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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 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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Re: Later than Evening
[info]greatest_zatara
2013-11-04 08:32 pm UTC (link)
"Yes, well, I'm an enigma." He grins.

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]just_a_stranger
2013-11-04 11:37 pm UTC (link)
Victoria smiled. "Is that the word for what you are?" she asked. "Appropriate enough, I suppose."

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]greatest_zatara
2013-11-05 01:44 am UTC (link)
"I try to live up to my hype, since it still falls short of encompassing all that I am." He keeps smiling. "And what do you think is the word for you?" He points a finger at her, still holding his wine glass.

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]just_a_stranger
2013-11-05 02:04 am UTC (link)
Victoria took another sip of wine, then steepled her fingers. "I'm... Complicated."

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]greatest_zatara
2013-11-05 02:17 am UTC (link)
A small nod. "That'll do, Craft. That'll do."

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]just_a_stranger
2013-11-05 11:46 pm UTC (link)
"Babe? Really?"

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]greatest_zatara
2013-11-05 11:51 pm UTC (link)
Zachary blinks, then chuckles. "Oh... sorry, not intentional. But yes, you are." He winks at her.

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]just_a_stranger
2013-11-06 12:20 am UTC (link)
Victoria opted not to ask which of those things she was.

She let out a little breath. "Regardless of anything, Zachary, I am glad to have you in my life. I am neither wholly mortal not wholly unnatural. There are few people who walk well enough in both worlds to provide any true companionship."

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]greatest_zatara
2013-11-06 12:58 am UTC (link)
He grins, as their food arrives. "I walk well in any world. I'm fabulous."

A more subdued smile. "Glad to be appreciated."

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]just_a_stranger
2013-11-06 02:10 am UTC (link)
"This looks delicious," Victoria said, before trying a bit of her food.

"Yours?"

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