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[bjornwilde]

When I was younger, I used to have fun getting into places I wasn't necessarily supposed to be. I'd never break things to get there and I'd never steal anything, but it was fun being up on roofs or places that were closed for construction.

Did your pup have any youthful mischief they got up to?

Comments

[just_cant_lose]

Jim murdered someone when he was twelve.

I'm not sure that comes under 'youthful mischief', but it was definitely something he wasn't supposed to do.

[bjornwilde]

Yeaaah. Not quite mischief. : )

ETA: Although Jim and other, like-minded folks might disagree.

[just_cant_lose]

Jim thought it was excellent fun!

[aaaaaaaagh_sky]

Man, all Stacker Pentecost did when he was twelve was burn a guy's nightclub to the ground.

[just_cant_lose]

Jim: slacker. But hey, on the right lines! Maybe if someone had laughed at him, he'd have done what I did. It's all about finding your reasons and taking your opportunities.

[neverbelievedintheend]

I got the impression he would've killed the guy if he could've just gotten his hands on him, but maybe that's just me. Anyway, I figure he deserves at least a few points for effort.

[just_cant_lose]

Jim: gold star! And people say arson and murder is for grown-ups. They just lack the vision.

[neverbelievedintheend]

It's all about the motivation, really. People never understand just how much vengefulness you can pack into a kid whose voice hasn't changed yet.

[just_cant_lose]

Exactly this. They're all too stupid. Or - barf - want to see the best in people. *eyeroll*

[cottoncandypink]

Wilford got up to fairly typical mischief, I think. Granted, in his world, fairly standard is turned up to eleven. A lot of literal playing in highways and actually jumping off bridges because your friends did.

[bjornwilde]

Selina sees any roof as her place. Those "Keep Out" signs are for other people. She's also good with a little breaking and entering, as well as stealing and pickpocketing; although that's more for survival, tbh. I can see shoplifting being fun before her mom disappeared though.

Rollo, I can see, as being one to steal food and ale (or mead) from the Earl's stores when he was a kid. Something to prove his cleverness and exciting at the same time? Sign him up!

Sabine I can see breaking into areas of databases just as a mental challenge, as well as getting herself into places people aren't expected to be; e.g. roofs, high walls, etc.

[i_am_your_host]

Tiny Emcee used to hide in the wardrobe to watch the prostitutes in the brothel as they worked. Before that he used to roam with other street kids to steal food and maaaaybe sometimes pick pockets at the market where it was crowded. He never got caught because he was too small and fast.

[have_no_mercy]

Tess learned extremely early that mischief = one hell of a beating and a possible hospital visit. So no. No mischief for her.

[aaaaaaaagh_sky]

Ellen's dad gave her a BB gun when she turned ten and she used to sneak into the Vault's reactor level for target practice and radroach shooting so nobody could find her or stop her. (Given that you got your first work assignments at that age she may have skipped out on a few shifts over the years because BB shooting was more fun.)

[likeroaringlions]

Oh my gosh, thanks so much for getting the DE. It's been a busy complicated week and it completely slipped my mind until yesterday afternoon, sorry.

Hal in his actually-old-enough-to-know-better youth was rocking the cheap dive bar scene with the drinking and the whoring and the gambling and the literal highway robbery.

Lesgle probably got into a hundred kinds of trouble that were mostly not even his fault, because he was the one getting caught and didn't mind taking the blame. The other kids at his school must have loved him.

[bjornwilde]

No problem. I have to trouble being pitch hitter from time to time. =)

[feminine_menace]

Pish. YT is still getting up to youthful mischief.