Trooper Station - Friday

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Roy had moved from his office to the front desk because somehow the paperwork seemed to be growing dangerously high. It was beyond him how Ralph could keep coming up with so much paperwork while they only had to deal with very minor crimes. If you didn't count serial killers, but really most of the time Fandom was quiet and yet, his desk was starting to disappear under the piles.

Maybe he should call Hawkeye and ask her how she did it. Or maybe he'd actually finally pay attention to the piles and realise that his desk would be cleaner if he actually bothered to file everything once he finished it.

Right now however, he was set up at the front desk with a few files and an alchemy book.

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Amazingly enough, Dale's desk was neat, tidy and lacking any piles of paperwork. Must be his over-caffeinated work ethic.

"Morning Sheriff," Dale said as he passed by the front desk. "Giving up your office?"

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Roy glanced up from the papers. "Morning, Cooper," he said and scowled a little, but it wasn't aimed at Dale.

"No. We're taking a break from each other."

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"Oh?" Dale asked looking slightly amused. "Irreconcilable differences?"

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Roy chuckled. "Something like that. I'm starting to realise how much my aide used to do to keep things tidy. I'm regrouping."

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"Maybe you need to delegate more," Dale suggested. "I'm sure Ralph doesn't have enough on his plate."

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"They're good soldiers," Roy said, "but they're hardly good at the paperwork part of things. Besides, I prefer having them out on the streets patrolling."

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"We could always get a student intern," Dale suggested. "I'm going to be teaching a workshop the rest of the summer and might be able to weed out a few recruits."

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Roy frowned at the thought. "No."

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"Against local child labor laws?" Dale asked.

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Aly had a chess board. Also a water balloon that was half-filled with glitter. She was considering throwing one of them as she entered the station.

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Dale raised his mug of coffee in greeting at Aly as she entered. "Good morning."

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"Special Agent Cooper," Aly smiled at him. "It's certainly not a bad morning."

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"Well I've had coffee and a hearty breakfast," Dale said with a grin. "You can't start a day better than that. How was your workshop this summer?"

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"No one managed to blow themselves or anyone else up," she said. "I'm counting that as a success."

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"Always a good thing," Dale agreed with a laugh and then watched (with some amusment) as Roy and Aly (http://community.livejournal.com/fandomtownies/1822751.html?thread=83471391#t83471391) conversed.

He gave them both a grin and stood up from his chair. "Well, I'll let you two get to your game as I have some paperwork I need to finish up."

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Roy grimaced at the word paperwork and nodded at Dale. "I'll talk to you later."

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"Sure," Dale said with a wave as he headed to his desk. "Have fun with your game."

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Roy glanced up as he heard someone enter. He smiled a little as he saw Aly, then thought better of it as he noticed the balloon.

"Morning, miss Alianne."

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"General Mustang," she replied, raising an eyebrow in amusement at his reaction. "How do you do?"

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"Corporal," he corrected automatically. "I'm doing well. You?"

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Aly bounced the balloon in her hand. "It's been an excellent day so far."

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Roy narrowed his eyes at her. "You have that look," he informed her.

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"The look of someone with an excellent plan for an excellent day?" she asked innocently.

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"You would think so, yes," he agreed. Innocent really didn't work on him.

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"I don't mean to impose if you are too busy to play chess then," Aly teased.