Covent Garden Flowers, Wednesday, 9/22

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Right, so after waking and having a few minutes of freaking out, calming down enough to breathe, and getting clothes and teasing from Layla, Dinah was now mostly dealing. For one thing, as a guy? She could totally track down Arthur and demand a spar now. Score. For another, she could do way more push-ups and lift more stuff. Muscles, yes! Any other speculation was getting shelved for much, much later.

Covent Garden Flowers

Vida Boheme, prop.
Fresh flowers from nosegays to bouquets!
Delivery available upon request.

Covent Garden Flowers is open.

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[gunandcoffee.livejournal.com]

Reese stopped by the flower shop. She handwavily found Dinah Lance's name in the records during the time Edward had himself thrown in a cell. More research led to Reese the shop where she's supposedly working.

She had to pick this day to do some questioning but doing nothing would also lead to Reese doing crazy, stupid things. So. Work.

"Dinah Lance?" She called out, using her cop voice.

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Yeah!" Dinah called from the back. "Minute!"

She came out carrying a big palm tree, and put it down on the counter. "Hi. Can I help you?" More than a little puzzled about who this strange guy was, and why he was looking for her.

[gunandcoffee.livejournal.com]

Reese blinked. She-- he was tall. She frowned. Even as a man she can't catch a break. Sure she was taller in this body but anyone could be taller than a 5'4 woman.

"Are you Dinah Lance?" She asked.

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Uh-hunh." She grinned suddenly, and said, "Usually I'm shorter and girlier. Today's just weird." Dinah blinked at the guy and said, "And you're...?"

[gunandcoffee.livejournal.com]

She took out her shield, "Detective Reese, FPD. Can I ask you a few questions?"

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Sure." Dinah looked concerned, and nodded, folding her arms. "What do you want to know, Detective?"

[gunandcoffee.livejournal.com]

"Don't worry," she assured him-her. Him. She scowled, it's hard working the pronouns. "I just want to ask if you know anything about an Edward of Andalasia."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Edward? Yeah, we were buddies. He went home." Dinah frowned, sad. "Well, he went home for a visit. Then couldn't get back."

[gunandcoffee.livejournal.com]

So, she was right, Fandom crazy was the culprit. "It's just that? Went home and nothin' else?"

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Well, his stepmom was kind of evil-- he always said so. And Layla Miller told me and Priestly and Adora that the Queen blocked off the Portalocity and all the other routes back here for him, so he can't get out of his own world." Dinah shrugged massive shoulders and felt bummed. "So I guess you could say she kidnapped him? But she is his stepmom, so..."

[gunandcoffee.livejournal.com]

Reese decided to ignore everything about evil stepmothers and other worlds, doing save her sanity.

"We can't really do anything if that's the case, especially if she's the legal guardian and in... another place," she said. "Who's Layla Miller?"

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"One of the other students at the school." Dinah resisted stealing Layla's tagline to explain her shrugged and said, "She seemed pretty certain. She does that sometimes."

[gunandcoffee.livejournal.com]

"Where can I find her?" She asked. Reese crossed her arms, "You wouldn't also know a Kenshin Himura, would you?"

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"He was in the play too. I think I talked to him twice outside of it. Quiet guy. Into swords. He was better friends with Fiona Post, I think." She frowned at Detective Reese. "You don't suspect someone grabbed them, do you?"

Dinah Smash!

[gunandcoffee.livejournal.com]

"No," she said, "this is just a routine check, someone was concerned when he didn't appear, so I'm just asking." Reese raised an eyebrow, "Why'd you ask?"

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"It'd be nice to get Edward back, if that wasn't the explanation." Dinah looked disappointed. "And you are the police." Which may say more about her touching faith in them as an institution, than any realistic expectations.

[gunandcoffee.livejournal.com]

Reese didn't know how to respond to that but tried anyway.

"We try our best but things don't usually work out. And... leaping to conclusions doesn't help." She sighed, took out her LAPD cards. Yes, she was still using the cards. She had three boxes worth, she's not just going to throw 'em away. "Look, if you need anything you can just call me okay? The cell number's still current."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah nodded and took the card, then blinked at the spelling on Dani, and grinned. "You too, hunh?" Oh, that was funny to think of.

[gunandcoffee.livejournal.com]

She looked at him blankly and didn't even articulate the 'huh'. Because, huh?

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Dani," she said, pointing to the card. "You're usually a girl too." She beamed at Detective Reese. "I must not have run into you when I visited the station to talk to Detective Constable Day."

[gunandcoffee.livejournal.com]

"Yes, usually a girl," Reese confirmed. "I usually have bits up here," she gestured to her chest, "Not equipment down there."

"We must have missed each other," she agreed. "Why were you visiting Day?"

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Oh, I wanted help with figuring out how to be a P.I. after I graduate. She was nice enough to get coffee with me and run down some ideas." Dinah adjusted the palm tree to one side.

[gunandcoffee.livejournal.com]

"You wanna be a PI? Really? Why not the join the Force?" She asked. "Police is better than a PI."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Nothing against the police-- my uncle's one. But." Dinah looked at the tree, then shrugged. Then levitated it up to the height of her head. "I don't think it would work out real well."

[gunandcoffee.livejournal.com]

Reese blinked at the floating tree then looked at Dinah. And then she felt her headache.

"Yeah, maybe."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah grinned, letting the palm tree settle back down to the counter. "I could hide it, but it'd be a pain in the ass. P.I., working for myself, on missing persons..." Which made her remember Edward. Woe. "I'd like to make a difference."

[gunandcoffee.livejournal.com]

Reese would like to argue the police was making a difference then remembered all the crap she had to deal with on the Force, not to mention the corruption.

"Maybe you have the right idea," she conceded. But Reese wasn't going to exchange her badge or uniform despite everything. She liked being part of the police. "Still, if you need anything, you can just call me."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Thanks. Maybe I will." Dinah grinned at Detective Reese, then held out a little white boutonniere from the side display. "Here. Have a really Fandom day. Since you already are."

[gunandcoffee.livejournal.com]

Reese laughed, "Yeah, thanks. You too, Dinah."