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[metal_bending_hardass]

At this point I think you're a hopeless, lost cause. You shouldn't be playing around like this and screwing with other peoples' lives.

Either suck it up and be an adult by leaving us be, or get your ass in gear and actually do something about it.

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[metal_bending_hardass]

[Great. Now she was amusing the idiot. The claps earn a glare, but she doesn't loose her balance. Grounded, right?]

You have no idea. [How many ways could that be taken? Bumi'd probably take the nicer route.]

[abitofawildman]

[The question is: Nicer for whom?]

I think I have a little bit of an idea.

[metal_bending_hardass]

[Bumi of course~ Even if Lin is reluctantly fond of him. Not that she'll actually admit it in so many words, of course.]

... Life time of insults, I expect.

[abitofawildman]

I wouldn't go so far as to say an entire lifetime. After all, I have been away from home for a good long while, and the United Forces doesn't exactly smile upon those who disrespect their superior officers.

[He might just out rank you, civilian.]

[metal_bending_hardass]

[No fair dragging out another smirk! So she's a civilian now - her choice. It should count for her, not against.]

Most of it, then.

[abitofawildman]

[All's fair when it comes to two of Bumi's favorite things.]

A small fraction of it, perhaps. Back when you were all knees and elbows, if memory serves.

[metal_bending_hardass]

[Everything is fair if Bumi thinks so. Even if no one else does. Lin groans, rubbing her forehead again, muttering.]

Another problem with knowing someone all my life...

[abitofawildman]

[Don't mind him, he's totally not chuckling at your expense, Lin.]

Oh come on, Ba-Chief Bei Fong, it's not all bad. Is it? We had some good times, can't deny that.

[Before Bumi shipped out at 16, and only really returned home for special occasions and the high holidays.]

[metal_bending_hardass]

[He caught himself. Actually stopped himself from finishing that nickname.]

So you can learn. Slowly. [Yes, that is a teasing smirk, and she's ignoring that chuckle.]

When we were children, some. [Reluctant admission, but it was true. Semi carefree days, even if Bumi had still been... well... Bumi.]

[abitofawildman]

If I acquiesce to that unfair assessment of my intelligence will you keep smiling?

You saw nothing >.>

[metal_bending_hardass]

Unfair to your thinking, perhaps. [A parting shot, but... Well, she's still smiling at least.]

You have seconds of brilliance. Otherwise you'd probably not have lived this long.

I saw nothing.

[abitofawildman]

[His eyebrow raise in response to her parting shot is his only reaction.]

Probably not, no. And thanks to my rakish good looks I'll continue on in much the same way for years to come.

^_^;

[metal_bending_hardass]

[She just shakes her head with a put upon sigh. And she had a full week of this, all trained on her. Joy.]

With the Avatar mostly trained, that's a good bet.

[abitofawildman]

[If there's ever any topic that can knock the wind from Bumi's sails, it's the Avatar. He doesn't mean to wish the girl ill-will, and from all reports would probably get on with her like gangbusters, it's just...even after all these years he's still bitter that his father had to go for her to arrive.

It's just not fair, you see.
Which is why he's already reaching inside his coat for the flask he keeps in his right breast pocket.]

Here's to hope.

[metal_bending_hardass]

[All mirth faded at the change. As much as Bumi's bounce tended to drive her insane... if he were any different she'd not bother with him at all. Her eyes narrow and she reaches out to keep his hand from pulling the damned flask out.]

Don't.

[abitofawildman]

[He looks first at her hand, and then into her eyes.]

Even if I promise to share?

[metal_bending_hardass]

[She doesn't pull her hand away, and looks back at him.]

I miss him too. But he wouldn't want us to turn to drink to cope.

[abitofawildman]

There's a lot of things he wouldn't want us to have done, but that didn't stop us then, and it's not going to stop us now.

[metal_bending_hardass]

[And there's the shove.]

What's needed to be done, yes.

[abitofawildman]

[He takes the shove, though most of its oomph is absorbed as he takes a half step back. His hands up already in surrender.]

You'll get no argument from me on that front. I'm not passing judgement here, just stating facts as I see them.

[metal_bending_hardass]

[If he couldn't take a shove, he had no business sticking around her. So she hadn't really pulled it. But she steps closer again, hand once more reaching out - this time to poke at the flask tucked away.]

That isn't necessary, Bumi.

[abitofawildman]

[He looks down to watch as her finger pokes at his chest.]

I beg to differ. As would anyone who's ever had to spend a night keeping deck watch off the coast of the Northern Water Tribe.

[metal_bending_hardass]

[She raises a brow at that and looks around them pointedly.]

It's neither night, nor are we up by the Northern Water Tribe.

[abitofawildman]

Well...I won't tell if you won't.

[metal_bending_hardass]

You're grasping at straws.