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[helokitynkevlar]

WHO: Mindy Macready and OPEN
WHERE: A (comic) book store!
WHEN: Sometime nowish
WARNINGS: Just some spazzing on Mindy's side
SUMMARY: Where are all the comics?
FORMAT: Prose for now whatever you want later.

Comments

Just saw the movie version of Kick-Ass it was delicious

[godisachild]

Pokey had exhausted his current stock of reading material: history books, philosophy, all the standards kids usually read for fun. Something he hadn't tried in this universe, however, had been there comic books. He enjoyed comics like any twelve year old boy would, though he tended to want to get familiar with what he considered the more important aspects of a culture before indulging in entertainment. Still, he had to admit it, he enjoyed it when he got the entertainment part.

He didn't think much of the blond girl at first, despite how intensely she seemed to be inspecting the comic rack. Still, he had to admit there was something familiar about her face, but it was a big city. That didn't mean anything. And she apparently had a great interest in comics, so she would probably be a good source to ask recommendations from.

Clearing his throat a little, he asked, "So....what's good here?"

:) I'm assuming she's seen him not-blue

[helokitynkevlar]

She was looking through them all carefully, and she had caught a glance of the kid out of the corner of her eye.

Oh right, it's the kid who's made an offer with him. But she couldn't give herself away. Didn't matter if they were going to work together.

"Nothing. Seriously. This is the worst comic store ever. It doesn't even have the staples."

She looked to the independent comics. There had to be something interesting.

Actually, he's always blue XD He doesn't give a damn about going out in public like that

[godisachild]

His eyes widen at that. He recognizes the voice now but...no way. Her hair is a totally different color. Unless she's wearing a wig, but that'd be crazy. Like her. ...Okay, it's her. Just act like it's someone else, because she's probably going to beat the crap out of you if you blow her cover.

"S-standsrds?" He stammers out. He clearly doesn't know what she means.

[helokitynkevlar]

She noticed sudden fear and raised an eyebrow. Well. He already knew who she was.

"Standards? No. Staples. Batman is a staple. Watchmen is a staple. Actually, no. Anything by Alan Moore is a staple."

She picked up a comic-Kabuki-"This is pretty, but it's also very obscure."

[godisachild]

As quickly as the fear came, it was gone and replaced with confusion. "Alan Moore? Like, he's more Alan or something? Sorry, I'm not very familiar with the comic books here."

Or anywhere, aside from Eagleland, really. And he had forgotten a lot about those in the hundreds of years he'd been screwing around space-time.

[helokitynkevlar]

She gave him this blank stare for a moment, "Alan Moore. He's possibly one of the greatest comic authors ever."

She smiled as she looked through the books. V for Vendetta had to be here somewhere. "And he's batshit crazy awesome. Seriously."

[godisachild]

He shrugged weakly. "Never heard of him. Then again, I don't read comics that often."

He simply stared at her for a moment. When he finally spoke again, he was clearly amused, "Jeez, you're really into this crap, aren't you?" He'd kind of think she'd get bored of it, or not see it as much of a means of escape, considering she was a superhero, after all.

[helokitynkevlar]

"It's not crap when it's well written," she said, "There's a big difference between real life and comics, of course. Well, before everything started, at least. But if you look back at the old books, they're very fun."

Her Dad had introduced her to a few comics, of course. She couldn't go off saying how they were inspiring and influential or anything. She still knew that they weren't realistic. Unless, it was here.

[godisachild]

"I'm using crap as a catch-all, not about it's quality." His smirk oozed smarm. Apparently, his fear had begun to dissipate. Yeah, she might be a psychopath, but she was, seemingly, a kid too. And really, he couldn't judge her that much. She hadn't been the one of them to release a world-destroying terror on their plane of existence, after all.

Raising an eyebrow, he picked up one of the larger graphic novels. Apparently a copy of Jeff Smith's Bone. Flipping through the pages, he asked, "So, you know anything about this one, Sugarplum Crazy?"

[helokitynkevlar]

The second he'd used that name, it didn't matter. She had a butterfly knife in her pocket, and the blunt of it was against his stomach. She wouldn't impale him in public, and she was pretty sure that no one had heard him.

"Call me that out of costume one more time," her voice was a low whisper, and it was dead serious, "And I'll make you regret it."

She blinked, and looked the book. Her demeanor had changed radically, it was like a 180: "That one's a good one to read."

Everything was all about appearances.

[godisachild]

He took a small, sucking gasp at the feel of the blade against him. A small shiver ran through his body, but otherwise, he had no reaction. He'd learned how to control outright terror in the year he'd been working for Giygas. He knew how to funnel most of it into small reactions most of the time.

Debating her on the issue, or trying to defend himself, would probably just get him stabbed. And forcing her into that wouldn't exactly be the best way to begin a working relationship. He licked his lips slightly as she headed back towards a normal conversation before replying, "Oh. I might have to then." Before continuing to flip through it. He was good at acting normally, or at least a pretense of it, when frightened too.

Still pretending to read the comic, he asked, "So, do you have any other hobbies than comics, or is that just it? I mean, like movies or crap?" He hoped that she'd get the hint that he got it, and would pull the knife away.

he almost got away scott free, too. Almost.

[helokitynkevlar]

The blade had moved away from him fairly quickly when she was certain he wasn't going to do anything too dumb, "I highly recommend it, it's a comic staple."

"I like old school action movies. John Woo and Clint Eastwood are my favorite actors. I'm usually really busy with homework to do much else. But that's not so bad either.

"I'm Mindy," she said as she extended her hand.

Well that wouldn't be any fun

[godisachild]

"I guess I'll give it a read, then. I've exhausted pretty much everything else I have." He said casually, though he let out a small shudder of relief as he felt her draw the weapon away.

"Action movies?" That wasn't a surprise, he guessed. "I'm more of a horror movie fan, myself. It's probably one of the few genres I have familiarity with here." He raised an eyebrow at her going to school; now that was somewhat of a surprise for him. "Hey, if you want, I can help you study. There's little I don't know, academics-wise." And that was a honest boast; Pokey made it his business to figure out as much as he could in every form about the world he visited.

He took her hand and shook it firmly. "I'm Pokey. Nice to meet you, Mindy." Giving her a small look, he asked, "I sure hope we can be friends."

Nope!

[helokitynkevlar]

"Nice to meet you, too!" she smiled. At the note horror movies, she tilted her head, "Horror movies are interesting, but I don't watch them too much."

School, of course, had been code for 'working with Big Daddy and killing the mafia', but she didn't know if he knew that. Still, she took out a pencil and paper.

How fast does a handgun bullet travel?

[godisachild]

"I like 'em." He replied nonchalantly, shrugging. "'Specially arthouse ones like Eraserhead and all that junk. Slashers are pretty cool too, though."

His eyebrows widened a bit at the question, but not much. Of course. Why had he thought she went to ACTUAL school. Quietly, keeping his eyes on hers, he muttered, "What make, model, and caliber? Even the length of the barrel makes a difference."

Yeah I just had someone wiki a handgun.

[helokitynkevlar]

She put the pencil to her lips and thought about it.

Federal .45, ACP

That one was gonna be hard.