welcome to the team

[captain_by_the_book]

WHO: Dorothy and Cassian
WHAT: officially hiring her for the Attleton Deputy team, and, um, awkward conversations
WHEN: Jan 10th
WHERE: Attleton Guardian's office, streets of Attleton



Dorothy had been helping out as an unofficial volunteer in the Guardian's office ever since Cassian had his meltdown after the doppelgangers and Kay's murder, so it wasn't a surprise that he found her already at the Guardian's office, sorting through a stack of files.

His gaze strayed to the empty desk where Thirteen had worked. The precinct seemed emptier without him here, wrong even. He'd been here before Cassian, he'd never known this place without him, or been able to imagine it without him. Yet... nothing was predictable here, and there was still work to do.

"Dorothy?" he asked as he pulled on his jacket, "I'm going on patrol and grabbing a quick lunch. Would you like to accompany me?"

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[pianola]

Carefully stacking the folders back together, Dorothy looked up at Cassian. She didn't see anything out of the ordinary about the request. There was something calming about patrolling, Dorothy felt. Making certain things were calm. Helping others in need. Hopefully stopping a crime.

"Yes," she replied, and set the files in the outbound folder tray.

Dorothy walked over to Cassian, looking up at him. "I can make certain you don't forget to eat."

[captain_by_the_book]

He gave her a fondly exasperated look, even adding a hint of an eyeroll for good measure. "I don't always forget to eat, Dorothy."

Which meant, of course, that he forgot it on those days when he most needed the food and the rest as well, but something told him that between the two droids watching over him there wouldn't be much forgetting happening.

He led the way outside, inhaling deeply as the cold winter air hit him. "I love winter in Attleton, I think it's going to be my favorite time of the year here." He watched her from the corner of his eyes. "How do you like the work here?"

[pianola]

"Just when you need it most," Dorothy pointed out, unknowingly echoing his thoughts. But, really, it was the truth. Honestly. She didn't know why she kept befriending humans who didn't know how to take care of themselves.

She's looking around at the snow-covered yards, the slightly iced streets, the salt-covered sidewalks. Dorothy can tell it's cold - mere function - but it doesn't bother her. Though she does wonder at Cassian, a little. Winter seemed to be an odd season to enjoy, wasn't it?

As nearly always, she considers her words carefully before speaking. "Patrolling is calming." Another pause. "I like knowing we have a chance to do some good. I want to be able to help people. And I know I can trust you, judging which way we can try to help Attleton the best we can."

[captain_by_the_book]

"Only sometimes when I need it most," he refuted just because he had to protest for the sake of his pride, then added as an afterthought, "between Kay and you I don't get many opportunities to forget."

Her more serious words took more mulling over than the teasing, he took his time to think about them. There was the crunch of ice splintering under his boot as he stepped onto a frozen puddle, down the street a disgruntled Attletony was cursing under his breath while he was fighting with the frozen-shut door of his car.

"It's an idyllic town, I didn't think I would ever live in a place like this. The people are resilient, too, for they don't let the horrors they are regularly put through change the nature of their town." He shoved his hands into the pockets of his thermal jacket. "You know there's a vacancy, with Thirteen being gone. If you want you could become an official Deputy, a paid one."