[ Cisco takes a minutes or so to process. Let it sink in. Get his shit under control. Then he is in Team Flash Business Time mode: ]
i'm sorry did you say that WE reopened the breaches?
[ He knows already that Zoom got back through somehow - how else could he have taken Wally, and made Barry hand over his speed. But he's been assuming that was Zoom's doing. ]
did you tell harry and caitlin?
i'm in the bookshop
are you actually okay dude or are you doing the stoic-heroic "no i'm fine" but you're actually injured, because you haven't got your healing powers anymore barry and if you're hurt you need to for serious get medical attention.
[ Shit. He frowns at the question, then lets out a frustrated sigh and drags a hand over his face.
This isn't what he needed right now. Nice work, Barry. ]
we reopened them.
[ A slight delay. ]
technically you did, but only because i asked you to. can you get back to your apartment?
and yeah, i'm really okay. it was just humiliating.
[ Humiliating in the same way that getting literally dragged on TV had been, having his own helplessness rubbed in his face, begging for Zoom to back off and leave his friends alone. But he's physically fine, so hey, not totally full of shit. ]
how? did i tell you enough about whatever i used to do it that you could get me going on the right track so i can build it here and maybe we can bust out of this place for good?
[ Clearly thinking in terms of tech, not powers, here. ]
i can get there. might stop and check on harry first.
do you have somewhere safe to go?
[ They should all be getting their asses behind locked doors as soon as possible, especially now that Jay knows Barry's powers are gone. He can't be happy about that.
Barry doesn't use the word 'humiliated' lightly and Cisco knows it. ]
[ That assumption actually earns a huff of exasperated laughter, because it's so incredibly off track and so incredibly Cisco. ]
yeah, kind of.
but there wasn't any building.
[ At least they're all on the same page with the lockdown. That's making this easier. The idea of getting himself behind a locked door hadn't quite occurred to him, but only because Zoom's already made it clear Barry's old news. ]
he doesn't want to fight me. but yeah, i'll get somewhere safe.
[ Somewhere safe being Cisco's apartment, well after everyone else has gotten there. And, a little belatedly: ]
????? sooooo we opened it by accident? a side effect of something? throw me a bone here dude if i'm gonna have any hope of getting us out of here then i need to know how it went down
he might change his mind about that, he's pretty freaking crazy, i wouldn't exactly count on consistency. better safe than sorry.
[ Oh fuck. Here he'd been hoping it was literally absolutely anything but that. Good. It's great. This is fine.
Cisco makes the executive decision that he is not dealing with this right now. Zoom's here and he's got to triage that first and........ this can wait. ]
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okay you know what i'm making the call we gonna table this for now cuz i'm at harry's workshop so brb
[ That went well. Hindsight reminds him that Darth Vader analogies were a thing, and are probably still very much a thing in Cisco's mind at the point in time he's from. Too little, too late. The damage is already done, and Cisco's right; they don't have time to deal with it now. ]
i'll meet you guys at your apartment later. be careful, cisco.
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it's me, cisco.
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i'm sorry did you say that WE reopened the breaches?
[ He knows already that Zoom got back through somehow - how else could he have taken Wally, and made Barry hand over his speed. But he's been assuming that was Zoom's doing. ]
did you tell harry and caitlin?
i'm in the bookshop
are you actually okay dude or are you doing the stoic-heroic "no i'm fine" but you're actually injured, because you haven't got your healing powers anymore barry and if you're hurt you need to for serious get medical attention.
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This isn't what he needed right now. Nice work, Barry. ]
we reopened them.
[ A slight delay. ]
technically you did, but only because i asked you to. can you get back to your apartment?
and yeah, i'm really okay. it was just humiliating.
[ Humiliating in the same way that getting literally dragged on TV had been, having his own helplessness rubbed in his face, begging for Zoom to back off and leave his friends alone. But he's physically fine, so hey, not totally full of shit. ]
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[ Clearly thinking in terms of tech, not powers, here. ]
i can get there. might stop and check on harry first.
do you have somewhere safe to go?
[ They should all be getting their asses behind locked doors as soon as possible, especially now that Jay knows Barry's powers are gone. He can't be happy about that.
Barry doesn't use the word 'humiliated' lightly and Cisco knows it. ]
😣 i'm sorry, barry
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yeah, kind of.
but there wasn't any building.
[ At least they're all on the same page with the lockdown. That's making this easier. The idea of getting himself behind a locked door hadn't quite occurred to him, but only because Zoom's already made it clear Barry's old news. ]
he doesn't want to fight me. but yeah, i'll get somewhere safe.
[ Somewhere safe being Cisco's apartment, well after everyone else has gotten there. And, a little belatedly: ]
thanks ☹
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he might change his mind about that, he's pretty freaking crazy, i wouldn't exactly count on consistency. better safe than sorry.
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[ Very subtle deflection. ]
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Cisco makes the executive decision that he is not dealing with this right now. Zoom's here and he's got to triage that first and........ this can wait. ]
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okay you know what i'm making the call we gonna table this for now cuz i'm at harry's workshop so brb
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i'll meet you guys at your apartment later.
be careful, cisco.