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Right, here's the thing - I need a nerd. A geek. A smart guy. Or girl, whatever. I ain't overly picky.

[He shrugs his shoulders, casual as anything, taking a long sip of his beer. Sara may have told him this was not the best method to catch himself a genius but given the chance of there being some hanging around this joint, he thinks it's the perfect way. When in doubt, post an ad.]

This guy I know got brainwashed into being the king of dicks and I'm getting kind of sick of his shit so I need someone who'd be able to do some sci-fi sciencey stuff on his head. I have a vague idea how to do it but I just can't remember the details. [He's pretty much forgotten how they originally did it back home but he can unhelpfully offer vague information and a beer while you work. A+ service.]

All the 'smart' ones I know are annoyingly the biggest idiots around, I'm looking for someone less inclined to be stupid as hell. Help me out and maybe I'll help you out. Though my skills are limited to burning and breaking stuff.

[At least he knows his strengths? If you want a bonfire, ka-ching.]

I know a good looking chick if that sweetens the deal. Ain't saying she's gonna touch you but you can admire from afar. Really far. I also know some easy dudes if that's your thing. [Hey, whatever fixes this mess.]

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[ all barry heard was "stupid as hell." he's in. ]

What's going on?

Rip is evil, he got brainwashed by that dick Eobard and now he keeps shooting all the people I know and trying to kill them.

Kind of need a nerd to fix it. [He gives Barry a look.] Are you a nerd or just a useless geek?

I'm ... [ here comes the bumbling barry. ] I'm kind of both? [ his shoulder goes up, just like his voice. ]

[ he regains his confidence, though. brows furrowing, his words don't come out like a stutter. ] What do you mean Eobard brainwashed him? How?

How can you be both?

[Seriously, Red? Be less useless in this situation.] He like, I dunno, reprogrammed his head. He has some issues with us and he wants to dick us all around. He thought turning Rip against us was the perfect distraction. Kinda was.

[ barry forgets the dig, closing his eyes and then pinching the bridge of his nose. eobard thawne has stretched himself across time and space, and seems to have touched a lot of people barry knows. ]

Okay. [ releasing his nose and opening his eyes, barry seems to focus. ] I have no idea how to undo that, but I've worked with Thawne. He was Wells at the time, but he was still ... himself. Maybe I can help somehow.

Okay, here's the deal. I think the nerds on my team can handle this whole Rip situation but Eobard? Let's talk about him a little.

[Because Mick just made a literal deal with the devil and that asshole just rewrote his whole existence. He needed to stop Eobard, somehow, he just had no idea how.]

If you had to stop Eobard, how would you stop him?

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[ open mouth, close mouth. that's a whole other kettle of fish. ]

[ but it's a kettle of fish he needs help with. barry cannot defeat thawne alone, and he knows this. the article written by iris west-allen in 2024 depicts it. he had the assistance of the atom, of the arrow, of hawkgirl ... he needs it now more than ever, and who is he to tell heatwave no? a little fire never hurt anyone. ]

It would probably be better if we spoke about this in person, but — [ he digresses. nothing about this is easy, even if it's face-to-face. ] We defeated him a year ago — two years ago now — by erasing him from the timeline. He was the descendent of Eddie Thawne — you remember him? Blond, deep voice, a hell of a detective ... Thawne was his great-something grandson, and Eddie shot himself.

[ that's his cue to look down. eddie thawne died a hero, and he's so, so, so angry he died in vain. regardless of what anyone tells him, eddie thawne had died for nothing. thawne was still alive, nurtured by time itself, kept alive to be a rotten carrot dangled forever in front of barry. ]

That was the Thawne who impersonated Wells. The one you're dealing with is a different headache altogether. What's he told you about himself?

You wanna speak in person, name a time and place, red.

[Usually he's not down for the happy social times but hey, he kind of needed to get more information on Eobard and his greatest enemy, the Flash, who apparently beat him before, seemed like the best place to start. Mick nodded his head slightly as Barry talked, trying his best to make his usually useless head take in what he was being told.

Snart always said any fact about someone was a fact that could be used against them, one way or another. He had to keep himself sharp.]

Not much. I don't really know the guy, I just know a friend who knows the guy and they got a sort of in. And I ain't in with that but -- things are complicated. I don't want to get into it. [He waves his hand dismissively.] Just the usual bullshit, you know? He's the fastest alive, he hates you, he is afraid of that black zombie speedster thing.

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