Trooper Station - Friday

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Roy tapped his pen impatiently on the desk. The troopers' patrols had been upped for this whole MercCon thing, but it still didn't sit all too well. Maybe if he knew exactly who was coming. Mercenaries weren't his most liked population group and whatever disclaimers came with this convention, one could never be too careful.

So Roy was scanning through everything again, making sure there wasn't anything he was overlooking while he obstinately ignored the date on his calender and anything that wasn't mercenary related.

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That whole ignoring plan might have been why the phone was ringing just then.

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Roy absently reached for the telephone, eyes still on the file in front of him. "Fandom Trooper Station, Sheriff Mustang speaking."

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"How do you do, sir," Riza said, a small smile apparent only in her eyes.

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He knew he shouldn't be, but he still was surprised to recognise Hawkeye's voice. "I'm well, Lieutenant," he said smoothly. "What about you? Is everything in order?"

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"All's well here, sir," she said quietly. "I was hoping not to reach you working through."

She knew he'd be working. But she'd still hoped.

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With anyone else, he would have pretended not to know why but there wasn't a whole lot of point with Hawkeye. "There's a mercenary convention in town this weekend," he explained. "We're heading into a couple of busy days."

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"A mercenary convention," Hawkeye repeated in a tone that would be incredulous for anyone else. "Quite a town you have there, sir."

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"Yes, they do keep me on my toes," he agreed and because it would keep her off the reason why she was calling he kept talking. "A few weeks ago I apparently became a homunculi." Maybe that wasn't the best topic to distract with.

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There was a long pause. "I'm sorry?"

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He pinched the bridge of his nose, wondering why exactly that had come out. She shouldn't be intimidating over the telephone. "I'm threatening to run out of whiskey."

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Riza wanted to comment that it sounded like he was drinking too much of it but that was never her place. "I'll have more sent. You became a homunculi?"

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Kerrigan was helping him with that.

"At least it wasn't a three year old?" he tried.

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"Sir," she reprimanded, trying to bring him back on track.

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"There are mercenaries all over the island."

Kerrigan didn't quite appear out of nowhere, but managed something approaching it.

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Roy glanced up at Kerrigan, not quite startled for some reason. "I'm aware," he replied, not too pleased with it either. "Like one wasn't annoying enough."

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"You've got the troopers on it." It wasn't a question. With the knowledge now suddenly firmly in mind, Kerrigan flopped down on a chair, rubbing at her forehead. "I'm going to keep an eye out."

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"Can't hurt," Roy said easily. "I wonder what kind of idiot decided it was a good idea to have a whole bunch of mercenaries gather together like that."

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"They're worse than resocs," Kerrigan muttered, leaning back in the chair. "It's an accident waiting to happen."

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"I could just pull up a wall around the hotel," Roy said thoughtfully.

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"Might make me feel better," Kerrigan muttered.

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"I'm not sure it would be fair on Mary," he remarked.

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Kerrigan shrugged. "She let the mercs in."

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"Mmmmmmmm," he couldn't quite argue to that, though he had honestly no idea how the whole thing got approved. "We'll just have to pay extra attention."

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"I'm on it," Kerrigan said, shifting up to alert a little.

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With someone else, he might have been annoyed at the implication, but he trusted Kerrigan and he didn't like how thin his resources got stretched in times like these.

"As long as I keep you supplied with coffee?"