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( BACKDATED TO DEC. 1 )

[ it's evident barry's at the bar — or a bar, given how his phone's sort of sitting on the top of a tipped over bowl that had held peanuts — with a few empty bottles around him. his efforts to get drunk have proven fruitless, but barry allen is determined. ]

So, uh … [ barry looks a little tired, hair a slight mess, but he's not slurring his words. he wishes he was. ] What are you supposed to do when someone leaves? Does time kind of stop? Do rabbit holes appear out of nowhere for people to fall upwards out of?

[ it wasn't really covered in the pamphlet how you're supposed to react when someone just up and disappears. barry's never been good at that. he's tried running and he's almost going to catch a cold with how wet he always is. (his clothes are a little damp from running so fast and him winding up spluttering in the pool.) ]

Iris — Iris West, she went home. [ without him, but that's implied by how his tone drops and then picks up quickly, almost like barry doesn't need to take a breath. ] Can someone bring me a brownie? I kind of ate all the ones I brought with me and all I've got is peanuts. [ he flicks a shell a little too fast, a very brief flash of gold sparking. ] And maybe a broom. I kind of made a mess. Sorry ...

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[ it's a lot easier to talk about snart's non-existent passion for baking than it is to speak of iris west. she's one of his favourite people, one of his favourite topics, but he finds he doesn't quite hold all the answers he should in his hands. being the team captain means he should know all the plays and all the players, and yet, he doesn't know where she stands. and it all comes down to what he knows he's in the middle of doing, even if he's determined to crawl back up that rabbit hole and stop himself. ]

[ after finishing the brownie, he rubs his hand over his face. ] Yeah. She's busy changing the world, one article at a time. [ any tension he may feel disappears, as his voice grows warm. he looks to snart, ] It's kind of sad you're not there. She could really do with a few reasons to practice her pun game. "Captain Cold, melting hearts like ice caps" or something a little more ... you know ... better.

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Yeah, I really think she's a bit over that league, writing-wise. I read a lot of her stuff. She ain't bad. [Pretty good actually, as he's discussed with Iris in person a couple of time.]

Don't worry about it, Barry. She's gonna be fine, wherever she's at. You'll see her again when you get back or maybe she'll come here.

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[ barry's eyes don't narrow, but a part of him doesn't quite latch onto that optimism. coming from snart, he's not too sure how to take it. the man's an icicle, someone who seems to like going about life as though he has no emotion. ]

[ he has a feeling if the shoe was on the other foot (and perhaps it is, given the nature of how his life has panned out), snart would hope for lisa to appear in wonderland, if only to see her one last time. ]

[ still, he feels compelled to ask: ] You really believe that?

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I believe she's the hero of the story, so to say. Wouldn't work for her to die in the first act.

[Not that he can know anything for sure, obviously. But there's no reason to assume that Iris would be in any danger, based on what Barry told him.]

I'm not saying you can't miss her. Just don't mourn her.

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[ snart has a point, even though barry thinks there's reason to mourn her. he doesn't know if the same iris will still be there when he's out of wonderland. if he isn't fast enough to stop himself from doing what he's set out to do, he may end up in a world where there isn't an iris at all. ]

[ but that's worse case scenario. barry allen likes to work with best, especially when it gives him a bouquet of hope. ]

[ looking down, he thinks for a moment. what snart's said feels as though it can apply to something else, which isn't exactly the elephant in the room. ] Is that what you think happened to you? [ he looks up at him then. ] You died in the first act?

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Hm? Nah. I got the big finale, for sure. Defeating destiny? Going out on a good line? Saving a friend? That's gotta be worth of a bookend.

[No, he's not really having any doubts about that. Not even about whether he died for a good cause.]

I ain't a hero, Barry. But I'm a legend.