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[teenyoda]

[Hello, Asgard. The entire city is treated to this lovely smiling visage.]


Hey there, Asgard. So, after a lot of thought, I've come to realize I really need to get a job. Preferably not at a pet store.

[Sorry, Scott, but if he had to work around Isaac and Derek, it was likely there'd be some sort of war involving projectile puppies or kittens. No one wanted that, man. No one.]

A man needs to be able to buy the finer things in life. Maybe some of the not so fine things as well. I don't know what the job market's like out here, but Stiles needs some dough.

[He needed to be able to impress, not that it had ever helped him before.]

Is there a sign up place? A help wanted section? A newspaper? Ye olde job market? Come on, help a guy out. I shouldn't have to state the obvious, but heavy lifting isn't my strong suit. Neither is anything involving having to move. Or do things that require effort.

[Okay, so it wasn't that bad, but he wanted to make sure his potential employer had lowered expectations. He might need to slack off to help a certain best friend out and if no one expected anything from him, that gave him a lot of leeway.]

So, any takers?

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[teenyoda]

Seems I'm a little late to collaborate with friends. My best friend here has a pet store and, um, nope. Can't do it.

[Because his best friend was a bleeding heart who hired jerks and assholes.]

Don't know if I'm really... qualified to be owning anything of my own.

[Stiles knew his limits. He was the research kind of guy, not a 'welcome to my monkey palace, watch them dance' kind of guy. Though, dancing monkeys would be pretty cool.]

[tradingsecrets]

Your best friend has a pet store, huh?

[Blinking Finnick tips his head to the side.]

What is the name of the pet store?

[teenyoda]

[He's almost embarrassed to say it.]

Allison's.

[God, Scott. Stop naming everything after your girlfriend. It was making Stiles look back.]

[tradingsecrets]

Oh so you know Scott and Allison then? They're a pretty good set of people.

[teenyoda]

Scott's been my best friend since... forever. Allison's more of a recent addition, but she's okay.

[When she wasn't stealing his best friend for sexy times or giving him looks that told him without her having to say anything that she knew painful ways to get him to shut up.

Allison kind of scared him. A little.]

How long have you known them here? I know Scott said he's been here almost a year?

[tradingsecrets]

I was here for a long time, then I left for a bit and just came back a month or so ago. He and I occasionally go out for drinks and boy time so that Allison and Annie can hang out together.

[teenyoda]

[Stiles tried not to grin, a hand coming up to cover his mouth.]

Yeah, drinks and boy time are, uh, good.

[Except when you added Stiles to the mix. No. Bad. Don't do that, Finnick.]

[tradingsecrets]

It can get kind of interesting.

[The innuendos don't bother him, in fact Finnick just leans forward.]

If you and Scott are so close, then maybe you can join in next time. The more the merrier.

[You see this Stiles? Finnick just winked at you.]

[teenyoda]

[Stiles... wasn't sure how to take that. Was he being hit on? No, he wasn't being hit on, was he? The guy mentioned a girl that hung out with Allison, which implied a girlfriend. Did this mean he was attractive to gay guys? Stiles was so confused. It showed in the slight stammer and way his eyes flicked to the side.]

Um, yeah. Sure. Guy time. Drinking. Just, um, we need an adult around next time.

[For their own good. It would keep any more fires from happening or any more lat night moonings.]

[tradingsecrets]

I'm an adult. Actually, I'm a bit older than you and Scott both.

[teenyoda]

Yeah, well, not quit going to cut it if you're drinking with us. Then you'll just be part of it. We need someone to bail us out.

[tradingsecrets]

Oh don't worry, I have a high tolerance anyway. I don't really drink enough to get drunk either. I'll leave the partying hard to you kids.

[teenyoda]

Great. Then there'll be someone to record us being utter morons.

[He wasn't sure if that was a brilliant idea or a terrible one.]

[tradingsecrets]

It's a right of passage all young men must go through after all. Also, I'm Finnick Odair, just so you have a name to match a face.

[teenyoda]

Hey. I'm Stiles. And trust me, we've gone through the passages. We're just dumb enough to do it more than once.

[tradingsecrets]

Well that's an interesting way to look at things, I definitely like your style, Stiles.

[Apparently something amused Finnick, because his smile widens a little bit more.]

So Stiles. How do you feel about kids?

[teenyoda]

[The pleased smile he had quickly faded and he gave Finnick a suspicious look.]

I think they at some point in time could eventually grow up to be semi-decent people. Unless they're related to Jackson or Derek. Then they're automatically put in the 'likely to be a dick' category. Why?

[tradingsecrets]

Because one of these days you'll end up meeting Rue, so if you like kids I'm sure you'll love her.

[teenyoda]

How about we put that on the back burner.

[Stiles would prefer not to have to deal with kids unless he absolutely had to. Scott was the one who fell for things with big eyes like puppies and kids. Stiles just wanted to play his games and read his comics.]

[tradingsecrets]

[Finnick laughs and shakes his head. Oh Stiles, you'll learn.]

Just behave and you'll be fine. You seem like a good kid anyway.

[teenyoda]

Kid, huh?

You know you're not that much older than me, right? I may look scrawny but I'm not ten.

[Finnick, stop being so... old.]

[tradingsecrets]

You're about sixteen or seventeen, right?

[teenyoda]

Seventeen.

[That made all the difference, Finnick. All of it.]

[tradingsecrets]

Well, I'm twenty four which makes me a few years shy of being ten years older.

[teenyoda]

Yeah, but it's not that much older.

[Have a bit of a grumpy look, Finnick. Derek was about that age and he didn't think even he'd referred to them as kids. Hell, he and Scott were the ones to point out they were kids more often than the adults they dealt with.]