Gilbert Kinkaid Walker (veryperceptive) wrote in dc_nextgen,
@ 2011-03-31 02:00:00

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Buy Me Some Peanuts and Crackerjacks (Zoe, eventually Trey)
It was Opening Day at Papp Stadium. Spring was in the air, the Star City Rockets were going up against the Central City Stars, and GK Walker was giddy.
He'd gone to meet Zoe, enough makeup on his cheek to cover the now-healing cut, and now they were walking toward the stadium. "Maybe I should get a car," he said, thinking aloud.

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	dc_citizen 2011-04-03 04:01 am UTC (link)
	"My lawyer. A psychopath murdered my father, hurt my step-mother and could have killed my little brother and sister." Trey says. "I asked them not to put guards on me, but knowing how Green Arrow and Merlyn operate, they could take a person out for long-distance and get away with it." he says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

veryperceptive
2011-04-03 04:19 am UTC (link)

GK tells himself that this is not the time to speculate about how an archer got to be nicknamed Merlyn anyway. You'd think a magician would be named Merlyn, but.... that is not important right now.

"Yeah, it's a lot harder to protect someone from a longbow than from a knife. Not trying to be pessimistic, Trey," he adds hurriedly. "But yeah, their paranoia might not be very productive."

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zoe_torres
2011-04-03 04:25 am UTC (link)

It was hard not to react to the names, and Zoe was probably worse at it than she thought. She had a huge problem with Green Arrow; she always had since he was the one who let the Triangle down after Deadshot cleaned it up. But Merlyn? He hadn't seen the type to be gunning for a business man or his kids. Especially the kids.

"You want to go back, that's up to you, Trey. We'll see you next week at the game. You want to stay here, then stay."

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	dc_citizen 2011-04-03 04:29 am UTC (link)
	"If I don't come back, they'll come down here and make scene, and disrupt everyone else. I should go. You two are welcome to join me if you want, though. We get a cooler of drinks delivered and it's air-conditioned if you guys don't want to sit out here. Unless you're really hoping to catch a baseball so you can tag an umpire when he makes a bad call." he jokes. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	veryperceptive 2011-04-03 04:32 am UTC (link)
	Cue the ridiculous countertenor giggle again. GK figures its up to Zoe if they switch seats. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	zoe_torres 2011-04-03 04:45 am UTC (link)
	"If you can still smile when GK suggests a better moisturizer, because he will and he'll be right, too, I guess we could join you." She'd love to see the guards try and frisk her. "If you'd really like the company and aren't just being nice. It's okay, ya know." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dc_citizen 2011-04-03 04:48 am UTC (link)
	"Hey, if I go back to the skybox alone, I get to have scintillating conversation with three guys in business suits who have the personality of brick walls." Trey says. "Hanging out with you two beats that any day." Trey says. "And we'll even get you a new hot dog to replace the one I kept you from." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	veryperceptive 2011-04-03 04:52 am UTC (link)
	"Then let's go, Zoe," GK says, standing and gathering their things, and then, hoping it'll be taken in good spirit and not get his ass kicked, he stagewhispers behind his hand, "Maybe the bodyguards are hot, too." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	zoe_torres 2011-04-03 03:18 pm UTC (link)
	Zoe laughed. GK was a genius at lightening the situation. He was turning out to be the girl(space)friend she never had as a kid. "Brick walls are good for target practice, though probably not a good idea in this situation." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dc_citizen 2011-04-03 04:04 pm UTC (link)
	"Probably not. These guys are paid to be intimidating." Trey says, gesturing toward the skybox. He has no idea that either of them are anything other than they appear, so hanging out with a couple of people around his age is just what's needed to lift Trey's spirits. "Ready when you two are." he says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	veryperceptive 2011-04-03 06:53 pm UTC (link)
	And GK will happily go up with him. And he's been looking at Trey for a while, so he's not too surprised to see the gold letters, but "Dad" makes him avert his eyes a little and pretend it's the sun as they head up teh steps. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	zoe_torres 2011-04-03 07:36 pm UTC (link)
	It made her want to point out that bodyguards were paid to be effective, but she didn't. It was none of her business. It would stay none of her business until she made the opportunity to speak to Merlyn about it. "You better lead the way, Trey. You have to get us past your bodyguards." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dc_citizen 2011-04-04 02:30 am UTC (link)
	Trey does just that, getting Zoe and GK through without being frisked as he tells the bodyguards that he doesn't want his friends harassed. The chairs in the skybox are much more comfy than the regular seats, and there's a cooler full of drinks and a table of snacks as well. "Please relax and enjoy yourselves." Trey says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	veryperceptive 2011-04-04 02:34 am UTC (link)
	These are instructions GK can comply with as the game gets going. By the bottom of the first, he's practically giddy as the Rockets start getting onto base. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

zoe_torres
2011-04-04 02:46 am UTC (link)

Zoe is not so into the game. It was a means to an end, getting out of the house without Mom scared of zombies eating them, keeping the myth alive that she had a social life, and she truly did like GK. He was never boring.

She amused herself by commenting on the pitching talent and tossing things into the small waste can in the corner. She never missed.

"You see all the games?" she asked Trey.

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dc_citizen
2011-04-04 03:08 am UTC (link)

"As many as I'm able." Trey says, eating a few peanuts of his own as he watches Zoe for a moment, then returns to the game.

"Dad and were supposed to see the last home game a couple of weeks ago, but he ended up having to work. We usually sit up here and talk about players, stats...everything. My old man knew a lot about baseball." Trey says.

"Dad was pretty easy to talk to most of the time, but there are always some things you can't talk with parents about, you know?"

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	veryperceptive 2011-04-04 03:24 am UTC (link)
	GK would point out to Zoe that the current batter has a fantastic butt, but she and Trey are talking kind of earnestly at the moment. And the guys in suits don't look like they truly appreciate a man in uniform. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	zoe_torres 2011-04-04 06:41 am UTC (link)
	"I know what you mean." She had so many secrets now it was like another person lived inside her skin. "Your kid brothers and sisters don't like games?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dc_citizen 2011-04-05 03:06 am UTC (link)
	"My little brother does, but he always watched them on TV with Dad. Dad came to all his Little League games and he doesn't quite understand about Dad yet." Trey says. "He says that Green Arrow came into his room and made him and my sister go to sleep." Trey says, anger creeping into his tone. "What kind of piece of crap does that to kids?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	veryperceptive 2011-04-05 03:14 am UTC (link)
	GK turns to the conversation, confused. "What... like he used ether or something?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	zoe_torres 2011-04-05 02:46 pm UTC (link)
	"Did he drug them? God, I hate that man." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

dc_citizen
2011-04-06 02:31 am UTC (link)

"Yeah, he did something to put them to sleep. The kids were terrified, but said someone named Red Robin and someone else called Jade Canary showed up and saved them. Don't know who either of them are.

I just know Green Arrow helped Merlyn kill my father. Or maybe he did it himself. I don't know. I just can't believe they haven't already kicked the guy's door in and dragged him to lock-up." Trey says.

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veryperceptive
2011-04-06 02:39 am UTC (link)

"Good for them. Knockout drugs are so, so not safe for kids, even if he didn't pull any other crap."

"God, best of luck there. The facts are hard to sort out with these things -- the papers still can't agree on whether it was the Arrow or Merlyn who broke into that prison to kill some psycho, far's I can tell. I guess the procedural stuff can't come into effect until they know what they're doing."

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	zoe_torres 2011-04-06 03:35 pm UTC (link)
	"If you're waiting on the cops to do something, you'll be waiting a long time. Is Red Robin working on it?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

dc_citizen
2011-04-07 01:01 am UTC (link)

"I wish I knew. I can't get in touch with the guy and no one else knows how to. The cop in charge of the case, Detective Falconeri, hasn't told me anything else, either." Trey says.

"My dad used to be able to get the cops to actually do their jobs and he made sure they got the funding they needed. Now that he's dead, they're conveniently forgetting that." Trey says.