notscrapmetal: (hymns for the fallen)
FIRE is the OUTCOME of hypocrisy ([personal profile] notscrapmetal) wrote in [community profile] 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.
actsharpbesharp: (black and white)

[personal profile] actsharpbesharp 2013-07-11 04:33 am (UTC)(link)
So what would be your plan B?

[Like it's training all over again.]

Anything we roll up on can change.

[Even knowing this full well, you can never be prepared.]
superboot: (what happened here)

[personal profile] superboot 2013-07-11 05:03 am (UTC)(link)
Find something to roll up in.

[Ben says like that's the most obvious if not best answer in the world, because they have no other options.]
actsharpbesharp: (sharing)

[personal profile] actsharpbesharp 2013-07-11 05:15 am (UTC)(link)
Good enough for me. Improvisation is our strongest weapon here. We got to get everything right the first time. I believe we can rely on the other cops, I don't know how long they'll take to come in.

[Their planning may not be a big deal at all. There is not a dino in sight.]

Down to you and me.

superboot: (bag bitch)

[personal profile] superboot 2013-07-11 05:45 am (UTC)(link)
Or if they're coming in on dinosaurs. [Ben's humor is so dry and deadpan one might think he's British and not Beverly Hills.] I've got in, John. We're on patrol together, like old times.

[The much younger officer talks like his probation days were so long ago.]
actsharpbesharp: (T-O)

[personal profile] actsharpbesharp 2013-07-11 05:55 am (UTC)(link)
Old times. What am I? A dinosaur too. It wasn't that long ago.

[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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superboot: (super star ben)

[personal profile] superboot 2013-07-11 06:02 am (UTC)(link)
Miss you? The department can't get rid of you.

[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.]
actsharpbesharp: (how we roll)

[personal profile] actsharpbesharp 2013-07-11 06:10 am (UTC)(link)
Nobody can.

[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.
superboot: (Default)

[personal profile] superboot 2013-07-11 06:18 am (UTC)(link)
You had a T-O?

[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.]
actsharpbesharp: (shades)

[personal profile] actsharpbesharp 2013-07-11 06:24 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah. Me and Barney Rubble went to the academy together.

[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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superboot: (boot sleeves)

[personal profile] superboot 2013-07-11 06:46 am (UTC)(link)
[It isn't in that the name isn't familiar to Ben but it is because John mentions it at all. John Cooper is not easily impressed, unlike Sammy Bryant on occasion. That's part of what Ben loved about Sammy, the transition from P3 superior to partnership was easy, seamless. Either Ben Sherman had really outdone himself (his medals would back that up) or Sammy Bryant set his bar a little low, soft and gentle. The latter never occurs to Ben.]

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.]
actsharpbesharp: (lonely as i am)

[personal profile] actsharpbesharp 2013-07-11 06:53 am (UTC)(link)
[He's sure of it. Well. John shakes his head.]

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.
superboot: (garbage calls)

[personal profile] superboot 2013-07-11 07:02 am (UTC)(link)
If he shaped you up he'll probably put a foot up my ass.

[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.]
actsharpbesharp: (gritty details)

[personal profile] actsharpbesharp 2013-07-11 07:06 am (UTC)(link)
Did you ever think that it might do you some good now and then?

[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.
superboot: (partners)

[personal profile] superboot 2013-07-11 07:15 am (UTC)(link)
[Ben quirks a brow. Of course it has and this isn't the first time other guys, especially John Cooper, have said as much. Is this how John is with his old FTO?]

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.]
actsharpbesharp: (lawful good)

[personal profile] actsharpbesharp 2013-07-11 07:18 am (UTC)(link)
You got to be able to stand your ground. It doesn't magically happen. HR says one thing but when they see their star with a shiner and a pretty lousy story to go with it, then I think that it is apparent how things should be.

[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.]