[open] bright as the day fresh as the moon and stale as the hay

[iustitiae]

i - @ the supermarket
at your favorite tesco (but probably in city of london or enfield), at any time during the month

[look, everyone's gotta shop for groceries. connor's lists have gotten undeniably weirder in the last few months, offering to pick up things for his witch friends ("friends" - friend, in the singular, that's soeki) while here's there. most of this stuff honestly feels like a joke (candles and sage and he's honestly wondering if they're going for eye of newt and toe of frog next), but connor's a good friend and if he's going to be at tesco anyway he can pick up stuff for his buddy.

along with, you know, the usual - good looking produce, the atlantic, condoms, new lightbulb for the broken fixture, cold cereal, pasta, eggs. if you need help reaching something on a shelf, just want random commentary on your life choices, or happen to recognize connor from somewhere (his tinder account? maybe you already know him? the possibilities are endless) this prompt is for you.]

ii - @ the courthouse
city of london, towards the end of the business day.

Shit --

[this is connor, running through a crowd like an asshole, trying not to bump into anyone (but offering "sorry!" if he does, i mean he's not devoid of manners). he's carrying a briefcase with a brief from his boss/professor in it, one that the deadline is approaching, in about thirty minutes, says a quick look at his watch. according to her it was their fault the brief was running so late and despite the wonderful world of the internet, this particular magistrate believed in hard copies, thank you so they'd drawn straws and connor had lost. "good luck with rush hour foot traffic!" yeah, thanks.

he manages to compose himself enough that when he hands the papers off to the clerk (with five minutes to spare!) he doesn't look like a total wreck. mission thusly accomplished has a minute to take a break, relived that he managed to not screw this up and get in her bad graces.

another day, another crisis, right?]

iii - wildcard
[you probably know how this one works! if you want a specific prompt by me let me know that, too.]

Comments

[iustitiae]

Hey, this is great take out.

[catphishing]

It's pretty good.

[Actually, probably one of the better Indians he's had in a while, but admitting it now would ruin his fun.]

[iustitiae]

Only pretty good, huh?

[wow he worked not very hard to get this]

[catphishing]

[He shrugs, though he's still eating, so at least the 'pretty good' must hold true.]

I'd probably order from them again.

[No, he's definitely going to.]

[iustitiae]

[connor laughs; he sees where this is going]

Well I'm glad that you found a place you might like.

[catphishing]

Well, you found it. Unless you tell me which place it was I might I have to do a little trial and error.

Or I guess I could ask you to pick some up again...

[iustitiae]

I could definitely do that.

[catphishing]

Next week? If you want to. Maybe we could take a break from hacking.

[iustitiae]

Like a -- like a date?

[it's so weird asking these things but here he is anyway.]

[catphishing]

[He hadn't meant it like that. Not really. But...]

Maybe.

[It doesn't obligate them to do anything different if they call it a date, and it's hard to spend this much time around him and pretend he doesn't have feelings for him even if it's probably not the best idea. He shrugs, trying not to look like it matters to him, but when Connor puts it like that it does make him feel a lot more nervous.]

It doesn't have to be.

[iustitiae]

Or not a date, whatever.

[he finishes up the food on his plate which is a great excuse to take it to the kitchen to wash it off. he's so eager to make oliver happy, though, he doesn't even sound that disappointed.]

[catphishing]

[If Connor doesn't sound disappointed, he definitely shouldn't feel that way. He dawdles over the little food that's left, not really wanting to go into the kitchen now. Maybe he should have just waited until Connor wanted something doing for work again. It's not like he doesn't ask all the time anyway.

A few minutes later he gives up. Connor knows full well he didn't have much left and he doesn't really feel like it now. He pushes his chair back to go back into the kitchen and scrape the few bits that are left into the bin.]

[iustitiae]

[connor follows after a little lamely, helping him to clean up. and if dinner's over, then, work. yeah.]

So, uh, hacking. Crime! Exciting!

[catphishing]

Right.

[He offers a tense smile, dropping the plate in the sink and throwing away empty containers. He can wash up later. It's not like there's much of it.]

You, uh, ready to get started?

[iustitiae]

Yeah, whenever you are. You're the one doing all the hard work.

[catphishing]

It's not hard.

[His laptop's already set up, so once he's settled on the couch it's just a matter of waking it up from sleep mode and finding out from Connor what he needs. He tilts his head to the spot next to him.]

Come here. I still need you to tell me what exactly you're looking for.

[iustitiae]

[connor slides onto the spot next to him, moving a little bit closer but still keeping some distance for oliver's sake.]

We're looking for what the cops have on our client.

[hacking the cops thats totally safe and legal ha ha ha]

[catphishing]

Oh. Well, that shouldn't take too long. You got a name?

[Psssh, where would the fun be in doing things that are safe and legal? He's already tapping away at the keyboard, obviously confident in what he's doing.]

[iustitiae]

Nolan Sutton.

[did i use a british name generator i sure did]

[catphishing]

[He makes a sound of acknowledgement, carrying on with what he's doing. It's not hard, but it still requires a little concentration on his part. It doesn't take too long though, assuming he's got the right guy. Looking at the address it probably is.

He turns the screen to show Connor the mugshot so he can hopefully confirm that it is his client.]

This guy?

[iustitiae]

Yeah, that's the guy. You're incredibly fast with this.

[its great!! oliver is great!]

[catphishing]

The police have really bad security systems in this country.

[Not that he couldn't hack the police in the States too, but...]

[iustitiae]

Guess they're too trusting.

[catphishing]

Or they needed to hire people who were better at this. You can see they tried, but...

[There are so many ways it could be improved.]

[iustitiae]

Ever think about using your powers for good and protecting them?