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BAGGINSSSSSssss ([personal profile] invoking) wrote in [community profile] capeandcowllogs2013-04-17 06:26 am

so i'm running late on purpose

WHO: GIL and NELSON
WHERE: Nelson and Hooded Justice's apartment
WHEN: evening? Let's go with evening.
WARNINGS: tba.
SUMMARY: Gil tattletales on Eddie, but has his own concerns about Nelson and this superhero business.
FORMAT: whatever.


Wrestling up the courage to give Nelson a call had been a difficult feat and while that had passed surprisingly fast there was now the following conversation to dread and Gil had no idea where he was going to start or what he was even going to start about. Even as he carried himself through the lobby of the MAC, he dawdled in front of the elevator for several minutes before pressing the button and entering it. He hit Nelson's floor number and waited, throat dry and stomach churning with anxiety. He hadn't thought this through -- although there was no backing out of it now. He owed Nelson that much.

With a crisp ding the elevator came to a full stop and the doors slid open. He marched out and down the hall to the apartment door, straightened himself out, debated turning around and walking back into the elevator, decided against it, and knocked not too loud.
retropolis: (why would I get dressed)

[personal profile] retropolis 2013-04-17 11:08 am (UTC)(link)
[ After Gilbert's phonecall, Nelson had hovered first around the phone, then around the middle of the living room nervously. He had been applying ice to his eye intermittently throughout the day, and the swelling had at least not progressed much farther than from the previous evening; still, it was discolored, and couldn't open very far at the moment without pain. He held the icepack to his eye as he went over to answer the door. ]

Gilbert. Good to see you. Come in, come in.

[ He moved aside to let Gil in. ]
retropolis: (ℳ | I'll just watch from over here)

[personal profile] retropolis 2013-04-17 11:26 am (UTC)(link)
Hm?

[ Nelson isn't sure what Gil means at first, before he looks at the ice pack in his hand. ]

Oh, I'm fine. This is just to get the swelling to go down. [ He smiles and waves his other hand dismissively. ] Don't worry.
retropolis: (ℳ | my eyes are over here)

[personal profile] retropolis 2013-04-17 11:45 am (UTC)(link)
It's gone down some. [ Nelson sits down, putting the ice aside for the moment. ] Not getting any worse, at least.

[ He pauses, then manages a smile again. ]

Now, what can I help you with?
retropolis: (oh no it's change)

[personal profile] retropolis 2013-04-17 12:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Well... yes, but it was an accident. His aim went a little wild.

[ Nelson shakes his head, cheeks reddening slightly before he raises his eyebrows. ]

The Deputy Mayor? [ His expression goes wary and his face colors more. ] Uh... what about him?
retropolis: (offended @ life)

[personal profile] retropolis 2013-04-17 12:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Nelson frowns a little. ]

Gilbert, what is it?
retropolis: (wow rude)

[personal profile] retropolis 2013-04-17 12:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Nelson's eyes widen. ]

What about Hooded Justice and me? Th-there's nothing to-- [ He forces himself to swallow. ] What did he say, exactly?
retropolis: (what are "facebooks")

[personal profile] retropolis 2013-04-17 12:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Nelson purses his lips, still frowning. ]

Oh, is that all? I assure you, Gilbert, things are just fine. Hooded Justice isn't dangerous. [ He puts the ice on his eye again. ] Besides -- I've been keeping an eye on him.
retropolis: (bitter drunk)

[personal profile] retropolis 2013-04-17 01:01 pm (UTC)(link)
What?

[ Nelson's a little huffy, in defensive-mode already, though he's trying to restrain himself for Gil's sake. ]

What things? Gilbert -- the Deputy Mayor is worrying over nothing. Did he send you here?
retropolis: (ℳ | clone high hands)

[personal profile] retropolis 2013-04-17 01:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[ His jaw clenches, and he presses the ice harder to his eye. ]

He just doesn't seem to like me any-- that's all this is. No matter what I-I do to try to please him-- Gilbert, it's absurd. I've done nothing wrong.
retropolis: (ℳ | >something racist)

[personal profile] retropolis 2013-04-19 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
Perhaps he is, but this is hardly the way to... solve anything. This only sounds to me like the very thing that nearly killed heroism altogether, where I'm from. I'm not-- I'm not against some kind of regulation so long as it doesn't go overboard, but it's already going to his head. I can just tell.

[ He exhales in annoyance, shaking his head. ]

Don't you think so?
retropolis: (ℳ | registration is a bitch)

[personal profile] retropolis 2013-04-19 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
I'll tell you what you should think.

[ He sits forward a little, looking at Gil very matter-of-factly. ]

If you've got a stopped watch, you don't take it all the way apart. You simply wind it. Nothing good can come of this kind of excess, particularly not when there's other people out there who could use this kind of attention far more.
retropolis: (time to be overdramatic)

[personal profile] retropolis 2013-04-19 03:30 am (UTC)(link)
[ Nelson averts his gaze a little hastily. ]

He may. He may not. I'm not sure. I know that it-- there's merit to the idea, but I've seen how it can go wrong. I'm not interested in seeing that happen again.

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