the deck | late morning | sunday | april 25

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Staying inside was for lazy grown ups who only wanted to watch boring television. If it wasn't cartoons or something going boom, Hannibal didn't want to be there. He, instead, wanted to be outside. The deck proved the best sort of place for an energetic youngster because there were things to climb on and hide under and jump off of! So, of course, that's what he was doing. Who thinks about the possibility of getting hurt when they're having fun?

Currently, Hannibal was standing on one of the tables, arms thrust into the air and voice loud enough to carry while he proclaimed himself the most awesome person in the world. His world view was quite small and quite egocentric so he thought he was pretty right.

When he jumped off the table, he couldn't quite stick the landing and ended up rolling onto his back. He meant to do that though. Totally.

[open deck, yep!]

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"Can't I be awesome too?" And she tried to help drag him up on the floor. Trying to help, but possibly more of a hindrance. Oh well.

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"I 'unno," Hannibal said, acting like some proverbial dead weight to see how strong she was. "Are you awesome? I'm the King of Awesome so I'm the only one that can make people awesome."

The little liar.

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"Nuh uh!" Which didn't stop her from yanking on his arm. His test of her strength was pretty effective, since Angela really wasn't all that strong, and only succeeded in dragging him a few inches along the floor.

"Where's your crown." Obviously he wasn't any kind of real king without that.

... Well, except in name.

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"It's in my room." Duh! Girls were silly even if this one was dragging him along the floor. "I didn't wanna get it dirty. You hafta be nice to me if you want me to make you awesome."

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"Don't need to make me awesome," Angela maintained, tugging on his arm again. "'Sides, I am being nice!" Look at her, trying to help him up and everything!

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"You're not a strong girl at all," Hannibal said, finally clambering to his feet and giving his arm (and thus, probably her) a tug since she had a hold of him. "Where's your muscles?"

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"I got enough." Proving that by keeping a hold even through his tugging. "Girls don't need 'em. Where's yours?" Not exactly built at this age, now was he?

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Oh, low blow there, Angela, low blow. He was plenty built for his age except how he wasn't.

"Mine are hidden under my clothes," he told her smartly. "Girls don't need 'em because you're weak and tiny!"

[flashesforinfo.livejournal.com]

"I'm the same size as you!" Sort of. Closer than she usually was, at least! "So I'm not tiny, 'less you are too."

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"I'm bigger!" Hannibal said, standing on his tiptoes and puffing out his chest. "Girls are weak and they're apposed to make sandwiches and stuff for me when I'm tired."

Oh, such a bad world view when he was tiny.

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"That's sessist," Angela informed him wisely, putting hands on her hips. She could be tiny and yet still into her Girl Power. "Not s'posted to say that!"

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"You gonna make me stop?" Hannibal asked, nose in the air. "You're just small and I don't hafta stop!"

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"Don't haveta, but you shouuuuuld," Angela said firmly. "How'm I s'posed to make you anyhow?" She wasn't a boy, and wasn't about to hit him until he stopped like they might.

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"You're not the boss of me!" Hannibal exclaimed, stomping his foot. "I don't hafta do what you say unless you have a Twinkie and then I'll consider it."

[flashesforinfo.livejournal.com]

"Gave my last choklit to the doggy," Angela said, pouting. It was probably the werewolf puppy whose stomach wouldn't have approved who should actually be put out at that.

Still, she was all out of bribe material because of that.

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"Then, you're not awesome," Hannibal said with some finality. He, apparently, was a little twit as a kid.

[flashesforinfo.livejournal.com]

Oh, now look what you've done Hannibal, there was a frown that was threatening to turn to a wibble. "But I am!"

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"Prove it," Hannibal said, trying to stand firm in the face of that frown. "I can't see no awesome!"

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...

"Bet I can beat you over there!" she said, pointing towards one of the trees, and barely letting that challenge sink in before she bolted off.

Beat that Hannibal.

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Hannibal had been all ready to argue with that before he realized there was no one to argue with. He frowned and started running after her, cursing his slow start and trying to use his longer legs to catch up.

Wasn't really working because, while his legs were longer, he was still a kid and the advantage wasn't much.

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Fortunate, that, because without that little advantage to her, Angela probably wouldn't have had a chance. It was close enough as it was.

When she got closer there was a little slowing up, and she caught onto the tree with one hand, swinging around it to stop herself and look back at him.

"Seeeeee?"

Drawing out the word made it that much more believable.

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There wasn't much Hannibal could do but scowl at her and kick some rocks. "Fine! You can be awesome too. You can be my Deputy of Awesome. That's almost as good as me. Okay?"

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"Princess of Awesome!" Angela argued. Deputy didn't sound as neat and wasn't royalty.

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Hannibal scowled and stamped his foot again. "Then, I'm King Awesomest if you're gonna be Princess of Awesome. That's final!"

Oh, he thought he had so much authority here.

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Boys. Such a pain. Angela stamped her tiny foot in return and stuck her tongue out at him. Obviously she thought so very highly of his authority!