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Tweak says, "Hey girl, wanna dance?"

Zatanna Zatara (notbabymagic) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2013-08-19 11:29:00

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hei, saetan sadiablo, tieria erde, wally west, zatanna zatara

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[Today's adventure is less of a fiesta and more of a siesta.]

[Namely, one thoroughly-exhausted Zatanna can be found at the Library. Pouring over texts as if she were in danger of failing MarinaNova 101. The journals are old. The writing in them mostly by hand. She has a notebook of her own off to one side, filled with scribbles and diagrams and anything else she could think of. Most of them magic, though there were a few other symbols drawn in there as well. Such as distinctive "R"s, and lightning bolts and other insignias of her friends. Her and home.]

[If one is fortunate enough to catch her before noon, she might even still be conscious. Either mindlessly doodling or browsing one of the shelves. Otherwise...any passer-bys will find the fourteen year old passed out over the texts.]

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	notbabymagic 2013-09-12 11:07 pm UTC (link)
	I dunno, Wally. All that soda you've been drinking. Doesn't caffeine stunt your growth or something? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fastonhisfeet 2013-09-18 07:05 pm UTC (link)
	[He waves a hand dismissively.] Nah, that's just a bunch of hogwash. Besides, I don't drink that much soda, Zatanna. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notbabymagic 2013-09-18 09:18 pm UTC (link)
	Well, how am I supposed to know that? I'm not your babysitter. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fastonhisfeet 2013-09-21 04:30 pm UTC (link)
	Good. I'm glad we got that settled. But just so we're clear, you were only kidding about me not getting any taller, right? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notbabymagic 2013-09-22 11:41 am UTC (link)
	[Wally, your priorities.] Yes, I was just kidding. I'm pretty sure you shot up to be almost as tall as Dick by then. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fastonhisfeet 2013-09-22 06:01 pm UTC (link)
	[What? This is very important business!] [And there may be the slightest of pouts on his face when she says "almost as tall", but he'll move on to something else now.] So, what exactly are you doing here? Y'know, before you started drooling all over those books there. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notbabymagic 2013-09-22 06:02 pm UTC (link)
	I wasn't-- [A roll of the eyes. Oh, forget it.] Believe it or not, magic isn't just making stuff up as I go along. I'm trying to do some research in hopes of finding a way out of here. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fastonhisfeet 2013-09-22 06:35 pm UTC (link)
	Do you want some help? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notbabymagic 2013-09-22 06:36 pm UTC (link)
	Do you even know what to look for? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fastonhisfeet 2013-09-22 07:09 pm UTC (link)
	Of course I do. [He reaches across the table to grab one of the books she was using for her research and plops back down in his chair. After a few moments of studying and flipping through some pages, he pulls the book down to look at her.] But maybe you should tell me just to be sure. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

notbabymagic
2013-09-22 07:18 pm UTC (link)

[You have no idea, do you?]

[It was so obvious, she could do little more than knowingly grin at him before taking the diary he was holding and flipping it right-side up.]

Basically, anything that could be remotely interpreted as magic. Spells. Symbols. Rituals. Most of them are nonsense, but there are a few actually based in real ancient traditions. If we're lucky, something close enough to whatever it is they've been using on us, here.

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	fastonhisfeet 2013-09-22 09:29 pm UTC (link)
	[Oh, it probably would help if he was looking at it right-side up, wouldn't it. He takes the diary back with a sheepish smile.] So you think they might be using magic on us? [He's genuinely curious as it's not something he's seriously considered before.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notbabymagic 2013-09-22 09:53 pm UTC (link)
	It's the only explanation I've got. I mean, teleportation, power nerfing, and Batman-level spying skills? I mean, those Wardens somehow know whenever somebody has sex around here. And not the public kind. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fastonhisfeet 2013-09-25 07:17 pm UTC (link)
	Okay, I'll give you the Batman-level spying skills being magic. ['Cause how else can you explain that without being Batman?] Though I really could have done without that last part. [The less said about the Wardens creeping on people the better.] Have you been able to find anything that might be useful yet? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notbabymagic 2013-09-25 08:34 pm UTC (link)
	You can't tell me you haven't noticed. [Oddly enough, even with Wally, she had no scruples about talking about such things. After all, the Wardens announced it publicly over the Network each day.] ...and no, nothing yet. I thought I saw a few things earlier, but those were fake spells. Tested them myself. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

fastonhisfeet
2013-10-01 12:10 am UTC (link)

Oh, I've noticed. I just wish I didn't.

[Not only is the constant reminder that the Wardens are watching their every move unsettling, but he doesn't really need to know who is doing who illegally.]

Well, most things don't work out for us right away. [He slouches down in his chair and begins scanning the diary again.] Plus, if there's one thing we have a surplus of here, it's time. I'm sure we'll find something.

[Whether it's a magical solution or something else.]

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	notbabymagic 2013-10-01 08:04 am UTC (link)
	I knew there was a reason we kept you around, Wally. Your optimism is an inspiration to us all. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

fastonhisfeet
2013-10-01 10:32 am UTC (link)

Hey, it's either that or admit defeat. And it's going to take more than two months in some messed up prison resort to get the best of me.

[Though if he was being completely honest, his time here has started taking its toll on him and it's getting harder and harder to push whatever negative thoughts and feelings he has about their current situation aside.]

[Flip. Nothing. Another page flip. Still nothing.]

I finally took your advice and told Artemis. You know, about what happened on New Years.

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	notbabymagic 2013-10-01 08:15 pm UTC (link)
	[...Wally, you can't just spring that sort of thing on her in the middle of a study session. Now she's going to go ahead and drop her book and state at him in genuine surprise and grin.] And...? [Details, please] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

fastonhisfeet
2013-10-01 09:12 pm UTC (link)

[He was just trying to make casual conversation while they studied. And it might just give him the perfect excuse to hide his eyes behind the diary so he can't see her reactions. It's somehow less awkward that way.]

And she didn't hit me or run away screaming, so I'd say it went better than I expected.

[Certainly that joke response will be enough to quench her curiosity.]

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	notbabymagic 2013-10-01 09:30 pm UTC (link)
	[Wally.] [It's like you don't even know her.] Well, I could've told you that was going to happen. Unless you two are into that sort of thing. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

fastonhisfeet
2013-10-01 10:19 pm UTC (link)

[He rolls his eyes behind the diary at her last remark. It's not like he actually likes it when Artemis hits him. ~~Much~~.]

Ha-ha, you're funny.

[Not really. But he supposes he can tell her a little about what happened since he brought it up after all.]

It went okay. [More than okay, actually.] I mean, I told her about it and then we went and saw a movie together afterwards. [And no, it wasn't a date.]

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	notbabymagic 2013-10-01 11:31 pm UTC (link)
	I know. Hilarious even. You mean, you two finally went on a date? [She also isn't a mind reader, and can't see those meta brackets.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fastonhisfeet 2013-10-02 12:12 am UTC (link)
	No, it wasn't a date. [There's a long moment of silence as he thinks more about it before he pulls the diary down so he can finally look at her with a confused expression on his face.] ...At least I don't think it was. I mean, not officially anyway. [It was just another one of their not!dates. They've really got those things down to a fine art by now.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notbabymagic 2013-10-02 07:56 am UTC (link)
	[Groan.] Wally! How am I supposed to live vicariously through you two if you don't ever actually do anything about it? You do realize there's a good chance my dog has been on more dates lately than the four of us combined? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)