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[missingthekeep]

Sean would never classify himself as a smoker outside of the odd special occasion, but when the universe decides to dump several containers of high-end pipe tobacco in a man's lap, who the hell is he to let it go to waste? It's still more than a little strange, being in possession of his father's pipe after it's supposedly already been passed down

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[drownondryland]

Meredith does not shriek. The book comes flying her way and she's startled, that's plain enough, but she doesn't shriek.

Really, it's a lot more like a yelp.

"What the hell was that?" she asks, glancing between Sean and the trees, though she has a decent idea of what it was anyway. The wildlife is insane around here. Retrieving the book, she continues walking over, waving it at him. "I take it this is yours."

[missingthekeep]

As annoyed as Sean is, sparing a quick glare toward a whole lot of nothing back in the trees, it's tough not to grin at her reaction and he doesn't bother trying to hide it, pipe held loosely between his teeth as he shakes his head. "Should start learnin' ta tie things down when 'm not usin' 'em," he says by way of explanation, chuckling lightly.

[drownondryland]

"If you want to keep them." Meredith's still not thrilled about the part where they live in the jungle, but there's nothing she can do about it. There's not much she can do about his smoking either, but she can handle that. At least he doesn't do it indoors. She still doesn't have to like it. "You want this back?" she adds, holding the book out to him.

[missingthekeep]

"Unless ye're plannin' on keepin' it," Sean says, quirking an eyebrow as he reaches out to take it from her, still grinning. Having her around always makes it so hard to keep up the pretense of being in a bad mood, no matter what it's brought on by. It just isn't fair. "Thanks, luv."

[unit_girl]

Jo shrieked and jumped back, startled by something suddenly coming at her. But it dropped to the ground by her feet and then she could see it was just a book. Recognising Sean's voice apologising didn't help with her embarrassment.

She was red-faced as she picked the book up and took it over to Sean. "I've had worse things thrown at me," she said, as she offered it back. "Was it really that bad?" Jo hadn't seen the monkey, as she'd not been looking in the right direction, so assumed Sean had been the one to throw it.

ooc: No long weekends here until Easter :(

[missingthekeep]

Sean's grin is automatic when she shrieks, but he wipes it off his face the moment after, shaking his head. "That wasnae me, I- it's a good book," he says as he takes it back, looking a little sheepish as he gestures lamely toward the trees behind him to try and communicate what the hell just happened.

[unit_girl]

"Oh, sorry," she said, as she realised she was blaming Sean for something he hadn't done. She looked up into the tree but couldn't see a monkey up there. Which didn't mean it wasn't there though. "I'm sure it didn't mean any harm. It must have been frightened, or something."

[missingthekeep]

"Or somethin' is right," Sean grumbles, managing to regain some of his affront as he glares off behind him at nothing in particular. "Still, no harm done, I s'pose," he reluctantly admits.

[vendettaevey]

Evey wasn't particularly looking forward to tomorrow. This time last year, Marcus had been here, and they'd been planning a wedding. This year, she was alone except for Rollo once more, and she wasn't all looking forward to watching all the happy couples. In fact, she planned to stay in or near her hut reading the entire time.

In pursuit of that, she was going to the compound to gather food, though it was a somewhat indirect path. The beach was pleasant this time of day and Rollo enjoyed a good game of fetch, so she thought she'd go there first and then go to the compound.

She hadn't quite expected a monkey to chuck Sean's book at her, but Rollo had, apparently. He jumped in the air to catch the book in his teeth, then landed smoothly and loped along to give it back to Sean.

"It's quite alright," she called back. "One can't really control the monkeys, after all."

[missingthekeep]

"No matter how much one might wish," Sean says wryly, sparing a scowl at the trees behind him, even though there's nothing left there to see. Heaving an annoyed sigh, he turns to take his book back from Rollo, smiling in spite of himself. "Nae a bad catch, though."

[vendettaevey]

The book was slightly wet and might have had some teeth marks, but Rollo was proud of himself for fetching it all the same, so Evey praised him as usual when she reached the pair.

"If one could control the monkeys, wouldn't one be the Witch from that old American film? The one who was green?" she asked. "And I'm sorry if there are any teeth marks. We've been working on that, but sometimes he forgets not to bite down on things too hard."

[missingthekeep]

"Heaven forbid," Sean says wryly, wiping the book off on his jeans, "the last thing we need 'round here is fer the bloody apes ta start growin' wings." It isn't as if he's never seen stranger things, but they're enough of a pain in the arse as it is. "An' then he'd really need that killer's instinct o' his," he adds, reaching out to scratch behind the dog's ears.