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sharp_as_knives ([personal profile] sharp_as_knives) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2015-09-13 10:41 pm

Creative Inspirations | Monday, period one

When today's class had been asked to meet on the Causeway, there had been no special instructions, no strange vehicle in wait for them to take them somewhere strange and exotic and dangerous. Just Jonothon and Hannibal, waiting near an open portal, like so many classes before this one, back in the summer sessions.

Jono, at least, was looking pretty pleased about all of this. He liked today's inspiration of choice.

//Morning, class,// he greeted, giving the students a nod. //Today, we're going to be taking in another man-made wonder, and one that's rather close to my heart.// Please nobody mention how his heart had been left behind in bits and pieces all over a coat room in London somewhere, thank you. //Today, we're going to the library.//

Hannibal looked equally pleased with today's jaunt, though his content expression was somewhat marred by a still-healing black eye and bruised jaw. He was in a very nice suit and looking as suave as possible to compensate. Or at least to avoid looking like an unsavory character. "Specifically, we're going to the Abbey Library of Saint Gall, in Switzerland. It's one of the oldest and most beautiful in Europe, so I'm told. There is evidence of a library there as early as 820, and its collection has become renowned over the years; it has been declared a World Heritage site."

//If you have any sense of appreciation for beautiful things that persevere, you might find yourself awed by the architecture and the books alike,// Jono added. //But please, be respectful of both. Much of what you'll see is very literally priceless, and libraries deserve respect.//

"If you have any questions, please let us know." Hannibal nodded at Cosette. "Most of the staff will speak French, and some will know English as well," he told the others, "although if you know German, that will be easiest." Hannibal knew them all, naturally.

After making certain there were no questions, he waved them through the portal.

Re: Talk to the teachers!

[identity profile] never-dull.livejournal.com 2015-09-14 10:17 pm (UTC)(link)
"I was kidnapped for information," Hannibal corrected. One of these days he really was going to have to chat with Alluka and determine how much she knew about her family's business and how sheltered she'd been.
that_oldsaying: (ummmm)

Re: Talk to the teachers!

[personal profile] that_oldsaying 2015-09-14 10:26 pm (UTC)(link)
That would be a fun chat!

"Ooooh," she said, wobbling on her feet before frowning. "Does that mean if Jono hadn't come you'd have died?"

Re: Talk to the teachers!

[identity profile] never-dull.livejournal.com 2015-09-14 10:28 pm (UTC)(link)
"I very much doubt it," Hannibal answered. He'd had those two halfway to killing each other themselves already. "I might have been more bruised, though."
that_oldsaying: (Yay! (w/jacket and hair up))

Re: Talk to the teachers!

[personal profile] that_oldsaying 2015-09-14 10:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Alluka giggled.

"Because you were winning anyway?"

Re: Talk to the teachers!

[identity profile] never-dull.livejournal.com 2015-09-14 10:41 pm (UTC)(link)
"Of course," Hannibal answered, grinning. "I never lose."
that_oldsaying: (Who me?)

Re: Talk to the teachers!

[personal profile] that_oldsaying 2015-09-14 10:46 pm (UTC)(link)
"Not ever?" she asked, eyes going big.