Phoenix, Vikings, and funtimes

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Ivy had found something to wear of course. Like most women she has a cloest full of clothes. So she's ready for anything the weather might bring. Right not she's waiting in the shade of a tree listening to the people going past her. Thankfully the city is cooling down. And it also will be nice to get inside the museum. After all, there is all that nice air condtioning.

Oh, and of course a date. That's a plus that can make any girl forget how hot out it is. After all, it had been a long time for her. Like ten month period. Then again she is pretty damn sure that Phoenix has just as much trouble, or more trouble, than she does.

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He rubs the back of his neck. "You either? I haven't really dated for a good several years, myself. This is probably the first time I've gone out with a woman in this way since, um..." Dang, has it really been almost seven years now? That's a little sad. "Well, college, frankly." He sighs. "And believe me, I get needled about it."

He nods. "I'm doing what I think is right, and I know at least one guy on the other side who helps me do it even better. I'm pretty satisfied." And he is, when he thinks about it.

He blinks. "You forget? Well, maybe if we just follow the signs, we'll find it soon enough." He looks for one -- ah, there we go. "Here, lemme lead this time," he says, taking her hand again.

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She seems surprised. "Really? That's actually a surprise. You're really nice so I don't see why you don't date much..."

That gets her grining. "Good. Because everyone should be happy with their work."

"Yeah. I usually don't need to sit. I like to keep moving in here." She lets him take her hand and the lead. She isn't afraid to admit when she's lost.

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Phoenix pauses. "It's... a long story, and I'm not entirely sure I'm ready to get into it just yet." He sighs. "We're having a good time, anyway, and it's sort of a downer to be awesome." To put it mildly.

"I agree! So many people get into jobs they can't stand. I'm actually a little surprised how well I've taken to it, though." He shrugs. "You never know, huh?"

He follows the signs, and eventually finds the cafeteria. Naturally, things are a weeee pricier than he'd like, but what can you do? Then something occurs to him. "Uh, they take US dollars here, right? There isn't some sort of weird different currency?" Because he'd have problems if they did.

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Another thing he can tell her latter. "Well..I dunno. You just need someone of equal awesome."

She grins in his direction. "Hope whatever I end doing I enjoy too."

"....This is New Jersy. Why wouldn't they?" She seems a bit startled. "They're pretty good about 'normal' money."

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((Wow, did I really write that? HAHAHA. XD ))

"Well, let's hope I find someone like that, huh?" He grins.

He nods. "You may need to. Prosecution, defense, one side or the other gets villified at some point. You have to be pretty sure of your convictions during those moments." He sounds as though he speaks from experience.

"Um, well yeah, but I didn't know if money looked different from world to world, or something. You know what I mean? Um." He feels kinda silly, honestly. Still, he goes over to the counter. "What would you like? I'm buying." He shuts up that tiny little mental whimper when he says that.

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(( Yes. XD))

"I think you might."

She grins faintly. "That I can understand. Pressure can be pretty heavy."

"Um...Nope. Never went shopping else where. And coffee sounds great." Living off of coffee? Well of course! Normal for any College student.

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"Oh yeah, and you're definitely gonna have a lot of pressure as a criminal lawyer. You're basically dealing with peoples' lives constantly," he says. Might as well break it to her.

He decides to take the chance and buys them both coffee. Thankfully, his money IS the same, and they're soon at a table together. "Um, I didn't ask for anything too fancy, I'm afraid..." he says. "There should be some sugar packets and the like if you want me to get them?"

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"I know. Lots of people's lives. And I'll need to proove without a doubht if someone is guilty of a crime. Even if part of me thinks they just might be innocent, I'll still give it my all." Well it was good of him to do that.

She chuckles. "Black is fine. If I have too much sugar I become a total spazz."

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He nods. "That's good to hear. Where I come from, it tends to be 'guilty until proven innocent,' so the prosecutors sometimes cut corners. You sound like you could be one of the greats," he says, grinning.

He snickers. "Sounds a little like my legal aide. She's a bit spastic without it sometimes, mind..." He shrugs. "Brings energy to the office though." He sips at his own coffee. A little bitter, but eh.

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She just gapes a bit. "What the helll! It's supposed to be the other way around! I would never take someone to trial unless I was sure and had the evidence that they were the ones who did it!" Of course she would have continued if the last thing he said didn't distract her from her semi-rabid rant. "...R-Really? You think so?"

"But enrgy is good!" She grins a little. "Of course I only add sigar if I know I'll be walking my dog."

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He shakes his head. "Yeah, I know our system's a little messed up. Has been since the 80s when Reagan wanted to get "tough on crime" and nobody was in the mood to argue. I used to hear my folks complaining about it all the time." He shakes his head. "Not much I can do but navigate it and do the best I can. Sounds like it'll be the same for you."

Phoenix grins. "Yeah. You actually care about getting to the truth, and not just getting a good record. That's important, you know." He nods. "You have to be prepared to lose sometime to make sure the truth gets out. But you have to stand by what you're doing, or else you're doing everyone a disservice. So I've learned, anyway." Fairly recently, actually, but he doesn't tell her that.

"Ho boy. Energetic sucker?" he asks.

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"Yeah. And this is mostly due to the fact that so many people are fed up with some of these crinimals but the city and courts are doing the best they can." A fusterated look passes over her face. "It seems like it's an endless cycle."

"If someone is innocent? I don't mind them going free. But if they are found guilty with all the evidence pointing towards them? Then I'll do my duty by making sure everyone in the court knows who did the crime." Well he is fairly young so it does make sense.

"Yes and it's like being pulled around by a poney." She's grining though. "...He's such a sweet heart though."

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He chuckles. "People were fed up with criminals back home. It's why we have this stupid three-day trial system. If you don't finish in three days, BAM. Guy's guilty. It's pretty horrible." He sighs. "Talk about uphill battles, huh? At least you guys get all the time in the world." He shakes his head.

"Good to hear. I have a friend you should talk to sometime. Granted, as I said, our law system is pretty messed up, but he's the best damn prosecutor you could ask for anyway, especially now." He nods. "I think he could offer some good advice. Warning, though, he's a bit arrogant."

"Heh heh. I'm sure he is. I'd like a pet sometime, but I have a hard enough time keeping the place up and going for MYSELF sometimes," he says. He sips some more coffee, watching some of the people passing by.

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Her eyebrows quirk up. "That's taking Due Process to the extrem, don't you think?" She nods lightly. "Yeah. I mean trials can change people's lives so there should be time to go over everything."

She grins lightly. "Well arrogance isn't so bad. I think I'd like talking to him sometime."

She ends upgiggling. "Just be careful. Pets can be expensive. But...Cydric isn't so bad. Except he acts like a puppy. Is easily distracted. And way too friendly with cats who don't understand he isn't

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Her eyebrows quirk up. "That's taking Due Process to the extrem, don't you think?" She nods lightly. "Yeah. I mean trials can change people's lives so there should be time to go over everything."

She grins lightly. "Well arrogance isn't so bad. I think I'd like talking to him sometime."

She ends upgiggling. "Just be careful. Pets can be expensive. But...Cydric isn't so bad. Except he acts like a puppy. Is easily distracted. And way too friendly with cats who don't understand he isn't <itrying</i> to eat them...He just wants to play."

And Ivy? Is enjoying comsuming her coffee.

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"Well, a lot of times people just want to have SOMEBODY to blame. Which is why it's important that if you get a guy off, you get him THOROUGHLY off. No doubts can remain at the end of it, or else he stays guilty in the public eye," he says. "It's why I usually try to find the real culprits in the process of getting my client off. If you know who really did it, you can't blame the person who didn't unless you're really vindictive."

"I think you might. Maybe later after we've gotten to know each other better?" He raises his eyebrows hopefully.

He winces a bit. "Oof, there's the magic word, there, 'expensive.' I'm pretty picky on my cases, so I don't make as much as some lawyers. So I have to budget things pretty carefully." [Especially since people keep tossing extra financial burdens on me,] he adds to himself slightly bitterly. He's still not sure why they do that.

He's enjoying the company, himself. The coffee could be better, but it sort of fades away in the company of someone like this.

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She nods lightly. "That makes alot of sense actually. Alot more than some of my Professors make it sound."

She gives him a grin. "I'd like that. I mean, I don't want to act over egar but..Would you like to go out again sometime? Or I could try making pizza for us."

She gives him a slight grin. "Well you could always borrow Cedric to get the need for a pet out of your system...Or get fish. Once you get the stuff they need? Fairly easy to keep as long as you need them and clean their tank out every few weeks."

Yeah the company is nice. With the right company? Something like this is just so much more fun.

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"Yeah, some things you really just have to get out there and learn through experience. But I also had a mentor who helped keep me straight, and that affected my viewpoint a lot." He smiles softly, thinking of Mia. Well, his Mia, anyway. Another thing he'll tell her later.

He perks up. "Yeah, I'd like that. A lot, actually. You a pretty good chef? I should see for myself." He grins.

"A fish, eh?" He seems to be pondering this seriously. "Might be something to consider. Though the Sanctuary's already got one." A big one. Blocking an ocean. He's not about to explain THAT one because he still doesn't get it.

With all the good company, he doesn't notice his coffee's gone until a few minutes after he's finished. Huh.

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She grins at him again. "Then I guess it's a good thing I managed to snag a pretty cool internship for the summer."

"Well pizza is pretty easy actually. And I don't do the frozen kind." Still grining back! He gets her to smile and grin alot which is mega awesome.

She tilts her head. "Really? What kind?"

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"Really? Wow, that's pretty good. Who's it with? Um, not that I'd really RECOGNIZE it, I'm just kinda curious..." Phew, he feels nosy.

"Ha. I have too much of that as is anyway. I think anything home-cooked would be an improvement," he says. He likes that smile. It's a nice smile.

He thinks. "I... think it's a betta." He pauses. "A really, really, really big betta."

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"Forest and Summers. They're not exactly big time but they're really good. I thought I could learn a thing or two from them." Oh but he asked so he gets answers!

"Well then you'll like the way I do it. Of course I tend to have to make several because they tend to be kinda small...." She doesn't know he's smiling but she highly suspects he is!
"...But they're not supposed to get that big." If she really knew she would so totally face fault!

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"Well, I hope that works out. Be sure to soak up everything. Nothing like hearing from the voice of experience." He nods, as if familiar with this idea.

"Hey, well that just makes it easier to control portions, right? Anyway, it's pretty impressive that you can do that even without, uh..." He suddenly wonders if he's wandering into dangerous territory here. "Well, it's pretty impressive. And probably really good." He grins, a little bit sheepish.

He looks at his cup again. "We can get back to the museum anytime, when you're ready."

((OOC request: Phoenix being in Gotham works out kind of well for part of a long-standing plot sort of thing I've been doing with someone else, and I was wondering if you didn't mind if the plot piggybacks a little on the date here. It won't happen in THIS thread, but I figured you'd want to know considering we'd be using this event as a jumpboard FOR that event. If it's too gauche, go ahead and say no. Just thought I'd ask.))

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"Yeah. I'm hoping to learn alot from them this Summer," she's grining. His advice is quite welcome.

She looks pleased actually. "I only do pizza if I have company. So they can check the crust for me. Otherwise it can get very tricky. And...well. I hope it's good! Sometimes I mess up."

"I'm ready now. Wanna see if that line cleared up any?"

((I'm giving you the green light. Because it'll probably be really neat. *grin* And plus this is much fun so future threads with you I imagine will be the same.))

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"You'll have to tell me how it goes. I mean, it'd be terrible if they just thought you should make coffee, or something," he says, rubbing the back of his neck. He'd heard STORIES from some law graduates.

Phoenix chuckles. "Well, I hope I can help then. I'm not a horrible cook, but being a bachelor and all I tend to subsist on fast and easy stuff. Or burgers, if I'm with my legal aide." LOTS of burgers.

He stands up, stretching. "Sounds good to me." He's a little indecisive here -- should he help her up, or would she be insulted? Er...

Yeah, she'll probably decide for him.

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"If they do I'll politely inform them that it's discrimination to assume I can only make coffee." See that smile? It's a tight annoyed one. Not at Phoenix just at other people.

"Well it isn't too hard. Just mostly watching the color of the crust. When it starts looking crispy it's pretty much redy to eat." She grins a bit. "Burgers are goopd. So long as you don't eat them every day."

She does. She gets up and readjusts her cane to make sure it's steady. "All right. Let's go then."

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Phoenix laughs. "Oooh, I'd love to see the looks on their faces if you have to pull that one. It'd be a Kodak moment." Grinning, he adds, "You've definitely got the fire to be a prosecutor, that's for certain."

"Well, if you're Maya? You probably COULD eat them every day. I just can't AFFORD to eat them every day." He rolls his eyes. "I don't know what it is, but half my friends seem to only eat really unhealthy stuff. I don't get it myself."

He takes her hand and leads her back the way he remembers the line being. Hopefully, it's gone down a little. Maybe. Possibly.