Twenty-Third Patrol

[slightly_knurd]

[Police Filter]
The fingerprints recovered at the scene of the subway terrorist attack match the prints on our suspect in the cells. Let's ready a prosecutor and a jury for trial.

[/Filter]

Terrier. Right.

How in hell does Angua stand all this fur?

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[cocksmanship]

You mean.... a ratter dog.

[slightly_knurd]

[slight growling before Vimes gets a hold on himself]

That'd be giving into the Beast.

[cocksmanship]

Squeak!

[slightly_knurd]

[snaps]

I'm going to do to my paperwork what ought to have been done my first day here. AND I don't want to hear any more squeaking!

[cocksmanship]

Are you suggesting I haven't done my work?

[Scuttling along.]

I'll have you know I did my reconnaissance.

[slightly_knurd]

[watching Charming with rather more rapt attention than he would have admitted to himself]

And what did you find out?

[cocksmanship]

Nothing. Neither establishment offered any useful knowledge. I almost believe they prefer not to assist even if they did.

[.... Ratly grooming himself.]

Have we any reliable contacts in the Underground?

[slightly_knurd]

[lowers himself down, looking like he's ready to pounce from his desk onto Charming]

I believe Anita and Ted both head down there regularly, they know the area, but both've been out of sorts recently.

[cocksmanship]

[Instinct! He twitches his whiskers and squeaks.]

We could use someone who's always there, someone who knows the Underground like the back of their hand.

[Waving rat paw.]

[slightly_knurd]

[soft growling]

Someone willing to cooperate? Not many like that are found in the Underground.

[ooc: Charming is adorable.]

[cocksmanship]

I'll work on it.

[Groom groom his ears.]

Shall I contact Styles for a prosecuting attorney, or do we find the reliance on his skill a bit dependent?

[ooc: Teehee.]

[slightly_knurd]

He's one of the best, that's for certain, but if he gets selected for defendant we'd either have to bring up a load of eyewitnesses or a damned good lawyer.

[cocksmanship]

Well shit.

I'll shop about and see who else the City might have to offer. Otherwise if he's selected as a prosecuting attorney it's in our best interest to make him a regular prosecutor. That's how it works in my world.

[slightly_knurd]

Did it? In my world the Patrician handled most cases personally. There wasn't even a trial of peers.