voice; UN: red streak

[sanicspeed]

Wow this is....this is a bit difficult. Exciting, don't get me wrong but I feel like I'm reading my journal out loud to everyone.

What else are you supposed to say?

Right, right, I remember.

[Regrets and hesitation here. Why did he even say all that outside of being a loser?

Oh right, that explains everything.]

Look, I'm not one for public advertising but with all this excitement, I'd like to help a bit. So...

...ugh, I forgot to introduce myself. Barry Allen, that's my name. I'm a forensic scientist and I kind of own a place called S.T.A.R. Labs.

Which means if anyone has a crime they need to be solved, just give me a ring. Or hit me up if you need anything else. It's what I'm good at. Which was the whole point of this. I want to help out but don't really have a place to start. So if anyone wants to point fingers, point away. My mind is open to all comers.

[Short sentences and awkward. Yep, he was having a bit of an issue.]

That's all, I think. Good bye? Signing off? How do people do this...?

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[sanicspeed]

Thanks, I'll be grateful if you happen to run into him.

[Which was probably rare but hey...]

Yeah, that's the word everyone uses. It makes a bit of sense, in a way.

[viscontree]

Simple enough.

We won't take too long either. [He's so paranoid man.]

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[evenslimmer]

It does. It's less inflammatory than some alternatives.

[ Like superhuman. ]

Do you differentiate between types of metahumans?

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[sanicspeed]

Types? Er, well, I suppose by what powers they have? All we've really focused on is the ones trying to kill people. It's not like there's been much time to do any categorization.

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[morsecodes]

S-Seriously?! [The Flash wants him to help him out?! Oh man, oh man, this is the best day ever. He's trying to keep his cool, he really is. But it's not going as well as he would like.]

I mean, uh-- Yeah, that'd be cool.

[His inward freaking out is starting to show, though, and Barry might notice that the top of Leo's head is now starting to light on fire. And Leo seems none the wiser.]

[runningjoke]

Would I? Are you a betting man, Red Streak?

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[sanicspeed]

Er, uh....hey...

...I don't get to say this much but your hair is on fire.

[sanicspeed]

It's Barry, please. And I'm not a betting man, I just know my science.

[runningjoke]

And are bad at words.

A human with "non-human" powers doesn't exist, because "powers" aren't defined by species that have them and don't. I can fly. Would I say I also have "non-human" powers?

[sanicspeed]

Well, they can be. Your example is perfectly fine. Genetically, humans aren't capable of flying. Therefore, a human who could fly unassisted by mechanical means would have non-human powers in his possession. Now I'm sure that in the future, humans will evolve beyond their normal realm but, for now, that's why we have terms like meta-human.

[runningjoke]

And how do "meta-humans" get these "non-human" powers, if not through mechanical means? Is it not genetic? Is it assisted through experimentation?

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[morsecodes]

Huhohwha--? [now he notices, and Leo proceeds to pat his head super fast in an effort to get the flames to go away. He doesn't seemed bothered by touching the flames with his hands, either, or even surprised that he was randomly on fire.

This happened more often than one might think.]

[1300yen]

I see. [Yeah that's a pretty big boast, Barry... But it's not like she can do anything but take his word for it right now.] Did crimes often happen in your home?

[sanicspeed]

That's a bit harder to explain because it might vary on each world. In mine, it was a science experiment gone wrong that brought out those types of abilities in people.

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[sanicspeed]

...if you're a meta-human too, you might as well just come out and say it. And tell me if you already have a nickname.

[sanicspeed]

I come from a big city so it's pretty much expected. It goes up some years and down in others but crime still happens frequently.

[runningjoke]

Or right. Making humans less of a pathetic species than what they started out as hardly seems like something gone wrong to me.

[sanicspeed]

You probably shouldn't look down on humans too much. Someone might think you're some type of evil villain.

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[evenslimmer]

I meant do you distinguish between the people who were born with abilities and the people who received theirs by accident? Or experiment. [ Beat. ] Or because they built a flying suit of armor.

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[sanicspeed]

No one was born with abilities where I'm from. So they kind of just pop up randomly. Does that make sense?

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[evenslimmer]

Yeah, it does. It's just not genetic for them. Or not— [ Hmm. ] Not naturally genetic.

[ Even though that's not how genetics works but ~comic books~ ]

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[sanicspeed]

Consider it something like a science experiment gone wrong...but for a lot of people....

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[evenslimmer]

For a lot of people...?

[ Where are you going with this, Barry? ]

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[sanicspeed]

...have you ever heard of a particle accelerator?

[runningjoke]

I don't care. You're inferior beings.