On top of all the crazy that was going on in both Oliver's life and Berry, a new trend had come out. This guy by the name of Joseph Hall invented this pen. They came in all kinds of colors and they were supposedly supposed to show you who your soul mate was. Iris of course got on right away, but she claimed it was something to write about and not because she wanted to find her soul mate. The instructions said to write on your hand and it would show up on your soul mate's hand.
The only rules were that you couldn't write your name, and you could only write one word. If you even tried it disappeared and it wouldn't appear on your soul mate. Barry had other thoughts on his mind then to focus on this new pen craze. Most of him just believed that it was a scam. Iris seemed excited by it though. She was with Barry in his lab talking away how amazing it would be if the pen actually worked. Barry laughed as she continued blabbing away "You should give it a try." He says. He was intrigued by it, but only a little bit. Iris sighed "Okay… but what do I write?" She asks.
She has the pen clicked on and it was hovering over her hand. "Write your favorite animal, I don't know" Barry says as he shuffles some paper around looking for something. Iris giggled and quickly jotted down the word 'snail'. Nothing special happened and it caused Iris to frown. "How anti-climatic" she says. Iris clicks the pen and sticks it in her pocket.
Barry shrugs "I told you it was a scam." Iris sighs and shrugs "Oh well. I'm going for some coffee. Come with?" Barry nods "Yes, absolutely." They head out to their favorite coffee shop and bump into Oliver. "Hey" Barry says as he sits down beside him. "Hey" Oliver responded as he scoots to allow more room for Barry. "What are you doing here?" Oliver laughed "I'm actually waiting on Felicity… uh… she is here to get the pen."
Barry shook his head and laughed "Yeah… Iris bought one." As he says this Iris comes back with her cup and Barry's cup of coffee. "What about me?" She says as she sits down. "I was telling Oliver how you bought a pen. Apparently Felicity is here for one too." Iris sighed "Yeah well I don't know if they work." She lifts her hand to show Oliver the writing on it. "Snail Leopard" Oliver says as he reads her hand. "Leopard?" Iris questions and turns her hand back to her. "I didn't write that…" Iris grins "You guys think it's my soul mate's writing?" Barry shrugs as Iris takes the pen out of her pocket and hands it to him.
"Come on… you have to at least be a little curious… you have to try it." Barry shrugs "Fine." He takes the pen and writes down the word 'soul-mate'. "Really?" Iris says as she takes his hand and reads it "Soul-mate?" He laughs "Yeah… I didn't know what to put." Iris shrugs and puts her pen back into her pocket "I thought you only could do one word." Barry nods "But I put a dash between the two… I guess that works." The three continue their coffee until Felicity shows up. "Okay Oliver, we can go now. Hey guys, sorry I would stay and talk, but I just got a call from back home. We're needed…" Oliver dashes away with Felicity leaving Barry and Iris to finish their coffee. "Actually I should head to work" Iris nods and allows Barry to leave. Now it was just her.
Once Oliver got back to his Arrow headquarters he changed into his costume. Since he was alone he finally looked at his hand. On it in black ink was the word 'Soul'. He smiled and said "I guess the dash didn't work."