Fix & Clean- Tuesday Afternoon

[alwaysonguard]

 Dwight was actually feeling the best he had for some time.  The hole nonsense was over and didn't seem to be returning and the random teleporting was done for the time being as well.  He had supplies again and was glad to be getting back something resembling a normal routine.  

It had been far too long since he had been able to work in the shop and there was a lot of work to do- mainly getting back to those shelves of Hannibal's. They had already been in the not so great shape when he had started working on them but ending up in a hole had done nothing to improve their condition. 

The Fix & Clean shop was open!

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[sharp_man]

Sometime in the middle of the day, Hannibal came by; normally, he'd have brought food, but he was limited in what he could do, since his home was still only nominally livable. However, he'd gone by to check on things and discovered a lovely and functional door with a note from Dwight saying he'd fixed the lock as well and Hannibal should come by for the keys.

So, here he was, with a nice bottle of homemade beer that had made it through the destruction, and some prime rib, horseradish, and arugula sandwiches. Not as fancy as he'd prefer, but hopefully Dwight would appreciate them.

He walked in and looked around, checking out his shelves. "They look better already. Again."

[alwaysonguard]

"Hey, welcome back to the island" Dwight said warmly. "Recovering ok from the little hole adventure?" he asked as he cleared off space on he table and pulled up an extra chair

If the spread Hannibal had brought was any indication, he seemed to be doing pretty good since their return to the surface. Dwight watched as he inspected his shelves again and gave a smile.

"Yeah, I think they are coming along nicely. I think most of them should be salvageable and the few that need to be totally rebuilt, I shouldn't have much trouble getting them to match."

[sharp_man]

"It took me little time to recover," Hannibal said. "My house, on the other hand..." He shrugged. What could you do, apart from repair it again?

"Thank you for fixing the door as well; you didn't have to, but I appreciate it." He lifted his bag. "A thank-you lunch." He started unpacking the sandwiches, and handed Dwight the bottle. "And a drink, for now or later."

[alwaysonguard]

"I think we all took a bit to recover... I know I felt like I was allergic to the sun for a few days after that" Dwight said shaking his head.

"Yeah, no problem about the door. I know fandom doesn't have much of a crime problem, but there's still something unnerving about staying in a place without a good secure door. Oh, and speaking of which...." He reached into his pocket and pulled out a small key ring with a couple of keys on it.

[sharp_man]

"Mm." Hannibal's lips twitched. "I wouldn't want any dangerous criminals getting in."

He reached out and took the keys. "Thank you. Do you make copies here? I have a contractor coming in for the structural work, and he'll need one. As will you, if you'd like to assist. I know he can always use an extra pair of hands."

[alwaysonguard]

"Already got you some copies. Got the front door fixed up for you and went ahead and switched some of the locks out. Most of the other doors seemed sturdy enough so I just made sure the main doors I could get to all matched" Dwight said as he pointed to the key ring.

"There's three keys on the ring that work for the new locks. If you need a few more copies I will get them made for you. And if you want all the locks to match, I can easily get more so that won't be a problem...."

"As for helping out..." Dwight considered it for a moment. "I'd be glad to. Business has been surprisingly slow, even after the 'half the town getting swallowed by a hole' fiasco. Guess that's to be expect though when half the town seems to have super powers huh?" he chuckled.

[sharp_man]

"The town has largely learned to roll with things," Hannibal said. "I probably would be, too, if I had still had power and gas. Which have now been reestablished. Everything that can be put back has been; I'm left with a lack of shelving," he nodded toward the shelves, "some broken cabinets downstairs, and in need of a new porch and several glass doors and windows. I will also need to replace a foosball table, dishes and silverware, one of the fish tanks, and most of my food. I shudder to think how much worse it would be without Wanda's help."

He sighed. "And I've got one flamingo that now considers itself entitled to wander in and out of the house."

[alwaysonguard]

"Well the new doors and locks should help keep the flamingo at bay at least a little bit" Dwight said with a grin.

"And as far as the food goes, I'm just now getting stocked back up. The fridge upstairs was not in the best shape when I got back back... let's just leave it at that."

[sharp_man]

"Mine was mostly used up or broken in the fall, rather than gone bad," Hannibal said. "But I will need to restock a good bit of my pantry. I may have to travel to a few other worlds. Fortunately I enjoy it, but it will still need to be done."

He set out a sandwich and waved Dwight toward it. "Please, help yourself."

[alwaysonguard]

"Well, I have to say, if it wasn't for you, I think we would have been a lot worse off in the food department down there"

Dwight sat down at the table and motioned towards the other chair as he grabbed the bottle of beer and looked at it as he glanced up at Hannibal. "But yeah.... again, sorry about inadvertently sending a semi-sentient hole after us. The things you learn living in Fandom huh?"

[sharp_man]

Hannibal nodded polite acknowledgement of both statements and sat. "I believe the store in town has a remarkably varied apology section of cards. I distinctly remember 'I'm sorry I tried to eat you when we were both animals'. I wouldn't worry about it."

[alwaysonguard]

"Good ol'e Fandom...." Dwight said with a chuckle. "Still getting used to the randomly turning into animals thing.... We had a similar Trouble once in Haven but it was far from a common occurrence."

He turned his attention to the sandwiches. "And thanks for the lunch, these look amazing!"

[sharp_man]

"It comes and goes here," Hannibal said. "I have found my times as a snake restful, if unproductive. And you're welcome. One day I will actually throw a dinner party. Perhaps when my house is fully restored, should that day come."

Just a few months without a disaster, please, Fandom.

[alwaysonguard]

"Well you got a new door a few new shelves ready to go to get you started. We'll get you there... eventually. The island cooperating for a bit would be nice though. Definitely make things easier!"

[sharp_man]

"It would," Hannibal agreed. "And thank you. I'm beginning to think I should keep you on retainer."

[alwaysonguard]

"I'm sure we can figure something out if that is something you want" Dwight said with a nod. "I'm fine with that, so long as your contractor won't mind someone else coming in to help out now and then."