Fandom Trooper Station, Wednesday

[hatesparadise]

Danny was supposed to be recovering at home. But then there was a phone call from the troopers about something going on that needed the attention of a detective.

Which. You know. Was a lie.

Because it was because of the weird decorating thing going on and none of them wanted to explain it to Liam.

On the plus side, this time the pastries were provided to him.

[open and sleepy!]

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[grenadesandohana]

Steve crossed his arms over his chest as he leaned against the door jamb and glowered.

"You're not supposed to be here."

[hatesparadise]

"Well, working remotely didn't happen." Their IT guy was a squirrel, Steve.

[grenadesandohana]

"So tell Liam you're taking the day off," Steve said. "He helped you down the zillion stairs to pick up your meds. He'll understand."

[hatesparadise]

The troopers looked a little shifty about that, Ralph even brought over a cup of tea like it would help them not be dragged on a death march come Monday.

"I can sit for a couple hours," Danny insisted. "Better than watching Wheel of Fortune or whatever is on daytime television."

[grenadesandohana]

Judging by the look Steve shot Ralph, no, no it would not.

"You send these guys out on any calls."

It wasn't a request.

[hatesparadise]

"Yeah, yeah. Wasn't plannin' to run anyone down myself. I'm not you, ya know." He said it with love. Annoyed love.

[grenadesandohana]

Steve would absolutely be running people down less than a week after being run through with rebar. Steve saw no hypocrisy in this fussing at all.

"You are not," he agreed. "There's a whole gaggle of teenagers outside with paint and stuff."

[intraspective]

Iris honestly had nothing against the cops here, aside from keeping some of her business on the down-low just so she'd continue not having any issues with the cops.

But the assembly had given her an excuse to be a bit silly.

So there she was, cheerfully spray-painting enormous flowers on the outside of the Trooper Station.

It was a bit incongruous with her business suit but as that was her uniform, Iris was used to that.

[hatesparadise]

And Danny... was just gonna drink his apology tea and watch this happen. "At least it's not dicks," he muttered.

Because. Well.

[intraspective]

Did she hear that with her ears or with her mind? Did it really matter?

"It's not," Iris called back cheerfully. "Though it could be!"

Don't tempt her!

[hatesparadise]

"Please do not," he enunciated carefully.

[intraspective]

"Oh, fine, I guess," Iris said, with a laugh. "They ain't really my thin' to draw in any case."

She was probably going to find some out of the way place to stick one before she left though. Just to see if he noticed.

But that was for later.

[hatesparadise]

Just make sure they were nsfw image link tasteful. Until his kid saw them and Danny would have to kill himself because that explanation would be a doozy.

"There a reason for all this?" he had to ask.

[intraspective]

Tasteful she could do.

"Parents' Weekend is this weekend," Iris explained, switching out her blue paint for a can of purple. "So the assembly were 'bout cleaning up and decoratin' the place for that. Seemed like fun, so I joined in. It's a nice break from makin' new bubble bath."

[grenadesandohana]

Steve wandered out front a little later. "Can you do hibiscus?"

[intraspective]

Iris grinned at him.

"Sure can," she said easily. "Got a colour preference?"

[grenadesandohana]

"Red," Steve said, grinning. "Please."

[intraspective]

"No problem!"

Iris scooped up the red from her row of cans and got to work on that.

"I'm Iris," she added. The flower theme was maybe a little obvious.

[grenadesandohana]

"Nice to meet you, Iris," Steve said. "I'm Steve. McGarrett."

[knife_bender]

"What is happening in this town right now?" Diego asked, snagging a pastry. He then took notice of Danny. "Were you aware you look like shit?"

[hatesparadise]

"Wednesday's are terrible," Danny answered dryly. "And yeah, painfully aware."

Bah dum ching!

[knife_bender]

"So long as you know," Diego said, sitting at his desk. "Seriously, what's up with the decorating?"

[hatesparadise]

"Wednesday's are weird," Danny repeated, shifting to find a comfortable position to sit in again as he addressed Diego. "There's some class. One time it turned into a city-wide paintball fight."

[knife_bender]

"That at least sounds like fun," Diego said. "So this is school sanctioned destruction of property."

Actually when it was put that way it did sound fun.

[hatesparadise]

"I guess it's like living in a college town or something," Danny replied. "At least it's not drunks."