#bergen_county

"Well, you need to be careful telling any girl she's too sensitive or emotional .She been snappy with you lately?"

"Short." Un-ironically.

A snerk "Short troll"

Adam flashes a grin. "Ha! Yeah..... you know, snappy."

Then "It could be she's gone Unseelie. She'll still abide by the Code of Dagda, and protect you, but she's gonna have a lot less tolerence for folks bullshit and won't necesarily play as nice if that's the case. We all have our niches summer or winter. Some are teachers by nature, some are challengers, some are manipulators... it's complicated"

"Dag's a protector." Surely.

"Yeah... but it's the type of protector that... look, summerwise, she's like this shining knight..winter wise, for all we know, she might be more like the black knight."

"And I don't mean that all racial"

"Yeah, racial doesn't really work when you aren't black or white, but blue or green...."

"Just promise me you won't side with the Purple people dude.. they're not to be trusted" Oh TOO serious a voice

"Purple??" He's bought it. "Who're they?"

"oh they're in hiding" He says "They're afraid of showing themselves openly"

"Why?" Hushed.

"There's this thing that devours them... nasty. It's got one great horn and one big eye" a shiver

"Dude...."

"It was a one eyed one horned giant purple people eater..." he sings "What a sight to see!"

"Huh?" A lack of recognition.

"Old song man.. I'm .." He laughs "I'm yanking your chain"

Adam rolls his eyes and punches the other guy in the shoulder.

More laughter

"Sorry man. I'm a jerk" A grin "But I couldn't not do it at least once"

"Dude, how is that even fair or sporting? You -know- Imma believe you at least at first."

"I know, I know and in my defense i don't abuse it..often" A snerk

"Pfft." They walk a bit more. "So you don't know what you want to do, either? You said, like, 'find your passion'......"

"Well yeah, see, for satyrs, your passion is supposed to like come easy., I mean, Piper is clearly into tunes. And I play. I play all right you know? But I'm not into debate like dad... or philosphy. I don't think. I'm not into athletics. And I'm not like..obsessed with Sex. I just.. don't know wHICH Passion is it for me ?"

I think -I'm- obsessed with sex but that's just being male, and teenaged, right?"

"What have you tried? Like, to figure it out? Do satyrs have a system?"

"Male and teenage is perfectly normal to walk around half mast at least dude..." A nod "And I've tried almost everything. I was even in theatre once. I was the bicuspid in elemetary school dental week show. Do NOT Tell Piper that, she'll go looking for pictures"

"Dude.... and then with the girls? -Nadeen-???" A groan... then with interest "-Are- there pictures??"

"Dude? Even if I had them I wouldn't share them.. declasse" A pause, "Okay. I got one picture of her in a bikini posing for me.... you know that arms up thing like they're fluffing their hair that they do?"

Adam stops, stares..... "Dude." breathless, seeing the image even without it being present "...... I meant of you as a tooth. But DAMN!!!!!"

"Sorry, you said Nadeen so I thought.. ah.." A blush "Yeah, mom has em"

"Well -all- the girls, even, like, Siv and Sylvi and.... but especially Nadeen." A grin.

"Yup."

A sigh.

"I'd show you the picture of Nadeen but it would burn your brain cells out man"

"It totally -would-."

".................................."

"Just a quick look?" Hopeful.

"Well, it's not like it caught her in her full glory," He reaches for his cell phone and shows him.

Damn!

Hot damn!

"Oh.... DUDE..... " Reverently.

"Oh MAN...." More succinctly.

"I know. " A sigh " I Nearly dropped the cell phone in the water"

"You gotta keep that, man, I mean... that's a work of art. SHE'S a work of art! Is there.. .I mean, a safe way? Like. A thumb drive?"

"Yeah yeah I got more than one copy" He grins

"Whew!" Adam grins at the joy of a work of art saved.

A laugh "Dude.. sometimes I can't figure out why you aren't a satyr, but.. no body is perfect"

A helpless shrug.... and then a thoughtful look.