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[eloquentness]

[ The feed opens up to a young woman sitting behind the counter of a flower shop. Several flower arrangements are lined up behind her, some more artfully arranged - and frankly, more gorgeous - than others.

(They're works in progress, okay?) On the bright side, she's sticking to safe combinations or single-flower bouquets, rather than branching out. ]

Hey, everyone. [ She beams into the camera; first impressions matter, after all. ] I've gotta ask, especially if you've been here a while: what's one thing you wish you'd known when you first got here?

I'm no stranger to parallel universes - trust me, living in Central City will do that to you - but it's still kind of surreal, you know? This doesn't have to be anything life-changing. It can be something small like, oh... I don't know, your new favorite coffee place?

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[picksthenames]

Is that your Porter-given power? Dispensing fresh cups of Jitters coffee?

[ Hey, he met a girl who makes slushies from her hands, no judgement. ]

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[eloquentness]

Uh-huh.

[ She reaches for a coffee mug off-screen and sets it on the counter. Then, she holds out her hand and fills it to the brim with a freshly-brewed Americano, Jitters style. ]

I can't even be mad, you know? It's almost like I never left.

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[picksthenames]

Nice. [ He's not even going to pretend not to be a little impressed by that. ] That is a handy power to have.

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[eloquentness]

I'm certainly not complaining. [ No more waiting in line at coffee shops!! ] Makes me wonder if we ever had metas like this back home.

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[picksthenames]

Yeah, that's a good point. You only ever hear about the metas causing crime, or fighting it. But there were probably other people affected by the particle accelerator explosion who got just more mundane powers.

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[eloquentness]

Exactly. So now I'm thinking... because of the powers I got... what if the accelerator hit more people and we just weren't aware of it?

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[picksthenames]

Do you think there's any way to check for that? Just take Harry's metahuman finder app and start scanning the Central City populace?

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[eloquentness]

Yeah, maybe... [ she bites on her lip, ] When'd we get one? Was this a new thing?

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[picksthenames]

What? No, this was like-- a year ago, when Harry was on Earth one.

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[eloquentness]

Oh yeah. [ Cue the sheepish smile, ] Sorry, I should've remembered - he had that and then -

[ Cisco was revealed as a meta and it was a big thing. Gosh, of all the times to have a metaphorical brain freeze. ]

Anyway. Maybe? If we ever get home, it'd be something to try.

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[picksthenames]

We could do some sort of metahuman outreach program. Teach people how to use their powers. Could be good for keeping meta criminals off the streets...

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[eloquentness]

Right? We could even look into implementing it here. Just using me as an example, I know it's gonna take me a while to get used to my powers.

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[picksthenames]

To your coffee-wielding powers? [ He kids. ] No, no, that's a good idea. Worth following up on.

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[eloquentness]

It'll be the first thing I do once I settle in. [ . . . ] I take it you've been here a while?