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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]greatest_zatara
2013-11-11 12:23 am UTC (link)
"I've got a Christmas Eve show in Barcelona, so I'm taking the week before that, minus one day, for a vacation in Venice. You should tag along, if you've never been there. Beautiful city. You just feel the history, right down to your bones."

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]just_a_stranger
2013-11-11 12:54 am UTC (link)
Victoria consider this for a moment, then smiled slightly and nodded. "Very well," she said. "I suppose I could use a proper vacation. Thank you, Zachary."

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]greatest_zatara
2013-11-11 01:03 am UTC (link)
"Excellent!" He grins, raising his glass to her. "I'll make the travel arrangements and keep you posted on the dates. He downs the remainder of the glass and then works on the rest of his steak.

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]just_a_stranger
2013-11-11 01:13 am UTC (link)
Victoria took another drink of her wine after raising her glass.

"...This had better not be a trick to rope me into your act again," she said, as an afterthought.

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]greatest_zatara
2013-11-11 02:14 am UTC (link)
"If I was trying to get you into my act, I'd tell you so. This is just a cordial invite from one friend to another."

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]just_a_stranger
2013-11-11 11:17 pm UTC (link)
"Accepted in the spirit given then," Victoria said. "I hope you'll forgive the suspicion."

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]greatest_zatara
2013-11-12 12:46 am UTC (link)
"No. No, Victoria. Your suspicion and baseless paranoia have hurt me. Hurt me in ways only sensual pleasures or further plying with fine wine can heal." He deadpans.

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]just_a_stranger
2013-11-12 01:40 am UTC (link)
Victoria held his gaze very evenly. "More wine it is then."

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]greatest_zatara
2013-11-12 03:45 am UTC (link)
He holds eye contact for a bit more, then shrugs with a smile. "Wine's good too."

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]just_a_stranger
2013-11-12 10:48 pm UTC (link)
"Incidentally," she said, "Molly, one of the girls in my class wanted to know that if you weren't my "magic boyfriend' if you'd be hers. I told her that was rather unlikely."

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]greatest_zatara
2013-11-14 12:31 am UTC (link)
He chuckles. "That's adorable. Let me know when she turns eighteen.

And, more realistically, remind me in February and I'll send her a card." Zach smiles.

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]just_a_stranger
2013-11-14 01:12 am UTC (link)
Victoria smiled. "You are quite sweet, in your way," she said. "I wish I could see this side of you more often."

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]greatest_zatara
2013-11-14 12:11 pm UTC (link)
"I'm always charming." Zachary leans back in his chair, steepling his fingers. "What do you think is stopping you from seeing it more often?"

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]just_a_stranger
2013-11-15 12:26 am UTC (link)
"The fact that your arrogance and casual swagger is usually rather off-putting," Victoria said. "But you probably do not deserve as much criticism as I give you."

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]greatest_zatara
2013-11-15 04:19 pm UTC (link)
"Nice to hear that." Zach grins and replies.

Then, more calmly. "Really. It's nice."

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]just_a_stranger
2013-11-16 12:24 am UTC (link)
"Forgive the old teacher cliche," Victoria said, "but if I judge you harshly, it is only because I see what potential you have."

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]greatest_zatara
2013-11-16 01:38 am UTC (link)
"I like to think you saw 95% of my potential when we first met."

A pause. "Well, maybe 90%. They really should have heated that place better."

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]just_a_stranger
2013-11-16 11:01 pm UTC (link)
"I still maintain it was the worst five dollars I ever spent," Victoria said. "Though the view was nice."

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]greatest_zatara
2013-11-16 11:32 pm UTC (link)
"Lady, that was a bargain bordering on highway robbery. You know what the papparazi would pay for scandalous pictures of me?"

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]just_a_stranger
2013-11-16 11:55 pm UTC (link)
"Not nearly as much as they would for pictures of your cousin," Victoria teased.

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]greatest_zatara
2013-11-17 12:41 am UTC (link)
Zach scowls and takes a larger bite of his steak.

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]just_a_stranger
2013-11-17 01:05 am UTC (link)
"Honestly, Zachary," she said. "It's hardly a matter of talent or reputation. She simply looks better in fishnets than you."

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]greatest_zatara
2013-11-17 02:24 am UTC (link)
At that, Zach just about chokes on his mouthful, as he tries to laugh and eat at the same time.

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]just_a_stranger
2013-11-17 03:13 am UTC (link)
Victoria smiled slightly. "Are you... all right, Zachary?"

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]greatest_zatara
2013-11-17 03:07 pm UTC (link)
He's about to raise a hand to signal that he is indeed fine... when he realizes he's not. He brings both his hands to his abdomen, trying to administer the Heimlich to himself, but it doesn't seem to be working. His eyes widen as he raises his hands to his throat to signal he is in fact choking.

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