[ Cisco huffs a small laugh and shakes his head: ] Not cars, no. I mean people who can run fast. I mean, really, really, really fast. I'm talking sonic booms fast. Accidental time travel fast.
[ Maybe he ought to be a little more discreet about that last one, but Cisco can't really pass up an opportunity to brag about his BFF and his awesome ever-so-slightly-reality-breaking powers. All the Ronnie sadness is swept away, as he knew it would be, and Cisco is all bright energy once again. ]
The Flash takes care of pretty much all the superheroing for Central City. Everybody loves him.
[ Statistically, probably not entirely true, but it is very clear that at the very least, Cisco sure does. ]
Not exactly. See, there was an accident. [ Which Cisco now knows was not an accident, but as happy as he is to share details of his world, he is not going to get into any of the Eobard stuff. Too nice a day to ruin by talking about that asshole. ] The new particle accelerator at S.T.A.R. Labs, when we turned it on, the containment system went haywire and basically it blew up and sort of... tore the dimensional barrier for a moment and all kinds of dark energy and antimatter and exotic elements got released into the city, which ended up giving about 1% of the population superpowers. Which is great when it comes to guys like the Flash, and not so great when it comes to all the people who decided to use their new abilities to do crime and wreak havoc.
time to copy paste some fake science
[ Maybe he ought to be a little more discreet about that last one, but Cisco can't really pass up an opportunity to brag about his BFF and his awesome ever-so-slightly-reality-breaking powers. All the Ronnie sadness is swept away, as he knew it would be, and Cisco is all bright energy once again. ]
The Flash takes care of pretty much all the superheroing for Central City. Everybody loves him.
[ Statistically, probably not entirely true, but it is very clear that at the very least, Cisco sure does. ]
Not exactly. See, there was an accident. [ Which Cisco now knows was not an accident, but as happy as he is to share details of his world, he is not going to get into any of the Eobard stuff. Too nice a day to ruin by talking about that asshole. ] The new particle accelerator at S.T.A.R. Labs, when we turned it on, the containment system went haywire and basically it blew up and sort of... tore the dimensional barrier for a moment and all kinds of dark energy and antimatter and exotic elements got released into the city, which ended up giving about 1% of the population superpowers. Which is great when it comes to guys like the Flash, and not so great when it comes to all the people who decided to use their new abilities to do crime and wreak havoc.