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Entry tags:
- [comm] lastvoyages,
- are you listening?,
- blood & charm,
- event: last laugh,
- gone too soon from this earth,
- i could see the steaming of his breath,
- i was eating everybody,
- i was not dreaming i was next to death,
- see?,
- shivs and butterknives,
- shredding the human veil,
- taking advantage,
- trust and honesty,
- trust me c:
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[Spam for Will]
[He wakes very early. Something is changed, he can tell that almost before he opens the door. He can certainly tell when the small - robotic? - dog tries to take his leg off at the ankle. A solid kick allows him to retreat, to arm himself.
How much easier this would be, if his scalpel was where it ought to be. Instead, he palms a butter knife, good, polished silver, and holds its blade against his forearm. When he ventures out again, he's ready.
He was supposed to be ready.
It's some time before he returns, his head swimming with buried thoughts, buried plans. The mushrooms he finds in their cool, dark hiding place, the cappuccino machine and his tea pot forced to work in tandem. He plans ahead in such fragmented pieces that he's not entirely sure of the path from a to b to c, only that he accomplishes and moves forward, succeeds and proceeds.
He reaches Will's room, pauses just beyond the cell, adrift on a sea of scents and sensations. When he enters, it's on silent feet, tea pot held carefully in hand, one towel folded beneath it. It's noiseless when he sets it down, but when it comes to waking his friend, he pauses, hovering over the other man's bed instead. This is not appropriate. He must say something or leave.]
Will.
[It's nearly a whisper, soft but strong, nearly urgent. Trust. Honesty. He's come with a trade.]
[Open Spam]
[There is blood under his fingernails. He's not sure where it came from, only that he can feel it gush and dry and flake. His fingertips brush his palms around the knife and the duller ends of metal. Metal sharpened against metal. His mind cycles through all the words for it before settling on the only one that matters. Cutlery.
He smiles at his joke, and strides - no, stalks - down the hall. Which hall? He's lost count. He's searching, or hunting, or chasing or being chased; clarity shifts in and out of focus as he moves, an animal used to its stomping grounds, an animal that has finally been given the room to hunt. He is hunting now, hair out of it's usual careful slick back and falling across his eyes. He took off his tie at some point, realizing how much more useful it could be wrapped around someone else's throat than his own. His collar is half unfurled, the top two buttons torn: he is less put together even than his return from Ville de Rachat.
Both occasions were freeing, in their way. Underground, there were no eyes to track him, no judgement but his own.
Now, there is no judgement.
He walks like he is following something, someone. A flutter of a dress, the flash of soft curls, a carefree smile. He shifts, not quite man and not quite animal, but something more and less and hungry.]
[He wakes very early. Something is changed, he can tell that almost before he opens the door. He can certainly tell when the small - robotic? - dog tries to take his leg off at the ankle. A solid kick allows him to retreat, to arm himself.
How much easier this would be, if his scalpel was where it ought to be. Instead, he palms a butter knife, good, polished silver, and holds its blade against his forearm. When he ventures out again, he's ready.
He was supposed to be ready.
It's some time before he returns, his head swimming with buried thoughts, buried plans. The mushrooms he finds in their cool, dark hiding place, the cappuccino machine and his tea pot forced to work in tandem. He plans ahead in such fragmented pieces that he's not entirely sure of the path from a to b to c, only that he accomplishes and moves forward, succeeds and proceeds.
He reaches Will's room, pauses just beyond the cell, adrift on a sea of scents and sensations. When he enters, it's on silent feet, tea pot held carefully in hand, one towel folded beneath it. It's noiseless when he sets it down, but when it comes to waking his friend, he pauses, hovering over the other man's bed instead. This is not appropriate. He must say something or leave.]
Will.
[It's nearly a whisper, soft but strong, nearly urgent. Trust. Honesty. He's come with a trade.]
[Open Spam]
[There is blood under his fingernails. He's not sure where it came from, only that he can feel it gush and dry and flake. His fingertips brush his palms around the knife and the duller ends of metal. Metal sharpened against metal. His mind cycles through all the words for it before settling on the only one that matters. Cutlery.
He smiles at his joke, and strides - no, stalks - down the hall. Which hall? He's lost count. He's searching, or hunting, or chasing or being chased; clarity shifts in and out of focus as he moves, an animal used to its stomping grounds, an animal that has finally been given the room to hunt. He is hunting now, hair out of it's usual careful slick back and falling across his eyes. He took off his tie at some point, realizing how much more useful it could be wrapped around someone else's throat than his own. His collar is half unfurled, the top two buttons torn: he is less put together even than his return from Ville de Rachat.
Both occasions were freeing, in their way. Underground, there were no eyes to track him, no judgement but his own.
Now, there is no judgement.
He walks like he is following something, someone. A flutter of a dress, the flash of soft curls, a carefree smile. He shifts, not quite man and not quite animal, but something more and less and hungry.]
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We all have our missions.
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[Wherever it is, Cain looks on the fence about letting him continue. He generally doesn't care what mayhem people cause on board, but Hannibal is a breed unto himself.]
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[Cain swims in his vision, rippling. Hannibal smiles.]
Would you like to join me?
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Long as you aren't expecting any Hail Mary's and sacramental wine.
[He smirks, gestures.]
After you, Doc.
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[He doesn't move, though his smile remains. He's not sure, for a moment, if his vision sways or if his body does, but he is standing perfectly still.]
Wouldn't you prefer to walk as equals?
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[He smiles, gauging Hannibal, but he steps closer.]
Tell me something, Doc. I've eaten some exotic bits of meat, I've even dipped a little toe into the cannibal side of the pool when I was desperate. Is it really the taste that gets to you or do you just like the shock?
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[It's knowing that his meal deserves to be in his plate. It's knowing that he has earned this. Hannibal leans toward Cain, speaking softly.]
Did you like the taste?
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Not much I wouldn't have liked at that point. But when you get right down to it, we're all meat...
[He's relaxed, reflexes on a hair trigger despite his smile.]
How old were you when you first tried it?
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Maybe I ate my way free of a nine month prison. Matriphagy is common among animals.
[And that is all they are, he knows, he knows.]
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Mostly the bugs, isn't it?
[Though his own daughter's purpose was to one day kill her mother, so--maybe the psycho has a point. Maybe he's not such an abnormality, either. Cain is disgusted by him but the more he watches the more fascinated he is. Probably that's part of how Hannibal has survived this long.]
The pests, the ones humans would exterminate if they weren't so busy?
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I don't fear extermination. You know what I mean better than you wish you did. How have I piqued your interest today?
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What do most people look at you for? Man like you--I could see 'em following you like they would some kind of lanternfish.