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[commanderspecs]

[How does this happen. How. How. Barry moves out of the way when he sees a stampede of...vikings?! He's standing out on a sidewalk somewhere downtown, not seeing a familiar sight anywhere. At least not like how it is back home. He sends out the all video signal]

Just what the heck is going on here?! Who's Gideon? Where am I?!

[He's hyperventilating or close enough to it, not amused at what is going on, and tries to make sense of it all.]

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[goodviberations]

[Aw, man. Not another person he knows from a different time. He kind of hates this place.]

We've met. Or, will meet, I guess.

Cisco Ramon.

[commanderspecs]

Mr. Ramon, what do you mean we've met or will meet?

[goodviberations]

That's kind of complicated, buddy. Let's worry about getting you somewhere safe, huh?

[He remembers that Barry-2 is a little...sensitive.]

Can you tell me where you are? Street signs or landmarks?

[commanderspecs]

Safe? Ha! Safe--Mr. Ramon, there's lightning that came out of my hands not too long ago. Lightning! I-I-I-I don't know how it happened but somehow between home and landing here, I somehow became a meta!

[Sensitive? He's hyperventilating and looks like he could pass out if he doesn't take in enough air.]

I'm somewhere downtown?! There's...there's a barber shop here.

[goodviberations]

[Oh good. Somehow whatever force brought Barry-2 over also gave him the meta gene. That's great.]

Stay there, okay? Take a few deep breaths. I'll be right over.

[A few minutes later, a breach opens. Cisco hops through in full Vibe gear. He just barely keeps himself from saying "come with me if you want to live." It's a close thing.]

Are you hurt?

[commanderspecs]

How-how-how did you do that? W-w-wha--you don't look exactly like Reverb but I haven't actually seen him face to face.

[goodviberations]

[Ugh, he doesn't need to be reminded of his evil doppelganger, man. He'd just gotten over that whole thing.]

Long story short, you and I are from different universes. Parallel earths. Reverb is my doppelganger. But he's a dick, and I'm not.

[commanderspecs]

Doppleganger. Like Barry. And Mr. Garrick.

[goodviberations]

Yeah, just like that.

[Mr. Garrick. That's gonna take some adjusting to. He's sticking with Savitar.]

[commanderspecs]

Are you a meta?

[goodviberations]

[Wow. He'd seriously forgotten Barry-2's lack of chill.]

Considering I just hopped out of a breach in space-time that I opened with my fist, signs point to yes.

[commanderspecs]

[there's seeing then there's verbal confirmation. He could have been hallucinating. Barry puts a hand to his forehead then pulls at his collar]

Is everyone a meta?!

[Lack of chill, definitely.]

[goodviberations]

[Cisco actually considers the question for a minute, doing a quick headcount.]

Including you, I think there are six of us?

[commanderspecs]

Six. That's not bad.

[Don't mind him gasping like a fish and telling himself to BreatheBreatheBreatheBreatheBreathe]

[goodviberations]

Barry, calm down.

[He puts his hands on Barry-2's shoulders firmly.]

Breathe, okay? Everything is gonna be fine.

[commanderspecs]

[he really does try to breathe but it’s HARD Cisco]

[goodviberations]

Deep breaths, Barry.

[He takes exaggerated, slow breaths, encouraging Barry to copy them. If he isn't careful, he'll have a full-blown panic attack.]

[commanderspecs]

[You're darn right he'll have a full blown panic attack if they're not careful. Sparks start to run more and more frequently, the more he freaks out. Barry looks at the man and tries to take deep breaths as instructed]

[goodviberations]

[The sparks bring a mild, uncomfortable shock, and Cisco is forced to let go of Barry's shoulders.]

You're doing great, man. Just keep it slow.

[commanderspecs]

S-sorry!

[He tries to take deep breaths like the man instructed, audibly breathing in and breathing out]

[goodviberations]

There you go, man. You're doing great.

[commanderspecs]

[He's focusing on Cisco and trying to breathe but it's all a lot to sink in.]

So where--where-where-where are we?

[goodviberations]

We're in LA. Sort of. There's a group of heroes called the Legends. They accidentally broke time.

[commanderspecs]

Yes, I got that from Gideon's little message. But where are we in this broken version of LA?

[goodviberations]

Downtown. The apartment building most of us are staying in isn't too far if you need somewhere to stay.