zoe_torres (zoe_torres) wrote in dc_nextgen,
@ 2011-04-19 00:41:00

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Sticks and Stones
Zoe crouched in a shadow, watching a body climb out of a window onto a fire escape. Fire escapes out to be outlawed, she thought. What good were they to anybody minding their own business? They were practically welcome mats to thugs looking for a place to rob.

"Pay attention," she hissed at GK nearby. If she didn't know better, she'd think his mind was a million miles away and not on the job at hand. Maybe she /didn't/ know better. Last week he was moping over some guy and now he wasn't.

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	veryperceptive 2011-04-19 05:31 am UTC (link)
	GK startles slightly. "Sorry," he whispers, peering at the figure with concentration. And then he blinks. Quick Fence "...Why would he want a fence? This isn't the suburbs," he mutters to himself. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	zoe_torres 2011-04-19 05:40 am UTC (link)
	"What are you talking about? Fences are everywhere." Zoe squeezed and released the rock in her hand. In her mind's eye she watched it fly fast and smooth at the invisible target sketched around the dark figure. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	veryperceptive 2011-04-19 05:45 am UTC (link)
	"...oh, right, yeah." And once she lets the rock go, he's primed to move in, which he does, clobbering the figure while it's doubled over. Wow. Two full minutes with his mind focused on something other than Eli. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	zoe_torres 2011-04-19 05:54 am UTC (link)
	She followed to deal with anybody else coming out of the window. A second head poked out at the sounds of fighting. She palmed another good sized rock and made a fist around it before throwing a punch. "What's going on with you? You haven't really been here all night." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	veryperceptive 2011-04-19 05:58 am UTC (link)
	"Sorry. I went over to Coast City the other day, and ran into this guy, and... we had a date last night. A date entirely sans mistaken identity or anything." He makes sure his guy's staying down for now. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	zoe_torres 2011-04-19 06:02 am UTC (link)
	Zoe rammed an elbow down on her target's neck. It didn't feel good, but it had the desired effect. The thug's head cracked on the window sill. "He knew you were a guy? Do I have to go shoot him?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	veryperceptive 2011-04-19 06:07 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah. And he was still interested. And you don't need to shoot him. Seriously, how are you supposed to secure these windows?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

zoe_torres
2011-04-19 06:12 am UTC (link)

"They don't take much effort to jimmy." Zoe grabbed the guy by the shirt and waistband to drag him out and dump him on his friend. "They picked a place that was empty for the night." She debated kicking them both in the head but decided that GK probably wouldn't let her.

"Wait. You met a guy a few days ago, had a date last night, and you're nowhere near this place now. That must've been some date."

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	veryperceptive 2011-04-19 06:18 am UTC (link)
	"I will admit to being a bumbling starstruck romantic," GK said as he rifled the unconscious forms for everything they had remotely approaching weapons. He stares at them. "You don't think they'll be stupid enough to try to go right back in as soon as they wake up, do you?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	zoe_torres 2011-04-19 03:02 pm UTC (link)
	"Not if we hang them upside down by their shoes," she muttered. "We'll go up on the roof across the street and watch." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	veryperceptive 2011-04-19 05:06 pm UTC (link)
	"Sounds like a plan." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	zoe_torres 2011-04-19 05:16 pm UTC (link)
	Ten minutes later they were across the street on the rooftop looking down at the two bodies they'd left on the fire escape. Zoe tossed and caught a rock in her hand, her way of pacing when she was waiting for something to happen. "Who's the guy?" she asked idly. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	veryperceptive 2011-04-19 05:23 pm UTC (link)
	GK watches. "His name's Eli. He's gorgeous, and funny and...." sheepish smile. "A little bit mentally ill. Just a little, I think. The hallucinations stopped when I got some food in him." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	zoe_torres 2011-04-20 05:55 am UTC (link)
	"You mean he's a psycho?" Zoe blinked at him in the dark. He seemed pretty well adjusted, given the circumstances, too. "Where'd he come from?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

veryperceptive
2011-04-20 06:01 am UTC (link)

"It's hard to say. He's really nice, but he's obviously had some really rough times. He lives in San Francisco now, but he sounded like he'd been through a lot. Sounded like he was even in on the crazy zombie free-for-all in some capacity, too, but I don't remember seeing him. I really don't like shrinks, but maybe he should see one, if he can find a good one, and not one who thinks that boys only like manicures if they're mad about not having a father."

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	zoe_torres 2011-04-20 06:09 am UTC (link)
	"The zombie fight would've made sane people crazy," Zoe allowed, resuming her absentminded rock tossing. "Good luck finding a shrink that can think outside the box. I had to see one, once. School said I had anger issues. I said I had idiot problems." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	veryperceptive 2011-04-20 06:14 am UTC (link)
	"Heh. Yeah. Being pissed off isn't any more a mental illness than being queer. Looks like they're rousing. That's good. Any longer and it's s'posed to be a sign of profound brain damage." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	zoe_torres 2011-04-20 06:23 am UTC (link)
	"They had brain damage before tonight. The smart ones don't get their hands dirty with the grunt work." She was disappointed but at least there'd be more opportunities later when they worked their nerve up again. "This place swallows people up and won't let go." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	veryperceptive 2011-04-20 06:26 am UTC (link)
	"Damn..." he says quietly. Hard to know what else to say. As their previous targets trudge off, GK looks down at a guy just making his way through the streets. He looks reasonably healthy and sober, but as GK stares idly... LSD "...That guy's looking for drugs." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	zoe_torres 2011-04-20 06:33 am UTC (link)
	She thought it a good guess, but she'd been watching them come and go for years. This was her territory. "What makes you say that?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	veryperceptive 2011-04-20 06:35 am UTC (link)
	GK blushes. "....well, not like I don't know you can keep a secret, but there's something I haven't told anybody. Um. Ever. I'm meta, and it's a really stupid talent." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	zoe_torres 2011-04-20 06:42 am UTC (link)
	The rest of the patrol was forgotten as well as her pacing rock. She put it in her jacket pocket. "Why aren't you on one of the meta teams then? What's the talent?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	veryperceptive 2011-04-20 06:45 am UTC (link)
	"Because It's an incredibly stupid talent I've never told anybody about. If I look at somebody too long, I can tell something they want. Can't read their mind, don't know why they want it or what they'll do about wanting it. Just something they want. And knowing one of these idiots want to hit me isn't generally a very practical piece of information." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	zoe_torres 2011-04-20 06:50 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah, all right, but it's more than somebody like me has going on. Is that how you know this Eli guy is crazy?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	zoe_torres 2011-06-06 03:23 pm UTC (link)
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