Mingle Log!

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When; July 5th through July 7th!
Rating; G+
Characters; Open to ALL, 4th Wallers and Citizens!
Summary; The celebrations continue, and the Anonymous regime has summoned guests that Citizens might (not) prove very thrilled to see! As opposed to other Fourth Wall events, all visiting characters will have been invited to the City, or they must arrive here of their own will.

Mingle! Explore~!

Log;

There's so much to do and so much to see in this City of cities. From tromping through Xanadu, long walks along the shore, shopping in the Square, hunting in the forest, meeting a contact in the Underground, or getting as many answers as possible at the Welcoming Center how can anyone decide on just one. In three days time so much can be done!

Shops and restaurants are having specials. Happy hour has become happy days in some bars. This is quite the occasion! When the City decides to celebrate, it becomes contagious. Why not smile and strike up a conversation with a stranger? After all, a stranger is a friend you haven't met yet.

Comments

[superboot]

[Why are you being so nice, John?? Is it because of Lucero? Ben's always felt John Cooper wouldn't change or if he did he'd internalize it. This is a bit much. It doesn't help their last interaction with each other was cool and indifferent, almost apathetic.]

I wouldn't say a memoir. Maybe one of those reality shows.

[Because Officer Ben Sherman has a face made for television.]

[actsharpbesharp]

[Push him away or try and repair? Both of them feel like too much of an effort to undertake. Does he even have it in him? Sherman and Cooper are not partners anymore. Lucero was his partner.

Nearly everything could be linked back to Lucero. The wound is not healed.]

I hate most of that shit.

[Cooper shakes his head. He starts to say something about how he pities Ben's partner but he doesn't want to talk about partners, no matter what's on his own mind.]

[superboot]

No you don't.

[Dancing With the Stars, much?]

[actsharpbesharp]

A few shows isn't all the shows. You don't know me.

[A playful phrase has more bristle to it than it should.]

[superboot]

[At first Ben looks like he's going to laugh it off but something about John's tone doesn't sit well with him.]

You wanna take east and I'll take west?

[Canvasing. Simple canvasing. Split up if it suits the old man which seems to be the case. No John Cooper, no Sammy Bryant, well fuck that because Ben Sherman can make it alone.]

[actsharpbesharp]

[A little can go a long, long way. Cooper is quiet. He's got shades on and they only offer so much of a shield. A swallow. A look around and then a look to the concrete.]

No.

[In the event that Sherman gets ambushed and hurt, Cooper would never sleep at night again. He better try and say what he wants to.]

The radio doesn't work.

[They both have cellphones though.]

[superboot]

[Ben's about to say they have phones but that's not exactly proper protocol either and you can't dial a number too well when you're tumbling in a brawl.]

Right. Old school foot patrol?

[Ben talks as if he's old enough to have practiced that. Hell even Cooper's not old enough to remember those days...or is he?? Heh heh heh.]

[actsharpbesharp]

Academy only taught one school that I know of.

[Smooth enough transition. They quietly ditch the concept of cellphones even when it was a fairly passionate and lengthy conversation with the Peace Officer Freddy.]

Patrol and explore. I haven't covered that much ground. They must have a map.

[superboot]

They have a welcome center.

[Ben could have mentioned that earlier but seriously. It's a welcome center. They're the ones who usually put up community resources like that, not actually use them.]

[actsharpbesharp]

I'd rather count how many coffee shops they got.

[Give the civil servants less crap to deal with. Except...]

Did you stop in? Stage a photo shoot?

[How much longer are they going to run on this lukewarm temperature? Cooper is trying to find an angle to approach.]

[superboot]

No. [To the photo shoot thing. Snort.] I haven't earned a medal around here, yet.

[He adds the 'yet' as an indicative remark, he knows what you're implying, John. Fff.]

[actsharpbesharp]

It is early. You're right.

[He is only just starting to make a mark on the radar. Boy, this might be keeping them from fighting but if Ben's head swells... That can't happen.]

Would you go for a pink haired girl? How about one with a tail? That's still Hollywood.

[superboot]

[Snort.] Would you?

[It's no crack on what he might have heard about John Cooper. It's never been official but there are rumors. Ben catches his own potential mistake.]

I like bunny girls. They gotta have an excuse to go into heat every season.

[actsharpbesharp]

You're a dog, Sherman.

[And the sky is blue.]

I've lived this long without bunnies. Badge or otherwise. I like it that way. That is hard for you to wrap your head around, I know.

[Bright, clear day. Decent weather. It could be California.]

Who's your partner?

[Even though he doesn't want to talk about partners. Shop talk has got to come on up.]

[superboot]

[Oh here we go.]

Sammy Bryant.

[Ben says like John should know better. Didn't he meet the guy once? Or is he referring to after the incident at the station house? It wasn't exactly a private matter. Who else knows? What's Sammy said?]

[actsharpbesharp]

[He doesn't know. That night he was trying to get some sleep.]

Yeah?

[In a crowd Cooper knows he could place the face. And he could count on his hand how many times he spoke to Bryant personally. He wants to know more in Ben's own words about the guy except with that sort of a tone there...]

Is he some kind of asshole?

[superboot]

[Ben actually has to think about this for a moment. Quietly, thoughtfully. He's trying really hard to come up with evidence that Sammy Bryant could be an asshole.]

No. He's not an asshole.

[It's the truth. He might have punched him, he might have blamed him, they might have their differences, but Sammy Bryant is no asshole.] He's a good cop.

[Almost he thinks of telling John to look him up, since they're all partnerless at this point. But he holds his tongue. Terrible idea.]

[actsharpbesharp]

[Detective skills don't mean that you can read minds. Cooper can see the damage but not the cause. Something happened. P2 pup Sherman get put in his place? It's too subdued for that. Also that would be ample cause to call asshole.]

But?

[He's trying to help.]

Getting along isn't required. It helps. But it's not required.

[Cooper didn't like Lucero. Not at first. Now that he's gone there's no way and no point of saying to anyone how great of a guy he was. His reputation preceded itself. Is Sammy Bryant like that?]

[superboot]

You think I didn't figure that out with you? [It comes off harsher than he intends and Ben immediately adds to it.] All those times you stuck me with Dewey?

[Dewey who probably cares for John more than most on the force. Two sides to everyone around here.]

[actsharpbesharp]

Is that why we didn't exchange friendship bracelets?

[Keep barking. He doesn't mind. For not wanting to fight Cooper sort of likes it. It doesn't feel like sandpaper.]

I trust Dewey. You should too. He's had fuck ups, I'll be the first to say that but he's a great cop. I figured you could stand to learn something from each other.

[superboot]

On or off camera?

[Ben asks, making a joke because BOTH of them have been caught on camera by now. In addition to his medal he's got his very own 1 million views on youtube. Speaking of views though, he can't help noticing John's packing heat.]

[actsharpbesharp]

I can't be spoon feeding you everything. He's an unlikely source. One day you'll get it.

[A day that he might be around to dish the 'I told you so' with some luck. What are you looking at Sherman? Cooper follows his line of sight.]

[superboot]

Lost and found?

[Whoops got caught looking. Can't hide it now.]

[actsharpbesharp]

Borrowed.

[Short. To the point. Cooper doesn't answer to Sherman. If he wasn't feeling so sore and closed off, he'd admire his balls.]

I'm going to give it back before we roll out. Going unarmed is stupid.

[superboot]

You're right. It's pretty stupid, so's going alone.

[Kind of like how John once sent him out alone, thanks to Dewey. This only cements Sherman's resolve to stick with John, regardless of how they might feel about each other.]