Four people by the lake -- Sunday

[cook_the_rude]

Today in the early afternoon, you find by the lake:

• Ragnar Lothbrok, fishing
• Teja, training with his axe
• Father Pearse Harman, taking a brisk walk
• Dr. Hannibal Lecter, sketching them

[[OOC: Say in your tag whom you want!]]

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[athelstanthescribe]

With Rae's wards in his belt pouch, Athelstan approaches.

"Caught anything yet?"

[bigarmy_strangepants]

Ragnar has a bucket right beside him that he points at.

Two medium sized trout are swimming in it.

He turns his head and smiles up at Athelstan.

"Hello, you."

[athelstanthescribe]

"They'll do nicely for dinner", he says with a smile, settling beside him. "And I've got something for you, too."

[bigarmy_strangepants]

"Oh?" Ragnar says, smiling at him.

He reaches out to pat Athelstan's knee. That is certainly harmless?

[athelstanthescribe]

It is indeed.

"Yes - I told Rae what's happening and she wanted to help, so she bought some of the kind of charms they make in her world."

[bigarmy_strangepants]

"She gave you magic to help us?" Ragnar asks. "What does it do?"

[athelstanthescribe]

He gets them out of his pouch.

"These two, when you activate them, will give you favourable winds. And this one, worn around your neck, will lead you home."

[bigarmy_strangepants]

"Home," Ragnar says, wistfully. "I wish I knew for sure where that is. Kattegat, most likely, but there are other options."

[athelstanthescribe]

"Perhaps to where Aslaug and the children are", he suggests.

[bigarmy_strangepants]

"Or perhaps the old farm where we lived before Earl Haraldson burned it down," Ragnar says.

Pause.

"Or straight back to you. Where do you think it would take you?"

[athelstanthescribe]

"To you, of course", he says without a moment's hesitation.

[bigarmy_strangepants]

"See," Ragnar says. "And that would vary, if I kept moving. Perhaps I'll need to remind myself -- home is where my children are. And even then, it might still lead me to Björn."

[street_sparrow]

Gavroche comes outside, sees Lecter and hesitates, as Sparrow's memories of that friendship rise to the surface again.

[cook_the_rude]

"Hello, Gavroche," Lecter says, turning his head and smiling at him.

[street_sparrow]

"Dr Lecter", he answers politely enough - and though he knows what the man is, there's something in the back of his mind saying, You know what he could have been too. "How are you today?"

[cook_the_rude]

"I am fine, my dear Sparrow," Dr. Lecter says, his smile clearly indicating this was no slip of tongue.

[street_sparrow]

That gets an assessing look. Then, "So you remember it too."

[cook_the_rude]

"Vaguely," Dr. Lecter says. "I was an actual vampire, which made things easier, oddly enough."

[street_sparrow]

"And you only killed the lowest of the low."

[cook_the_rude]

"I vaguely remember catching some big, strapping KKK member from some unholy boondocks who'd thought it was safe to come to a proper city where nobody shared his benighted views," Dr. Lecter says, slowly, as if pulling up the memory from some great depth. "He yielded a great amount of tasty blood before his heart slowed beyond reversal. I was well fed when I came here and made you that strawberry and brioche pudding."

[street_sparrow]

Gavroche only vaguely knows who the KKK are, but it's enough. He makes a face.

"I hope he didn't get the chance to hurt anybody before you found him."

[cook_the_rude]

"He was starting to bother a perfectly harmless librarian before I whisked him away," Lecter says. "A person that the world is definitely better without."

[street_sparrow]

"Yeah, I'm not in favour of loss of life, but if it was his or the librarian's..."

[cook_the_rude]

"A very unafraid and spirited lady," Lecter nods. "I'd run into her before and was glad to be of service."

Hannibal Please

[immortalthief]

Amanda is running along the lake today, always running. She see's Hannibal. As she gets closer she notices that he is drawing, "What are you drawing today?"

Offering him a friendly smile. Okay, she has heard the rumors about Hannibal, even believes them given the source but she doesn't currently feel like judging others.