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ladyfirestarter ([personal profile] ladyfirestarter) wrote2007-08-26 11:30 pm

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Every so often, Charlie's called to the home office in New York. She tries to arrange a day or two extra before and after the scheduled meeting, just to walk around and see the city.

The desert has become her heart's home, but ... once or twice a year she starts to sicken for the sight of skyscrapers and yellow cabs, the way some people sicken for mountains or the sea.

It's a brisk day in early September, cool and breezy, ideal for walking.

[identity profile] notboundnow.livejournal.com 2007-08-30 04:34 am (UTC)(link)
"I think I'd like, yeah." He tilts his head. "Why's that?"

[identity profile] notboundnow.livejournal.com 2007-08-30 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
"As in, you left a smoldering hole in the building, or...?"

[identity profile] notboundnow.livejournal.com 2007-08-30 04:44 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, but she should be!

Prometheus appears to weigh and digest this. "Ah. Well. I suppose a gaping swath of carnage and destruction is preferable to a monster squatting in your hotel when you're trying to run a business establishment."

[identity profile] notboundnow.livejournal.com 2007-08-30 04:53 am (UTC)(link)
"And you stopped it. You and Bev and Fire." He gives her hand a squeeze. "I hope there was at least a ticker-tape parade. Or a free ticket for the buffet."

[identity profile] notboundnow.livejournal.com 2007-08-30 05:10 am (UTC)(link)
"Is that what it takes? I'll have to keep that in mind!" He grins, and glances around. "Are we close? Note that I'm being very good about not getting nosy and asking where we're going."

Though it seems to be suspiciously in the direction of Times Square.

[identity profile] notboundnow.livejournal.com 2007-08-31 12:50 am (UTC)(link)
This presents a new problem. Does he break out into "Crosstown Traffic" or just plain "42nd Street"?

He decides to restrain himself. They might, after all, run into people she knows.

What's there? He runs down the list, but nothing that he knows seems a likely candidate. "Do they still use tokens on the buses here?" he asks, idly.

[identity profile] notboundnow.livejournal.com 2007-08-31 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
He rolls his shoulders. "I usually walk. Heh. Or ride free." A quirk of the mouth. "A long time ago, I did a guy a favor. The turnstiles seem to remember. I suppose that's a one New York-only deal, though."

[identity profile] notboundnow.livejournal.com 2007-08-31 03:10 am (UTC)(link)
And why not? The place, it seems, is a spectacle no matter where it lives. Which is comforting.

Charlie gets them on a bus and swipes them through. They find two seats together at the front, along the window.

Prometheus people-watches.

[identity profile] notboundnow.livejournal.com 2007-08-31 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
He squints at it, smiles after a moment.

"That's good. I think he'd like that. If you could ever get him out of the forge to see it." Beat. "That's not true -- he shows up at the bar from time to time. You met him yet, by any chance? He's a good guy."

[identity profile] notboundnow.livejournal.com 2007-08-31 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
"The few, the proud, the nice ones. Past those -- few, you start getting into slim pickings." His face darkens as he stumbles over the word three, refusing to say it. "Not that they're not capable of bollocksing up just as well."

[identity profile] notboundnow.livejournal.com 2007-08-31 03:53 am (UTC)(link)
He looks away before closing his eyes and shaking his head. "I shouldn't get into it. Mercer and I are having -- let's just call it a strident disagreement and leave it at that. It'll get sorted out soon enough."

The twist of his mouth means to close the matter.

"Anyway, you should say hi to Hephaestos if you see him around."

[identity profile] notboundnow.livejournal.com 2007-08-31 04:10 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah?" And just like that, he's as restless as an eager toddler, taking in the sights as though he'll know what he's looking for.

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