Case 16-Harry Dresden-Video

[harry_b_dresden]

[The camera is set down carefully on a stone, and Harry walks back to his place at the little fire he's made out on the edge of the hedge maze

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in person ALREADY

[empyreanistic]

[Three. Seconds. Three seconds and Alfred is right there with wide blue eyes and a huge smile]

HARRY! OH MAN YOU ARE THE BEST dude there's one for me right.

in person ALREADY

[harry_b_dresden]

[Harry spins around]

Aaaah!

[He warily eyes the Alfred-shaped hole in the hedge]

yyyyeah, there's a whole ton of them. That thing was the size of a cow.

[He points at a huge pile of uncooked dinoburger patties]

I just took what looked like the best meat and made it into patties. Also I made a grill.

[he's got a fairly roaring campfire set up, with a wide-bladed knife he's been using for a spatula. There's a makeshift metal grill over it.

in person

[empyreanistic]

Oh man you are the absolute best if I could give you medals I would.

[He's already grabbing one of the burgers and slapping it cheerfully on the grill. Grilling, Alfred can do] Shoes after food, yeah?

in person

[harry_b_dresden]

Way ahead of you. [His mouth is full of the first burger, and he's already slapping another one on the grill, next to Alfred's.]

I have a burger problem like other people have gambling problems, with just about the same level of risk.

[He points his thumb at something behind him. Alfred's shoes are on a handy stump]

Shoes are over there, whenever you want 'em.

[white_beret]

[There's an audible gurgle as Komui's stomach notices those]

Tell me those aren't made of anything sentient.

[harry_b_dresden]

Nope. I checked, believe me.

[Flashback:

Harry: Where are you from, dinosaur!

dino: bleat!

Harry: they speak english in bleat?

dino: bleat!

Harry: Ok, I'm gonna kill you if you don't say something other than bleat!

dino: bleat!

The Harry Dresden delicious-looking animal sentience test at its finest.]

There's plenty for everyone, if you wanna come make yourself one.

[white_beret]

In that case, I'll come and visit! Which direction are you in?

Though could you grill me one, please? My cooking tends to come out a bit charcol.

[harry_b_dresden]

Edge of the hedge maze, I walked by Kou's junk shop on the way from the city... So.... south? if you're in the city?

[He laughs]

I'll do you one better than that. [looking over his shoulder] Hey, Al, could you toss another one on?

[He smiles back at Komui]

I may be good at grilling burgers, but I step aside for the living embodiment of America.

[bratxprincess]

The food isn't anything strange right?

[ There's a pause, as she looks off, remembering that voice... She takes a moment to speak again. ]

Ahuuhmm...not to make you feel anymore uncomfortable, I...well I'm sorry... for whatever happened that day. It must have been weird.

[harry_b_dresden]

Um. Unless dinosaurs count as "strange." Tastes fine, really, and the goblins eat em, so they're not poisonous or anything. It's fresh.

[For that killed-20-minutes-ago taste!]

Oh! You're.. Oh. Listen, it was weird for me too... I was seeing you, but not you, and I knew it was an illusion, but...

[He shakes his head.]

It doesn't matter, really. I'm Harry.

[bratxprincess]

I can probably give it a try. I haven't eaten anything well decent in a while...

[ AHAHHAAHA sounds good then omnom XD ]

...Yeah... sorry.

Ah...okay. I'm Ishtar.

[ She replied with a small smile. ]

[harry_b_dresden]

Neither have I. I had one of those moments where I was looking at this funny animal, and I actually thought "huh. Bet that'd taste good on a bun." I figured I was desperate enough to try it.

No need to apologize, it ain't your fault, that's for sure. Was just a bit of a surprise is all.

Nice to meetcha, Ishtar.

[scarygoodtime]

Not sure I'll eat, but I'll be down for the company. Anytime there's a bonfire and cook-out, there has to be scary stories when it gets dark too!

[harry_b_dresden]

Oh, come on, Jack, you're all skin and bones! [He laughs] Well, bones and bones, anyway. Not big on eating, then? Come on down, anyway! Plenty of company to go around, and I'm sure we could all use a good scare, though Alfred already gave me a bit of a start.

Didn't know that a person could really burst through one of these hedges like that.

[He glances behind him at the perfectly Alfred-shaped hole in the hedge wall, which is slowly filling itself in.]

[scarygoodtime]

But I think putting 'meat' on these bones would be kind of messy. It'd ruin my suit, too.

Ok, the grin belies the fact that Jack is joking, despite that delivered entirely seriously and deadpan.

Be there in a minute, although I promise I won't sneak up on you.

[harry_b_dresden]

[Because a grin is totally "deadpan."]

Hm. You've got a point.

Great. See ya then! [Harry puts his feet up on a handy stump, and goes to town on the historical first dinoburger]

[Video]

[artemisaim]

Now, when you say "dinoburger", what do you really mean? [There can't really be dinosaurs here....yeah, okay, there probably are nevermind]

[Video]

[harry_b_dresden]

Mean what I say, say what I mean, Kate!

[He grins]

one hundred per cent quality sauropod, right here. Funny, you'd think it'd taste like chicken.

[Video]

[artemisaim]

So now there are dinosaurs here? Okay then. Next someone is going to discover an entire village of talking cat people in the forest or something. [Shit like this is the reason Kate has given up on having a definition of normal]

[Video]

[harry_b_dresden]

You mean the Jamaican guys who can detach their heads and throw them around? They're kind of catty.

But yeah, I was as surprised as you were for a second. Then I had one of those moments like when someone's starving on a desert island in a cartoon.

[He gestures with his free hand as if describing a panorama]

All I could see was an enormous bleating pile of cheeseburgers. Might have just been one of those illusions. it turned out to be a delicious one, though.