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[Most people wouldn't get any kind of explanation, about things like this, but Cisco is not most people and Taako feels like he should... tell him, about why he reacted so poorly to the topic of his own hauntings.]

The ghosts from Glamorsprings are here, the ones Sazed killed.

[It lacks the usual rambling or flourishes that Taako would put in a text, which says... a lot.]

[ The text isn't exactly a surprise. It had been obvious something was up that Taako wasn't telling him, and Cisco gets why saying it via text is easier, feels safer for Taako. He knows that amongst all the bad things that have happened in Taako's life, Glamorsprings is one of the worst, at least in terms of how much it had impacted him. ]

fuck

[ With some people Cisco would hold back that initial response, wait to think up something very careful and thoughtful and supportive. But Taako's Taako and Cisco figures he'll appreciate honesty more. ]

did you spot them somewhere in a crowd or are they following you?
can you make a ward for yourself for a bit like you did for me?

[ But Taako didn't tell him because he wanted Cisco to have pragmatic ways of fixing it - he told him because it's awful and Cisco's his friend. ]

i'm so sorry, dude.
you shouldn't have to go through this

They seem to like, leave if I tell them what happened, I guess they're after answers more than making me feel shitty or whatever.

[Not that he doesn't feel shitty, but... they're not malicious, really.]

it's still totally fucked up

[ Which Taako knows, of course, but it bears repeating. ]

is it... helping to be able to explain?
or is it just bad?

[ He can't really imagine being in the same position, so he doesn't know if having a chance to explain that he wasn't responsible is ultimately cathartic for Taako, or whether the whole thing is just a total draining awful shitshow. ]

It's not really anything, they're not real, they're echoes or shades or something

[It doesn't alleviate any guilt, it just makes him feel horrible, but he's not about to admit that.]

They've got fucking bad timing though

[ So that's a no, basically. ]

wouldn't any timing kind of be bad timing, considering?

Not showing up when a dude I like is around would've been way more fucking convenient

[He's never letting this go, he's so embarrassed.]

shit, that happened?
what did you do? i probably would've just... run away.

In retrospect I should've just dipped out, wizard style, but I wasn't really thinking that far ahead

[AKA he pretty much shut down and Rin had to hold his hand and take him home.]

hindsight is 20/20
hard to think out the best course of action when horrible shit from your past is making an unannounced cameo

[ Cisco knows that from experience, and he knows Taako knows that he knows. ]

the guy wasn't a dick about it tho right?
i'm not gonna have to punch this dude whoever he is?

It was Rin

[Taako doesn't seem much point in keeping this part secret, the IPRE know about his dumb crush on Rin, Cisco might as well join the club.]

He was fucking nice about which is almost worse like, that shit's so awkward, you know?

[ Well now, that's an interesting development. But Cisco's not gonna comment because Taako having a thing for Rin isn't the point here, precisely. ]

i get you.
i mean imho it's better than if somebody's an asshole
but it sucks knowing somebody's seen you that messed up
especially if they're someone you wanna make a good impression on

If he was a dick about it I could've just told him to fuck off and then never had to like mess around with what the procedure is after someone finds out you're kinda sorta responsible for killing a lotta people

["And saw you have a bit of a breakdown about it" is left off, but implied.]

i mean that's true, it's simpler, but not BETTER.

i think the procedure is to just pretend nothing happened and go back to normal.
and if he treats you different, tell him to cut it out or else

[ Cisco doesn't even think Taako is kinda sorta responsible for what had happened, but he's not getting into that debate right now. ]

Sounds perfect, love that plan

😩😩😩 Could we get like a fucking break though, for real

right like what GIVES
you'd think we'd be due for some good luck already

i guess at least it's just ghosts
better than if any of them were like, the actual people.

[ Either the actual victims at Glamorsprings, or the actual Eobard Thawne. It's a pretty small blessing but he's doing his best here. ]

YOU BETTER TOUCH SOME WOOD RIGHT THE FUCK NOW MY DUDE

i knocked on some before i even typed it are you kidding
it's like you don't even know me

I had to be fucking sure, alright? Not that I wouldn't love the chance to spend a couple hours with Eobard

[ Taako lowkey expressing a desire to torture someone for a prolonged period of time probably shouldn't be sweet, and yet it kind of is. ]

i wouldn't mind a couple hours with sazed either

[ ...okay maybe actual torturing or inflicting pain for more than a few seconds at a time is beyond Cisco's capabilities but he thinks he could at least manage to make Sazed feel really really really bad about himself and his life choices. And then hand him over to Lup. ]

We both know you're not that kinda person, sweetheart, and that's a good thing.

[Taako has little guilt over the deaths he's purposefully had a hand in, and he wouldn't hesitate to hurt someone who who'd fucked with his people, but he doesn't think Cisco should be that way.]

yeah ok

[ Cisco isn't even going to try to pretend. But he quickly adds: ]

i'd for sure give him like the multiverse's most utterly vicious kick to the family jewels tho
i'm that kinda person for sure

Edited 2017-10-07 03:25 (UTC)

Make sure you get a picture if that shit does happen, I'd be pretty into framing it to keep forever

📸
better believe it.

hey but seriously if you're feeling like a distraction to escape the Ghost Bullshit
just hmu we can watch bad cooking shows and yell at them
and i promise i will only ask a minimal number of prying questions abt your love life

[There's a slight delay where Taako doesn't want to say what he's about to say but also very much wants to say it.]

You can ask prying questions about my love life I'm fucking suffering here

[Lup has bigger problems than Taako's gay drama and Lucretia doesn't like Rin so he really just wants to gossip.]

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