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Tweak says, "It's exquisite"

Tachikoma (williseeheaven) wrote in utr_logs,
@ 2009-12-06 19:07:00

Entry tags:

tachikoma, walt diego

Who: Tachikoma and Walt Diego
What: Hanging out in New Orleans.
Warnings: Nope!

Landing out of a portkey whilst on roller skates was a dangerous idea unless someone had had a lot of practice. Luckily, Tachikoma was one of the few experts in the art. "Don't try this at home!" she warned a small boy that was spared due to Tach's sharp turns and quick maneuvers on her wheels.

She'd never been to New Orleans. Even with the cold weather there were a lot of people, tourists and natives alike. It had a much different feeling than New York or London. It was exciting. She slowed to a halt, looking for blue carnations.

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	iminplainsight 2009-12-08 03:19 am UTC (link)
	"They're only scary if you get an angry one." He said with a laugh, "Most of them are pretty friendly, actually, just hanging around because they're attached to something or someplace." He checked his watch, "If we hustle a little we can get on the next ghost tour, starts in about a half hour, it's about fifteen minutes away, over in the French Quarter." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	williseeheaven 2009-12-08 03:36 am UTC (link)
	"Let's find a scary one," she said in a conspiratorial whisper. It would be exciting and fun, like watching a horror movie. "Which way?" she asked, excited to zip off to the tour. She should wait for Walt, though. She wouldn't want to lose him again. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	iminplainsight 2009-12-08 03:44 am UTC (link)
	"We'll see what we can do." He said with a nod, leading her off in the right direction. It didn't take more than about ten minutes to get there, actually, and Walt grinned when they arrived, nodding to the top-hatted man leaning against a lamp post, a German Shepherd sitting at his feet, "That's Von Thorn, he's the tour guide, he's one of the super-neat ones." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

williseeheaven
2009-12-08 03:59 am UTC (link)

"You know him? Cool." She was impressed by Walt having all of the inside knowledge about this town. It was still hard for her to believe that he'd been around for a while. Tach skated over to the guide. "Hi!" she said brightly before bending to scratch the German Shepherd between it's ears. She was really good with animals. "Hey you," she said, grinning and nuzzling the pup. She was rewarded with some licks to the face.

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	iminplainsight 2009-12-08 04:11 am UTC (link)
	He nodded, "I know most of the crew, I try and catch the tour whenever I can, same with the vampire one, but only if there's real fans in the audience, the ghost one's fun for everybody." The guide inclined his head, smiling slightly and touching the brim of his hat by way of greeting. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	williseeheaven 2009-12-08 12:12 pm UTC (link)
	Tach craned her head to look up at the guide, still petting the dog. "I want to go on your tour and see--hee!--ghosts and stuff!" she said, interrupted by another facelick that came a little too close to her mouth. She ruffled the pups ears and gave him a nudge with her nose. "Shh, I'm talking," she told him with a grin. He gave her a happy-sounding bark. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

iminplainsight
2009-12-08 07:48 pm UTC (link)

The man chuckled at that, "Well you've come to the right place for that." His voice was a comfortable drawl, he even sounded old timey, somehow, "And Louis likes you, I think you're goin' have a good time."

He nodded to Walt, then, "How you been, Walt, ain't seen you around in a while." Walt shrugged, smiling, "Oh you know, they like to keep me busy. This is Tach, she's never been to the city before, figured I should make sure she got a proper tour."

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williseeheaven
2009-12-09 02:04 am UTC (link)

She looked up to the guide and back to Walt. She wasn't expecting Von Thorn to be able to spot Walt. She half-expected Walt to get into tours without paying. Sneaky-sneaky. She grinned up at the guide again when Walt introduced her. "Yup! That's me!"

She ruffled Louis' ears once more before standing. "He's cute." She wiped slobber off of her face. "Where do we sign up?"

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iminplainsight
2009-12-09 02:28 am UTC (link)

Von Thorn laughed again, that same amused rumble, sweeping his hat off and holding it to his chest, "Dear, for a friend of Walter's who's never seen the city? On the house." He settled his hat back into place with a wink, "And don't let Louis fool you, he's a hellion."

Walt just laughed again, shaking his head, "Don't let this old huckster fool you, Louis is as sweet as pralines and cream." He shrugged, "I work with 'em sometimes, when they need another hand for tourist season."

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	williseeheaven 2009-12-09 03:17 am UTC (link)
	She smiled brightly and bounced on her skates. "Ooh! Thanks." She giggled and scritched Louis behind the ears. "He's a sweetheart," she said before straightening up. "I like your hat." She was a hat fan, and top hats were especially cool. She spun to face Walt. "Really? That's so cool!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

iminplainsight
2009-12-09 03:41 am UTC (link)

Walt smiled, nodding, "Yeah, caught one of the tours my first day here and I was hooked." He shrugged, "Then I got the delivery job and this one turned over to seasonal."

Von Thorn smiled, pushing himself up off his lamppost then as the rest of the tour group was herded out of the building by one of the other guides, "You ready for 'em, Count?" He nodded, "Of course, if everyone's ready, let's begin."

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	williseeheaven 2009-12-09 04:08 am UTC (link)
	She grinned, rolling back to Walt and taking his arm again. "Is it best in front?" she asked as they started following the guide along with the rest of the group. "So you're good at being scary?" she asked Walt, giggling. She'd never been on a ghost tour before, but it seemed like you would have to be scary to run one. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

iminplainsight
2009-12-09 04:18 am UTC (link)

"Little group like this, we're kind of all in front." He said, smiling, "And it's usually best in the middle, somewhere."

The tour ran about an our and a half, and covered just over a mile round trip, though there were various stops and walkarounds of places with historical significance. Von Thorn was quite the storyteller, weaving everything together easily, so that the whole thing flowed from one stop to the next.

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	williseeheaven 2009-12-09 04:47 am UTC (link)
	Tach was delighted by the tour. She ate it all up, totally drawn in to the story. At one hotel, she got a little spooked and wound up squealing and clinging to Walt. She giggled at herself afterward. When it was all over, she thanked Von Thorn and gave Louis a few more pets. "That was fun," she said to Walt. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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