Trooper Station - Sunday brunch

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When Roy wandered into the station that morning, he found the lobby filled with tables he was pretty sure hadn't been there before. The plastic chairs had been moved around them, creating space to eat at while the tables pushed against the wall were filled with enough food to rival an officer's ball.

When Roy tried to find Ralph to ask what the hell was going on, the trooper was mysteriously missing. Roy had a sneaking suspicion he'd been set up. At least it involved free food. Grabbing a cup of coffee and some pastries, he settled behind the front desk and started reading in a book on Earth military.

((OCD coming. And it's up.))

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Re: Get your food and mingle

[light-a-spark.livejournal.com]

"There is," Roy said with a nod. "And it's actually forbidden to turn things into gold."

Re: Get your food and mingle

[outofbrooklyn.livejournal.com]

"It is?" Odd. "There a 'no personal gain' type stipulation goin' on there?"

Re: Get your food and mingle

[light-a-spark.livejournal.com]

"Something like it," he agreed. "It would uproot the economy too much as well. Normally the laws of alchemy are already about preventing too much gain. You need an equal amount of material to turn it into something else."

Re: Get your food and mingle

[outofbrooklyn.livejournal.com]

"Keeping the balance. Makes sense," Aiden said. "Can't make something out of nothing, after all. Simple scientific theory at work on that one."

Re: Get your food and mingle

[light-a-spark.livejournal.com]

"Not just scientific," Roy smiled. "It's a principle of life isn't it? To gain something, you need to give something up."

Re: Get your food and mingle

[outofbrooklyn.livejournal.com]

"Unless you're one of those people with some crazy sort of good luck..." Aiden nodded, "I suppose that's very true."

Re: Get your food and mingle

[light-a-spark.livejournal.com]

The eyepatch might be a bit of a give away that Roy wasn't one of those.

"Not really, but it'd be nice, I suppose. I'm probably stuck at working for things."

Re: Get your food and mingle

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"Join the club," Aiden said with a wry smile. "Least we get more satisfaction out of it in the end, right?"

Re: Get your food and mingle

[light-a-spark.livejournal.com]

"That's how it's supposed to work," Roy nodded. "Even if it can be frustrating at times."

Re: Get your food and mingle

[outofbrooklyn.livejournal.com]

"Here's hopin' it comes out nicely in the end, like it's supposed to when you do the work," Aiden said, raising her mug of coffee in a vague toast.

Re: Get your food and mingle

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Roy hadn't brought his cup with him, so he inclined his head to the toast. "I will drink to that," he said, starting to rise from his chair.