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What is a neutrino? Is it something that can go through matter? It's matter, right?
No no, it's okay. You make me laugh all the time, it's my turn. Let me know if I manage it.
A photon checks into a hotel and is asked if he needs any help with his luggage. He says, "No, I'm traveling light."
No no, it's okay. You make me laugh all the time, it's my turn. Let me know if I manage it.
A photon checks into a hotel and is asked if he needs any help with his luggage. He says, "No, I'm traveling light."
yup. they're tiny tiny subatomic particles with almost no mass and no electrical interactivity and they move through matter like it ain't shit. they come in three flavors (that's the like official scientific term for it, too, i'm not kidding) and they're really abundant but hard to detect.
[ Aaaaaand now he's just rambling about neutrinos. ]
i am laughing at literally every one of these. 😂
[ Aaaaaand now he's just rambling about neutrinos. ]
i am laughing at literally every one of these. 😂
Wait, there are things smaller than atoms?
Subatomic. I guess that's what that means, huh? This is why you're the genius.
Either way, they sound so cool.
Okay. Okay. If they're making you laugh...
An optimist see sa glass half full. A pessimist sees it half empty. An engineer sees it twice as large as it needs to be.
Subatomic. I guess that's what that means, huh? This is why you're the genius.
Either way, they sound so cool.
Okay. Okay. If they're making you laugh...
An optimist see sa glass half full. A pessimist sees it half empty. An engineer sees it twice as large as it needs to be.
[ Oh you sweet summer child. ]
hell yeah there are. i mean, that's what the particle accelerator at star labs was for. you take a tiny particle, like an electron or something, propel that baby along until it's going close to the speed of light, and then you smash it right into another particle so they both break up and you can study the even tinier, even weirder stuff they're made out of.
[ Eddie better watch out or he is going to get Cisco into Full Geek Mode. ]
yeah yeah i've heard that one before but see a good engineer would recognize that within certain limits a larger glass has a much wider range of applications than a smaller glass, without losing any of the functionality, so really it is most efficient to build one glass that accommodates a wide variety of water levels instead of a smaller glass that doesn't and it's just a joke i'm thinking about it too hard aren't i?
i kinda want to see this book when was it published? can you bring it back with you?
hell yeah there are. i mean, that's what the particle accelerator at star labs was for. you take a tiny particle, like an electron or something, propel that baby along until it's going close to the speed of light, and then you smash it right into another particle so they both break up and you can study the even tinier, even weirder stuff they're made out of.
[ Eddie better watch out or he is going to get Cisco into Full Geek Mode. ]
yeah yeah i've heard that one before but see a good engineer would recognize that within certain limits a larger glass has a much wider range of applications than a smaller glass, without losing any of the functionality, so really it is most efficient to build one glass that accommodates a wide variety of water levels instead of a smaller glass that doesn't and it's just a joke i'm thinking about it too hard aren't i?
i kinda want to see this book when was it published? can you bring it back with you?
[Honestly, Eddie probably wouldn't have understood any of that if Cisco hadn't said it in such an accessible way. But even if he hadn't been able to, he'd still think it's somehow both adorable and impressive all at once.]
Wow. That sounds a little bit like what they do to make an atom bomb though. Or am I wrong?
You are.
The biggest nerd.
I love it. ;)
I love you.
Yeah, I'm going to bring it back, but I'm not gonna let you read it. It's my belated present to myself to be able to make you laugh whenever I want.
Wow. That sounds a little bit like what they do to make an atom bomb though. Or am I wrong?
You are.
The biggest nerd.
I love it. ;)
I love you.
Yeah, I'm going to bring it back, but I'm not gonna let you read it. It's my belated present to myself to be able to make you laugh whenever I want.
kiiiiiiiinda but also kinda not?
so okay bear w the metaphor but atom bombs are like when you've got a big group of friends and two friends in it are dating but then they break up and all hell breaks loose. cuz what happens is there's a nucleus (which is your squad), made up of protons and neutrons (friends of person a and person b). explosion is their breakup, which then splits the squad into two smaller factions, with a whole lot of drama (i.e. energy) getting released along the way.
(but even then you don't just split one nucleus and ka-boom, you need like a WHOLE LOT OF THEM, enough to trigger a chain reaction.)
particle accelerators typically just crash one solitary electron with one solitary electron. the electrons are by themselves and not in a squad, plus an electron is like about 2000x smaller than a single proton or neutron, so it doesn't cause almost any drama at all.
[ That is... mostly accurate if simplified, and a bit silly, but it's the best way he knows how to explain it without getting technical. ]
but seriously if i ever go too nerd on you in a bad way just tell me and i'll stop bc i know i can get carried away
i love you, too
[ Still makes him smile, typing that. ]
okay yeah that's fair.
present for what?
so okay bear w the metaphor but atom bombs are like when you've got a big group of friends and two friends in it are dating but then they break up and all hell breaks loose. cuz what happens is there's a nucleus (which is your squad), made up of protons and neutrons (friends of person a and person b). explosion is their breakup, which then splits the squad into two smaller factions, with a whole lot of drama (i.e. energy) getting released along the way.
(but even then you don't just split one nucleus and ka-boom, you need like a WHOLE LOT OF THEM, enough to trigger a chain reaction.)
particle accelerators typically just crash one solitary electron with one solitary electron. the electrons are by themselves and not in a squad, plus an electron is like about 2000x smaller than a single proton or neutron, so it doesn't cause almost any drama at all.
[ That is... mostly accurate if simplified, and a bit silly, but it's the best way he knows how to explain it without getting technical. ]
but seriously if i ever go too nerd on you in a bad way just tell me and i'll stop bc i know i can get carried away
i love you, too
[ Still makes him smile, typing that. ]
okay yeah that's fair.
present for what?
Edited 2016-07-30 05:51 (UTC)
Wow. That is the first time I've ever actually understood nuclear weapons, and I didn't even know what the particle accelerator did exactly, until you explained it. So don't worry about going too nerd on me. You're perfect. <3
And I didn't even know you needed a lot of atoms to make an atom bomb.
[That analogy - he can't help but think of him and Iris, and he pushes that thought aside.]
Oh, my birthday.
And I didn't even know you needed a lot of atoms to make an atom bomb.
[That analogy - he can't help but think of him and Iris, and he pushes that thought aside.]
Oh, my birthday.
[ Okay he'd been planning on explaining in more detail why a lot of atoms are needed in an atom bomb but he gets sidetracked by realizing he doesn't know when Eddie's birthday is. He goes back and reads the text before and asks: ]
how belated?
how belated?
[This is a good chunk of why he hasn't mentioned it, because frankly? His birthday is a little embarrassing.]
Oh. 25 days belated.
[Yeah, it's July 4th.]
Oh. 25 days belated.
[Yeah, it's July 4th.]
[ Cisco doesn't bother to do the math to count back to the exact date. 25 days ago was since they started dating. Hell it's since they started getting serious. Since Iris had arrived. Maybe even since they first dropped the l-bomb. ]
oh my god i missed your birthday
i didn't even know
i didn't even realize i didn't know until you brought it up
i am the worst boyfriend in the history of the world
oh my god i missed your birthday
i didn't even know
i didn't even realize i didn't know until you brought it up
i am the worst boyfriend in the history of the world
[Honestly, Eddie doesn't care, particularly, about his birthday. July 4th has always been about Independence Day and his birthday has always come a distant second. He hadn't even noticed it when it happened.]
Hey, hey babe, come on.
There's no need to say that, even if you're not being serious.
I didn't tell you, and you had no way of knowing.
Honestly, so much was going on at the time I completely forgot until about a week ago.
Also, I don't know your birthday either. And you're the best boyfriend in the history of the world.
Hey, hey babe, come on.
There's no need to say that, even if you're not being serious.
I didn't tell you, and you had no way of knowing.
Honestly, so much was going on at the time I completely forgot until about a week ago.
Also, I don't know your birthday either. And you're the best boyfriend in the history of the world.
i'm being serious and there is a need and there was totally a way of knowing i could have ASKED
wait what was going on at the time? [ And now he finally counts back and asks: ] july 4th for real?
[ It wasn't like the place had been decked out in red white and blue or anything, now that he thinks about it. Guess that was too specific a holiday for this place. ]
mine's october 3rd
not for quite a while
wait what was going on at the time? [ And now he finally counts back and asks: ] july 4th for real?
[ It wasn't like the place had been decked out in red white and blue or anything, now that he thinks about it. Guess that was too specific a holiday for this place. ]
mine's october 3rd
not for quite a while
Yes July 4th. As I'm sure you can see, I am pretty used to not bothering to celebrate.
And at the time we were just. Busy. It wasn't a good time for me to even mention it, and like I said, I forgot.
There is no need to say that. You are seriously the best boyfriend I could ask for.
October 3rd.
I'll remember it. I need to spoil you.
And at the time we were just. Busy. It wasn't a good time for me to even mention it, and like I said, I forgot.
There is no need to say that. You are seriously the best boyfriend I could ask for.
October 3rd.
I'll remember it. I need to spoil you.
well the fact that you're used to not celebrating is all the more reason to do it if you ask me
i'm sorry i missed it
idgaf about america's birthday but i'm throwing a party for yours i don't care if it's a month late
i get to spoil you, first. 🎂 🍻 🎉
i'm sorry i missed it
idgaf about america's birthday but i'm throwing a party for yours i don't care if it's a month late
i get to spoil you, first. 🎂 🍻 🎉
This is what I mean when I say you're the best boyfriend ever. The fact that you care about me more than all of America. Or just that you care about my birthday in general. I haven't really celebrated it since I was 21, and before that it was when I was a kid.
You don't have to spoil me. Though, I mean, if you're offering, I might ask you to cook me something...
You don't have to spoil me. Though, I mean, if you're offering, I might ask you to cook me something...
[ Cisco had expected him to have a reaction. He'd hoped Harry would have some reaction. But he had never thought it would be this intense or this immediate. One second he is tearing the bag and the next he is laying on the floor and rolling around in it like an absolute lunatic, getting it on his face and in his hair and legitimately, 100% unironically making cat noises.
It is so funny that it momentarily bypasses funny and is a little frightening. Harry can't OD on this stuff, right? Catnip is harmless? Cisco reaches down and plucks up Harry's glasses before he scratches them trying to jam his face into the bits of catnip stuck to the floor. He sets them on the coffee table, a pair of jeans still clutched in one hand.
Only when Harry starts batting the paper towel back and forth does it really sink in enough for Cisco to laugh. But once he starts laughing, he's not sure he'll ever stop. He collapses onto the couch, clutching at his side and choking on it, hardly able to breathe through his mirth. ]
Oh. My. God.
It is so funny that it momentarily bypasses funny and is a little frightening. Harry can't OD on this stuff, right? Catnip is harmless? Cisco reaches down and plucks up Harry's glasses before he scratches them trying to jam his face into the bits of catnip stuck to the floor. He sets them on the coffee table, a pair of jeans still clutched in one hand.
Only when Harry starts batting the paper towel back and forth does it really sink in enough for Cisco to laugh. But once he starts laughing, he's not sure he'll ever stop. He collapses onto the couch, clutching at his side and choking on it, hardly able to breathe through his mirth. ]
Oh. My. God.
[ When Cisco reaches in to take his glasses away, his only response is to briefly brush against his legs with a muffled hum. The intensity starts to leave him almost as quickly as it seems to have come as the calm settles over him. He even manages to ignore Cisco's laughter, too dazed and focused on that damnable paper towel roll and its inability to stay in one place.
It's about ten or fifteen minutes before some of Harrison's faculties seem to clear up. There's still a sort of fuzziness in his head as well as a few cravings (he'd been to college, he knows how it goes), but his eyes start to focus more. He lifts a hand up to his hair, picking out a few pieces of the herb before swiping a hand over his face once or twice. He'd have to shower to get out some of the smaller pieces, but for now, this was fine.
What he really wants to do is yell at Cisco for a stunt like that — go to town on him. But he doesn't have the energy for that and, more importantly, he doesn't have the heart. It wasn't that long ago that the thought of even the most casual of contact with Ramon made him flinch; now, Reverb was a distant memory, replaced by burgers and catnip betrayal.
Harrison pushes himself up, briefly avoiding eye contact as he shakes his head, brushing more of the herb out of it. The avoidance doesn't last more than a few seconds though as he sits down right nearby on the couch, arms crossed, looking thoroughly unimpressed. He clears his throat but doesn't speak just yet, out of concern that the cat may, quite literally, still have his tongue. ]
It's about ten or fifteen minutes before some of Harrison's faculties seem to clear up. There's still a sort of fuzziness in his head as well as a few cravings (he'd been to college, he knows how it goes), but his eyes start to focus more. He lifts a hand up to his hair, picking out a few pieces of the herb before swiping a hand over his face once or twice. He'd have to shower to get out some of the smaller pieces, but for now, this was fine.
What he really wants to do is yell at Cisco for a stunt like that — go to town on him. But he doesn't have the energy for that and, more importantly, he doesn't have the heart. It wasn't that long ago that the thought of even the most casual of contact with Ramon made him flinch; now, Reverb was a distant memory, replaced by burgers and catnip betrayal.
Harrison pushes himself up, briefly avoiding eye contact as he shakes his head, brushing more of the herb out of it. The avoidance doesn't last more than a few seconds though as he sits down right nearby on the couch, arms crossed, looking thoroughly unimpressed. He clears his throat but doesn't speak just yet, out of concern that the cat may, quite literally, still have his tongue. ]
[ Cisco still thinks 'wants to celebrate his birthday with him' is such a depressingly low standard for Eddie to set, but instead of pointing that out now and potentially making Eddie feel self-conscious about it, he is just going to work that much harder to make the celebration that much better. He's already got a piece of paper out so he can jot down ideas, things he knows Eddie loves, traditional stuff and a few things that are a bit more off the wall. ]
oh i'm gonna. it's decided.
naturally. any requests in particular?
you want me to throw a get together or you want to keep this a just-us thing?
[ Most of the decisions Cisco feels comfortable making on his own, but that is a big one, and he will leave that up to Eddie. He knows that his boyfriend is much more introverted than him, might prefer to keep things intimate. Then again, maybe he will want a big crowd... ]
oh i'm gonna. it's decided.
naturally. any requests in particular?
you want me to throw a get together or you want to keep this a just-us thing?
[ Most of the decisions Cisco feels comfortable making on his own, but that is a big one, and he will leave that up to Eddie. He knows that his boyfriend is much more introverted than him, might prefer to keep things intimate. Then again, maybe he will want a big crowd... ]
[It's not just 'wants to celebrate his birthday with him' - it's a lot more than that. It's everything Cisco does for him and how much he cares about doing it.]
Okay, okay, fine.
Hm. That's a tough question. This might sound weird, but maybe something from your culture? Something I've never tried.
I don't know. Who would we even invite? I guess Caitlin and Arya, maybe Caroline...
I don't know if anyone else would want to come.
Okay, okay, fine.
Hm. That's a tough question. This might sound weird, but maybe something from your culture? Something I've never tried.
I don't know. Who would we even invite? I guess Caitlin and Arya, maybe Caroline...
I don't know if anyone else would want to come.
Edited 2016-07-31 04:53 (UTC)
i think i can manage that
[ True, he doesn't know what Eddie has and hasn't tried, but he knows a few dishes that his mom always made that you couldn't really get at any restaurants he'd been to in Central City. Cisco would need to do some looking around for ingredients today, but he's going to be out finding presents and other supplies anyway. Suddenly his schedule just got a whole lot busier. ]
that's your call, eddie! i'm sure lots of people would love to, the question is how big a deal you want it.
[ True, he doesn't know what Eddie has and hasn't tried, but he knows a few dishes that his mom always made that you couldn't really get at any restaurants he'd been to in Central City. Cisco would need to do some looking around for ingredients today, but he's going to be out finding presents and other supplies anyway. Suddenly his schedule just got a whole lot busier. ]
that's your call, eddie! i'm sure lots of people would love to, the question is how big a deal you want it.
Edited 2016-07-31 05:06 (UTC)
Yeah? That's awesome. :) I'm really excited to try it.
Are you gonna surprise me?
I...don't know. Maybe a little gathering, with a few people and some drinks? Whoever you think might like to come. I don't really feel like being the center of a lot of attention and I don't need presents or anything seriously, but some dinner might be nice. Maybe I could fire up the barbecue or something, and we could have some beers?
Are you gonna surprise me?
I...don't know. Maybe a little gathering, with a few people and some drinks? Whoever you think might like to come. I don't really feel like being the center of a lot of attention and I don't need presents or anything seriously, but some dinner might be nice. Maybe I could fire up the barbecue or something, and we could have some beers?
[ Cisco does nothing but watch Harry for the first five or so minutes, giggling on and off. The only thing that keeps him from snapping a photo and immediately posting it to the network is sheer altruism. But he definitely does snap a few quick pics, to keep in case he ever has need of them.
Then, when Harry just keeps laying there and lazily rolling the paper towels, he turns his attention back to the jeans. He keeps Harry in his peripheral view as he measures out the right spot and starts to cut the first of the tail holes, carefully. Cisco doesn't actually remove any fabric, but cuts it into segments that he folds back into the inside of he jeans and then sews down, before quickly stitching around the gap, strengthening it.
He sees Harry begin to pluck the catnip from his hair and figures that some self-awareness must be returning. It's a lot quicker than he expected, but that probably makes sense. Who knows how fast Harry's body is metabolizing things, right now. How much of his brain chemistry has actually been changed by the transformation.
Once Harry sits up and crosses his arms like a grumpy school principal, Cisco figures he's over his high. Even though he knows he'll probably get an earful for it, he doesn't regret anything. The smile still stretches from one ear to another as he says: ]
Lemme tell you, that stuff worked a lot better than I thought it would.
Then, when Harry just keeps laying there and lazily rolling the paper towels, he turns his attention back to the jeans. He keeps Harry in his peripheral view as he measures out the right spot and starts to cut the first of the tail holes, carefully. Cisco doesn't actually remove any fabric, but cuts it into segments that he folds back into the inside of he jeans and then sews down, before quickly stitching around the gap, strengthening it.
He sees Harry begin to pluck the catnip from his hair and figures that some self-awareness must be returning. It's a lot quicker than he expected, but that probably makes sense. Who knows how fast Harry's body is metabolizing things, right now. How much of his brain chemistry has actually been changed by the transformation.
Once Harry sits up and crosses his arms like a grumpy school principal, Cisco figures he's over his high. Even though he knows he'll probably get an earful for it, he doesn't regret anything. The smile still stretches from one ear to another as he says: ]
Lemme tell you, that stuff worked a lot better than I thought it would.
[ That damnable smile is probably the only thing keeping Cisco from getting an earful right about now. Part of Harrison is seething internally, while another part is almost placated by that. He can still remember how hesitant he was, how he'd looked after Harrison had flinched away from his touch. It was like night and day now.
So instead of immediately laying into him, Harrison reaches over from his end of the couch with his foot and nudges Cisco's leg with it — enough to be annoying, but not so much that he'd jostle him while he was working on the pants. ]
For science, huh.
[ It's said about as dry as it gets with him, and Harrison eyes Cisco flatly at that. ]
Not a word to anyone else about this.
[ Though— he hates to admit it, but it was useful to know. He'd figured his physiology was also altered to some degree, though he hadn't exactly tested for that yet. If it were anyone else, he'd have run them through the gamut of tests by now. As the subject in question, it's difficult for him to be a neutral observer. It wasn't Cisco's intention — at least, it probably wasn't, knowing him — but it had been somewhat useful in the end.
Not to his pride, but still.
Harrison shifts his positioning, moving closer so he can keep an eye on Cisco as he works. ]
So instead of immediately laying into him, Harrison reaches over from his end of the couch with his foot and nudges Cisco's leg with it — enough to be annoying, but not so much that he'd jostle him while he was working on the pants. ]
For science, huh.
[ It's said about as dry as it gets with him, and Harrison eyes Cisco flatly at that. ]
Not a word to anyone else about this.
[ Though— he hates to admit it, but it was useful to know. He'd figured his physiology was also altered to some degree, though he hadn't exactly tested for that yet. If it were anyone else, he'd have run them through the gamut of tests by now. As the subject in question, it's difficult for him to be a neutral observer. It wasn't Cisco's intention — at least, it probably wasn't, knowing him — but it had been somewhat useful in the end.
Not to his pride, but still.
Harrison shifts his positioning, moving closer so he can keep an eye on Cisco as he works. ]
Edited 2016-08-01 04:22 (UTC)
i was thinking about it.
oh i'm definitely getting you presents, but we can always open most of those after everyone goes home.
and you better be prepared to be the center of my attention at the very least. 😘
barbecue would be dope you know i'm aways down for that
oh i'm definitely getting you presents, but we can always open most of those after everyone goes home.
and you better be prepared to be the center of my attention at the very least. 😘
barbecue would be dope you know i'm aways down for that
I'd like that. I think I'd like anything you cooked me.
You spoil me, you know that?
Seriously. Best boyfriend.
And you know I never mind being the center of your attention. ;)
Alright. If we're actually doing this, then just let me know. I'll make those burgers you like, and some steak.
[And he feels a little self-conscious and silly about it but...he's excited about this.]
You spoil me, you know that?
Seriously. Best boyfriend.
And you know I never mind being the center of your attention. ;)
Alright. If we're actually doing this, then just let me know. I'll make those burgers you like, and some steak.
[And he feels a little self-conscious and silly about it but...he's excited about this.]
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