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Playing House
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Doug:
We’re going to skip the formalities here Director Trommel.
What am I doing here this morning …
Better yet what am I doing in Bridgeport babysitting Special Agent Hansen?
Marcy is capable in her position, and doesn’t need me playing husband.
any second-year Agent off the Farm could cover that.
If this is about Surdine … I covered that in the debriefing.
You guys here at headquarters botched the intel on that one.
One target, simple tag and bag operation.
That’s generally no problem, but add a mage to the mix and things get sketchy.
Furthermore … Y’all never indicated she wasn’t going to be alone.
Alexa Wildwind would have been one thing, but when you add Lincoln …
the Council’s Parliamentarian to the equation, we weren’t authorized for that.
I made a call … It was my operation.
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Casper:
Slow down Doug, and don’t get ahead of yourself.
You have to remember I was Special Ops long before I got stuck behind this desk
with my name painted on the door outside.
You’re on the ground in Bridgeport, because that’s where I want you.
We don’t have enough room for any more mistakes.
What happened in Surdine was unfortunate, but not a career ender for you.
However … We had to go back to the drawing board as far as Alexa Wildwind is concerned.
That operation was fumbled on our end, not yours.
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Doug:
Well that’s great Casper … You can take the flag in your jacket.
That still doesn’t explain what I am doing, playing perspective daddy and little league coach ...
Why I am in Bridgeport … Much less running Hansen’s errands.
I mean seriously, don’t get me wrong, Hansen is a looker,
Even funny sometimes …
And I have been shacked up with worse in the past.
But … You’re going to have to read me in on this one.
I am not seeing what I need to know in the tea leaves.
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Casper:
Geeze Doug … It’s a textbook Gumfort Scenario.
Drive a wedge between Alexa and the Order, and alienate her with her people.
Apply pressure with external concerns, great enough she cannot ignore them.
She’ll have to reach out …
And when she does, the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs in Bridgeport
is a reasonable place she would attempt to make contact.
We build a little rapport with the Asset,
getting amazing results since we are the problem anyway.
We can trade a few favors, let that balance sheet run …
Get her to a point she feels she owes us, and we backdoor our way in to her plans.
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Doug:
But why is that important, and what does that have to do with me being on this operation?
I mean I couldn’t care less if you suits want to play footsie,
or cloak and dagger with Alexa Wildwind.
Give me a target, because I just don’t see the urgency in any of this.
Casper … I kick in doors, zip-tie little Johnny when he is playing with the wrong toys,
and drag his to a dark room in middle of nowhere,
so your people can express to him the necessity of leaving alone.
I don’t play house, pretend I like the Bridgeport Bears …
And if that Paul Stansbury tells me one more time about his wrestling moves
at the State Championships …
Holy Casper …
I’m going blow the Operation right there, and choke him out in front of the neighbors.
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Casper:
Sorry Doug, you’re just going to have to trust me on this one.
It’s bigger than you think, and serious business.
What I need from you, and why you are there,
has everything to do with Special Agent Hansen.
I need you to keep your eyes on her, because we cannot afford any mistakes on this one.
Make a hole for her, clear her path at all times.
She is good, very good at her job, but she is green.
She’s not like me and you Doug, her jacket is clean.
If this operation goes South on us,
we’re going to need someone to pin it on.
She can take the hit …
Probably still be fine with the Bureau.
She may end up in Alaska, but either of us would be worse off.
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Doug:
UH-Yeah, right … You’re a funny guy Casper.
I don’t know how they did things back when you were in Spec-Ops,
But when you are working an Asset,
You don’t tell them to trust you, then talk about throwing someone under the bus
In the same breath.
You could have hung me out to dry after Surdine.
I’m glad that’s not the way things went, and I owe you one.
But intel was at fault there, and I am not seeing you bringing a lot of intel to the table.
Maybe you have been behind that desk too long.
To Be Continued …
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Thanks for stopping by and checking the story out.
Happy Simming!
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