The Perk: Tuesday Afternoon

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The day being what it was, Gibbs skipped doing work in his office today to take over a table at the Perk.

Finishing up the remaining parts of his lesson plan, Gibbs was now just relaxing and reviewing some archived case notes he had liberated from the police station.

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[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

Veronica stopped by for her daily dose of caffiene at the Perk.

Cup in hand, she decided to join Gibbs without waiting for an invitation. "Whatcha' working on?" she asked.

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"Copies of old files from the police station," Gibbs said looking up briefly from the papers. "Veronica, right?"

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"Yep, good memory," Veronica said. "How are you settling in to Fandom?"

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"Just fine I suppose," Gibbs said with a shrug. "I've had an old employee of mine show up but not the one I know. I've met people from other planets. Comparing that to some of the things that have happened on this island makes it look like small potatoes in comparison."

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Veronica nodded. "The best advice I could give anyone is to expect the unexpected. I ran into my dead best friend the first week I was here."

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Gibbs looked up again from the reports with that statement.

"Was she one of the first zombies who hit this place?"

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"No, she was a student," Veronica said. "Freaked me right the hell out."

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Gibbs frowned at that. A multitude of people he knew that were safely dead and tucked away came to mind.

None of them he was too sure about how he'd feel seeing alive again. Well.... maybe two or three people.

"Expect the unexpected seems to be the town slogan around here," he commented. "I'm surprised it's not being used by the chamber of commerce."

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"Hmm, you know, I'm not sure if we even have a chamber of commerce. Not too big on tourism around here," Veronica said.

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"I heard there was a couple of conventions here in the past year," Gibbs replied. "Plus there are plenty of people out there who would love to visit an island like this."

McGee and Abby would flip their lids if they ever came here.

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"People who like weird stuff?" Veronica asked with a grin. "And, yeah, I have heard about the conventions. Actually came to one of them."

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"Which one?" Gibbs asked.

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"CopCon," Veronica said. "My dad and I came. Even did a panel on stakeouts."

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Irulan entered the Perk heeding the chance to rest after a day of handwavily organizing.

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"Afternoon," Gibbs said looking up from his paperwork.

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"Good afternoon," Irulan returned with a smile and glanced at his papers, "you seem to have brought your work with you."

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"Helps to take it out of the office," Gibbs replied. "Get a different perspective and all that."

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"That is an excellent point," she agreed, "a new environment could give one fresh eyes." Something about the way he held himself reminded Irulan of a Saudukar or a Fedaykin. "Are you part of the island's peacekeeping force?"

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"Kind of an odd way to put it," Gibbs said leaning back in his chair. "But I work part time for them. I also teach a course at the school."

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"I suppose it is odd," Irulan admitted, "I'm not from this planet and my phrasing is occasionally different from those who are native here." She shifted her coffee to another hand, "You are a teacher? Then perhaps you know my stepdaughter? Ghanima?"

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"Don't think I've met her yet," Gibbs replied. "What does she teach?"

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"I believe she teaches a class on taking advantage of one's terrain," Irulan answered.

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Huh.

"Is she military?" he asked.

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"Of a sort," Irulan said, "she and her brother command armies in... back home."

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"Oh?" Gibbs replied. "And where is home exactly?"