Hannibal's house, Sunday
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Hannibal set the large glass of home-brewed dark ale on the end table, along with the tiny pork pies and pickle and the remote control for the music system.
And, because he could surf Google and iTunes as well as anyone, and it never paid to be too predictable, he was playing (not too loudly) Opeth.
He was even wearing a comfortable sweater and slacks instead of a suit. He was picking his battles today, and his battle was how greasy not to make fish and potatoes! Since they'd been so rudely interrupted by eels earlier.
[OOC: Waiting on one, but totally open!]
[OOC the second: Specifics of Jono's story NFB, please!]
And, because he could surf Google and iTunes as well as anyone, and it never paid to be too predictable, he was playing (not too loudly) Opeth.
He was even wearing a comfortable sweater and slacks instead of a suit. He was picking his battles today, and his battle was how greasy not to make fish and potatoes! Since they'd been so rudely interrupted by eels earlier.
[OOC: Waiting on one, but totally open!]
[OOC the second: Specifics of Jono's story NFB, please!]
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Date: 2015-01-25 11:25 pm (UTC)//It's an interesting side-effect of not always being certain just who it is I'm meant to be,// he noted. //Sometimes I do things that surprise me. Things that shouldn't come so bloody easily. I've gotten to a point where I almost find myself wondering if it's worth dwelling on where those urges came from, whether it's a carryover from the war, or from any one of the lifetimes I never actually lived. I've been exercising a level of ruthless pragmatism I never would've dreamed of, back before Weapon X had their way with me.//
There was a brief pause, and then he added, //That said, if Karla ends up pregnant again not a full day after a near-successful attempt on her life, I'm walking out of bloody Glacia and not looking back. I might kick Karla in the shin and burn Warren's balls off before I go.//
HE COULD BE SPITEFUL IF HE WANTED, AT THAT POINT.
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Date: 2015-01-25 11:45 pm (UTC)He rubbed Jono's back and poured the beer into his glass. "The first of that batch in your honor," he explained.
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Date: 2015-01-25 11:51 pm (UTC)//Looking forward to it,// he decided. //And... it's not even necessarily a matter of other lives. The memories are, for the most part, all fabricated. But I still did things while believing that those lives were my own. Some of them didn't stick, but not everything got a magical reset button once I came to my senses. In fact, most of it didn't.//
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Date: 2015-01-26 12:04 am (UTC)//I could. It's not exactly pleasant conversation. Definitely not fish and chips, really. There are two big ones to pick from. One left a fairly noticeable mark on my body, the other one's the one that did the worse number on my mind.// He shrugged. //Up to you, Hannibal. It's fairly heavy subject matter for a pleasant evening in, but maybe getting it off my chest would do some good. Most people just excuse it with a, 'but that wasn't you,' as though that makes it better somehow.//
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Date: 2015-01-26 12:17 am (UTC)//Well... then I suppose the question is whether I start with the one that came with a convenient reset button, or the one that left me needing to learn how to live with myself again.//
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Date: 2015-01-26 12:42 am (UTC)Anyone with half a brain in their head could probably figure out that this was going to backfire horribly, even with Logan's guidance, right?
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Date: 2015-01-26 12:47 am (UTC)"What made you decide to do that?" Hannibal asked. "Did you have a better chance than others?"
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Date: 2015-01-26 12:50 am (UTC)He wrinkled his nose.
//I was not the world's greatest strategist back then, really. I was sort of hoping that the rest of the team had my back. What with... being a team, and all.//
Enter Jonothon's trust issues.
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Date: 2015-01-26 01:28 am (UTC)He spread his hands a little, staring down at them.
//Logan knows all about the horrors of the Program. But he's not exactly the X-Men's greatest strategist. And none of the others... really...// His brow furrowed. He didn't want to finish the thought. But. //... cared. I was the means to an end.//
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Date: 2015-01-26 01:37 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-01-26 01:43 am (UTC)//I knew they didn't think highly of me,// he replied. //I was there but for the grace of the Professor, my world's Warren would've happily left me stranded in the Alps for life, and Bobby and Kurt convinced me to join the team by... kicking over tables in my hotel room one day and calling me selfish for wanting to lead my own life as something besides a soldier, mostly. But for all that, I still believed in what we were doing. And if there was any chance of stopping what was happening to innocent people, I figured I had to take it. Logan had my back. Logan had faith in me. That seemed like enough, at the time.//
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Date: 2015-01-26 02:36 am (UTC)//The prison stay itself was nothing,// he replied. //They slapped me in restraints and left me to rot overnight. I don't think the dampeners did half the good they figured they did. And hell, once Jackson 'convinced' me to join the Program, it didn't seem half bad. Restorative surgery and implants to help me keep better control of my powers. Had a hell of a smile for a bit there. Tour of the facility, it was surprisingly clean. Everything seemed... nothing like I'd expected it to. Felt like a bloody stroll through an office building. Got to flirt with one of the secretaries and everything.//
He shook his head.
//My first job with them was a hit, though. I knew it was going to be dirty, but I hadn't been prepared for that. 'Here's your first job, earn our trust, go kill a man, would you? Good show, see you when you've left a corpse behind, mate.' Don't get me wrong... I've killed before. But it was always under dire circumstances, when I was left with little other choice. I'd never set out to do it before.//
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