Apartment Above Wellspring Arms, Sunday Evening

[mouthy_merc]

So. It was that time of year and there was a kid around. That meant Wade needed to teach Jan all the wonders of the saccharine sweet morals on TV this time of the year.

"Now, I was thinkin' of startin' you out with that wimp-ass It's A Wonderful Life where they never gave that guy his comeuppance for losing all their money. Because I'd choke a bitch," He said, fiddling with the DVD player as Jan sat perched on the couch with a very displeased fox in her arms. "Teach him to lose my money with a fist to the face."

Jan just giggled in agreement as someone was being silly.

He thought it best not to mention he totally would punch Jimmy Stewart in the face if he could.

"Not that The Grinch is much better, but... It's a kids classic."

[[For that guy who actually lives there. SP for great justice]]

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[mouthy-merc.livejournal.com]

"And he is the Jimmy Stewart here."

[spring-lost.livejournal.com]

"I'm not sure hitting me communicates the right message..." he mused, leaning into the couch.

[mouthy-merc.livejournal.com]

"Go find my money!"

Wade was all heart.

[spring-lost.livejournal.com]

"He doesn't have any money invested in any of this," Nate assured Jan, reaching over to run a hand over her hair. "We might have a problem."

[mouthy-merc.livejournal.com]

"See?" Wade said to Jan, shaking his head. "See? Can't trust him."

[spring-lost.livejournal.com]

"A Phoenix problem."

Let it never be said Nate let random babble stop him from getting to the point.

[mouthy-merc.livejournal.com]

"..." Wade pushed play, staring at him for a moment. "Are we gonna hafta get a new sun? Because I will be so pissed if that's the case."

[spring-lost.livejournal.com]

"It's early days," he noted, "But we'll have to take some precautions in case it gets out of hand..."

Which it generally did, if the Phoenix got involved.

[mouthy-merc.livejournal.com]

Wade just sighed, taking a seat on the couch. "Can't we just take bets on when it happens? I got odds on it being a month."

[spring-lost.livejournal.com]

"I'm trying to figure out the timeline," Nate replied, taking the most relevant bits of that statement. "She says she dreams of birds and fire."

[mouthy-merc.livejournal.com]

"A month," Wade sang.

[spring-lost.livejournal.com]

Nate pursed his lips. "Maybe..." he said, fixing his eyes on the movie's first few moments. "What are we watching?"

[mouthy-merc.livejournal.com]

"The Grinch." Holiday classic, baby! He picked up Jan to make room for Nate on the couch with them, tossing her up into the hair to her delight.

"Again! Again!"

Oh, Wade had trained her well.

[spring-lost.livejournal.com]

Like a little puppy.

"Careful," Nate said, which was more a random interjective at this point than any real plea towards Wade. "He didn't take any of your money, I take it."

[mouthy-merc.livejournal.com]

"No, that was all Jimmy Stewart. This guy's just tryin' to steal Christmas."

[spring-lost.livejournal.com]

"Which is fine?"

[mouthy-merc.livejournal.com]

"Shit yeah. I hate roast beast."

Which, of course, meant it was time for Jan to repeat the word 'shit'. A lot.

"...stop that."

[spring-lost.livejournal.com]

"Jan," Nate said - patience of a saint, honestly -, "No. That's a bad word."

So maybe both of them occasionally looked upon her like a puppy.

[mouthy-merc.livejournal.com]

"Much like all the words on the list of things we don't tell Nate," Wade added helpfully. "Also, we don't talk about this list. It's kinda like fight club."

[spring-lost.livejournal.com]

"You just talked about the list," Nate felt obliged to point out.

[mouthy-merc.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, which you're now gonna kindly ignore."

[spring-lost.livejournal.com]

"You realise it doesn't work that way. ...What are you teaching her?"

[mouthy-merc.livejournal.com]

"Noooothing," Jan said, eyes wide and innocent as she looked over at him.

Wade just nodded approvingly. "Exactly."

[spring-lost.livejournal.com]

Nate's eyebrows crawled up into his hairline.

[mouthy-merc.livejournal.com]

"Soon we'll take over the island," Wade informed him.