036 / 002 - I have lightning (if the stars dry out) to guide me

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[Misaki is standing on the edge of the theater roof, on top of the little cement cement barrier there to keep people from falling off. She sticks one foot into the air in front of her, puts her arms out for balance, and then pivots sharply and starts walking along the ledge. She stops at the corner of the theater and it looks for a moment like she's going to jump, but she just plops neatly down on the ledge and dangles her feet in the air.]

...it's so pretty up here.

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[ghostlighter]

[... Psht! No, really. He just went, "Psht!"] Somehow, I doubt that anything is going to turn up. But, hey, if it'll keep you busy.

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[Crosses her arms, bouncing on her heels.] You're saying no one here has seen what you can do? That you haven't told anyone how you do it?

[ghostlighter]

That's not what I'm saying. But if anyone here knows what I can do? It's because I know they wouldn't tell. [Well... that's a bluff, but whatever.]

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

Bull. If you go around saving people all the time there's bound to be some who don't care about keeping your secrets. And from what Martha-san said, people around here put themselves in harm's way a lot.

[ghostlighter]

Pretty big assumption there, don't you think?

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

Every clueless case begins with pretty big assumptions. If you don't have a direction you're not going to get anywhere.

[ghostlighter]

[Has now started to rooting around the bar for just something to drink.] Well, good luck with that. Let me know how it goes.

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

Are you old enough to do that? [ :\ ]

[ghostlighter]

[Yes. :|] Who cares?

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[Hands on hips] I do!

[ghostlighter]

[Oh, look! He found some beer. He twists the cap off and takes a small swig.] How old are you again?

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

'Again' implies I told you in the first place.

[ghostlighter]

Work with me here.

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

Usually cooperation goes both ways.

[ghostlighter]

Usually saving someone's life would get you a little leniency with this sort of thing. [Another swig and he's leaning against the bar now.]

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

Usually a savior doesn't scare his save-ee into falling off a building.

[ghostlighter]

Like I did that on purpose.

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

So it would have been involuntary manslaughter. Doesn't change the fact that we're pretty much even.

[ghostlighter]

[Actually facepalms for a minute.]

Fine. We're even. You don't have to answer me, but I don't have to answer to you, either.

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[And she marches up and yanks the beer away.] You don't have to answer me, and I don't have to let you drink.

[ghostlighter]

Did you just— [Stares at her for a minute, then just... shakes his head. And gets another beer.]

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[LATHER, RINSE, REPEAT]

[ghostlighter]

[... once more. AND IF SHE TRIES AGAIN? He's totally going to phase his arm and the bottle through it this time.]

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[THIRD TIME'S THE CHARM?]

[ghostlighter]

[DENIED.]