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[makes_the_toys]

[oom: chillin' with the B-squad]

Stakeouts are awesome, until they're boring; and right now while Roy and Diggle go to join up with Barry and Oliver and Cisco and GP find themselves alone in the van, this stakeout has turned boring.

At least on comms Cisco can listen to the action, but right now he's just left twiddling his thumbs.

Thumb-twiddling does leave room for thinking though, and thinking does lead to ideas, and some ideas just can't be sat on. And so Cisco is in the bar, having left the van for Milliways and taken over a table.

Several empty cans of Code Red are on the tabletop along with a strew of Twizzlers. GP the porg is nestled in a cat bed on a chair beside the table taking a nap while Cisco looks over a glowing projection of a costume that's floating in the air over the tabletop emitted from a holo-projector that has of course been Cisco'd.

The costume is in the process of being upgraded. The projection is blue, but for anyone in the know, the hood and quiver of arrows might be a giveaway that the end product is probably going to be green.

Comments

[have_no_mercy]

Projections are always interesting. Tess stands back to take a good look and then scoffs, loudly.

"How many people does the Green Arrow need to work for him?"

[makes_the_toys]

Cisco turns his head and scoffs right back.

"I don't work for the dude, otherwise my TV would be much bigger. I just can't leave bad designs alone or let go of a good idea."

[have_no_mercy]

"So you're doing this for fun?"

Forgive her if she doesn't believe you.

[makes_the_toys]

"Fun and science, and in the name of awesome," Cisco replies. "I'm also building up my brand as tailor and gadget-man to the super-heroic."

[have_no_mercy]

She walks over and squints her eyes at the holo projection.

"Where I'm from, he makes his own gadgets."

[makes_the_toys]

Cisco toys with the projection, waving his hand to spin the jacket around and fiddling with it to remove the piece around the shoulders and chest and replacing it with something else.

"Yeah? Well if your guy ever needs upgrades give him my card," Cisco replies, then pauses. "When I get around to making cards... damn, it's on my to-do list, I swear. GP, make a note to remind me to get business cards."

GP makes a 'SNERGL-SNERK' snoring sound from the bed and continues to snooze away.

Cisco rolls his eyes at how hard it is to get help from a space bird, then looks at Tess.

"I know you, right?" It's been quite a while.

[angry_friendship_wolf]

Yamato's got a book of mythology and a lot of research to get done, but Cisco has a holo-projector and that's way more interesting.

"Give him a leotard," Yamato says as he sits down, his voice a deadpan rumble. "It'll distract his enemies."

[makes_the_toys]

"You've been talking to Dinah," Cisco says, pointing a finger at Yamato without moving his eyes off of the projection. "And I flatly refuse to introduce that type of fashion disaster to the heroes of my world."

[angry_friendship_wolf]

"Didn't even realise she wore a -- never mind," Yamato says, shaking his head. "Hey, c'mon, it's just the Arrow, right? It's not like I'm suggesting you make Barry wear a wrestling singlet or something."

Beat.

Thoughtfully: "Although if Iris is into that, maybe it wouldn't be such a bad idea for him."

[makes_the_toys]

"It was an aerodynamic, fully flexible, compression suit," Cisco says in defense of the first suit he put Barry in. "Pro athletes train in them all the time."

Finally looking away from the projection, Cisco turns to Yamato.

"And it wasn't her. Apparently her version of the Arrow ran around dressed up like some kind of pirate Robin Hood. The mental image is just hilarious."

[angry_friendship_wolf]

"Also didn't realise you'd actually done that," Yamato says mildly.

He squints a little at the idea of a pirate Robin Hood, settling more comfortably into his seat and setting the book of myths -- leather-bound, inlaid with gold thread marking out a wolf and a dragon chasing each other in a circle around six other animals -- down.

"If he's going around in a green hood, I think the Robin Hood comparisons are pretty unavoidable anyway."

[snarky_spider]

Jess walks in with her bike jacket uniform and a bit of a huff. Superhero training is not going that well and she needs a break. The projection catches her eye and she pauses to check it out. Not a bad design, though she's sure Janet van Dyne would have a suggestion or two. Then she sees the guy behind the projection and her day gets better.

"Hey, tech-guy! The glasses work great and Stark is all bent out of shape trying to hack them without breaking the code. You are a genius and one of my favorite people now."

[makes_the_toys]

The exclamation and praise immediately draw Cisco's attention and he turns his head quick, grinning at Jess.

"Yeah? I mean, I knew they were awesome," obviously, "but I'm glad they're working out for you."

[snarky_spider]

"So what can I buy my new favorite person to show my appreciation? Burger? Soda? Scotch?"

She takes a seat and then nods towards the projection. "You know, I've never liked the idea of hoods. They can block peripheral vision too easily."

[makes_the_toys]

Cisco is about to say that he has food and drink covered right now, but then he surveys the scattered empty Mountain Dew cans and Twizzler wrappers and thinks about all of the caffeine and sugar coursing through his veins, and decides maybe it's time to switch things up.

"A burger would be great," he says. "And a vanilla milkshake?"

Sure the milkshake still has sugar, but it doesn't have caffeine and it has milk, therefore it's much healthier.

Glancing at the projection, Cisco gives a chuckle.

"You know, I would say the same thing, except this guy is like, freaky good at what he does. Not having a little peripheral vision doesn't seem to stop him from being a badass at all."

[childofrebellion]

Cassian picks up on one of the cans to look it over, "Does this stuff work?"

He's finished the worst part of his current mission but its not done yet.

[makes_the_toys]

"If by 'work' you mean does it caffeinate and give heart palpitations, then yes," Cisco replies, making a tweak on his model before glancing over.

"Hey Cass, what's up?"

[childofrebellion]

"Like stims," Not something he needs at the moment and he sits down on the opposite side of the table from the sleeping porg, "Long mission."

[makes_the_toys]

"Not as hardcore as drugs, but they'll get you through a night of Xbox-ing," Cisco replies.

GP cracks an eye to peer at Cassian, then snuggles back into the bed and starts snoozing again.

"Yeah? You done or taking a break?"

[childofrebellion]

"Still have a little more to do but the hardest part is over. Xboxing?"

He knows Cisco's not a fighter, so doesn't know what that means.

[starrydome]

An elf lord en route to the Library makes a small detour.

Such a clever way to work!

And there's a quiver.

He smiles and nods in greeting, loath to disturb another's work and thought process.

[makes_the_toys]

Chewing on a Twizzler, Cisco is mulling something over when he sees the man and nod of greeting.

Cisco tilts his chin up to return the greeting, then pauses when he realizes who he's looking at. Maybe it's who Cisco thinks it is, and maybe it's not, either way Cisco makes a mental note to check himself just in case.

"Sweet," he whispers, a comment that could very easily be about what he's working on, and then louder to Elrond he says, "Hey man, what's up?"

[starrydome]

Men and their strange use of words.

It's growing on him.

He smiles and nods at the drawing suspended in the air.

"I was admiring the way you have found to make a drawn model to look at and work with."

[makes_the_toys]

That draws a big grin from Cisco.

"Thanks! It's awesome, right?" He says proudly. "It's modified tech from another universe. I'm still working out the kinks and have plans to modify it, but for right now it's working out pretty good."

Reaching his hand out, Cisco flicks his fingers and it sends his costume model spinning.

[starrydome]

"That is very clever," Elrond says, stepping closer.

"Is it fixed or can you make changes?"

Even if it is just an illustration it is still very impressive.