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Sep 08, 2010 09:51

It's one of Those Days.

...which is probably not a good way of describing it, given how many variations of Those Days there are. Nevertheless, for Trudy, it's one of Those Days where she wonders what the everlasting hell she was doing signing herself up for a posting that involved staying in the same place for six years(well, six years if she ( Read more... )

trudy chacon, carl benton, ellen park, dinah lance

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raptorcanaria September 8 2010, 00:35:39 UTC
Dinah was just passing by refreshing the cut flowers on the coffee table by the fire. But she stops when she's caught in the corss fire of a staring into space that doesn't quite include her.

"Good book?"

It's universal code for 'you're not reading that book, so what're you thinking about?'

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hallelujahpilot September 8 2010, 00:37:50 UTC
Trudy blinks, and then half-smiles.

"It is. I'm just...not payin' attention to it."

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raptorcanaria September 8 2010, 00:41:09 UTC
"Happens to me all the time," Dinah consoles, giving up on her flower arranging job to flop onto the couch. "Now I just wait for the movie."

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hallelujahpilot September 8 2010, 00:45:22 UTC
Trudy laughs at that, the sound warm and snickery and sorta witchy.

"Pretty sure they ain't gonna make a movie 'bout ancient Peruvian history." Beat. "And if they did, I'd spend half the time wanting to throw things at the screen for gettin' 'em wrong."

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raptorcanaria September 8 2010, 00:47:11 UTC
"Also why I can't watch any number of movies," Dinah agrees.

Pretty much any martial arts based movie will get something wrong. And don't get her started on police procedurals.

"You're an historian?"

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hallelujahpilot September 8 2010, 00:49:19 UTC
That gets another laugh.

"Hell no. I'm a Marine pilot. But my dad's an archeologist, and I grew up around all that kinda thing."

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raptorcanaria September 8 2010, 00:53:34 UTC
The mistake makes Dinah laugh at herself. "Right, sorry. One of my uncles is an archaeologist, but he's more into Egypt."

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hallelujahpilot September 8 2010, 00:58:17 UTC
"Ah, Egypt." She grins. "It's a popular choice. And, hey, they got mummies in common."

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raptorcanaria September 8 2010, 01:13:56 UTC
Dinah laughs. "Yeah, they do. And pyramids, right?"

Right?

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hallelujahpilot September 8 2010, 01:19:58 UTC
"I always forget about that one," she admits. "Different purposes, and all that. Also, the Latin ones have steps. It's not a proper pyramid unless you can walk up it."

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raptorcanaria September 8 2010, 01:39:50 UTC
Dinah shrugs, easily. "I'll take your word for it. Carter never could get me all that interested."

Not when there were things to hit instead.

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hallelujahpilot September 8 2010, 04:14:00 UTC
Trudy grins.

"Fair enough. And yeah. Trudy Chacon, nice to meet ya."

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raptorcanaria September 8 2010, 21:08:43 UTC
"Dinah Lance," she replies cheerfully. "I'm in charge of the garden."

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hallelujahpilot September 8 2010, 23:18:12 UTC
Pause.

"In...charge?"

(that is not a little bit of wistfulness you are hearing there, Dinah, no it is not)

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raptorcanaria September 8 2010, 23:20:56 UTC
"Well, I kinda just point people at it and decide what to plant," Dinah says, dismissing any and all managerial skills. "I'm a florist back home, so."

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hallelujahpilot September 8 2010, 23:24:35 UTC
"I'm...from the twenty-second century. We don't really have a lot of green left. So, in charge of a garden is still pretty important where I come from."

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