❝ 003 ❞ v i d e o ( forward dated to the 31st )

[animosus]

[Hal's recording this from Barry's place and he looks uncharacteristically hesitant.]

I think Barry's gone. My ring can't find him and I know it couldn't find people when everyone did that ghost trick a while back, but he also left his-- [He belatedly realises he can't say Flash ring.] --wedding ring behind and he'd never forget it.

[He falls silent again as he figures out what else to say.]

It's like I just got him back and now he's gone again. [He hasn't worked it out, but it feels like in all the years he's known him, Barry was dead longer than he was alive.]

I never really paid attention to what people did in this situation, but I guess I should tell Bart to get over here. Anything else I should do?

Comments

video;

[iguanasolution]

[Well, that's what he'd say in either case, but Frank chooses to believe he's telling the truth.]

I'm sorry, then. If Percy left... well. He's like my big brother.

video;

[animosus]

[Is he really trying to sympathise with him despite mistaking Hal and Barry for a married couple and now who knows what?

Very dryly:]

'Big brother' isn't a euphemism?

[He should get at least one free dick move.]

Re: video;

[iguanasolution]

Uh, no. [He raises an eyebrow. He will blush once his mind catches up with it, but right now he's just confused.]

It's actually kind of literal actually, we're both descendants of Poseidon and since he's his son that makes him my grand-grand-grand-a lot of grans-brother. It's complicated.

video;

[animosus]

[Mentally marks this as Wonder Woman stuff.]

Uh-huh. And you're telling me this because?

video;

[iguanasolution]

I- I actually don't know. You're kind of making me nervous.

Sir.

video;

[animosus]

[This isn't a bad position to be in. He's going to milk this for what it's worth.]

Kid, this is nothing.

video;

[iguanasolution]

[Frank reaches to rub the back of his neck, trying to understand what's really going on. He'd be offended if people kept on insisting he was dating Percy, he guesses, but the man seems to be taking it really seriously.

Then again, he just lost his best friend.]

I'm, uh, sorry I misunderstood then. Sir. It just seemed like- well, you mentioned a ring and everyone seemed to assume that and. I don't know. Sorry again.