Trooper Station: All day

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His weekly load of paperwork finished, Dale was at his desk reviewing warrants, past case histories and various other tidbits from the past case files from the previous police officers of Fandom.

Any interruption to this routine would be greatly appreciated.

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His weekly load of paperwork very much not finished, Roy took a break anyway and took a detour round Cooper's office with two mugs of coffee.

"Morning, agent Cooper."

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"Sheriff," Dale said congenially. "How are you today?"

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"Wondering why your desk is so much cleaner than mine," he replied, moving further into the office to offer Dale the cup.

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Dale accepted the coffee with a grin. "Well Sheriff, I find that personal organization and structure usually will take care of tedious tasks which will allow me time to do other preventative measures for our community. For instance right now I'm checking on past cases and later this afternoon I'll be looking for any open warrants for any potential visitors this weekend."

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Roy's eye had been about to glaze over when Dale mentioned the weekend. "Good thinking, Cooper. Do let me know if anything comes out of that?" Roy said, sounding lazy. Not that he wouldn't be doing the exact same thing.

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"Will do Sheriff," Dale said taking a sip of his coffee. "Maybe if you get your paperwork done you can avoid coming in. I can offer some time-saving suggestions."

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"Trust me," Roy said with a slight smirk as he sipped from his coffee too. "People have tried, but somehow suggestions seem to not want to work for me. I'll just suffer in silence." He had to complain about something after all. "I at least hope that you've been using your saved time to enjoy yourself."

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"Well there is a new forensic technique that I was planning on reading about on how to find mass graves without digging," Dale said cheerfully.

He might have an odd idea of what might constitute enjoyable free time.

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Roy paused. He liked reading, but there were limits. "Do you know any women you'll impress with that?"

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Dale frowned slightly at that. "What are you trying to insinuate sheriff?"

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"Going out is fun," Roy said smoothly, with a shrug. And really, he shouldn't be one to talk right now, but apparently he couldn't shut up.

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Dale sighed and leaned back in his chair. "Well sheriff, not all of us seem to have the charisma that you seem to have. Besides my luck with women usually runs to the... bad."

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Well no one could have quite his charisma really. "Doesn't have to stay that way. You make your own luck," Roy pointed out. Perhaps he could help Dale, the last time things had rather worked out for Havoc and Roy had received his message from Major Armstrong thanks to it. Sometimes his memory was rather selective as he was forgetting that Havoc had been crushed for ages.

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Dale looked a little uncomfortable at the thought. "My last relationship was... kidnapped. Possibly tortured. The woman I was seeing before that was murdered because of her relationship with me. Other relationships that I have had have not ended well."

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Roy's expression turned more serious almost instantly. "I apologise," he said softly.

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"No reason to apologize, sheriff," Dale said with a forced grin. "What happened is in the past and I can only learn from those experiences. How are things between you and your lady friend these days?"

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And there would be equivalence still, but Roy wasn't sure how much Dale would want to hear about that, so he opted for avoiding the question. "Which friend exactly are you referring to?" Roy asked, knowing quite well who Dale meant.

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"Well the lieutenant seems to be coming by a lot lately," Dale said with a hint of a grin. "As does Ms. Aly."

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"Mmmmmm," Roy casually leaned his shoulder against the door frame. "All fine women. You have to love an island that's so generous."

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"So you're saying the island provides women to those in need?" Dale said with a quirky grin.

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Roy snorted. "If it is, then it's getting things wrong by making them unavailable."

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"Having problems, Sheriff?" Dale said trying not to laugh.

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"Nah," Roy said lightly, sipping from his cup. "Problems are when you're serving a dictator who has no qualms using human lives for his own goals."

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Dale raised an eyebrow at that. "Well that puts any issues you have with women in an interesting light."

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"Women are supposed to cure the headache, not give you one," Roy said with a smirk, quite possibly only saying this because there wasn't one around. Didn't mean he didn't mean it.

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Dale chuckled at that. "And they are the one mystery I've never been able to truly solve."

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Roy's grin grew wider. "That's half of the fun, agent Cooper. You're going to make me think about holding another ball."