Night at the museums (Tagged)

[Matthew Cole]

Matt took it all in as he and James started making their way through the museum.
The place looked great and the atmosphere was really starting to pick up now that everyone was arriving.

Matt had been slightly skeptical when he heard that the museum was throwing a "party" to raise funds, but as the pair walked further inside it actually looked and felt like a party.

Matt smiled lightly as he looked around, the night actually promised to be rather fun and he was looking forwards to switching off from work and enjoying himself for once.

Feeling James nudge him Matt glanced round.

"I think he's waving to you buddy"

Matt smiled lightly and gave a small wave, letting Cal know he had seen him.

James made the effort to get a soda from one of the waiters as he and Matt made their way over to Cal and his friends and Matt grabbed himself a glass of champagne.

James had made it clear earlier that he wouldn't mind if Matt wanted to drink, in fact he had volunteered to drive afterwards, so Matt felt comfortable having a drink tonight.
After all it was a party and he would only have the one...or maybe two, but he would not get himself tipsy, that was his rule.

Matt went over to Cal, meeting him with a smile, "Hey, thanks for the invite."
He looked over at the group Cal seemed to be with, looking them all in the eye and giving a single nod, "Hey" He said polity.

Tag: @cal, @james, anyone.

(Ooc: I know Cal needs to introduce Matt to everyone, but I was not sure if Matt or Cal should introduce James??? So I left it open )

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James Reagan

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James nodded and followed close, recognising Cal from around but not knowing him he gave a simple nod - granted everyone at the PD knew James but not everyone knew him personally.

"Hey, thanks for the invite."

Cal grinned "Hey man" he shook Cal's hand then gave a nod to James in return "Detective Borden, Call me Cal" he said extending his hand 

"Reagan, James Reagan" James replied shaking Cal's hand firmly

"Hey" 

As Matt attempted to greet the group he was with Cal grinned and addressed the group "Guys, this is Matt Cole and James Reagan" he indicated them each as he spoke then indicating one by one Cal introduced "Wesley, Lara, Fletch" he indicated Roger "And the man of the hour, Roger"

James extended his hand shaking each person's hand as Cal introduced, Fletcher vaguely recognised James but chose not to question it, he didn't like to do that to people anyway.

notes: To make it easier why don't we pair each of them off somewhere (Still staying in one thread) so like maybe James goes to hang out with Wesley, Cal with Matt, Fletch with Lara or whatever, let's mix it up lol.

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[Lara DunCroft]

Once everyone had been introduced and had properly met Roger, Lara gave them all a smile and excused herself.

She turned to Fletch taking him by his lower arm and began gently pulling him away

"Come and dance with me." She grinned.
She and his daughter had managed to get him to come and she was going to make him have some fun while he was there.

Fletch would probably protest however, but Lara had an endearing way of being able to not take no for an answer and getting away with it.

Besides, he had come to the party with her and she was not going to just abandon him and leave him with a bunch of strangers just after arriving. That was not the kind of friend she was.

Tag: @fletch, @cal, @james, anyone

(Sounds good I thought I would start paring them off by dragging him away for a dance.)

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As Lara turned to him Fletch opened his mouth but then she grabbed his arm and he found himself being pulled along.

"Come and dance with me."

Uh oh - Fletch's eyes widened "I-I Can't dance" He protested but didn't pull away, he knew better, besides - what would Evie say?! He could just spew out loads of excuses but he didn't mind really.

(Watch this haha - this Episode killed me so hard but hey! This clip still awesome)


Chuckling Cal watched Fletch be dragged off then looking over at Matt he edged closer "Hey" he greeted, may as well get to know people he figured. 

[Wesley Van De Camp]

"As nice as it is you don't all want to spend your night standing here with me." Roger smiled. "Go get involved the party. Have some fun." He offered enthusiastically.

After all it was their ticket money that had paid for the party and he wanted everyone to have a good time.

Wes smiled, "I for one am going to brows around the art gallery here and admire some of the paintings that this fund raiser has saved."

Wes looked towards the three, "You're welcome to come too." He offered affably.

It was easier for the young law student to ease his way into socializing with new people at an event like this, rather than jumping straight into the heart of it.

At least if he was walking around the gallery with someone, then they would not have to focused all of their attention on each other or have to stay too close, they could each linger at a painting or move on as they pleased.

"And I'll be back at 9 sharp for your oration, Uncle." He said with a smile as he walked away.

The itinerary for the evening included some party games and light entertainment, followed by a thank you speech from Rodger, ending with him giving some information about his favorite painting at 9PM.

Tag: @cal, @james, Anyone.

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E.J didn't mind these events, he went - for his dad - who was always invited to these events himself, EJ simply went to honour his dad and continue the tradition whenever he was invited. 

Today he'd done a half shift, finishing at lunch time, then heading home he'd spent a little time with his wife then picked up his son, spent some time with them then got ready. Thankfully his 'schedule' allowed a little leeway for him and he always made up for it afterwards if he had to leave early or something. Sometimes he did get called in but he'd been pre-prepared and had several others on standby to replace him if needed - he needed to get away sometimes at least once a month.

He was wearing a simple but smart suit but no tie, leaving the top button undone. As he arrived he hovered by the entrance before carefully entering and starting to stroll around - hopefully he'd bump into someone he knew.

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"As nice as it is you don't all want to spend your night standing here with me."
"Go get involved the party. Have some fun."

James smiled softly

"I for one am going to brows around the art gallery here and admire some of the paintings that this fund raiser has saved."
"You're welcome to come too."

"Sure" James replied glancing at Matt and Cal to see what they were going to do, Cal shrugged and gave a nod in agreement - he didn't mind either.

"And I'll be back at 9 sharp for your oration, Uncle."

James gave Roger a polite nod before following beside Wesley, falling into step but quiet as he glanced around him at the paintings, he didn't mind really.

Cal looked to Matt "You coming?" he asked pointedly - he didn't mind if he ended up walking alone.

Meanwhile James sipped his soda and rose a brow as an interesting painting came into view and he paused to ponder it - it was of a landscape, James liked landscapes, he liked calming things.

[Matthew Cole]

"You coming?"

"Right behind you." Matt replied, taking a sip of his drink.

He walked with the small group towards the to the gallery section.
Matt stopping next to James for a minute admiring a landscape painting that seemed to interest James', before he moved on and stopped at an abstract, modern art painting.

He gazed at the painting for a moment before his head began to tip to one side as he tried to make it out.
"You know, sometimes I just don't get art." He said aloud, as he squinted slightly at the mind bending picture.

It was an odd but aseptically pleasing painting, however it was leaning towards the bizarre side.

"Sometimes your not meant to get it, your just meant to enjoy it." Wesley commented as he stopped and looked up, absorbed in a huge painting depicting an 18th century naval scene.

Matt straighted his head and nodded lightly in agreement, before moving on. He sauntered over to Cal to see what he was looking at.

"So how are things going sorting out your old house?" Matt asked James casually.

James had told him he had decided to move back to Chicago and bring his family back to his old house he had left sitting there when he moved to Canada.

"You gonna be moving down here anytime soon?"

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"Right behind you."

Cal gave a nod before looking at the painting James seemed to have taken interest in

"You know, sometimes I just don't get art."

"Sometimes your not meant to get it, your just meant to enjoy it."

Cal glanced at Matt and chuckled a grin lit up his features "I like this kid" he said nodding towards Wesley before watching Cal join him, he returned his gaze to look up at a painting of a group of puppies 'playing' with each other whilst children look on. James glanced over at the two and grinned before joining them, looking up at the painting he had to smile, it reminded him of his own kids.

"So how are things going sorting out your old house?"
"You gonna be moving down here anytime soon?"

James glanced at Matt and nodded "Within the next few weeks, you have any idea how much stuff accumulates over two years? My brothers have already started packing stuff up but they're complaining that I'd need a full container for all our stuff" he chuckled "Which reminds me, road trip next week?" he asked.

"Road trip?" Cal asked looking over and James rolled his eyes "Nosey cop" he retorted and Cal grinned, James tutted and looked back at Matt "Figured we could get a trailer up there bring the kids and some or most of the stuff maybe?" he asked.

EJ Continued to wander until he spotted who looked like ... Fletch? Really? and it looked like Fletch was dancing with someone he also recognised - Lara - he strolled over "Hey guys, didn't know you came to these things" he commented.

[Lara DunCroft]

"I like this kid"

Wesley grinned amusedly on hearing the comment, "Why thank you." He smiled, looking at Cal. "I can see why my cousin likes you too."

Matt smirked as James bantered with Cal for asking about their road trip.

"I told him if he buys the pizza, I'd help him move..then I realized he lives in Canada, but I'd opened my mouth so what could I do?." He joked.

"Figured we could get a trailer up there bring the kids and some or most of the stuff maybe?"

"Sure, sounds good." Matt replied.
He was looking forwards to seeing Canada, and also to the road trip itself.

He and James were becoming good friends since they had met and started to bond over the grief and loss they both felt when their mutual friend Chris had been killed a short while ago.

"So are you emigrating from Canada or are you simply moving back?" Wesley asked casually as he sauntered over to anther painting.

His upper class, English accent making it clear that he, like hid cousin Lara, was not a native American.

Lara was smiling a pearly white smile as she danced with Fletch. The pair were having fun and Lara was enjoying herself, messing around with Fletch and not taking the dancing too seriously.

"Hey guys, didn't know you came to these things"

Lara looked round. "Hey." She said with a bright smile, greeting EJ.

"My dad works here, he suggested this fund raiser." She said, the bright smile still on here face.

"I didn't know you were coming." She commented.
She did not know EJ all that well, she had seen him around the hospital but had only had a few interactions with him, but she had grown to like him in the few interactions they had shared and she was glad to see him outside of the hospital.

"It's good to see you here. Are you here with anyone?" She asked politely.

(Ooc: It's late and I don't have a lot of time to post lately, so I put my chars into one post to make things easier )

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James Reagan

tag: Matthew Cole,Lara DunCroft,@fletch,Wesley Van De Camp,@elijah,

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In the gallery.

"Why thank you."
"I can see why my cousin likes you too."

At first Cal had grinned then he blushed shooting Wesley a look - shyly smirking as he ducked his head - burying his hands in his pockets before busying himself looking up at another painting - ohhhh yeah, that had surprised him.

"I told him if he buys the pizza, I'd help him move..then I realized he lives in Canada, but I'd opened my mouth so what could I do?." 

James grinned at Matt, still within earshot Cal looked over and grinned broadly "Count me in too!" he retorted with a wink.

"Sure, sounds good."

James gave Matt an approving pat on the shoulder before hearing Wesley start to speak

"So are you emigrating from Canada or are you simply moving back?"

"Moving back" James confirmed "Moved away two years ago, was born in Canada and moved here, so I just technically moved back home to Canada. Came back here a week or so ago and just recently decided I'd come back" he explained before looking around again at the paintings.

At least the group were still walking, just slowly. 

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Elsewhere in the museum.

"Hey." 
"My dad works here, he suggested this fund raiser." 
"I didn't know you were coming."

"Nor did I" EJ commented "But my dad is..." he considered his words "was... a regular at these kind of fundraisers, so I decided to come in his honour, I think your dad probably knew my dad sometime ago" EJ gave Fletch a nod "Hey man"

Fletch gave a simple nod and shook EJ's hand "Glad to see you could get away from the madhouse" he observed and EJ grinned winking - he knew what he meant.

"It's good to see you here. Are you here with anyone?"

EJ shook his head "My wife couldn't come, we couldn't find a sitter for our son. And my son doesn't really cope well with these things" EJ shrugged. 

notes: SORRY AGAIN FOR THE HUGE DELAY, But none the less - at least we can still post when we can No worries if you can't post several characters, I usually cram all into one post too, unless I have time.

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[Lara DunCroft]

Elsewhere in the museum:

"Well it's good to see you here even if you came alone" Lara said to EJ with a smile that was as sunny as her beautiful yellow gown.

"You've come just in time, the evening is really warming up and the DJ has got the dance hits going now." Lara said with yet another smile, before gently grabbing Fletch by the arm and pulling him a couple of steps across the floor to continue dancing with him.

She giggled as they twisted and moved playfully awkwardly amongst everyone else on the 'dance floor', caring much more about having fun than dancing well.

After a moment Lara looked at EJ, putting her fists at shoulder hight and twisting her hips in an intentionally lame dance move, "Come on, you know you want to." She said with a pearly white grin.

She took EJ by the wrist and gently pulled him, encouraging him to come onto the dance floor with them and have some fun.

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In the gallery:

Wesley's eyes turned to a beautiful renaissance painting meaning that he did not pick up on Cal's reaction.

Wes was generalizing when he mentioned that his cousin liked him, he had not meant to imply to the man that Lara liked him -although she did- Lara would have at him if he did such a thing.

No, it was just a casual comment that he had blurted out before thinking, an innocent mistake Lara would probably still have him for if she ever got wind of it.


It had been rather a long time since Matt had gone to a museum and he was enjoying himself strolling around the gallery as he sipped his champaign.

Given his good street sense and usual style of clothing, he did not normally come of as the intellectual or sophisticated type. But he was more intelligent than a lot of people gave him credit for, and the varied display of art was not being waisted on him.

"You're a Lieutenant at Chicago PD, right?" Wesley said casually, looking to Cal as the group continued to slowly move through the gallery, "And what do you gentlemen do?" He asked, looking to Matt and James.

"I'm a cop too. I work in the same precinct as him." Matt replied, before taking a sip out of his glass.

"But I'm just a detective, nothing fancy." He added with a light smile, shooting Cal a playful wink.

Matt's glass was empty by the time he reached the end of the gallery and found himself coming to the sculpture section of the exhibition.

"I'm a little dry, you wanna come and get a drink?" He asked, casually inviting Cal to come with him.

He purposely hadn't directed the invitation to Jame given his history with the bottle, but he did his best to keep it natural.

James had told Matt before that he did not mind if he drank and that he needed to get used to people drinking around him. In fact James had offered to drive after the party so that Matt could freely enjoy the event with a drink or two.

Nonetheless Matt knew that it still had to be a little difficult for James, and the truth was that he felt just a little uncomfortable about it sometimes too.
He was not always a hundred percent sure how to go about things around James when it came to drinking, all he was sure of was that inviting him to come the 'bar' would not be helpful. If James wanted to join them he was more than welcome to tag along of his own accord.

Tag: @james, @cal, @elijah

(Ooc: I though maybe sending Matt and Cal to get a drink or something might be a good way to get our chars paired of like you said: James and Wes, Matt and Cal, Fletch and Lara...I'll try to bring in Loki and Sully soon. If you wanna bring in Salome I don't mind. We could maybe get them all paired off too? Up to you )

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James Reagan

tag: Matthew Cole ,Lara DunCroft ,@fletch ,Wesley Van De Camp ,@elijah ,Lt. Christian Donald Sullivan , @salome , David Loki  

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Elsewhere in the museum:

"Well it's good to see you here even if you came alone"

EJ grinned "Good to see you and Fletch here too" he replied, he knew how hard it was for Fletch, having looked after his children (Namely Evie and Mikey in particular) a few times as a Paeds consultant, he knew Fletch had it hard, so to see him getting out was good. Plus, to see him actually getting past his demons was equally as good - having been present when his wife died and he was left with four young children, it had  been hard.

"You've come just in time, the evening is really warming up and the DJ has got the dance hits going now."

"It's good!" Fletch agreed grinning, until once again he was grabbed and pulled back into dancing, he winced with a fake look of protest but he was playful - dancing along with her - he really didn't mind.

As EJ watched with amusement he chuckled shaking his head.

"Come on, you know you want to."

"Don't fight back buddy, embrace it" Fletch teased and EJ chuckled before joining in the mad dance - he didn't care how bad he looked, he wanted to have fun!

Off to the side Salome watched cautiously, she'd arrived a while ago and had decided to just observe - she was feeling rather shy, rather reserved. She wasn't sure if she wanted to join in, she didn't know anyone, maybe she shouldn't have come after all.

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In the gallery:

"You're a Lieutenant at Chicago PD, right?"

Cal was just taking a sip of his drink when he heard Wesley address him and he almost snorted, moving the drink away in time - grinning he chuckled - he wished "No, Sergeant - don't let my Lieu hear you" he teased "Yeah I'm Chicago PD SVU" he added.

"And what do you gentlemen do?"

James saw Wesley look to him and Matt, he glanced over at Matt as the man spoke first.

"I'm a cop too. I work in the same precinct as him."
"But I'm just a detective, nothing fancy."

Cal grinned chuckling, yeah sure nothing fancy - He'd amuse himself later with that.

"Detective, At the moment I'm attached to the Fire Department as their Arson Detective" James said as he took another sip of his soda.

"I'm a little dry, you wanna come and get a drink?"

Cal looked at his own drink which he only JUST realised was almost finished "Sure" he gave the group a courteous nod before heading off with Matt.

James watched Cal and Matt walk off he didn't mind - really didn't mind, he was fine with others drinking around him, as long as they were courteous towards him then he was fine - and Matt was being good about it so it suited him "So, what about you?" James asked. 

notes: As long as Loki and Cal don't meet before THE planned time sure lets bring in the rest of the crew haha!

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[David Loki]

First floor.

The party had really started now that the DJ had broken out the dance hits, but Loki still had not worked his way to joining it just yet. 

Instead he was still on the first floor.

Leaning forwards with his hands behind his back, silently peering into a display case housing a fine collection of insects.

A few party guests participating in the stamper card trail passed behind him, but they took no notice of him, nor did he take notice of them.

He was perfectly absorbed, blinking as he took in the intriguing variety of species and colours while reading the information cards included in the display.

  

Loki had a moderate interest in insect, it was nothing huge but watching documentaries and reading the odd article about bugs was a little hobby of his. 

And he always found it strangely fascinating, but a little sad, seeing them neatly lined up with the pins through the center of them like that. 

He could never help but wounder if the pin was put through them before or after they were dead.  

After several minutes Loki straightened up, turning his gaze towards the ground floor where the heart of the party was. He knew he had to get involved sooner or later, or showing up in the first place would just have been pointless.

Loki was somewhat of an introvert though. Not that he was a recluse or anything, it was just that being a detective in the Missing Persons Unit meant that he spent a lot of time just listening, listening and taking everything in. A trait that had bleed into his social life too.  

Of course, he was by no means incapable of socializing, but as he looked out over the buzzing activity that was the party, Loki just wondered where he should start. 

Tag: Anyone.

[Lt. Christian Donald Sullivan]

First floor.

The taxi pulled up outside the museum and Sullivan paid the driver, then opened the car door for his wife as he always did.

They had only just arrived to the museum because Sullivan had been working. But they were here now and looking forwards to having an enjoyable evening.

Sullivan gave his wife his arm as they walked up the steps and into the building.
The pair were dressed for the occasion, her in a lovely gown with a stylish wrap draped over her shoulders, and him in vest and tie underneath his black full length coat and black leather gloves.

The pair smiled as they took everything in. Everything looked wonderful and the party was well and truly in full swing.

In the gallery.

"No, Sergeant - don't let my Lieu hear you" he teased "Yeah I'm Chicago PD SVU"

"Oh, my apologies" Wesley replied, amused at his own mistake.

"I'm afraid that not very verses in that kind of thing." He smiled.

"So, what about you?"
James asked, turning to Wes after Matt and Cal had left.

"Oh, I'm a law student." He said.

A fact that did not surprise a lot of people given his refined accent and proper manner.

"I invited some of my school friends actually, but unfortunately they could not make it tonight. A shame, but a couple are going to try and make it later."

Wes turned to James with an empty glass of his own, "What do you say we hit the punch table?" He suggested with a cordial smile.

He thought that it would get them closer to the action, and who knows they might start joining in some of the fun!

Tag: @james , @cal , @salome , Anyone