duty calls

[stanford_lawboy]

jesus, where does the time go?

okay, got some business to attend to here, so everybody needs to PAY ATTENTION, capiche? you with me now? good.

really effing important issue to address #1: martha, i'm happy to report that the mission has been accomplished. had to be a little creative when things got dicey, but overall, the delivery went... well

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[need_to_believe]

You're kidding me. You pulled that wound off a vic? A current one? In Chicago?

[stanford_lawboy]

i rarely kid when dead bodies are involved. granted, that photo was taken BEFORE the guy (a city sanitation worker, if that makes a diff) turned up dead this morning. he said something big jumped him in the sewers, but that's about all i could get out of him after a couple of drinks.

please tell me you've got SOME idea of what this is.

...it's an alien, right? i just KNEW it.

[need_to_believe]

Why the hell didn't you ask me to begin with? In fact, why the hell didn't I receive a cell phone picture immediately after you saw this? Did it slip your mind who exactly I am?

Of course I know what it is. I'll be there first thing in the morning. Whatever you do, stay out of the sewers.

I mean it.

[stanford_lawboy]

dude. since when do i report to YOU, anyway?

i could do PLENTY more bitching about your lousy attitude, but i'm way too thankful for the assist. guess i'll owe you baby-sitting or something when i get back to the springs.

okay, i went ahead and emailed you my hotel/contact info, and all the case facts i've gathered so far. lemme know when your flight gets in, and i'll pick you up.

...aww, fuck. NOW you tell me. i've already been down there TWICE today, dammit.

[hisdarklady]

It went well? WONDERFUL! *grins* Now to go find him and see what he thinks.

Thanks Sammehkins, you are a doll. *kiss*

[unpolite_cop]

He thinks you should warn a guy before getting a dog.

But he also thinks she's pretty much the cutest thing ever.

[hisdarklady]

*smiles* I thought you needed a girl to pamper other than me and well. She's a pretty good looker isn't she? *grin*

I know I picked out the right one for you. She used to sleep as if she was using her leg as an air guitar.

Are you alright with her? I really didn't inconvenience you did I?

[stanford_lawboy]

from what i could tell before i made a hasty retreat, those two were getting along just swell.

...lots of rolling around in the floor and face-licking going on, with some really embarrassing baby-talk thrown in for good measure.

any time, martha m'dear. by the way, i'm keeping your car until this case in chicago wraps, so... can we call it even for now?

[chefpiper]

[Private to Sam]

Holy shit, Sam. I have no idea what would leave a mark like that, but I know it's no demon or creature I've come across so far.

[stanford_lawboy]

[Private to Piper]

lady luck is smiling on me tonight, since it looks like i've already found myself a decent lead. all hail the internets, y'know? strangely enough, lady luck looks and talks a helluva lot like a disgruntled former FBI agent i've dealt with before, and that's just plain CREEPY.

BUT... thanks for looking into it, anyhow. now you have to tell me what've you been doing with yourself lately, since i'm kind of out of the loop. oh, and dean says hi, by the way.

[chefpiper]

[Private to Sam]

Aww yay! Tell him I said hi too.

Oh, you know. Same old, same old. Fighting demons, saving innocents, running my club, dating an angel and hoping the Powers that Be don't notice...

[stanford_lawboy]

[Private to Sam]

i sent him a text saying you miss him, and can't wait to jump his bones again. will that do?

okay, this may be something of a n00b question, but... why would the TPTB have a problem with two of the good guys hooking up?

[unpolite_cop]

Ok, you don't go breaking into someone's apartment just to drop off a damned dog. You call the person's work from OUTSIDE THE APARTMENT and let 'em know first. That way, they don't have to threaten to kick you in the head when they find you.

Yeah, you can buy me a beer. Or three.

Also, that picture's fucked up. You want I should get Fraser on it? He's good at the wierd stuff.

[stanford_lawboy]

hey! martha was pretty insistent that this whole thing be a surprise (...and man, were you ever SURPRISED), so why the hell would i want to call and give you a head's up? and i guess you would've preferred the damned dog FREEZE TO DEATH while we waited for you to drag ass home, right? letting myself in to wait seemed pretty harmless, under the circumstances.

several beers it is, then. name the time and the place, and i'm all yours.

sh'yeah, you're telling ME? smelled even worse than it looked, too. i think i've got a lead on the nasty fucker responsible, so unless things don't pan out, we'd better not traumatize the poor guy. something tells me this isn't his usual brand of weird, anyhow. appreciate the offer, though.

[unpolite_cop]

Hey, Martha's car has heat. I've been in it.

McGinty's? It's just round the corner from my place. Kind'f a dive, but the beer's good. 7pm?

[stanford_lawboy]

just sitting around running the engine is BAD for the environment, you know.

hey, i'm intimately familiar with dives all across this great nation of ours. i'll try to get there by 7, but don't give me hell if i'm a little late, okay? i don't think you'd appreciate me showing up there right after i've spent all day splashing around in the sewer.

...just out of curiosity, are you any good at pool?

[rockscientist]

Sammy!

I'm no help on your bite mark, but it feels like I haven't talked to you in years, man.

How are you besides stumped?

[stanford_lawboy]

hey! it's newly-married guy! i'd ask where you've been keeping yourself lately, but... TMI, man. T. M. I.

thanks for taking a look, anyway. whatever it was that chowed down on the dude in the photo, i don't think i want to run into it in a dark alley, y'know? probably exactly how things will end up, though. business as usual.

i'm... doin' good, for the most part. how goes the hunt for the errant in-law?

[rockscientist]

Oh, come on now. You know you want all the kinky, jam-filled details.

Yeah, not the sort of thing I'd want to be facing without backup anyway. You got any?

It's...not going so well, apparently. Ianto didn't find anything useful in Paris it sounds like.

[hellog0rgeous]

I could help! I am excellent at finding people that don't want to be found. Across galaxies even. Just ask Daniel.

Besides, I think Cam is still on the warpath