maskormenace | mach three. video.

[ in front of barry is a rather large bowl of candy. it's clear that some candy ( half the bowl ) has been eaten and not just because barry happens to be eating some right when the video starts. call it him getting in the halloween spirit via candy meant for other people. he'll buy some more later. ]

Halloween is in two days, if I haven't forgotten a day or two or it isn't the wrong day. I know a reasonable amount of us are adults who are too adult to dress up or if we do dress up it's just for maybe a costume party. And those of us who aren't, just don't want to dress up or think they're too mature for it.

[ barry pauses to eat yet another chocolate bar before continuing. ]

But I like to think some of us are kids at heart. You don't have to have superheroes at home, it can apply to just here. Maybe you're a superhero at home and have other ones you just like enough to have thought about what I'm to ask.

My question is one that I only have a chance to ask around Halloween without it being weird and off topic. How many of you have wanted to dress up as a superhero before? And if you already were a superhero, have you ever wanted to dress up as another one. Just for Halloween or a costume party or whatever.

[ a pause and another candy bar is eaten. ]

You don't have to answer if you're too mature but if I'm willing to admit as a 25 year old that I've wanted to do that even today, I think some of you can admit it too. You could even do it on private, I won't tell a soul because it's a little rude to tell other people's secrets. I just want to know because Halloween's supposed to be fun, and it sounds like a fun thing to do.

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Some people say true adulthood is being able to spend their paycheck on the candy discount November 1st.

[Pauses.]

You're going to make yourself sick before you ever get to trick or treat. [Gogo, that's not even what he was asking.]

No one says you can't buy and eat your candy before and after. That's true adulthood and acting like a kid all in one.

[ A beat. ]

I've got a strong stomach and I'm not trick or treating. And don't think I don't notice that you're avoiding my question.

I can agree with that. I guess if you're going to be spending the money for a diabetic coma anyway...

What question? I'm not avoiding any questions. I have never had the urge to dress up as a superhero before. [She's 2 cool.]

Do you want me to call you on the second so that you know I haven't gone into a diabetic coma?

That was the question you weren't answering. The superhero question. [ He doubts she's that cool. She isn't 2 cool. ] Never?

Now that you said that I have legitimate concerns. Either call me or I'm going to come looking for you.

Well, not until I started meeting them, anyway. I never did the whole dress up thing until I got college friends.

Aren't you going to busy making sure Wally doesn't go into one? [ Barry Allen is the worst, news at eleven. ] Don't worry, I'll be fine.

Between you and Teresa, I worry about you both and your ability to have fun with things like this.

I've pretty much accepted that my boyfriend is an idiot. [He survived the oreopocalypse. Surely he can survive Halloween?]

I was a busy child! I always had candy at least.

I'm hurt neither one of you told me before Wally just spilled it to defend his nerdiness. [ He can't. It will push him over the brink. ]

That's no excuse, I was busy too and I still managed to do it. You missed a prime thing to do.

Yeah, that's...another one of those experiences I've never had before. Is there an etiquette for telling family? [Whelp. Guess she has to brush up on speedster medicine in the next couple days.]

You say that like I'm too old for dressing up now.

I've heard family dinners are usually the good place to tell them. Or just a simple text or call going "I'm dating so and so." Because family's kind of nosy. [ He'd help, but Wally called him a nerd.

Who's he kidding, he'd probably still help anyway. ]

You were acting like it with your answer.

Oh no, I remember what a family dinner with you guys requires. Even without Bart there is no way I'm trying to cook for speedsters. I'd just give you each boxes of hot pockets and point you to the microwave.

[She's going to be cheeky though and take a moment to text him.

Hey Barry, heads up, I'm dating your loser nephew. that cool?

And just smirks at him.]

To be entirely fair all I said was that I'd never thought about being a superhero before.

Boxes. Gogo, you know we'd probably eat whole carts full of that. And we'd probably break the microwave fighting for it.

[ Dear Gogo, enjoy the text of just ha ha it's cool, just keep him out of trouble.. Why he's friends with you he has no idea. ]

To be entirely fair, acting like you're too cool to be a superhero kind of makes it so you might be too cool for the other things you could dress up as.

I didn't say how many boxes. Besides, this just proves my point.

[That is literally impossible to do. Because she bought you a tourist shirt from Disneyland?]

So I'm not a comic nerd. I could build a giant robot costume.

Not specifying just makes it two boxes. And it does not prove the point.

[ you'll figure out a way :) And yeah but you'd think he'd be a harder sell than that. ]

You do know that you could probably find a giant robot in a comic book, right?

It does so. Feeding you guys is expensive and exhausting.

[If he were a harder sell than that they probably wouldn't be friends.]

Of course I could. If I asked Freddie he'd probably give me twelve different examples off the top of his head, but giant robots are an engineer's joke goal. We all talk about building one at least once.

You don't have to feed us. We're big boys who can feed ourselves you know.

That's not just an engineer's joke goal. That's pretty much a science goal.

We should do another one. A dinner. Haven't spent enough time with my friends lately.

See? I don't have to be into comics and superheros to want to ride a giant robot.

If you do, I'll help with the food. I feel bad making you pay for Wally and me.

No, but it helps because where do you think we all got that idea? Hm?

Cool. Make a small party out of it. And nah, if I actually minded I wouldn't offer as often as I do.

Looking at a robot and going 'I want to ride one'?

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