Trooper Station; Monday. [ 11/17 ]

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There was a new toaster at the Trooper Station that Monday. There was also a Daisy feeling quite proud of her contribution to the betterment of the place as a whole, as well as a lot of cupcakes.

A lot of cupcakes, many of which were disappearing at an alarming rate through the mouth of Ralph.

Daisy was still boggling a little over how someone could make so many cupcakes; Ralph's consumption of them wasn't helping either, but she had some antacid tablets as well as a concoction of honey and lemon juice for the almost inevitable onslaught of indigestion.

She had to admit, though, it was a bit fascinating to watch and pulled her attention from her work more than she would have liked.

[[ open! Done spamming your FL! SP for the daytime is loooooooove ]]

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Sarah had heard on the radio that there was a new sheriff, and it seemed like time to introduce herself. She was dressed professionally this morning as she walked into the station, grinning a greeting at Daisy.

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Daisy lifted a hand in a little wave back, but her forehead was creased with worry.

"Everything alright, Sarah?" she asked.

She was probably never going to get used to the thought of people coming in even when there wasn't something wrong, which was how it seemed to work in London.

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"Relatively, sure," Sarah said, eyes roaming restlessly around the station. "Is the new sheriff around this morning?"

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Daisy straightened in her chair a little, assuming those wandering eyes and the request to see the sheriff direct must mean something pretty big.

"He's in a meeting with the mayor at the moment," she told Sarah. "He shouldn't be too long."

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"I can wait," Sarah said, with a tiny apologetic smile. She found a chair near Daisy's desk and sat, crossing her legs almost primly. "You're ex-London P.D., right?"

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Daisy gave a firm nod. "That's right. Fraud and embezzlement."

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"Chasing numbers?" Sarah rubbed her neck, thinking about that. "I would never have the attention span for that."

She liked problems she could point a gun at.

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With a cup of coffee in one hand and a cupcake in the other dale approached the young woman who appeared to be waiting for him.

"Miss? Can I help you?"

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"Perhaps," Sarah said, rising from her seat. "I'm Sarah Walker. You're Sheriff Cooper?"

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"As of this morning? Yes. Officially," Dale said nodding toward his office. "Would you prefer to speak in private? Also help yourself to a cupcake."

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"Your office might be better," Sarah agreed, standing to follow. "And congratulations, by the way. I came in a few weeks ago and was told to talk to the sheriff, and then the position changed hands before I made it back."

She grabbed a cupcake, though she just held it in her hand. Better not to make an announcement with frosting on her nose.

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"Bit of a surprise to me as well," Dale said standing behind his desk and gestured for Sarah to take a seat. "The former sheriff just put in his notice last Friday, but I think transition-wise we'll be all right. Now how can I be of service?"

Going NFB, please!

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"I have two jobs," Sarah explained, running a hand through her hair. "One is running the comics shop in town. That's going great. The other is this." She pulled out her CIA badge and passed it over the counter. "Obviously I'm undercover, but I want to work with law enforcement here in any way I can."

Which meant, please let me see your files, please.

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Since he'd gotten visited (even if she lived there, he still considered it a visit since she'd stopped) last week, Loki decided to pay back the favor.

Hence, his entrance into the police station with a big grin on his face.

"Nothing's wrong," he said immediately. "Except for the fact that I woke up way too fucking early."

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The greeting was a good one; it brought Daisy's posture back to a relaxed one as quickly as it had sharpened, even if it did settle with an inward sigh of then why are you here?.

"No such thing as too early," she offered, "only too late. What was it? Noise complain? Disturbance of the peace?"

She wondered if her voice sounded as desperate for something outloud as it did in her head, and would be comfoted to know that it didn't.

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"Why did I wake up too early?" He shrugged easily. "Restless night. Stupid stupid dreams. And the promise of a new day ahead of me."

He paused.

"That sounded super corny, didn't it? Tell me it did."

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Daisy grinned. "Sure," she said, agreeably enough, "it did. But is it true?"

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"Days haven't been so bad," he admitted with a light shrug. "I'm still alive, right? In this day and age, that's a fucking accomplishment. And I got that damn Christmas lights working. Thanks for your help, by the way."

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"Welcome," Daisy nodded with a small smile. "And I noticed the success this morning on my way in. Certainly is festive! Can't look at it without helping a smile."

[pieandcoffee.livejournal.com]

After his meeting with the Mayor, Dale returned to the office and started on his fourth cup of coffee for the day. He took. A moment or two to check on the consumption of cupcakes and the shiny new Toaster that had appeared in the office.

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"How'd the meeting go, Coop? Am I going to have to switch to Sheriff right when Coop's been starting to fit like a glove?"

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Dale chuckled at that. "It's just a change of title, Daisy. Feel free to continue to call me 'Coop' if you so please. So yes, the mayor approved me as the new Sheriff. However I don't plan on making any big procedural changes of any sort at the moment."

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Daisy spared a brief, dubious look in the direction of the coffee machine.

"Good to know," she said, eyes returning to Cooper. "Although I'm still young and maleable, so if there were any changes, best do them soon."

Although, in her experience, that would be just the opposite of what the guys in charge liked to do. They liked to wait until you were just settled to shake things up again.

[pieandcoffee.livejournal.com]

Dale caught the dubious look towards the coffee machine and tried to hide a grin. "Well as far as I can tell there doesn't seem to be anything that needs to be changed around here. Unless a request comes down from the Mayor's office we shall stay the course."

He did pause a moment before adding: "However I would like to know where the toaster came from."

[justice-beat.livejournal.com]

"Oh!" Daisy gave a bit of a smile. "Got a great deal on it; two-fer, you see, and I only need one, so I figured maybe the station could use the extra."