InsaneJournal

Tweak says, "Have I taught you nothing? "

Hans Ernst Varner (heil_hans) wrote in vie_en_guerre,
@ 2008-01-25 22:01:00

Current mood:

contemplative

Fun and Games
Who: Hans and Marie-Pierre
When: night, after this visit to the cafe
Where: The Duck Nest
Rating: PG-13
Complete
Summary: Discussion of the situation with Le Passant and other such troublesome matters

Hans felt pleased with the way things had gone. They'd efficiently warned Genevieve of the danger to Le Passant, and in a way that hopefully did nothing to implicate either himself or Marie-Pierre. Provided the Fraulein didn't handle things in a stupid or panicky manner, all should be well. And she hadn't been managing to stay in business by being stupid, Hans thought. So he was fairly optimistic about her chances. Perhaps more importantly than the warning, however - Hans had discovered that he and Marie-Pierre worked well together. They picked up on each other's signals and set things up just right. Furthermore, Hans found himself enjoying the game. It was a bit like playing chess - with much higher stakes.

These things on his mind, Hans wandered towards the Duck Nest. He never went there directly, rather taking a slightly different and meandering route each time. Just as a precaution. When at last he arrived, he stood out in the street as he had on his first night coming here, and looked up towards the window for sight of Marie-Pierre.

Ads by Project Wonderful! Your ad here, right now: $0

(Post a new comment)

	duclos 2008-01-26 03:20 am UTC (link)
	A good night - things had gone well, and easily, reminding him of why he liked this job. Marie-Pierre had needed that a great deal. Perhaps - just perhaps - he had also needed this - Hans standing in the moonlight as he watched from his window, and a bit of time together; and he smiled before he went down to let him in. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	heil_hans 2008-01-26 03:29 am UTC (link)
	"Adieu, Kase," said Hans, as Marie-Pierre let him inside. Once they were behind closed doors, a wide grin spread across his face. "How good were we at this? We were so smooth! Ah, I did not expect that to go so easy, or to be such fun..." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	duclos 2008-01-26 03:33 am UTC (link)
	"Of course it is such fun! Now you see why I do it?" Marie-Pierre grinned back at him, then paused and made a wry face. "Of course, it is not always so easy - but, ah, the challenge of it, the moves and the calculations! I haven't worked so well with a partner in ages." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	heil_hans 2008-01-26 03:43 am UTC (link)
	"I see!" Hans laughed, and caught up Marie-Pierre into a hug. "It is like a living chess game - we must do this again. You will teach me more of how to do these things?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	duclos 2008-01-26 03:50 am UTC (link)
	"I will," Marie-Pierre promised. "We were brilliant! Your being a Nazi - so helpful - what is I've heard that called? Good cop, bad cop!" (The phrase is less snappy when one is saying gendarme, but the point remains.) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

heil_hans
2008-01-26 04:03 am UTC (link)

"I am pretty much always going to be the bad one, oc? The uniform takes care of that," Hans said, laughing some more.

"And how skillfully you guided the discussion to curfew," he said, as he walked up and into the apartment proper so he could take off his coat and hat and set his bag down. "Tell me, mein Kase - how did the conversation go after I left for the bathroom? What did I miss?"

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	duclos 2008-01-26 04:16 am UTC (link)
	"Ah - she wanted details - who is saying what, where did we hear it - I insisted I had heard nothing specific, but that it is always best to be on one's guard, no?" Marie-Pierre mimicked the worried look he had given Gene. "I was terribly concerned for her well-being, of course, and sorry to lay trouble at her door, but I thought she ought to know, just in case." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	heil_hans 2008-01-26 04:22 am UTC (link)
	"You are good with those expressions," Hans remarked. "You could have been an actor. Did she take your concern seriously? It is out of our hands now, but I hope she keeps her business from harm... or at least, from as much harm as possible." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	duclos 2008-01-26 04:31 am UTC (link)
	"If I am a decent judge of eyebrows, I believe she will try - which is the most we can hope for." Marie-Pierre shrugged, sat on the bed, and laid down across it endways, folding his arms behind his head and stretching his legs out on the floor. "A very good bit of work." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	heil_hans 2008-01-26 04:38 am UTC (link)
	"And how has your other business been going?" Hans asked, coming to sit beside him. "I know you said you could not complain earlier..." He leaned over to trail his fingers lightly across Marie-Pierre's cheek. "But here, perhaps, a little detail? I do worry..." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	duclos 2008-01-26 04:50 am UTC (link)
	"Well, I might have to kill someone before the weekend," said Marie-Pierre. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	heil_hans 2008-01-26 04:55 am UTC (link)
	Hans frowned. He hadn't been expecting that detail. "Is it someone in need of killing, or circumstantial?" he asked. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	duclos 2008-01-26 04:59 am UTC (link)
	"The former." Marie-Pierre was not overly troubled by the thought. "We are waiting a bit longer to be sure there is no way around it, of course. No point in doing something that will require that sort of covering-up if it's not necessary." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	heil_hans 2008-01-26 05:09 am UTC (link)
	"I would say 'be careful', but I am sure you always are and I would not want to insult you," Hans said, the thought of Marie-Pierre being in dangerous situations still discomforting nonetheless. Hans stretched out beside him on the bed. "Will things likely be better for you though, after that?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	duclos 2008-01-26 05:21 am UTC (link)
	"Almost definitely. It's amazing how good a little murder can be for one's outlook." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

heil_hans
2008-01-26 05:33 am UTC (link)

Hans shifted to lie on his side, so that he could see Marie-Pierre's face. The statement had startled him, and for a while he was silent as he considered how he felt about this. When he finally responded, he was more than sure.

"I am relieved to hear that it will make things better for you."

If someone had to die to make things better for Marie-Pierre, so be it. This loyalty did come first, always, just as he had promised.

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	duclos 2008-01-26 05:41 am UTC (link)
	Marie-Pierre looked over at him, half a smile playing at the corner of his mouth. "If it happens that way, it will be because it was both useful and highly necessary, not simply because I felt a little stabby. And if it doesn't - we will have found something else to do with him. Either way - things will be made better." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	heil_hans 2008-01-26 05:47 am UTC (link)
	"Is there anything I can do to make things better for you?" Hans asked, stroking Marie-Pierre's hair with a gentle hand. He wasn't sure how to help. "Not with the stabby, but... otherwise.." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	duclos 2008-01-26 05:54 am UTC (link)
	"Certainly not with the stabby," laughed Marie-Pierre. "Here I leave my work at the door - in a bin like the one at le Passant, no? And you are here, where work is not, and that is enough to make things better for now." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	heil_hans 2008-01-26 06:01 am UTC (link)
	Hans smiled, then leaned in to kiss Marie-Pierre tenderly. "Then let us speak of better things. Like the avet - that is the word for the little garland that goes in the window, oc? I have it on good authority that we must have one to celebrate Nadal properly, and so I have been learning to make paper flowers." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	duclos 2008-01-26 06:08 am UTC (link)
	"I haven't done that since I was a child," said Marie-Pierre. "You've been out doing research, then?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	heil_hans 2008-01-26 06:13 am UTC (link)
	"I have," Hans said, grinning. "And I purchased some colored papers and apples and candles and such - I thought I would bring them over this weekend and we can create our avet together. If you would like this?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	duclos 2008-01-26 06:18 am UTC (link)
	Marie-Pierre grinned up at the ceiling. "Honestly - not since I was a boy! Such a silly thing - but we will do it. After all, we don't want la Verge to be lost and wandering in the dark - she would be picked up by a patrol, and Nadal would be ruined forever." (Reply to this) (Parent)

	heil_hans 2008-01-26 06:24 am UTC (link)
	"She will never find her way to the crèche without us - it is a sacred duty," Hans said, pleased to see Marie-Pierre in such good humor. "And if we didn't - imagine if we had to explain to Stephane and children like him everywhere that we failed in that sacred duty and therefore la Verge was captured. The shame!" (Reply to this) (Thread)

	duclos 2008-01-26 06:40 am UTC (link)
	"Although as long as it wasn't Papà Nadau who was captured many of them would likely remain indifferent to the news." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	heil_hans 2008-01-26 06:47 am UTC (link)
	Hans laughed, and rested his head on Marie-Pierre's shoulder. "Ah, Kase - I haven't been this excited about the holidays since I was small. It seems like Nadal is taking forever to get here..." (Reply to this) (Parent)