[007] Action, all over town (and the park)

[fasterthan]

[Wally's kind of sad today. A friend of his has been droned, just when they had really started to be good friends. Sure, Eddie could be a jerk, like, a really big jerk, but he had been really growing an changing, you know? And now he's gone.

And Wally knows that it might not be as good for him back home.

So Wally can be found walking around town today. Or, well, in the morning.

Because by afternoon he can't really contain his jitters anymore and he's running.

No, he's not wearing his costume.

No, he doesn't particularly care who sees him running faster than pretty much all the cars on the road in his civilian clothes.

Because you know what? He's realized that having a secret identity here doesn't really matter. It's not like it was a big secret anyway.

So you can find Wally either walking around town or running past you. If you call to him he'll stop and chat, because that's what he does. He won't ignore anyone, even if he's in a bad mood.

Also later on in the afternoon he'll just be sitting on a park bench eating ice cream.

Don't ask how many cones he's had already. (It's probably a very large number.)]

Comments

[bread_goes_bip]

[Between the carnival and Eddie, Death is basically checking on everyone.]

Wally?

[fasterthan]

[He lifts a hand in greeting.]

Hey Didi. How's it going?

[bread_goes_bip]

I'm fine. Mostly checking up on how everyone else is doing.

[And really doing a very good job of hiding that she misses him an awful lot]

[fasterthan]

Yeah. I should really do that too, actually.

[And now he's feeling kind of guilty about being selfish by spending time by himself rather than helping other people out.

Actually no that's a lie, he's been feeling a little guilty about it this whole time, he just hasn't acknowledged it.]

[bread_goes_bip]

Did you... hear about Eddie?

[fasterthan]

[He scratches his head and nods.]

Yeah. I saw him earlier today.

[bread_goes_bip]

You gonna be okay with that?

[fasterthan]

I dunno.

[He shakes his head.]

On the one hand he's not here. And here's pretty terrible. But on the other, if you really do go back where you came from when you get droned like that... then I'm not really sure he's gone back to a place that's much better.

[bread_goes_bip]

We can hope.

[She really does wish she had a better answer]

[fasterthan]

Yeah. I guess that's all we really can do, isn't it.

[Makes him feel kinda useless.]

[bread_goes_bip]

Maybe someday I'll even get used to that idea.

[fasterthan]

Well hey, you never know. Maybe someday something we do will actually mean something.

You know. Other than breaking half the town.

[bread_goes_bip]

This can't last forever.

[It's said with the confidence of ten billion years]

[fasterthan]

You know what, I'll believe you on that one. You've got a better idea of forever than the rest of us.

[bread_goes_bip]

It's an occupational hazards. But huge disruptions like this do have a habit of getting corrected... eventually.

[fasterthan]

Eventually is better than never. But waiting around has never been one of my strong suits.

[bread_goes_bip]

[Death can't help laughing a bit at that]

That's putting it mildly.

[fasterthan]

[Wally grins.]

What can I say. I'm a humble guy.

[LOLOL.]

[bread_goes_bip]

Wally... remember the part where I've known you since you were born?

[fasterthan]

Details.

[HE IS TRYING TO PROVIDE LIGHTHEARTED COMEDY OKAY COMIC RELIEF]

[bread_goes_bip]

None of you costumed people have ever really gotten the hang of humility. Probably an occupational hazard.

[fasterthan]

I dunno, Supes is pretty good at it.

[bread_goes_bip]

He's always been a class of his own, hasn't he?

[fasterthan]

Yeeeeah pretty much. Gotta look up to the guy. And not just because he's tall.

[bread_goes_bip]

Everyone has to go about it in their own way though.

[fasterthan]

What, looking up?

[bread_goes_bip]

Well... life.

[fasterthan]

Oh. Well yeah. I mean obviously, right?

[bread_goes_bip]

You would think so.

[fasterthan]

Conversations with you are really weird, you know that?

[bread_goes_bip]

People have mentioned it, yeah.