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Community Center Class: Gourmet Foods Around the World

Today might be a state holiday in the United States, but Hannibal was well aware that not all of the people on Fandom were aware of that, and he was quite content to hold class today anyway.

Particularly since "class" consisted of going somewhere lovely to eat.

He smiled at those who showed up as they waited for the portal.

"Good evening. Today is a holiday in the country we are nominally a part of. Apart from its own meaning, for many, it marks the beginning of summer, and as such, barbecuing - cooking outside over an open flame - is traditional. So, today we will be eating meat cooked over an open flame. But not in this country."

He waved them through the portal to a street in São Paolo. "Welcome to Vento Haragano, a Brazilian Churrascaria - roughly translated, a place for barbecue. Their specialty is meat - a wide variety of high-quality meat - and wine, also of a wide variety and high quality. You pay a flat price to dine; the sides are served as a buffet, so you may take what you like of them. The meat is brought around to the table on skewers, and you may tell the waiters how much you would like of each, and what sort of cut you would prefer. I encourage you all to experiment and determine what you like."

They walked in and were led to a small room to one side, where they would have somewhat more privacy than the main room. "The primary language here is Portuguese. I speak only a little of it, but many here will also speak English or Spanish. The maitre d' knows both, should you have questions."

He waved them to their seats.

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(That Google Maps link will actually let you inside the restaurant, just like the last one.)

Meat on sticks? Kanan could absolutely get behind that, yes. Maybe he could convince Cookie to do something like that at Luke's one of these weekends, instead of pancakes.

So help him, the pancakes...

"Is that a look of plotting I see?" Hannibal asked.

"I'm always plotting," Kanan chuckled. "I'm just wondering what kind of unholy pact I would have to make in order to swing having something like this at Luke's, even just once."

So. Many. Pancakes.

"This might be somewhat beyond a small diner," Hannibal said, "but i imagine barbecue should be easy. It is the season for it now."

"I mean, have you seen Eliot's kitchen setup?" Kanan chuckled and shook his head. "Or his freezer, for that matter. I wouldn't be surprised if the kitchen staff figured something out."

He paused.

"Whether or not Luke's would be standing afterwards, on the other hand..."

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After being lectured by Hannibal two weeks ago, Seivarden had skipped last week. That was perhaps a mistake, as French food would probably have suited her better.

She kept quiet, pretending to be a lot more relaxed than she felt, while holding back the urge to complain, and even more so, actually admitting to herself how out of place she felt.

That keeping quiet was a good idea. And while Hannibal could tell she was still annoyed, he doubted many others could, so he would accept that.

It was a beginning.

Ino didn't make it a habit to read other peoples' minds just--okay, she totally did, but she didn't make it a habit to read other Fandomite's minds just for random funsies. Usually.

But it didn't take a mind reader to notice that something was hinky between random-Fandom-stranger and Hannibal.

"Yo," Ino said, wandering over. "I'm Iris. Do you think they could add more brown in here?"

"I thought I saw some green plants at the entrance," Seivarden replied, smiling slightly. That was a good opening line.

"Seivraden Vendaai. I don't believe we've met."

"Pretty sure we haven't," she said cheerfully. "But we have now. And, seriously, they need more green here."

It was like living in a box. A pretty, shiny box but a box.

"I run Pick Your Poison on the island," Ino added. "I like plants."

"I work at the flower shop," Seivarden replied. "Last week it was a jungle. I should have brought something with me."

"Pick Your Poison? Do you sell actual poisons?"

If that was in any way offensive, Seivarden could deal with it. She hadn't promised Hannibal not to ask people about their work.

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Ino felt no shame--none!--at having missed the first two weeks of class. But she was here today. Mostly as a distraction, but hey, she was here. And studying the decor.

Which was very... brown. Nice! But, you know, brown. She was trying to decide if it really was a cowboy on the wall, over here in... wherever Hannibal had taken them, or if she was missing something.

She'd thought cowboys were an American thing, but maybe Ino had misunderstood something along the way.

Maybe it was just some dude in a wide-brimmed hat and a pipe. That didn't have mean a cowboy, right?

"Unimpressed by the decor?" Hannibal asked.

Ino grinned at Hannibal unrepentantly.

"I've seen worse," she allowed. "But it ain't my thing."

A beat.

"Do you think this is a cowboy?"

"Most likely a gaucho," Hannibal answered. "The same concept, but further south and largely from a different culture."

He nodded at the room. "I prefer a bit more color and interest myself, but for a restaurant, I think this is forgivable. You should have come last week; the entire decor was Baroque." Gilded. So busy.

"I just like green better than brown," she said lightly. "This ain't bad, just not my taste, but restaurants ain't gotta be how I want them to look so long as the food is good, yeah?"

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"Iris!" Kanan grinned and gave Ino a wave. "Hey, good to see another familiar face at one of these things. In the mood for meat on sticks today?"

Zack would have taken one look at this place and turned himself inside-out trying to get back out again.

Yeah, Ino was glad Zack hadn't come along with.

"Mostly just wanted to get out and go somewhere," she admitted. "I ain't gonna complain 'bout meat on sticks though. Yo, Kanan. How're you doin'?"

"You know, actually not terrible?" Kanan shrugged and grinned. "It's nice to have an excuse to get out of the house on Mondays, mostly. Eat some good food. On occasion, there's even good company."

He was getting 'blatantly ignoring Seivarden even existed' down to an art form.

"Only occasional good company?" she teased.

Hey, so far Ino liked Seivarden just fine.

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Amaya Blackstone was a simple woman, really. You call her up and tell her there'd be meat on sticks, and she'd be there with bells on. And just like that, Dr. Lecter got her to attend his fancy eating class after all, and she was even a little excited about it, especially getting an eyeful of a different place while they were at it, too.

"Glad to see you could make it," Hannibal said to her, smiling. "You see, we have managed to find meat on sticks."

"Indeed we have!" Amaya said with a laugh, opening her arms slightly as she looked around, looking very impressed, very approving. "Good of you to let me know, Doctor. I think I might've been a little put out to have missed this one."

"And I would have been sorry to have let you," Hannibal said. "I'm pleased to show you that Earth cuisines have at least something you will enjoy."

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