Trooper Station, Wednesday

[firstofitskind]

There was actual, honest-to-god paperwork to be done today. The first in... well, since the evil future people had been here, so about a month. Liam didn't actually mind too much, especially since the paperwork was regarding a new employee.

Ralph, Calvin and the other Troopers were nice enough, but not the best conversationalists, if he was being completely honest. It'd be nice to have someone else around who cared about things other than the state of the station's coffeemaker.

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[died8yearsago]

Well. Here went nothing. Rosa hadn't had to deal with meeting new people in years and she wasn't exactly too happy about it, but she was trying to make sure that none of that showed on her face as she walked into this dinky little station with her shades and a cup of coffee.

There was a...passing glance at the troopers before she located the one person who...wasn't wearing armor and walked up to his desk. She lifted her chin.

"I'm looking for a..." She took a second to regard a small notepad from the pocket of her leather jacket, "Liam Kinkaid?"


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[firstofitskind]

"That's me," Liam nodded. "Please tell me you're Rosa." Because the second most likely option was that he was finally going to meet the Bee Lady in person, and he wasn't sure if he was prepared for that, honestly.

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[died8yearsago]

"That's me," Rosa replied back. Her thumbs looped into her belt as she cocked her head in the direction of the troopers. "What's up with them? You guys bust up a comic-con recently?"

[firstofitskind]

Liam shook his head. “That’s just their regular uniform. Apparently they were originally from another galaxy. Don’t worry, you’re not expected to wear the armor yourself. Unless you want to.” It was a wild guess, but considering the comic con comment, Liam was going to assume Rosa was from someplace (or time) without space travel, so he was also watching carefully to see how she reacted to his explanation.

[died8yearsago]

If it would have been required, Rosa would have likely just turned and left and not bothered to come back.

"Pass," she said, but she did give the armor another appraising look. They were...interesting. She supposed she saw the appeal in anonymity of them, and she started wondering how durable they were, especially the helmets.

It was probably bad that she was already planning for her first impression to be a nice big one on one of those helmets, wasn't it?

She then stood there a little awkwardly for a moment before forcing herself to ask, "So now what?"

[firstofitskind]

"Honestly?" Liam said with a shrug. "In between crises, it's mostly answering a lot of frivolous complaints. I started with reading over some of the reports, because as boring as that sounds, that'll give you an idea of what to expect around here when the shit hits the fan." Which wasn't often, but when it did there was a lot of shit and a big fan, so.

[died8yearsago]

"I read a few," Rosa said, "included in my transfer papers, I guess as a warning for all the..." crazy "...frivolous complaints. What can you tell me about this...gremlin bite epidemic? That seemed to be most of the report."

[firstofitskind]

"Gremlins are these little green creatures that, as far as anyone can tell, are native to the island. Their venom is hallucinogenic, and unfortunately, they enjoy biting people," Liam explained. "So. Don't antagonize them." Rosa looked like the kind of person who enjoyed antagonizing people, but she also looked like someone with a good sense of self-preservation. Which side would win out?

[died8yearsago]

It truly was a perpetual, never-ending internal struggle.

But right now, she was just sort of regarding Liam with a puzzled expression, because all those words were English, alright, but it didn't seem to connect in any sort of logical sense for her. And then finally, she scoffed, shaking her head, turning around and walking over to a desk, where she pulled out a chair and plopped into it, then propped her feet up.

Apparently, this was her desk now. Anyone with an issue with it was free to take it up with her.

"I get it," she said, shaking a finger at Liam a little. "But seriously? If you're going to try to haze a new cop with bullshit, you could probably do a little better than space suits and tiny green mythical creatures."

[firstofitskind]

"I never was really good with the whole hazing thing," Liam admitted. Which he hadn't been actually trying to do, but hey, he'd had the same reaction a mere six months ago when he first arrived. Rosa would either adjust once she figured out everyone had been telling the truth, or she'd take off, transfer orders or no transfer orders.