zoe_torres (zoe_torres) wrote in dc_nextgen,
@ 2011-06-28 22:42:00

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What If - Wanted: Back Up. Fashion Sense Optional
Zoe dropped down in a space next to GK on the roof. "What would you say if somebody offered you something you really wanted and all you had to do in return was a job here and there and it paid pretty good?"

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	veryperceptive 2011-06-29 03:32 am UTC (link)
	GK quickly turns to look at her, then considers the question. " 'What's the job?' I think. Yeah, that's probably what I'd say." (Reply to this)(Thread)

	zoe_torres 2011-06-29 04:16 am UTC (link)
	"That's the only thing you don't get to know before you say yes or no." She leaned down to pick up a rock. "What would you want?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	veryperceptive 2011-06-29 04:20 am UTC (link)
	"That's a tough one. The job could be kicking puppies or the equivalent in unpleasantness. Not much I want is worth that. Not sure what I'd want, really. Revamp all the CPS systems for Uncle Jed, maybe. Go back in time and punch my father in the face for the way my Mom gets about him?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	zoe_torres 2011-06-29 04:30 am UTC (link)
	"Be serious. What would you want that doesn't need a miracle to work?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	veryperceptive 2011-06-29 04:32 am UTC (link)
	"If I say 'a better chance at getting the Triangle situated with you,' do I count as being serious, or am I being overoptimistic?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	zoe_torres 2011-06-29 05:30 pm UTC (link)
	"I'd like to say I'm joking, but I'm not. Look, I was hired to be part of a team. My conditions are I don't help pimps or child molesters. In return, I get paid and they'll help me clean up the Triangle. But it's not the kind of thing you can just walk away from if you don't like what they're doing and tell somebody about." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	veryperceptive 2011-06-29 06:04 pm UTC (link)
	"Zoe, this doesn't sound entirely healthy for you." Pause. "And you've already done it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	zoe_torres 2011-06-30 03:16 pm UTC (link)
	"Healthy?" She shook her head. "Look at where we're sitting. This entire place isn't healthy, but it's getting there. Faster than it would have been if I was still throwing rocks and hating the cops. I've made enough that Mom could close her practice tomorrow and never work again. She could really go pro bono if she wanted to." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	veryperceptive 2011-06-30 03:18 pm UTC (link)
	"But how would you tell her?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	zoe_torres 2011-06-30 03:25 pm UTC (link)
	"I can't. She's safe as long as she doesn't know, but it /could/ happen." Zoe blew out a sigh. Explaining how the security of knowing the money was there was better than actually spending it to a trust fund baby might just be impossible for somebody like her whose family lived on the edge all her life. "The boss wants to meet with you." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	veryperceptive 2011-06-30 03:27 pm UTC (link)
	"That's one of those out-of-my-league concepts, isn't it?" GK, sometimes, manages to get that he doesn't get things. "Your boss wants to meet with the guy with a swordstick? I didn't know how to shoot until you taught me." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	zoe_torres 2011-06-30 03:36 pm UTC (link)
	"No, GK, the concept isn't out of your league, it's probably below your notice." She gave him a half smile. "It's okay. Just how it is. Anyway, yeah, she wants to meet you. It's not all guns and targets. You and me teamed up just fine." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	veryperceptive 2011-06-30 03:38 pm UTC (link)
	"Okay, well, if it's going to help what we're doing here, I'm in." (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Meeting with Angie yourkingismine 2011-07-01 01:04 am UTC (link)
	Angela Holt is waiting in her office when Zoe and GK arrive, going over her file on the guy while they make their way in. "Is this the guy you told me about, Zoe?" she asks, rising from her chair. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	Re: Meeting with Angie veryperceptive 2011-07-01 03:05 am UTC (link)
	GK waved slightly. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Meeting with Angie zoe_torres 2011-07-01 03:02 pm UTC (link)
	"My partner, Sliver." Zoe watched Angela for any sign of reaction. "He patrols the Triangle with me." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Meeting with Angie yourkingismine 2011-07-03 03:20 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh, I know about Silver, Zoe. More than you realize." Angela says. On cue, one of Angie's T-spheres shimmers into existence next to GK's head. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Meeting with Angie veryperceptive 2011-07-03 10:43 pm UTC (link)
	GK blinked. "Has...anyone ever told you those look like Imperial interrogation droids?" And...what exactly had it been doing near his head? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Meeting with Angie zoe_torres 2011-07-03 11:16 pm UTC (link)
	Zoe scowled. "She likes her toys." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Meeting with Angie yourkingismine 2011-07-05 12:41 am UTC (link)
	As if responding to Silver, the little T-Sphere begins playing the Imperial March in the little office while Angie smiles at them. "No, no one's ever told me that before now, but that's kind of you. I keep tabs on my people and the people they hang out with, so I know you and Zoe are an item...of sorts." she says. "Why are you here, 'Silver'?" Angela asks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Meeting with Angie veryperceptive 2011-07-05 04:13 am UTC (link)
	"It's pronounced -- never mind." Pronunciation was not important. Especially if this thing was following him around. Maybe she knew he was Gilbert Kincaid Walker anyway. "I would like in on the possibly extremely unhealthy, quasi-legal secret-agent business, if possible." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Meeting with Angie zoe_torres 2011-07-05 04:31 am UTC (link)
	Zoe's eyes tracked the T-Sphere with the expression of a hunter who'd found something interesting to shoot. "He's more dangerous than he sounds." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Meeting with Angie yourkingismine 2011-07-07 12:51 am UTC (link)
	"I have no doubt of that, Zoe. I've seen the tape. The thing is, I'm in need of someone who can move quickly and quietly as well, which is why his test this evening is going to require him doing so." Angie says. "Are you still interested?" she asks GK. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Meeting with Angie veryperceptive 2011-07-07 05:11 am UTC (link)
	GK nods. "I can do that." Fast wasn't much problem, after all those years of gymnastics class. Quiet.... he could manage. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Meeting with Angie zoe_torres 2011-07-07 02:37 pm UTC (link)
	"I got his back, or are you gonna send him alone?" (Reply to this)(Parent)

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