with great power

she'd always been relentless and persistent. but it was in the name of justice and michelle vowed to do anything in the name of justice. she, of course got word of the scene being investigated and was there with her notepad and recorder in her pocket in case she could get statements. when she arrived to the scene she began with taking notes, her eyes purposely catching with the sergeant's. whatever he knew, she wanted to know too. following him into the house, she was only a little thrown off by him hanging her a pair of gloves. tucking her notebook in her bookbag to put the gloves on. "fine, i'll help." she said, walking to the other side of the dresser. "but on the record, don't you think there's a pattern here?" she asked him, not waiting any longer before she got her questions asked.

in truth, rj had just barely remembered he'd made an appointment that day. or rather was told to attend the questioning. rj didn't mind of course, he was always involved in some kind of way with other functions of the city. the paper, the news, the police. all part of the job. sleeping, also part of the job. well, recovering. and he'd woken up just barely in time to make it to the appointment, even though he was late. he walked to the guy and nodded his head, shaking his hand. "sure  thing, always here to help." now sitting, he waved someone over to make an order of coffee to drink. "alright, let's get this started, yeah?"

he rested a hand on the kid's shoulders when he walked over to him. he needed to address him first. he turned fully to the kid, both hands now on his shoulders for his full attention. or maybe to keep his own focus. "we'll talk later about all of this, okay? wait for me in the car, I'll give you a lift home in a bit." the kid nodded and left the building, leaving him to face her again. "dany." her nickname, too easily leaving his lips. "i, uh...." he cleared his throat before he could continue, "i didn't think i'd see you again. you look great." mentally kicking himself for his shallow and basic response. he truly couldn't gather any thoughts properly in her presence.

jiyeong's venture to the town's winter set up was long awaited. in all the best ways it reminded her of home and how her own family used to celebrate. decorating trees and baking delicious goods. it would be different, like it always was now, but she was looking forward to it still. upon entering the winter festival she noticed a booth set up for pictures. she did a once over her outfit choice and shrugged, deciding a couple snaps couldn't hurt. she rummaged through some props and rushed over to the layout to take the picture. "oh, shoot." she looked around for someone passing by. "hi, i forgot to press the timer, can you help me out?" she asked the next person she saw. "and then i can take one for you too!" she offered as a way to return the favor.

nora decided to take a lunch away from the precinct. although it was rare to see nora when she wasn't working in some capacity. she'd taken some case files home in hopes that she could lighten her load for the days to come. after grabbing her food she'd chosen a booth to sit in, her bag to her side as she pulled out the first case. fries autopiloted into her mouth as she started from the beginning re-reading the details when someone walked up to her table mid-bite. "hm?" she then looked up, glancing around and just then noticing how packed the place is. "oh, yeah! go for it!" nora started making room on the table for her to sit with her, pulling her plate closer to her side of the table. "i hadn't even noticed it was so packed here."

"thanks!" drogo landed a hand on the car in a pleasing manner. "football season. the kids have some big games coming up. and we're not doing too bad. need more practice but every good team does." he added. a small nod of his head as he took a look at his car. "you ever played before?" being new to the town during the beginning of the sports season, drogo hadn't quite gotten the chance to really 'hangout' or get to know others. he'd had his hands quite full. but no time was better than the present.

"you do know that baby carrots aren't actually babies, right, luce?" he asked, jokingly with an eyebrow raised. reaching into his pack of carrots he picks one up and breaks it in half dropping it into his taco and eating a big bite from it. the food combination didn't particularly taste good, but it didn't taste bad either so he chowed down on his lunch. "well, keep buying me lunch and i'll keep telling you anything you wanna hear." a grin plastered his face before he shook his head to her next question. of course she didn't need a reason to be here, rj knew that. but he also knew lucy. they had a symbiotic relationship in this sense. he gave her stories and he got to show his perfect face for the camera when he could. "okay." he said as he finally began to finish his meal, swallowing the last bite. "so, we get a call to this neighborhood, right? a neighbor said they could smell smoke but wasn’t really sure how serious it was so they sent out one squad and emt to check it out. we head to the scene, not really expecting more than like a cake gone wrong or something. when we get there...man, it was chaos. you can see the fire on the first floor and the family up on the second. obviously, we all get ready to go in, then we just see this huge mattress come flying out the window and a rope made out of bedsheets flung over the side. the moms each have a kid on their backs and just climb down the rope and then the family dog leaps out after them. everyone safe on the mattress. i go in to triage the family’s barely got a scratch on ‘em and the squad goes in to stop the fire before it spreads. but man, imagine seeing something like that? like a...like a family of supermoms or something.”

garfield followed her gaze behind her to the velvet ropes. honestly he wasn't sure how to respond to that. he knew he was way out of his league with this one. his face froze a bit, mouth a little agape as he thought of how to say there was probably no way on earth he'd be able to pay for anything that would be behind thay expensive looking rope. he let out a small laugh of relief once he realized she was kidding. "oh, good! there's no way i could pay for anything back there. like not even the ropes." he then followed her through the shop, taking a look at what was laid out next to him. "i should probably get some furniture. i need a couch..." he added as he followed, raising an eyebrow at the creepy mirrors comment. "uh, don't really know about the creepy, antique stuff. hm do you have any anime themed stuff? or anything like that?" he asked then rubbed his hands together as he awaited her guidance. "me?" he didn't know why it came out as surprise she was asking... "oh, uh school. i had a big family back home and just really wanted to get out and go somewhere on my own. what about you?"

"yeah, dude-" she began before she was pulled into the house. she walked in briefly, keeping with his pace. her friend's behavior starting to strike her as odd. her eyebrows furrowed while being lead further in. "woah!" the pizza mention now pulling a vocal reaction from her. "pineapples? paul, you're talking crazy here." michelle's stark sarcasm came into play, she really couldn't help herself. but she knew with the way he was acting, it probably wasn't the best time to be a wisecrack. her hand reached to her back pocket to pull out her phone to bring up a food ordering service. "okay so decaf coffee for sure. and maybe we should steer clear of pizza?" she suggested, looking up to him, less for approval of her calls and more to analyze his behavior. "what's keeping you up?" she finally asks, making her way to the couch to sit down.

michelle hadn't intended to pull an all-nighter, but it was somewhat of a regular occurrence with her job. one of the most tantalizing aspects was the research and putting together the pieces to create a story. her first stop that morning after gathering all her research was the coffee shop. she was a regular there. the place she felt she did her best work. her laptop was already in place at her seat, all she needed was to go make and retrieve her order. on her way to the counter, after turning from her table she ran into one of the servers. chilled ice latte spilled on her sweater, "ah shit!" she exclaimed mostly out of surprise from the cold hitting her skin and from the run in altogether. she began shaking her sweater for the ice to drop off her. "no it's fine. it was just an accident. plus it'd be pretentious of me to think one little review about accidentally getting bumped into would do anything." she shook her head then, finally looked up at her. "all i really need is just a damp towel or paper towel."

gar walked into the bar after his shift at the theater ended. he’d forgotten to bring his usual stash of snacks with him and was starving by the end of the shift. he honestly didn’t have much awareness to him that it was just about closing time for all the other buildings in decimation. his hands rested on the counter and he tapped it anxiously with a sheepish smile. “i am so sorry. i didn’t realize- are you guys closing soon?” he asked while pulling out his phone to glance at the time. “i just wanted something quick to eat. whatever you got, i’ll take.” his phone placed down on the counter, before he added. “i’ll give you a good tip too, i promise.”

hoping out the squad car, nora hauled her equipment with her as the team approached the scene. she would allow the detectives to converse amongst themselves as she quietly observed. one of the few times nora was able to keep herself from mindlessly rambling on about something, anything. her hand shifts to her bag to whip out her notebook to start making notes. crouching down in the grass she took a look at the pattern of the shifted dirt, making note of any debris she spots. “two assailants...” she says to no one in particular. reaching for a glove she picks up a bit of what she believes to be a ripped scarf and puts it into a baggie.

drogo parked his car at the station, taking calm breathes to keep his emotions under control. it wasn’t everyday that you receive a courtesy call from town’s station when they catch one of your players tagging the side of a building. he was just relieved they gave the kid a chance instead of taking him fully into custody. he walked into the building and up to the front desk announcing who he was here for then going to sit down as he waited for them to come around with the kid. his hands folded in front of him, tapping them together restlessly until he hears people approaching around the corner. 

“alright, i haven’t done this in a while.” drogo admitted as he carried the yoga mat rolled up under his arm. “but i used to take and teach classes while i was traveling- a story for later.” he added as he looked around and picked the perfect spot to lay out. after laying out the mat he sat down then placing down his water bottle. “alright we start off with grounding. i’ll put on a light background playlist and we can sit in any comfortable position and begin meditation.” he sat cross-legged, and reached for his phone to start up the music. “do you have a preference for what we play?”