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[unguibusetrostro]

[This is a view from the bottom of a very tall hill - a small mountain, if you will - that is also very steep and has a small cart at the top. Standing next to the cart is Adam Parrish. He looks doubtful.]

This is for posterity, Parrish. In case we die.

[Running a hand over his face, Adam’s faint voice can be heard in all it’s horrifically accented glory.]

I should never have let you watch those Jackass reruns. It’s not the nineties anymore.

[Ronan makes a noise.]

Don’t pussy out on me now-

[Ronan sets the camera down and gets in the shot; the angle such as it can catch the entire length of the hill. He heads up, and there is a moment of bickering at the top that the camera doesn’t catch because that’s how far up they are. The bickering is good natured for all that - they’re not really fighting. They’re just arguing for the joy of arguing. Chainsaw is sitting at the front of the cart and she occasionally contributes her opinions in the form of cawing.

And then Adam scowls, gets in the cart, and Ronan gets in behind him. Apparently, Lynches celebrate birthdays with spectacular feats of stupidly racing down things, because Ronan pushes them. They’re both screaming after a moment, and Chainsaw opens her wings and flies away before they crash at the bottom.

Now they’re right in distance for the camera to catch them, a pile of boys at the bottom of the hill, with Ronan making a noise that’s laughing and Adam-

Adam Parrish, resident misanthropist, who has never been seen really smiling on the network (or anywhere the public can see) is smiling too, and pushing at Ronan.]

That was really fuckin’ stupid. [He’s still grinning though, far too fond as he untangles himself and moves to check out the pretty wicked scrape now on his arm. It’s then that he catches sight of their recording, moving to pick it up and hand it back to its owner when he gets a look at it properly.] Did you press something different?.

What? [He looks up. Ronan Lynch, who has never posted to the Network, didn’t realize that the red button for record and the green button for stream were different things. This is what you get when you hate phones. He gets up, and rolls his eyes, and switches it off.]

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[aberth]

[ For a moment he expects to be wildly angry. He's not a huge fan of the network and being put up without his consent is a nightmare. But Ronan didn't mean it.

And it's not like it was anything more intimate than a smile.

( He'd wanted to kiss him though, he'd thought about leaning in and pressing his lips to Ronan's and kissing him for all of this. That would have been a wholly different thing to fear. )

They're fine. Adam lets his smile drift back. ] Asshole.

[unguibusetrostro]

[He looks up at the hill, and then back at Adam. Chainsaw is flapping lazy circles above them. This part isn't for public consumption.]

Whatever, don't pretend it doesn't remind you of your glory days.

[He's almost smiling, though, and he moves to sit next to Adam, the device lazily tossed aside.]

[aberth]

Glory days?

[ You can practically hear the quotation marks around the words. ] I'm nineteen, Lynch. Not ninety. [ He has a whole life ahead of him. Looking at the boy beside him makes him feel like it might actually be a good one.

He lifts his arm to look at the scrape again and then prods Ronan in the side. ] What's the damage?

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[rathercommon]

[ With a laugh - ]

You berks.

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[unguibusetrostro]

You could be more fucking English if you just try a little.

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[rathercommon]

[ She laughs again, and then does a really terrible over-the-top American accent that falls apart at the end - ]

Oh gee golly, you two jackasses certainly are silly.

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[aberth]

That's an insult, right?

[ 8D ]

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[rathercommon]

Do you two really not know berk? It's such a good one. So multi-purpose.

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[dirtyredneck]

[Huh. That raven on the front there looked awfully familiar. Maybe it was just that Daryl had been seeing a lot of them lately.]

You two assholes done being stupid?

[That's Daryl talk for 'are you okay?' and 'are you done being stupid?']

[aberth]

for now.

[ It's Ronan, though. So not for long. ]

[dirtyredneck]

[Daryl didn't figure the rest would be long, but knowing it was over meant that the kid he'd found himself interested in watching out for was okay. And that was good enough for him. Wasn't like Ronan was one of his. Not really.]

That bird yours? Been looking at maybe getting a couple like it. Wondering what the maintenance on them is like.

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[unguibusetrostro]

That didn't even break dumb, man.

[Stupid for Ronan is on a whole other level.]

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[dirtyredneck]

Course it did. You were the one doing it.

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[brushoff]

You really are children, aren't you.

[ It's not said in a judging tone, not said in a patronizing tone. no, this is Dorian just kind of baffled because oh my god. This is stupid and immature. How is that fun. ]

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[aberth]

[ Ugh. He was having such a good day. ]

Fuck off, Gray.

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[unguibusetrostro]

[Dorian gets Chainsaw - she pecks at the screen.]

Don't do that you'll catch something.

[Ronan is already reaching for it.]

[dreamkid]

[ Matthew is still laughing a little when he switches on his own video, because it's impossible to see how much fun they're having and not laugh, too. ]

You meant to hit the red one, didn't you?

[ He's not making fun; he knows he did the exact same thing. This accidental broadcasting of birthdays is also becoming a Lynch tradition. ]

[aberth]

[ Oh, Adam remembers now. ]

You're both banned from using these things from now on. I'll be confiscating yours when we get back.

[ No, he won't. ]

[unguibusetrostro]

Don't be a pissant.

[No mercy.]

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[doubleblind]

[Cosima looks equal parts amused and torn with the knowledge that she should maybe try to be a responsible adult influence.]

Impressive. Incredibly reckless, but still impressive.

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[unguibusetrostro]

Not that reckless.

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[aberth]

It wouldn't be half as fun if it weren't a spectacle.

[ It's pretty much the only reason Adam ever lets Ronan convince him into this shit. ]

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[oceiteres]

If you had died, I would've killed you both. [ She's just sayin'. While doing a super-terrible job of looking stern. Her pleasure is directed at Adam, mind you. Because he isn't making her want to loose her many vexations upon the world in the form of a long tirade that would be nothing more than a badly-disguised attempt at concern and whatever passes for affection between herself and Mr. Ronan Lynch.

Anyway. ]

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[unguibusetrostro]

How would you have managed that? Calla, maybe. You?

Not even slightly.

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[aberth]

We wouldn't have died.

[ A small smile. ]

Been horrifyingly maimed, maybe. But I'm sure we would have survived.