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I can't believe you're NOT ONLY making me be the sensible person here, but also making me look up science shit

[What's a dopamine.

Give him a second]

Okay, listen, I'm gonna ask a weird question.

Does it ever happen when you orgasm?

[LOOK

Dopamine is at high levels during orgasms, that's a fun fact Taako just discovered.]

TAAKO

i can't believe you would ask me that

[ Cisco has done some research into neurotransmitters in the last few days, too. A hell of a lot more than Taako, and from much more thorough and reputable sources. So he knows it's a completely valid question. But even so. ]

no, it has never happened when i orgasm.
but now you've got me worried that it's GONNA, SOMEDAY, SO THANKS FOR THAT
nothing quite as sexy as a dude just going full on spaced out zombie for half a minute

dopamine has different effects when it's in different parts of the brain!

If I suck a dick so good the dude spaces out for half a minute that is a SUCCESS

What you're saying is "I had a great time singing karaoke" is different from "I just came really hard"?

[ Part of him knows Taako might be trying to cheer him up but there is just no way of salvaging this. No way at all. He's just gonna completely ignore that first bit entirely, thanks. ]

what i'm saying is the 'great time singing karaoke' was not super long after the 'being kinda a bit scared to go on stage'.
and the 'getting to feed an awesome phantom steed' was not super long after the 'taako asked me to come out here but he won't tell me why oh shit what is he up to, what if he's been a serial killer this whole time'.

dopamine's not just good stuff. it's more like.... being super duper in the moment. yeah that can be in a sex way but it can also be in a shit i'm probably gonna die in a second way

so, like what if being kind of nervous started the dopamine fire and then the adrenaline from the happiness was just the fuel?

[Rude]

I mean, if I was planning to kill you that would've been the time for it, for sure.

[He's apparently not offended that Cisco thought he might be a serial killer, mostly because he realizes that's just how Cisco is.]

I'm gonna behave myself and not make a joke about fear boners but I want you to know this explains a lot.

What about drugs? I tried that powder at one of the three hundred festivals we've had and it made me pretty damn happy, would that work for you?

[He's trying to focus on the positive emotions, even if Cisco said it's not as strong.]

i was keenly aware of that. thank you for not killing me, definitely improved the afternoon.

see, science is great, we're all learning great explanations about great things today.
(saying you're not making the joke is basically just making the joke in a roundabout way)

haven't really had any in the last year, so, who knows? i mean... it's possible. alcohol's obviously not enough, since it's not like our karaoke night was the first time i've been drunk since all this started.

you, uh. remember when you said you can sort of alter dreams or whatever?
maybe if i use the goggles as they are, while i'm hooked up to some stuff that'll monitor dopamine and adrenaline and scan brain waves and all of that and then after you change the dream to be not a nightmare, i can see what the shift is
and that would provide some real data to work with, instead of just
speculation and boner jokes.

You're welcome, and I know :)

[Why is Cisco friends with him.]

As much as I love speculation and boner jokes, we can try that whenever you want. I'm gonna assume you don't just have all that machinery to monitor shit lying around.

definitely not. if we're doing this i'm gonna sweet talk some people at the hospital into loaning me some SERIOUS gear. might be best if we do it there in case it goes bad.

and i'll need to figure out how i'm going to record when my powers are kicking in precisely & other stuff like that.

you're sure you're willing to do it, tho? cuz you don't have to.

Is sweet talk a euphemism or are you really gonna just ask nicely and see if they let you use it?

[He just wants to clarify because if they're stealing shit to use he wants to be invited]

I'm sure, my man, it's not like it's a whole lot of skin off my nose. Just a spell slot, and I waste those on shit that's way less important.

[Like "I can't be bothered to go get a fork so I'm making out of of shadows"]

i'm going to ask very very nicely and use my absolute best sweet innocent puppy face on the weakest looking nurse i can find.
and if that doesn't work i'll offer to rig the hospital for free cable or beef up the wifi signal or something like that.

[ Cisco's not entirely innocent, okay? He's so morally grey. Look at him, master of manipulation and dark gritty compromise. ]

ok, if you're sure. i just... don't fully get how my powers work. i really don't think it'll be dangerous for you at all but there's no way for me to be 100% totally completely certain

If you wanna bribe them I can make fake gold

[what...]

I mean, worst case scenario is that you kill me and Lup has to go steal my soul back from the astral plane and get my ass a new body. But I'm sure that won't happen :)

[What he doesn't say is that Lup wouldn't even need Taako's body to grow him a new one, but that's because it's not his shit to share.]

let's call that plan c

that is so weirdly specific i'm gonna take a wild guess and say that actually happened at some point?

i don't think it'll kill you. mostly i'm worried the vibes or the dream magic will cancel each other out and it'll be a waste of time.

Nah I just made it up. I mean Barry has a pod that grows bodies for him, they exist, so you'd just have to stick a bit of me in one of those, wait a few months while I haunt everyone and then we're good as new.

If it doesn't work you can buy me dinner and we'll call it even, yeah?

well that's super creepy and useful at the same time

if it doesn't work i'll MAKE you dinner.

and until then i'll defintely use this heartrate thing to remind myself when to chill the fuck out unless i want a ticket to vibe station

Necromancy! Fun for the whole weird family

Oh, fuck, we're breaking out the big guns. I love it.

Vibe station sounds kinda like a sex thing, FYI

i guess it's not all that different from the lazarus pit
though i don't think that thing grows new bodies.

i can also make you dinner if it DOES work, since it's a huge favor no matter what

only if your mind is permanently affixed to the gutter

The fuck is a lazarus pit?

I'm never gonna turn down free food, especially not free home cooked food.

I mean. Yes? It is? I've been thinking about the implications of sucking dick in relation to your power I dunno why you even need to say those words.

as far as i can tell it's a mystical hot tub that can bring people back from the dead
it's about the closest thing we got to magic in my world. i don't know a lot about it because it's in a secret lair in a secret country guarded be a secret league of super assassins.

then we have a deal

ugh.

[ Just ugh. Says it all. ]

Sounds kinda cool, if I ever pop into your world I'll check it out.

Deal :)

Harsh, my dude, I was gonna make an offer. For science, ya know, but if ugh is how you're gonna react....

[He enjoys tormenting people way too much]

i know the likelihood of that happening is almost nonexistent but i just feel like it's my duty to tell you as a friend that that would be a very very very very very stupid idea.

listen i know you're only giving me a hard time here (ha ha laugh it up) but trust me when i say there i don't think there's any force in the multiverse that can make these powers even remotely sexy to me.

[ He knows Taako was kidding, says that kind of shit all the time without meaning it, but his powers still mostly make him think about Eobard and that is the world's biggest boner killer imaginable. ]

I worked for a secret organisation for a year! How hard can secret assassins be to deal with.

I would NEVER give you a hard time????

[sounds fake but ok]

ok true but if there's one of you and like, hundreds of them...

sure you wouldn't.

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