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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	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.

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

GK bites back mention of Falconieri's general air of competence and unusual taste in jewelry. He's not supposed to know the guy.

"If the littles say they saw Green Arrow, even if they don't have enough to charge him, they should at least get one of those --" GK bites his lip. "Are they still called 'material witness warrants' or is that only in old books from the '30s? My mom kinda never wanted me learning about legal stuff."

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	zoe_torres 2011-04-07 03:06 pm UTC (link)
	"He's a cape. They can do no wrong in Star City," Zoe said with disgust. "Or anywhere else, no matter how many lives they ruin." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

dc_citizen
2011-04-07 11:06 pm UTC (link)

Zoe's words take Trey by surprise. He hadn't known her to dislike the superhero crowd, but her feelings sounded as personal as his did.

"I'm not sure how much they can use from my brother and sister. They're still trying to process that one of the 'good guys' didn't stop some psycho from killing our dad." Trey says.

"But yeah, you'd have an easier time busting the mayor for jaywalking than getting the cops to go after the cape crowd." he says.

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	veryperceptive 2011-04-07 11:19 pm UTC (link)
	GK sighs sadly. "Well, best of luck." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	zoe_torres 2011-04-08 05:43 pm UTC (link)
	"Luck has nothing to do with it. You make your own luck." Zoe tossed another peanut shell into the waste can without looking at it. "Green Arrow should be called down to answer for the accusation, if nothing else. If he can prove he didn't do it, fine. If he can't, he's a suspect." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dc_citizen 2011-04-09 03:48 am UTC (link)
	"From your lips to God's ears, Zoe. Hopefully, the cops will get on that." Trey says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	veryperceptive 2011-04-09 04:06 am UTC (link)
	GK nodded. Soon, he asked "So are you going to be handling your Dad's business concerns, or is your stepmother, or both of you?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	zoe_torres 2011-04-09 04:30 am UTC (link)
	"You're still in college?" Zoe asked. "I seem to remember you said something about school." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

dc_citizen
2011-04-09 05:30 am UTC (link)

"Yeah, I'm in college. Was hoping to finish, but I'm not sure how well that's going to work out. My stepmom isn't doing so well after what happened, either. I'm pretty much holding things together for all of us right now." Trey says.

"I'm studying political science. Someday, I want to run for office and get the government to make all these vigilante types to either unmask or hang up their tights." Trey says.

"So many of them just go out there with no clue or care about how many lives they bust up while they do their thing. I wish someone...I wish someone would just show them." Trey says bitterly.

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	veryperceptive 2011-04-09 05:32 am UTC (link)
	"Well, if you need to, you can drop down to part time for a while. For those of us who don't have to worry about maintaining scholarships, that's handy." And if Trey wasn't a fellow Trust Fund Baby, they wouldn't be having this conversation surrounded by bodyguards. On the latter part, GK just fidgets slightly and watches the game. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	zoe_torres 2011-04-09 05:40 am UTC (link)
	"You either accept the way it is, or you join 'em and take it down from the inside," Zoe said, a bit carelessly. "If they want people to appreciate them, they need to step up and take responsibility for /all/ their actions." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

dc_citizen
2011-04-09 05:51 am UTC (link)

"I agree. No one is above the law, right? That's a lot of what built this country on. If these super-types would just work do it right, there wouldn't be a misunderstanding where a bunch of them smash up a city while they try to figure out who's on what side." Trey says, grabbing some peanuts from a nearby table.

"And no, GK, my dad was big on me getting an education, so he paid by way through school. I love school, but part-time is going to have to be the option until I can get things back on the right track for my family." he says.

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	veryperceptive 2011-04-09 05:56 am UTC (link)
	GK wonders a bit about Zoe's phrasing there. "I hope it goes as well as possible under the circumstances," he tells Trey. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	zoe_torres 2011-04-09 05:58 am UTC (link)
	Zoe tossed a peanut over GK's head with the intention of it dropping into his lap. "GK's trying to change the subject and we're not letting him." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dc_citizen 2011-04-10 06:35 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh, my bad, man. So, how did you two meet?" Trey asks of Zoe and GK. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	veryperceptive 2011-04-10 06:44 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh, no, I'm sorry, just kind of useless about this stuff. Me, I was wandering in the Triangle my first week in Star City without a clue what I was doing." It was true, from a Certain Point of View. "Zoe was very helpful. And now her Mom's thrilled she's got someone to drag her around and tell her she's too pretty to wear certain things." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	zoe_torres 2011-04-10 07:19 pm UTC (link)
	"We were stuck out in the open during the zombie attack and when Mom saw us afterward she went on about the condition of my clothes. GK quite cheerfully told her that he completely agreed because I'm an autumn and they didn't suit me." Zoe smiled reluctantly. It was a good slam at her personal taste, and kind of funny at the same time. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dc_citizen 2011-04-10 07:57 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh...well, that's pretty cool." Trey says, uncertain of that. He knows nothing about fashion, but is of the opinion that Zoe could make a potato-sack look hot. Not that he'd want to see her in one, but the fact remained. "How is your mom, lately?" he asks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	veryperceptive 2011-04-10 08:59 pm UTC (link)
	"She's got golden undertones to her complexion," GK says cheerfully. "She needs earth tones, chocolate browns, deep greens, warm grays, no other kind, bittersweet reds. That'd really show her off." He pauses and smiles to Zoe. "At least we can probably agree that anyone trying to dress you in pure pink should be shot?" And might indeed be, he figures. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	zoe_torres 2011-04-10 09:10 pm UTC (link)
	"That'd be a good guess," she said with snort. "Mom is doing okay. She's happily filing motions against property owners for the damage done by the zombies. They didn't get far into the Triangle, but the edges are ragged and they're the last on anybody's list to get fixed." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dc_citizen 2011-04-11 01:46 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, Trey is definitely /not/ a fashionista, so he can only take GK's word on this sort of thing. "I'm surprised we didn't see any out where I was. I only heard about them. That must have been insane." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	veryperceptive 2011-04-11 01:55 am UTC (link)
	"It was pretty darn weird." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	zoe_torres 2011-04-11 02:12 am UTC (link)
	"Killed any desire to watch zombie movies," Zoe commented. She glanced over at Trey and thought she'd seen the same look in his eyes as she had GK's on Zombie Day. "Only vampire movies from now on. Maybe werewolf. No crazy zombies." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)