Prompt Post - Part Four [CLOSED TO NEW PROMPTS]

[yj_anon]

THIS PART IS NOW CLOSED. YOU CAN CONTINUE POSTING FILLS, BUT PLEASE PROMPT ALL NEW THINGS HERE.

Part one here!

Part two here!

Part three here!

Feel free to reprompt posts from parts one, two, three in part four once. If you do so, I'd recommend leaving a link to your fill on the original prompt, in case somebody is tracking the first thread.
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The New Kid On the Block, 2/31

[anonymous]

“Who are you?” Cold demanded, pointing his ice guns at the man.

“Seriously?” he asked. “You really expect me to answer that?”

He had a point.

Cold eyed the broken glass on the floor. With this kind of unnecessary collateral damage, he was pretty sure this guy was a crook like himself.

“Central City is full,” Cold told him, determined not to let this new guy one-up him. “We don't have room for any new costumed criminal.”

“Well unfortunately, I'm stuck here for the next few years, so someone's going to have to make room,” he replied. “Because if no one does...”

“You making a threat?” he asked the stranger. “Because I don't know if you've noticed, but I'm the one holding a gun in your face.”

“I'm just saying, I'm here to stay, and if no one makes room, there will be some serious toe-stomping around here until I can leave,” he said, looking completely unintimidated as he stared down the barrel of Captain Cold's cold gun.

“Stay out of the way,” Cold warned him. Central City was Rogue territory, and until this guy got himself a rep and introduced himself properly to them, he was just another young upstart intruder.

“Sir yes sir, Cap'n,” he said, tipping his hat to Cold in a mocking manner. “I'll be getting out of your hair then.”

He lifted the jacket that he had been holding, folded against his forearms and shook out pieces of glass that had gotten caught in the creases, and it was then that he had realized that there hadn't been any secret weapon, no kind of special equipment that had created the whirlwind force strong enough to break the jewelry case. This guy had broken it with his jacket wrapped around his arm, and he had done it so fast that Captain Cold hadn't even registered what he'd done.

And if he was fast enough to do that...

Cold looked down at the jewelry cases, realizing that they weren't just broken. They were empty. And in that moment spared to look away, the new guy had taken the opportunity to make himself scarce, just as he said he would, and Cold caught a glimpse of his running form, a blur of white and gray, outside the window as he disappeared.

Son of a...

Well, at least this one wasn't as bad the Flash, not as quick and certainly not as heroic. Though, like the Flash, it seemed his appearance had derailed his plans. It was supposed to have been a simple smash and grab.

Well, with the diamonds gone, he might as well salvage what he could from the situation. He pointed his gun at one of the workers in the store. “You! Open this safe!”

He hated speedsters.

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Meant to upload these two together...

OP: The New Kid On the Block, 2/31

[anonymous]

So, Wally's stuck in Central...? Interesting....

I like this, a lot, thank you! XD

Re: OP: The New Kid On the Block, 2/31

[anonymous]

No problem. I'm glad you like it. :D The prompt just wouldn't leave me alone until I wrote it, because the idea of a character wearing a fedora was just too much to resist. I've been in a bit of a writing slump, making this the first thing I've written in ages that's been more than a few chapters long (and is complete. ish.)

And Wally's presence in Central is actually a lot more mundane than one living in the DCverse would think, but his circumstances will be explained later. :)

On a side note, in one of my drafts, while I was trying to figure out how Wally got his outfit, he was going to be the Question's protege. It would've been awesome, but I couldn't come up with a plot that I could work well with. Not to mention, Question's face (or, rather, lack of one) gives me the creeps.

Re: OP: The New Kid On the Block, 2/31

[anonymous]

Yay~ XD XD XD

Cool, it sounds awesome!

I know what you mean... Though Q is one of my fav characters, he scares me. True, that could have been awesome, but I'm actually more glad that you have a plot you're happy with writing. X3

Re: The New Kid On the Block, 2/31

[anonymous]

This is kind of awesome. Also, I tried (and failed) to resist the urge to draw KF in a fedora and zoot suit.

Curse you, awesome anon. I should have been doing homework, but noooo, you had to inspire art!

Rather crappy sketch: http://vynessia361.deviantart.com/art/Fedora-KF-206519183

Totally looking forward to the next part, btw.

Re: The New Kid On the Block, 2/31

[anonymous]

YOU MAKE ME SQUEAL GIRLISHLY.

Thank you so much!! :D

Re: The New Kid On the Block, 2/31

[anonymous]

I love love love that you started out from Colds perspective. I also love how flashy and yet understated Wally's costume is. You don't see people walking around in zoot suits and fedoras every day. It should be noticeable and yet when other people are running around in parka's and full body spandex it just sort of blends in even with a domino mask.
Can't wait for more!

writeranon Re: The New Kid On the Block, 2/31

[anonymous]

Well, to tell you the truth, I considered the zoot suit but couldn't decide between that any my favorite Italian cut, which is more modern and trendier than the zoot suit, and I couldn't decide if it was easier to run in looser zoot suit (which would be less restrictive), or the more form-fitting Italian suit (less likely to stand out or to get caught on things). Or there's always the British, which doesn't stand out as much as either of them, but I still prefer the Italian. The American cut wasn't even an option.

But, yeah, since I couldn't decide, I just kept the specifics of Wally's clothing deliberately vague in style.

Aaaand yeah, regardless of what kind of style suit Wally is wearing, a guy wearing a parka shooting ice guns into the air is a lot less noticeable than a guy with a fedora running away from the scene of the crime. :D