[fic] DC: Station Traditions
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ickaimpToday is Epiphany, or Three Kings' Day and the 12th (and final) Day of Christmas. It's the day celebrated as the 3 Magi, or Wise Men, arrived. Tho if I remember my classes correctly, it took somewhere between several months to a couple of years for them to find him.
For the side of the family that's Roman Catholic, today's the day they take down the Christmas Decorations. ^^;;
*shrugs* The things you remember at odd times...
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"You got it?" Sato grinned at her partner.
Takagi looked around suspiciously, then reluctantly held up a toe tag.
"Yes!" Sato quietly cheered, catching Chiba's eye from across the room and motioning him over. The round-face detective nodded, casually making his way over to them. Sato cackled to herself and began rummaging around in her desk drawer.
"Shiratori and Megure absconded themselves in Megure's office to discuss a case." Chiba reported as he approached. "They'll be tied up for a while."
"Ha!" Sato pulled out an extra-large size body bag from her drawer with a triumphant look. "The corpse is already stripped, all we have to do is bag it and transport it to the proper destination."
"Uh," Takagi sweatdropped nervously. "Do we -really- have to call it that?"
"Of course!" Sato bounced out of her chair. "We're doing this by the book, after all."
"And it's a station tradition!" Chiba seconded her, a grin growing on his own face.
"... Which is why we have to be sneaky and have Yumi distract the officers at the front desk..."
"Okay, so it's an unofficial tradition."
Takagi sweatdropped.
"Oh, lighten up!" Sato playfully pushed Takagi's shoulder, making him blush slightly. "It's fun! And after this many years, the screaming usually doesn't last all that long."
This did nothing to relieve Takagi.
"Besides," She continued, oblivious to her partner's discomfort "It's just not a proper end to the Holiday Season without hiding the dead Christmas tree in the Morgue."
-fin-
Plunnie was gotten off a supposedly real story from Down Under where the Fire Marshal of a small town gave a Courthouse Clerk a citation for having a Live Christmas Tree in his Office because it was a Fire Hazard.
The Clerk got mad and decided to fight the citation by asking the local Police Coroner for help. The Coroner put a toe tag on the Christmas tree, citing cause of death as "Being cut off at ground level".
Upon being shown, the Fire Marshal gave up and let him have his tree. ^^;;
The mental picture of a Beika Coroner opening up one of those fridge things and finding a body-bagged christmas tree instead of a corpse amuses us. ^__^
For the side of the family that's Roman Catholic, today's the day they take down the Christmas Decorations. ^^;;
*shrugs* The things you remember at odd times...
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"You got it?" Sato grinned at her partner.
Takagi looked around suspiciously, then reluctantly held up a toe tag.
"Yes!" Sato quietly cheered, catching Chiba's eye from across the room and motioning him over. The round-face detective nodded, casually making his way over to them. Sato cackled to herself and began rummaging around in her desk drawer.
"Shiratori and Megure absconded themselves in Megure's office to discuss a case." Chiba reported as he approached. "They'll be tied up for a while."
"Ha!" Sato pulled out an extra-large size body bag from her drawer with a triumphant look. "The corpse is already stripped, all we have to do is bag it and transport it to the proper destination."
"Uh," Takagi sweatdropped nervously. "Do we -really- have to call it that?"
"Of course!" Sato bounced out of her chair. "We're doing this by the book, after all."
"And it's a station tradition!" Chiba seconded her, a grin growing on his own face.
"... Which is why we have to be sneaky and have Yumi distract the officers at the front desk..."
"Okay, so it's an unofficial tradition."
Takagi sweatdropped.
"Oh, lighten up!" Sato playfully pushed Takagi's shoulder, making him blush slightly. "It's fun! And after this many years, the screaming usually doesn't last all that long."
This did nothing to relieve Takagi.
"Besides," She continued, oblivious to her partner's discomfort "It's just not a proper end to the Holiday Season without hiding the dead Christmas tree in the Morgue."
-fin-
Plunnie was gotten off a supposedly real story from Down Under where the Fire Marshal of a small town gave a Courthouse Clerk a citation for having a Live Christmas Tree in his Office because it was a Fire Hazard.
The Clerk got mad and decided to fight the citation by asking the local Police Coroner for help. The Coroner put a toe tag on the Christmas tree, citing cause of death as "Being cut off at ground level".
Upon being shown, the Fire Marshal gave up and let him have his tree. ^^;;
The mental picture of a Beika Coroner opening up one of those fridge things and finding a body-bagged christmas tree instead of a corpse amuses us. ^__^
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Date: 2004-01-07 04:40 pm (UTC)Hee hee hee hee hee..... I just love the mental image this one gives. I guess it's from all those autopsy reports I deal with at work; I keep imagining things like the coronor writing 'Physical status: Rigor mortis was well-defined in both anterior and posterior, with signs of decay visable (i.e., shedding of epidermis (needles), grey discoloration, etc.).' I think sometimes I don't get out enough.
Hm; would Santa be counted as an acessory to mass murder, then? "Wanted: Kris Kringle, alias Santa Clause, Saint Nick, Kindly Old Elf, etc.-- Serial Killer. Please contact Interpol for details."
Ho ho ho.....
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Date: 2004-01-07 08:02 pm (UTC)That was brilliant, and Satou was scarily efficient.
And I too am thinking of how the report would be written up:
Liver temp: N/A
Notable marks, scars, tattoos: None, although someone accidentally left a small decoration on it
odd
Date: 2004-01-08 12:32 am (UTC)::snerk. choke::
Date: 2004-01-24 03:17 am (UTC)