Mingle Log!

[notscrapmetal]

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

[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.]

[actsharpbesharp]

Nobody's going out alone here unless you've got plans you're going to tell me about.

[They're in the here and now. The removal from LA is playing hide and seek with a removal from the current problem John has.]

I didn't step out here on purpose on my own. Did you?

[superboot]

I don't have those kinds of plans, John.

[Finally using his first name again. Ben doesn't know why, it just sort of comes out. He rubs the back of his neck.]

No. I didn't.

[actsharpbesharp]

[Names again. Don't, Sherman. Can we keep it turbulent and prickly? That way there's no chance at all he'll default to pity. Cooper is sure he wouldn't know what to do with that.]

That makes two of us.

[Just another day. Heading home but not to his own home for the night.]

We were supposedly invited. So there's a reason we're here.

[superboot]

Invited? Who told you that?

[That's more of a work question. Back to patrol. Back to figuring out this mess. Just two cops trying to figure out their beat.] Invited to what?

[actsharpbesharp]

I rubbed elbows with someone at the juice bar. This happens from time to time. Whatever sort of a place this is people visit then go home. Sounds like another circus.

[Another asshole rodeo. That's far more comforting than it should be. Working you can't think about things that bother you, until they're right in your face again. Cooper is confident that if he tries hard enough, he'll work through it. Just like he did while his father was on trial the first time.]

That cop I met confirmed it.

[superboot]

What's it like being a cop around here? Lasers for tasers?

[Ben asks with a sense of humor. He's more comfortable with his side arm and extra magazines.]

[actsharpbesharp]

Space age with the classics. Being what it is, sounds like they take whatever they can and make it work. Just enough law and justice.

[If they're going to call it that. He doesn't know about the no law thing.]

They had some kind of rioting or conflict not too long ago. Judging by how everyone's going about their day, it couldn't have been like Watts or anything.

[superboot]

They got the Lakers around here?

[Ben asks in his typical (rich) corn fed white Beverly Hills boy thoughtful dry humor.]

[actsharpbesharp]

[That humor that seldom makes Cooper laugh other than at the fact that he thinks it is funny.]

Nope. No Spago either. You're going to just have to adapt.

[After a pause he decides to add:] There might be dinosaurs. Keep those Beverly Hills gun club skills sharp because I don't have much to get it first.