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[borntobebad]

You gotta be joking.

I mean, you can't be serious with this. It's been, what, six years and now you think it'll be a good idea to pick me up? What makes you think I even want to be picked up, anyway? Just leave me alone, you dweeb!

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[wallysworld]

Hate to break it to you, but they never care about what we want.

[borntobebad]

[W-wally, why... Why are you taller and more manly and kinda-sorta-maybe cute?]

...Right.

[Seriously, why is Wally so much cooler looking than Jinx remembered him being.]

[wallysworld]

[Because he is all of those things. Well, until you see him crash into a wall or something.]

But things aren't always bad. And at least your mun appreciates you enough to try, right?

[borntobebad]

Weird way of showing appreciation. Most people just give flowers.

[wallysworld]

Flowers? I suppose that could work, but these muns don't exactly qualify as "most people". They have a weird way about doing a lot of things.

[borntobebad]

It still doesn't mean they can go around acting like brats and kidnapping us whenever they feel like it. Even if it's out of some weird stalkerish love.

[wallysworld]

I don't disagree with you about that but there's nothing we can do about it. The only thing we can really do is just try and make the best of it.

[borntobebad]

Figures you'd say something like that...

[wallysworld]

Uh, what's that suppose to mean?

[borntobebad]

You're the optimistic type. It's not a bad thing, if you're into that.

[wallysworld]

Yeah, but it almost sounded like you knew me.

Have we...met before?

[borntobebad]

We haven't. But... We have, if that make any sense. I mean--

[Alternate universes make her head hurt.]

I know you from another universe. We're... I owe him-- You a lot.

[wallysworld]

Oh. I'm just glad that I could help. Or, well, that he could.

So you gotta name?

[borntobebad]

Jinx. It's kinda nice to meet you, I guess. You're a lot cooler than my-- my universe's Kid Flash.

[wallysworld]

Jinx? Interesting name. And it's nice to meet you, too. Though, I do find it a little hard to believe that your KF is anything less than cool. [Must stick up for his AU counterpart.]

[changelingdude]

Some woke up on the wrong side of the computer screen this morning huh?

[borntobebad]

Put a sock in it, animal-boy.

[changelingdude]

Case and point.

So are you still the Jinx who's dead set on like...world domination and respect or are you the one who swallowed her pride, admitted that whole supervillain thing wasn't working out and came around to the winning team?

[borntobebad]

Didn't I tell you to put a sock in it?

[changelingdude]

Please, I don't even shut up for my team mate. Why would I listen to you?

[borntobebad]

As a Titan, I've got access to your television. Do you really want to upset someone who could easily break it?

[changelingdude]

AHA! So you ARE a Titan now! Sweet! That's a relief. You are WAY cooler as a Titan. Respectable too. *Salutes her.*

[speedforce]

Can't let you do that, sweetheart. If they left you alone, who would I send all of those amazing roses to?

[borntobebad]

That was the second cheesiest thing I've ever heard.

[speedforce]

Only the second? Guess I'd better step up my game.

[borntobebad]

Try it and you're paying for next month's movie tickets.

[speedforce]

But I was broke back then! I promise, I've got a decent part-time job and everything for when your urge to see random Bollywood and rom-coms strike! [... it's really just doing chores around the house, but she doesn't need to know that. Yet.]

[borntobebad]

You know that crime payed way better than heroics, right?

[Grumble, grumble, grumble, stupid awesome boyfriend. When it comes to cash, she almost wishes she could go out and just steal whatever she wanted - but nooo, being good means you can't rob people and raid museums for fancy amulets.]

...And for the record, I'll still pay for snacks.

[speedforce]

[It's the right thing to do! KF's pretty proud of her for sticking to her new code of ethics.]

In the short term, maybe. In the long run? I kinda doubt it.

Really? You know you don't have to. [INWARDLY CHEERING, he has the best girlfriend and he knows it!]

[bewareofwaffles]

Didn' you hear the news? Titans are making a comeback. All of us.

[borntobebad]

...You... Really see me as a Titan?

[bewareofwaffles]

'course I do!

...that is, uh...only if you wanna be.

[borntobebad]

Guess I'm one of you, then, Stone.

[bewareofwaffles]

I'd really rather you not call me that, Jinx.

[borntobebad]

I can't help it if that's how you introduced yourself to me.

[bewareofwaffles]

I had my reasons. You know that.

[borntobebad]

Excuse me for feeling a little betrayed! How would you like it if someone took you to prom then blew up your school?!

[bewareofwaffles]

Evil school.

You forgot the part where your school was sorta evil. Like, way evil.

[borntobebad]

Then attack the school - don't go around making friends with us!

[bewareofwaffles]

How else was I supposed to find out what what going on? All you HIVE kids gossip like the rest of us. If I hadn't gotten in, I wouldn't've gotten anything at all.

[borntobebad]

You thought Brother Blood would tell any of us anything? You moron, it was all on computers! How could you not have figured that out? Does 'evil' go hand-in-hand with 'computer illiterate', now?

[bewareofwaffles]

Don't think I didn't try those, too.