Trooper Station; Monday [ 02/02 ].

[justice-beat.livejournal.com]

Try as she might, Daisy really couldn't help yawning a little every now and again at her desk today. She'd skipped the tea and went on to the bad coffee, which would provide a nice jolt of awareness in the form of oh, in all that's holy, that is some awful bloody coffee slaps to the face. It wasn't even just the little football party at Caritas last night. Most of it was from having gotten up early to get in before Kowalski to stuff one of his desk drawers with red peppers.

Hey, it wasn't her fault that his girlfriend had a very versatile name to help out with pranks. She worked with what was there.


[[ open station! I open today, though, so I'm likely to not be around until afternoon EST ]]

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[pieandcoffee.livejournal.com]

"Good morning Daisy!" Dale said cheerfully filling up his cup from the good pot of coffee. "How was your weekend?"

[justice-beat.livejournal.com]

"Too short, sir," chirped Daisy, with a small grin. "Your own?"

[pieandcoffee.livejournal.com]

"Just about perfect," Dale said cheerfully taking a sip of coffee and then letting out an "ahhhh" of satisfaction. "Anything new and exciting going on?"

[justice-beat.livejournal.com]

Daisy needed a moment to try to figure out exactly how to answer that question in a way that would be appropriate for work; in that moment, she had to stifle another small yawn.

"Not really," she concluded. "Finally met my neighbour across the hall; he's a sweetheart. Had fun at the Superbowl thing, even if you all wouldn't know real football if it bit you on the bums."

"How 'bout with you, Coop?"

[pieandcoffee.livejournal.com]

"Well if a football does start biting people on the bums around here I'm transferring the calls to you," Dale said noting the yawn. "And there's not much going on with me. Late night?"

[justice-beat.livejournal.com]

"Late night," Daisy shrugged, sucking down another yawn, "early morning. Take your pick."

[pieandcoffee.livejournal.com]

"You should try meditation," Dale suggested. "Great way to clear the mind and relax the body. Better than a twenty minute cat nap."

[justice-beat.livejournal.com]

"Every Sunday!" Daisy told him proudly. "For at least an hour. And then some on the evenings I've got nothing planned. Always the Sunday, though; it's a great way to switch back into the right mode for the week."

[pieandcoffee.livejournal.com]

"Well I never knew that," Dale replied. "Good for you Daisy. Do you subscribe to a particular method?"

[justice-beat.livejournal.com]

"It varies," Daisy shrugged a bit, "depending on the kind of week I've had. I tend to take a lot from Chinese philosophy and Buddhism, though. My father's from Hong Kong, you know."

[pieandcoffee.livejournal.com]

"I didn't know that," Dale replied. "I mostly follow the tenets of Tibetan Buddhism myself. That's mostly due to the time I spent as a kid in the orient. I spent a little time in Hong Kong but that was when it was still controlled by the British. Did your father immigrate to England?"

[justice-beat.livejournal.com]

Daisy felt only the smallest stabs of jealousy in the deepest pit of her stomach, way down where she couldn't even notice it much and assumed it was just the bag coffee. She nodded. "He and my mother both," she said. "She's Ethiopian. They met studying at Cambridge."

There was a significant amount of pride in her posture, none of which she was aware of.

[pieandcoffee.livejournal.com]

"Fascinating," Dale commented as he took a sip. "Were you able to visit either of your parents' countries?"

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Lightly, Daisy shook her head. "I've barely been outside of London up until moving here," she admitted. "They weren't very keen on traveling; they always had a lot of work to do."

[pieandcoffee.livejournal.com]

"Well maybe if you're lucky the island will do some traveling this summer," Dale said with a grin. "What did your parents do?"

[justice-beat.livejournal.com]

"Teachers," Daisy said as the mun looked over canon again and realized a discrepancy in the London detail. d'oh!, "and, before that, revolutionaries. Dad teaches computer sciences while Mum writes books that nobody ever wants to read about international corporate hegemonies, but she has written some that people do want to read about chess."

[pieandcoffee.livejournal.com]

"So I guess you took after dear old dad then?" Dale asked. "Or do you have a hobby about international corporate hegemonies that I don't know about?"

[justice-beat.livejournal.com]

Daisy grinned slightly. "Mum in looks, Dad in talents, I suppose, although, personality wise, I couldn't be more different from either of them."

[pieandcoffee.livejournal.com]

"I think I can understand that," Dale grinned. "My dad was a printer of calendars and moon maps. My mother was a homemaker and died when I was fairly young. I'm pretty much different from them in every way."

[justice-beat.livejournal.com]

"Moon maps, huh?" Daisy asked, her smile offering a slice of apologetic sympathy for the loss.

[pieandcoffee.livejournal.com]

"Moon maps. It was right after the first moon landing," Dale said smiling at the memory. "My dad was obsessed with the moon. Even found a crater that astronomer's had missed and got it named after him. He made a fortune off those maps but lost it all somewhere along the line. Last I heard he was down in Florida taking people out fishing on tour boat."

[justice-beat.livejournal.com]

"That sounds almost as bad as my parents and chess," Daisy said with a laugh.

[saveyoulater.livejournal.com]

Sarah needed to do a little more research, and seeing Daisy was a nice perk. She still needed to ask her about the thing she'd promised Loki Thursday.

"Hey, did you have a good weekend?" she asked, smiling.

[justice-beat.livejournal.com]

"Hey," Daisy smiled back, leaning a little on an arm on the desk. "A great weekend. Couldn't have really asked for a better one. How 'bout yourself?"

[saveyoulater.livejournal.com]

"Not quite as amazing as yours, but not bad," Sarah said. "Ran a bunch of errands, got in a good workout ... usual stuff. You sound like yours was more interesting."

[justice-beat.livejournal.com]

"Maybe a bit," Daisy admitted with a small smile, because she couldn't even honestly say that Sarah's had sounded more productive. Only in a few ways, really. "So," she said, tilting her head, "Loki mentioned the two of you going out again."

[saveyoulater.livejournal.com]

"And, strangely enough, that's why I'm here," Sarah confirmed.

Well, that and work, but work could wait.

"He wants to make me sing again. I told him I'd be up for it if you came to referee and I got to pick a song for him." Thoughtfully, she added, "I need to make that something really good..."

[justice-beat.livejournal.com]

Daisy stared, just a bit.

Was that all it was that Loki mentioned her having to ask?

"Referee?" she asked, arching an eyebrow.

[saveyoulater.livejournal.com]

"Or just hang out with us both?" Sarah suggested, though she thought the arched brow was a little unfair given Daisy's attitude the last time they talked. "What's your schedule like this week?"

[OOC: I can't decide if suggesting honesty day would be the best thing ever, or the worst thing ever.]

[justice-beat.livejournal.com]

"Well," Daisy said, considering. "I know my Wednesday's taken..."

[saveyoulater.livejournal.com]

"Doing anything fun?" Sarah asked. "I'm still open, as far as I know."

[OOC: email insent!]

[justice-beat.livejournal.com]

"Forcing Loki's hand at cooking," Daisy said. So, in other words, yes. Or something potentially fatal.

"Maybe tomorrow night?"

[saveyoulater.livejournal.com]

"Sure. I don't even have to work that day," Sarah decided cheerfully. "And that gives me plenty of time to think of songs for him." A pause. "Do you think he could hit the notes in 'Toxic'?"

[justice-beat.livejournal.com]

Daisy made a slight face at Sarah for the comment about working, before turning it into a grin and saying, "No. But I'd love to see him try."

[saveyoulater.livejournal.com]

Oh, like Sarah was ever really not working; she meant she didn't have to open the shop. She made the same slight face back at Daisy.

"If I can't think of something better, you might get your wish," she promised.

[justice-beat.livejournal.com]

"This is clearly not a matter to be taken lightly," Daisy said with a nod. "It will require a great deal of thinking on both our parts, I think."

[saveyoulater.livejournal.com]

"And he owes us at least two songs," Sarah noted. "I mean, as a gentleman."

[justice-beat.livejournal.com]

"Oooh! Two?" Daisy looked impressed. "I don't know if I can handle all this power; I feel a bit dizzy."

[saveyoulater.livejournal.com]

Sarah giggled. "I know. I might just faint when he actually gets onstage."

[AFK for new canon whee!]

[justice-beat.livejournal.com]

"Only if he does Elvis again," Daisy said with a chuckle, "then he'll get the hips going..."

Her fingers, pointed upward, traced the path of hips in the air.

[saveyoulater.livejournal.com]

"And then all the little girls in the place will swoon," Sarah supplied.

[justice-beat.livejournal.com]

Daisy gave the sort of laugh she usually wouldn't dream of at work, which was why, as soon as it was out, she sheepishly pulled back and glanced around for troopers glancing their way.

[saveyoulater.livejournal.com]

"I never make people laugh like that," Sarah said with a triumphant smile. "I should run a few things through the computers, but I'll see you tomorrow?"

[justice-beat.livejournal.com]

Daisy nodded. "I'll meet you guys there when I'm done with work."

[saveyoulater.livejournal.com]

"We might be a few drinks in by then," Sarah said wryly as she headed to the bank of computers.