Trooper Station [afternoon]

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Anakin was in his office, cleaning up some paperwork. Zoe had oh-so-handwavily offered him a position as Dean of Students at the school (between snickers. He couldn't blame her, he saw the irony in it himself), but he couldn't be a dean and the sheriff at the same time.

But he couldn't exactly turn the place over to Ralph.

Decisions, decisions...

[OOC: Expecting one but open.]

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The police station in Fandom was not a place Jake could remember ever setting foot in. After all, they had no alcohol and he'd heard things about their coffee.

So why did that change today? Boredom, and the realization that maybe knowing a couple people on the force could be helpful should he find himself in a sticky situation at some point. As unlikely as that was.

"Hello?" he called out, entering the station. "Anyone home?"

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"Back here," Anakin called. "Unless it's complicated, in which case...no, no one's here."

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"No complications," which was actually fairly unusual when one had "Jake Doyle" and "police station" in close proximity to one another. "Unless one counts that terrible coffee." Which he'd helped himself to, yes. Shut up.

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Anakin sighed heavily. "The troopers are good men but I think they were made without tastebuds," he said. "Sorry about that."

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"I'll live," Jake shrugged. Terrible coffee was better than no coffee, which would be why he was still drinking it. "...Made?" he narrowed his eyes at the odd choice of words.

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"Clones," Anakin explained with a little shrug. "It's why aside from seriously ill-advised haircuts, they all look pretty much the same."

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"Clones, right," Jake said with a nod, as if that was nothing out of the ordinary for him. He then shuddered as a particular mental image sprung to mind. "...So glad that's not how the station back home puts together their staff."

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"You're a cop?" Anakin asked, looking intrigued.

Maybe this was a nudge from the Force, having Jake wander in now.

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"Despite my own better judgement? Yes." It wasn't that he hated the job exactly. It was just that tiny little problem with authority issue he had.

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"Don't suppose you're here looking for a job?"

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Jake's first instinct was to say 'oh hell no', and he opened his mouth to retort with just that when an idea began to form. Apparently being a cop again wasn't something he was going to escape, but if he had to stick with the job, in all honesty he'd rather be in Fandom than St. John's. Splitting his time between the two cities was a giant pain in the arse.

And also there was no Leslie here to remind him of certain collosal blunders he'd made.

"...That depends," he said slowly. "On if taking a job here will get me out of the stupid-arse task force they made me join in St. John's."

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"Ugh, task forces," Anakin said, making a face. "I say sure--would you need me to write them a letter?"

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"Do that," Jake grinned, "and I'm all yours."

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"'To whom it may concern: Task forces are dumb and Jake--" he realized he didn't know his last name, "--would rather kiss a fish. He also has a new job here at Fandom. Sincerely, Anakin Skywalker.'"

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"Doyle, b'y." Although it wasn't like the station wouldn't know who he was talking about. "Got a stamp to make it all official-looking?"

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"Probably even one that doesn't have either a happy face or 'bullshit' on it," Anakin said, rustling through the desk.

Shhh. Anakin had tried to make the paperwork more interesting.

"There," he said, finding one with the seal of the Fandom Police Department. "Once I type it out, I can hit it with this and then you can take over."

...had he not mentioned that was what the job would be?

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"Take over?" Jake managed- barely- to keep himself from doing a spittake at that, at least.

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"Maybe you can get them to make better coffee."

Thank you, Anakin.

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"Lord god, I think that may be more work than handling the island's crime," Jake commented, eyeing his cup distastefully. "...Although, really, coffee this bad practically is a crime." No, he wasn't going to stop ragging on the coffee anytime soon.

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"I bet you could get the Mayor to add that to our list of crimes if you let him drink a cup of that," Anakin said, handing over a badge. "Congratulations, sheriff. I'll be up at the school if you have any questions."