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[goodviberations]

Who: Cisco
What: Vlogging for his peeps
Where" Downtown

[The feed cuts on to a smiling Cisco as he walks down the street in downtown LA. It's bright and sunny outside- not that that's odd for Los Angeles- and the good weather clearly has the meta in high spirits.]

Dude, where is everybody? It's such a nice day. The sun is shining, birds are singing. Literally. Check it.

[The screen flips to show a flock of birds occupying a nearby tree. They're very clearly not native to southern California, but Cisco has gotten used to the weird. The image flips back to face Cisco. At the very edge of the screen, there's a white light. One of the time portals has opened up behind him, but he doesn't seem to notice.]

Anyway, I was thinking of doing something today. Haven't really figured out what, but if-

[The whole image shakes, then blurs before the phone clearly hits the ground and the screen blacks out entirely. There are sounds of a struggle, shouts in an ancient-sounding language and the vibrational sounds of Cisco's powers.

And then there's silence.]

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[snowandfrost]

[On cue, Cisco's new friends are growling behind her as they close in again. She stands up, cold air rolling off of her hands in waves. There's a few murmurs among the vikings that seemed to translate into something like "hrímþursar" as they seem to try to reassert their ground.]

Not a problem.

[she holds up a hand, curling it into a fist as ice forms around her forearm and extends into a sword. She only raises it before the Vikings seem to scatter and head as far away from them as possible.]

[goodviberations]

[It takes Cisco a solid minute to push himself into a sitting position, his head swimming. Yeah, that's probably a concussion. He's not gonna be standing any time soon.]

They probably thought you were a witch or something.

[Or something, more likely. But Cisco isn't exactly a Norse history aficionado.]

[snowandfrost]

[The ice sword goes away and she offers her hand down to him to help him up]

Come on, let's get you checked out before you die of internal bleeding or something.

[goodviberations]

[Cisco accepts the hand, pulling himself to his feet. He stumbles slightly from the headrush.]

I don't think I should breach.

[snowandfrost]

Who said anything about breaching? Think you can hang on?

[goodviberations]

[Cisco blinks, clearly not understanding.]

Uh, yeah?

[snowandfrost]

Good.

[Once she's sure he's pretty secure, she creates the ice slide]

STAR Labs. We can take a better look at you there.

[goodviberations]

[Cisco tightens his grip.]

Fair warning, I might throw up on you.

[The concussion has him woozy, and sliding around isn't going to help.]

[snowandfrost]

I'll try not to take a lot of turns. But no promises.

[She actually slides them over slower than she normally would, mindful of his stomach and concussion.]

[goodviberations]

[The whooshing is definitely unpleasant despite the slower speeds. His head is killing him, and he's exhausted, though he knows enough about biology not to sleep with a concussion.

Regardless, it's a relief when his feet are firmly on solid ground.]

[snowandfrost]

[She gets them into STAR labs and lets Caitlin emerge once more so that she could patch up her friend. Caitlin immediately gets him to a bed and starts to work on patching him up]

Cisco, can you tell me what happened?

[goodviberations]

[Cisco is relieved when he drops back onto the medical bed, though he hisses at the ache of it.]

Vikings. I got jumped by vikings.

[snowandfrost]

Seriously?

[She's fascinated but she works on cleaning and patching up his wounds]

[goodviberations]

Seriously. I was just minding my own business, and one of those doors opened up. There were like twenty of them. I could only fight so many.

[snowandfrost]

You still did really well despite an onslaught of Vikings. Whole nations have fallen for a smaller raid.

[She gives him a final look and runs the numbers through the tablet she's picked up]

You should be okay to go. But maybe hold off on adventures for a little bit?

[goodviberations]

[Well that at least makes him feel a little better about getting the crap kicked out of him. Thanks, Cait.]

You're literally saying that to a superhero who's trapped in a place where time is broken. Adventure is kind of a given.

[snowandfrost]

Cisco, our lives have become adventures.

[she laughs a little at that]

Maybe have a buddy system until your injuries are healed up? This is short of me ordering bed rest for you.

[goodviberations]

No bed rest. I'll find a buddy.

[Maybe he can bug Mick into keeping him company. Or he can annoy Savitar for a little while. He's sure he can find someone.]

Thanks, Cait.

[snowandfrost]

Anyone in mind?

And anytime, Cisco.

[she gives him a hug]

[goodviberations]

Well, there's always Barry. Or Mick since, you know, we live together.

[He accepts the hug easily, hugging her back.]

[snowandfrost]

[That catches her by surprise]

Mick? He seems nice enough.

[goodviberations]

Yeah, surprisingly enough.

[Sorry, Cait. He'd realized telling Barry about his crush was a bad idea. You're gonna have to wait for his admission.]

Either way, I'll make sure someone's around in case I need help.

[snowandfrost]

Why surprising? Seems like his time with the Legends has turned a lot of him around from when we first met him.

[goodviberations]

Yeah. Yeah, that's definitely true.

[He'd seen it firsthand. Mick isn't the same guy who'd kidnapped them.]

[snowandfrost]

And besides, aren't you rooming with him? You wouldn't stay with him all this time if he wasn't a good person.

[goodviberations]

He saved my life, Cait. And then he got powers that really freaked him out, and I couldn't...

[Cisco shakes his head.]

Yeah. He's a good guy. As long as you don't try to tell him that.

[snowandfrost]

[None of them would, really. She chuckles a little]

What does he do if you try?

[goodviberations]

Mostly growl and threaten to do unspeakable things to my hair. Not worth the risk.

[snowandfrost]

[She gasps]

Not the curls!

[goodviberations]

Not appreciating the sarcasm, Cait.

He would totally do it if I bugged him enough.

[snowandfrost]

[She hugs him]

He doesn't understand the unwritten law. One does not mess with the curls.

[goodviberations]

Still, I'm gonna be hiding my shampoo whenever I'm not in the shower. Just to be safe.

[snowandfrost]

Good call. Maybe hide some here.

[She looks around then back at him, lowering her voice]

It's still weird to see so many people at STAR Labs.

[goodviberations]

You're not wrong.

[It's like it was before the particle accelerator. Sometimes it gives him the heebie jeebies.]

[snowandfrost]

Almost like how it was before, isn’t it?

[goodviberations]

Almost.

[It's moments like this where he remembers everything they'd lost. There are days he still misses Ronnie like a physical ache, and he can't imagine what it must be like for Caitlin. And despite everything he'd done, everyone he'd hurt, sometimes Cisco even misses Wells. Thawne. Whatever. The man had been his mentor. A father figure his own dad had never come close to.]

[snowandfrost]

[Some days, it feels like she can't get out of bed. But she pushes herself to get out because...well, she can't get Ronnie back. Not even after all they've been through. Wordlessly, she hugs Cisco again.]

[goodviberations]

[Cisco returns the hug warmly. It's easy to get lost in everything that was taken from them, but they still have each other. That's enough.]

[snowandfrost]

[They do. They have each other. They have Barry. And if they're going to be stuck here, they at least have that to depend on]

Check in with me tomorrow morning? I wanna make sure that your wounds heal up correctly.