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Hannibal Lecter ([personal profile] sharp_man) wrote in [community profile] fandomtownies2017-07-04 08:22 am

The Park, afternoon to evening

Hannibal really did enjoy his adopted country (it had immense opportunities for someone like him), and he would also accept any excuse for a party.

So, here they were. He'd set up a decent, industrial-sized grill on the lawn, arranged for an insane number of picnic blankets (mostly red, white, blue, or some combination thereof), and even bribed one of the local magical types to ensure that the weather would be perfect. And he had, of course, been cooking for days; all that was left was grilling the last-minute things.

Jono had agreed to handle the fireworks later, but for now there was mostly mingling and food.

There were several dips: tomatillo salsa verde, french onion, and a bagna cauda, with both traditional and less common vegetables for dipping, along with homemade potato and tortilla chips.

There were any number of salads: crispy potato with chiles, celery, and peanuts, tomato, onion, and roasted lemon, cabbage and jicama, potato with grilled kale, and raw beet and cucumber.

Then there were the non-salad side dishes: flatbread with fava beans, cucumbers, and burrata, salted and spiced melon, "tater tots" with spicy mayonnaise, and of course grilled corn (with miso butter).

On the grill were burgers with a high-quality meat blend, veggie burgers, the best hot dogs available (with a number of interesting toppings available, and ribs.

To go with all of this were mint tea, watermelon basil iced tea, iced hibiscus sweet tea, watermelon sangria, and a keg of Baltimore Pale Ale.

And if the main dishes weren't enough, there were of course desserts. Sorbet in grapefruit cups, strawberry rhubarb pie, roasted pears with espresso mascarpone cream, and s'mores cupcakes.

This was Hannibal. There was no such thing as going overboard with food.

[OOC: Open post! Come and party!]
geniuswithasmartphone: (Pensive Sitting)

Re: Mingle!

[personal profile] geniuswithasmartphone 2017-07-11 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
"I hear the architecture's nice," Hardison said.

Which was almost the sum total of everything he knew about Qatar.
vdistinctive: (oh honey-face)

Re: Mingle!

[personal profile] vdistinctive 2017-07-11 09:01 pm (UTC)(link)
"You're not goin'," Eliot said. "To Qatar."
geniuswithasmartphone: (Singing)

Re: Mingle!

[personal profile] geniuswithasmartphone 2017-07-11 09:19 pm (UTC)(link)
"Enh," Hardison said, noncommittally. "I mean, not without a plan, obviously."
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Re: Mingle!

[personal profile] vdistinctive 2017-07-11 09:21 pm (UTC)(link)

Eliot just shook his head and sighed.

geniuswithasmartphone: (Sexy Chalkboard Pose BW)

Re: Mingle!

[personal profile] geniuswithasmartphone 2017-07-12 01:57 am (UTC)(link)
"We'd be doin' the free world a favor," Hardison said, helpfully. "I can probably find somethin' about about Qatar in the Book if it'll make you feel better. Then it won't be just about you."
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Re: Mingle!

[personal profile] vdistinctive 2017-07-12 01:59 am (UTC)(link)
"Qatar ain't San Lorenzo," Eliot said. "I wasn't bein' serious about overthrowing that government. That ain't a battle we can pick."
geniuswithasmartphone: (Disgruntled)

Re: Mingle!

[personal profile] geniuswithasmartphone 2017-07-12 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
"I know," Hardison said. "But I also know there's a lot of things you thought were impossible that we ended up doin' anyway."
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Re: Mingle!

[personal profile] vdistinctive 2017-07-12 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
"None of which involved gettin' involved in Middle Eastern politics."

History had shown time and again that that was just a bad idea for anyone.
geniuswithasmartphone: (Head Up Confused)

Re: Mingle!

[personal profile] geniuswithasmartphone 2017-07-12 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
"I ain't about to start a land war in Asia!" Hardison protested.

That was Plan M at the earliest!
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Re: Mingle!

[personal profile] vdistinctive 2017-07-12 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
"Damn right you ain't."
geniuswithasmartphone: (Wait But Before You Kill Me...)

Re: Mingle!

[personal profile] geniuswithasmartphone 2017-07-12 03:13 am (UTC)(link)
"Besides, information cyberwarfare is more my style anyway."