Trooper Station: Wednesday

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Dale is back at his desk and is reflecting on the events of Friday and Saturday as he goes over the reports from the troopers regarding the increase of prepubescent children that had occurred over the weekend.

There's a cup of coffee and a jelly dougnut on his desk, his voice recorder is filled with observations and there's a small grin on his face as he knows that everything in the universe is exactly as it should be.

Or at least as close as it gets here in Fandom.

[Open and no ocd]

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[light-a-spark.livejournal.com]

Roy's mood this week had definitely been better. He made his way out of his office, mug in one hand as he was apparently in search for a refill. "Cooper."

[pieandcoffee.livejournal.com]

"Good morning, Sheriff," Dale said in his normal cheerful tone. "Got something on your mind?"

[light-a-spark.livejournal.com]

If it had been Havoc, it would have been grating. It was different with Dale however. "Heard anything from Montoya yet?" Roy asked.

[pieandcoffee.livejournal.com]

"She actually returned over the weekend," Dale replied. "After finishing up one of her old cases."

[light-a-spark.livejournal.com]

Roy nodded and headed for the coffee pot. "Thanks for letting me know," he said, referring to the voicemail Cooper had left. "Everyone is in one piece?"

[pieandcoffee.livejournal.com]

"A few bumps and bruises," Dale replied. "Nothing an icepack and some Tylenol couldn't cure. How was your weekend?"

[light-a-spark.livejournal.com]

"The students turned into little kids," Roy replied as he refilled his mug. "It was... interesting."

[pieandcoffee.livejournal.com]

"I heard about that," Dale replied. "Sounds like you had an interesting encounter with one of them."

[light-a-spark.livejournal.com]

He chuckled. "I mostly just had an encounter," he replied. "Apparently blondes are cute no matter what the age."

[pieandcoffee.livejournal.com]

"Oh?" Dale asked. "Any one in particular?"

[light-a-spark.livejournal.com]

"Ino," he replied. "I saw one of Aly's students too, but he didn't seem to be very big on sharing her. Can't blame the kid."

[pieandcoffee.livejournal.com]

"Sounds like you two have been getting along pretty well," Dale said with a small grin.

[meetingsnoopy.livejournal.com]

Later that afternoon, an annoyed-looking Melody popped her head into the trooper station. "Hi, is this where I would report a crime?"

[light-a-spark.livejournal.com]

Roy hid his grin by quickly sipping from his coffee. "You're going to enjoy saying 'I told you so' for a long time, huh?"

[pieandcoffee.livejournal.com]

Dale stood up looking a little surprised. As far as he knew this was the first time anyone had actually reported a crime.

"Ms. Valentine," Dale said in greeting, "Yes, this is the appropriate place. Are you okay?"

[pieandcoffee.livejournal.com]

"Who, me?" Dale said with an innocent expression. "No. Not at all."

[meetingsnoopy.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, I mean, now that I've showered I am," Melody said, fluttering a little. "I'm just mad and wanted to do something about it."

[light-a-spark.livejournal.com]

Roy snorted. "Then you're a better man than I would be."

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Dale nodded and gestured for to have a seat. "Can I get you anything first? Water? Coffee?"

[meetingsnoopy.livejournal.com]

"Hot chocolate?" Melody asked hopefully, sitting down. "Thanks."

[pieandcoffee.livejournal.com]

"I'm just happy I haven't lost my touch," Dale replied with a grin.

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"Of course," Dale said heading to the coffee station. "I think we have a box here for it. Would you like to give me the details of the crime?"

[meetingsnoopy.livejournal.com]

"Right, so I was just walking to work yesterday," Melody said, taking a sniffly sip of hot chocolate. "And this huge glob of whipped cream mixed with strawberry jam landed right on top of my head and ran all over my jacket. It was guh-ross."

She paused, awaiting sympathy.

[light-a-spark.livejournal.com]

"Did we at least get you worried?" Roy asked. "I hate to be predictable like that."

[pieandcoffee.livejournal.com]

"Ah, yes," Dale replied. "I do believe several people were affected by that... oddity. Was someone throwing it at you?"