Cafe Fina [Monday Afternoon]

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Dormouse wanted to come to this Parent's Weekend thing the island was holding this weekend. Hatter had told her he'd think about it but he was leaning pretty heavily to the no side. He wasn't sure he wanted to bring Wonderland here and to give people hints as to who he was. They'd figure it out sooner or later but he preferred later.

At least Jack Chase hadn't wanted to come. That would have been a study in patience. Hatter was counting his lucky stars while he looked over some new tea flavors and did some inventory on the things he needed to order soon.

TODAY'S TEA SPECIALS
Blueberry Kona Pop Tea Blend
Youthberry Wild Orange Blossom Tea Blend
Maharaja Chai Samurai Tea Blend

Cafe Fina was open and Hatter was in, actually doing work today!

Comments

Mod Your Service [CF 09/22]

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Go at it alone!

Hatter [CF 09/22]

[teashopconman.livejournal.com]

He's around to help!

Re: Hatter [CF 09/22]

[sharp_as_knives]

Hannibal had quite a lot of things to take care of, now that he was living on the island full-time, but even he needed a break from time to time.

And Hatter had promised to make him some very good tea.

He smiled and breathed in the scents as he came in the door, looking around for Hatter.

Re: Hatter [CF 09/22]

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Hatter glanced up when he heard the door open and smiled when he recognized the person who'd stepped inside.

"Couldn't stay away from me, could you?" he asked, amused.

Re: Hatter [CF 09/22]

[sharp_as_knives]

"Clearly not," Hannibal answered, equally amused. "Or the promise of your excellent tea."

Re: Hatter [CF 09/22]

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"Oh, I see how it is," Hatter said, pretending to be offended even while he offered Dr. Lecter a seat. "You just like me for my tea."

Re: Hatter [CF 09/22]

[sharp_as_knives]

"Naturally," Hannibal answered. "Tea and good conversation," he amended. "Terribly offensive, isn't it?"

Re: Hatter [CF 09/22]

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"Terribly," Hatter said, shaking his head. "I've a right mind to just turn you away and have you go find someone else who will make you tea and provide good conversation."

Re: Hatter [CF 09/22]

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"You couldn't possibly be so cruel." Hannibal shook his head. "Whatever would I do?"

Re: Hatter [CF 09/22]

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"Oh, I'm plenty cruel." He'd just been reforming lately. "I have no idea what you'd do. Drown your sorrows in subpar coffee?"

Re: Hatter [CF 09/22]

[sharp_as_knives]

Hannibal smiled. "More likely go back home and make my own very good coffee. Or tea. But the conversation would be lacking." The idiotic flamingos were his only guests currently, and they didn't speak. Thankfully.

...at the moment.

Re: Hatter [CF 09/22]

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"Should get yourself a roommate," Hatter suggested not at all seriously. "Maybe a townie or something who complements you."

He really could not see someone like Hannibal living with someone else.

Re: Hatter [CF 09/22]

[sharp_as_knives]

Hannibal could totally live with someone else! So long as they didn't interfere with his lifestyle.

He'd been planning on it, actually. There were two rooms he'd had specially decorated.

He grimaced and shrugged it off. "I'm quite happy alone, thank you. Should I need conversation, I will simply have to visit. Or pick up a phone." He grinned. "Speaking of which, have you managed yours yet?"

Re: Hatter [CF 09/22]

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It'd been long enough that she'd actually warmed back to the idea of tea, and Irene hadn't had a chance to mercilessly interrogate Hatter about his dates on Saturday.

These were equally good reasons to stop in, yes.

"So is 'youthberry' a real thing or just a clever name for marketing?" she called, reading the sign.

Re: Hatter [CF 09/22]

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"Apparently so," he said, glancing up when she stepped in. "I think it's actually a mixture of a few different fruits but why not making up a cute name to make it more marketable?"

Re: Hatter [CF 09/22]

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"And here I was all ready to set off on a daring expedition to find the mythic youthberry and grow my own," Irene sighed, wandering over. "Not that I need it."

She was deeply modest today, as always.

Re: Hatter [CF 09/22]

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"You don't need it?" he asked, putting his paperwork away and squinting at her mock seriously. "Are you certain about that?"

Re: Hatter [CF 09/22]

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"Not yet," Irene said with a coy smile. "Makeup and beauty sleep are amazing things. D'you know someone actually asked me for my identification when I ordered a drink the other day? So I must look like I'm underage, still."

No, she just looked under forty, because she was, but still.

"How've you been, dear?"

Re: Hatter [CF 09/22]

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"Quite well, thank you, darling," Hatter returned, smiling. "Nothing overly strange has occurred lately and I'm grateful for that."

The losing his memories and not having his hat for a few days had been very disconcerting. The hat was important.

Re: Hatter [CF 09/22]

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"Shhhh." Irene actually put her finger to her lips. "Don't jinx us, luv. We've got that visitor's thingie this weekend. You can't possibly think the strangeness'll hold off when there's promise of an audience."

Re: Hatter [CF 09/22]

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"And there's another reason for me to tell Dormouse she can't come," Hatter told her, shaking his head. "I don't need her taking things back to Wonderland and spreading it around."

It'd just mean more people falling through the Looking Glass. Of course, Hatter didn't know that someone else would be showing up and he wouldn't be able to stop that.

"You expecting any visitors, then?"

Re: Hatter [CF 09/22]

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"Kind of hard to get visitors when everyone who'd visit thinks you're no longer amongst the living," Irene pointed out with a slight smile. "Lucky me, I'll be spared."

She didn't feel that lucky, and part of her actually hoped that the one person who did know she was alive might turn up, but she knew that was stupid.

"But Dormouse, really?" That was a much more interesting train of thought. "Is she very sleepy? In the stories she sleeps in a teapot."

Re: Hatter [CF 09/22]

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"On occasion but she's usually pretty good at not falling asleep when she's working," Hatter told her, shrugging. "I don't think I'm going to let her come, though. It'd mean closing down the shop in Wonderland and I don't trust her enough not to leave here and tell everyone back home about this place."

He didn't need Jack Chase showing up, thank you.

"Most likely, I'll be spared too unless I have a change of heart. Maybe I'll invite Charlie along. The White Knight in your stories."

Re: Hatter [CF 09/22]

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"He's quite heroic in the story," Irene said thoughtfully. "Even if he has awful taste in pudding. But if no one turns up for you, then that's probably all the better -- I'm planning on having a delightful time embarrassing the hell out of all my students by talking to their parents. You should find something similarly devious to do."

OOC [CF 09/22]

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I like the word legit.