Movie Marathon!

[thefinaljedi]

Who: Luke Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Arsene Lupin III, Ami Mizuno, Adele Leblanc, Leonardo, Gambit, and anyone else who has the desire to show up.
What: Star Wars Movie Marathon
When: February 21st to whenever its done
Where: Luke and Ben's place
Summary: Luke and Ben have decided to just end the constant cycle of confusion and actually WATCH the Star Wars movies. There is soda (gasp!) popcorn, canned tea, and all sorts of other movie related nonsense.
Rating: PG, same as the movies (Could get PG13? doubtful)

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Pre-Marathon Preparations

[thefinaljedi]

Pre-Movie stuff goes here!

Pre-Marathon Preparations

[thefinaljedi]

[Luke has spent the majority of the day getting things together for this event. He wanted it to be more than merely a movie marathon, but a way for everyone to forget their troubles from the week before. He has spent a fair amount of time piecing together the things that are "essential" for a movie marathon to have. Soda, Popcorn, Candy, and various other things including a wide array of home-prepared snacks, and as many Galactic Foodstuffs as he is able to reproduce in Luceti. The room has been rearranged and a fair bit of extra seating gathered from somewhere. All that really remains is for people to show up and for them to get started]

[geniustheveil]

[Ami, early as always, makes her way over to Luke.]

Excuse me. If there's anything left to be done, I'll help you if you'd like me to.

Re: Pre-Marathon Preparations

[fleurdesel]

[Basket? Check. Cognac should Lupin show, or to rush up and offer to him later, check. Bag with journal, coat, and...apparently her pointe shoes and dance gear. Lovely. She'd forgotten to leave them at the house in her haste to get here on time. Adele is laden and jittery and muzzy and trying so very hard to ignore what floor she was on and to keep herself focused on not thinking about the past week. She knocks and stares at the door, glances back down the hall to the stairs, then back to the door. This wouldn't end well. There was no way for it to end well and perhaps it'd be better if she didn't stay.

If not for the knock she could still go home. She had said she'd be here but even with the sedative she feels tense, anxious, and it wouldn't get any better as the night went on...

Perhaps she could just drop of the basket and then go home.]

THIS WILL END IN BLOOD.

[averybadfeeling]

[Here we find Obi-Wan, distractedly shuffling about the place setting things in order. Feel free to say something to him when you show up. He seems distracted, but he's still friendly!]

THE BLOOD OF THE INNOCENT?

[fleurdesel]

[It was only five floors. That was all. Only one more than she was comfortable with, and. Obi-Wan, Ben. He was going to be watching his life, the most significant events for the past decade or more, and then his future. It would be distressing, even for a Jedi and. Even in the midst of her frustrations, her self induced apparent apathy, she could not in good conscious let him sit through it alone. Needing to apologize for this, she knew he didn't understand, knew he meant well, and knew this. She'd given her word on this, for one, and it'd be unkind to show. He said he'd wanted her there.

Sedated and deliberately ignoring what lingering anxiety she suffered at this height she made her way up the stairs and slips into the apartment, blinking at everything. She had a basket in her hands, covered in a towel, and without anywhere she could see to put them she wanders over to Ben. Slowly. And clears her throat.]

...Here I am.

[Wasn't that a brilliant way to apologize?]

Wouldn't feel right without the obligatory question...

[thefinaljedi]

[The guests have started filing in, and seats are being taken. Luke walks over to Ben for a moment, giving his roommate and friend a half smile.]

It wouldn't be proper to go through with this without asking. Do you have a bad feeling about this?

[kineticcajun]

[Gambit is fashionably late in showing up, but when he does, he has a big plasticware container in tow. Movie night may not be the best for bringing along an actual dinner dish, but hey, he figures if anyone is hungry for something beyond snacks, he's got it.

Although he's definitely a little surprised to see the turnout. Huh.]

[averybadfeeling]

[Ah, a newcomer. He's seen you around, in all likelihood, but he's never spoken to Monsieur LeBeau until riiiight... now.]

"Hello, there."

[fleurdesel]

Ma Petit Chou-Chou!

[It was soft enough that, well, no one else would hear, Adele wasn't quite that offcenter. But it was pitched for Gambit to hear, and if he's not paying attention a petite surgeon is going to attach herself to him on one side, giving him a quick squeeze.]

[thefinaljedi]

Good evening Gambit. I'm glad you could make it! Please, come in, make yourself at home

[Look at Skywalker, being such a genki host!]

Random gate crasher right here.

[rather_be_surfing]

You know what? It's been a while since he's seen the first set of movies. (Like, since high school), and he never did get to see the second set (Mexico was a bit behind the times in getting them), so when he sees the post, and who had put it up, he decides now would be a good time to check it out.

So, have a vampire hunter at your door, politely knocking on the frame before wandering in to see what's up.

Not a gate crasher, at all!

[thefinaljedi]

[Luke turns and grins when he sees Derek wander in. He had completely forgotten to invite the vampire hunter, and he knew he was leaving out someone. Still, the man who had first informed him of the films existence...well...he was glad for the company

Derek! Good to see you! Come in. Have some drinks. We'll be starting everything up soon

Ditto!

[doubleppk]

[Fujiko is so nervous about this... and literally trying to sneak in with Derek as her disguise! Ninjas never go it alone. And an actual person cover is better than a real disguise. Or something.

Unless you know... the cover notices her... then it's a problem :|]

Late thief is late--I'll tage around when I clear my backlogs

[redjacketthief]

[Lupin himself also shows up fashionably late, despite living on the floor directly above. He brings with him an assortment of blankets and pillows, because he seems to have in mind that this will turn into a sleep over eventually (six movies at once? Come on!), and has managed to find something that resembles actual food.

How much a giant platter of simplistically made but very cheesy and spicy nachos counts as actual food can be left up to the gourmands to decide.

The turn out is only a little surprising, and it's pleasant to see faces that he hasn't seen in a while or hasn't actually met in person yet. There were some new faces too, which ws always nice.]

[thefinaljedi]

Well hello Lupin. Glad you could make it.

[Have a Jedi, taking your platter and putting it somewhere so you can find a seat]

Lupin, meet Loopy Dellie

[fleurdesel]

[This was a bad idea. Just. Avoid him, that'd be easier, but then wouldn't he get the impression she didn't trust him even more? But she did. Trust him. She just couldn't explain everything in her head and what he'd said had helped her in a way and he looks calm enough and maybe he wouldn't mind talking to her when she is completely, totally off duty? There's not a clinical thought in her head. Not a one. So- still a bad idea, but. She needs to apologize. And she doesn't have anything for him. Merde.

Wait. There was- well it was impersonal and he's on medication so it probably wasn't the best idea, but. Maybe for later? Mixed signals, she is giving them. Over to Lupin Adele wanders, hesitates, argues with herself, resolves not to talk to him, and then wanders back over. When she finally makes up the nerve she's got a bottle tucked under one arm and a bandaged hand extended to help him with the blankets and pillows.]

I'm sorry- [Not what she'd meant to say. But. too late to take it back now.] About yesterday morning.

[kineticcajun]

[Lupin, this is your fellow thief giving your nacho platter a skeptical look.]

How much cheese did you put on this t'ing?

[averybadfeeling]

[Obi-Wan greets Lupin rather quickly after he comes through the door.]

"Glad you could make it. How is everything?"

[Everything, in this case, is not code for "Your recent feelings of rage and frustration which you were having issues with." Nope. Not at all. He'll just be helping you find a free table space for your cheesy wedges of fried starch now.]

Later scientist is also late. HIT ME WITH ANYTHING

[semper_cogitans]

[So. Social occasions and Robert rarely mix.

But this is something he is fascinated by - and Leonardo managed to convince Don to come hopefully - and he doesn't want to be home alone, not after the recent experiment.

So here's an anxious little blob of a scientist, taking in the sights of Obi-Wan and Luke's home with a nervous air. He hovers close to the turtles (they may almost seem like bodyguards with how he ends up being flanked by them) at first, but Ami or other people at the party might be able to convince him out of his metaphorical and somewhat-literal shell long enough to talk.

... Catch him organizing things spontaneously (it's a nervous habit!) or orbiting a corner like a wayward satellite. Or engage him in some conversation. Or offer him food. Or something! Go crazy.]

Latest of all, hit me up. o/

[fearless_leader]

[Leo's here, showing up with Robert and his brother. Though Don was a little reluctant to come despite loving the movies. He's got a container of extra chocolate cornets that Robert had baked.

He'll be looking for a place to put them and then looking around at the rest of the people that arrive or are there.]

Even later

[i_speak_softly]

[Don is not entirely sure why he's here, and he thinks he's having some trouble locating reality, but the house is full of people he recognizes and feels safe with, so he doesn't worry about it too much.]

[He'll be wandering around the house, looking at the food (but not eating it), studying the chairs and couches intently, and poking into odd corners in a way a party-thrower might not appreciate from their guests. Catch him wherever.]

I am the latest of all and my muse doesn't even know what movies are

[folklorist]

[ Helios had...gotten the call over his journal from Adele at some point during the day. And with the ice storm outside being as bad as it was the only method to get there would be teleportation. So there's a lone headmaster knocking politely at the door before entering...slowly and tentatively. He is just...going to stay in a corner and possibly try to find Adele to give her, her medication. And then perhaps he'll simply leave because what are movies he doesn't know anything about this sort of thing!

Still they were a curious thing and maybe he might stay for one or two. But in the meantime have Helios being decidedly tentative as he looks around the apartment. ]

MWAHAHA I BEAT YOU ALL

[tailasoldastime]

[Beast quietly enters without little disturbance, rubbing the back of his neck, having literally no knowledge of what he's about to see or why Obi-Wan invited him to this... but to not go would be rude, right?

So now that he's here... where does he go? Does he just stand here and wait to be greeted?]

Totally freaking ninja-tastic late

[doubleppk]

[OR IS SHE? Because she seems to be hanging around, trying to make up her mind about when to go in. Or IF to go in. Sure Star Wars is awesome, but there's a reason Fujiko avoids the conventions or fanboys. And watching it with the actual people portrayed... what if she does something totally embarrassing like... she doesn't even know yet. That's how embarrassing it could be! So thanks to her rampant paranoia, she will keep hanging around the door, maybe slipping in, maybe not. Someone just drag her in already. She brought vodka, so that's a plus, isn't it?]