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Tweak says, "I’ll give you 20 bucks."

Katherine Athena (oceantoocean) wrote in we_float,
@ 2010-05-21 22:37:00

Entry tags:

character: alistair icenhour, character: katherine athena, plot: sympathy for the devil

Who: Alistair Icenhour and Katherine Athena.
What: Conversations and further strategy.
When: Saturday, May 22, 2096
Where: Waiting for the Interurban, Fremont, Seattle
Status: Closed; in progress

"Well." Katherine said as she came to a full stop in front of the four statues. "That's something, isn't it?" Her arms, still clutching the notes from a brief meeting with the mayor, pressed her notebook up against her chest without even thinking about it. To protect her heart.

"Waiting for the Interurban" was what someone had titled the work of public art so many years ago that even Katherine, who studied her city's history carefully, knew little about it. It had become an institution--four stone figures standing, on which the public draped clothing and changed outfits at will. However the figures had changed. Someone had sewn on extra limbs into some of the outfits, added lumps of stone to the heads... in short, they were jokers.

"You don't have to stare," a teenage girl stopped and told them, plucking a headphone out of her ear for a moment. "It's been like that since Wednesday." She snapped a piece of gum and rolled her eyes. "I think they shoulda added something more dramatic. Like maybe the Troll." Before Katherine could get more words out of her mouth, the girl had stepped back on a board and let the air hover her down the street.

"Wednesday," Katherine repeated, stepping a little closer.

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oceantoocean
2010-05-29 11:30 pm UTC (link)

"I think you can set those aside for now. If my joker's ever discovered, there won't be a presidency." Katherine's tone was light but still serious. "Don't worry about me. You have more important things to think about."

Xaviera, was what she meant. And Amelia, for that matter, even if she wasn't entirely sure that Alistair considered his former partner a subject for such worry.

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theseainsideme
2010-05-29 11:39 pm UTC (link)

He leaned back on the couch. "I have to worry about you. That's what you pay me for," Alistair replied gently. "Just because there won't be a presidency doesn't mean that there won't be issues for your current position, Senator."

He finished the glass, feeling that barely-perceptible sense of clarity that being in hydrostatic balance seemed to create. "Does Ms. Wasserbach know?" he inquired.

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	oceantoocean 2010-05-29 11:44 pm UTC (link)
	She smiled at that. "No. You, me. Bart. My parents. That's it. I'm not even sure that Rafe knows." Katherine didn't go as far as to mention that, if Rafe had known, it would have been sold to the papers long ago. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	theseainsideme 2010-05-29 11:45 pm UTC (link)
	Alistair gave her a look. "Doctors?" he asked. Someone had to have fixed her broken arm, not to mention her obstetrician. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

oceantoocean
2010-05-29 11:49 pm UTC (link)

"Yes, sorry. Our family doctor, Milo Brentner. He passed the practice to his son, Nathaniel, who treats me now." Katherine considered it, then said, "There may be a nurse or two from my childhood but I think that they've all passed away. It's never come up."

Glancing back up at Alistair, she said, "It's entirely possible that, if it did, however, Dad handled it himself."

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	theseainsideme 2010-05-29 11:57 pm UTC (link)
	Alistair nodded quietly, thoughtfully; it matched the preoccupied look about him. "You should have married a doctor," he said, more a poke at himself than at her. It had come in handy. Extreme handiness. "Thank you for telling me. Finally." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	oceantoocean 2010-05-30 12:08 am UTC (link)
	"Oh, I don't know about that," Katherine smiled. "You're not likely to thank me later." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	theseainsideme 2010-05-30 12:16 am UTC (link)
	"Then I guess it's good I'm doing it now, huh?" Alistair shot back with a wry grin. It fell. "You know that forming this group of yours... it's not going to do anything to your credibility as being Naturally-born. I need to know if this is the endgame. You outing yourself publicly." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	oceantoocean 2010-05-30 12:18 am UTC (link)
	"That's always been the endgame," she answered. "It's just that, before now, I'd always thought that I was going to be the only player." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	theseainsideme 2010-05-30 12:25 am UTC (link)
	"You can't seriously think you've drafted a real power player in the bunch you selected. Skilled power-wise, maybe, but political?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	oceantoocean 2010-05-30 12:27 am UTC (link)
	"I think I drafted one a few years back." Katherine sat up, her gaze meeting his. "Or was I wrong?" (Reply to this) (Parent)

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