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 2011-04-09 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)

	dc_citizen 2011-04-11 02:40 am UTC (link)
	"Vampire movies are ruined since Twilight and there's /never/ been a good werewolf movie." Trey says. "That makes me sad, because I love the idea of werewolves." Trey says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	veryperceptive 2011-04-11 02:44 am UTC (link)
	"When you mention vampires and Bela, and people don't know you mean Legosi, film culture is truly dead," GK says sadly. "You ever read that Ric Madoc story they released from the mental hospital? About the weregoldfishwolf?" Pause. "Or does my mother just collect really obscure books?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	zoe_torres 2011-04-11 02:48 am UTC (link)
	Zoe made a face. "Twilight isn't about vampires. It's somebody not keeping their fantasies to themselves where they belong. Any vampire movie is better than those." "Weregoldfishwolf? They ever make a movie about it? That I'd watch." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dc_citizen 2011-04-11 02:53 am UTC (link)
	"That's the most obscure thing I've ever heard of. How would a weregoldfishwolf even /work/?" Trey asks, trying to imagine it in his head. Every imagine was so silly it made him laugh harder. "Kristen Stewart is kinda cute, but I can't help but see her as Bella in anything I see her in now. It's like that movie has permanently marked her." Trey says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

veryperceptive
2011-04-11 03:13 am UTC (link)

"Well, he's a goldfish during certain phases of the moon, and he's a wolf during the full moon -- I think the aquarium doubled as a water dish. It was the author's first book after his big psycho-breakdown. They made a few movies of Madoc's early stuff, but none of his nuthouse work, no."

"Totally understand, man. Robert Pattinson was once reasonably handsome. Never, ever again."

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	zoe_torres 2011-04-11 03:17 am UTC (link)
	"Guys, stop being guys for a second. The /story/ was crap. Twilight, not the weregoldfishwolf. What the actors looked like isn't the point." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dc_citizen 2011-04-11 03:37 am UTC (link)
	"Well, of course the /story/ was terrible. In the absence of a terrible plot or story, you then have go for the looks of the actors to redeem it. If /that/ doesn't help, then there's no hope and you've got to call it a wash." Trey says. "Although, it's multi-million dollar wash, so...yeah." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)