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Post by rockshalunesta on Mar 20, 2017 4:10:59 GMT
After coming back from an out of town assignment, the Colt brothers were happy to be home. Dimitri parked the car while Jim made a call to Sunshine to check on what they had missed. Once they were both out of the car, the two brother's walked into the apartment. "Man it's good to be home! Isn't it Jimmy?" Dimitri asked.
Jim nodded and gave his brother a punch on the shoulder. "Hey Sunshine. Yeah it's Jim. Just wondering if you and Shadow wanted to come over for a drink and to catch up on what we missed."
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Post by Zuyuri on Mar 20, 2017 4:32:50 GMT
The cliched ringtone of 'Pocketful of Sunshine' buzzed in the pokcet of the blonde artist, who was ironically going through a blue period. Every painting she had been working on had been done in multiple hues of the color. Was it because she was worried for her partner? Sure, Shadow was going to be out in a short while, but it had been cut by the annoyingly peppy tune with her name. She picked it up, answering slightly glum.
"Hello?" But at the recipient, her voice perked a bit. "Jim! Oh my God, you guys were in Baton Rouge for, like, ever! Um...I'll be over, I don't know if I can speak for Shadow. He's in the hospital...but he's supposed to be released today. I'll text him. But count me in!" ___________________________________ Hours later, with a box filled with the brothers' favorite treats from Nevermore, Sunshine was knocking on the door of the boys' apartment. She actually had never been to their cove in the Frog Prince, but after seeing Shadow's small apartment, well, small if the balcony was gone, she figured it would look about the same. She had texted Shadow, but had yet to get a reply in the long haul. Sunshine just decided to cut her losses and go to the boys' anyways. It''d cheer her up hopefully.
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Post by rockshalunesta on May 27, 2017 1:39:47 GMT
Normally Sunshine was happy, all the time, so when she answered in a sad tone Jim blinked in surprise. He even checked to make sure he had called the right number. Soon though, her voice was slightly back to normal. "Yeah the job was tougher than we initially thought but nothing we.... wait what do you mean he's in the hospital?" Jim asked. "Actually just wait till you get here to fill us in. Yeah see you when you get here." ------------------------------------------------------- Dimitri opened the door. His normal friendly smile widened at the sight of the box in Sushine's hands. "C'mon in Sunshine." He said. "So what'd we miss?" He said cutting to the chase as Jim handed Sunshine a drink and took the box from her setting it on the table.
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Post by Zuyuri on May 28, 2017 6:49:12 GMT
It was always nice to see the boys. Sunshine was curious why they didn;'t manage to snag some girls of their own. Well, with Dimitri's reputation as a womanizer, it made sense. But maybe it was a facade, ike Riku put on. She set down the fresh baked blondies and beignets and settled. Her hands shook just thinking about all that had happened while they were off on their job. They weren't the overly girlie type to hear about how she and Riku were...kind of, sort of dating. She accepted the drink and sat.
'Man, where do I begin?" she said. She trace the rim of her glass. She decided to start from the very beginning of what all happened after the Sapien issue, which was the last assignment.
"Well, Shaodw and Pitch got into a fight It blew up the department. Shadow disappeared after that, and went MIA for about a week. I did everything to try and find him. Turns out Pitch took Shadow's memories..."
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Post by rockshalunesta on May 29, 2017 2:54:23 GMT
Jim chocked on his drink while Dimitri did a spit take. "Knew Pitch was bad news." Dimitri said once he recovered. "I mean he's a demon! They're not exactly known for being honest."
Jim scowled. Whether it was at his brothers prejudice, Pitch's actions or a mixture of both was a mystery. Other than that he stayed silent.
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Post by Zuyuri on May 29, 2017 3:41:59 GMT
The dirty looks were something Sunshine had been prepared for. She hwrself didn't trust Pitch at all. But she didn't know the whole story of what had happened, so if Shadow did decide to tell them what had happened. She grabbed her phone, an idea clicking in. Whenever Shadow got called out to New Orleans, she and him would talk via Skype. Maybe it could work here. She dialed it up, and hit the send button.
Much to her relief, Shadow picke dup. He was leaning on the bed, a bandage on his shoulder. A bit of light came into his red eyes despite the dark expression.
"Sunshine. Good to...why are you at Jim and Dimitri's house?"
"Oh. They...invited both of us over for drinks," Sunshine answered. "Not sure why I didn't think of this earlier." She propped her phone against one of the brother's prize pictures.
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Post by rockshalunesta on Jul 4, 2017 3:22:42 GMT
"Did Pitch give a-" Before Jim could finish the question, Sunshine took out her phone and had called Shadow on Skype. "How're you Shadow?" Jim asked instead of what he was going to ask about Pitch. He looked around for his laptop and a cord so he could hook of Sunshine's phone to it. It would make it easier for all of them to talk to Shadow.
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Post by Zuyuri on Jul 4, 2017 17:53:16 GMT
"Besides sick of wanting to itch this stab?" Shadow asked, "and stiff as a board? I've been better."
Sunshine frowned. Seeing her partner look like shit wasn't on her bucket list in any way. It was also the first she had heard of any stab. But the blood at the crime scene...
"I don't like asking this but...was that your blood at the church?"
Shadow grimaced. She would have caught that. Or he taught her well. It was a mix of pride and shame. After a moment of silence, he answered, "Yes. The person who tried it is dead too."
"Wait, Frollo tried to kill you?"
"The key word there is tried. Still standing, kind of, with an itch."
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Post by rockshalunesta on Jul 9, 2017 7:32:22 GMT
"Frollo?" Dimitri asked.
"Wasn't that the person that Elsa had issues with?" Jim asked. Before Shadow and Sunshine could answer or continue, the younger Colt brother held up his hand. "Ok start from the beginning guys. What exactly happened while we were gone?"
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Post by Zuyuri on Jul 10, 2017 4:15:32 GMT
Okay, apparently they really needed to get on track. The cop partners looked at one another, almost daring the other to spill the beans on what they discovered and what had happened.
"Let's start with with the fact I kept getting stalked by this floating eye," Shadow huffed. He tried to sit upright, but his pained shoulder made it awkward for him to adjust. If everyone, and EVERYONE, was going to get involved with Disparion at some point, he might as well catch everyone in on what the creeper wanted. "The eye belonged to the Devil, who said to have my memories. Or...rather some of them. The rest were stuck with Pitch. I confronted him, and the building exploded. Literally."
"We all rushed in," Sunshine started talking. "As Shadow and Pitch...disagreed, we were called to check something. I saw Shadow and Pitch glaring at one another and Shadow just...ran!"
The homunculus hung his head. The accusation and frustration was in her voice. He hated having her see him at the worst he had been at that moment. How he had set most of it on fire. Yes, he had ran. Ran and gave no explanation. This stopped now.
"I didn't want Disparion hurting you. Any of you. His sights were on me and me alone."
Sunshine glared. "Noble effort, but did you know how stressed I was? I turned down murder investigations to try and find you. One of our own cops disappeared without a trace and I needed your help! And you saw how many people I wrangled in to find you. I went to talk to Pitch for answers! He confessed to taking your memories, but he said you asked him to!"
Shadow glared back> "And you both were right, can you stop rubbing that in, Sunshine? At least you got a boyfriend out of it? What did I get?! A stalking from the devil and the only place I could hide was a church which, guess what, was also the place where Esmeralda's murderer confessed his crime AS HE FUCKING STABBED ME IN THE SHOULDER TRYING TO KILL ME BECAUSE HE KNEW WHAT I WAS!! He brought his death upon himself; kind of ironic, you try to act pious and you die in a church breaking your neck while attempting to kill a damned person."
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Post by rockshalunesta on Aug 13, 2017 5:24:45 GMT
As the brothers listened to their friends story, their eyes widened. At the mention of the eye, Jim got up to go check on one of the few books that they owned. He wanted to see if any of them had notes about a floating eye or if he'd have to surf the net for research.
"Well if it makes you feel better Shadow." Dimitri said. "I've wanted to punch Pitch for years." At the other piece of news, Dimitri's drink fell from his hand, his eyes widened and his jaw dropped open. "Esme's gone?!"
At that question, Jim stopped what he was doing and looked at his brother sympathetically. He knew that Dimitri had had a thing for her.
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Post by Zuyuri on Aug 13, 2017 5:52:47 GMT
Both c ops were taking breaths from the heated argument. They had been on the force as a duo for almost two years. Well, two years as a duo. One had been on the force, seeing shit go down for eleven, the other had just joined and was tight-roping being an officer and a family baker. Dimitri offered a...very...tongue and cheek comfort, which, while both cops were staring each other down with glares, cut a quarter of the tension off.
"Yeah..." Shadow breathed, answering Dimitri's lament. "I talked to her girls at the club she worked for on how we wanted to deal with it. They said no fancy services. All they wanted was a private wake." The body of Esmeralda was never recovered, and that made the situation probably just as sad. He didn't want to think of the cop's body being bloated by swamp water or worse.
'But still," Sunshine shook her head. The anger was becoming sympathy. If Riku had been axed off, she'd be just as devastated.
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Post by rockshalunesta on Aug 19, 2017 7:05:31 GMT
"Dimitri?" Jim asked. "You gonna be alright?"
Dimitri didn't say anything for few minutes. Finally he said "Yeah. I'll be .... fine. So anything else that we missed?" He asked hoping to change the subject before everyone started to pity him. That was the last thing he needed.
Jim didn't really believe that Dimitri was fine. He knew his brother probably better than Dimitri knew himself. But he decided not to push the subject. Especially not in front of others. "Do you guys want me to do some research on Disparion?"
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Post by Zuyuri on Aug 19, 2017 21:31:23 GMT
"Um..."
Both cops looked at one another through the screen. There wasn't much else that really had happened that was as big as the whole discovery of Disparion and the inevitable...oh wait. There had been some things with Anna going on, but the less they got people roped in to what was going on, the better. Jim asked if he should do any research, and the pregnant pause lasted before Sunshine spoke up.
"I...think we're good. Our focus should be on the demons actually causing trouble."
"True. But..." A look of determination crossed Shadow's red eyes. "Mark that book, Jim. If he does want something from me, we need to be prepared."
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Post by rockshalunesta on Aug 22, 2017 5:53:01 GMT
"You got it Shadow." Jim said with a smile. "Keep us posted about Disparion." He said before noticing that Dimitri was getting a really depressed look on his face. "Uh hate to be a bad host but, we've got a lot to process." He said. (End thread)
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