Saturday Night Standby

Liun both liked and disliked quiet days at work. Obviously, he liked them as it generally meant there were no issues that required him to do his job. Good because it meant people weren't in danger or anything. But on the flip side, quite simply put, Liun got bored on such days. But on that day, he had brought a cooking advice book that he had at home. Decided that he would read it during the quiet time at work.

His nose twitched a bit as Ivana came downstairs. Heightened senses meant he could identify people by smell, and some species as well. So he knew her approach before she spoke to him, he had already lowered his book so he could look at her. "Sup, chief. Need a hand with those extinguishers?" He raised an eyebrow, a friendly smile on his face. Almost on cue, he could feel his stomach growl a bit. It had been a while since he last ate, and although he had his little advice book handy, he had just about the same idea as Ivana. "Sure, I'd be fine if we ordered something. Not sure we have a lot of food lying about at the moment anyway." Liun laughed lightly.

Liun noticed her struggle to contain her laughter, so he laughed instead. “Guess I wouldn’t have been able to keep it hidden anyway.” He spoke lightly, a smirk had crept onto his face. Being sociable and humorous was how Liun treated every situation. With something to do now, he closed the book to put aside.

It wasn’t like Liun knew all the wacky food menu items, but even he thought they were funny. He couldn’t help but snicker as she read them out. “Pineapple Stacker Surprise? Chief, I have no idea what that is but all I hear is pineapple and I’m suspicious.” Liun tried his best to have a serious look to his face, but kept on sniggering. After a while he just shook his head with a chuckle.

“I think I’d be fine with a pizza. Anything with meat would be good.” Liun wasn’t fussy, never had been and several moments in his life meant he couldn’t. But he would definitely prefer if it had some meat in it, it came from his nature as a predator.

As Liun listened to Ivana place the order, he had to stop himself drooling. He was already hungry, but all of that just sounded too good. “Mmmm, bonus chicken wings as well...” Liun absent mindedly spoke, and it became evident he hadn’t meant to say that out loud as his face quickly changed to embarrassed. “Looks like my stomach spoke for me...” He laughed a bit sheepishly, his hand rubbed the back of his neck.

Thirty minutes. He could deal with this. Liun looked Ivana as she sat across from him. “I tend to look on the bright side of things, though I am very hungry and would like it soon.” He laughed, a grin on his face once he was done. “Though I can guarantee someone will smell the food and creep in, chief.” Although it was quiet, the station would certainly not only have two members on standby.

“It’s been a pretty nice day today, though. Not a lot of calls, nothing too bad.” He spoke after a moment, trying to get small talk going. It wouldn’t exactly be that Liun didn’t know Ivana, he tried to be friendly with all his colleagues, it could just be awkward for anyone to try and initiate a conversation. “So what have you been up to recently? Been riding your motorbike at all?” Liun tilted his head a bit with a friendly smile. He wanted to be friendly and interested in what his colleagues did.