leftinbasketforfbi | 2nd Book Read A Accidental Video/Action for Cherrygrove Ω

[Click.

A big paw is batting at the Gear.]

Yang, stop playing with that.

[The Gear is showing the ceiling of an inn in Cherrygrove. A slender hand comes down on the camera briefly, and then the Gear is set on a table, and it shows Spencer Reid (considerably more calm now than he was on Sunday) walking back to the bed, where a very cranky Absol sits with a Munna egg wrapped in a warm towel next to him.

Also, there's half a library's worth of books piled around the room. No, seriously, if you put them all in one stack, it'd nearly be Reid's height.

Absol makes a irritable grunting noise.]

I know, I know, but we'll go out for some fresh air soon, promise. I just need to get through some more of these.

[He picks up a brick-sized book seemingly at random, sitting down on the bed with his legs crossed before placing the wrapped up egg in his lap. In retrospect, he probably shouldn't have taken one before he knew what he was doing, but he doesn't really trust the textbooks here that much and wants to make observations of development by himself.

Yes, someone has started to consider the possibility that he's not completely insane. Since he might not be insane, he wants to learn about where he is, and he wants to learn everything.

He opens up the book and started fanning through the pages, as if he were trying to find his spot, but he doesn't stop. He turns the pages so fast that he can't possibly be reading them, so it's unclear what he's doing.]

Give me half an hour. We'll go out then. And if you really want to, I guess we can go into the woods and find something for you to fight.

[...No, he still hasn't noticed that Yang turned on the Gear. People who told him this wasn't a prank should feel free to gloat and say they told him so.]

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MY AGENTS ARE DALE COOPER AND ALBERT ROSENFIELD. COOPER'S A FIELD AGENT, VERY GOOD AT HIS JOB. ALBERT'S A FORENSIC ANALYST, ALSO VERY GOOD AT HIS JOB.

[A bit abrasive though. Just a bit.]

LISTEN, AT THIS POINT, WE'RE GOING TO NEED ALL THE HELP WE CAN GET ON THIS MATTER. SINCE YOU'VE BEEN RESEARCHING THE LAW AROUND THESE PARTS, I'D LIKE TO ASK IF YOU'D BE INTERESTED IN HELPING OUT. ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE WOULD ALSO BE HELPFUL, BUT I'M NOT EXPECTING YOU TO HAVE ANY. DOESN'T SEEM TOO COMMON AROUND HERE FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN. NOT TOO MANY OF US BEING BROUGHT HERE FOR WHATEVER REASON.

[Yep. He knows them. Owes a certain amount of 'not having a panic attack' to them too, especially Albert.

So Cooper, Albert, and... whatever this guy's name is are all part of the Bureau. He knows Albert is in the FBI because he said so, so that means that the other two have to be in there too.]

I, uh, I actually do have law enforcement experience. I've been part of the Bureau for nine years. I don't know which department you're in, but I'm in the BAU. I'd like it if I could help you guys out with something like this--I don't really trust the local police.

THE BAU?

[He's never heard of it, but more agents are always a good thing.]

AND EXCUSE ME, BUT DID YOU SAY NINE YEARS?

{OOC: Wasn't exactly sure when the BAU was formed, but from what I found, it looks like between 94 and 97? So I didn't think Gordon would know about it since he's from 89. Let me know if I need to edit!}

[Reid raises his voice a little bit to be heard better. Now, instead of being soft and mumble-ly, he sounds like a normal person.]

The Behavioral Analysis Unit. We're forensic psychologists.

And yes. Nine years. [Inevitable comment on his age in three... two... one...

OOC: Yeah, don't worry, that's totally cool. Profiling in general is a relatively recent development in the FBI, so it's appropriate if he doesn't know about it.]

SOUNDS SORT OF LIKE THE BSU. DOES THAT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE BSU?

ALSO CONGRATULATIONS. NINE YEARS, THAT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN YOU STARTED?

[He's not going to judge Reid for being/or looking young. He puts up with Albert, okay, he's way past judging people at first glance.]

The BSU, yeah. We... really haven't been called that for a while, but yeah, the BSU used to be the name of the BAU.

[You're dating yourself. He doesn't know what to make of it.]

I was twenty-one years old.

IS THE CID STILL AROUND? THAT'S WHAT I WAS PART OF FOR A WHILE. STANDS FOR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE DIVISION.

[Just in case it's gone and Reid doesn't know what it stands for.]

TWENTY ONE? YOU MUST HAVE BEEN VERY BRIGHT TO GET INTO THE BUREAU AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE. ESPECIALLY WHEN THE MINIMUM AGE REQUIREMENT IS 23. OR HAS THAT CHANGED?

Of course the CID is still around. Why wouldn't it be?

[...Don't tell him. Are people seriously brought from different times, too?]

Yeah, you're supposed to be under thirty-seven and over twenty-three if you want to apply to the FBI, but I... they sort of made some exceptions for me. They wanted me despite how old I was.

BEES? WHAT BEES? IF THE INN IS HAVING A BEE PROBLEM, TRY CALLING AN EXTERMINATOR.

[Because Gordon totally heard something about bees in there.]

I WAS JUST WONDERING IF IT WAS STILL AROUND OR STILL CALLED THE CID BECAUSE A LOT CAN CHANGE IN OVER NINE YEARS. LIKE THE BAU BECOMING THE BSU. ALSO, IF THEY MADE EXCEPTIONS LIKE THAT, THEN YOU MUST BE ONE HELL OF AN AGENT.

[Because Gordon can't see why they'd do it if Reid wasn't.]

[At this point, he's learning to just ignore the weird responses to things he didn't say.]

No, I--they made exceptions because I was a child prodigy. They knew I would excel at anything intellectually-based, and since I had a clean record, clean financials, and an overall acceptable background alongside three different degrees, they felt I would be valuable despite being two years too young. [Also, Reid suspects that the Bureau had wanted to snatch him up before the private sector did.

Did you seem him deflect the implied compliment? Compliments make him confused because not a lot of people give them to him, so he's always very humble about the things he does. But yes, Gordon. He's one hell of an agent.]

YES, I KNOW. TWO YEARS TOO YOUNG. IT'S NORMALLY TWENTY-THREE.

[Sorry, Reid, he only caught part of that.]

[HOW ARE YOU IN CHARGE OF ANYONE]

The point is, I'd like to help in any way I can. I... am usually not much of a fan of vigilantism either, but with a bare bones legal system like this... [The FBI agents will probably have to (reluctantly) take matters into their own hands.]

[Like many things in Twin Peaks, it is a mystery.]

GLAD TO HAVE YOU ON BOARD THEN. DON'T THINK I CAUGHT YOUR NAME THOUGH.

[Oh. Right. Names. Those are important.]

I'm Dr. Spencer Reid. You can call me Spencer or Reid, whatever your preference. And you are...?

NICE TO MEET YOU SPENCER.

I'M GORDON COLE. REGIONAL BUREAU CHIEF GORDON COLE. BUT YOU CAN CALL ME GORDON.

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