...sorry.

[littlebitlouder]

MUN!

WHAT'S ALL THIS TALK ABOUT COOPER BEING HERE? THIS ISN'T HIS ASSIGNMENT!

EVERY GOOD AGENT NEEDS A BREAK NOW AND AGAIN, SURE, BUT NOT IN THE MIDDLE OF WORK! I'VE GOT TO FIND HIM, MAKE SURE HE'S OKAY. IT'S NOT LIKE HIM TO SKIP OUT ON A JOB. NEVER MIND THAT WE NEED TO GET HIM BACK TO TWIN PEAKS AY-SAP, WHAT WITH THE LAURA PALMER CASE AND ALL.



COOPER, THIS IS GORDON COLE. PLEASE REPORT TO ME IMMEDIATELY.

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[tapestodiane]

I'M RIGHT HERE, GORDON.

_{[Raising his voice doesn't come that naturally to Coop, but with a boss like his, you kind of have to.]}

And I can't say I had much choice in leaving.

[littlebitlouder]

[Gordon would look pleased if he weren't so puzzled by all of this.

...okay, maybe he looks a little pleased. At least finding Coop was easier than he thought it would be.]

COOP! THERE YOU ARE! WOULD SAY I'VE BEEN LOOKING ALL OVER FOR YOU, BUT I WASN'T SURE WHERE TO EVEN START.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

[tapestodiane]

<sub>[It's strange in this kind of limbo, really - either things are almost suspiciously easy or impossibly hard. It's always a pleasant surprise when it's the former because the latter has a tendency to be a lot more common.]

[In either case though the veil of confusion doesn't seem to lift all that much regardless of how willing you are to embrace it.]

[Hadn't he seen his boss just recently, after all?]</sub>

I WISH I COULD TELL YOU. I don't think anyone is quite clear on exactly where "here" is - much less why we're brought or taken.

Gordon, when did you get here?

[littlebitlouder]

[Gordon's knee-jerk reaction to Cooper's response is to think, great, more mystical mumbo-jumbo, but at this point he knows better.

Still, he can't help but toss Coop a skeptical glance.]

LITTLE WHILE AGO. WHAT ABOUT YOU?

[triptoprofiling]

[Not even five minutes into this and this guy is already sticking out to be a real character for Jayden. He's not sure if he should raise his own volume but for now, he'll stick with his inside voice.]

The bureau has got nothing on this place. Whoever you're looking for probably got snagged in like the rest of us.

[littlebitlouder]

[Oh, look! Someone who might know where Coop is!

...Gordon really should learn how to lipread.]

HAVE YOU SEEN A MAN NAMED DALE COOPER? LITTLE TALLER THAN ME, DARK HAIR SLICKED BACK, NARY A STRAND OUT OF PLACE. WORKS FOR THE BUREAU. THE FBI.

[triptoprofiling]

[...Okay maybe he needs to raise the volume just a little.]

HAVEN'T SEEN HIM BUT I CAN TELL YOU HE DIDN'T COME HERE ON HIS OWN ACCORD. THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE HE'S STUCK IN SOME PLACE WITH A MUNDANE.

[littlebitlouder]

KINDA FIGURED.

WANNA DO ME A FAVOR AND KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR HIM? HIS BOSS IS WORRIED ABOUT HIM. [Gordon taps his own chest. He's such a proud Regional Bureau Chief.] THAT'S ME.

[triptoprofiling]

SURE. NO PROBLEM. I WORK WITH THE BUREAU AS WELL.

[Christ this is going to put a real strain on his vocal chords but here- have a badge Gordon.]

YOU'LL BE THE FIRST ONE TO KNOW, SIR.

[littlebitlouder]

IS THAT SO?

[He peers at the badge, nodding his approval. It's too bad the FBI doesn't have a secret handshake.]

I'D LIKE TO BE THE FIRST TO KNOW IF YOU SEE HIM, AGENT—WHAT WAS IT? JAYDEN?

[triptoprofiling]

YEAH. NORMAN JAYDEN.

[Speaking this loud is making his Boston accent come off thicker than usual.]

I'LL KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR HIM. ANYTHING ELSE I SHOULD KNOW ABOUT AGENT COOPER?

[littlebitlouder]

[Oh, Gordon hears the accent, all right. But now is not the time to discuss his love of Boston cream doughnuts.

...because that's the first thing that comes to mind, natch.]

CARRIES A TAPE RECORDER WITH HIM. SNAPPY DRESSER, TOO. LITTLE ON THE ECCENTRIC SIDE.

[triptoprofiling]

[He's got that right. Who carries a tape recorder around these days?]

A TAPE RECORDER? A LITTLE OLD FASHIONED, DON'T YOU THINK?

[littlebitlouder]

YUP. BUT THAT'S COOPER FOR YOU.

WHAT'S YOUR SPECIALTY, AGENT?

[triptoprofiling]

I'M A PROFILER, SIR.

oh. my. GOD!!! :D

[bestseller]

Don't think that'll be a problem. I'm sure he heard you.

:'D

[littlebitlouder]

SORRY, WHAT'S THAT? [He taps one of his hearing aids.] HARD OF HEARING. CAN'T EXPLAIN—NO TIME. GOTTA FIND COOPER.

[coops]

GORDON! GREAT TO SEE YOU!

[littlebitlouder]

COOPER!

WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN?

[coops]

I - uh.

I'VE BEEN REAL BUSY, GORDON. SORRY ABOUT THAT.

WHAT IS IT YOU NEEDED TO SEE ME ABOUT?

[littlebitlouder]

BUSY? DID I HEAR THAT RIGHT? BUSY WITH WHAT? THE PALMER CASE, I HOPE.

— AND A BOUT OF WHAT?

[coops]

OF COURSE IT'S THE PALMER CASE. WHAT ELSE IS THERE?

Oh - no. NO NO, GORDON. NOT A BOUT OF ANYTHING.

[littlebitlouder]

YOU TELL ME.

[Uh-oh, Coop. YOU'VE GOT A SUSPICIOUS BOSSMAN ON YOUR HANDS. Or in your ears. Whatever.]

NOT THAT I DON'T TRUST YOU, COOP, BUT YOU CAN NEVER BE TOO CAREFUL, WHAT WITH AGENTS UP AND DISAPPEARING LIKE JEFFRIES DID.

ARE YOU FEELING OKAY?

[coops]

I'm fine, Gordon. I'M FEELING PERFECTLY FINE.

[littlebitlouder]

I HOPE SO.

HOW'S IT GOING? THE CASE, I MEAN.

[coops]

Uh.

WE HAVE A FEW LEADS.