Barry’s eyes scanned over the building as he took in every inch. Just like usual, it was similar to the STAR Labs of his Earth, but in very clear ways different. For one, the security cameras were an interesting choice. On his Earth only very high up government officials had access to any recording devices outside of a voice recorder, yet it seemed they were abundant on this Earth.
He wasn’t quite sure if they could see him from inside – as he wasn’t very familiar with the tech. But even still, he’d made sure to find out that there was a Barry on this Earth who tended to play for the opposite team. What’s more – this seemed to be the base of his operations. As long as he wasn’t currently inside, he could act as if he was his double.
Stepping inside of the building he glanced around the halls, making his way to what seemed to be the main area. It didn’t take too long for him to arrive in a room with an amount of screens that caused his eyes to widen, and for a moment he wondered if this STAR Labs was a government building. As his eyes scanned further he saw someone in another room who was far too familiar to himself – Francisco Ramon. Immediately he relaxed and almost smiled, pulling the cowl off his face and slipping into his disguise.
“Hey, Cisco,” he called out, his words almost drawling out as a smirk began to creep up his lips. God, his own Francisco would be jealous of him right about now.
Cisco spun around to see his friend behind him. “Geez, Bar! Warn a guy!” He gasped, clutching his chest as he felt his heart beating fast. “I thought we talked about this! Make your presence known, dude.”
“You must come here often if you can tell that i’m new.” he said in response. Xander was brimming with curiosity now. He hadn’t had achance to speak to any S.T.A.R Labs employees yet, and now he was having coffee with one. “so how long have you worked there?” he questioned. “where you there when the accident happened?”
“Gotta get my caffiene fix, ya know?” He grinned, reajusting in his seat. “I’ve worked there for many years. I was hired onto the team several months before the um, ah – accident happened. I was working when it happened. It was a huge event, all hands on deck down in the lab.” He eyes glazed over as he stared past the man, remembering the event vividly.
His dark eyes glanced at the papers and he shrugged. “Just some research,” he replied smoothly, glancing up at Cisco. “why do you ask?” he questioned slowly, fingers twitching with the desire to hide the papers from view. Not many people knew about his research, and those who did didn’t usually take kindly to it. Xander ran a hand through his blonde hair, giving the other a smile as his eyes ran over him, there was something off, something he couldn’t quite put his finger on.
“I always ask new faces what they’re working on in a dark coffee shop when the sky is bright and blue and the sun is shining down in the city. Helps me learn more about them.” He set his coffee down and sat next to the man. “But research? Awesome, I do quite a lot of research myself. I’m a scientist over at STAR Labs.” Cisco beamed, always proud to tell people where he worked, despite the facility’s history.
“Xander,” he said, shuffling the papers on his table in order to hide some of his research. Normally he’d be doing it at home ,but he was researching meta humans and he couldn’t seem to make any leeway, let alone begin to understand them understand him he’d been hoping a change of scenery would help. He reached out a hand for the other to shake, british accent lilting with his next words. “It’s a pleasure to meet you,” he murmered with a shy smile. The tecnopath moved his papers to the other side of the table as he picked up his cup of coffee.
“Nice to meet you as well,” He grinned before shaking the man’s hand. “May I ask what you’re working on?” The man asked, cocking his head to the side as he sipped his latte. Cisco always liked to ask people what their passions were, and he assumed if someone was working on something outside of an office, it had to be either very important to them or they were passionate about it, or both.
It was one way the man could get an insight into people without vibing – he hadn’t yet mastered his powers just yet.
Cisco backup 