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An Excuse for Field Trips, Wednesday, 4th Period

Class had been ~~handwavily~~ sent messages to meet at Portalocity, and Hannibal and Jono greeted them when they showed up.

"Hello." Hannibal, in his bespoke plaid three-piece suit, smiled at the students he knew and nodded to the ones he didn't. "I see we have some new faces. I am Doctor Hannibal Lecter. I am a psychiatrist and former surgeon and I often teach classes involving food here at Fandom."

//And I'm Jonothon Starsmore,// Jono added, clad in a rather more casual outfit involving a pair of blue jeans, a grey scarf, and a black leather jacket over a faded old Pearl Jam t-shirt. Somehow, these two men were married. //Jono or Jon will do. Mr. Starsmore if you absolutely have to lean into formality, I suppose. I am... nothing half as exciting as a psychiatrist or a surgeon,// said the occasional superhero, //but I do run the music shop in town.//

You were getting such a side-eye for that, Jono. "This class was meant to be the same as a previous one we taught - Creative Inspirations," Hannibal said. "We visited a number of interesting places and encouraged our students to produce some form of art they were inspired to." He sighed. "The office moose, apparently, had other ideas, so you'll be forgiven if you aren't prepared to be artistic."

//Probably for the best,// Jono mused. //There's an arts and crafts class already, and I'm shite with visual art.//

"But not with music," Hannibal pointed out. Jono, was he going to have to forbid you from talking down about yourself? Honestly now.

It was simply a statement of fact! Jono didn't feel comfortable judging the merits of art forms he didn't fully comprehend.

//True. I'm good with music,// Jono agreed with a shrug. //In any case, this isn't an art class. Which means we get that much more time in our school period to explore our destinations. In fact, as we're at the end of the school day and there aren't any classes to get to after the fact, we'll often stick around after class, should you wish to stay for an extra little while yourselves.//

"If the local language isn't English - or at least, the current language we're speaking - we'll let you know how to navigate. If you ever have any questions, please ask us," Hannibal said. "Today, we'll be staying within the same country we are nominally already in, and a place that isn't far from Fandom, although we'll be visiting a different version of it."

//I'm not in the mood for an image inducer today,// Jono explained, waving at the whole of himself. //And not about to subject any of our non-human students to one, either. So we'll be visiting the National Mall. Just not in this America.//

Not his either. Honestly. He wanted his class to also get back from the field trip alive.

And not Hannibal's, either. For...a few reasons, actually.

"This version of America is fairly used to aliens and other species, so none of you should merit a second glance for that," Hannibal assured them. "Although, speaking of strangers - some of you are to me, and I'm certain some of you are to each other as well. So, before we step through the portal, please introduce yourselves to us."

//Name,// Jono said, //anything about yourself you might want to share with the class... let's go with somewhere you've always wanted to visit, maybe we'll be able to make it happen.//

There were like seven kids in their class. Odds were pretty okay that they'd be able to take a crack at a few of them, anyhow.

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Before you all get going, so the teachers know whose name to yell around the Mall if it looks like you're going to miss the last call back to the island. Name and anything about yourself you want to share. Maybe somewhere you've always wanted to visit.

"I'm Vette," she introduced, shrugging her shoulders a little. "And I've been in one of Dr. Lecter's classes before. This one sounded fun."

She liked exploring. Bonus points if there was a chance for mischief.

"And there's a pirate world back in my galaxy," she added, grinning a little. "Nice beaches, great rainforests, everything else is mostly built up out of salvage and rusted scrap. A real junkhole, but exciting. I kind of want to go somewhere like that."

Bonus points if there were actual pirates there.

"Welcome, Vette." Hannibal smiled at her. "We'll see if we can find something like that that won't be a problem for the class."

“Peebee,” and yes, that name was going to continue to be the only one anyone ever got out of her. “I am a being of pure enigma —“ really, Peebee? — “and I’m up for visiting anywhere if it’s a place I haven’t been yet.”

Other galaxies would be cool. Just not Andromeda, or she’d feel like that was old hat and get stuck in the Milky Way for the Reaper invasion.

Hey, Jono wasn't the sort to go prying for names that weren't offered to him. Part of the codename life, really.

//Welcome aboard, Peebee,// he replied easily. //We'll see if we can come up with something new this semester, hm? You'll have to let us know how we can do better as we go.//

“Oh, I’m along for the ride in any case,” Peebee assured him. “Though if we could avoid giant spiders, that might be nice.”

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"Where have you been so far?" Hannibal asked.

“Home, here, all the school trip destinations . . .” Peebee started ticking things off on her fingers. “Did a stint of portal-hopping for a while, ended up in a bunch of worlds I’m still honestly not sure what they were, so the possibilities are pretty wide open here.”

"I'm Jack. Jack Two, if there's another one in this class," he added, remembering Monday's fun of Jack the Teacher and Jack himself. "I still am not sure what I'm even doing in this school. And I haven't heard enough about this world or country to know any places I'd like to visit." He paused, and added, "Some place with good food?"

Congratulations, Jack - you were now Hannibal's favorite.

He grinned hugely. "That, we will most certainly manage at some point. And if not, perhaps I'll cook for the class one day. Welcome to Fandom and to Earth, Jack. Where are you from?"

"Oz. Well, the City of Ev, recently, but I was born in Oz," he corrected himself. "It doesn't look too different from Fandom, but I think this place has much more tick-tock technology than I've ever even heard of."

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//One of those ones who was unceremoniously grabbed from home and tossed to this place, hm?// Jono's tone wasn't unsympathetic.

It was, mind, directly in poor Jack's head. And he was aiming for casual, because of course he'd noticed this one's shock over the look of him.

//That's how I found myself here in the first place, too, quite some time ago.//

Jack visibly twitched, which sent up a certain amount of jangling from all the tin limbs, then a wild look around, then back to -- Mr. Starsmore? Yes. Right.

"But you got to go back?" Anything else might count as too personal a question. But he was also thinking, How are you alive?

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"I"m Prompto!" One bouncy boy with a ton of memory freed up on his camera, reporting in! "And I've....never been outside my city back home before coming here, and I've already gone more places here than I ever have there, so I'm just excited to see what else is out there. Somewhere with a view, maybe." He grinned, lifting his camera. "I'm coming prepared."

//Ah, so you're looking with a few good opportunities for photos, then?// See Jono. See Jono look amused. //We'll keep on the lookout for scenic destinations, then. The sort not often seen, perhaps.//

"That would be preeettttty sweet, man," Prompto said with his broadening grin. "Some really neat stuff to fill out my portfolio."

Ooh, look at him, starting to talk about portfolios and everything.

Hannibal grinned at his enthusiasm. "We'll do our best to see you have the opportunity for some wonderful photographs," he promised.

"Thanks, Dr. Lecter." There was a bit of relief in his grin there, because going on field trips and taking pictures was significantly less pressure than trying to impress this guy in this kitchen every week, that was for sure. "Seems like a waste to go to a bunch of cool new places and not take photographic advantage of it, am I right?"

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"Dr. Lecter, Mr. Starsmore," Nell said politely. "I'm glad to be in you'uns class. I'm Nell Ingram and I've most never been anywhere outside of the church compound near Knoxville, Tennessee. Least not till I came here this fall."

She considered for a moment. "I can't rightly say as where I might want to go. I'll have to think on that. But pretty much anywhere seems pretty amazin' and exotic to me."

//Well, then we'll do our best to not disappoint,// Jono said, nodding her way. And trying like hell to not look too concerned about the phrase, 'outside of the church compound.'

Because that sounded like a cult. Were you raised in a cult, Nell?

"Oh gosh, I don't think you could disappoint me," Nell said, blushing a little.

And why, yes, she was Jono. Raised in a cult and married at 13, actually.

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"Welcome, Nell." Hannibal smiled at her gently. "I hope you'll enjoy our outings. If any of them are overwhelming, please don't hesitate to let one of us know."

"M'pretty tough," she said with a grin. "But I'll let you know."

"Hey, I'm Yang, I'm pretty much always down for adventure, anywhere, any time," she admitted. "Though I prefer warm and tropical to cold and snow."

//Good call,// Jono decided, a little smirk somewhere around his eyes. //Especially this time of year. Hardly makes any sense to leave here to go see more snow, doesn't it?//

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