Not to put too fine a point on it, say I'm the only bee in your bonnet [CLOSED]

[centralsgreatest]

WHO: The Flash and Kat
WHERE: A small Indian restaurant downtown
WHEN: Valentine’s Day, 12:30pm
WARNINGS: None
SUMMARY: Wally/Jailbait you know you ship it
FORMAT: Prose

Wally was not nearly as nervous for his dates as he might have been had the girls been older and more attractive. Not to say that they weren’t attractive, they were both very beautiful young women, they just didn’t quite live up to people like Wonder Woman or Fire. What could he say? He had a type, and it was way out of his league, so to speak.

Being less nervous, as it turned out, made dates a whole lot more fun. There was no pressure to perform well because he had no intention of taking his relationship with either of them further than a meal. Kat, at least, didn’t seem to have any ulterior motives for going out with him. They were going to have a good time, enjoy lunch together, probably get stared at, and that would be the end of it. No boyfriends involved.

The Flash waits outside a small Indian restaurant (friendly to imPorts, of course – he had helped them out once when a couple of kids decided to try to rob the joint) and tries to look relaxed. He got there a touch early and he has never been particularly patient with waiting.

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[centralsgreatest]

"Yeah, sure!" He had to get more food later anyway, with his appetite. It wasn't that much of a sacrifice for a date.

[redshifting]

"Great, thanks!" She beamed. "I'm looking forward to all of this!"

"So where'd you get your costume?"

[centralsgreatest]

"Would you believe I made it?" At this subject change he really went off, not giving her enough time to comment. "It's a special polymer I designed myself, aerodynamic and tear resistant so it doesn't get torn up when I wear it. The boots were the hardest, the first time I ran my shoes basically disintegrated. Took a couple of tries but these babies survive explosions now, with or without the barrier that comes with my powers. It's not bulletproof but it's lightweight, compact, and just about indestructible from daily wear and tear."

[redshifting]

Judging by the blank look on her face when you start talking about polymers and aerodynamics, Flash, you've kind of lost her. "That... that sounds great!" she says after a moment. "Um, it seems like your shoes disintegrating would be... bad, if you're running really fast."

[centralsgreatest]

"Yeah, I mean, my feet would be fine but some places won't serve you without shoes, and running makes me hungry."

[redshifting]

"Haha, that's silly," she chuckles. "Why wouldn't they serve you if you don't have shoes?"

[centralsgreatest]

Wally chuckles too. He can think of a few good reasons.

"It's just the rules."

[redshifting]

She looks thoughtful for a moment. "That makes sense. You know, this place is kind of weird but I think I like it."

[centralsgreatest]

"Yeah? It's a pretty good place." He's not sure what's weird about it, but he's glad she likes it. Now if they could only get their food already, he would be happy.

[redshifting]

She nods in agreement. "Yeah! There's a bit too much solid ground than what I'm used to, but it's not like that's a bad thing. You don't need to worry about falling off the world."

[centralsgreatest]

"Is that a big concern where you come from?" He raised an eyebrow. That sounded... dangerous, but he supposed if you could control gravity it might not be a problem.

[redshifting]

"Is it?" For a moment she looked thoughtful. "You know, I'm not sure. I wasn't really bothered by it because of the shifting, but it seems like something other people would have trouble with."

She shrugged. "I guess that was what all the railings were for."

[centralsgreatest]

Wally snorted. For some reason he found that comical. It was probably a very serious problem, and he stifled it quickly.

"Sure sounds like an interesting world."

[redshifting]

"It is!" She agreed. "I mean, aside from the gravity storms and Nevi, it was really nice. I wish I knew more about it."

[centralsgreatest]

"What the heck is a gravity storm?" He could imagine, but as a scientist he needed to know the truth.

[redshifting]

"Well, uh. It's a storm where you have a big thing of gravity that goes whssssssshhhhh and tries to suck everything around it in?" She began. "They're pretty dangerous."

[centralsgreatest]

"A vacuum?" Now he was really curious. "How does it work? Where does it originate?"

[redshifting]

"Er," she began, "I'm... not really sure. I kind of tried to avoid them, you know? But they always seemed to show up whenever the Nevi were a problem, so maybe they came from the same place?"

A pause. "But I don't know where they came from, either. Sorry, I'm... really not helpful."

[centralsgreatest]

Right. Of course she wouldn't, it was silly to think otherwise. And now he worried that he was making the date uncomfortable.

"Nah, don't worry about it, I'm just curious is all. It looks like they're coming with our food soon, I'm starving."

[redshifting]

Don't worry, Wally. She's not the uncomfortable type. "Oh yeah, me too! I really want to try it out!"

[centralsgreatest]

"You're in luck," he promised, eying the waitress. Luckily for everyone involved she knew who he was, caught his eye and nodded. His grin only widened.

"Here it comes!"

[redshifting]

"Great!" She rubbed her hands together excitedly. "It's been a while since I've had a meal like this! I really owe you one!"