Second Floor Common Room, Monday Evening

[wantstodirect]

Tony had a couple of pizzas and some bottles of pop out to celebrate the return of Darkest Night. He settled down on the couch to watch the vampire detective Raymond Dark and his eyes and ears in the daylight, James Taylor Grant, battle a cursed pie shop.

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[trigons_child]

Raven just happened to be passing through the second floor on the way upstairs, as one does. She paused in the common room, recognizing Tony and sensing his excitement. "Hello, Tony," she said.

[wantstodirect]

"Hey, Raven!" Tony smiled. "You like TV? You're welcome to join us."

[trigons_child]

"I have found some TV interesting," Raven said, smiling back. She wasn't about to admit she had totally been sucked into Rumor Gal earlier that evening, however. "You are very excited about this show."

[wantstodirect]

"I worked on it this summer and last," Tony smiled. "And I'm, uh, good friends with one of the actors."

[trigons_child]

Raven could sense there was more behind the "good friends" comment and smiled. "You wish to be an actor as well?" she asked.

[wantstodirect]

"Oh god no," Tony said. "I want to direct."

[trigons_child]

"Ah, you wish to bring the story to life," Raven said. "Has this always been something that has interested you?"

[wantstodirect]

"For a long time, yeah," Tony said. "I love movies."

[blondecanary]

"Hi Raven!" Dinah waved a slice of pizza at her, and said, "C'mon in! It's the show Tony works on. Have some foooood."

[trigons_child]

"Hello, Dinah," Raven said. "I did not know Tony worked on a show. Is there pizza without meat?"

[blondecanary]

"Mmmph." Meaning, 'yes, one moment,' and then Dinah pulled out the box that hadn't been pillaged yet. "Mushrooms and peppers and cheese, yup. And yeah, Tony had a job as a production assistant and all-around wizard-saving guy on this show this last summer. He was gone way too long."

[trigons_child]

"Thank you," Raven said, taking a slice. Pizza had been a new discovery when she came to Fandom, and she liked it. "What is the show about?"

[blondecanary]

"A vampire detective. Not like the vampires at that other place," Dinah added hastily, knowing Raven had the same feelings she probably did on the subject. "This vampire is a good guy. But most of the fun comes from making fun of it, 'cause everything is so fake."

[trigons_child]

The pizza froze halfway to Raven's mouth. "Vampires," she repeated. "Why would anyone make a television show about such things?"

[blondecanary]

"Mostly because they don't know they're real, and people are fascinated by them," Dinah admitted. She looked over at the screen, and had to grin. "For instance...."

Mason, as Raymond Dark, was attempting to look dashing and heroic on-screen in one of the inevitable flashbacks.

First impression: his hair looked silly. And his fangs looked pretty fake if you'd seen (or sported) the real thing. Plus there was the lisp....

[trigons_child]

"I do not understand why someone would find them fascinating," Raven said with a slight shudder, totally not uploading this icon just because. "They are vicious and violent creatures, though Professor Skywalker has told me that there are some who are different." She glanced toward the screen and had to admit the "vampire" hero of the show did look pretty silly.