fandomhigh | So You Want to Be a Detective; Friday, First Period [02/09].

When the class got into the danger shop that morning, they'd find it set up to be a very familiar place. A bar, in fact, where everyone might possibly know your name. No, not that one, but Caritas, because, let's face it, it's a small town, who doesn't know everyone's name here unless you were Rosa and actually actively made sure to forget most people's names?

For example, if it weren't for this class activity that required her to know them, she wouldn't even know what half the people in her class were named. Probably.

Anyway, not only might the bar seem somewhat familiar, but the set-up might be familiar, too. In that there were tables set around and a big timer/gong/buzzer/whatever means that never seemed to clearly defined to signify rounds.

Oh, yeah. This was speed-dating.

"So," Rosa said, smirking at any sign of recognition or realization on her students' face, "sometimes, when you're a detective trying to suss out information, you have to go undercover in situations you might not normally be in, trying to fit in while still digging up what you need to know. And, in the spirit of Valentine's Day coming up next week, we're throwing you into a little scenario of speed dating, where you all are trying to figure out which of your fellow daters," her finger danced almost accusingly around the room at everyone, "is cheating on their partner who has hired you to find out if they are, in fact, cheating. You don't know who this person's partner is, so you have to try and be subtle, because if you make it too obvious, they'll do a run for it. We'll do four rounds, three minutes each, and see what you can get out of them in that time and we'll get back together at the end and start pointing fingers.

"Any questions before we begin, other than 'do I have to?' in which case the answer is, yes, you do."

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Steve burst out laughing. "Oh, no, he outranks me," he said. "I'll be courtmartialed."

"I'm sorry it had to come to this," Arden said with a grin. "But I'm not sure there's any other choice."

"Seems like a fitting end to my career," Steve agreed.

"Again, sorry to be the one who had to break it to you," Arden said, getting up to leave. Then she paused, and casually asked, "Just one more thing. is this why you're cheating on your partner?"

~~Carumbo~~ Columbo eat your heart out.

Steve burst out laughing. "Sorry, kid. I'm not cheating on my partner."

"Yeah, I didn't think so, but it was worth a shot," Arden said cheerfully. "And it was fun to say."

"It is," Steve agreed. "And you? Do you have a partner?"

She looked about the same age as Danny's daughter, a thought that made Steve feel ancient.

"Oh. Ah, no," she said, which was exactly what a cheater would say, but she would have to be an amazing actress to get as suddenly awkward as Arden was at that moment. "You know. Still playing the field."

Aww, sweetie, sure. Nobody believed that, but sure.

"Mmm hmm," Steve said, nodding. "I think my partner will have a tiny coronary when his daughter starts dating, so...stay out there in that field for a bit, okay?"

Yeah, Arden was pretty sure there wasn't a whole lot of competition happening on this field, but she appreciated Officer McGarrett for for framing it that way.

She also was pretty sure Callista didn't care one way or another about who and if she started dating, unless it started cutting into her ability to pay Callista back for the cost of a decade of raising her.

"I'll see what I can do," she said. "No promises."

So You Want to Be a Detective; Friday, First Period [02/09].

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Re: Round Three: Arden Finch/Steve McGarrett. - SYWTBAD, 02/09.

Re: Round Three: Arden Finch/Steve McGarrett. - SYWTBAD, 02/09.

Re: Round Three: Arden Finch/Steve McGarrett. - SYWTBAD, 02/09.

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