[ Cisco does try. When Taako tells him to calm down, he takes a long, shaky breath, lets it out very slowly. He tells himself that the fear is just a chemical reaction in his brain caused by the goggles. He can just choose not to pay attention to it. ]

Just end it then. Experiment failed. Stupid idea in the first place. Wake us both up.

[ He tries to say it all very calmly, and rationally; it comes out a bit more clipped and urgent than all that. Then he misunderstands, when Taako says maybe the magic isn't working because Cisco is fighting against it. Cisco is not an angry sort of person, but more than anything else, fear makes him lash out, which is what happens now. ]

Subconsciously fighting it? What, for real? Like, you think I want to be here right now? I don't-

[ Before he can get any further, there is a soft noise, and the elevator doors are opening. Cisco whirls around, his rant against Taako forgotten. As soon as Cisco sees the rather unremarkable looking man in all black standing in the elevator, his demeanor changes from just this side of freaking out to full-blown panic. He freezes in place, can't seem to take his eyes off the man, even as he says to Taako, desperate this time, pleading: ]

Please. Taako, please, you need to get me out of here.