderland related, or jot down where they can bump into your character and we can have a great barry time. ]

PIERCE

K1
( replies will come from the real katherine pierce manipulative! )

[ katherine crumples up her invitation to any of the parties for the week. ]

[ she still attends, makes an appearance, lingers in the shadows, flirts, openly eats and drinks, and often wears an expression of pure distaste. there's nothing more that she dislikes than an open party like this, and so she tries to keep low, but fails in doing so many times over the next several days. ]

[ she can always be found at a party, drink in hand, eating a cupcake with a delicacy of pulling it apart and with boredom in her expression. and she can be found walking around the mansion, peering up at the walls, looking and hoping for a rabbit hole to leap into and leave. ]

[ wonderland is grand, and it's as honest as she'll ever be about what she likes about this rabbit hole, but she feels trapped and like she's on borrowed time, and katherine never likes taking a favour from someone she can't quite interrogate or intimidate. ]

K2
( replies will come from katherine's mirror coerce! )

[ katerina wears several corset dresses with large skirts over the next few days. with her hair curled immaculately, she walks with a skip to her step and always with a smile on her face. her expression is always kind and open, and katerina is the complete opposite of the disdain and often coerced kindness her real always presents. ]

[ as taken as she is with the colour of this mansion, katerina doesn't let herself become swept up by it and distracted. she's in search of her real's room, and walking through the corridors is giving her an incredible sense of deja vu. but there's colour in the corridors the mirror side lacks, and she admires it with an almost childlike wonderment, hands behind her back as she twirls on the spot and sometimes doesn't look as to where she's going. ]

[ but there's something in her hands, whenever she's in the corridors. a photograph she wishes to leave just for her real. she keeps it behind her back whenever she sees someone in the distance or passes someone inside of the mansion. it isn't for anyone to see but katherine. ]

( i will match action spam or prose! for any threads that involve more than one barry, i'll indicate in the subject whether or not to wait for a reply from one of them. feel free to pop a starter anywhere in the mansion, katherine and barry will be there to hang out with you! pm bogans if you want to do anything specific! ♥ )

Comments

[analyse]

Uh …

[ barry looks confused, brows pulling together. it takes him a moment to remember himself, and unlike the barry snart knows, he's not as rude as his doppelgänger from earth-1. ]

[ the barry allen from earth-2 is kind to everyone, even joe west who hadn't been so kind to him in return. kill them with kindness, slugger. it's what dad always said. ]

No thanks. [ and if he seems relieved within that one second, he is. ] Thanks for the offer, it's very kind? But I'm — We're going to go get something to eat. And I can't race on an empty stomach, Mr ...

[ sorry, leonard, but this barry doesn't find you all that memorable to remember. ]

[catchacold]

Snart.

[It's interesting, but only insofar at Len concludes that he doesn't have a counterpart that had much of an impact where this Barry is from. At least not as far as he's aware. Which is probably a wrong conclusion, given a member of his family is mayor, but he can't know that and doesn't overly care either.

It also doesn't completely answer the question of whether this Barry has powers, although he tends toward thinking that, no, he does not.]

Does he eat like you?

[This question is directed to his Barry.]

[accelerate]

[ barry from earth-2 begins to open his mouth — whether to potentially fourth wall snart about his earth-2 counterpart, or his family name, or to respond to a question that's sort of directed toward him if one was to apply very strange and twisted logic to this entire situation. does asking barry from earth-1 count as asking all the barrys currently present? ]

[ the day's saved by earth-1 barry — or fondly referred to as snart's barry. ]

He's normal. [ he doesn't sound disappointed when he says it, either. sometimes barry envies his doppelgänger, knowing his being mundane has kept his family safe. ] He's not the Flash of Earth-2. It's someone else.

[catchacold]

Bully for him. [Being normal. Boring, maybe, but he doesn't exactly seem heartbroken over it.] You'll have to tell me more about that some time, Barry. Earth-2.

[Because that is interesting for a variety of reasons and not just because suddenly there's double the Barry running around.]

Now dash off. [He glaces at the normal Barry and then back to his Barry with a smile.] Slowly.

[accelerate]

[ his doppelgänger seems a little unsure of how to proceed — he's much more better mannered than barry allen himself — but barry doesn't move. his doppelgänger takes a step, and he doesn't let his feet lift from the ground. ]

Have you seen anyone else? From home.

[ it's almost like barry hasn't heard snart's quiet dismissal. his earth-2 reflection stays in place. ]

[catchacold]

[Since Barry is the one who had acted like they eagerly needed to leave not that long ago, Len can't help but be amused by how he's lingering now. Interesting.]

Kinda. One of my teammates. Doesn't feel right these days, does it?

Who did you run into?

[accelerate]

[ barry looks to his doppelgänger, than back at snart. he doesn't need to state his doppelgänger, who barry considers his team mate. after saving his ass in zoom's lair, earth-2 barry is definitely a member of team flash, even if he isn't a main member. ]

Cisco and Laurel. Kara, too. [ it doesn't matter to barry if no one from his world has met kara besides himself. mentioning her puts her on the map, and doesn't discredit her appearance in wonderland. ]

[ he tilts his head up toward snart. ] Who'd you meet?

[catchacold]

Cisco? Now that could actually be useful.

[Not that he's about to go and kidnap him - again - but still, he wants his gun, so the man who actually built it before? Welcome addition to this place.

Laurel? Laurel Lance. Sara's sister. But giving away he knows that isn't information he needs to share. He has no idea who Kara is, but giving away ignorance is rarely a good idea.]

Last person I kissed.

[accelerate]

[ once he says something about cisco, barry's shaking his head. does he really need to say what he's thinking? no. no, cisco won't be useful. no, he doesn't support whatever snart's thinking. he wonder if it has something to do with a cold gun, or something cold altogether. ]

[ in all honesty, barry doesn't quite know what to make of snart anymore, and, in turn, doesn't know what to make of that. ]

[ his expression opens in surprise, eyebrows rising just a little. ] Really?

[catchacold]

Would I lie to you?

[Well. Duh. All right then.]

I mean, yeah, but I ain't lying about that. Would be a weird lie to tell.

[There's the shadow of a smile - not that he's ever much for sunshine - and he tilts his head at Barry.]

1/2

[analyse]

You should never kiss and tell.

[ it's not his place to speak up, but barry can realise what his doppelgänger is doing. it's what he does. he pushes those in ccpd to give him the leeway he needs, to follow the direction he knows to be the right one to catch a killer or a crook. it's what he does with iris, pushing her until she eventually breaks out of her own stubborn hold. ]

[ he doesn't quite understand who leonard snart — the name of the mayor, and yet barry's finding his entire memory of his home to be leaning a little toward fuzziness when he thinks of whether or not snart's blue eyes and jawline are familiar to him — is to barry allen, but he thinks he can see what they don't. ]

[ they're sort of friends. and friends don't push friends when said friend isn't ready to share. ]

[ when allen looks at him, eyebrow cocked, barry shrugs his shoulders. ] It's true. Unless you don't have that on your earth?

[accelerate]

[ he arches his brow when he looks at barry allen from earth-2, not quite understanding why he's interjecting now. he'd been content to slink away into the background, observing as a csi does. ]

[ he doesn't question it. ]

[ he looks to snart. ] Burning man didn't come through? I'm kind of disappointed you guys haven't tried to gang up on me in the playground.

[ he doesn't quite miss mick, but he does wonder if snart has had the opportunity for closure — or to be spoiled about being completely wrong about his fate. ]

[catchacold]

[Len knows that he's not wrong about his fate - for one thing, exploding is pretty conclusive, for another? Ray has already spoiled him. Not that he's had any doubts about it to begin with.

But that doesn't actually make casual mentions of Mick easier to listen to. He pushes back on it, pulls up walls.]

Your other self has better manners, Barry. See if you can learn a thing.

[That said he shrugs, lips quirking briefly.]

Who says I wasn't talking about Mick?

[accelerate]

Other people like you?

[ maybe he doesn't need to sound so surprised — half of it is teasing, since apparently that's how they can talk to one another, even if that sort of comfort with someone who tries to freeze barry every now and then still feels a little strange in its normalcy — but he does. it's all partly for show, really. if someone wants to kiss snart, they better be glad his ability to freeze people comes from his gun. ]

I hope one day I get to meet this person.

[catchacold]

You might.

[Or have, already. Not that he's pointing that out.]

Not sure they're gonna wear the 'I kissed a crook and I liked it' sandwich board though.

[accelerate]

No. Maybe not.

[ barry smiles, though, almost like he's wile e coyote about to catch road runner. ] But I now know what to look for.

[ someone who speaks of snart in high regard — maybe even blush. what's the opposite to heat blushes? ]

[ glancing down at his watch, he looks to his doppelgänger, then back at snart. ] Look, we're going to go grab some food. You can either come with and spill all your tea, or we're going to go eat all the tea. [ he shrugs his shoulders. ] Your call.

[catchacold]

[...Ray kind of does that. To just take into account the people that are actually there. It's the Snart Effect™.]

Off you go. Don't forget to chew.

1/2

[analyse]

[ barry's a little awkward. ] It was nice … meeting you. [ he lifts his hand in a little wave. he doesn't know what to make of leonard snart. he has a feeling from what he's seen, leonard snart doesn't hate his earth-1 counterpart. there'd been a massive information dump from allen (who talks really, really fast when he gets going) that barry's not too sure what to make of anyone. ]

[ what he's seen, though, is a respect some of the comic books he'd spent his pocket money on as a kid does exist with the real world representations of those heroes and villains. ]

[ he can't quite say he'd be overly friendly and comfortable if he was to meet leonard snart again, but he has a feeling he wouldn't necessarily be fearful of whether or not he was going to hurt him if they ever crossed paths again. ]

[accelerate]

See you around.

[ barry nods, then leads them away. he knows his earth-2 counterpart's looking over his shoulder, as if expecting something to happen. they're a good distance down the corridor before he turns around, walking backwards, and throws his thumbs up. ] Stay cool!

[ you know, gotta let that last pun in. ]