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05/01/2006 19:24:00
wizard_dresden
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McAnally's
It's been a long day and I'm ready for dinner and an ale. In the grand scheme of things, this means that I'm heading off to Mac's. I have a couple dollars and a new job on the books. I'd say things are looking up, but that usually gets me in more trouble. So, I'll just say that today looks okay.

So - down the stairs, avoiding the ceiling fans and I take a seat at the bar and order my dinner. Mac's got the ale on the counter almost before I ask for it. Go Mac.

Tags: harry dresden, susan rodriguez

 
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From: [info]only_half_red Date: 05/08/2006 21:35:39  

Don't ask how, exactly, she got here. She just kind of did.

She raises an eyebrow as she comes down the staircase - "did it get smaller in here?" murmured to herself - and makes her way to the bar.

What, think she was looking for someone else?

"Hey."
From: [info]wizard_dresden Date: 05/08/2006 21:38:45  

"Who's after me this time?" I ask the leggy babe behind me. Hey - last time she was in town someone tried to kill me, why should this time be any different?
From: [info]only_half_red Date: 05/08/2006 21:41:40  

"Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny; they say you owe them big time," she replies, eyebrow still up there as she takes a seat on the stool next to him. "What, I can't just say 'hey,' anymore, there's gotta be a reason?"

She doesn't even sound pissed at him. Mostly because she's not.
From: [info]wizard_dresden Date: 05/08/2006 21:49:51  

I give her a look. "First, don't even TALK about Santa that way. Faerie that powerful could ruin Christmas for a lot more people than me."

You think I'm kidding? Heh. You can piss off Santa all you like; I'm not doing it.

Easter Bunny's a whole other gig.

"Hey, when my ex- shows up right about the time someone's planning the supernatural smackdown the first time, the second time she comes 'round, I'm gonna err on the side of caution."

I sip my ale.

"Hi, Susan."
From: [info]only_half_red Date: 05/08/2006 21:54:07  

"Hi, Harry," half sarcastically. "Have we had the talk about Santa and the Easter Bunny yet?"

She gives him a small smile.

"I was in the neighbourhood, you know? Decided to come down, see if you were here. And let's face it, it's not like you ever go anywhere else when you need a drink. And hey, guess what? I needed a drink, too."
From: [info]wizard_dresden Date: 05/08/2006 22:02:47  

"Uh, I think we need to have the Santa talk. For all the digging you did with the Arcane you never figured out who Santa was?"

She's a smart woman - quick too - she picks up on these things.

I still don't want to talk about the Easter Bunny.

"Hey, best Ale in the city." I hold up my bottle and finish it off. Mac's got another there for me and one for Susan before my bottle even hits the bar again.
From: [info]only_half_red Date: 05/08/2006 22:08:06  

She picks the bottle up, spins it in her fingers a few times, setting it back down.

"Guy in red who comes down your chimney Christmas night. Hey, I was told when I was twelve years old that he wasn't real. So, what's the deal with that, then? 'Cause I still got presents afterwards."
From: [info]wizard_dresden Date: 05/08/2006 22:12:52  

I laugh. Everyone thinks that about Santa.

"He's a powerful faerie. I'm sure you have sources for that kind of stuff." I grin at her.
From: [info]only_half_red Date: 05/08/2006 22:18:55  

She grins back.

"Yeah, and his name's Harry blank blank blank Dresden. Or is it only two blanks? Anyway. He's a faerie? Like... how powerful?"
From: [info]wizard_dresden Date: 05/08/2006 22:21:51  

"Well, I wouldn't go trying to trap him in a magic circle."

I sip my ale.

"Can we talk about something that isn't work?"

Not that I'm trying to get a bead on Santa or anything.
From: [info]only_half_red Date: 05/08/2006 22:26:28  

"Sure. What would you like to talk about?" she asks, finally taking a sip from the bottle. "Doom? Bugs? The fact that it looks like nobody would key your car because it's never looked worse? Harry, when was the last time you got a paint job on that thing?"
From: [info]wizard_dresden Date: 05/08/2006 22:32:29  

I give her an arch look. "Why paint it? Some plant monster or poo-throwing Kong-Tron will just fuck it up again."

I save my few dollars for things that are really important, like romance novels for Bob.
From: [info]only_half_red Date: 05/08/2006 22:36:34  

"It might make it look better. I'm not insulting it - just saying it could do with a lick of paint. Maybe... make it blue or something."

She licks her lips before taking another sip of her ale. "But hey, I didn't come here to make insinuations about the prettiness of your car, Harry."
From: [info]wizard_dresden Date: 05/08/2006 22:38:07  

I shrug.

"I push the long pedal, it goes forward, I'm happy."

More ale.

"So, why are you here?"
From: [info]only_half_red Date: 05/08/2006 22:41:01  

She shrugs. "I told you, I was in the neighbourhood."

She had to take a train, a bus and a cab to get in the neighbourhood, but she's still there.

"Taking a break. Where else would I go?"
From: [info]wizard_dresden Date: 05/08/2006 22:43:19  

"Rio?"

I really should stop grinning like that. It's probably scaring people.
From: [info]only_half_red Date: 05/08/2006 22:45:21  

She rolls her eyes.

"I was obviously imagining you having a good imagination," she teases.
From: [info]wizard_dresden Date: 05/08/2006 22:47:39  

"In Rio with whomever the hot hunk of Hollywood is now?"
From: [info]only_half_red Date: 05/08/2006 22:53:24  

"Talking about my fantasties, Harry; not yours," she says with a grin.
From: [info]wizard_dresden Date: 05/08/2006 22:55:41  

I think my whole head just turned pink.

Dammit.

"Uh - no."

Can't choke out more than that.
From: [info]only_half_red Date: 05/08/2006 22:57:53  

She rubs her hands together, holding them palm-forward in front of his face before shaking her head, chuckling.

"You're giving off a hell of a lot of heat there. You want a water? Help you cool down."
From: [info]wizard_dresden Date: 05/08/2006 23:00:07  

I brush her hands away.

"Stop that."

Geez.

"My real fantasy has more to do with..."

I think I'll stop that sentence before it goes to a place it shouldn't.
From: [info]only_half_red Date: 05/08/2006 23:04:54  

She raises an eyebrow, clearing her throat.

"Maybe we should talk about something else."
From: [info]wizard_dresden Date: 05/08/2006 23:18:44  

"Yeah."

I stare at my sandwich and pick up half, holding out for her.

"Hungry?"

I am not a teenager - why can't we just talk like normal people?

Oh, right, we're NOT normal people.
From: [info]only_half_red Date: 05/08/2006 23:20:03  

She nods, taking the half of a sandwich - fingers probably brushing his, but she really doesn't mean it or really notice, because she's damned hungry.

"Thanks."

Yes, it's hard being Not Normal.
From: [info]wizard_dresden Date: 05/08/2006 23:27:09  

"Sure."

I ate my sandwich.

I shouldn't want to be with her as much as I do, but it's been a really long time.
From: [info]only_half_red Date: 05/08/2006 23:31:07  

She eats her sandwich in silence, for the most part, not really tasting it (but we're sure it's lovely) as she just kind of watches Harry. She knows what he's thinking. She is, too.

"So, I've got a favour to ask."
From: [info]wizard_dresden Date: 05/09/2006 13:09:25  

"Oh?"

Not giving up more than that or I might end up asking favors of my own.
From: [info]only_half_red Date: 05/09/2006 14:50:35  

"Yeah, oh. Well, see, there's this whole thing where I don't have a place to stay. At least for the minute. Know anywhere going cheap?"

She looks just a little sheepish.
From: [info]wizard_dresden Date: 05/09/2006 14:54:42  

No no - she didn't ask me that. I mean, it's not like I haven't had vampires over before... or there isn't one living there now, but - it's Susan.

That's not a bad thing.

Or maybe it is.

Dammit. The last time she was in town and at my place... another quite while I'm ahead.

"Uh, well, if you're brave enough, you can stay in the old nearly-abandoned and surely haunted hotel upstairs," I say with a grin.
From: [info]only_half_red Date: 05/09/2006 14:56:51  

"That sounded like a challenge."

She raises her eyebrows.

"And it's nearly abandoned? Sounds... fun. Just tell me you won't be my landlord," she says, smiling. "I'd ask to just bunk down on your sofa, but... we both know that wouldn't be good."
From: [info]wizard_dresden Date: 05/09/2006 15:01:59  

"Yeah, that and it's already occupied."

I really would let her stay with me, but...
From: [info]only_half_red Date: 05/09/2006 15:05:52  

"Oh?"

Curious.

"Got another ex-girlfriend with nowhere to go?"

Still curious, but not hard.
From: [info]wizard_dresden Date: 05/09/2006 15:08:48  

"No. Thomas stays there now."

She's gonna ask why or something. I know she will.
From: [info]only_half_red Date: 05/09/2006 15:09:44  

"Oh. Well, at least it's not another ex-girlfriend, right?" she says, offering him a smile. "Who do I talk to about the maybe-haunted mostly-abandoned hotel, then?"
From: [info]wizard_dresden Date: 05/09/2006 15:11:58  

"You don't. I have floor space. Thomas can give up the couch for a few nights."

She's not staying in that hotel. That place is creepy.
From: [info]only_half_red Date: 05/09/2006 15:13:53  

"Don't be silly, Harry. I'm a big girl. I can stay in the hotel."

She takes a sip from her bottle.
From: [info]wizard_dresden Date: 05/09/2006 15:14:27  

"Not that one. Unless you're dead."
From: [info]only_half_red Date: 05/09/2006 15:15:36  

This is really kind of getting her interest peaked.

"It's a ghost hotel or something?"
From: [info]wizard_dresden Date: 05/09/2006 15:21:10  

"Or something. Really, Susan, you don't want to stay there. The dead are even a little wary some days."
From: [info]only_half_red Date: 05/09/2006 15:22:24  

A moment's silence.

"I'll take your word for it, then. But... you know it's probably not the best idea, right?"
From: [info]wizard_dresden Date: 05/09/2006 15:24:14  

"Yeah, but Thomas'll be there, so we'll be okay. Just be careful around Thomas. You know what he is."
From: [info]only_half_red Date: 05/09/2006 15:25:20  

She nods. "That's what I was talking about."

She downs the rest of her ale.
From: [info]wizard_dresden Date: 05/09/2006 15:26:23  

"Oh."

I turn back to my sandwich and ale.

"I think Thomas has a date tonight anyway. Be asleep before he gets back, shouldn't be a problem."
From: [info]only_half_red Date: 05/09/2006 15:29:45  

Another nod.

"Thanks, Harry."

She picks up what's left of her piece of sandwich.

"So, how come Thomas is staying with you?"
From: [info]wizard_dresden Date: 05/09/2006 15:32:04  

"He doesn't have anywhere else to stay either."
From: [info]only_half_red Date: 05/09/2006 15:33:14  

"I suppose that only makes sense," after she's swallowed. "Sure he won't mind taking the floor?"
From: [info]wizard_dresden Date: 05/09/2006 15:34:32  

"Yeah, he'll be okay."


Or he'll kick me to the floor and steal my bed. Whatever.
From: [info]only_half_red Date: 05/09/2006 15:35:23  

She smiles.

"Thanks, Harry. I owe you one. Or two. Dinner?"
From: [info]wizard_dresden Date: 05/09/2006 15:38:52  

"We're having dinner."

I turn back to her.

"Unless you mean tomorrow night?"
From: [info]only_half_red Date: 05/09/2006 15:40:39  

"I mean tomorrow night. Someplace not Mac's."
From: [info]wizard_dresden Date: 05/09/2006 15:42:17  

"You're gonna make me dress up, aren't you?"
From: [info]only_half_red Date: 05/09/2006 15:42:47  

She grins.

"Bingo."
From: [info]wizard_dresden Date: 05/09/2006 15:43:59  

"So why am I letting you stay at my place again?" I ask with half a smile.
From: [info]only_half_red Date: 05/09/2006 15:45:06  

"Because you don't want me staying in a hotel that the dead fear."

Also, he really can't say no to a damsel in distress.
From: [info]wizard_dresden Date: 05/09/2006 15:46:46  

"Yeah. That's it."

And the damsel in distress thing.
From: [info]only_half_red Date: 05/09/2006 15:55:14  

She gives him a small smirk instead of a smile, finishing her sandwich.

"Of course it is. Other than that, can't think of a single reason you'd want me in your living room."
From: [info]wizard_dresden Date: 05/09/2006 15:58:10  

"Huh, because I can think of a lot of reasons why I'd want you there."
From: [info]only_half_red Date: 05/09/2006 16:08:25  

Quietly, "Try not to."
From: [info]wizard_dresden Date: 05/09/2006 20:29:56  

"That's a lot harder to do."
From: [info]only_half_red Date: 05/09/2006 20:31:40  

She looks at him.

"I know."
From: [info]wizard_dresden Date: 05/09/2006 20:37:27  

"Hey, we're both adults, I think we can handle this."
From: [info]only_half_red Date: 05/09/2006 20:40:18  

And she actually manages to smile at that.

"Yeah, you're right."

If she sounds a little worried... well. Who can blame her?
From: [info]wizard_dresden Date: 05/09/2006 20:45:35  

"If you're finished, we can go now."
From: [info]only_half_red Date: 05/09/2006 20:46:43  

She nods.

"Yeah. We can go now."
From: [info]wizard_dresden Date: 05/10/2006 19:09:48  

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05/10/2006 19:06:00
wizard_dresden
[info]wizard_dresden
Harry's basement apartment
I've mentioned that my apartment is in the basement of an old boarding house, right? I'm sure I have.

That's where Susan and I are going now.



I open the door and mutter a phrase to drop the wards, but, again, I don't invite her in. Hey - she is still half-vampire. No invite from the guy who lives here. She can come in, it just means that her power is weakened a little. Not that that would help me much if she decided to try to eat me. Okay - off that train of thought before I change my mind and make her sleep in the Beetle.

Tags: harry dresden, susan rodriguez

 
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From: [info]only_half_red Date: 05/10/2006 23:26:20  

She waits until he's inside - obviously - and just takes a second to compose herself before she steps inside. Just as weird as it was last time. How 'bout that.

"That kinda tickles. It's weird."

But she knows it's necessary.
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05/19/2006 03:44:00
[info]5000_n_counting
Saint Mary of the Angels Church
I'd wonder why I come in and sit in one of the back pews so often, but I know the answer. It isn't just a matter of knowing I'm on Holy Ground. It's good to rest once in while, but "living" on Holy Ground isn't much of a life. There's the peace of being on Holy Ground, and there's getting to watch the people that come and go. Saint Mary's is a new world church. It may be gothic, but it doesn't have quite the right feel. That doesn't keep the tourists away. What do they know about gothic churches anyway? I think about stretching out some on the pew, but I'd rather not take the lecture I could get if I got caught. So I sit quietly on the pew watching, and listening. I'm not the only Immortal to find their way into Saint Mary's.

Current Mood: peaceful
Tags: methos, karrin murphy

 
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From: [info]lt_murphy_si Date: 05/20/2006 16:33:52  

I don't precisely know why I'm here, but it's quiet and gives me time to think. So many things have happened in the last few years, more and more weird stuff, more and more life-threatening situations.

I was raised Catholic, and even though I'm what some might call 'lapsed', a quiet church is sometimes the best place to think.

However, tonight, it doesn't look like I'm alone.

"Hey, Adam."
From: [info]5000_n_counting Date: 05/24/2006 11:00:19  

I smile at the sound of her voice. I wonder if I should ask her, "Come here often?" As I turn towards her I remember not to give her an order, even if it is as simple as, "Have a seat." What I say when I open my mouth is, "Hey, Karrin. Or is it Murphy, or Lieutenant Murphy today?"
From: [info]lt_murphy_si Date: 05/24/2006 21:21:13  

"Karrin is fine."

I sit down in the pew in front of him. He's a decent enough guy.

"What are you in for?" It's a small joke.

Very small. But my mood called for humor, so a small joke it is.
From: [info]5000_n_counting Date: 05/26/2006 02:37:33  

I nod when Karrin tells me her first name is fine. As she sits in the pew in front of me I wonder if she knows how attractive she is, and if Father Forthill would make me say a Hail Mary or two for thinking she's beautiful.

"Peace. I spent most of the morning arguing over the translation of some hieroglyphs with another researcher at the museum," I answer her question with the truth. If it was someone else I might joke or evade, but Karrin has my trust.
From: [info]lt_murphy_si Date: 05/26/2006 20:12:35  

"That sounds fun. About as fun as it is for me when I encounter someone who thinks Special Investigations is a waste of tax dollars."

It happens more often than I'd like...even with good publicity, it still happens.
From: [info]5000_n_counting Date: 05/26/2006 22:35:25  

"That's about the right level of fun. You even have a similar fun factor. I know I'm right, but I can't prove it because I don't have the scientific facts to back it up. You know SI does important work, but the work is with stuff people don't believe in anymore."

Talking about it is helping my mood some, but I could use a beer. I consider offering to buy her one, wondering if she'd insist on paying for her own.
From: [info]lt_murphy_si Date: 05/30/2006 06:22:05  

"People don't want to believe in this stuff. He--Well, I wouldn't, if I hadn't been nearly killed by some of this stuff."

I look around, at the stained glass windows and the altar. It's nostalgic for me to be here, and not all the memories are bad ones.
From: [info]5000_n_counting Date: 06/02/2006 02:24:48  

I shiver a little as Karrin talks about how she's nearly been killed by some things. It isn't much of a shiver, she might not notice it, but she's a good cop. I wonder what she'll think if she notices it; whether she'll say anything.

"Sometimes ignorance is bliss. Sometimes it just gets you dead," I decide to tell her. The thought of a beer gets better the more I think about it.
From: [info]lt_murphy_si Date: 06/02/2006 19:49:14  

I can't help but notice the tremor that goes through him, but I don't say anything. It's not like I don't get the shakes after a while, after all.

"Yeah. That's why I try not to stay ignorant. I don't have a lot of bliss, either." I fold my arms across my chest and breathe in the peace of this place.


From: [info]5000_n_counting Date: 06/19/2006 02:10:42  

When Karrin doesn't say anything about my shiver I relax a little, grateful for her silence.

"There are things that are bliss besides ignorance. You never had a really good beer?" I ask her, my love of a very good beer coming out of my mouth.
From: [info]lt_murphy_si Date: 06/19/2006 06:04:57  

I smile at him. "I've encountered a few."

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05/20/2006 22:22:00
[info]lt_murphy_si
In the office...
It's another late night for me in the office. It's dark outside and even though it really hasn't been that busy in Special Investigations, there is still all the paperwork to do and reports to write. Plus, I like to get in some nit-picky organizational duties done every so often.

Sometimes it's nice to be here, just doing paperwork. It almost convinces me that I'm a "normal" cop.

Until, of course, I have to mention vampires, werewolves, or other spooky creatures. It's a rather abrupt reminder.

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