Hannibal's house, Wednesday
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sharp_as_knivesHannibal rolled down his sleeves and nodded at the table. Everything looked to be in order for his little dinner. He'd made a slight variation on steak and kidney pie, with Yorkshire puddings, horseradish potatoes, and roast winter vegetables. And, since Jono would likely be far too busy to visit on Christmas day (Winsol no doubt meant a security nightmare above what it already was), Christmas pudding, one week early. It had been sitting for around a month, which should have been long enough, anyway.
Hopefully it would be a welcome break from the excessive work Jono was no doubt putting himself through, and they would have a chance to talk and share music again.
He had no doubts of Jono showing up - he'd sent a beautifully calligraphed invitation.
[OOC: For the one mentioned, though I suppose if anyone wants to drop by beforehand, why not?]
Hopefully it would be a welcome break from the excessive work Jono was no doubt putting himself through, and they would have a chance to talk and share music again.
He had no doubts of Jono showing up - he'd sent a beautifully calligraphed invitation.
[OOC: For the one mentioned, though I suppose if anyone wants to drop by beforehand, why not?]
Re: NFB!
Date: 2014-12-19 05:21 am (UTC)//I lose th'lot of you, sometimes. For moments, usually. Just enough for me to wonder what I'm missing. But my phone wouldn't have that same problem. And... I call my voicemail, and I can hear her voice.//
He'd lost that voicemail for a while, after his whole Weapon X mess. He'd recorded over it while he was a part of the program, and then had recorded over that to wipe away the voice of a him who wasn't really him. But Legion's pissing around with the very fabric of reality had given it back to him somehow, and even though he was able to, there was no way in hell he was going to record over it again.
... He'd made recordings of it, to be sure.
Re: NFB!
Date: 2014-12-19 06:37 pm (UTC)Re: NFB!
Date: 2014-12-19 08:14 pm (UTC)He shrugged his shoulders.
//And she knew when to tell me to stop being a moron. I need that, you know.//
Re: NFB!
Date: 2014-12-19 08:29 pm (UTC)He paused.
"I hesitate to suggest it, knowing your feelings about control, but if you are willing to consider it... Hypnotism is often used to recover buried memories. It could also be used to bury them. Or at least, in your case, to dull the sharpness of the ones inconsistent with your current reality. To make it plainer which are real."
Re: NFB!
Date: 2014-12-19 08:47 pm (UTC)//I... might consider that,// he replied, though he didn't sound terribly convinced. //I specifically turned down an offer to bury some of them, before. The Fortress X ones. For as much as they mess me up, as much as they bugger with my head, they're... context, of a sort, as well. It's difficult to explain this,// he gestured to his chest, //after a couple of years being big and blue.//
Re: NFB!
Date: 2014-12-19 11:25 pm (UTC)He tugged lightly at Jono's hair. "I don't need an answer now; it's just something to consider."
Re: NFB!
Date: 2014-12-20 01:07 am (UTC)He thought. He wasn't entirely certain. It was hard to miss somebody you barely remembered.
Re: NFB!
Date: 2014-12-20 03:41 am (UTC)Because if you'd managed it with Didi, you could do it again. And she'd probably want to thump you if you didn't try.
Re: NFB!
Date: 2014-12-20 04:03 am (UTC)//A gauge,// Jono echoed. //Beyond what I've got? A better tether to me... Wouldn't mind exploring that idea a little more, I think.//
Re: NFB!
Date: 2014-12-20 04:38 am (UTC)Re: NFB!
Date: 2014-12-20 12:49 pm (UTC)Re: NFB!
Date: 2014-12-20 09:38 pm (UTC)He picked up the remote and turned on music, low and relaxing. Was that playing dirty? (As if he cared.)
Re: NFB!
Date: 2014-12-20 10:58 pm (UTC)A bit more cuddling up to, though.
//I'll have you know, surprise cats are a proud Fandom tradition...//
Joni had been a surprise cat, too.
//Never got his name before I razed th'place to the ground, though.//
Re: NFB!
Date: 2014-12-20 11:49 pm (UTC)He was old and deaf, too!
Re: NFB!
Date: 2014-12-21 12:31 am (UTC)In fairness, Hannibal could have named the cat pretty much anything, and just so long as he still had his hand in Jono's hair, Jono probably would have approved of it.
//Suits him.//
Re: NFB!
Date: 2014-12-21 03:56 am (UTC)He was keeping that hand where it was, but with the other he was taking off his shoes.
And was getting a grumpy look from the cat in response.
Re: NFB!
Date: 2014-12-21 04:23 am (UTC)Could you see where this was going, Hannibal?
//One day, George came barreling into th'library telling me I needed to take the cat, because she couldn't just leave it behind, but she'd probably end up killing it. Apparently she was certain death for animals even before the reaper gig...//
Jono, in retrospect, had a really unique relationship with Death both as a person and as an institution.
Re: NFB!
Date: 2014-12-21 05:32 am (UTC)Re: NFB!
Date: 2014-12-21 05:44 am (UTC)Or who, rather, belonged to that cat.
//Apparently so,// Jono agreed, nodding faintly. //Death's been the one constant in my life, I suppose, as far back as I can remember. For better or for worse.//
Re: NFB!
Date: 2014-12-21 06:19 pm (UTC)"It has both good and bad points, I imagine. As do most things in life."