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Aodh would receive a text one night to dress for a hike when he came in tomorrow. He would then recieve a string of following texts while Jaro lamented his lack of proper footwear that weren't sandals or work boots.

Then another string of texts from a shoe store with a very disgruntled clerk and a pair of fashionable and comfortable sneakers thrust into a selfie.

The next morning Aodh would find Jaro leaning against the side of his beat up truck outside of the scrap yard fence, playing with his phone, in a hoodie and loose tank top as well as the sneakers from the photo and some fairly snug knit pants. His hair was not in it's usual bandana and even though they were supposedly going for a hike he had bracelets and necklaces and dangly earrings and ear cuffs as if he were just going into town.

Jaro glanced up at the younger man with a smirk, "Ready?"

Jaro looked a little taken aback, nose wrinkling, "What's wrong with this?"

He stood up and held out his hands to motion to all of himself before shaking his head. "Get in the damn truck."

Jaro hopped up into the driver's seat. The inside was much nicer than the out, but still had beads hanging from the mirror and he'd for some reason paid for dark red leather upholstery.

"We're going to the park."

"I can't be uncomfortable either.." Jaro snorted and started the truck with a rumble. He pulled down the drive and turned onto the road.

"Abandoned car to haul but I want to scope it out." Usually they would call a tow truck but Jaro sometimes offered to cut out the middle man and he knew a guy.

He did give Aodh a look though, "And it's a nice day to enjoy nature." His brows bobbed.

The truck puttered much smoother than it looked like it should by the outward appearance. But then again he did know a guy. And he'd done a bit of auto work in the past. It wasn't his favorite though.

"Do I seem like the subtle type to you?" Jaro snorted. "Thin veils are only for sexy time." Wink, "Not for conversation."

The ride to the park wasn't far, Jaro just turning into one of the many dirt road entrances blocked by yellow gates. The truck was stopped, turned off, and he was peering through the windshield before he made a move to get out. "You hear that all those people went missing in here not that long ago?"

Green eyes cast back to Aodh, "Some of them... NEVER CAME BACK." SPOOKY VOICE.

Jaro was always especially satisfied to turn Aodh pink.

The tall man stepped down out of the truck and once it was closed up, hit the lock. His keys were pocketed as he moved to, and around, the yellow gating.

"Everyone knows somebody who says otherwise.." Jaro lifted his brows, looking up at the trees, his sister would love this place, "People saying they disappeared for a couple hours or stepped around a corner and disappeared that night."

Jaro snorted, "The lady at the grocery store said she saw someone poof out of a door. Swear to god." He shrugged, "But the police did say everyone was accounted for."

He grinned, "Don't you believe the town stories?"

At mention of keepashdownspoopy Jaro actually laughed, "You believe Cid over the police?"

That wasn't to say he believed the police either but there had to other sources of actual news than his nephew.

"They say the witch is real.." Jaro trudged through the dirt towards the forest with his hands in his pockets. "..All the ladies in town." Who seemed to love him, "Some say they met her."

"Men and I don't do a lot of... talking." Jaro teased with a wink and then laughed. It was loud, seeming out of place in the quiet of the forest now that they were actually entering the solitude of the trees.

There was a path they were following but Jaro hadn't indicated much more than that. He stepped over a stray fallen branch, "What about the other one.. about the rainy place?"

"Easy there.." He chuckled. Jaro's arm went out for him, the other coming over as well.

"You fall for me so easy-" HA! He laughed again.