New Comic Book Day [Open to All]

[dj_esebel]

These days, Audrey can't buy comic books willy-nilly. Her camper's already a crazy mess as it is and a small space that doesn't really brook mile-high stacks of books, but Audrey still enjoys going into comic shops and going through the stacks to see if there's anything particularly interesting. Already, she knows she'll grab a couple blind-boxes because she loves her some super-heroes, maybe a t-shirt, but all in good time.

For now, she's just browsing through the trade paperbacks. Those are a little easier to justify since it's more condensed, plus she gets a little more bang for her buck.

"Hey, do you know if they have the new Captain Marvel trade yet?" she asks, vaguely in the direction of the cashier but open for any to answer.

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[dj_esebel]

"You'll never take me alive!" she warns. Not that there's much to actually charge her on. Audrey may be a trainwreck, but aside from some urban exploring and dumb teenage stuff, her wild ways are largely confined to drinking with friends until she's laughing like an idiot and staying up late playing music.

[tarnishedbadge]

"The question is if you want to go out in a fiery auto crash, a hail of bullets, or some other way?" Levi asked. It was a very important question. Sort of like a more morbid version of fuck, marry, kill. Which was already morbid because one of the options you had to choose was murder.

[dj_esebel]

"Depends on the soundtrack. Are we talking something poignant in the minor key because then I'll go with the bullets," Audrey says, pretending to put some real thought into her response rather than just being glib. "But if it's a car wreck, I'd have to go with, like, Journey or that song from Top Gun."

[tarnishedbadge]

"If I ever see you about to wreck your car I promise to blast 'You've Lost That Loving Feeling'," he said. It probably wasn't the song she was thinking of from Top Gun but technically it was in there so... he was safe. "Or did you mean 'Take My Break Away'? Because that would fit in a twisted way."

[dj_esebel]

"Danger Zone, excuse you," Audrey says, eyes narrowing playfully. "What kind of cop are you if you don't know the right song from Top Gun?"

[tarnishedbadge]

"You know there was more than one song in that movie, right?" Levi asked, giving her a look. The other songs were equally important to the movie as Danger Zone.

[dj_esebel]

"Okay but Danger Zone is the one that counts. Come on," Audrey protests. She looks up at him again like she should be suspicious.

[tarnishedbadge]

"Alright, fine. I'll make sure that it's Danger Zone," Levi said with a sigh. The look she was giving him was the kind he got when he had pulled someone over to remind them their registration was expired and they thought he was going to bust them for drugs. "But I still think Take Your Breath Away would be a lot more amusing."

[dj_esebel]

Audrey grins and shakes her head firmly. "No, you use that in event of death by strangulation," she explains. "For musical dissonance at its best."

[tarnishedbadge]

"You are very murder oriented in your thought processes, you know that?" Levi asked. It wasn't exactly homicidal, he'd met people with thoughts like that and they weren't pleasant. This was more just... gallows humor. Which he appreciated.

[dj_esebel]

"I'm just a weird girl who fantasizes about high speed car chases to the hits of the eighties. Of course I joke about being murdered," she points out. She's a musician; she knows perfectly well the rate of return on some of her coworkers.

[tarnishedbadge]

"No, I get it. Girls just want to have fun and all that," he said with a grin. As far as Levi was concerned a dark sense of humor was a necessity in life. A lot of tragedy happened in life, it was important to have coping mechanisms.

[dj_esebel]

It's something especially necessary in this town, where the weird and dangerous crop up with increasing regularity. "With all the eighties references, I wonder if I should go rent the Goonies."

And probably not admit that she wasn't even alive in the eighties.

[tarnishedbadge]

"I am embarrassed to admit how much time I spent going up and down the beaches here looking for hidden caves or half sunken ships," he said with a chuckle. He as pretty sure that most kids around his age did the same thing. His greatest fear was that someone might actually discover something like that and he'd have to live with the idea that he missed it.

[dj_esebel]

"I was usually trying to send someone into the labyrinth to meet David Bowie. Usually my friend who was dead afraid of the Bog of Eternal Stench."

She...may have a history of being pushy. Always has been.

"You're pretty fun, for a cop," she teases.

[tarnishedbadge]

"Oh yes, we know all about that, it's in your file," he said.

There was no file. At least not that Levi knew about. If she had a record then she may have one but it probably didn't have that bit about her friend. Probably.

"And wrong, I'm pretty fun for anyone. I'm exceptionally fun for a cop."

[dj_esebel]

"Liar," she says, laughing. "Unless your jurisdiction extends to Miami, I think you're trying sweat me, make me confess to something I didn't do. You are a fun cop!"

[tarnishedbadge]

"You've caught me. I'm the fun police. Clearly you're fun so I'm not even going to have to issue you a warning this time," he said, giving her a smile. It was nice when someone didn't mind joking around with the police, they rarely got that sort of reaction from someone.

[dj_esebel]

"I knew it!" Grinning, Audrey holds out her wrists as if she's going to be cuffed and led away.

[tarnishedbadge]

"Nope, it's too late. You're already sentenced," he said, shaking his head. "You're do perform at least 5 hours of community service this week. So that's a minimum of doing something fun for five hours. And don't think I won't know if you skimp out."

[dj_esebel]

"Just come to one of my shows this week. Then we're all set for five hours."

Hell, she's got four gigs in the next three days so she's probably more than set.

[tarnishedbadge]

"Name the time and place," Levi said. It would be fun to get out and go with Lara. At concerts enough people were thinking all the same thoughts it wasn't quite as painful.

[dj_esebel]

Audrey pulls up her band's webpage and goes to their Upcoming Events page, showing him their schedule for the week. "Times and places!"

[tarnishedbadge]

"I think I've heard of your band before," Levi said, glancing at the webpage before typing it in on his phone and favoriting it.

[dj_esebel]

"We play around town a lot and up and down the coast. I also DJ," she says, pleased to be recognized if only a little.