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Victoria Craft ([info]just_a_stranger) wrote in [info]dc_nextgen,
@ 2013-10-22 19:27:00


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Entry tags:victoria craft, zachary zatara

It's Magic!
An Elementary School in Gotham City.

Principal Aparo was not a happy man.  He usually was, in as much as any elementary school principal could be, but he had bad news for his teachers his afternoon.  The children were at lunch, with and he had quickly called a staff meeting before it finished. 

"There's a problem," he said.  "The magician we hired for the afternoon assembly is sick.  He had to cancel.  I'm afraid we'll have to postpone the assembly."

"Oh," Mrs. Infantino, the elderly first grade teacher, said.  "The children will be so disappointed."

Victoria frowned.  There was that sudden, sinking feeling.  Slowly... she cleared her throat.

"I... may know someone who can fill in," she said. 

"Who?" Mr. Wein, one of the kindergarten teachers, asked.

"Someone famous," Victoria said, "and a very talented magician.  And I am certain he will agree.  He owes me a favor.  But you must ask no further questions.  I assure you this will be appropriate."

She added a little bit of her mystical persuasion to her words, just in case.

When the meeting broke up, she made a hasty phone call.





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Re: Later than Evening
[info]just_a_stranger
2013-11-02 12:14 am UTC (link)
"The mentality is often the same," Victoria said. "You simply have to show them who's boss."

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]greatest_zatara
2013-11-02 12:43 am UTC (link)
"Like I said, you've got a gift for owning a room just by walking into it." He smiles, ordering himself a steak.

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]just_a_stranger
2013-11-02 12:59 am UTC (link)
Victoria smiled at that, ordering a shrimp and pasta dish for herself. "So you say," Victoria said. "And so I shall believe."

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]greatest_zatara
2013-11-02 01:15 am UTC (link)
He picks out a wine to complement her selection, and the server departs. "So, any further fishing for gossip from your fans?" He chuckles smugly at the memory of the 'magic boyfriend' inquiry.

"I'm not sure exactly what would differentiate 'magic' boyfriend from any other variety, so far as duties and behaviors."

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]just_a_stranger
2013-11-02 01:43 am UTC (link)
"Sophia wished to know if we had kissed when I stayed behind," she told him. "I declined to answer, which led to innumerable "oooh's."

She chuckled. "I really should have asked about the distinction."

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]greatest_zatara
2013-11-02 01:52 am UTC (link)
"Should've just told them the truth." He shakes his head, putting his menu aside. He runs a finger along his water glass.

"This is... peaceful. I feel like I hardly ever see you outside of saving the world, or when you helped with my act."

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]just_a_stranger
2013-11-02 07:57 pm UTC (link)
"Quite peaceful," she agreed. "You and I, Zachary, are both very strong personalities. In case you haven't noticed, we tend to get on each other's nerves most of the time."

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]greatest_zatara
2013-11-02 08:25 pm UTC (link)
"Eh.. it's like poking a housecat. Hard to resist teasing."

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]just_a_stranger
2013-11-02 08:53 pm UTC (link)
"And I expect you believe I am the housecat in that analogy? While you are the one who walks around quite smugly most of the time?"

The question was pointed, but the tone was largely light.

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]greatest_zatara
2013-11-02 08:59 pm UTC (link)
His eyes go up and to one side, as if he were rummaging through his thoughts. "Hmm... I do have the prettier eyes, although your legs might be nicer."

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]just_a_stranger
2013-11-02 09:16 pm UTC (link)
"You have rather nice legs, as I recall, though they are hardly your most notable feature."

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]greatest_zatara
2013-11-02 09:17 pm UTC (link)
"Well now you're just making me reminisce about when we first met." He grins, recalling the incident with the incubus in the strip club.

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]just_a_stranger
2013-11-03 12:43 am UTC (link)
"I still maintain that was the worse five dollars I ever spent," Victoria said. "Still... hardly the worst adventure we've shared."

She went on. "I admit, Zachary, I didn't think much of you at the time, personally or professionally. But you have grown on me as time's gone by."

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]greatest_zatara
2013-11-03 03:16 pm UTC (link)
"Not the best, either. I rather enjoyed that demiplane copy of Tahiti we got stuck in for a week."

He gives a lopsided smile, leaning back in his chair. "You... pretty much got your first impression in and it stuck from there."

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]just_a_stranger
2013-11-03 10:35 pm UTC (link)
Victoria shuddered, somewhat exaggeratedly, at the memory. "Of course you did," she said, but mostly playfully.

"You've proven me wrong on many of those first assumptions, Zachary. You are still unbelievably arrogant, but you are a far better man than I first took you for."

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]greatest_zatara
2013-11-04 12:04 am UTC (link)
"I never even guessed you owned a bikini before that."

He looks at her for a long moment. "My dear Miss Craft, I'm flattered, I think." He sits up as the wine arrives, inspecting the label and nodding to the server.

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]just_a_stranger
2013-11-04 12:28 am UTC (link)
"I like to think I am capable of the occasional surprise," Victoria said.

"Don't let it go to your head," she teased. "I wouldn't want anyone to get the wrong impression. Most of our associates seem to believe we either were or are in a relationship."

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]greatest_zatara
2013-11-04 12:35 am UTC (link)
He furrows his brow slightly, but doesn't speak up again until the sommelier departs.

"And... you think that's bad?"

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]just_a_stranger
2013-11-04 12:49 am UTC (link)
"I had no such thing," Victoria said.

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]greatest_zatara
2013-11-04 12:52 am UTC (link)
He swirls and smells his wine, before taking a contemplative sip. He sets the glass down and folds his hands. "Victoria... I don't know if you have any particular reasons of your own, but would you like to know my only reason we've never been in a relationship as more than friends?"

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]just_a_stranger
2013-11-04 01:06 am UTC (link)
This got a slightly raised eyebrow. "Go on."

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]greatest_zatara
2013-11-04 01:11 am UTC (link)
"Because you never asked me." He says simply, looking off out a window as he goes for his wine again.

"One-night stands, flings... secretly arranged dating sprees for publicity's sake.. I'm fine with setting those up or being approached for them. Either way. But relationships... go ahead and call me unmasculine, but I prefer to be the one courted than the one to court."

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]just_a_stranger
2013-11-04 01:36 am UTC (link)
For once in her life, Victoria was rendered utterly speechless.

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]greatest_zatara
2013-11-04 01:42 am UTC (link)
Zach just looks back at her.

"Victoria." He tries to gently nudge her out of her stupor.

"Drink your wine."

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]just_a_stranger
2013-11-04 02:06 am UTC (link)
Victoria took a drink of her wine.

"My apologies, Zachary," she said. "That just seemed so very... unlike you."

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