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[run_barry]

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.

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[childofrebellion]

Cassian had been watching Tentacles of our Waves but that music is incredibly distracting, "What are you doing on that?"

It looks like an older datapad.

[run_barry]

Barry doesn't respond right away, in full game-focused-mode. After a minute it occurs to him that someone is speaking, and no one else has answered so it might be that they're speaking to him.

"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."

[childofrebellion]

"Is the music part of it?" As its loud and almost sounds like a chorus of annoyed astromechs.

[run_barry]

"Not really," he says, giving a short distracted head shake. "It's catchy, though. Cisco says it can help you find your groove."

And Barry is so in the groove. He's already blurred past the 99 level counter limit.

[childofrebellion]

"It sounds like a bunch of droids having an argument or trying to sing,"

That seems like something the hotshots would do, have their astromechs create harmonies.

[patterns_bloom]

Alana was on her way to pick up a latte when the music catches her attention. She laughs, and makes her way over to Barry's chair. "It's been a long, long time since I've heard that music. Makes me feel old."

[run_barry]

"Very retro," Barry says with a smile and nod, eyes on the screen.

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.

[patterns_bloom]

Alana giggles. His awkwardness is endearing. "I love it, too," she says, and offers her hand. Her eyes dance as she looks at him. "Hi, I'm Alana Bloom. It's been too long since I've played Tetris. And I know what retro means."

[run_barry]

He pushes himself into a sitting position on the chair and leans forward to accept the handshake.

"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.

[patterns_bloom]

"Oh, I probably shouldn't," Alana says, smiling in return. "I'd probably lose horribly. Like I said, it's been too long. What year are you from?"

[runningred]

Jay notices the melting ice in Barry's drink and gets him a new one, setting it next to Barry. "How's your high score?"

[run_barry]

"Pretty good. I've topped any score I had before by a mile," he replies, eyes locked on the screen.

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?"

[runningred]

"And you're not even playing that fast." Jay shrugs, a half grin on his lips.

"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.

[run_barry]

Barry smirks, then swings his legs around to sit up properly in the chair.

"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?"

[runningred]

"Someone tweaked it for you? May I have a look?"

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."

[diehard_daniel]

That music is driving Daniel up the wall. He's got work to do and his laptop and coffee. This work involves writing up his mission report on working with the Wraith Ember. On a side, he was working on what he understood of Wraith society.

"Hey, do you have earphones?" asks Daniel of the young man with the gameboy.

[run_barry]

"No, sorry, but maybe Bar could get you a pair," he suggests, trying to be helpful even as he misses the actual point in his distraction with the game.

"C'mon, I need an 'L'... yes."

And the music carries on.

[diehard_daniel]

Daniel pinches the bridge of his nose.

"If I get a pair from the Bar would you use them?"

[run_barry]

"If you whu?" he says, sort of tilting his head in the man's direction, but eyes hanging on the screen.

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."

[themysciran_diana]

[ooc: Would you mind a Diana? I know this post has been open for a couple days.]

[run_barry]

[ooc: I would Love a Diana! :D]

[themysciran_diana]

"Is that -- ?"

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.

[run_barry]

There is nothing that can derail a nerd like misidentifying the thing they are being nerdy with.

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?

[themysciran_diana]

"Oh, the one with all the shapes. Good for pattern identification and prediction, I suppose. I've -- never played."

She smiles, quick and warm.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to disturb you. It's just that the music was very . . . familiar."

[run_barry]

"Oh no, it's fine," he says, snapping out of it and shifting on the chair out of his sprawl to sit up right.

"Yeah, the one with the shapes. Such a simple concept, but it's super addictive."