Sometimes They Come Back Again

[tanstagi]

The waters of the lake outside the mansion are placid, or at least as placid as they ever are. No one outside the lake could guess that anything is happening beneath its surface... until it begins happening above the surface. The periscope shoots up first, dripping water for dramatic effect. In moments, an impossible, pure gold-colored

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[doctor_pascal]

Pascal was just under a tree, reading despite the chill, and if Hagbard's eyes are good, he'll find it's a treaty on genetics and heredity.

He looks up, not quite registering the submarine - just the voice which interrupted his reading.

"Can't say I have, but welcome all the same, Monsieur."

T: Welcome back ! This is Wil(Tomboy), by the way. My puppets multiplied while you were gone.

[tanstagi]

"Well I haven't missed you, either," Hagbard shouts. "And I'm not anyone's sieur, damn you!"

[doctor_pascal]

"Apparently. And we never met, hence my comment."

Sheeesh. Pascal is quite sedate, though, so he doesn't react much.

[phedre_25]

Phedre wasn't quite out - but if Hagbard does make his way to the common room, he'll find her there, writing at a table, thoughtfully, though she won't mind at all an interruption.

[lorien_gal]

She really shouldn't be out - Galadriel has been somewhat forbidden to go out by her cousin the High King, and by her older brother, but she feels she needs to know.

Since Celebrimbor hates her, she can't ask him for a mirror - and so she actually was reading the waters, when your submarine came up, Hagbard.

So have a disgruntled, annoyed Lady of the Golden Wood, who is *mildly* WTFing at the situation.

".... that was unexpected."

She's not particularly please, either.

[tanstagi]

Hagbard smiles at her entirely too caddishly. "I expected it to be, lady."

[lorien_gal]

She sighs, tiredly. "And is there any chance you could remove this.... thing out of the waters?"

She isn't pleased with what she sees as pollution. At all.

[tanstagi]

"Where do you expect me to put it? The common room? This model doesn't fly." If it did, it would really pollute things. As is, at least it's shiny?

[myrddin_wyllt]

Hey, look, someone who actually remembers you, Hagbard.

"You." Merlin's voice cuts like a knife. He has a few things to tell this fellow. Quite. A. Few.

[tanstagi]

Hagbard is actually quite pleased to see someone mad at him. The last time he was around he was beginning to feel throughly likable!

"Merlin, you ancient bat! What's bothering you?" He can guess.

[myrddin_wyllt]

Pleasing you is not the point, Hagbard.

"And so you've gone and left these poor people in a rut, you irresponsible fool. Do you even realize the consequences of your actions?"

[tanstagi]

Hagbard is very rarely concerned with other people's points. His face does become unusually grin, however.

"I always realize the consequences of my actions. Why do you suppose I left? Do you think a submarine's just good for carrying one man? I built a vast cargo hold into the design in case the eschaton was immanentized, but it works for this too."

[permanent_blur]

gleeeeeeeeeee. this will be a glomp, such as a child might give a favorite uncle.

"i did -- sometimes i forgot i did, but i did all the same -- did you bring me any presents? i won't miss you less, you know, if you brought me any presents --"

[tanstagi]

Hagbard enjoys being glomped; it is not something he often is. He can't help but ruffle Rosencrantz's hair.

"Of course I brought you a present!" He didn't bring one for Ros in particular, but he's sure he's got something in the submarine that fits. Not something from the Hash room, or the Initiation room, but it's a big submarine. "It's in there... somewhere. Things move a lot in transit."

[permanent_blur]

"oh, i expect they do," cheerful, cheerful, "that's how they're in transit."

[tanstagi]

Hagbard guffaws. That's the kind of clever he isn't. The kind of clever he is leads him to continue the conversation as such: "I'll bet you can't guess what I brought you."