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[The camera turned on to...some oddly blurry camera work for a console that...is rooted to the ground. A few flashes of colors and a puff of smoke later, and the screen comes into focus, revealing a slightly-askew Zatanna. Very Blair Witch-style, puns aide, with a closeup of her noticeably hood-covered head as she leans into the camera. Despite the tinge of redness to her cheeks from the obvious cold in the room, she’s openly smiling.]

Come one, come all, to the coolest place in town.

...no, seriously. I’ve been in walk-in freezers that had weaker systems than this place. Feels pretty good. Better than a cold shower. Or polar bear dive.

For the record, we have nothing against polar bears, diving or otherwise.

[Jack leans into the frame beside Zatanna, also smiling and looking more alert and refreshed than he has over the last couple weeks since the weather has turned summery warm. ]

For the record, I never said we did.

[Point of clarification. She leans back, giving Jack the floor to speak.]

I know we've had a lot of people go back home lately, but we wanted to ask if anyone who's willing to help out at the Welcome Center as volunteers. I know some people are starting to get back to their regular jobs so it's as much or as little time as you can share.

If you feel like helping out, just drop by and see one of us.

[And, just before the screen shuts off, Zatanna briefly pops up for one last line:]

I wasn’t kidding about the AC, either! Anybody who needs a break from the heat outside, this is the place to chill.

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But is there food involved? Because that's important information that will effect my decision to volunteer.

[He has priorities and food is all of them.]

[Yo, did you not see the advertisement of theoretical punch and pie?]

Why am I not surprised?

I'm sure, between the two of us--[She glanced back at Jack with a knowing smirk]--we could probably whip up a couple...dozen...snowcones for you.

[Wow excuse you, he needs confirmation not theories.]

...So, where did you say the Welcome Center was again?

[OR: Wow, gee thanks Zatanna. I am on my way.]

[So needy.]

It's in the center of the city. That's the "center" part of the name.

Hmm. [Wow, Zee, you're hilarious.] Okay, I've been convinced. I'll be there.

[Isn't she just?]

So will we.

See you in a few.

[He simply nods and shuts the camera off.]

[All in all it doesn't take him very long to find his way to the Welcome Center. He had REALLY GREAT directions.]

[He waltzes right in, arms open wide.]

Somebody cone me.

You do realize how wrong that sounds, don't you?

[Hi, Wally. She doesn't even have to look up to know it's you. She does, however, have to look up to cast a quick spell to, in fact, cone him.]

[Specifically, by summoning a large, orange traffic cone atop his head.]

Better?

[He stays in the same pose. Now complete with traffic cone.]

I demand to see your supervisor.

You mean Jack? He's sitting right over there. Feel free to go and say hi. I'll wait.

[Alright, he takes off the cone and raises an eyebrow at her.]

I don't know, he might be a little biased in your favor.

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[He knows there's no encryption, so he gets to the point, figuring Jack will understand him like usual.]

You and the kid?

[Jack might be able to speak Billy, but Zatanna still needed a moment to even place the voice at all. Let alone figure out what such a generic question--and one which she would have objected to if she realized she was the "kid"--meant.]

Gonna need a bit more to go on than that.

He doesn't.

[There's a light smile to his tone, but Costigan's as reserved as usual. He doesn't know much of Zatanna other than the powers thing, both that she caused it and fixed it, and Jack's friendship with her. It keeps him wary.]

You spend a lot of time at the Center, helping out?

[So he was talking specifically to Jack. Okay, then. That narrowed it down to...just about anything.]

When Jack needs help, yeah.

It passes the time. And since there are only a few of us left...there's a lot more passing to be done around here.

You considered the Police Academy?

Do you ask that of all the sixteen-year-old girls you meet?

Don't meet any sixteen-year-old girls, especially with the kind of things you can do.

[She always being appreciated the reassurance that she was unique in somebody's eyes. Whether or not it was meant to be a compliment.]

What kinds of things are we talking about here, specifically?

[Her magic was hardly a secret, especially after that major show she'd accidentally put on last year. But, just to be on the safe side, she preferred to have a vague idea of what his expectations were before committing one way or the other.]

Fucking up a turtle full of magic and then fixing it.

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How sweet. You remembered me.

[Granted, not her finest hour, but it was a pretty decent demonstration of her growing abilities. If not control, then strength.]

Not really interest in a repeat performance, though. Once was enough for me.

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Okay, the three centuries aside, we're almost the same age.

I hope you know how fuckin' bad that sounds.

You're practically a kid yourself, guy, relax. You two together?

It sounded better before I said it.

[ But he does get the sense that Costigan is teasing. Still, he exchanges a look with Zatanna before answering. ]

Yeah.

Huh.

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