DE: Halloween Free for all

[bjornwilde]

 [Leans up against 4th wall, all casual. Knocks over 4th walk.]

 

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[fightingthecage]

'Believe me, I wouldn't be doing it for fun.'

'Well, probably not.'

Holy crap, I'm talking to Hannibal Lecter.

Right.


'So. What do people taste like?'

[cook_the_rude]

Long stare, with a raised eyebrow.

"Meat," he says. "Quite good meat, unless they were heavy smokers or drinkers."

[fightingthecage]

'What? If you go around chowing down on folk, you can't expect people not to ask.'


Still. Gross.

'You'd think smokers would taste like....well, smoked meat. Which is probably the nicest flavour of meat, if you ask me. And you can't beat stuff like pork cooked in cider.'

*pause*

'Yeah, basically, I don't know what you're complaining about.'

[cook_the_rude]

"Smoking leaves unpleasant, tarry residues," Dr. Lecter explains, "and too much alcohol causes that rotten-sweet flavour of failing liver. Both is quite undesirable, which is why the destitute are largely safe from me."

[fightingthecage]

'I'm starting to wish I hadn't quit smoking. But then, I doubt there are too many like you about.'

This is a Good Thing.

'Since I've got you here, then - and I haven't seen your show yet - tell me. Do you fancy Will?'

[cook_the_rude]

"As you do realise I'm quite aware of my status," Dr. Lecter says, "I might warn you about spoilers. But really, it depends on what you think I should fancy him for."

[fightingthecage]

'Not for lunch.'

'Or for dinner, if we're going to be pedantic.'

*grin*

'No - as I think you know, seeing as you're far more clever than I am - what I mean is, do you secretly yearn to tie him down and give him a good seeing to? Or vice versa.'

[cook_the_rude]

"You mean whether I desire him sexually?" Hannibal says, with a little smirk.

Pause.

"Well, I do love him. That much is general knowledge, isn't it? The shapes that love might take over time, even I can't properly predict."

[fightingthecage]

'...knew it! Ha!'



'...OK, I didn't know it. Still, I wish you luck. You're a good-looking guy, and...well, y'know, I'd suggest you get your appetite under control, otherwise it's really not going to end well. Just a heads-up.'

[cook_the_rude]

He smirks.

"That depends on whether my definition of 'ends well' is the same as yours, doesn't it?" the doctor says, mildly.

[fightingthecage]

'Actually, I think the important definition here is probably Will's.'

*drinks*

'If you want to be a good boyfriend, frying your chap's liver and/or brain is pretty much off the cards, I'm afraid. And you can't be selfish in these things, otherwise it'll never work. Give and take, and all that.'

[cook_the_rude]

"He is far too interesting to eat him," Dr. Lecter says. "After all, you can only eat anything or anybody once."

[fightingthecage]

'Sure, sure.'

'He might let you have a nibble every now and again, though. If he thinks it's hot. OK, NOT THE POINT. I suppose my point is the 'ending well' thing - what if you get bored? He might look a bit more tasty then.'


'...that was, in no way, a recommendation for a way to end the relationship.'

[cook_the_rude]

"You don't know Will yet," Dr. Lecter says. "There are perfectly good ways of making sure he doesn't get boring that involve nothing worse than chicken soup."

[fightingthecage]

'OK, fair point.'

'Wow, you're a really manipulative man. I suppose I shouldn't be surprised. And no, I don't know Will, but I kind of feel sorry for him already.'

[cook_the_rude]

"Wait until you get to know him," Dr. Lecter says. "I take it that sentiment gets worse."

[fightingthecage]

'Well, that's just weird. If you acknowledge that you're making things bad for him, why not just leave him alone? Yea yeah, he's interesting...but it's not all about you, man.'


'If we ignore the title of your show, and all the previous works, that is.'

[cook_the_rude]

"There you have your answer," Dr. Lecter says.

Pause.

"And loving somebody isn't at all about making things better for them. You should know that, of all people, if I look at some of the things you've inflicted on characters that you love."

[fightingthecage]

'Oi! I tend to make things better for them in the end. And then they appreciate it more because they've had to work for it.'

*huff*

'Anyway, if I was nice to the all the time it'd be boring as hell. And most of the stuff I do is canon, which is hardly my fault.'

[cook_the_rude]

"How very nice of you to make my case for me," Hannibal says, with a small micro-smile.

[fightingthecage]

'It'd be the point if I was having this conversation with Maru. You, on the other hand, have got no excuse. Unless you're fine with admitting that your destiny is in no way in your own hands.'

*eyes him*

'How d'you feel about other people driving the bus, doc? Doesn't it bother you?'

[cook_the_rude]

"It would be if we were talking about me," Dr. Lecter says. "But we're not talking about me. We're talking about Will. He needs a bus driver for the time being."

[fightingthecage]

'Does he think he does? Or have you just made him believe that?'

[cook_the_rude]

"He has no way of telling what is good for him," Dr. Lecter states. "He's far out at sea, and I am his paddle."

[fightingthecage]

*cacklesnort*

'Um. OK.'




'Sorry, I'm British. I have a filthy sense of humour.'