Leena's Bed and Breakfast, South Dakota, Tuesday

[notmyownage]

Ah, the peacefulness of a good bed and breakfast in the middle of nowhere. The birdsong of those too hearty to fly south for the winter. The soft snap and pop of the cozy fire. The pitter-patter of two young adults bickering at the tops of their lungs.

"Oh, so you want to get rid of me already?!"

"I didn't spend the last five years of my life looking for a way to bring you back for you to sit around watching Bruce Springsteen on YouTube!"

Here came the sibling rivalry. That didn't take long.

[ooc: open for phone calls and the folks who decided to stick around the B&B for spring break.]

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[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"At least it's way better than Justin Bieber," Jake felt the need to add. Things could always be worse.

[notmyownage]

Claudia groaned. "Don't give him any ideas."

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"Got to know what's hot and what's not before you can mock it," Jake reasoned, dropping down in a chair.

[notmyownage]

"I feel no desire to get to know Beiber," Claudia pointed out. She plopped down on the couch with a groan. "All I said was maybe he could think about getting a job, and now he thinks I want to get rid of him."

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

Jake frowned. "There's nothing saying he can't just get a job on Fandom. He'd fit in there with the whole five years being a glowy light thing."

[notmyownage]

Claudia was startled to discover she was slightly protective of Fandom. Less surprised that she was more protective of Joshua. "Where he can get attacked by zombie flying ponies or something. That'd be awesome."

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"Hey, it's not like I'd let any Donovans get hurt," Jake pointed out. "It might be safer than the next experiment he thinks of."

[notmyownage]

"As long as it doesn't involve any medieval map makers. I'm beginning to think it's the old stuff that's really dangerous."

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

Jake blinked, not sure he was following. "I missed the medieval map makers?"

[notmyownage]

"Rheticus. Map maker, mathematician, student of Copernicus. . . . Lover of a dude named Thomas. . . ."

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"So you're going to make him run all his experiments past you first?" Jacob teased.

[notmyownage]

"If that's what it takes. He clearly has no sense of self-preservation."

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"Uh huh," Jake eyed her. "You're not going to be able to watch him 24/7, you know?"

[notmyownage]

Claudia sighed. "We'd end up killing each other. Is it too much to ask that I get to know he's safe, at least?"

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"Course not," he said seriously before grinning. "He might not agree, though. Doesn't mean you need to listen."

[notmyownage]

"I'm pretty good at not listening," Claudia said with a grin.

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"No, really?" he laughed and shook his head in amusement. "I never would have told. You hide it so well."

[notmyownage]

"It's a gift. And you totally love me for it."

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, but then I'm not good at either so I don't know if that's a reference," he teased. "So have you figured out what's going to happen next?"

[notmyownage]

Claudia shrugged. "I don't know. I guess it depends on what Joshua wants to do."

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"Would they let you live with him?" Jake asked. "How old is he now, anyway?"

[notmyownage]

"Technically? 27. But I'm not sure he aged at all, where he was."

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"It's not something foster care could prove though," he frowned. "Or are they going to keep thinking he's dead?"

[notmyownage]

"Scully said since there's no body and it's been less than 12 years, they might not have ever officially declared him dead."

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

Jake nodded slowly. "That's a bit easier then. It's got to be weird, though. Actually..."

He stopped for a moment before he started laughing. "Five years is pretty much about the same amount of time that Fandom displaced me. I can give him pointers."

[notmyownage]

"That's not a bad idea. Can I watch?" What? She was totally looking forward to seeing her brother's head explode.

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

Jake snorted. "Sure, where should I put my priorities? Social networks you want to avoid or best bad movies to watch?"

[notmyownage]

"Ooo, tough choice. Maybe social networks. Bad movies can be less scarring."

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"I don't know," Jake mused. "Now you just made it sound like a challenge."

[notmyownage]

"To find the most scarring bad movie?"

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

He nodded. "There's got to be one of those b-movie thrillers out there," he suggested. "Like those with midgets and witches and axe-murderers."

[notmyownage]

Claudia smirked. "You find midgets scarring?"

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"The ones they use in b-movie thrillers?" Jake snorted. "Sure, I didn't say scarring in what way."

[notmyownage]

Claudia snorted. "Fair enough. If you wanna go hunting for a scarring midget movie, be my guest."

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

Jake chuckled. "I might, if you don't think it'll cut into family time too much."

[notmyownage]

"Might give him something to do while Artie makes me 'fix' the electrical system at the Warehouse. Apparently, he thinks I broke it."

She might have, in fact. She rerouted a lot.

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

Jake raised an eyebrow at her. "I don't think you accidentally break things," he remarked.

[notmyownage]

"It still works," Claudia said with a huff. "Just not . . . exactly the way it used to. And I totally sometimes accidentally break things."