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Hannibal was feeling a little melancholy when he came into work so he decided to cheer himself up by throwing peanuts at Tino. For the most part, Tino just glared and tried to bat the peanuts away like he was so above this type of behavior.

When Hannibal actually threw a peanut and it connected with Tino's eye, that's when things got a little...whinier. Tino just would not stop whining about his eye and how much it hurt and how his retina was probably scratched and he might die or something.

Hannibal took this as a sign. He jiggered Tino up an eyepatch made of napkins and duct tape. Tino looked awful. Hannibal told him he looked awesome. He felt better already.

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Edited 2010-05-26 22:17 (UTC)

Where Tino is rocking an eyepatch and Hannibal is trying not to laugh!

There was nothing quite like a mid-week pick-me-up visit to the local watering hole to make a man's Hump Day! Aquaman strolled into the bar, had a seat, and placed his order cheerfully.

"One delicious root beer, please!"

"Root beer?" Hannibal repeated, amused. "I dunno if I've seen anyone drink one of those since I was a kid."

"I rather like it," said Aquaman pleasantly. "I was advised that this place had excellent root beer, and that advice was correct! It's a fine alternative, since I try to avoid imbibing in alcoholic beverages."

"Nothing wrong with root beer," Hannibal said, rummaging around to get the ordered drink. "Just didn't know people still drank it. You ever tried a root beer float?"

"Of course!" said Aquaman. "Sad is the man who has never tried a root beer float! They're outrageous."

"They're pretty good," Hannibal agreed, sliding the root beer in front of Aquaman. "Cream soda? You a fan of that too?"

"Kind of hard not to be!" said Aquaman with an appreciative waggle of his eyebrows.

That...was a weird eyebrow waggle for cream soda. Hannibal laughed a bit.

"Getting the feeling that you're a fan of most everything," Hannibal decided.

Aquaman. Traipsing the line between enthusiastic and creepy since 1941!

"Except alcoholic beverages," he pointed out. "Same could go for coffee in excess! And smoking! It's not good for the lungs!"

Coming from someone who breathed underwater and didn't actually use his lungs that much.

"Don't things like root beer have caffeine same as coffee?" Hannibal wondered. "Excess soft drinks could be pretty bad too."

"Very good, young bartender!" Aquaman said with applause in his voice. "In fact, they can be even worse than coffee, as they have a double dose of trouble in caffeine and sugar! But everything in moderation, dear drink slinger. There's the key!"

"My name's Hannibal," he provided helpfully. "You new in town? I think I'd remember you."

"Aquaman!" he said, offering out a hand. "And I've come here to teach this summer. Home ec! It's outrageous! And it's a pleasure to meet you, Hannibal! Your parents were fan of elephants, were they?"

"I don't know how I got this name, honestly," Hannibal said, shaking Aquaman's hand. "It's kind of a suck name and they like to tease me that they hated me and gave it to me because of that."

"It's not...suck,"--there was slight disapproval in the repetition of the word--"at all! It's a strong name, an important name! A conqueror's name, a general's name! You should bear it proudly!"

"It's kind of a weird name," Hannibal insisted, shrugging. "You know a lot of teenagers named Hannibal, man? It's weird to have in high school."

"But uniqueness has its benefits!" Aquaman offered. "Although I've got a teenaged son of my own, so I do know how, at that age, being different is considered the worst thing in the world! It's good to know that most of us grow out of it with due time, though! One day, your unique name might be a blessing!"

Especially if there were elephants involved.

"I'll believe it when I see it," Hannibal decided, shaking his head. "Right now, not seeing the benefits. It's weird."

"Patience, young Hannibal!" said Aquaman, lifting his root beer in salute. "Your time shall come! It always does!"

"Sure, man, sure," Hannibal said, amused. He nodded though. "If it doesn't, I'm sure I'll live with my name. That or I'll just change it to something better."

"What would you consider better?" asked Aquaman. "You could always have a superhero name! Hannibal being your real world identity. I mean, you didn't think Aquaman's the only name I have, did you?"

"I dunno, I don't tend to questions names in this place," he admitted. "The island's weird. The normal names can be abnormal. If you say you're Aquaman, I think that's your only name."

"Which is hardly fair," said Aquaman, "I've got three, actually!"

He even held out his fingers.

"Three, wow," Hannibal said, nodding impressively. "Use 'em for different things?"

"Well," said Aquaman, with a wink, "only my wife calls me Arthur."

Which wasn't true, but he still liked saying it.

"You're the second Arthur I've known since coming here," Hannibal shared. "Must be a good, strong name."

"I did pass it on to Arthur Jr.," said Aquaman with an agreeing nod. "How was the other Arthur, then? Good chap?"

"He was a jackass but he was a good guy," Hannibal shared. "Knight of some kingdom of his back home. He graduated and I haven't seen him so I'm assuming he went home."

Relax away from the bartender with the bad eyepatch!

Where it's private enough to play your own game of pirates! No dirty stuff!

Long day. Looooooooong day.

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