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[fatboyrun.livejournal.com]

In the late afternoon, there is laughter down by the lake.

"Wait, wait, wait wait wait," says Dennis, propped up on an elbow on the blanket, a foot or two away from the highest ebb of the water. He points with his free arm. "Hit the leaf."

Giggling, Jake sends the intrepid remote control fireboat in completely the wrong direction, out on the lake.

"Almost," says Dennis encouragingly, leaning over to take a look at the controller. "I think for forward, you want to shove that that way, maybe. Just a thought."

"Daaaaaad!" Jake complains, wriggling away with a bout of laughter. He can't escape the long arm of the law, though. Or, rather, the relatively long arm of the dad.

Have we mentioned the shrieks of laughter yet? Meanwhile, the fireboat sails here, there, and everywhere.

[Tag: dennis doyle, jake o'dell, kate warner]

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[littlehobbitfan.livejournal.com]

Laughing rather breathlessly, he manages to evade the fatherly onslaught long enough to get himself and the boat back under control.

Relatively speaking, anyway.

[fatboyrun.livejournal.com]

Dennis leaves him be for now, grinning, resting his weight on his forearms beside him. "Yaharrr," he says, cheerfully. "Who's sailing today, Jake 'n Bake? Pirates? Vikings? Insurance salesmen?"

[littlehobbitfan.livejournal.com]

"Elves."


... What?

[fatboyrun.livejournal.com]

"Aha," says Dennis, after a momentary thinky face. "Sailing to the Grey -- Thing? Or are they off to war?"

[littlehobbitfan.livejournal.com]

He had not considered this.

"... I dunno."

[fatboyrun.livejournal.com]

Dennis considers another minute.

"How about both?"

[littlehobbitfan.livejournal.com]

"Can they do that?"

[fatboyrun.livejournal.com]

"Oh, absolutely," says Dennis, decisively.

[littlehobbitfan.livejournal.com]

"Okay."

Elves are cool. But not as cool as hobbits.

[justdidntseeit]

Kate's out for a walk near the water's edge when she's drawn to the sounds of imminent cute.

Naturally, she has to inspect.

[fatboyrun.livejournal.com]

"Gotchaaa! The lake monster will never release you!"

Dennis isn't much of a lake monster, but he is rolling onto his back with his arm locked around Jake's middle.

[OOC: Wait for a Jake-tag, sil vous plait? We can do a Kate-Dennis-Jake posting order, if that's cool by you. :D]

[littlehobbitfan.livejournal.com]

"Daaaaaaaad," he gasps. "There's no monster in there."

Well... as far as he knows.

[justdidntseeit]

Kate can't help but laugh as she nears the pair.

"Actually, there's a squid."


[ooc: No problem at all! Sorry for not pinging before tagging — AIM is being more wonky than usual.]

[fatboyrun.livejournal.com]

"Anyway, I'm the monster," Dennis says wisely, as Jake struggles.

Beat.

He tips his head back to see the woman who'd spoken.

"Hi."

[OOC: No pinging necessary! *beams*]

[littlehobbitfan.livejournal.com]

Jake smiles up at her, eyes wide at the mention of the squid. (Just like in the pirate movie!)

"Hello."

[justdidntseeit]

"Oh, of course," she laughs, nodding toward Dennis. "Hi."

And then she looks down at Jake.

"Hi there."

She lowers her voice conspiratorially.

"There really is a giant squid, you know."

[fatboyrun.livejournal.com]

Dennis ruffles Jake's hair and lets him up, handing the dropped controller back to him. He sits up.

"Is there?" he asks. He glances at Jake, seriously. "Better watch out for your vessel, Snotface. Sounds like the Elves might run into some trouble."

[snap-time.livejournal.com]

Larry hasn't explored much out back, mostly because he keeps coming into the bar from work and wouldn't want to explain tracking snow or mud around inside to the museum director. But today, it's relatively not-muddy, so he's having a look.
The commotion by the lake's hard to miss, and then it turns out it's someone he met the other day - so that must be the kid. (This is actually slightly easier to handle than the prospect of bumping into the kid by himself - even in Milliways, that has a little sketch factor to it.)
So he heads over. "Not interrupting, am I?"

[fatboyrun.livejournal.com]

Jake is yelling; Dennis, meanwhile, pauses with the boy held aloft. "No," he says. "Not at all. Say hello to Larry, Jake."

[littlehobbitfan.livejournal.com]

Jake peers up at him from his rather precarious position.

"Hi."

[snap-time.livejournal.com]

"Hey. How are you two?"
Aside from the 'obviously having fun' thing, anyway.

[fatboyrun.livejournal.com]

"Oh, not bad, not bad."

Dennis looks up at Jake.

"What about you?"

[littlehobbitfan.livejournal.com]

"Good."

He looks back down at Dennis.

"You can put me down now."

[snap-time.livejournal.com]

Larry grins. "Got a verdict on the visiting thing yet?"
Tonight's not super-great, but... in general. It's good to know these things.

[fatboyrun.livejournal.com]

"I don't have to," Dennis tells Jake, but he kind of does have to; Jake isn't that heavy, but Dennis isn't that in shape. He dumps him (gently enough) on the blanket. "Jake, Larry's the security guard in the museum I was telling about. You remember what we decided for that?"