Trooper Station: Wednesday

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Dale is sitting and staring morosely at his mug of coffee as he makes some notes.

"Diane, With the lack of caffeine currently on the island I am attempting to recreating the stimulating effects through exercise. After I have a cup of decaffeinated coffee, I do ten jumping jacks followed by a series of 20 sit ups. So far this morning I've done fifty jumping jacks and a hundred sit ups. I've been getting some strange looks in the office but that unfortunately is not anything new.

My investigation into the disappearence of caffiene from the island has thus far been a complete failure. I'm currently ruling this as just a part of the regular weirdness of the island but I haven't ruled out the fact that we are going to be invaded by a malevolent force that has removed caffiene from the island in order to catch us in our less than stimulated state. More later, Diane as I've just finished my sixth cup of coffee."

Dale got up and started in on doing his jumping jacks.

It was a very poor substitute.

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Coming in a bit later than normal, Renee chucked the empty cup of coffee from the Perk at the garbage and sat down at her desk.

She might have fallen back asleep this morning.

There was a grumble that might have been a 'good moring' but it was hard to tell.

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"Perhaps you'd like to join me in some rigorous exercise?" Dale suggested. "It'll perk you right up."

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She rubbed her eyes, turning toward him. "I jog in the morning."

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"Well I've found that brief spurts of energetic exercise seems to be doing a fine job in keeping my energy levels up," Dale replied. "You sure you don't want to join me in some jumping jacks?"

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Renee looked down vaguely toward her bra and then back up.

"No."

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"Sit ups?" Dale offered.

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"I'd be better with a cup of coffee that worked," Renee muttered, resting her head on the desk.

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"Well I don't think that's going to happen in the next few minutes," Dale replied cheerfully.

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Cooper was far too chipper for today. Or ever, really.

"You're an evil man."

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Charlotte was finally getting around to making good on her intentions of bringing Dale the cookies that she tried to make as an apology, but ended up having to buy from the bakery because her oven was either possessed or broken, and just happened to have the right day to head down to the trooper station. Not that she realized it yet, as she poked her head in first with a slight call of "Hello?" before tentatively stepping inside.

To jumping jacks.

"...oh. I'm sorry; I didn't mean to inter-- I can come back later?"

Jumping jacks. ...Huh.

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Dale stopped his jumping jacks and gave Charlotte an embarrassed grin. "Miss York," he said straightening his tie. "Always a pleasure. Please come in. Has there been another incident with young Mr. Madrox?"

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"Mr. Madr--" Oh. Right. The...bushes kid. Charlotte's eyes went a little wide and she shook her head with emphasis. "Oh no. No, no, nothing like that, thank God. No, no problem this time. I just..." She shifted the tin of cookies with the nice blue ribbon in it in her hands a little. "Well, I know you're going to just tell me that it really isn't necessary, but I really felt I had to do something nice to thank you for all the trouble I put you through these past weeks, so..." She held up the tin. "Cookies!"

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Dale let out a little chuckle as he accepted the tin. "Thank you," he said warmly. "And yes it really isn't necessary. I was only doing my job and I'm sure if someone from my past showed up I'd have a similar misunderstanding. Would you like to join me for a cup of coffee?"

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Charlotte smile back, having received basically the response she'd mostly expected. "Oh, I'd love one, thanks." Especially since the one she had this morning didn't seem to be kicking in. "That is, uh, if I'm not interrupting?"

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"Not at all," Dale said offering her a chair to sit in before walking over to the coffee station. "I was merely attempting to keep my energy level up during the day. How do you like your coffee?"

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"A little cream and a little sugar, thank you!" Charlotte said, taking the offered seat. "And I'll only stay for the one cup; I really don't want to keep you from any of your work, Dale."

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"The only thing you are keeping me from is a small pile of paperwork," Dale said returning with a mug of coffee. "Believe me when I say that this is a most pleasant alternative."

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Faith raised an eyebrow. "You, uh. You doin' okay there?"

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"Perfect," Dale said as he mopped his brow. "just a small endeavor to keep my energy level up."

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"Having a bad morning?" Faith frowned. "I was gonna bring you a coffee or something, but all they had was decaf."

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"Precisely the reason why I'm attempting to keep my energy up," Dale answered with a somewhat bitter tone. "It's like that all over."

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"There some island decree against coffee?" Faith said. She folded her arms. "That's bullshit. Need some heads smashed in?"

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"Against caffeine in general," Dale said seriously. "However there appears to be no heads to bash."

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Still took Faith a few seconds to piece it together.

"You gotta be kidding. This is Fandom shit again?" She folded her arms. "They touch my booze stash, I'm gonna find some heads to bash."

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Dale gave Faith a reproachful look. "Now Faith..." he said in a disappointed tone.