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[cactusy]

[If I don't have an active post up, feel free to use this post to have your character call, videochat, text, or knock on Shaw's door.]

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[empathicfault]

No. And yes. I- I think. He thought it was a hallucination at first, so nothing got...dangerous.

Do you know how this flood works? They're usually a week, right? Why am I back already?

[cactusy]

I dunno, good luck?

[That would certainly be nice. But--]

During the flood when I was a kid, I went back to being an adult a couple times, but never for too long. We should take advantage of this to plan in case it doesn't last.

[empathicfault]

[ He takes a moment to scrub at his face. ]

Okay...okay, yeah.

...you know, most of my plans included me being here to help. I can't tell if he's about to get violent if I'm not here.

[cactusy]

Hit me with some warning signs to look out for.

[empathicfault]

...sure. In order to see them, you'll have to have an empathy condition, though, because Hannibal's excellent at hiding his intentions from everyone who doesn't.

Seriously. He doesn't have a method or a ritual, like most killers. He doesn't take trophies if it's inconvenient, he can be tender and careful while he's simultaneously ripping your guts out. There are no warning signs. He knows there's no point to hiding here, so there won't even be a 'reveal' moment for him to enjoy.

[ He lets out a frustrated grunt, and then a sigh, and then he starts thinking. ]

I guess...if it feels like he's trying to push you in a certain direction, then maybe that's something. But he's extremely good at reading and manipulating people, and I sincerely doubt he'd be so sloppy as to make that noticeable.

[cactusy]

Why don't I just go ahead and assume he's ready to get violent all the time. Better safe than sorry, right?

[empathicfault]

Yeah. That's probably the best idea. Sorry, wish I had something better for you.

...god, this has to be the most obnoxious way for this to happen, too. Hannibal couldn't have planned it better himself.

[cactusy]

Apparently this happens kinda regularly. On a long-term timescale, but the people who have been around for a few years say it's happened before, and people back then talked about it having happened before that, too.

[empathicfault]

Regularly? Christ. And here I'd been worried about having to talk to him over the phone. I'll have to keep track of it as a possibility later.

You're stocked up on weapons, right? That's fair to assume? Not that I hope he comes across you, but just in case. He told me in the letter he left for me that he looks forward to seeing all those 'in charge of my care.'

[cactusy]

I have a gun on me.

[One gun. But as far as Shaw is concerned, a full arsenal is for fun, not an utter necessity; she's pretty sure she could take Hannibal bare-handed if she needed to.]

Rogers has the rest of my stash, but I'm gonna leave that where it is for now. I trust Cole with weaponry, but he never liked it much. I don't wanna put that on his shoulders.

[empathicfault]

Okay. Just as long as you're ready. Sounds like you are.

Feel free to shoot him if he so much as looks at you. I doubt anyone's going to feel bad about it...and it's probably the safest way to handle him.

[cactusy]

Oh, I'll shoot him. In the knee. I used to hate taking the kneeshots, but I've come around to the idea.

[empathicfault]

Better shoot both knees, just to be sure.

[ But he's sounding slightly more jokey and slightly less panicky now. ]