Office Hours, Tuesday

[suit_of_awesome]

Barney was at war. At war with an alarm. He'd decided last night that if he had to rip his office apart, he'd find that noise that had ruined his suit if it was the last thing he did!

(Well, no, he wouldn't find it. But he'd try really hard before getting depressed and going to find a scotch and soda.)

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[fat_halpert]

Late in the morning, juuuuust before 11:00, Jim knocked on Barney's door. He was wearing long sleeves that might cover a faded but still possible noticeable tan line on his wrist. "Professor Stinson? Do you have a moment?"

[suit_of_awesome]

Barney didn't look up from where he sat on the floor, disassembling his desk chair. "Depends on how good you are at searching."

[fat_halpert]

"Searching for what?" Jim asked with well-practiced innocence. He even looked curious.

He was good.

[suit_of_awesome]

"The most annoying alarm ever!" Barney replied, still working at destroying his chair.

Because the alarm was totally coming from there.

[fat_halpert]

"Your chair has an alarm?" Jim asked. "Is someone trying to steal it?"

[suit_of_awesome]

He finally looked up. "No, it's too calculated an act for theft to be the goal," Barney replied quickly. "No, Halpert, someone has started a prank war! And we are going to figure out who and ACT!" He was very serious about his prank wars.

[fat_halpert]

"We?" Jim asked. Was he being recruited into a prank war against himself?

This was the best day ever.

[suit_of_awesome]

"Yes, we! I'll mentor you in the ways of all things prank war," he grinned. "Dare I say it'll be a...LEGENDARY experience for you?"

[fat_halpert]

Jim smiled. "Absolutely. I'm in."

"So, who do you think did this?"

[suit_of_awesome]

Barney didn't even have to think before stage whispering, "It had to be one of the other teachers, jealous over my sweet office location."

[fat_halpert]

Jim couldn't wait to tell Pam.

"You know who it might be? Professor Lyman. He's been known to prank other teachers."

[suit_of_awesome]

It was then that the alarm went off.

"THIS MEANS WAR, LYMAN!" Barney resumed trying to figure out where the sound was coming from when he remembered Jim. "Halpert! Find whatever's making that noise! Then we're going for supplies!" Barney exclaimed everything, yes.

[fat_halpert]

"Yes, sir!" Jim said before looking over in the corners of the room. "Where is that coming from?"

[suit_of_awesome]

"I can't tell," he said, looking under the desk again. "But it's definitely somewhere around the desk!"

[fat_halpert]

Jim pretended to consider things.

"Maybe it's in the ceiling," he suggested.

[suit_of_awesome]

"Ooh! Smart thinking, grasshopper," Barney bowed like a sensai. "Now, hop on up there and check."