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Reno of the Turks ([personal profile] raspberryturk) wrote2009-09-29 04:45 pm

Edge, Tuesday Afternoon

"Back to work, back to work."

Work for Reno, it should be noted, mostly consisted of him putting his feet on his desk and pretending to be busy. There were reports to be filed. He didn't wanna. That required effort.

Taking jobs that involved him chasing down monsters or beating terrorists to a messy pulp or, dare he say it, the jobs that required making hits? That wasn't work. That was play.

Reno? Reno was working. So hard at work. Staring at paper. Paperwork would be less boring if maybe it came in crossword format. Or word search. Or if it was written out in code that replaced each letter of the alphabet with a different picture of a naked chick. If it did that, maybe it wouldn't be so much work!

Yes, he was totally spending his time hard at work trying to will the phone to ring with his brain. Ugh, work.

[For phonecalls, of course. Reno is, as usual, boooored.]

[identity profile] blondecanary.livejournal.com 2009-09-29 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
"Maaaaybe a few," Dinah said pending permission of parties puckering up. "You'll see when you come visit! And he's not a trained killer-- well." She paused. "He fights monsters? Back at his home? Called lurkers. They kind of look like a cross between a gorilla and a frog." Dinah tilted her head. "Maybe it's too soon to say for sure, though. It was just one kiss? But. It was really nice." She'd gotten enough used to the idea that she wasn't bibbling it at a high-speed whisper now, though. "His name's Jak. Just Jak. From Sandover. Oh! And a giant robot!"

[identity profile] blondecanary.livejournal.com 2009-09-29 09:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Dinah and her mun might've had a little too much caffiene today.

"Right! I knew that." Dinah turned red, then grinned. "And no! Just him! He took out a giant robot, though." She paused, then the rest settled into her brain and she had to say, "Awwww. You'd threaten him for me! That's so nice! And violent! But nice!"

[identity profile] blondecanary.livejournal.com 2009-09-29 10:00 pm (UTC)(link)
"Seriously?" Dinah was staring at the phone now, and demanding, "Why didn't I hear this story? How did you do it?"

[identity profile] blondecanary.livejournal.com 2009-09-29 10:06 pm (UTC)(link)
"Dude," Dinah said mournfully, and taking mental notes on how to deal with giant robots if they ever came to New Gotham. Or Fandom. "I kinda think that's how Jak did it too, yellow eco, it's this energy stuff they have there-- anyway. I'm training and training and it's been almost a month and the only invasion we have to worry about it parents this weekend. Oh, and the little blue guys who were stealing underwear." She paused. "Not mine!"

[identity profile] blondecanary.livejournal.com 2009-09-29 10:10 pm (UTC)(link)
"You love it," Dinah accused him, grinning. "Plus you missed maple syrup rain... How are things going there? Aside from slinkies and superballs? Did you ever get those water treatment thingies to work?"

[identity profile] blondecanary.livejournal.com 2009-09-30 12:21 am (UTC)(link)
"Awesome," Dinah said, pleased. "I'm glad, I know big ones can't be easy to make. But maybe that'll help people out." She grinned and bounced on her bed. "How're the beans doing? Still yellow?" She snickered. "And hey! Would you want an ice cream maker? Do you guys have milk?"

[identity profile] blondecanary.livejournal.com 2009-09-30 12:37 am (UTC)(link)
"Then I'll send you the fixings," Dinah decided, since hey, kids who liked superballs would probably like ice cream as well as Reno. "They could make enchiladas? Maybe some tortillas or something." Which was Dinah's idea of how you ate beans, as part of the spiciest Mexican food you could make. "Why wouldn't it be safe? Structurally, or something else, and why are you there then?" she asked, worried.

[identity profile] blondecanary.livejournal.com 2009-09-30 12:49 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh." Dinah processed that, then said, "Oh." Not safe for the kids. Right. "Gotcha." A moment of silence, then a bit more soberly, "Anyone thinking you're a good target lately? I really hope not."

[identity profile] blondecanary.livejournal.com 2009-09-30 12:55 am (UTC)(link)
"The WRO, they're the ones taking care of people mostly, right?" Dinah checked, trying to remember. She was quiet a minute, thinking about prisons. "They're always a pain. Keep people out, keep people in..." She sighed, remembering Al Hawke. "Too bad you can't put an ankle bracelet and a tracker on them. I'm guessing that wouldn't be enough."

[identity profile] blondecanary.livejournal.com 2009-09-30 01:02 am (UTC)(link)
Dinah sighed, frowning and pacing. "You gotta get some due process, too. If only to keep track of them, Reno. I mean, I don't know if the WRO is letting them go or... doing other stuff. But secrets are weapons to everybody else." She got that much. She paced a little farther, and then asked, "Is there anyone that almost everyone trusts to be fair? Or any code, or authority, or... I don't know. Even religion, that they'd all be good with? If not making the rules, then arbitrating them?"

[identity profile] blondecanary.livejournal.com 2009-09-30 01:13 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, that's... going to blow, until someone sane and smart without an axe to grind steps up," Dinah said, guessing that the last one would be the hardest to find. "And you wouldn't want to bring in anyone from outside. Nobody would trust them." She shook her head, thinking. "And elections could get rigged, especially with everyone all upset and no one paying attention, and that might not get the best person making rules either." She frowned. "Maybe Arthur has some ideas? This is his thing, kinda."

[identity profile] blondecanary.livejournal.com 2009-09-30 01:21 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, point." Dinah winced, thinking. "Do you want books, or are you all booked out? Especially for something like this, I just..." She sighed. "Wish I could help." She thought of Jim Gordon in New Gotham, and shook her head. "You need one person who's not getting anything out of it, and nobody especially hates, who'll make the tough calls. But heck if I know where you could find them." She paused. "No, you need a system first, maybe?"

[identity profile] blondecanary.livejournal.com 2009-09-30 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
"...wait. I thought he was the bad guy. And I thought he was dead?" Dinah said, voice going up in a question. "Or is this a different Shinra?" There could be more than one. She felt like she needed to make a flow chart.