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WHO: Tom-kun & Baroona-chan
WHERE: Buttermilk Falls
WHEN: Weekend Weekend
WARNINGS: Tom always screws up when he tries to be nice to Baroona... So, we'll see.
SUMMARY: Baroona needs to get out of the City for a while. Getting people out seems to be Tom's job lately.
FORMAT: Quick

[Baroona had mentioned that the City was too much sometimes, so Tom had been planning to take him on a small trip for a weekend, just to help him feel more at home for a while. Besides, Tom figured that camping out with him was infinitely better than staying in the park where there could be rats and drifters and such.

Of course, Tom, being the genius that he is when it comes to hanging out with Baroona, figured that it would be a surprise, and didn't tell the other guy until he'd already rented a car and, by some miracle, got Baroona inside of it... Which, in retrospect was the worst idea ever, and the trip was pretty much miserable until he finally convinced the gladiator to take some medicine and fall asleep in the back.

Thankfully, he slept the rest of the way until they made it to the falls, and Tom woke him up.]

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You tricked me.

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And I'm sorry for that, really, but after the third time we had to pull over, I figured it was for the best.

[Tom backs off a little, wanting to stay out of the range of Baroona's fists. He expected this kind of reaction, but hopefully the change in scenery would make things better.]

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Are we there?

[Tom just ignores the glare. He knows that you don't mean it, bro.]

See for yourself. I'm sure you want to get out of the car anyway.

[He steps out of the way, and sure enough, they're in a fairly private, wooded area, with the falls nearby.]

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This is real?

[Tom goes ahead and lights a cigarette, holding the pack out for Baroona to take one, once he gets over the shock of the natural location. The werepanther can't help but feel a sense of satisfaction over how Baroona was reacting to all of this.]

Of course it's real. I did pretty good this time, huh?

[]

It's beautiful.

You haven't left the City since being here, right? Well, there's more out there than just concrete and skyscrapers.

I thought you were lying when you told me.

Baroona, when have I ever lied to you? [Oh wait.] Don't answer that.

There are tons of places like this, where there aren't any cities.

But they are far away. []

Some of them are, yeah. But it's not so bad with cars, planes, and boats. Though, I might have to knock you out again for that.

[] I wouldn't let you.

[He grins playfully.] I didn't have much trouble this first time. You're still not used to modern medicine, I'm guessing.

[]

... No.

[Tom just shrugs and takes a drag of his cigarette, amused even under Baroona's glare.]

I think there's something that can help with your carsickness and won't put you to sleep.

It's not really possible to walk to most of these places.

I don't get sick on them. []

[Tom knows. Hence the sleeping pills.]

We'll figure something out. I got you here in one piece, didn't I?

Yeah... []

It's okay to say it, I know I'm the greatest.

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Hardly.

[He chuckles.]

But you're happy, right? This was a good idea?

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[Tom usually didn't sleep well in the real outdoors. He was a city boy through and through, and needed the smoke in the air, the artificial lights shining in through the window, and the sounds of cars and activity just outside. Still, he fell asleep quickly tonight, using his jacket as a blanket, even though he had changed into his werepanther shape before sleeping, if only because it was more comfortably to sleep on the ground in.

That was probably the only reason that he stirred at all after Baroona had left. He didn't realize it until he'd woken up and realized the gladiator was gone, but he knew something was different before he awoke. The smells changed, there was more movement in the wooded area than before, and his senses caught that.

He figured that Baroona was probably okay, since he'd left his shoes behind, but that didn't mean Tom wasn't concerned, and he got up to follow the trail to the falls.

Once he saw Baroona bathing in them, Tom intended to leave and go back to their campsite, but his eyes caught something that he'd never noticed before, or Baroona had made sure to never show to him before. It was a large mark or tattoo on the boy's back, and the werepanther's eyes fixed on it for a few minutes as Baroona bathed.

He finally took a step back and turned to leave, but, of course, he'd stepped on and broke a large branch, making a loud cracking noise that gave away his position.

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What are you doing?

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Edited 2011-08-26 17:23 (UTC)

[Tom had never seen Baroona fight before, so it came as a surprise to him just how fast the other guy was, even by his werecat standards, and how expertly he used the weapon was frightening. He could have seriously hurt Tom before the panther could even react.]

Shit! It's just me!

[He gingerly lifts his hand, touching once of his claws to the blade of the knife and slowly pushing it away from his throat.]

You weren't at the campsite. I just came to check on you and make sure that you were okay.

[]

You were watching me.

Only for a minute or two. I was just about to leave when you pointed the knife to my throat.

[He sighs a little when the knife isn't such an immediate danger.]

What are you doing out here this late?

[]

... Bathing.

Oh... [Duh.] Yeah, that makes sense...

[And he's going to turn to the side and not look or anything.]

I didn't mean to disturb. I could just... go back to the campsite now.

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You saw it, didn't you?

[Saw it? It? Well, it was kind of hard not to see since Baroona was still standing there naked, but that wasn't the point.]

Well, yeah, kinda. It wasn't like I was looking or anything, though! I mean, it's not a big deal! We're both guys so it's nothing we haven't see, yeah?

[Can Tom just take that knife to his throat now?]

[] I'm not talking about that.

[Yeah, it's enough to make Tom recoil a little, taking a small step back, in case this somehow turns into something, though he's trying not to let it get that far.]

Yeah, I know... I see them.

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Edited 2011-08-29 19:31 (UTC)

[It isn't hard to see that Baroona is angry, and that it was about those tattoos. Tom didn't need to think it was about anything else, considering the time that they went swimming, Baroona refused to take off his shirt. Tom had always just assumed it was because of a scar or something, but this might have been worse, and the werepanther definitely had a few ideas about where they came from.]

Why did you get those?

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I didn't. [] They were given to me.

[Tom leans against a nearby tree, not moving any closer to Baroona, but he isn't going to drop the topic unless Baroona tells him to. This is probably the most that he's learned about the boy's past since they'd met.]

By who?

[]

My country.

[And now Tom is getting even more concerned and worried that his idea of it is right, but he's still clinging to the idea that he's hopefully wrong.]

Was it because of the military?

[] They were the ones who took me from my home.

So, [apprehensively] they took you away and forced you to fight?

[] They enslaved me and made me a gladiator.

Oh... [yeah, he really doesn't know what to say about that.] Is that how you became so strong?

[] It's how I became the champion.

I didn't know about that, that you were a champion. [Though, he says that with some degree of sadness in his tone.]

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