Hannibal's house, Saturday

[sharp_as_knives]

Hannibal was up fairly early, but he wasn't cooking just yet - instead, he'd been indulging in a bit of uploading and photo-quality printing. He might not have a frame for it yet, but he could repurpose an existing one for the moment.

When Jono woke up and made it downstairs, he'd find a picture of them in their outfits from last night prominently displayed in the foyer. Surprise!


[OOC: Open for anyone who spent the night, tripped through a portal, or wants to drop by!]

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[furnaceface]

//... Oh my.// See Jono. See Jono blink at the photo as he tripped tiredly down the stairs. //Preserving that one for posterity, are you?//

Actually, it didn't look all that bad. Though Jono was still a little baffled by all that brocade.

[sharp_as_knives]

"Yes." Hannibal somehow managed to both beam proudly and smirk deviously. "Though I will have to get it its own frame eventually. Good morning." He greeted Jono with a hug. "Shall I brew some coffee?"

[furnaceface]

Hannibal, you were a terrible brat, but that wasn't going to stop Jono from accepting the hug and the coffee.

//That'd be excellent, thank you,// he decided, giving Hannibal a squeeze before easing back a little. There was something a bit off around the island this morning, but it felt harmless enough, and he was quite content to just bask in ignorance for a few moments more. //Might turn out to be one of those days, yet. We're going to want that coffee, I'm guessing.//

[collinommy.livejournal.com]

*Uncle Jono!* By this point, Collin had picked Della up and was flying with her over the island. She, of course, thought it was a grand adventure and Collin was keeping a tight lid on his panic so none of it leaked through to her.

But he still saw no signs of Kayla. Nothing. Whether he searched with his mind, his eyes, or his psychic senses, there was nothing that showed her on the island at all. And, sure, that could mean anything. It didn't have to mean anything bad. Not really. But this was his sister, this was his Queen, he couldn't just assume that she had vanished without a trace for happy reasons.

So, yeah, keeping his worry and fear away from Della. But he wasn't able to do so from Uncle Jono. *Uncle Jon, please!*

Incoming!

[furnaceface]

OOF. That was one hell of a wash of panic, incoming. Jono jerked a bit at the sudden voice in his head, taking a moment to identify it as Collin, and then shut his eyes and put a hand to the side of his head.

//I'm here, mate. I'm here-- Hannibal's place. What's the matter?//

[collinommy.livejournal.com]

Collin adjusted his flight path a bit, heading towards the direction of the link. *I can't find Kayla anywhere!* he said, not babbling by the sheerest willpower. *She is NOT on the island. And if she's not on the island, she has to be off of it, so unless you can promise me right now she's with, like, Uncle Hannibal or Aunt Rinoa or something, I'm really worried that she's wandered off by herself.*

Which was still the better option. Better for Kayla to have wandered than to have been taken.

[clonewelldone]

Angela was already halfway to where she could sense her Dad when she got the mental invitation from him, and she sent back a happy hello as she came up to the...large house?

//You've come a step up from the apartment over the Tunes,// she called out by way of introduction as she knocked.

[furnaceface]

//Oh, I still have that apartment,// Jono replied, sounding amused. //It's your other father who owns this place.//

Jono just... tended to pretty much camp out there. A lot. That was all.

//Angela's here,// he reported to Hannibal as he headed for the door. //She approves of the house.//

A beat.

//Mind the flamingos, luv, and come on in.//

[clonewelldone]

"Of course she does," Hannibal said. "She's my daughter; she must have some taste."

Angela gave the flamingos a curious glance, but they didn't seem to be paying her any attention. //Are they usually a problem?//

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah had been planning a not-really-a-surprise visit to see Jono this weekend, and had given him a head's up that (Portalocity willing) she might be there this Saturday...


... and now she found out which Saturday it was. Hoo boy.

She sent back a text: I'm in town! Need any help? Or would it make things even more confusing?

[furnaceface]

COME SAVE US. CHILDREN HAPPENING. SOME OF WHICH ARE ACTUALLY MINE.

Okay, three of which, and two of them were teens, and Rinoa had one of them for the evening, and it wasn't actually all that bad, really. They were all fairly well-behaved, thus far.

We're at Hannibal's. He's cooking. He's cooking a lot.

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Another good reason to stop by! As far as Dinah knew, anyway. On my way to play distraction!

And so there was a ring of the doorbell ten minutes later, with Dinah looking forward to finding out what Fandom had done to the future this time.

[glacial-kidlets.livejournal.com]

When Dinah arrived, the sound of a familiar voice drew Della's attention. "Hi, Miss Dinah," she said, giving a small wave. Dinah might or might not remember a younger version of her that had shown up for Karla a few years ago, but the Rose Jewel resting on her shirt and the Glacian stamp on her features were probably indicators enough of how the little girl knew Dinah.

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Miss Dinah?" Dinah smiled and teased a little. "You're not related to Momoko, are you?" She grinned and came forward. "I don't think I've met you before, this time around. I'm gonna guess you're in Karla's Court, though."

[stoleafamily.livejournal.com]

Oh hello girl who is not related to Spike. Alex! Right. Alex brought out his nicest smile and said, "Hello. are you visiting too? I'm Alex."

[hitorgrift.livejournal.com]

It didn't take long before Joey had managed to steal Eliot's phone, this morning, and as soon as she saw the text which I'd link to but then LJ thinks it's spam he got, she decided to round up her siblings crew and head over and see what was what.

"Hello," she said politely, in a perfectly posh British accent. "Is this the residence of Dr. Hannibal Lector?"

Eliot only had Hannibal listed by his first name in his phone, but they were three budding criminal geniuses, here. His full name and address had not been hard to find.

[stoleafamily.livejournal.com]

Spike practiced his hopeful-yet-trustworthy look. "We're visitors this weekend. I hope we're not intruding?" With a grin he added, "And we're not selling anything."

Except themselves. And weren't they cute?

[my2dads.livejournal.com]

They were goddam adorable is what they were.

"But we were very pleased to have received the invitation," Ada added. "It's our very great pleasure to make your acquaintance, sir!"

[xboyz.livejournal.com]

It was late when JJ rapped at and then opened the door. Mostly because he'd been on his way home when he'd stumbled into the portal, which meant he had to stop for something to eat.

Pretty much anything meant JJ had to stop to eat.

"Hey Da? I brought doughnuts!" He looked around a moment. Wow his dad had moved to a niiiiice place!

[clonewelldone]

Hey, there was one of the voices (and minds) she'd been waiting for! "JJ!" Angela came bounding out of the kitchen to say hello. "You made it!"

[xboyz.livejournal.com]

"Hey sis! Long time, no see!" He waved happily. "I didn't plan on it, honestly. I was supposed to be heading home."

[furnaceface]

//Doughnuts are fine and well,// Jono replied, nodding over to JJ. //I'm more pleased to see you, mate. How've you been?//

Hungry? At least he'd come to the right place to remedy that, doughnuts or no.

[xboyz.livejournal.com]

He was sixteen and related to Momoko. He was always hungry. Luckily he burned it off easily, too.

... that's a joke, Da'. Get it?

"Doughnuts are the proof someone up there loves us," he chided as set the box down, grinning at the compliment from his dad. "And since you're not asking why I'm here and not in my room being grounded and doing extra credit assignments? I'm totally fine!"

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Is this JJ?" Dinah asked hopefully. He looked like Momoko had described him. "Do you know me?"

[xboyz.livejournal.com]

JJ get a tight lid on his grin as he folded his arms and considered her. "Hmmm," He mumbled in confusion. "You totally look like what I imagine a skinny version of my Aunt 'Di would look like."