"It was fucking legal! At least it was last time I looked. Where does it say you can't climb wherever you want? I'm sure you agree with me on this one, Minoru? You climb wherever you want don't you? It's a free fucking country."
Joe didn't get the part where climbing on people's property is illegal. Also, the safety aspect totally went over his head. Of course. He just wanted to get to the top to moon everyone down below and give a giant middle finger to the cops.
"Rock climbing gyms? Never tried one. If they are shit then I'm not climbing up one. How about climbing a real mountain next time? That could be fun."
"I could teach you some Finnish dishes." Even if most of them were nowhere near vegetarian. Aarne thought maybe he could ask his parents the next time they talked. Something had to be vegetarian.
"Buildings are the private property of the person or company that owns them." Tom interrupts. "Trespassing on private property is just as illegal here as everywhere else, including the UK though it is a civil court matter there." Tom wasn't about to give Joe and inch to pretend he didn't know trespassing wasn't ok.
"I learned to climb cliffs as a kid." Aarne tells them. "Aren't there parks somewhere with climbing places."
Tom was not even going to entertain the idea of them free climbing cliffs drunk in the middle of nowhere. The skyscraper had been more than enough.
Minoru was with Tom in this one and shook his head. “I wish it were! But it’s more about how nice they are about letting you climb. You find a group of freerunners in a city, and you’ll learn really quick which places to steer clear of and which are okay.”
It was one of the many reasons Minoru enjoyed living in the Nexus now. He’d probably been on every building in the plaza multiple times by now, and nobody called the cops. His downstairs neighbor wasn’t so happy with his jumping out the window sometimes, but Minoru really did try to avoid landing in her flower garden.
“I’ve done free climbing on a cliff. Free soloing, really. It’s a huge thrill!” Minoru grinned.
No gear, no protection. The last time he did it was a terrible idea in hindsight - made worse by the fact that he was on the wrong mountain entirely, a more dangerous one than he’d even intended to be on.
“But if you guys are gonna be high or drunk when you do it, count me out. And you shouldn’t climb that way either. What happened up there tonight was way too dangerous. And you know that has to be pretty bad if even I won’t do it.”
Minoru - the guy who basically had no sense of risk aversion whatsoever - did in fact have some regard for life and limb.
"I'd love to learn some Finnish dishes even though my cooking skills are pretty shit. But cooking with you, Peachy? Hell yes!"
Joe just stared at Tom as he felt lectured by the older man. Jesus, it was just one skyscraper. Stardust's old man didn't need to lose his pants over it all. The bassist sticking his tongue out behind Tom's back hoping he didn't see. Oh, he would climb again but obviously not up the same building.
"I wasn't even that high, honey. Trust me I've been worse and Aarne knows. But if we do climb again I'll try not to lose my shoe because that fucking sucked. Cliffs or in a park? Sure."
The Brit nodded, listening to Minoru and Aarne's suggestions for some climbing adventure for next time. Getting arrested by the pig cops ruined all the fun though!
Tom abruptly cut in with what can only be called a 'dad voice'. "Joe needs more training before there is anymore high level free climbing."
Tom knows he can't stop them so the next best thing is to make them as safe as possible. "Honey!" Tom tosses back. "You weren't the one with a crazy Fin running around in a panicked terror and near climbing on my head when you were stuck and the news kept mentioning you falling. I don't want any of your bullshit!"
Nope, Tom is done with this conversation if only because the panicked partners were not the easiest thing for him to try and manage while these two were out having fun.
Aarne just snuggles closer to Joe because he doesn't want to think about it. "I want to cook with you."
Cooking was a better topic than thinking about the news reels of Joe on the side of the building.
It was a pretty rare occurrence when Minoru agreed with Tom over his ‘friends in high places’. But even he was scared up there. Not for himself - he knew he could have made it up that building easily - but for Joe.
He probably sounded like a hypocrite even suggesting everyone has limits and you have to be careful, and definitely in your right mind, when you knowingly move past them.
He muttered a “yeah” in response to Tom’s first comment and turned to look out the window. They’d be back at the hotel any minute, but damn, if he didn’t want to hop out of the car right now and take off on a good run.
Joe didn't think anything he did accounted for bullshit but he could tell Stardust's old man and Aarne were worried the whole time and that made him think. If his Fin were worried then he wouldn't do such a reckless thing again. What if he died? Shit. He didn't even think about that.
"Then, we should cook together sometime, Peachy. I can help you in the kitchen even if I am a shit cook."
The Brit laughed and squeezed Aarne's hand and then nudged against Minoru's shoulder because he wanted the parkourist to feel ok too. The journey was boring but Joe still felt like burning off energy as he often did when taking a vast amount of coke. The whole thing with the skyscraper still burnt into his mind.
"We should all cook then find a cool place to climb together. All three of us. No stupid high shit this time though. I don't want to die."
"I should make you something when we get back." Aarne had been worried and now he would cling to the Brit for awhile.
"Why don't we wait a few days before another climbing excursion?" Tom was trying to be sensible and give them all time to work out the emotions from the day.
Aarne only nodded at Tom like a child caught doing something wrong. He did lean up to look at Minoru. "Do you want me to bring dinner? I could could something for you and Ziggy to share."
Aarne remembered the singer being as manic as he had been but he had no idea if Stardust was worried for Joe or Minoru, or both.
Of course, by that time, Minoru would be long gone, back to work in the Nexus. He’d probably miss out on whatever ‘safer’ version of climbing they could think up.
Still, Minoru glanced over to give Aarne a half-hearted smile. “Yeah. That would be neat. I’d like that, and I bet he would too.”
It wasn’t hard to find something that both Ziggy and Minoru could share. A lot of Anthean-safe food involved vegetables. And the bands all knew the singer’s dietary restrictions by now, even if they didn’t know why he adhered to them.
“I’ll catch up with you, though. Unless Ziggy’s out front waiting grab me and hug me and not let go, I need a quick run or something to clear my head. It’s been a crazy night!”
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Date: 2021-08-29 07:24 pm (UTC)From:Joe didn't get the part where climbing on people's property is illegal. Also, the safety aspect totally went over his head. Of course. He just wanted to get to the top to moon everyone down below and give a giant middle finger to the cops.
"Rock climbing gyms? Never tried one. If they are shit then I'm not climbing up one. How about climbing a real mountain next time? That could be fun."
Oh god, Joe. No.
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Date: 2021-09-11 01:53 am (UTC)From:"Buildings are the private property of the person or company that owns them." Tom interrupts. "Trespassing on private property is just as illegal here as everywhere else, including the UK though it is a civil court matter there." Tom wasn't about to give Joe and inch to pretend he didn't know trespassing wasn't ok.
"I learned to climb cliffs as a kid." Aarne tells them. "Aren't there parks somewhere with climbing places."
Tom was not even going to entertain the idea of them free climbing cliffs drunk in the middle of nowhere. The skyscraper had been more than enough.
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Date: 2021-09-15 11:48 am (UTC)From:It was one of the many reasons Minoru enjoyed living in the Nexus now. He’d probably been on every building in the plaza multiple times by now, and nobody called the cops. His downstairs neighbor wasn’t so happy with his jumping out the window sometimes, but Minoru really did try to avoid landing in her flower garden.
“I’ve done free climbing on a cliff. Free soloing, really. It’s a huge thrill!” Minoru grinned.
No gear, no protection. The last time he did it was a terrible idea in hindsight - made worse by the fact that he was on the wrong mountain entirely, a more dangerous one than he’d even intended to be on.
“But if you guys are gonna be high or drunk when you do it, count me out. And you shouldn’t climb that way either. What happened up there tonight was way too dangerous. And you know that has to be pretty bad if even I won’t do it.”
Minoru - the guy who basically had no sense of risk aversion whatsoever - did in fact have some regard for life and limb.
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Date: 2021-09-25 06:43 pm (UTC)From:Joe just stared at Tom as he felt lectured by the older man. Jesus, it was just one skyscraper. Stardust's old man didn't need to lose his pants over it all. The bassist sticking his tongue out behind Tom's back hoping he didn't see. Oh, he would climb again but obviously not up the same building.
"I wasn't even that high, honey. Trust me I've been worse and Aarne knows. But if we do climb again I'll try not to lose my shoe because that fucking sucked. Cliffs or in a park? Sure."
The Brit nodded, listening to Minoru and Aarne's suggestions for some climbing adventure for next time. Getting arrested by the pig cops ruined all the fun though!
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Date: 2021-09-28 03:00 am (UTC)From:Tom knows he can't stop them so the next best thing is to make them as safe as possible. "Honey!" Tom tosses back. "You weren't the one with a crazy Fin running around in a panicked terror and near climbing on my head when you were stuck and the news kept mentioning you falling. I don't want any of your bullshit!"
Nope, Tom is done with this conversation if only because the panicked partners were not the easiest thing for him to try and manage while these two were out having fun.
Aarne just snuggles closer to Joe because he doesn't want to think about it. "I want to cook with you."
Cooking was a better topic than thinking about the news reels of Joe on the side of the building.
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Date: 2021-09-28 12:22 pm (UTC)From:He probably sounded like a hypocrite even suggesting everyone has limits and you have to be careful, and definitely in your right mind, when you knowingly move past them.
He muttered a “yeah” in response to Tom’s first comment and turned to look out the window. They’d be back at the hotel any minute, but damn, if he didn’t want to hop out of the car right now and take off on a good run.
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Date: 2021-09-29 04:04 pm (UTC)From:"Then, we should cook together sometime, Peachy. I can help you in the kitchen even if I am a shit cook."
The Brit laughed and squeezed Aarne's hand and then nudged against Minoru's shoulder because he wanted the parkourist to feel ok too. The journey was boring but Joe still felt like burning off energy as he often did when taking a vast amount of coke. The whole thing with the skyscraper still burnt into his mind.
"We should all cook then find a cool place to climb together. All three of us. No stupid high shit this time though. I don't want to die."
This was the truth.
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Date: 2021-10-12 04:19 am (UTC)From:"Why don't we wait a few days before another climbing excursion?" Tom was trying to be sensible and give them all time to work out the emotions from the day.
Aarne only nodded at Tom like a child caught doing something wrong. He did lean up to look at Minoru. "Do you want me to bring dinner? I could could something for you and Ziggy to share."
Aarne remembered the singer being as manic as he had been but he had no idea if Stardust was worried for Joe or Minoru, or both.
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Date: 2021-10-14 05:55 pm (UTC)From:Still, Minoru glanced over to give Aarne a half-hearted smile. “Yeah. That would be neat. I’d like that, and I bet he would too.”
It wasn’t hard to find something that both Ziggy and Minoru could share. A lot of Anthean-safe food involved vegetables. And the bands all knew the singer’s dietary restrictions by now, even if they didn’t know why he adhered to them.
“I’ll catch up with you, though. Unless Ziggy’s out front waiting grab me and hug me and not let go, I need a quick run or something to clear my head. It’s been a crazy night!”
…he probably would be, though.