Guys Just Wanna Have Fun (Log of 1/21/2007)

**This is a continuation of "It ain't all moonshine and sunbeams, Darlin'", post 1/21/2007...

Male bonding at it's... most explosive?

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Rio Starr follows Lexi back to his bunk, chuckling.

Lexi Vargas: steps into his bunk and tosses things around, clothing and bedding fliped and draping where ever it lands. He burrows down to a big wood box under his cot. Yes.....it reads DANGER...Explosives.

Rio Starr blinks, his eyes going wide. "Holy Maynard...you weren't joking!"

Lexi Vargas: hefts the box up onto his shoulder. "I hardly ever do. Come on..we have landed. I am taking you men out to have some fun"

**In the cargo bay**

Lexi Vargas: comes out lugging a box on his shoulder. Its made of wood and has DANGER - Explosives on its side in bright red. "We have landed...and I am strongly suggesting that you two come out and join us in having fun"

Rio Starr hurries after Lexi, his eyes wide and his expression worried. And curious. And just a bit excited, but he tries to hide that part of his emotions.

Gabriel Keats: . . .with explosives?

Montanio Andalso looks at Lexi for a long moment, then at the excited Rio behind him. He wets his lips, considering. "Ok....but on one condition."

Lexi Vargas: Yep. Best fun to be had. Come on..live dangerous.

You: "Mm. Well, hopefully it's better than wrestling in the mud?"

Lexi Vargas: Whats the condition Face?

Lexi Vargas: Way Better Doc.

Gabriel Keats: I get an invite?

You: "Both of you do."

Rio Starr looks to Montanio curiously.

Lexi Vargas: Yes Gabe.....you are invited. You really look like a man that needs to blow shit up.

Rio Starr chuckles faintly, shaking his head.

Gabriel Keats: "Yes. Yes, I am." He buttons up his shirt.

Montanio Andalso looks to Rio. "That you come clean with your feelings for your bodyguard." Then he arches his brows, and helps carry the explosives storage crate.

Rio Starr blinkblinks at Montanio and blushes, his mouth falling open slightly. "....what?"

Gabriel Keats: "Uh zwha?"

Lexi Vargas: waits on that condition of Montanio's...then briefly looks baffled. "I don"t have a body guard." he says in true..the world centers on Lexi fashion. "Come on...lets make thing go boom"

Montanio Andalso grins. "There's nothing like that, then? Good to know."

Rio Starr snaps his mouth shut, then follows silently, his jaw clenched.

Rio Starr staaaaares at Montanio's back as he follows .

Lexi Vargas: steals the mule and loads the box in the back, then ppiles you all in and heads out of town. The red head dives the thing like he has no fear, low and fast, letting everyone get a good dose of wind in their hair

Rio Starr clings to the mule, all distress at Montanio's words completely blasted away by that wind tearing through hair and every sinus cavity within his skull. Then again, all /thought/ is pretty well blasted away too.

Montanio Andalso laughs as his hair gets whipped around, smiling with a carefreeness.

Lexi Vargas: heads out of town...and drops down into what passes as the junkyard. Old wrecks, rocks, and trash heaped everywhere. A target heavy enviroment. He pops out already lloking happier. "Okay gabe....ever used a grenade before?"

Gabriel Keats: "Yeah. Not something I ever thought I'd do again."

Lexi Vargas: :opens the box lid and tosses one Gabes way. "You have ad the longest face today so you get first blow. Tell these two how to do it"

Lexi Vargas: :points at a old wagon a fair thow away...."There is the target."

Montanio Andalso says encouragingly to Gabe so that he doesn't think too much of war, "These are...totally inanimate targets..you won't hurt anyone."

Rio Starr lifts his brows curiously. "And you might help get rid of some eyesores?"

Gabriel Keats catches it. "Take. . ." He pulls the pin. "Pull.' He throws it. "Throw!"

You: "Er...duck?

Lexi Vargas: does duck....but he also has a wide, manic grin on.

Gabriel Keats just turns away, face expressionless.

Rio Starr ducks, but tries to keep watching from under his arm. "Is it...supposed to take time to blow up?"

Gabriel Keats: "Yes. In case the throwing part goes wrong."

Montanio Andalso elbows Gabe. "You have to blow up your frustrations...release the tension..."

There is a very ground shaking and satifying BOOOOM that echos over the area and then there are wagon fragments flying everywhere. Bits pelt you all...small for the most part as the diplaced air and sound goes past you.

Rio Starr falls over, mostly in surprise.

Gabriel Keats can't help it, goes into a case of the severe giggles just before the explosion goes off

Montanio Andalso smiles and holds out his hand. "My turn."

Gabriel Keats: "You ain't supposed to fall over, Doc. That's the wagon's job."

Lexi Vargas grins at Gabe... "That is way better" He red head shakes wood bits out of his hair...then tosses a granade at Montanio. "You had the second longest face. Your turn"

Rio Starr blinkblinkblinks at the sky, then peers down through the toes of his boots at the last bits of debris falling down. He pulls himself to his feet, and laughs a little nervously. "Wow..."

Rio Starr is, one would note immediately, no longer clean and pristine or even well-pressed. And his hair is a mess from the mule-ride.

Lexi Vargas: reaches over to help Rio up. laughing at him good naturedly.

Rio Starr grins. "Wow."

Lexi Vargas: laughs..."Damn right wow. Wait till we blow something metal"

Gabriel Keats raises his eyebrows behind his sunglasses

Rio Starr says it again, just in case anyone missed his other times. "....Wow."

Montanio Andalso tries to remember what Gabe did, the whole...pull out the pin first then throw. His arm isn't very good and it doesn't go all that far. "Ummmm...maybe we should back up."

Rio Starr blinks at the grenade, there just a little too close for comfort, and shows just how fast someone can run backwards.

Lexi Vargas turns around and sprints away from the granade....running for your life is half the fun

Gabriel Keats runs; is surprisingly good at it

Gabriel Keats grabs Mont by the wrist while. "Good idea."

Montanio Andalso runs away also, and juuuust when the group is out of range, there comes the boom, blowing up part of an old transport. The heat can be felt even out here but thankfully no shrapnel comes flying.

Rio Starr covers his head with his arms, ducking instinctively. "What was /that/??"

Gabriel Keats: "A grenade."

Lexi Vargas: rolls on the ground whrnt he explosion goes off....part duck..part just having to much fun. "Nice wing ya got there faceman"

Gabriel Keats brushes off his knees. "I should've said, throw *hard.*"

Rio Starr chuckles at Lexi and Gabe's comments. "He had to show how to ensure you have plenty of distance in case of emergency."

Lexi Vargas: laughs...."The running is half the fun. If there was not a little danger...what would be the joy?'

Montanio Andalso trembles a little and then laughs nervously. "Frightening. You thrust something with that much power into my unskilled hands. I think you are a madman." He laughs again.

Lexi Vargas: :widens his eyes...."Now it gets really scarey..." and he hands one to the Doc. "Be destructive"

Gabriel Keats supresses a deep laugh. "Seconded. But a helluva way to go."

Gabriel Keats: "Should I start runnin' now?"

Montanio Andalso claims, "I am just going to go ahead and stay back here."

Lexi Vargas: shakes his head at Gabe....."Wait till we know what way it goes"

Lexi Vargas: then pokes gabe in the side. "Go on..laugh. I won;t tell"

Rio Starr laughs. "Might be a good idea..." he mutters, his brows levered high and knitting together. Then he tosses the grenade, pin still firmly in place, a few times to get the feel of the weight, as he picks out a target to...hopefully...aim for.

Gabriel Keats: "Oof. . ." Me doubles over a little, starts laughing.

Rio Starr grins as Gabe finally starts laughing. "Should I hold off on this, or do we want to make him run and laugh at the same time?"

Gabriel Keats: "I can do both!"

"It's on your head!" Rio Starr quickly pulls the pin and throws the grenade towards a pile of scrap--wood and metal. Amazingly, he's got a good arm and good aim. But he ducks and runs anyway.

Gabriel Keats doesn't run but does duck. "Damn. . .that wasn't bad, doc!"

Lexi Vargas: grins at the laughing Gabe...then lopops and arm around him and lopes away with him..away from the boom to come

Gabriel Keats continues laughing while running, face lit up, looking a lot lighter than before.

Rio Starr laughs. "They're heavier than knives!" he replies, though the last word is swallowed up by a very loud, screeching sound of metal protesting against metal. A rusted barrel suddenly shoots high into the sky, trailing bits of debris and flame.

Lexi Vargas: calls out a "Heads up" over the din...then stops running to watch. "Awsome!"

Montanio Andalso seems surprised by the Doc's good arm, but ducks down anyway so that he doesn't get blown up! "Wow...I do feel better though, to be honest."

Gabriel Keats quietly. "Very shiny."

Rio Starr blinks in shock and awe. "...was...that a fuel barrel?" he says.

Gabriel Keats: "Y'know, I do believe it might've been."

Lexi Vargas: says happily..."Sometimes..Guys just have to blow things up. It's required."

Rio Starr shouts, "INCOMING!!!

Rio Starr runs as the barrel starts to descend, breaking apart on its fall.

Gabriel Keats actually jumps at the word "incoming."

Gabriel Keats moves instinctively

Montanio Andalso chuckles. "I think its too late now to call incoming."

Lexi Vargas jumps too...eyeing the sky for a clue on what way to sprint

Rio Starr laughs a little raggedly, heading a few more meters away. The barrel disintegrates in a pretty show of fire and black smoke and the thump-thwack-thwack of small pieces of metal striking earth, far enough away from everyone for some comfort.

Gabriel Keats seems to be fighting the urge to hit the ground as it descends. . .but he doesn't. He watches, mesmerized, flames reflecting off the lenses of his sunglasses

You: "Shiny."

Lexi Vargas: waits tillt eh barrel lands then collects a grenade for himself....."That was great Doc.. Now this is my faverite thing out here. Have to cover your ears for this one." He puls the pin and draws back to throw....holding the thing for a beat or two just to highten the thrill...then he tosses it hard and far....sending it to bounce and room into the hollowed out shell of a small junked ship.

Rio Starr claps his hands over his ears, cringing down. "Oh no..." he says.

Gabriel Keats crouches. "What?"

Lexi Vargas: covers his ears and waits...when the explosion comes it is contained and echoed by the ship shell and its makes a huge, deep Boom that vibrates the ground underfoot

You: "It's in a /ship/...big noise?" he starts to say, but the boom swallows up his words.

Rio Starr squints and cringes more, then blinks one eye open and laughs. "Oh...wow..."

Gabriel Keats: "Wo de ma. . .ow!"

Gabriel Keats shakes his head as though to clear it. "That what you were goin' for?"

Rio Starr straightens up, lowering his hands and making a face as he shakes his head. Then he sticks a finger in one ear, wiggling it around a bit. "What?"

Lexi Vargas: shakes his head to rattle hearing back on..."Oh yeah"

Gabriel Keats's face is actually lit up now. "What else you got?"

Rio Starr grins widely. "That was ...fun. Very fun." His clothes are mussed, there's a streak of dirt on his face, his hair is now a dismal failure at being decently coiffed...but he looks very very happy and amused.

Lexi Vargas: offers another to Gabe. "A dozen more of these and a hole junk yard of targets."

Rio Starr laughs. "Who needs a drink when you have explosions?"

Gabriel Keats looks around over the tops of his glasses, jiggling the grenade slightly in his hand, as though trying to make a decision. "Yes, give the man on sedatives high explosives. . .ruttin' great idea."

Lexi Vargas: If I get mad....this is what I do. If I am real mad..i name the target before I blwo it up.

You: "If you drop it, we'll grab you and run."

You: "Just don't go near the mule, or you're dead meat."

You: "All of us would be."

Lexi Vargas: Or I will be since I stold it

Gabriel Keats pulls the pin with his teeth, aims for a pile of engine parts in the corner of the yard, and lets loose.

Lexi Vargas: nearly purrs..."Oh thats going to be nice"

Rio Starr blinks at Lexi. "That's remarkably...blood thirsty," he comments, then grins at Gabe's choice of target. "Uhoh...those might fly pretty high, won't they?"

Gabriel Keats ducks down, covers his head, looks sidelong at the Doc. "Might could."

Lexi Vargas: grins crazily and crouches...ready to run. "Oh yeah"

Gabriel Keats takes a sharp intake of breath as it blows. The doc is right--the parts fly everywhich way, some of them going pretty ruttin' high. Additionally, a small fire starts towards the center of where the remains of the pile sit

Rio Starr nods to Gabriel, then grins and prepares himself for some serious skedaddling out-of-harms-way.

Rio Starr: "Wow...pretty!"

Gabriel Keats: "Must've been some oil or somethin' left on it. . .okay. . .it's rainin'!" Me steps to the side as a number of small fragments rain down

Rio Starr runs and shakes his head at the same time. Pretty? What the hell was he thinking? Too much testosterone...oh well. It's all /shiny/.

Lexi Vargas: laughs and ducks when some bit of metal bounces off his shoulder. "Ow....Nice one Gabe!"

Gabriel Keats picks up a small piece of still smoking shrapnel, making sure to keep it on his glove. "Hell. . .you ok?"

Rio Starr stops running, looking back at Lexi's 'ow'. "You hurt?" he asks immediately, his face still flushed with energy and exertion and just plain damn fun.

Lexi Vargas: rubs the spot, looking very pleased wiuth himself. "Hardly ever better. Want another throw Rio?"

Rio Starr grins. "Of course I do. Am I insane?"

Gabriel Keats raises his hand. "Yes."

Gabriel Keats: "Yes, you are."

Lexi Vargas: Not at all Rio....you are just....A GUY"

Lexi Vargas: :jogs tot he Mule and tosses the next one to Rio. "Make it count Doc:"

Rio Starr laughs and catches the grenade. "Yes, well...this kind of insanity is rather fun..." he replies, his eyes gleaming in his dusty face.

Gabriel Keats: "It's all fun." He grins. "Trust me. I'm the reigning expert."

Rio Starr eyes the possible targets, and settles for a beaten-up pile of wooden skids with metal sheets stacked against them. He chuckles. "Ah. Then it's good to know that the expert approves." He pulls the pin and tosses--another good throw.

Gabriel Keats watches, laughing

Rio Starr steps back a few steps, watching the target uncertainly. It's not as impressive as the pile of engine parts, though a couple of the metal sheets make acrobatic flips through the burst and shower of wooden splinters, rather like a wood-and-metal fireworks.

Lexi Vargas: applauds,,,,then just flops back on the dirt and grass to eye the skys. "Ahhh....now this is liveing"

Gabriel Keats laughs

Gabriel Keats: "It's a change."

Rio Starr laughs, making a victory pump with one arm before turning to the two of you as the sheets clang loudly to the ground. "Very...very different."

Gabriel Keats: "Okay. . .I *needed* that." He takes off his sunglasses, wipes the dust off of them, eyes shining. "Thank you."

Lexi Vargas: tosses a bit of bracken at Gabe. "You are welcome. "

Lexi Vargas: "I think we get to much time around women and we get like them....moody and wierd. Need to do something like this sometimes

Rio Starr chuckles softly. "Ah...so this is our therapy?"

Gabriel Keats: "I like it better than the drugs. No offense, doc"

Lexi Vargas: You bet Doc.....and look. You are even dirty. I am proud of you.

Rio Starr settles on the ground, not even caring now about dirt on his clothes.

Rio Starr: "None taken. I like it better than drugs, too." He laughs. "Yes... I feel so.../strange/."

Rio Starr: "I don't even have an overwhelming urge to wash my hands. Yet."

The unlikely companions blow things up for a good time into the night, the explosions loud enough at times to be heard even in town and in the Raven...