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[last_adam]

*Adam paces just outside the bar exit, looking anxious. He's waiting for somebody... or something. That much is obvious.*


[OOC: Not locked for plot entirely, but if you're going to tag and/or watch, please ping me first: OORamiusOo]

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[creator_raven]

Raven is content to let him wait, for a while.

Then, of course, he taps Adam on the shoulder.

"You are ready, yes?"

[last_adam]

*Adam manages not to jump under his touch. Now that Raven's here, he's a bit calmer than he has been all morning. He manages a light laugh, and a smile.*

No, but m'not going to be, so we might as well get on with it.

[creator_raven]

Raven nods, sharply.

"Well enough, then. Already you are learning. So."

[last_adam]

*Adam walks, leading Raven back towards the trees.*

Learning what?

[creator_raven]

Raven grins brightly. At the moment, he is content to follow.

"That, I think, would be telling."

[last_adam]

And is telling so bad?

*They wind their way through the trees, back to the space. The space Adam knows so well, the space that they used back when they'd only just met.*

[creator_raven]

"It might be. Sometimes."

He shrugs.

"It is a thing you decide for yourself, perhaps."

[last_adam]

Perhaps.

*There's a large log off to one side; the remnants of a fallen tree, and Adam sits on it, looking across the clearing at Raven.*

So, how does this work?

[creator_raven]

Raven just looks at him.

"At some point, we begin. Eventually, it ends. You have more specifications, perhaps?"

[last_adam]

I...


don't know.

[creator_raven]

"Well, then."

Raven waits.

[last_adam]

*Adam waits as well, tapping his fingers across the log. Now that they're here, it just all seems so...


silly.*

[witchy-rebel.livejournal.com]

Somewhere, there is a magpie watching the two of them.

Intently.

She might warble. If she does, then it might sound like men! silly, silly men!.

This, of course, is patently absurd. In any place except for Milliways, that is.

[creator_raven]

Raven leans against a tree, one hand in his pocket.

"At your leisure, then, perhaps."

It's something like an invitation.

[last_adam]

*Adam stands, then, unsure of what to do. He bows his head slightly in the direction of Raven.*

[creator_raven]

Raven nods back.

He is still waiting.

[last_adam]

*Adam bites his lip and takes a deep breath. There's no time like the present. Then again, he who runs lives to see another day.

He knows it'll be unlike fighting Alanna in just about every way possible, but he starts with what he knows, and darts quickly at Raven, going for his legs.*

[creator_raven]

Pity Raven is no longer there, really.

Bastard.

He does, however, grab Adam's elbow in an effort to help him forward.

He's solicitous, like that.

[last_adam]

*Adam stumbles over his feet, with the added momentum, but manages not to crash to the ground. He turns around swiftly, holding his regained stance.*

[creator_raven]

Raven blinks at him.

[last_adam]

*Adam blinks back and when he approaches this time, he does so slowly.*

[creator_raven]

And then, of course Raven goes for Adam's legs, one hand reaching for his shoulder.

The other hand is not reaching for a knife.

This is probably good.

[last_adam]

*Adam manages to gets his legs out of Raven's grasp, but at the same time he's unable to about the hand on his shoulder. He goes back, wobbly and unsteady, and his feet flip out from under him.*

[creator_raven]

Raven is on him in an instant, one hand at his throat.

He doesn't squeeze, just holds his position.

"Not bad, this. But you would be dead, I think. Hmm."

[the_lioness]

*Not long after Adam left this morning, Alanna got up and took Stampy outside. It was just supposed to be a short walk, but they got distracted by a new pile of leaves and conversation; perhaps she avoided the bar for other reasons as well, not wanting to frustrate Adam by trying to talk him out of this. Because she would. But she also knows he is as stubborn as she, and arguing would serve no purpose.

She watches him from a spot near the stables, watches Raven join him, and then follows them both, scrambling up a tree so she can keep an eye on them as they fight.

Biting the inside of her cheek until it bleeds, she worries and watches.*