Fourth Floor Common Room, Wednesday Evening

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

He didn't need another night at Caritas, he didn't want to spend it sulking in his room and he was feeling way too tired to actually go off island to find some fun. So, there he was, sprawled in a chair with some mindless movie on, steadfastly trying not to think about marriages, his own stunted emotions, people hitting him and everything in between.

He needed to stop feeling sorry for himself because only stupid idiotic soap opera characters did that. Of course, stupid idiotic soap opera characters seemed to always get the happy ending (even if they had to die fifty times first) so maybe he needed to keep feeling sorry for himself.

"I'm such a fucking girl," he muttered and shook his head.

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[elephantgadget.livejournal.com]

Helen wandered downstairs, feeling unsettled and looking for something to keep herself occupied. She smiled when she saw Hannibal. "Hello. I haven't seen you for a while."

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"Hey," he said, smiling over at her. "I've been around for the most part. Was on the cruise last week. I haven't been hiding."

[elephantgadget.livejournal.com]

She blinked at him curiously. "I did not think you were."

"I was on the cruise as well. It was nice, the first time I've been really warm since I came here, though I've never been around so much water."

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"It was my first cruise too but I didn't have the warm problem," he said, shrugging. "It'll get hot here during the summer. East coast is really damn humid."

[elephantgadget.livejournal.com]

Helen grinned at him. "You have clearly never been to my world. This place never gets truly hot or humid."

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"I've never been out of the country so there's no way I can get to anyone else's world," he said and snickered. "Summer's here are brutal."

[elephantgadget.livejournal.com]

"Be grateful then," she said cheerfully. "Were you to come visit the world of Uquar you would be praying to be back here in the heat of summer. Unless last summer was oddly cold. Other than the time the island spent traveling that is."

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"Doesn't sound like a very forgiving place," Hannibal said.

[elephantgadget.livejournal.com]

"That would be a great understatement," she admitted. "Unforgiving in all senses of the word."

[fabulous-secret.livejournal.com]

Oh look, someone was watching the television. Adora wandered in looking for something to do.

"If it isn't the man of the radio," Adora remarked, taking a seat.

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"Please don't hit me," he groaned.

[fabulous-secret.livejournal.com]

"That's not a good opening," she replied. "Besides, I have no reason to hit you."

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"Everyone else seems to be hitting me this week," Hannibal said. "Sorry. I didn't mean to make it sound like you would."

[fabulous-secret.livejournal.com]

"Should I ask why they are hitting you, just in case I ought to join them?" Adora was trying to keep her voice teasing as he seemed rather not himself.

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"I'm apparently a jerkface asshole," he supplied bluntly.

[fabulous-secret.livejournal.com]

She blinked. "Um, okay. Did you...do something to become a jerkface asshole?"

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"Yes," he said and sighed heavily.

[dojima-hime.livejournal.com]

Dōjima hadn't really felt like hanging out on her floor - what with the whole avoiding certain other people thing - so she was wandering the rest of the dorm in search of entertainment.

"You people got any ice cream in here?" she asked the room at-large as she made a beeline for the freezer. "Fifth is out."

Mostly because she ate it all after class yesterday, but that was a moot point.

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"I haven't eaten anything in there so you should be golden," Hannibal said, glancing over at her. "Sweet tooth?"

[dojima-hime.livejournal.com]

"Comfort food," she admitted. "At the rate I'm going, I'll clear out the building by Friday."

Dōjima studied her options for a moment before claiming a pint of Ben & Jerry's. "Want anything while I'm over here? Dōjima delivery, at your service."

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"Nah, thanks though, I'd probably end up throwing it against a wall," he said honestly. "Comfort for me. Dōjima, you said? Hannibal King."

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"Yeah, I know," she answered, grabbing a spoon and heading over to collapse on a couch. "You were in my hunting class, and one of Deadpool's education fiascoes, yeah?"

She flashed him a quick grin. "I always pay attention to the cute ones."

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

Damn, it felt like he hadn't smiled in days. It was nice to smile and have it not be forced.

"You're not so bad yourself," he said. "But yeah, I was in hunting and I've spent way too much time around the Pajama Man. I'm obviously not as observant as you though. My failure. How's it going?"

[dojima-hime.livejournal.com]

"I've had better weeks," she deadpanned, holding up the carton of ice cream in a salute. "Which is sad, considering this is only Wednesday, but at this rate it can only get better."

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"You and me both," Hannibal commiserated. "I keep hoping things get better but then I wake up and they just go to shit again. Tomorrow, seventy percent chance of more shit."