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The Magic Box, Sunday, July 13

Jul 13, 2014 14:07

It was Sunday evening. Maybe in other, better cities people were waking up from the naps they took to sleep off Grandma's pot roast dinner after church. Maybe they were riding bikes under streetlights or swinging on suburban porch swings, counting fireflies ( Read more... )

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After the Show - On the Floor not_every_mage July 13 2014, 18:10:02 UTC

The club doesn't close after Rita gives her big finale number; there's still plenty of mingling to be had, and this time the singers are encouraged to wander out into the audience and meet their loyal fans. (Especially rich ones.)

Re: After the Show - On the Floor halfbad July 13 2014, 22:40:05 UTC

Despite not really knowing why this place was suddenly a club, Nathan had to say that he enjoyed the show. It wasn't something he'd ever seen before even if he didn't know some of the people he'd seen had it in them.

And while he wasn't rich, he did have money in his pockets and he was hanging out after the show since there wasn't much else to do.

Re: After the Show - On the Floor blondecanary July 14 2014, 00:11:16 UTC

Dinah was back; still looking for Boz (mostly to tell him to run for it), and one other loose end to tie up in a bow.

Re: After the Show - On the Floor glacial_queen July 14 2014, 04:01:25 UTC

"I'm not supposed to be talking to you," Karla said quietly. She was sitting at a table next to Dinah's, alone, not even facing the other woman. But close, yes, close enough to be heard. "There's a dead girl here. Related, you think?"

Re: After the Show - On the Floor blondecanary July 14 2014, 04:03:19 UTC

Dinah kept her eyes across the room, but responded in a low voice, "Could be. I'd say coincidence, but I don't believe in coincidence." She took a breath. "I contacted the Black Canary's employer. Turns out, it's a guy named Morton. That name mean anything to you?"

Re: After the Show - On the Floor glacial_queen July 14 2014, 04:08:07 UTC

Morton. Morton.

Her hand jerked. Knocked over a glass. Karla didn't bother to wipe it up. Couldn't. Nothing registered beyond the ringing in her ears and the repetition of his name.

Just minutes ago, she'd agreed to Angelface's terms: marry him to let her sister go free. And now here was this strange woman, offering her everything she'd ever needed to hear.

"Are you some kind of guardian angel?" she choked out at last.

Re: After the Show - On the Floor blondecanary July 14 2014, 04:11:58 UTC

"No more than any other P.I." Just, you know. Deader.

"I take it that's good news," Dinah said, as dry as her martini. But she was hiding a tiny smile. "He said I should pass along -- what was it? Oh yeah. Olaf says it's safe."

Olaf, for crying out loud. Seriously, I could not make that up.

Re: After the Show - On the Floor glacial_queen July 14 2014, 04:20:59 UTC

Now Karla was regretting knocking her drink over. After that, that last bit of confirmation, she really needed a drink.

"Olaf," she whispered. "He was a snowman. My sister, Elsa, named him. It was right before we'd found out our parents were dead."

Only the three of them had been there, that cold winter morning in Arendelle, where they'd laughed and played with a childish abandon that would never exist again.

"It's real. It's really real."

Re: After the Show - On the Floor blondecanary July 14 2014, 04:26:19 UTC

"He's got tickets on an outbound liner from Baltimore, waiting for you at the harbor port-of-call office. The Freya leaves for Norway, then Arendelle, early tomorrow morning." Dinah let out a slow breath. "Can you get out of here in time? Or are you going to need some help?"

Re: After the Show - On the Floor glacial_queen July 14 2014, 04:35:13 UTC

"We can make it." Her voice was steel, her eyes bleak. The kind of eyes a woman wore when she was about to do something there was no going back from. "We just have one last thing to do and then we can leave this place for good."

She finally turned to face Dinah fully. "Thank you. So much. Good luck with your case. I hope you find whatever bastard did it."

Re: After the Show - On the Floor blondecanary July 14 2014, 04:38:01 UTC

"So do I... Bon voyage, 'Miss DiGlacia.'" Dinah stood up with a small smile. "And your sister is lucky to have you looking out for her. I hope you both have long, happy lives."

Maybe if I'd had a sister, or a partner, well...

Some things can't be fixed.

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