Deep Enough In The Rocky Bits For Loud Noises Coming From There To Not Be Terrifying | Friday Noon

[dollpocalypse]

Honestly, if you really considered everything that had gone on this summer, it was kind of surprising that Topher hadn't done this sooner. 

First of all, this summer had been crap, full of people leaving and Topher being evil and oh yeah, more people leaving. Different people. This would've been the perfect stress relief at any of his old schools, where he wouldn't have given it a second thought, but here, where he wasn't even all that likely to get in trouble for it, it was even more appealing. Plus he'd just taken a class that had gone into this kind of stuff, just a little. Or he'd done extra research that hadn't necessarily been encouraged, strictly speaking. Either way: knowledge.

All that, and he'd met someone who liked to play with explosives months ago. How had it taken them even this long?

"Okay," he muttered to his companion see what I did there?. "Think we've scared off all the teal deer?"

[[for one, and then another less-shirt-wearing one! and to be clear, there is not actually going to be dangerous stuff going on; the 'splosives are teeny and will mostly be tossed at rocks and stuff. but people are welcome to overhear from elsewhere if you'd like.]]

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[justlurkinghere]

"You're trespassing." Kind of. Just go with it.

[upmysleeve.livejournal.com]

"It's a forest preserve." Oh look, consonants. Also, not so much forest in this part, but just go with it. Teal deer had to be chased away, was the point.

[dollpocalypse]

Maybe Derek kept them as pets! Or for late-night snacks on the full moons. You never knew!

"Hey, if you own this place, you should really do something about all the dirt," Topher supplied. "Also the explosions down there in the clearing. The neighbors have complained."

Topher, one of these days you were going to get eaten. You just were.

[justlurkinghere]

Derek turned the full force of his gaze onto Topher, looking down at him like he was no more than something to be crunched between sharp, pointy teeth. "Its next to my house."

That he was squatting in. For freesies.

[upmysleeve.livejournal.com]

"There's a house out here?" Ace glanced around the wilderness. Which was admittedly a challenge because hello, she wasn't blind, but she did manage. "Who'd you buy it from, Bigfoot?"

[dollpocalypse]

"We don't have a Bigfoot on the island," Topher corrected her. "Just a Thor."

Same diff, really.

[justlurkinghere]

Derek was having none of your sass, guys. None of it. His hands curled into fists, making those muscly arms extra muscly looking. "Leave before I call the police."

[upmysleeve.livejournal.com]

"What, the tiny not-Irish bloke?" This guy was more intimidating than the sheriff. Hell, Topher was.... okay no. Jake, you win that one.

[dollpocalypse]

Hey, hey, Topher was totally intimidating!

...Like, when he'd been evil and had a sonic taser. Now, not so much.

"Or," Topher proposed, "you could leave us to explode more rocks in peace." Wait. "Hang on, do you want to blow up the clown doll? Because I really wanted dibs, but if you're gonna be picky..."

[justlurkinghere]

...well, it was good to know teenagers were just as dumb as always.

Derek gave Topher a long, disinterested look before turning to the smarter of the pair. Congrats, Ace. Congrats. "Leave."

[upmysleeve.livejournal.com]

"Before or after we blow up the clown?" Ace could ask the important questions too.

[dollpocalypse]

"And also, should we leave through where your creepy house is, or do we have to climb down on Ace's sketchy rope thing?" It was important to know these things!

[justlurkinghere]

"Leave now." HE WILL PUSH YOU OFF THE CLIFF, GUYS. OR JUST DANGLE YOU THERE MENACINGLY. ONE OF THEM.

[upmysleeve.livejournal.com]

"You've got kind of a limited vocabulary, y'know that, right?" Ace asked in tones of much concern. "I think they've got night classes for adults at the community centre..."

She was going to get eaten someday too, yes.

[dollpocalypse]

"Also, thesauruses. At the bookstore."

Wait.

"Do we have a bookstore here?"

HE WAS JUST OPENLY SCREWING WITH YOU NOW, DEREK.

[justlurkinghere]

And now he was crossing his arms over his chest. Oh god, look at all those muscles. Look at them!

[upmysleeve.livejournal.com]

Was he aware of how that was in no way encouraging them to leave?

A little intimidating, sure, but Ace had a healthy disregard for her own safety at the best of times.

"That Dirty Delights place sells books, don't they?" Not that she'd ever been inside. Not that those books would necessarily improve this guy's vo-- actually, that thought might bear re-thinking.

[dollpocalypse]

Topher shrugged, suppressing his instinct to go 'Ew' in favor of continuing to be a nuisance. "I've only been in there as a gopher." Turning to their charming new friend, he inquired, "Do you happen to know if they sell books?"

[justlurkinghere]

"Leave before I make you," Derek said, completely ignoring the conversation.

[upmysleeve.livejournal.com]

"Make us what?" Ace cocked her head at him. "You a wizard?" It was a legitimate question, here. "If you make us ponies, could I be one with wings this time?"

[dollpocalypse]

"Also, if you could possibly make us spaghetti?" Wait, that needed to be clarified. "Like, spaghetti for us, not of us."

Just in case he was a wizard.

[justlurkinghere]

Really? They were going to force this?

Derek rolled his eyes, closing the distance between himself and the pair to snag them both by the collar. One jacket and one shirt gripped tightly and dragged away from the cliff.

[upmysleeve.livejournal.com]

It could be worse. Ace kind of really had been afraid for a second he was going to drag them toward the cliff.

Still, she couldn't let this fly without at least a token protest. "Oi, watch it! He's still primed to go off!" He being the clown doll in Topher's hands. Though it also applied by necessity to Topher, since he was holding it.

[dollpocalypse]

"Wait, seriously?" Okay, clown doll, you were getting tossed into that clearing while they were still close enough for that to happen. "And can we stop with the stretching my shirt? This is new!"

[justlurkinghere]

"Not until you're gone," Derek hissed, twisting his fists into the fabric harder.