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entrancelogs2016-12-10 07:36 pm
eyething) wrote in entrancelogs2016-12-10 07:36 pm
Entry tags:
- btvs: angel,
- dceu: bruce wayne,
- fullmetal alchemist: edward elric,
- gravity falls: dipper pines,
- innocence: beckett warner,
- marvel: daisy johnson (skye),
- the amazing spider-man: peter parker,
- the flash: barry allen,
- the flash: cisco ramon,
- the vampire diaries: camille o'connell,
- the vampire diaries: caroline forbes,
- the vampire diaries: damon salvatore,
- the vampire diaries: elena gilbert,
- the vampire diaries: katherine pierce,
- the vampire diaries: stefan salvatore,
- the walking dead game: clementine,
- zombies run!: simon lauchlan
they say, I'm a sometimes hero, sometimes zero
[ running at the speed of light, that sound peter can most likely hear is the crackling of electricity. wonderland's been blinded by the gold of his kinetic energy, and it zips into the halls of the mansion, almost charring half of the plaster and woodwork as he goes. ]
[ once that spider drops, it pulls the flash up to a stop. skidding, that kinetic energy wrapping around him pops like a bubble and the being standing before a crouched spiderman is the flash — red suit, lightning bolts over his ears and the white logo on his chest. ]
[ and the flash lets out a: ] Woah! Dude. [ then his brows furrow together and he tilts his head. he's leaning slightly away from peter. he's met the green arrow, a man in a metal suit, a guy who blasts ice from a gun, and a freaking man-shark, but a spider? it gives barry some pause. ] Is this a part of some spider-infested event?
they say, I'm a sometimes hero, sometimes zero
well that is... something]
No? [he clears his throat, shifting a bit on his feet]
Who are you? I mean, you're in a suit too, but you're... fast. Way faster than me.
they say, I'm a sometimes hero, sometimes zero
[ this is taking him back to national city, standing beyond the city limits with kara danvers, telling her he's the flash and earning himself a very confused look on her face. it's going to be like that again, isn't it? he already feels like he's there, albeit it's less warm in this hallway than it'd been underneath the sun. ]
[ he smiles, feeling disbelief, but he centres himself in remembering this is wonderland. people don't know the flash here. he still doesn't know how to feel about that. ]
I'm the Flash. The fastest — [ he sighs, shoulders sagging. hand slapping against his leg, he lifts it and says with absolutely no flair, ] I run really fast.
Who're you?
they say, I'm a sometimes hero, sometimes zero
[he definitely has not met anyone who has mentioned that they sometimes go as the flash instead. he's met captain america, hawkeye, black widow, the avengers. it was strange for him to realize there were other universes where people dressed up, and they did awesome things like take care of bad guys. he'd been so hellbent on revenge after his uncle, he sort of got it all wrong.
if he's ever thrown back at new york city, he'll get it right. he pushes himself up to his feet, sauntering up close.]
Okay, I have to admit The Flash? Way catchier name. Did you come up with it yourself? Because I didn't really get that chance, and now I'm thinking something shorter, catchier...
they say, I'm a sometimes hero, sometimes zero
[ "the flash"? while flashy and cool, it still leaves a lot of room for error with interpretation. besides, there's so many speedsters these days that barry's starting to feel a little uncool himself. he takes spiderman's compliment of his name in stride — and considers maybe he needs to rebrand. ]
[ fastman, anyone? ]
[ he'll work with cisco on whether or not renaming himself to something that's more literal is a good move. ]
[ he tilts his head, brows furrowing beneath his mask. ] … Do you know what kind of spider you are?
they say, I'm a sometimes hero, sometimes zero
[honestly, he was a little surprised when the first guy referred to him as spider-man on that bridge, but he got a pretty up close and personal view of the whole spider action. it's in his movements despite the colors that he is wearing. he exudes this sense of being a spider from every part of him]
Uh. I was bitten by a genetically modified spider so now I'm just part spider but still mostly man. Hu...man. [human. he needs to channel more spidey-ness rn because he's starting to stumble like peter. not that... he keeps it a secret]
they say, I'm a sometimes hero, sometimes zero
Are you serious? [ damn, that's way cooler than anything barry's heard of, although slightly concerning. he'll ensure to spray his room with extra bug spray when he runs back to the fourth floor. no offense, peter. ] Dude, that's kind of cool. I just got hit by lightning. [ he shrugs his shoulders, like that's incredibly lame in comparison. how many people can say they've been struck by lightning? a few per state. how many people have survived a bite from a genetically modified spider? no one. ]
they say, I'm a sometimes hero, sometimes zero
...wha- You got hit by lightning? And that's... not a big deal to you? Because most of us around here, it's a big deal. Usually people die like that.
[instead he gets the power to be super, super fast. peter's faster than the average human but he could never keep up with the flash, zooming around like he just was]
So you patrol too? I know there are a few people here with super powers.
they say, I'm a sometimes hero, sometimes zero
[ he doesn't know why he sounds excited when he says it. he thinks to tell spider-man he'd been in a coma for nine months, but maybe that's something you admit while taking a break from patrolling and over a cup of coffee. (do spiders drink coffee?) ]
[ he takes note there's others like them around in wonderland, filing it away for later. barry allen, csi can be put to good use in that regard. ]
I mean, what else is there to do? I'm looking for a way out. [ he tilts his head, brows furrowing together. ] What are you looking for?
they say, I'm a sometimes hero, sometimes zero
[he feels like he ought to be looking for a way out too, a way back to his aunt, but he hasn't thought about that in a long time, has he? he's been pretty happy here despite the looming danger of memory loss over all of them. he has friends, he's far away from the deaths and trouble he caused, and he has his girlfriend too.
he's- he's settled, and he ignores that little shift in his chest which says it's wrong to be so okay with it, with staying here.]
The one time I didn't do the patrolling thing, there were all these deaths. So I guess I just feel responsible.
they say, I'm a sometimes hero, sometimes zero
[ just because he wears a suit doesn't mean he has much of a handle on how to delegate. sometimes barry thinks his future self must've figured out the equation for that, on how to juggle being barry allen, csi, and the flash, superhero. this version of him's still struggling. he sees his newly-met comrade must be experiencing the same levels of pressure he's placed on himself, wanting to be everywhere at once. ]
[ it's the flash and barry who talks to spider-man now. ]
[ kindly, ] Didn't you say there were other superheroes around here? Just because you wear [ he smiles then. ] a really cool, authentic spider-like suit with a red you're going to have to tell me the name of doesn't mean that it's your responsibility. [ he shakes his head. his voice almost loses its vibration. ] Not all the time.
they say, I'm a sometimes hero, sometimes zero
it makes it too real.]
There are, but if I'm not doing all I can since I have the power to do that good, I'm sorta responsible at least a little if I'm not using those powers.
[or that is the way that it feels.] I get what you mean though.
I haven't really figured out how to balance the super powered thing with being me... outside the mask.
they say, I'm a sometimes hero, sometimes zero
[ but perhaps it makes it easier to believe the two are the same when barry allen also bears the weight of the world on his shoulders, much like atlas. ]
The Arrow once gave me some great advice I never listen to because I hate that he's right and he can be a bit of a dick sometimes. When you approach a new environment, you've got to case every inch of it. Never go in blind. [ but he never does, because he's too fast. he doesn't think to tell spider-man that, suspecting he'll lose his point if he does. spiders may be fast at times when they sway in the wind, but his powers and where he's blindsided may not be the same as his friend's. ]
You cased Wonderland. You know there's other people like you. You gotta let them do their thing, man, and not take it on. I'm the fastest man alive back home, and I'm still late to things. Serious things, too. Like this one time J — [ oe. good save, bear. ] Well, this one time I was late and I didn't get to eat any of my favourite food and I'd been psyching myself up for it all day.
[ grandma esther's food is not the point here. ]
But what I mean is that you're running blind, every time you think it's your job to be everywhere at once. You're a spider. Spiders aren't everywhere. They're where they need to be when you don't want them around. [ he narrows his eyes, then waves his hand awkwardly. ] ... No offense.
they say, I'm a sometimes hero, sometimes zero
[peter is surprised by how well the advice applies to him, but he lets it settle in his head. he has cased every inch of this place when he started actually patrolling from the corners to the ceilings to the outside too so he could know it like the back of his hand, so if something happened he'd be able to hear it and know where it was instinctively.
it's always more difficult to actually take that advice and apply it, but he's- he's determined to do that too, because it's exhausting trying to be everywhere all at once.]
It's good advice, Flash. Maybe that's one of your super powers. Doling out much-needed advice. [he shifts on his feet, still in the spandex, shifting between the mask of spider-man and the reality of being peter parker, because the advice reaches peter.
it's peter who feels the guilt, the responsibility, and he ties it into why he is spider-man.]
Anyway, I don't really keep the whole secret identity thing a secret here. Name's Peter Parker. You ever need someone to back you up, you contact me even if you have to do so anonymously. I get wanting to keep that secret for a lot of reasons.
they say, I'm a sometimes hero, sometimes zero
[ never let anyone know who you are beneath the mask. barry's learned that the hard way, if thawne coming back and doing a villain monologue of his origins story is anything to go by. keeping "barry allen is the flash" under wraps is supposed to save his skin, and something older him, the future him, had been smart enough to do. ]
[ but, then again, spider-man may have rational fans. ]
[ the name slowly phases through the thick walls of his ever-quick working mind. ]
[ peter ... parker ... ]
Peter Parker? [ he sounds incredulous. of course, barry allen can believe in anything, and does. the impossible is possible, and the possible is never impossible. peter parker being a superhero doesn't really throw him; what does is his ease in revealing his identity. ] For real?
they say, I'm a sometimes hero, sometimes zero
it's weird, but it means revealing the whole super powered bit comes out far easier than it would back in new york city where he can't tell anyone else.]
...yeah? I mean, yeah! I wouldn't joke about this. I'd joke about a lot of things, but, y'know, me being Peter Parker isn't one, because I am.
[he sounds completely confident, right? man, his wit fails when he admits to being who he is. gotta hang on to that secret identity just to maintain the cool witty confident moments.]
Do you know me already?
they say, I'm a sometimes hero, sometimes zero
[ but that future barry allen trusts his gut. he has to, if he's chasing reverse flash to the past, turning his past self away from saving mom, slipping himself out of that living room, entrusting iris west-allen's safe ten years from now. he has to learn that lesson now and make it stronger as the years trickle by if he's to come anywhere close to being that person. ]
[ it's not a long pause, but given he's the fastest man alive, it sure does feel like one. that echo to his voice drops when he says, ] Yeah.
[ his hand reaches for the base of his mask, and he pulls it over his head, hair a bird's nest. it's barry allen standing in his flash suit, looking slightly sheepish. ] I do. Hey, Peter.
they say, I'm a sometimes hero, sometimes zero
regardless of peter's ability to learn it. responsibility has been so drilled into his head for so long.]
...Barry?
Woah. Hey. [he waves and then reaches up to slide off his own mask with an awkward, half smile tugging across his face.] Small world, huh?
they say, I'm a sometimes hero, sometimes zero
[ how is he meant to react when it's a friend beneath the mask? peter's not a speedster who wants his speed. if anything, he doesn't behave in the same way thawne and hunter had, almost knowing him instantly. perhaps this is how it's supposed to be, meeting people like him: completely and utterly innocent. barry likes feeling this good. ]
Yeah. [ he gives him a shrug, smile widening. then he breaks out of the awkwardness, now settling as he acknowledges to himself that revealing himself hasn't been a bad decision at all. he becomes more animated, ] I can't believe you got bitten by a spider. Dude. That's insane! Can you do the whole web thing? Do you eat bugs? [ his hands make a movement, as if his fingers are knitting needles. ] Wrap them up in web cocoons?
they say, I'm a sometimes hero, sometimes zero
No. Definitely no to the bugs. Well, right after I got bitten, there was this one moment where I caught a fly mid air, and y'know- Let's just not talk about that one moment. I let it go. It's fine. No other gross bug urges. That was just a very intense time right after first getting my powers when they were hard to control. I mean, you didn't know how to use yours straight off the bat, did you?
[he waves a hand like it's totally a casual thing to almost eat a freaking fly, and then he slides out one of the web shooters to show it off.]
And uh, for webs, I just made my own web shooters. I'm really grateful no webbing comes out of my body, cause yeah. Awkward.
they say, I'm a sometimes hero, sometimes zero
You're not, you know, a little disappointed? About the lack of natural web thing. [ he moves his fingers, as though that's where peter's indicated the webs shoot out from. he does wonder where they'd come from if he could make them naturally. perhaps that's a question to run by cisco one of these days. ] It's kind of gross, but it's also kind of awesome to think about?
[ this, coming from the guy who's set the shirts of two women on fire. is he afraid of his ability to set his company on fire? he should be. ]