Trooper Station; Monday [01/07].

[died8yearsago]

Rosa was just going about her own business, doing her radio reports, finishing up some paperwork, when a few of the troopers came over and handed her a file and asked her to look it over and tell them what she thought.

Well, that alone earned them a skeptical arch of her brow and a curl of her lip, but she decided to humor them since she wasn't really doing anything else, and read. And then she had to read it again because she almost couldn't believe that this was a thing that someone had actually put down on paper with the wholehearted assumption that it could be taken seriously and believed.

"So, let me see if I'm getting this right," she said. "You're proposing an investigation....into Caritas...under the assumption that the spaghetti that showed up on Friday and the garlic that was there last night...indicated that it's slowly trying to turn itself into...an Olive Garden?"

The troopers nodded. "That's right, Detective."

"And you want me to investigate this?"

"You're the best person for the job, Detective."

Well, they weren't wrong there, but still. "Ralph," she said, gesturing him closer with her hand. "Come here."

Which he did. Reluctantly. And he was wise to be hesitant about it because the moment he leaned in, Rosa smacked him upside the helmet with the file. It didn't hurt, of course, because of the helmet, but it did sort of sting a little on the inside.

"This is a new level of dumb, even for you guys," she said, "but, sure, I'll look into it. Lucky for you guys, I was planning on being there tomorrow anyway, and, believe me, you'll be the first to know the moment I see a breadstick."

Ugh. Had to love the lull that followed a big attack and a new semester around here.

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Turtle & Canary; Monday [01/07].

[somethingwithturquoise]

And today, Summer was sitting at a different counter, working on different paperwork, and this time she was distinctly without a cat on her lap, and she almost sort of missed it. It was pretty nice that she could get up whenever she wanted without feeling a little bad about the whole thing, though.

Not that she'd needed to get up. It was turning out to be a relatively quiet day, really, almost eerily quiet, and Summer might have been inclined to suspect something really weird afoot, but, at the same time, she was just going to take a normal day and enjoy it for all it was worth. And now that it was the second week and people were starting to get settled, maybe more people would come venture out into the store and check it out, so she kept up her newbie special and settled in a little herself.

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Community Center Class: Modern Earth Entertainment

[2_old_for_this]

Peter was frowning at the DVD player today, and looked up when people arrived. He sighed. "Hi, everybody. First of all, sorry about last week - I didn't realize we'd started yet, what with it being the new year. Anyway, I thought I'd start us out with a movie about the guy the recent holiday was all about. Or at least the religious ideas of who he is. There are a few, and some of them are pretty good. Unfortunately, the only one this thing wants to play is...not that."

He gave it an exasperated look. "Hopefully this'll be fun, at least. Maybe you'll learn a few things through satire, anyway. Please ask questions if you need to."

He let the movie start.

Monday: Covent Garden Flowers

[mylandmyrules]

Tickles seemed happy to see Nell today and attached himself to her shoulder as she went about her day's work. She was particularly happy herself today for some reason and found herself singing a number of church songs as Tickles purred along.