Beach [Wednesday Afternoon]

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It was gloriously warm again. Hannibal liked this place so much better than damned Antarctica. He was not made for snowsuits and boots that choked his ankles.

And he was not made to think about clothing like that, damned Deadpool's class.

Anyway, since his class was done for the day, he was taking full advantage of the warm weather by laying out on the beach, shirt off, sunglasses on and comfortably situated on a dark towel.

There was an orange next to his head and Hannibal had stopped questioning that after more oranges had appeared in his drawers this morning. Weird weird island.

But warm island. Mmm, sun.

[Open beach is open!]

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Murdock had spent most of the last week or so cooped up at home, sick as a dog. Today was the first time he was able to actually get out a bit more.

The nice weather seemed ideal for a stroll on the beach, and he nodded at the other guy he spotted. "Heya."

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"Hey, how it's going?" Hannibal asked, not really moving save for a small nod. "Couldn't resist the warm weather either?"

[No problem! Yay!]

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"Yah, somethin' like that. Seems you really got the right idea," Murdock grinned. "New here or have I just not seen ya around before?"

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"I'm getting older by the day but newer than most," he said and nodded. "Just started at the beginning of this semester."

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Murdock liked that answer. "Hey man, you're only ever as old as you feel," he replied, grinning. "That's what really counts. So really newbie, then. I started back at the beginning of the summer. Murdock," he stuck his hand out, "good to meet ya."

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"Hannibal," he answered, sitting up and reaching up to shake the man's hand. "Nice to meet you, Murdock. Place ain't sent you running yet?"

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Blink.

Blink, Blink.

"Hanni..." he shook his head a bit, "Oh, no. You can't be no Hannibal." Murdock kind of had a hang-up about names. Or rather, certain names in particular. "I already know one of them. And unless you're disguised really well, I'm pretty sure you ain't him."

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"Now, I know it's not the best name or the easiest to say in a rush but it's what my momma gave me when I was a young lad," he said, frowning. "What's wrong with my name there, guy?"

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"Nothing's wrong with it," he replied quickly. "It's a great name. I just happen to know somebody that goes by it. It kinda threw me that somebody else would have it, ya know?"

And it would likely continue to confuse him each time he heard it.

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"We never met, if that helps," Hannibal said. "Or, if we have, I was falling down drunk because I don't remember."

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He had to grin at that. "Naw, we ain't never met. Even if you were that drunk," he chuckled a bit, "I wouldn't have been. Drinkin' to the point of oblivion ain't exactly my thing." Actually, drinking wasn't really his thing, period. Alcohol tended to mix oddly with his meds.

"I'll...get used to it. The name thing, that is." Eventually.

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"My last name's King if you wanna go with that," Hannibal offered. "Keep the names separate."

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Now Murdock was really grinning. "I can do that. Heck, Murdock's my last name anyway, so it works out."

He glanced out across the ocean. "How're you likin' the place so far?"

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Shouldn't be surprising really, that Hannibal wasn't the only one to decide beach lounging was an excellent use of a day like this.

Angela grinned when she saw him, and made her way over. Sneakily. She wasn't sure if his eyes were open or closed under those glasses, but she was going to try any way.

Just because she happened to have a bottle of ice cold water to drip on his stomach and it might be quite fun to see the reaction.

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His eyes were closed so she was about to get very lucky in that department. And he was half way to a doze so he didn't hear anything, sneaky approach or not.

He was such a sitting duck.

[Yay! See you tonight!]

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Oh, and wasn't that good for Angela.

She paused for a moment, just checking she definitely wasn't about to splash water on a complete stranger, then flicked the bottle over him. Unless he moved very fast, he was going to be getting a bit wet.

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"Oh goddammit, that's cold!" Hannibal said, startling and flailing arms and legs while trying to brush the cold water off of him.

Such a drama queen.

After making sure his stomach wasn't going to freeze off, he looked up for the culprit and the glare turned into a smile. "You are...so getting paid back for that."

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"So worth it," Angela said cheerfully, beaming at him smugly. "Mind some company?"

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"I live with you, it'll be easy," he said and then nodded to the spot next to him. "And not at all. Take a seat, meanie."

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Angela laughed as she arranged her towl on the sand near him. "You wouldn't," she said as she sat down. "You know I'm too cute for that."

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"There are ways of payback that will still retain my image of you as cute and not as a calculating water dripper," he said, turning his head towards her.

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Angela arched and eyebrow pointedly before pulling off the overshirt she'd walked down here in, so she could sunbathe in her bikini. "Like what?"

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"Like I would give away my trade secrets," he said and took a nice long look, yes, he did. Nice and long.

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Angela shook her head with a smirk. "Well, at least I tried, right?"

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"I'll behave," he said and then smiled at her. "Mostly. Good behavior can be so boring sometimes."