NAUTILUS MOVIE NIGHT!!! [OPEN]

[quality_friend]

Who: Dana, Kid Flash, and anyone who wants to join!
What: A post-storm open movie night, so everyone can wind down and have fun together.
Where: The cinema in the Southern District
When: Starting Friday evening
Notes: Mingle! Bring your own movies! We're having fun here!

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PREPARATIONS

[quality_friend]

Dana hadn't yet tried to duplicate anything as big as a beanbag chair. To her surprise, she succeeded, though it was tiring enough that she decided to leave most of the Bending up of seating to Wally. Instead she focused on the food, leaving aside a couple of buckets so she could replenish the supply when it started to run out.

All that was left, really, was to test the vid system. She popped in the Batman musical disc, and the screen responded... with an unfamiliar trailer. She took the disc out for a closer look; it wasn't a problem with the display, it was the wrong disc.

"Hey, Wally!" she called. "There's been a mix-up! Could you help?"

[fastaskenyans]

Preparations, preparations! Wally definitely liked hosting events, and Dana was right, it certainly was putting him in a good mood.

"Yeah? Hang on a sec," Wally called over. He finished bending a cushy sofa- complete with cup holders- and zipped next to Dana, peering over her shoulder.

"What's up?"

[quality_friend]

"Remember how I said we should watch Batman: The Musical? Because it's guaranteed to get a smile?"

She held up the case, which was clearly for the musical, and the disc, which was blank. "I think Nautilus switched discs on me somehow. The right one's probably in my room; think you could get it before everyone arrives?"

[fastaskenyans]

Oh, that was it? He could do that. He set down a neverending bucket of extra-buttery popcorn he'd just finished bending.

"Sure thing!" He made to move off, but paused mid stride. "Ummm. Where do you live...exactly?"

PRE-MOVIE-MINGLING

[fastaskenyans]

[HEY LOOK IT'S A ROOM FULL OF AWESOME THINGS. HEY LOOK THERE ARE PEOPLE. Maybe you should go say hi!

...or maybe you should go grab that super awesome couch that has the BEST VIEW before someone else takes it! Bonus points if you fight someone for it]

I LIKE MINGLING I don't even know how Danny got invited to this thing

[halfspooky]

Danny stepped into the theater and raised an eyebrow before grinning. Okay, if this was how they socialized around here, he'd have no trouble fitting in. He grabbed a bucket of popcorn for himself and glanced around at the crowd, wondering where to start as far as mingling went.

Munching on a handful of popcorn, he scanned the crowd for someone he recognized.

ALL YOUR BONUS POINTS ARE BELONG TO ME

[klepto_ninja]

Now this was more like it! It wasn't long ago when Yuffie was fighting a losing battle against a serious attack of the yawns. The reality storm was so BORING. What kind of secrets did she have to hide? None, that's what! She couldn't even make any real mischief without feeling guilty about it afterwards.

Then suddenly there was a great 'WHOOSH!' outside her door, and when she stepped outside, it was raining flyers.

Salvation!

So here she was, a giant tub of popcorn tucked under a skinny arm, and a bucket-sized cup of cola in her other hand. How she planned on fitting either one inside of her twiggy figure, it was anyone's guess. Her dark eyes were bright and twinkly as she stepped inside the room, approving of everything. This was a sweet set-up, and it was obvious someone went to a lot of trouble to make it look good.

Her gaze fell on the couch, and at once she knew, that was the best seat in the house. Immediately she launched herself at it. "DIBS!" the ninja hollered, staking her claim.

it's okay I wasn't playing for keeps.

[halfspooky]

Danny had wandered into the main theater and was glancing around at the set-up when suddenly OHCRAP NINJA FLYING PAST HIM. His ghost sense, unfortunately, didn't work on ninjas, and he was so startled he dropped his tub of popcorn.

"Aw, man..."

He grabbed it and salvaged what he could, but, you know, three second rule. Three ish. Some of it was still good. You don't waste good popcorn okay? Even if it is in a world where everything's free.

[surreptitiously in the back]

[roninknight]

Clearly, something was up. Drift did not normally wake up covered in paper advertising social things. So he's suspecting, as he does, that it's a trap.

He does one last patrol of the snowmen, because he suspects they're just a matter of time before they come alive in some frosty giant army of carrot-nosed evil, before he rolls into the back of the theater.

Lurking like a lurky thing. You don't see him, all white and red and car or anything. He just...blends...right...in. SUBTLE.

[quality_friend]

Dana totally didn't notice the CAR drive into the theater. She definitely didn't make a mental note that next time, the flyers should ask that Cybertronians come in human form.

"Drift? It's going to be hard to actually watch any movies from there."

[roninknight]

It was the paint job, wasn't it? He'd fit in fine in the gutters in his old, drab deco. But those Crystal City mechs and their big bright primary colors....

So much for stealth. "I'm good back here."

Besides, he's not here for the movies. He's here for the inevitable trouble.

[quality_friend]

She should've expected that he wasn't here to be social. Oh, well.

"Well then, could you at least switch to human form? You're taking up a lot of room."

Batman: The Musical

[quality_friend]

After a generous amount of time for mingling, getting food, and finding seats, the first movie of the night starts playing.

"I am VENGEANCE. I am the NIGHT. I! AM! BATMAAAAAN~!"

Feel free to laugh; that's why it's on. Though not at the production values and special effects; those are top-notch and won awards. The casting director managed to find great actors who also have great singing voices, and got an actual boy to play Robin.

[lastminutestuff]

     And there in the back of the theater sat a very confused skeleton. He paused from munching on popcorn, skull tilted in a curious manner as he watched. Well, this was strange. He had no idea that Batman was so talented.

[quality_friend]

She's not sure why Death is so confused; Batman is the best at everything. (Except singing. Even Batman can't be better than the actor, and she won't believe otherwise without proof.)

[lastminutestuff]

     It was the whole singing thing, really. It just wasn't natural. People breaking out into song randomly and for no real apparent reason other than to express what they normally wouldn't even bother to share in regular conversation was just strange. They definitely had to be on something.

sliiiiiiding in forever late~

[faintlysmile]

Teresa had seen the flyers for something appearing in various areas of the South. Including in the Gongaga Village as well. So now after patrolling the area around it, she has decided to see what all the fuss was about.

Not that she knows what a 'movie' even was.

Even as she does enter quietly and looking to see who's there, she doesn't think that anyone will really notice someone like her coming in.

what is late I know not of this late

[fastaskenyans]

Hey! It was that chick who didn't know what a movie was! ...Well, one of them, anyway. No one could enter quietly enough for Wally not to notice them. He was one of the hosts after all. It was his job to make sure someone greeted any newcomer.

Sorry, Teresa, a hyperactive teen, made more hyperactive by mass quantities of sugary caffeinated beverages, is going to make sure you feel ~*~welcome~*~.

Wally zipped over to the new arrival, still carrying his neverending bucket of popcorn. "You decided to show up after all! Glad you could make it!"

Of course you don't~ c:

[faintlysmile]

By the Gods, it was that child that she's seen on the network and only spoken with once. Her sword hand had twitched slightly in a sort of vague little motion. And what he carrying with him?

She nods slightly acknowledging what him and his words. And she had hoped that no one had witnessed her arrival.

"Of course. Wanted to see what the fuss was about."

8D

[fastaskenyans]

He shrugged. "It's a movie night!" Oh.. right.

"Basically everyone gets together to talk and hang out and eat snacks and stuff for a while, and then we watch a movie, which is... um. Like a play, but on a screen similar to the ones we use to talk over the network... and stuff."

Eloquent, Wally.