Waikiki Beach (Near the Hilton Hotel, of course), Honolulu, Hawaii, Wednesday

[grenadesandohana]

After a morning of taking the Fandom folks to do touristy stuff, it seemed only right to stop by Kamekona's Shrimp Truck (and shave ice, of course) for lunch. (He also had tofu that tasted like shrimp because of Max's shellfish allergy and because it was important to diversify, bruddah.)

Just...try to get the image of Kamekona as a giant shrimp out of your brains, guys, okay?

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Oh boy, lunch!

[grenadesandohana]

Shrimp platters, beautiful people in swimwear, Kamekona trying to get you to try weird shave ice combos...ah, vacation.

Re: Oh boy, lunch!

[hawaii_5ohana]

Kamekona came over to their table, beaming. "Hey, it's the big kahuna!" he said before attempting to squeeze the life out of Steve in a hug. "And...a bunch of haoles! Aloha, haoles! Can I interest all of you in some shrimp platters? I've been making some adjustments to the recipes."

That was, generally speaking, extremely hit or miss.

Re: Oh boy, lunch!

[defenderofdesmoines]

If Annie's memory served, this was the guy who'd hooked Danny up with a Santa suit.

...that seemed like it tracked.

"What do you recommend?" Annie asked, like a foolish, trusting idiot. "Everything sounds so good." And she'd actually gotten her ass out of bed for a run this morning (not to mention surfing yesterday, ow ow ow) and thus was going to just continue her trend of eating her own weight in Hawaiian deliciousness.

Re: Oh boy, lunch!

[hawaii_5ohana]

Kamekona can get anyone anything. Just maybe don't ask how.

"Detective Williams likes the garlic shrimp," Kamekona said, "the big kahuna eats everything, but I would recommend the barbecue shrimp. They're new!"

Re: Oh boy, lunch!

[defenderofdesmoines]

"Then that's what I'll have. Chef's recommendation," Annie decided with good-natured enthusiasm. "How come Steve's the big kahuna?"

And more importantly, was that something she could continue to call him back in Fandom to annoy him?

But wait, we have a case!

[grenadesandohana]

[Hawaii 5-0 Music plays]

Re: But wait, we have a case!

[grenadesandohana]

Steve's phone rang halfway through lunch. "McGarrett--hey, Grover. Do you need us to grab you lunch?"

Then Steve went quiet.

"Uh huh. Okay, we'll be right there, let me just call in the helicopter."

Grover, apparently, had some Things to Say about using the helicopter, which Steve was choosing to ignore. He hung up the phone mid-Grover rant and looked over at everyone. "We've got a case. Who wants to go to Diamond Head?"

Re: But wait, we have a case!

[defenderofdesmoines]

"In a helicopter?" Annie asked curiously. "What's going on?"

She had not exactly eaten a bunch of shrimp with the idea of going in a helicopter in mind, but you know. She'd pull through.

Re: But wait, we have a case!

[grenadesandohana]

"We have a couple of dead tourists at the top of the hiking trail," Steve said, making a face.

Re: But wait, we have a case!

[knife_bender]

"Sweet, I'm in." Did he have to hear anything else? Nope. This was his idea of a vacation. Working.

Re: But wait, we have a case!

[hatesparadise]

Danny just shot him such a look for that. "I am thoroughly unsurprised."

Diamond Head!

[grenadesandohana]

Plus side, you got to ride here on a helicopter! Minus side, there are two dead bodies to look at!

Re: Diamond Head!

[hawaii_5ohana]

Lou Grover was waiting at the top of the hiking trail, rolling his eyes just a bit at the helicopter as it deposited the group onto the top of the mountain and flew off.

"We've got two victims," he began, "both schoolteachers from the mainland."

He tossed a ring box towards Steve. "Looks like he was about to pop the question."

Because that's the kind of show this was, kids.

Re: Diamond Head!

[defenderofdesmoines]

You know what, everyone? Please just ignore how green Annie was looking as she climbed out of the helicopter.

And it would be appreciated if that polite-ignoring thing was maintained while Annie peered over in the direction of the bodies, watched that ring box get tossed to Steve, and took off on a quick, discreet solo excursion into the brush. She returned a few seconds later, popping a piece of gum into her mouth.

At least she had the good sense to remember her training and not to pollute the crime scene with her vomit. That was something.

Re: Diamond Head!

[hatesparadise]

It was sort of rookie thing. Most everyone had it happen to them. And it probably didn't help that the bodies were pretty bullet riddled.

Danny shot Diego a look to go check on her before stepping around to see what Max had for him here.

Headquarters!

[grenadesandohana]

Come on into the most soup-up task force headquarters ever! Chin will be over on his ridiculous screen to show you what we've learned so far (spoiler: not tons), or you can explore Steve's office or Danny's. (Danny's has the snacks, Steve's has the minifridge with beer.)

Re: Headquarters!

[defenderofdesmoines]

Annie was going to take a moment to marvel at their set-up (seriously, she was a literal superhero and she used a police scanner) before immediately figuring out which office was Danny's and getting into the snacks.

Look, she'd thrown up and was sad about that couple. Stress-eating was a thing.

Re: Headquarters!

[knife_bender]

Diego was also planning to go for the snacks. He was predictable like that.

"Hey," he said. "He got anything good?"

Re: Headquarters!

[defenderofdesmoines]

Annie was, of course, deep into the candy portion of things. "Peppermint patties," she noted, holding up a bag of them. Look, it was chocolate and she was rattled enough to not be choosy, she'd take it. "I didn't even need you to break in for me. He just leaves 'em where anyone could find 'em, here."

Anyone who lacked qualms about snooping around in Danny's office, anyway.

Re: Headquarters!

[grenadesandohana]

Steve sighed as he hung up his office phone and manfully didn't bang his head into his desk. His military contacts were getting him nowhere on this drone. "Hey, Chin?" he called through the door. "Is there any way to call Jerry in for a consult that won't get him paranoid?"

He knew the answer as he asked it.

Re: Headquarters!

[hawaii_5ohana]

Chin just raised his eyebrows at that, sighing and shaking his head as he pulled out his cell phone to do just that. "On it."

Re: Headquarters!

[firstofitskind]

Yeah, this place was ridiculous and Liam was someone whose pre-Fandom office had been in a bio-organic building grown using alien technology.

“So, what do we know?” he asked.

Re: Headquarters!

[grenadesandohana]

"Not a ton," Steve admitted. "We've tracked down the victims' itinerary--they arrived Monday, went to a luau, went to the falls, and now we've had to make extremely painful phone calls to their families. The military is giving me nothing on the drone, so I'm calling in a favor from a guy Chin went to high school with."

Because Hawai'i.

Re: Headquarters!

[firstofitskind]

"Let me guess: Guy's a hacker of some sort?" Because that's who he generally called to help solve an issue like this.

OOC

[grenadesandohana]

Oh, this episode is so dumb.