Trooper Station, Friday

[headkickpoet.livejournal.com]

Ray was workin' on a new paperwork-sorting system. Yeah, he was that bored. Had stuff tacked up to the walls and everything.

'Course, anyone else would've made the rookie mistake of setting up a system that improved, uh, writing on paperwork. That was not efficiency. Efficiency was something grander, bigger, and outta sight where you didn't have to think about it.

By the afternoon, Ray felt pretty damn pleased with himself.

What? It wasn't like anything ever happened or something.

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[justice-beat.livejournal.com]

Daisy couldn't help but notice the project, wondering if Kowalski was doing because he actually wanted to get organized or because it made him look busy.

She took particular not of the ones on the wall. "New wallpaper samples, sir?"

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"Yeah, figured I'd try some interior decorating," Ray snarked, distractedly.

[justice-beat.livejournal.com]

"I like it," mused Daisy with a thoughtful tilt of her head. "Very...official. But in a rebellious sort of way."

[headkickpoet.livejournal.com]

"Official, but rebellious," Ray kind of... nodded sideways. Or bobbed his head that way. "Yeah, sounds like me. You gettin' coffee?"

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"Yeah, you want some?"

[headkickpoet.livejournal.com]

"Yeah." Beat. "But none of that sludge you stuff down your gullet, Detective Constable."

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"I know, I know!" said Daisy. "I understand, sir; all the rest of you are big sissies who need fancy coffee and can't handle a real cup of the stuff."

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"Okay, hold on," Ray said, gesturing at her threateningly, "You got coffee, you got station coffee, and you got cement. You got cement."

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"Station coffee is cement, Sergeant, that's the whole point."

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"Maybe in your country," Ray shot back, "In the US of A, we take one pay grade above cement."

[justice-beat.livejournal.com]

"Or is it just that you think you are because that's how it's packaged?"

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"Nah, pretty sure we do," Ray said, leaning back in his seat. "We should get a, uh, whacha-- cappuchino cart, like Frannie used to take out at my old precinct." Pause. "...But with better coffee. Jeez."

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"I'm actually surprised Coop hasn't got us one yet," said Daisy.