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tampered2013-07-04 10:45 pm
notscrapmetal) wrote in tampered2013-07-04 10:45 pm
Mingle Log!
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.
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.
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[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?
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[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.
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[Ben asks with a sense of humor. He's more comfortable with his side arm and extra magazines.]
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[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.
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[Ben asks in his typical (rich) corn fed white Beverly Hills boy thoughtful dry humor.]
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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.
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[Ben gives John a wide armed loose shouldered shrug. He's old enough to remember that movie, thanks.]
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[As it is meant to. That's a chaos theory in of itself. Some live. Some die. The ones that live should have a reason to do so. That's not always it. Luck of the draw.
Lucero had just as much of a chance. The therapist says that survivor guilt is perfectly normal. She also suggests huffing lavender candles.]
We act on danger of the public anyway.
[John Cooper is really talking about going up against a small dino rampage.]
Maybe you could try blinding it with your Crest smile.
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[Ben looks at John like that's just a ridiculous idea, maybe even a challenge to a carnivorous dinosaur who could outtooth Ben Sherman ten times over. Just shooting the breeze.]
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[Like it's training all over again.]
Anything we roll up on can change.
[Even knowing this full well, you can never be prepared.]
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[Ben says like that's the most obvious if not best answer in the world, because they have no other options.]
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[Their planning may not be a big deal at all. There is not a dino in sight.]
Down to you and me.
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[The much younger officer talks like his probation days were so long ago.]
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[John had one bad problem them. Now he's got another. Canadian Beverly Hills comedy hour might not be the remedy he thought of, but it might be the one he needs.
A walk in the sunshine and Ben Sherman.]
Or did you miss me that much? Is that what this is about?
[Recalling Sammy Bryant's face he doesn't seem the type to be riding your ass hard.]
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[Him and Sammy have that in common, some desire to come back on patrol regardless of circumstances. A passion for teaching. Both of them lost partners too. Well, so did Ben, just not the same way.]
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[Cooper is quiet with that for a moment. He rubs his nose and it pushes up his shades for a second.]
I'm talking about you, numbnuts. The answers no, right? Y'got someone else to bust your balls or try to be your friend.
[Another partner.]
My T-O, he was a legend. And an asshole.
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[Ben asks like either John's such a fossil he predates FTOs or because John Cooper acts like everything he knows has been from working the streets.]
It doesn't hurt to go lone wolf after a while. [Ben shrugs.] Who was he?
[Your training officer, John. Too bad it wasn't Ben who got to see the chair go through the window.]
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[Duh. His face sort of tilts to one side.]
Hicks.
[Like that is self explanatory. He sort of hopes that it is. That means that his reputation is still one of respect.]
Lone wolf is okay. It only gets you so far.
[Look at them.]
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Ah. I'm sure he was a great guy. [The younger officer nods, clearly not trying to hide his cluelessness over who Hicks is, but he believes what he says.]
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Ever bored, ever need any inspiration look him up.
[That's who helped make Cooper who and what he is. That's the inference. For the most part, he's confidant in his approach. It has brought about good and solid officers to different factions. But he's had his share of misses, of failures.
Ben is showering in his own ideas daily. A good real rinse of reality is what Cooper always felt he needed. Hopefully Bryant will keep at it.]
Great cop. We need more.
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[Ben jokes casually. Even now he doubts John feels sensitive over being called too tough, too salty, a bit of an asshole at times. That's what FTOs do. Then at the end of the day they write the honest truth in a log book. Ben still has his from that day he took down his first perp. With Sammy log books are no longer necessary, he gets his praise from having the guy give his coffee houses a chance.]
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[Yes, he is expecting an answer even when he's got a grin on his face. Too tough and too salty mean that everything after should be approached with thought and caution. That's the method and intent. No use coddling. The crooks will sniff out any advantage they can.]
Helps the medicine go down.
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That's not the kind of picture HR wants.
[Heh heh heh. How about that for some friendly competitive return fire. He is a poster boy after all, may as well work it to his advantage.]
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[Thinks. And this back and forth, that's exactly expected between Hicks and Cooper. Johnny isn't a little boot. He hasn't been for ages, but he will get his lumps verbally at every turn. Even when it is insensitive and inopportune. He hopes that his selection of time and stabs will someday be appreciated.]