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[keeps_a_cool_head]

[Finally - after having his room stripped of supplies twice, after the Mirror Barge nonsense and allies lost and warden annoyances - Scorpius is holding in his hands the sum of the hours he's spent cooped up in his cabin.

He stands up from his work desk, holding what looks to be a ridiculously sharp and extravagant blade to be fitted over an arm. It has other uses - to pick up delicate things, to turn doorknobs and so on - but the chief inspiration seems to come from excessive weaponry.

Scorpius fits it over his own arm, and with a heave, turns his arm to cut into the wall next to him. The blade embeds itself into the wall some three inches deep before stopping. Satisfied, he pulls it free and sets it back on the table]

I believe your replacement is ready, Horatio.

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[americasdirtiest]

[Mickey looks roughly like he just discovered Santa Claus is real.]

Holy shit, dude.

[keeps_a_cool_head]

[He glances up, giving a slight, pleased smile]

Not suited for inmates, I'm afraid.

[americasdirtiest]

[Unnecessary blow, Scorpius. Mickey sneers and flips him off.]

[bodilesswarrior]

[Barbara's grin is one of delighted admiration.] That's amazing.

[keeps_a_cool_head]

[He gives a slight but pleased smile back]

I'm pleased to have your admiration.

[ichoosefight]

[ Goodness gracious. ] Wow. That. [ is hideous ] That sure is a thing. Think it's got enough knives?

[keeps_a_cool_head]

[Haters gonna hate, Steph. Scorpius sets the blade down carefully on the table]

There's a retracting lever that will pull the knives inwards.

You don't seem to approve.

[ichoosefight]

[ She shrugs a little helplessly. ]

I'm not the one who's going to be wearing it. [ Thank god for that. ]

I'll tell you this though, I sure as hell won't be starting any fights with Horatio.

[shakenandlimp]

Sweet God, has it occured to you he will for some purposes need a hand?

[keeps_a_cool_head]

[He gives a grim smile, and presses a button on the side. The blades all retract, and a hand with four fingers and a thumb emerges, leather-tipped and with metal appendages]

[shakenandlimp]

[Bush gives a harumph, but is mollified. Garish as the thing is, if it were his, he'd find much to admire in it. But it is Horatio's, and that means his standards are much higher.]

And it is functional, well made, and not prone to sticking? It won't expose him to scorn or embarrassment?

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[sssiiiiirrrrr]

It's finished?

[Wow, that is... that is quite a replacement. Horatio doesn't remember agreeing to something quite so... spike encrusted.

But he trusts Scorpius to have included fingers in it somewhere, and he suspects that Scorpius is publicly showing him, just so that everyone knows how spine encrusted his new arm will be, which is a gesture as overprotective as it is thoughtful.]

It looks most impressive, Sir. You would show me how to operate it as well, I hope?

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[keeps_a_cool_head]

[like anything Scorpius made with his own hands wouldn't be spike-encrusted. Pls, Horatio.

But Scorpius smiles all the same, setting the arm down. He did make it in the hopes of deterring any other Hannibal-like inmates, after all]

Of course. I've written you a manual to go alongside it. I hope you'll find it useful.

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[sssiiiiirrrrr]

I can't imagine your engineering not to be!

[It isn't entirely rare for Scorpius to smile, but it isn't often that he looks quite as genuinely pleased as he does right now. It's nice, to see him so happy.

Also the prospect of having two whole arms again, more or less, is pretty agreeable to boot.]

Can I come to see it now?

[leavetreadmarks]

What the fuck?!

[keeps_a_cool_head]

Eloquent as always.

[leavetreadmarks]

"As always," what the fuck?

[routemistress]

If I ever find meself short an appendage, Scorpius love, I know who I'll call.

Needs more rhinestones, mind you.

[keeps_a_cool_head]

I should hope my services in this field are not called to task too often, but I find exercises like these focus the mind wonderfully.

That, you may have to take up with Horatio. It's his to decorate now.

[darknessb4me]

Replacement for what? Stop arming the wardens.

[keeps_a_cool_head]

For Horatio's arm. It was cut off and fed to him by Dr. Lecter some time ago.

Intimidated?

[strangehistorian]

My goodness, is that necessary?

[keeps_a_cool_head]

Not strictly, but I find it important to have on hand.

[Said with the straightest face in the world]

[rhapsody_in]

What the hell is that?

[keeps_a_cool_head]

A replacement arm, for our Mr. Hornblower. He has been in need for some time now.