Luke's, Thursday Afternoon

[geniuswithasmartphone]

Hardison was still riding the high from yesterday's Space Battles class, so when he came downstairs to the diner today, it was with violin and sheet music in hand. There were a million medleys out there transposed for the violin and damn if he wasn't going to try to practice them all. If anyone complained, he'd say he was serenading the guests.

And if there weren't guests, he didn't have to worry about the complaints! Win/win for Hardison!

Today's Specials
Mahjouba
Pan Bagnat
Fiadone

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[geniuswithasmartphone]

Enjoy the serenade.

Talk to Hardison

[geniuswithasmartphone]

No he's not taking requests

Re: Talk to Hardison

[throughaphase]

Kitty had needed to get out a little, so she'd basically started walking and followed the music. And when she got inside, she just stood to listen for a while, because you didn't interrupt something like that.

Re: Talk to Hardison

[geniuswithasmartphone]

It took Hardison a few bars to notice Kitty and when he did he just flashed her a smile and continued for another minute or so. She was listening, not trying to get his attention, so he didn't think she'd mind him finishing the song.

"Hey Kitty, good to see you," he said, when the song reached its end and he set the bow aside. "Sup?"

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[throughaphase]

"Not much. Had to get away from the phone for a while and you kinda drew me in," she said, coming over finally. "That was pretty."

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[geniuswithasmartphone]

"Thanks," Hardison said, putting his violin back into the case. "I was inspired my class trip yesterday an' had to dig up some music to practice with. I ain't play as much as I should, so I'm glad it came out okay. Can I get you somethin' to drink?" He signaled the busboy to bring over a glass of soda and whatever Kitty wanted.

"Weddin' stuff?" he asked. "I hear that can get overwhelmin'. Don't blame you for needin' a break."

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[throughaphase]

"Just a Coke's fine," she said, and nodded. "I'm trying this thing where I don't turn into a raging bridezilla, so whenever there are too many calls or questions I have to answer I turn off the phone, put it under my pillow, and go out. The dogs got like three walks already today."

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[geniuswithasmartphone]

"How much longer?" he asked, accepting the cups from the busboy and handing over the Coke to Kitty. "Less than a month, right? What is left for you to do?"

Hardison had less than no idea how weddings worked. The last one he'd been to had been part of a con and that had been what? Seven years ago?

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[throughaphase]

"Fifteen days," she said, taking the Coke gratefully. "Now it's the last-minute fittings and finalizing things and making sure people get paid and calls from your mother saying a cousin you've never heard of wants to bring his kids and I've redone the seating more than once this week."

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[geniuswithasmartphone]

"Yo, you got way more patience than I do," Hardison said, shaking his head. "I'd've given up an' eloped right now." He gave her a sly grin. "That could be our weddin' gift, from the Leverage crew. An all-expenses paid elopement for you, Clint an' the dogs."

Hardison stop tempting Kitty, it wasn't nice.

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[throughaphase]

"That's sweet, but at this point I am seeing this thing through," Kitty grinned. "It might be stressy right now, but then in two weeks I get to be married and that's the important part."

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[geniuswithasmartphone]

"I'll drink to that," Hardison said, holding up his glass of soda. "What's Clint doin' for alla this? He's pullin' his weight for all this?"

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[sharp_as_knives]

The specials board caught Hannibal's eye, and then the violin. That wasn't something you often saw in a diner.

He strolled in and stood and listened for a bit, pleasantly surprised.

Re: Talk to Hardison

[geniuswithasmartphone]

Hardison glanced up at Hannibal's approach, giving him a small nod. He finished the section he was play and segued over to something he thought Hannibal might appreciate a bit more.

He started playing Scheherazade.

Re: Talk to Hardison

[sharp_as_knives]

Hannibal smiled before settling in to listen properly. The diner didn't have the best acoustics, but it was close enough it wasn't difficult to hear the inflections of the music.

When Hardison was done, Hannibal nodded to him. "That was lovely. I wasn't aware that you played."

Re: Talk to Hardison

[geniuswithasmartphone]

Hannibal would probably be impressed with a lot of the skills Hardison had. He didn't advertise it much, but he was an impressive artist. Especially when it involved stealing things.

"Played more when I was a kid," Hardison said, setting his violin aside. "Till I was about fourteen, then I discovered computers. Had to pick it back up again for a job a few years back, decided it might be useful to keep practicin'."

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[sharp_as_knives]

"Music is never a waste of time," Hannibal said. "Although I understand you're quite the virtuoso with computers as well."

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[geniuswithasmartphone]

"Oh? Someone's been carryin' tales," Hardison said, betting on Eliot. Ha! Eliot was bragging about him. "But yeah, I'm pretty good. I like makin' 'em sing, too. They do, just in a very different way than the violin."

Re: Talk to Hardison

[sharp_as_knives]

More like the squirrels; sorry, Hardison.

"Everybody should have at least one form of artistic outlet," Hannibal said, smiling. "Although apart from music files, I've never heard of computers singing."

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[geniuswithasmartphone]

Shhh! Let a man dream!

"You get a computer to do what you want it to do an' that's all the singin' you need," Hardison said. "Some folks get computers to work for 'em with brute force. Ugly, cludgy tactics that are barely even effective. Me, I use skill an' finesse. I don't make the computer do what I want, I rewrite it so that it wants to do what I want. That Ada Lovelace an' Grace Hopper came down on a chariot an' gave the computer a purpose an' program to do exactly that. S'the difference between a club an' a scalpel, yo."

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[sharp_as_knives]

Hannibal grinned. "So, are you a computer surgeon, or a computer psychiatrist, then?"

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[geniuswithasmartphone]

Hardison had to think about that. "Computer brain surgeon," he compromised. "With every cut of the scalpel, I change its behavior."

OOC

[geniuswithasmartphone]

Somehow I swore this got posted MUCH earlier!

Re: OOC

[sharp_as_knives]

Shoot, and I missed it. Too late to ping in?

Re: OOC

[geniuswithasmartphone]

Go ahead!