tampered | Log; Ongoing

Log; Ongoing

When Friday, February 19, Evening, so very backdated
Rating PG
Characters Harry Dresden

dresden4hire and Vicki Nelson

acceptingeyes
Summary Vicki lost a bet so she owes Harry dinner.
Log
Harry would have felt bad about making Vicki take him out to dinner except he was too smug about being right. Of course, he would have preferred to be wrong about one of her enemies coming to the City if it wasn't for the whole, "I'll wear a dress" deal he made.

Harry figured he at least owed her the courtesy of showing up in a suit jacket and slacks though if she had to wear a dress. Of course, being so formal might have made it seem like something more, but Harry wasn't going to think on that.

Arriving outside her door, Harry knocked on it and waited so that they could walk to the restaurant together.

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"Oh wonderful, I guess there's more truth in fairy tales and stories than meets the eye then."

She had truthfully not expected that sort of ingredient to be real. Of course, her knowledge was mainly from what she'd read in books and things she'd seen Tony do.

"Magic is still new to me, even though I used to live with Tony," she mused. It was surprising what he had known, especially since he knew none of that from the time she knew him from. "I've also usually only seen it used for bad things at home."

"You'd be surprised how much fairy tales are actually based off of truth," Harry said. "In my world, the Dracula novel is nothing more than a clever way for wizards to inform the world on how to kill Black Court Vampires."

That was probably one of the more clever ideas that the White Council had come up with.

"And we're just about to the restaurant."

"Interesting to know."

Although she didn't understand the court system Harry was using, she assumed it had to do with different types of vampires that lived in his world. She only knew about them from being here in the City and the ones she'd heard about weren't the friendly kind.

"That wasn't too far of a walk at all. It's good to know of a place this close to home."

"Plus, sometimes you need things like, 'the deepest darkest shadow' for a spell and you just don't really get that above ground," he added. Stopping at the door to the restaurant, he opened it up for her.

"It's definitely worth visiting. I like staying here for a while, sometimes I bring case notes to work on."

[ooc: No worries, I'm having fun with it!]

She just gives him a look at that. Vicki's idea of magic had been greatly changed in the past few minutes and hearing that ingredients included things like "the deepest darkest shadow" just confirmed in her that it was something she shouldn't play with.

Walking through and thanking him, she waited until he'd joined her before continuing.

"You get cases here to solve?" Although technically she wasn't an investigator here, hearing about possible cases piqued her interest.

"What? I have to use sunshine for spells too!" he said, looking just a bit defensive. "In fact, I usually keep at least one handkerchief full of sunshine on me at any given time. It really surprises vampires."

When the hostess came to seat them Harry asked for a table for two and followed the woman to their seats.

"A few for the police force, a few private cases. Nothing much but it keeps me busy."

"Sunshine...you know that makes you sound just a bit crazy right?," she said, although she was curious about what a handkerchief full of sunshine looked like. "Is it even possible to keep sunshine in a handkerchief?"

Following along to their seats, she took her seat before carrying on the conversation.

"I didn't know they gave out cases like that.."

“Of course it’s possible,” Harry scoffed, pretending to be offended. “What do you think you carry it around in, a jar? Nonsense, a clean, white handkerchief is the best place to keep it. And I work part time on the Force, so I get actual cases.”

"I honestly think a jar would be more accepted for something like that. Nobody would make fun of a jar of sunshine, but a handkerchief of sunshine? Just doesn't have the same ring to it." She smirked at him. It had been a while since she'd been out like this and she was certainly going to have her fun with it.

"Part time on the force...not bad. Maybe I should try to apply for something like that, I have been meaning to get a job."

"But sunshine would leak out of a jar," Harry said, shiking his head and grinning back at her. He was enjoying the casual, no pressure banter with Vicki and having a good time.

"Besides, carrying around a jar is really conspicuous. And if you're serious about joining the force part time, you should stop by the station."

"Maybe it would be a little conspicuous, but I still doubt it would leak out."

She really wanted to see it now. How would it even be possible to get sunshine, let alone keep it in a handkerchief or jar. Vicki decided she's figure it out one day.

"The station? I think I may have seen it once on the map. Is it far from here?"

She did need a job and it really wouldn't hurt to do something she used to be good at. Vicki wasn't sure though, she didn't want to desk work but she knew her eyes were no good in the dark or without glasses.

"Besides, I can keep the handkerchief in my pocket," he said, reaching into his coat and pulling out a folded square of bright white cloth.

"And no, not too far, it's relatively centrally located in the City."

Vicki stares at the handkerchief. It couldn't possible be what they've been talking about. After all, why would he carry around sunshine?

"That is empty right?" She was certainly not wanting to find out what opening a handkerchief filled with sunshine was like.

"That's not too bad then. Maybe I'll stop by one of these days and see what's needed for applying."

Harry gave her a bit of a smirk as he saw her eye the handkerchief. Since coming to the City he had always kept at least one on his person at all times.

"Why don't you open it up and see?" he told her.

She saw his smirk and knew something was up. Even if it was harmless, on the off chance that the sunshine was really in there, she didn't want to be the one to unleash it.

"Maybe you should..."

"Alright," Harry said with a chuckle and reached out to unfold the white fabric. From where it was laying on the table, a burst of sunlight shot upward, brightening their area of the restaurant for a moment before the sunlight ran out and the handkerchief became just like any other.

She couldn't believe it. He'd actually had sunlight in the handkerchief. Staring at the empty handkerchief she took a moment before looking back up to Harry.

"You know I never would've believed it if I hadn't just seen it."

Harry chuckled and put the cloth back in his pocket with a mental note to refill the sunshine when he had a chance. It took a special kind of frame of mind to be able to capture sunshine.

“It’s a good party trick.”

She shook her head a little in wonderment. She'd certainly seen a lot more crazy things then she had at home here in the City. Things like what Harry had just done was probably quite common place, just like finding vampires nearby or other monsters was normal in the Underground.

"I know a few other places it might be useful if the myths I know are true."

She paused for a moment, thinking before she continued.

"..Was that magic though or was it actual sunshine?"

"When facing vampires it's really handy, especially when they think they're safe from sunlight," he said. Especially since they didn't really search you for handkerchiefs.

"And it was actual sunshine," Harry added. "The fake stuff just doesn't work as well."

"Very handy weapon then."

She could definitely see the benefits of having that on one's person, especially at night.

"Actual sunshine...something I never thought I'd see in this way. Any more surprises I should be prepared for?"

"What's the point of having surprises if I prepare you for them?" he asked with a chuckle, grinning at her.

"There's the rabbit in the hat, of course, but I seem to have left my hat at home."

"Although rabbits do seem harmless, I'm glad the hat isn't here."

She couldn't help but grin back at him. The evening was turning out to be a lot more fun than she expected and she was glad. Vicki had needed to get out of the house and as much as she hated to admit it, this bet had certainly done the trick.

"At least I know now to expect the unexpected when I'm with you. ..Although hopefully that won't ever involve crazy mummies."

"Obviously you are not a Monty Python fan, otherwise you wouldn't underestimate the ferocity of rabbits," he said, shaking his head and making the "huge, pointy teeth" action with his hand. Harry was enjoying himself though and glad that Vicki had lost the bet, it was turning out to be a fun evening.

"That's one foe I haven't really faced yet," Harry admitted. "Although I'm really hoping to go up against a manticore, then I get five in a row on my "fantasy creature foe" BINGO card."

"I was hoping rabbits like his would never exist."

Vicki wouldn't have looked twice at a rabbit at home before this, but if rabbits like that existed, she might stay away from them or at least watch them a little more closely from now on.

"A manticore? Can't say I can remember what that one is."

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