Barry Allen (
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milliways_bar2017-05-09 08:11 pm
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Barry is lounging in a comfy chair with a Gameboy. Yes, an actual, beastly grey brick from a bygone era Gameboy.
It's so retro!
It's also been Cisco'd.
Kicked back on the cushions with his long legs hanging over the arm of the chair Barry is playing Tetris, but the game is basically Tetris on crack. It's totally exercise and training for him, testing his cognitive and problem solving abilities at super fast speed.
That's the line he and Cisco used with Dr. Wells and Caitlin, at least, and they actually won the argument with it, so yep, Barry gets to play Tetris and call it hero training.
For once he's being mindfully careful, holding the game over his chest so that he's the only one who can see the screen and no one should be able to see just how fast his thumbs are moving.
He hasn't bothered with ear buds, though, so sorry to anyone who gets the music stuck in their head.
It's so retro!
It's also been Cisco'd.
Kicked back on the cushions with his long legs hanging over the arm of the chair Barry is playing Tetris, but the game is basically Tetris on crack. It's totally exercise and training for him, testing his cognitive and problem solving abilities at super fast speed.
That's the line he and Cisco used with Dr. Wells and Caitlin, at least, and they actually won the argument with it, so yep, Barry gets to play Tetris and call it hero training.
For once he's being mindfully careful, holding the game over his chest so that he's the only one who can see the screen and no one should be able to see just how fast his thumbs are moving.
He hasn't bothered with ear buds, though, so sorry to anyone who gets the music stuck in their head.

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It looks like an older datapad.
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"Oh, uh, playing a game," he says, sort of tilting his head in the original speaker's direction, but not moving his eyes off the screen. "Tetris."
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And Barry is so in the groove. He's already blurred past the 99 level counter limit.
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That seems like something the hotshots would do, have their astromechs create harmonies.
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A beat, and then he realizes that might have been a rude thing to say, and he tries to cover. "But retro is cool, and doesn't even really mean old in years, more like, old in style. Which is also cool."
Oh, geez.
Chewing on his own foot causes him to lose the game and he puts it down to look up and offer the woman an awkward smile.
"It's a great game. I happen to love it," he tries to assure her.
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"Barry Allen," he introduces himself with a smile.
"Did you, wanna play?" he asks, offering the Gameboy, his thumb switching it off then back on again; a little fail safe Cisco put in just in case.
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He doesn't notice the drink or who he's talking to until he tops out a minute later and gets the dreaded 'Game Over'.
"Dang it." Looking up, he blinks when he sees Jay then smiles. "Hey, how's it going?"
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"Pretty good. I've been running in a couple of new bikes. I might have run one of them in a little too hard." He manages to look sheepish.
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"It's supposed to top out speed wise at level 22." This one goes way past that.
That sheepish look makes him chuckle. "You didn't crash, did you?"
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Jay shakes his head, grinning a little. "Didn't crash it so much as got into a dirt race with a Viking. I kinda flattened the front suspension keeping up with him."
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"Hey, do you have earphones?" asks Daniel of the young man with the gameboy.
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"C'mon, I need an 'L'... yes."
And the music carries on.
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"If I get a pair from the Bar would you use them?"
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A moment later it dawns on him and he looks up swiftly.
"Oh! I'm sorry, is it loud?" Pushing up from the chair he shuts off the game. "I didn't mean to bug anyone with it. Sorry."
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Diana pauses on her way past, dressed in the full Wonder Woman uniform.
"Oh, what's the name, Cassie always had it in hand -- "
Hmm.
"Pokemon?"
Oh, Diana.
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Shaking his head, Barry is answering before he even looks up.
"What? No, it's Tetris. Pokemon hasn't been-- "
Pausing the game he lifts his head, then blinks at the woman.
"-good since, um... " Now where did that train of thought go?
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She smiles, quick and warm.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to disturb you. It's just that the music was very . . . familiar."
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"Yeah, the one with the shapes. Such a simple concept, but it's super addictive."
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