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Hannibal's house, Saturday morning
Hannibal was feeling less murderous this morning, so he was up and humming as he made coffee and considered breakfast. Joni twined around his ankles as he tried to fix the cat food, despite his assurances that it would get to the dishes faster if she waited patiently with Beethoven.
He caught movement out of the corner of his eye, and looked up to see Angela on the back porch waving at him. He smiled and went to let her in.
"It's that weekend, is it?" he asked as they hugged.
"Must be," she answered cheerfully. "Is Dad still asleep?"
"Ah, no," Hannibal answered regretfully. "He is unfortunately dead at the moment."
Angela sighed. "Something X or Fandom?"
"X," Hannibal answered. "I'm staying here now, but I've left him a note."
"And now you have me," Angela answered with a smile. "So you won't be lonely for the weekend. Besides, you know what this means."
"Pancakes and texting everyone?"
"You start the pancakes, I'll send the text," she said cheerfully, grabbing his phone.
Soon a text went out island-wide: If you have kids or want to hang out with them, bring them to Dr. Lecter's house! 22 Phoenix Way, breakfast for all provided! Angela sent it to everyone in Hannibal's phone, the teacher and student groups, and anyone else she could remember that might be on the island now.
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He caught movement out of the corner of his eye, and looked up to see Angela on the back porch waving at him. He smiled and went to let her in.
"It's that weekend, is it?" he asked as they hugged.
"Must be," she answered cheerfully. "Is Dad still asleep?"
"Ah, no," Hannibal answered regretfully. "He is unfortunately dead at the moment."
Angela sighed. "Something X or Fandom?"
"X," Hannibal answered. "I'm staying here now, but I've left him a note."
"And now you have me," Angela answered with a smile. "So you won't be lonely for the weekend. Besides, you know what this means."
"Pancakes and texting everyone?"
"You start the pancakes, I'll send the text," she said cheerfully, grabbing his phone.
Soon a text went out island-wide: If you have kids or want to hang out with them, bring them to Dr. Lecter's house! 22 Phoenix Way, breakfast for all provided! Angela sent it to everyone in Hannibal's phone, the teacher and student groups, and anyone else she could remember that might be on the island now.
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convenientlyused this as an opportunity to go back to the warehouse to clean up Holly's little magical fucking sparkle unicorn project mess (she knew what he was doing, it was so obvious, but she'd already come to terms with the fact that this still wasn't the right dimensional thread to really activate the sequence, she's just have to try again in another universe), the girls headed over to say hello.But Summer stopped her before they knocked.
"One more thing," she said. "Try to watch your language, Dr. Lecter's a little sensitive about that."
Holly rolled her eyes. "I'll be a perfect fucking angel, okay?"
Summer gave her a look, and then made an encouraging gesture with her hand. "Come on," she said. "Let's just get it all out of your system."
Holly sighed, but she begrudgingly obliged, letting out a string of conversational fucks in different tones and pitches and conjugation that went on for a straight three minutes uninterrupted.
"Good?" Summer asked, once the stream had dried up.
"Fan-frakking-tastic," said Holly, with the sweetest of smiles.
"Good," said Summer, nodding in satisfaction before knocking on the door.
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"She told me to watch my language," Holly offered when she looked back. "And she calls you by your title and surname. I filled in the gaps from there."
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"Well, while I don't appreciate overly vulgar language," and given her surname, he could guess what that might entail, "I'm not terribly formal, either. Particularly on these weekends. Can I interest you both in some breakfast? No jello," he added with a smirk.
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So here they were, knocking on the door.
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"Sheridan Thomas Sharpe. I know you don't know me, but I have the advantage of knowing you."
He looked like some of his items of clothing could have been inherited from his uncle, and added to this he wore gloves in black lace, truly decadent if you were Radchaai.
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"Papa!" Vatalija called, waving one slightly felt-y hand.
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Hannibal raised an eyebrow. Was she speaking to him? "Yes?" he asked a bit reluctantly.
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Of course she was polite.
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She was just going to take a moment to run a few projections in her head regarding the probability of her managing to secretly snag some form of DNA sample from Vatalija without anyone noticing, so she could run a few tests on in the lab later.
It was hard not to believe that the results would definitely be worth the risk.
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So she met that glare with a smile.
"Hi! I'm Holly. Want to be friends?"
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"Why?" she asked.
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To emphasise this, Sheridan was sipping tea from an elegantly held cup in a gloved hand. It sometimes annoyed him that most people here would not notice how decadent those black lace gloves were, but he reminded himself that he was above caring about such matters.
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So she got some tea for herself and went to join him.
"Cool gloves."
She was often rocking an 'adorable scientist' look with a pink labcoat at home, so she could definitely appreciate a dedication to a theme.
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"I'm usually told they are far too decadent."
This needed to be pointed out, so that she didn't get things wrong. And she might be just a kid, but she was the closest to a young lady around, so he bowed as much as the teacup in his hand allowed.
"Sheridan Thomas Sharpe, at your service."
Should he try to break her heart?
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Holly scoffed wryly at the notion that those would be considered decadent.
"Holly Roxanne Ween," she offered back, "and I'm pretty sure there's not nearly enough bling on those things for them to be considered decadent in at least ninety percent of the multiverse. Seriously, get yourself some ice for those gloves, and then we can talk."
Did you want to bling out your gloves, Sheridan? Holly will so bling out your gloves!
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Yes, he knew what that was, but it was obviously not what he was aiming for.
"I don't think you understand at all."
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