Back with a vengeance

Hey, okay, so I get munched on by one little kaiju baby. Big deal. A smart man's always got a knife on him in case of emergency or annoying PPDC scientists. The heck do you want? { This is an independent rp blog for the character Hannibal Chau of Pacific Rim. I'll rp with anyone from anywhere, but I can't guarantee Hannibal will be too pleased with non-customers poking around his stores. I track the tag akaijubusinessman }

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[akaijubusinessman]

"Virginia Potts. ‘Kay. Is that it? I’m a busy man, and you know people are gonna be lookin’ for me." There was a click of heels on concrete behind them and Hannibal smiled broadly. "And maybe they already found me."

The owner of said heels grabbed Jarvis by the collar...

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Hannibal made a mad dash for the magazine, snatching it up before Jarvis could reach it. "Ah-ah-ah. There's no way I'm lettin' a trigger-happy guy like you get this again." He pocketed it, sauntering back over to Sunny Lee, who folded her arms in an unimpressed manner.

That PPDC guy had courage, Hannibal would give him that. But without a gun and with Sunny Lee here, Hannibal had the distinct feeling Jarvis was at a disadvantage. This fact made the kaiju businessman's grin a bit wider and he even laughed. "End of the line. You're not gonna get what you want, sorry."

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[akaijubusinessman]

"Tony Stark…" He mulled over the name, or as much as one could mull with a ticking time bomb of a guy standing behind him. "Wasn’t he big in the energy biz around 2012? Dunno how my path would cross with his, but alright. Steer clear of Tony Stark. Got it."

He heard the...

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"Virginia Potts. 'Kay. Is that it? I'm a busy man, and you know people are gonna be lookin' for me." There was a click of heels on concrete behind them and Hannibal smiled broadly. "And maybe they already found me."

The owner of said heels grabbed Jarvis by the collar and threw him to the ground. A lithe hand with perfectly painted nails picked up his gun and took its magazine out, tossing it to the other end of the room. Sunny Lee looked down at Jarvis with disgust, dropping the empty gun on his chest. "Idiot."

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"…lemme see what we’ve got. Follow me." Hannibal led Bruce through the lair into a storeroom full of extraction equipment.

"You can use anythin’ smaller than a nightstand. One thing. I’ll show you to a room somewhere once you make a choice."

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Bruce shrugged and pointed...

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"Two. Whaddya need for electronics? Radio? I'll grab a toolbox from one a' my workers."

Five hundred US for an hour and a room? This guy must be in some trouble if he was gonna offer that much. Hannibal looked him over again, hands on his hips. Didn't look like much of a threat, so PPDC maybe?

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"Well then." Hannibal let his arms drop, folding them across his chest. "I might make an exception to my, ah, possessiveness, if you’ll tell me the name of who I’m supposed to avoid or cater to and you let me go."

It was a long shot, he knew that. But hey, he was about...

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"Tony Stark..." He mulled over the name, or as much as one could mull with a ticking time bomb of a guy standing behind him. "Wasn't he big in the energy biz around 2012? Dunno how my path would cross with his, but alright. Steer clear of Tony Stark. Got it."

He heard the door shift slightly behind Jarvis and the corner of Hannibal's mouth twitched. So someone had found them. If he was lucky, and he often was, that someone would incapacitate James Bond here and Hannibal would go scot- and bullet-free. Maybe.

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Hannibal busted out in an uproarious peal of laughter. His employees laughed along nervously and fell silent when Hannibal stopped. “You’re funnin’ me. Look around, kid, do you see any of that to buy around?”

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"You’ve got to have something." Bruce shrugged, finally pulling out his wallet with a triumphant little smile. "Something electronic, a toolkit, a desk and an hour. That’s all I need and I’ll be out of your hair. How does… three hundred US sound?"

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"...lemme see what we've got. Follow me." Hannibal led Bruce through the lair into a storeroom full of extraction equipment.

"You can use anythin' smaller than a nightstand. One thing. I'll show you to a room somewhere once you make a choice."

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"Eliminating a threat," Hannibal repeated, licking his lips and tipping his head to the side slightly. "An’ how am I a threat? All I remember is you’re some lackey for the PPDC and I’ve kept to the contract and been real reasonable. I only become threatening when someone...

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"Well then." Hannibal let his arms drop, folding them across his chest. "I might make an exception to my, ah, possessiveness, if you'll tell me the name of who I'm supposed to avoid or cater to and you let me go."

It was a long shot, he knew that. But hey, he was about to get shot by some gosh danged PPDC goon here, he had to try. Hannibal did not want to end his life here when he was on— well maybe not the top of, but pretty close to the top of his game!

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"…2026." God, this guy must be high or drunk or something to forget the year. "Look, kid, are you gonna buy something or get out? I’m not here to play 20 questions with some amnesiac short-stack, I’ve got a business to run.

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"Uh, if you’re selling electrical parts and...

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Hannibal busted out in an uproarious peal of laughter. His employees laughed along nervously and fell silent when Hannibal stopped. "You're funnin' me. Look around, kid, do you see any of that to buy around?"

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WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER WHEN YOU ARE IN A BAD MOOD?

More Kaiju parts to sell.

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// Just a test! Reblog it if my muse can jump in your askbox without annoying the mun!

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Hannibal snorted, cracking a grin. “Where the crap’ve you been? The moon? You can’t be kidding me this bad to not’ve seen the giant aliens ransacking earth and filling my pockets.”

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Well, it wasn’t like he was totally inaccurate with the whole ‘moon’ thing. “Different...

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"...2026." God, this guy must be high or drunk or something to forget the year. "Look, kid, are you gonna buy something or get out? I'm not here to play 20 questions with some amnesiac short-stack, I've got a business to run.

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Hannibal kept his arms up, though kept his wrists loose to show how utterly bored this was with the situation. He wasn’t, of course, he was freakin’ terrified, but there was no way Hannibal Chau was going to show that to anyone. “C’mon, kid, you haven’t made any demands...

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"Eliminating a threat," Hannibal repeated, licking his lips and tipping his head to the side slightly. "An' how am I a threat? All I remember is you're some lackey for the PPDC and I've kept to the contract and been real reasonable. I only become threatening when someone takes away somethin' of mine."

Well, the problem came when Hannibal and someone else disagreed about what was Hannibal's. But hey, what else was he supposed to do when you run a dying business? You gotta start getting creative and sneaky and sometimes, violent. But Hannibal wasn't so stupid that he'd go against the PPDC during the duration of their contract. He had no idea why this guy was gonna kill him.

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I’ll give you one minute to plead for your life.

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Hannibal kept his arms up, though kept his wrists loose to show how utterly bored this was with the situation. He wasn't, of course, he was freakin' terrified, but there was no way Hannibal Chau was going to show that to anyone. "C'mon, kid, you haven't made any demands yet. Aren't you gonna squeeze some a' my riches out of me before you blow my brains out?"

If Hannibal did die— which was a distinct possibility right now— Sunny Lee'd have to continue the business without him. Hey, he respected her, but she wasn't a businesswoman. She'd kill and ask questions later and that was not good for his operation. So, plan was? Give Trigger Happy here what he wants, leave, and move the crap outta Hong Kong.

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"What makes you think I can’t con people already?" The dealer challenged, looking back up from his dirty fingernails and knife. "Besides, I’ve got plans for when I finally run out of kaiju parts to sell, I don’t need a pair of con-men lovebirds in the way."

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"Oh, nothing." Penelope grinned, shrugging off Bloom’s hand and stepping forward with every intent of plucking the blade from Hannibal’s hand. "We’re just the best at what we do. I could work great as a bodyguard though!" She plucked the knife out of the larger man’s hand, using it to motion to Bloom. "He’s a little useless outside of acting though," she confided in a stage whisper, earning a simultaneously indignant and exhausted protest.

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Hannibal raised his eyebrows with interest. Now, the skinny guy wasn't much use (unless he could con better than he looked) but the bouncy one with his favorite knife in her grip? Promising.

"Tell ya what, kiddo," he sleazed, gesturing over to his personal favorite bodyguard with shaven hair and a wicked dress, "If you can hold your own against Sunny Lee here, you can work with me and I won't kick you and your boyfriend out of my shop."

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"Change?" Hannibal turned, towering over Jarvis. "And what change would that be?"

If Stacker’s changed that frickin’ contract, he thought, I’m gonna get someone to slip some ‘phosphorus enhancer’ into his goddang coffee.

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"Me," Jarvis answered, forcing himself to remain firmly rooted and keep a straight face. "I should be taking care of your dealings with the PPDC in the future, sir."

Was it because he’d been an AI? Did they think he could deal with this sort of thing better? Because, really, that was a terrible assumption to make.

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"The heck is that supposed to mean?" He didn't move an inch, even though his face was uncomfortably close to Jarvis' because of their lack of a height difference.

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"Uh huh. Don’t think I’ve seen you two around the marketplace," he remarked, casually flicking out his knife and starting to clean his fingernails. "What kinda parts did you shuffle around? Lungs? Brain?"

Neither of which, of course, could be taken on by amateurs or even smuggled through security lines easily. But hey, if they turned out to be duds, at least he’d get a laugh chucking his knife as they ran.

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"Bone powder and stuff mostly, stuff that was easy to get a hold of but worth a lot." Bloom answered, putting a hand on Pen’s shoulder, more than able to notice the way her grin was growing more and more eager as she eyes Hannibal’s knife. Now was definitely not the time to demonstrate her… talents.

"Anyway," he said, glancing down. "We aren’t here about that. We’re, uh, we’re con artists and we were kind of hoping you might want someone to help with regular cash flow. Now that the kaiju are gone."

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"What makes you think I can't con people already?" The dealer challenged, looking back up from his dirty fingernails and knife. "Besides, I've got plans for when I finally run out of kaiju parts to sell, I don't need a pair of con-men lovebirds in the way."

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"Hong Kong. Bone Slums. You know, next to the giant freakin’ kaiju skeleton?" He gestured vaguely at the door before turning back to his employee.

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"Kaiju skeleton?" Bruce asked, perking up a little bit and taking a half step forward. "You’re, uh, you’re gonna have to explain that to me."

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Hannibal snorted, cracking a grin. "Where the crap've you been? The moon? You can't be kidding me this bad to not've seen the giant aliens ransacking earth and filling my pockets."