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Who: Jakob and open to EVERYONE!
Where: City Hall
When: Morning

"Ladies and gentlemen, fellow officers, representatives of the press," Jakob greeted from the podium he'd been ushered into by the sound of light applause, "I will keep my statements today brief, believe me when I say that I know how many other things need the time we are spending here today." He smiled curtly for the sea of cameras off in the center and down the front steps of the building, knowing his coworkers were out there in the sea of uniforms even if he couldn't spy any of them specifically.

Who: Danny and Janey
Where: The Village
When: afternoon

Who: Danny and Jakob
Where: Police HQ
When: Morning

Jakob was loving the whispers, no two ways about it. Sitting at his desk as he put the final touches on a report, Jakob smiled smugly to himself as he caught a stare from a passing officer. Oh yes, Jakob Hollis was up for Commissioner, and no one could believe it. He was Spooky Hollis, the cold bastard with a smile for no one but himself, always seeming to take humor where there was none to find. Really, it hadn't been a fluke that he'd gone so long without a partner before Sam; no one wanted to work with him.

Who: Danny, Janey, and Maddy
Where: St Mary's Hospital
When: Morning

Roy had work that day, so Maddy was left mostly to her own devices and she ended up just staring at the vault ceiling trying to think of other things she needed to do. She'd go back to the theater tonight, then she'd go to the Round to see Pepper. Thankfully she didn't have to work -- something about some people coming in and her being underage and all that -- and Maddy didn't mind too much, but the loss of money was hard. That went into the box of Things Not To Think About Right Now.

At first her mother had brought her, sitting her on the edge of the bed while daddy slept. Sometimes she'd curl up next to him and nap, enjoying the warmth of him and the steady rise and fall of his breathing. More than once she opened her eyes to spot her mother's silent tears.

He couldn't tell what was more exhausting, the endless coughs that wracked his small frame or watching his mother cry. She'd tried so hard, tried to make them better, him and his sister. She'd sat at the edge of their bed when all he could see of her was a feverish blur. But the blur was familiar, even if he couldn't make out her perfect features. And though he could barely breath, for some reason he could smell her tears.

Who: Danny and Janey
Where: St. Mary's Hospital
When: late afternoon

Danny had slept on and off through the night, head either resting on Janey's bed or sitting up in the chair he'd pulled next to her. He'd dreamed as well, horrible nightmares that left him waking, gasping for air, but with no memory of what was suffocating him.

Who: Danny and Sam
Where: EDPD Station / St. Mary's Hospital
When: Late morning

Danny was at work when his phone rang. Just as he had for the past few days since he'd been shot he was working his way through paperwork for just about everyone in the station. It was tedious and boring, but after the church picnic and how miserable an experience that was, Danny was just relieved to be at work. Work he understood. Church politics baffled him.

Who: Danny and Janey
Where: St. Peter’s Cathedral grounds
When: Just after Mass

She hated seeing them cry. That was the worst part. The coughing, the vomit, the blood that she wiped from their poor cracked lips was nothing compared to watching them cry in pain.

Neighbors had stopped coming by. She pretended that it wasn't true, but her house had been marked for death. A bare door on a street with houses with doors swathed in lamb's blood. At her house, death would take her first born.

And her second.

Who: Danny and Sam
Where: ECPD - File Room
When: Noon

Who: Arden and Danny
Where: ECPD Station
When: late afternoon

After lunch with Janey, Danny had headed back to the station to find another set of paperwork on his desk. He was halfway through the stack when Johnson came through the door dragging the little spitfire behind him. Danny couldn't help but look up from Ki's file, which he'd taken a break paperwork to read through again, as if something else might jump out at him about it. Some clue that someone had missed.

Johnson spotted Danny with ease, he was the only one at a desk at this time of day and obviously had no way to get out of it with his arm in a sling. Tugging the little girl behind him by the sleeve he drug her straight towards Danny, depositing her on the chair next to Danny's desk with an exasperated sigh.

"What's this?" Danny asked, obviously not amused.

Who: Danny and Janey
Where:their apartment
When: lunch time

He'd spent the morning checking in at the station then going by the florist to pick up flowers for Cheyenne. Now armed with another bouquet for his wife, Danny decided that he could have lunch at home today. It wasn't a normal occurrence, usually settling for diner food or a sandwich from somewhere, but today seemed like a good day for it.

who: Danny
where: the florist
when: late morning

Danny was really annoyed. He'd not had time to go to the florist yesterday nor had he been in the right mood for it after his conversation with Zhen. He hated this sort of thing, but he needed to get it done because it just might help. Not that it mattered because Maya had fired him, but he was still worried about Cheyenne and worrying about her went easier when she would speak to him. Then at least he could check in on her on occasion. Going into the little shop he just sort of loitered until someone finally asked him what he needed.

who: Danny and Zhen
where: ECPD Station
when: early afternoon

It seemed that everyone knew Danny was on desk duty because his desk was full of files and others' paperwork that had been dropped on him. It was mind numbing but he worked through because there wasn't much else to do.

Who: Danny and Sam
Where: ECPD Station
When: Midday

Getting to work hadn't been easy. Actually it had taken most of the morning to get showered, dressed and into his sling. In the end Janey had to help through the whole process and finally drive him there. By the time he walked through the doors of the station, Danny was hardly in what anyone would call a good mood. Not able to muster his uniform he was in an undershirt and flannel shirt, coat on one arm, and draped over the other.

Who: Danny and Janey
Where: The McKinnon Apartment
When: Late afternoon

Who: Danny and Elle
When: Morning
Where: The hospital

The first thing Elle had done that morning was brew up a cup of the herbs from the tea shop. She raised the cup in a private toast to herself and all the possibilities that it contained. The light, pleasant scent of the concoction was reflected in its taste and cemented the idea that yes, it was going to be a very good thing to try. She had told herself to be sensible and not to place all her eggs in one basket but it was so easy to get taken away by the promises of a new day and of better things to come.

Who: Maya
Where: ECPD
When: Afternoon sometime

Having talked to Cheyenne, there was no point in carrying on with things. Dearest Danny clearly wasn't getting the job done, so Maya was cutting him loose. She was disappointed - he could have been a valuable asset, had he worked out as planned. But he hadn't - and, worse than that, he'd made a problematic situation worse. She wouldn't be trying him out again. He'd failed the test. She didn't, however, think any permanent damage had been done, so there would be no immediate reprisals, no harsher terms. Simply the loss of what she could have done for his career and her watching him, aware that she could change her mind in that regard at any time. Maya could be a vindictive little bitch when she wanted to be, and she never forgot a slight. This one could come back to haunt him in the years to come, simply because she felt like it.

Who: Danny and Janey
Where: Eidolon General
When: late

The last thing Danny remembered was being wheeled into the ambulance. He must have passed out, or they gave him something to knock him out, on the way over. The next thing he saw was the pattern of the ceiling tiles in the small room they'd dumped him in. A machine whirred in the off to his left somewhere, something else from another angle beeped steadily.

Who: Benny, Danny, and Sam
Where: The waterfront
When: Night

Who: Danny, Jakob and Sam
Where: Police HQ, the phone, then Fontaine Park
When: morning

The smell. It was miles from his family's house, where they were burning, but he could still smell it. Hell, when he squinted through his thick glasses he could even see the red along the horizon, below the smoke, where they were burning all those bodies.

Who: Angelo and OPEN TO ALL!
Where: One More Round
When: late-ish

Who: Danny and Janey
Where: The McKinnon apartment
When: Early morning

Danny had woken up feeling disoriented from dreaming, but after a moment realized the ringing wasn't a phone, just the alarm going off. Another day of work awaited him. The girl had snuck out the day before, not that he really minded but he knew that Janey was upset. Rolling over, he didn't want to tell her about the job, but Hollis was right, it was dangerous. Gently he stroked her hair, listening to her breathing briefly before speaking. "You awake honey?"

Who: Danny and Jakob
Where: walking the streets
When: Evening

Who: Danny, Janey and Maddy
Where: Danny and Janey's place
When: Morning

Who: Danny
Where: His apartment
When: Early morning

He hadn't slept well. Just moments of unconsciousness with flashes of dreams. Tears, he remembered tears from his dreams. Just as the sun started to come up he gave up on sleep. Rubbing his face, he slowly got up from his recliner. His back would ache from sleeping sitting up, but the lack of sleep would make the impending day harder than the backache. Stretching a little to shake off the sleep, he moved down the hall, headed towards his and Janey's bedroom.

It all seemed surreal. Sitting in a chair with a little plaque in front of her that had her name listed on it with a little pictures of her country's flag. On either side of her and around the room were others, all in similar chairs with similar plaques. Here they were, finally. After so much they were finally going to see the Prophet, finally they were coming together as a world to make real change.

Tears sparkled at the edges of her eyes as the room fell silent and the Prophet approached the podium.

Who: Janey and Danny
Where: their apartment
When: Late Afternoon