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On no good business (video)

[one of the few, if vague, things that Frodo remembers from his time before in Exsilium is how to work the tablet. The hobbit on the video is a tween, voice a bit higher than before and a mischievous look to his eyes.

He's leaned down, as if forming a conspiracy with all those on the network; whispering (loudly still) with possible partners in crime, if you will]

Has anyone got a list of what the kitchens around here serve? Or what times they find themselves the busiest? This is very important!

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No, indeed! There are shockingly few meals here.

[He makes a surprised face at the camera.]

What? Why ever not? I can assure you I have the stickiest of fingers when it comes to this sort of thing. Unless you're thinking you wish to prove to me your skills in thievery.

What sort of folk are they?! Why, you would starve in a day.

[Frodo sounds so very shocked at the idea]

I bet you don't have the stickiest of fingers, because I do! I'm the best hobbit for it in Buckland.

Why, I have even made off with Farmer Maggot's mushrooms a number of times. [he pauses for dramatic effect; any hobbit worth their weight knows the value of a good pause in a story] Three times, which is two more than any other hobbit has dared. I would go back and make another run this instant if I could!

[Frodo's puffed his chest out in pride; most hobbits find the dogs too terrifying. He hasn't been caught yet and he won't ever.]

You're a grown up. You don't do these things, you try to stop them.

[he almost used the Responsible word at you.]

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[Pippin can only lift his brows in surprise. What a braggart young Frodo was! And then to insult him by calling him an adult... It is too much.]

I'll have you know I lift from Maggot's crops all the time! Carrots, radishes, cabbages. Why, my friend Merry and I once lifted three whole bags of potatoes!

[He stops. Why is he showing off to his (temporarily) young cousin? He should be acting responsibly, shouldn't he? He's a soldier of Gondor! A hero of the War of the Ring! But then he thinks back to the Shire, and the accomplishments his fellow Hobbits deem great. It makes him smile.]

Well, I will say that taking his mushrooms three times is quite a feat indeed, and I am sure no Hobbit shall ever outmatch you there.

[Frodo can't help it, he looks really impressed. All the time he says, and all those crops! and whole bags of potatoes.

Wait.]

But you had a friend to help you and those weren't his mushrooms in any case. He loves his mushrooms! So a real challenge would be to lift those!

[Frodo does beam at him though, more freely than he had in a long time.

At last, a grown up who sees what an accomplishment it is. Instead of scolding him or taking him by the ear]

It is, and you are right, I don't think any will! I think I like you, even if you are a grown; if I had made a run on his fields, I'd even give you some mushrooms.

[only some though. The rest are his. It's the thought that counts though]

[Aww, even young rascal Frodo is generous!]

And I should have been most happy to accept a gift of mushrooms from you! Now, what are your plans? You already know you may trust me, and perhaps I had better come along just in case you are caught. You know, not all the Big Folk here are normal. Some are quite Wizard-like, and may sense you no matter how quietly you sneak about the place.

[Why, this Took has the heart of a tween! Frodo beams at him, happy to have found a co-conspirator, and better yet, one who has braved Farmer Maggot's fields]

At lunch time, I am going to see about snatching some pastries if there's some around, and a pie, if I can find it. [a pie sounds great, a meat one especially now] If you come too, we can make off with even more and I'll share mine with you too.

...Wizard-like? [Frodo has said this with a bit of alarm] I wouldn't dare steal from a Wizard, they could turn you into a big ugly toad if they caught you.

[Vicious dogs are apparently all right to risk, but even Frodo would not risk a wizard's wrath!]

I think it sounds like a fine notion.

[After all, they were there against their will. What was the harm of liberating some pastries?]

Indeed. There are powerful people about, but if there's trouble, I'll try to keep them talking so that you might escape in the meantime. Now, where shall we meet?

[For a grown up, Pippin is not so bad at all]

Let's meet at the big courtyard and we'll set out first thing.

But... what if they turn you into a toad?

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Very well.

Oh, well, I'm hoping I can talk my way out of something quite so... toady. If not, I'm a very fast runner, and maybe their spell will fly through the air and miss me.

[Now he's actually a little worried, but he tries not to let it show.]

But... how do you know you can outrun a spell? Itcould be like a very large net that is faster than you can run.

[Frodo and his imagination; not helping]

Well I don't know, now do I? But I've been through many a scrape in my time, and I'm still here to tell of it. I shall be fine.

[Pure awe follows. Frodo's gone hushed, eyes wide with admiration]

You must be the bravest hobbit out there, next to Bilbo.

[Pippin's bravado slips just a little here, and he looks to be rather in awe himself. Of course, the moment passes and he grins. Being compared to Bilbo is a treat.]

I'm rather brave, yes. But do you know? I believe you'll become even braver than I when you are grown.

You are and must be!

[Frodo might as well have scuffed a toe offscreen, sheepishly. He has yet to admit this many hobbits]

Sometimes I don't feel very brave.

Don't you? Well there's no harm in that. Real bravery comes out of necessity, and one doesn't have the time to sit and ponder whether they feel brave. They just are.

[Frodo is looking at him now with wonder, surprise, and even more admiration. Pippin could not have chosen better words to comfort and encourage]

Then I hope I will be brave if the time comes. As brave as Bilbo and as wise as you.

[If this wasn't wee Frodo telling him this, he'd assume he was being teased; "wise" Pippin, indeed. But it seems his young cousin really believes it, so Pippin grins.]

I am sure you will be. And what I high compliment! I thank you.

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