Technically speaking, I'm a private investigator. The sign on the door says "Wizard", but you can't get a license for that from the State of Illinois. To get it you have to pass a bunch of tests in useful things like finding stuff out the old-fashioned human way. I have to say, I kind of liked it. I have lockpicks and everything, very classy.
My point is, I sort of actually know what I'm doing, even without magic. But I have magic, I am magic. You don't need to be a dragon to work here, but it helps.
I took a deep breath of the crime scene.
The brothel in question was the Folle Allure, which was bad French and Bianca's attempt at expanding the business. It used to be an old townhouse decorated by someone who liked Moulin Rouge a lot. Now it was smoking rubble, Baz Luhrman after the bomb.
"We won't get arrested this time, will we?" Michael asked, from a few steps behind me.
"You don't like the cell with my name on it?" I asked, bending down for a better whiff of the burnt out hulk.
Michael bent down beside me, scanning the ground with his eyes, though of course there was nothing to see. "Do you want Charity to bail us out again?" he asked mildly.
Of course I didn't. Charity and I are like oil and water; water and very, very scared fire. If I got her husband arrested again, it would be a scene straight out of Wagner and you know what happens to dragons in those.
"It's arson, not murder, as far as the cops know. They're a little less twitchy about that," I dug my hands into the pockets of my duster and shrugged. "It's been four, five hours? Plenty of time to get done and clear out. They're off on a nice burglary somewhere. Just don't touch anything."
Charity and I are like oil and water; water and very, very scared fire. If I got her husband arrested again, it would be a scene straight out of Wagner and you know what happens to dragons in those.
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(AU) Chivalrous!Dragon!Harry 6/?
Date: 2011-03-19 04:27 pm (UTC)Technically speaking, I'm a private investigator. The sign on the door says "Wizard", but you can't get a license for that from the State of Illinois. To get it you have to pass a bunch of tests in useful things like finding stuff out the old-fashioned human way. I have to say, I kind of liked it. I have lockpicks and everything, very classy.
My point is, I sort of actually know what I'm doing, even without magic. But I have magic, I am magic. You don't need to be a dragon to work here, but it helps.
I took a deep breath of the crime scene.
The brothel in question was the Folle Allure, which was bad French and Bianca's attempt at expanding the business. It used to be an old townhouse decorated by someone who liked Moulin Rouge a lot. Now it was smoking rubble, Baz Luhrman after the bomb.
"We won't get arrested this time, will we?" Michael asked, from a few steps behind me.
"You don't like the cell with my name on it?" I asked, bending down for a better whiff of the burnt out hulk.
Michael bent down beside me, scanning the ground with his eyes, though of course there was nothing to see. "Do you want Charity to bail us out again?" he asked mildly.
Of course I didn't. Charity and I are like oil and water; water and very, very scared fire. If I got her husband arrested again, it would be a scene straight out of Wagner and you know what happens to dragons in those.
"It's arson, not murder, as far as the cops know. They're a little less twitchy about that," I dug my hands into the pockets of my duster and shrugged. "It's been four, five hours? Plenty of time to get done and clear out. They're off on a nice burglary somewhere. Just don't touch anything."
Re: (AU) Chivalrous!Dragon!Harry 6/?
Date: 2011-03-19 08:42 pm (UTC)Such a wonderful line! And so very true.
Re: (AU) Chivalrous!Dragon!Harry 6/?
Date: 2011-03-19 09:32 pm (UTC)Re: (AU) Chivalrous!Dragon!Harry 6/?
Date: 2011-03-19 09:47 pm (UTC)Best. Sentence. Ever.
Re: (AU) Chivalrous!Dragon!Harry 6/?
Date: 2011-03-19 09:49 pm (UTC)Re: (AU) Chivalrous!Dragon!Harry 6/?
Date: 2012-06-21 09:34 am (UTC)I loved this imagery: 'water and very, very scared fire.' Gold.