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[run_barry]

[oom: friends and visitors]

Barry enters the front door with a bit of struggle today.

In sweats and a S.T.A.R. Labs t-shirt, he has one arm slung over a crutch and his foot wrapped up tight from toes to his calf in bandaging.

Fighting his way through the doorway he ends up coming at it a bit sideways; shouldering the door open then hobbling inside, just managing to hop clear before it shuts on him.

"Wanna see how fast I can run backwards? So stupid," he mutters, shaking his head at himself, beyond annoyed.

With a sigh Barry makes his way towards the comfy chairs by the fireplace to put his foot up and place an order in with a wait rat. It's going to take awhile for his ankle to heal so he may as well settle in here instead of hanging around S.T.A.R. Labs were Cisco keeps walking by and snickering, and Caitlin keeps giving him her disapproving pouts.

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[childofrebellion]

Cassian also has his ankle up, he's been taking a light pain medication but he needs to be sharp for his work.

When he sees Barry, he stands up to try and help then winces, "What happened to you?"

[run_barry]

Barry waves off the help, managing to make it to a chair on his own.

"I uh, I twisted my ankle," he replies, easing down onto the chair and setting the crutch aside.

He actually broke it, but given how fast it'll heal there's no reason to admit to that.

[childofrebellion]

He nods and gets back in his chair, "Sprained mine. They're far too fragile."

[run_barry]

"Yeah," especially when you're running a few hundred miles an hour.

"It'll be fine, though." It was honestly more embarrassing than anything.

"Besides the ankle how are you doing?"

[childofrebellion]

"Not too bad, missions are going smoothly, my droid found Milliways. That turned out much better than I'd hoped,"

No weapons were pulled and Kay seemed to have a good time.

[run_barry]

"For real?" Barry asks, perking up. "How'd he like the place?"

[childofrebellion]

"I think he liked it, not everyone staring at him but it worked," He liked seeing people be fascinated by Kay.

[run_barry]

"Well sure, most people don't like being stared at," he replies with a nod. "But I'm glad he liked it."

Throwing Cassian a smile, Barry adds, "And hey, it's gotta be cool for you, too, right? Having your friend coming here now."

[childofrebellion]

"It was nice. I always feel better when he's around," He knows that Kay will watch out for him and say what he can't.

[run_barry]

"That's what good friends are like," he says, very glad to now have the first hand experience of just that.

[childofrebellion]

"They are. They know you and it all works better when its the two of you,"

No one else knows him the same way Kay does.

[run_barry]

Barry nods, smile growing a little wider. "It's even better when you've got a team."

Stopping a passing waitrat, Barry orders a strawberry banana smoothie.

[childofrebellion]

"You've got a good one? Your shirt isn't from your work lab is it?"

That would say something different about police.

[angry_friendship_wolf]

Yamato has five weeks distance from what happened to Gabumon, which is enough for him to at least outwardly seem normal, even if he falters slightly, for a moment, when he sees Barry.

(He's going to have to explain what happened, he knows that.)

"... What, did you stub your toe at super-speed?" He asks, a little brusquely, as he approaches.

[run_barry]

Adjusting his foot on a pillow, Barry looks up when he hears Yamato and quickly straightens. Sitting up and throwing his arm over the chair back, he is the picture of non-nonchalance.

"Huh? Oh, no, just a little accident. It's fine. How's it going?"

[angry_friendship_wolf]

"You stubbed your toe at super-speed, didn't you," Yamato says, flatly.

He pauses, not -- quite ready to answer that question, but he knows that if he doesn't now he'll put it off forever.

"Gabumon's gone," he says, abruptly. "Or he's ... I mean, he's probably been reborn by now in the Digital World, but he's not. Around."

[run_barry]

"No, it was a treadmill incident and I-- "

The abrupt announcement catches him and for a moment all Barry can do is stare and try to process what Yamato's said.

"Gone? What-- what do you mean gone? He's not-- " Except it sounds like he is...

[angry_friendship_wolf]

"Gabumon and the others were all Infected. They managed to hold on long enough to push themselves back into the Digital World just in time for a reboot," Yamato says, tone very carefully flat. "About five weeks ago now. They're -- apparently the reboot means they'll have lost all their memories."

[run_barry]

That flat tone is concerning, and Barry looks over Yamato while listening to what happened.

He has a hundred questions and reactions and nothing to say that would be helpful right now.

Finally he frowns and says, "Yamato, I'm sorry."

[angry_friendship_wolf]

Yamato's gotten pretty good by now at keeping his expression generically gruff.

"It's fine. Not your fault, after all," Yamato says. "Sorry to, er, spring it on you out of nowhere."

[run_barry]

Barry has gotten pretty used to Yamato's... general grouchiness, but this feels like something different.

"Well no, I know, I mean, I still wish I could've helped somehow, but right now I'm just sorry that... he's gone."

He knows that condolences don't always count for a lot, but Barry hopes Yamato knows they aren't just empty words.

[angry_friendship_wolf]

Yamato ducks his head.

"A few people here and back home think we should go find them. In the Digital World. Even if they don't remember us."

[run_barry]

Resisting the urge to pipe in with his thoughts, he instead asks, "What do you think?"

[angry_friendship_wolf]

"I thought it was better we didn't. Whatever our personal feelings, I thought that once we found them, they'd have to fight again," Yamato says, rubbing the back of his neck. "And now I'm not sure either way."

[run_barry]

Barry cants his head a little, thinking that over.

"Maybe. But, Yamato, why did you two start fighting in the first place? I mean, has that changed, or do both your worlds still need you?"

Fiddling with the arm rest of his crutch, he asks, "If it came to it, would you step up again? Would Gabumon?"

Barry feels like the both would.