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Who: OPEN to all!
What: Movies, movies, movies! And games and food too.
When: All day Saturday, June 7th (starts 11ish)
Where: Rec Center
Summary: Ginia throws a movie marathon at the rec center for entertainment and post-draft distractions.
Rating: PG-13 for some of the movies shown, but let's keep it around here or lower.

On Thursday, flyers were posted around the village with another notification of the movie marathon and the list of movies that will be shown:

The Sword in the Stone
Grease
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
Moulin Rouge
The Princess Bride
Jurassic Park
Clue
Rocky Horror Picture Show

Come Saturday, the list can also be found outside the rec center. Inside the center, there are tables set up filled with food: fruit and veggie platters, cookies and cake from the bakery, sandwiches, packages of popcorn (with a microwave nearby), and an assortment of packaged candy. As food begins running low, runners will be sent to the stores to bring back more. There are also drinks - water, sodas, juices, tea, and coffee. Alcohol is bring your own, but Ginia also has a small table set aside with some gin, whisky, vodka, and mixers.

Besides what seating is already in the rec center, additional chairs, large cushions, and even two beanbag chairs have been brought in. For those who want to hang out but not watch movies, there's still pool, board games, and a few deck of cards.

Enjoy, relax, and try not to think about the draft.

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...Dinosaurus? You mean...those reptiles?

[This gets her attention big time. They're a reminder of a friend, and...well...she didn't quite ever get an education on them in school.]

That sounds exciting. Is it a horror movie, then?

/Those reptiles that died out long ago, yes. And there are a few suspenseful and scary bits, but it's largely an action movie. The thing I love most about the movie is the fact they built life-sized models for some of the dinosaurs. Adds to the realism./

[After the draft, Ginia was slightly hesitant to include Jurassic Park on the movie list. Maybe some parts would be too scary for the audience. But it wasn't war violence, and there weren't dinosaurs out on the draft, so she felt it was safe enough.]

Oh. Huh. That is interesting.

[She's just seen bones in a few museums, after all. And VelociSouji]

I knew they were all gone, I just don't really know much about them. Is any of the movie accurate?

[Hey Poker!

Evan had seen the Cajun around, but had not gotten around to greeting the man. However seeing him at the table with a deck of cards gave him a great chance. So he wandered over, a friendly smile on his face.]

Hey. Wanna play a game?

[Evan regard the alcohol table out of the corner of his eye. He was not one for drinking, but he understood the allure, in an abstract way. The idea of loosing any self control was a bit on the scary side though.

Still, he understood why people turned to it. Even if he thought is was weird. Besides it tasted so gross.

However when he sees someone who looks a bit younger than the legal drinking age approached it sneakily, well, that just won't do. Not that he actually gets why underage drinking is a 'big deal' but hey. Social norms, what can you do.

This in mind, he stealthily approaches the young man. Once standing directly behind him he speaks:]

ID please.

[Seeing as he is a gracious and helpful host, Evan immediately notices the kid who seems a bit lost.

This must be corrected! Evan walks over, giving a friendly smile.]

Hey, welcome. Did you come to watch a movie?

[Evan's not sure what is playing at the moment, but all of the movies are good.]

[When Evan first spots Saori, it's from the corner of his eye as he turns to check on the food levels. It is understandable then that he freezes, his mind jumping to crazy conclusions. The glace is too brief, to give him a solid ID, yet a single name beats in time with his heartbeat, which has jumped to a ridiculous pace as his whole body tenses for flight or fight.

Cynthia, cynthia cynthia cynthiacynthiacynthiacynthia!

It takes all his self control to turn carefully, not whip his head around and stare blatantly. Almost immediately he realizes his mistake. A shaky exhale. No, it wasn't her. Most people might have made a similar mistake, if they knew Cynthia and saw Saori from a distance, but Evan's long time familiarity with his oldest friend means he sees the difference very clearly, now that he is looking properly.

It still hurts though.

However he takes a deep breath, shoving everything down. He's not dealing with it today. No, today is fun and movies dammit.

So he pulls up a smile, perhaps a bit smaller than his usual friendly smile, but genuine, and approaches Saori.]

Hey, welcome. Having fun?

((ooc; So, sidenote. Evan is a member of no religion in particular but has participated in the worship of various Chinese and Japanese gods. I don't know if you'll want to do anything with that knowledge but feel free to ignore or expound at your will. Just wanted tp add it in because it feels like it could be important??? Maybe? Also he's pretty aware of Eastern Mythology, but not of Saori in particular. Mainly Taiwanese/Chinese myths, with a sprinkle of Japanese.))

[Well Saori doesn't notice the look, or feel anything odd, but she's somewhat absorbed in the movie. All things considered, she's here to be polite, not to be sociable...but he's a stranger and he seems friendly enough. And she remembers the broadcasts, as well as thinking he had a good singing voice. And there was something about him that hinted at a spiritual side, possibly someone who'd prayed in the past.

So...she'll offer up a welcoming little smile.]

I am, thank you. You helped set this up, didn't you?

[ooc: Well, Saori isn't part of traditional lore, but Evan might have a passing familiarity with her forebearer, Tesshin (A regional aspect of the greater deity Susanoo in some tales), the god who's role she assumed. I'll run with what's up there, and we'll see how things go! <3)]

[If anyone told him he had a spiritual side, he'd probably be surprised. Mainly because since he didn't subscribe to any form of organized religion which somehow equated to no spirituality, at least among the close-minded.

The smile is completely different and just highlights how different this woman is from Cynthia. He feels himself relax a bit more, the smile widening a fraction.]

Good to hear. I certainly played my part. It was mainly Ginia but I was allowed to help with the heavy lifting, snack procurement and the announcement.

But, I'm forgetting my manners. My name is Evan, at your service.

[He looks up at the man vacantly.]

I don't know. I don't think that I know what a movie is. What does it mean... to watch one?

/Not very. They took a lot of creative liberties like most movies do. Still doesn't make it any less entertaining./

[Well. That's just... sad. And familiar. He didn't get to watch movies until he was older too.

Evan gives a gentle smile.]

A movie is kind of like watching theater only it's not live. To watch one is to, well, look at the screen and learn the story that is playing. Only you don't have to applaud the actors and the special effects can be quite a bit better than stage ones.

[Evan pats the kids shoulder.]

C'mon and sit. It looks like a film should be starting shortly. Then you can experience your first movie.

[Mytho looks up curiously as he explains, trying to process the idea.]

Okay. [He'll sit wherever Evan indicates.] Like theater... So, is it like ballet...?

[Her own widens pleasantly, and she offers her hand for a shake. It's not that unusual to do that with Westerners anymore, so...it's not even awkward for her.]

And I am Saori. It's a pleasure, Evan.

[She pauses, shrugs, and adds.]

And you sing quite well.

Ah. Well, that's a little sad. But...it sounds fun. Is it...new? Or older?

[Evan takes it without any awkwardness. While he's mainly bounced around the Eastern part of the world, most of his companions have been Westerners, so he knows quite a few greeting habits.]

The pleasure is mine Saori. Japanese?

[Evan gets a pleased flush.]

Why thank you for saying so.

[Evan leads Mytho over to the unoccupied couch. The kid is really rather docile, which is a bit eerie.]

Yeah, sort of like ballet. Though most of the time the movies don't have ballet dancing. Still need to go to a proper theater for that, unless it's broadcasted.

[Evan looks at the screen, trying to gauge what movie will be starting. It looks like it's The Princess Bride. Not a bad choice for a first movie.]

[She inclines her head slightly.]

Yes, that's right. I'm originally from Dazaifu. Fukuoka prefecture.

[Saori is happy to talk about home, at least, and if he's able to pick out her origin, maybe he'd pick up on her heavy Hakata-ben accent, the slight drawl of Kyushu natives.]

Ah, Kyushu area. I though your accent was familiar. I've been to Dazaifu once, went to visit the Kōmyōzen-ji. It was very calming.

[He smiles.]

Most of the time I've stuck to Taiwan but when I traveled I liked to go to Japan and China. Lots of very soothing places, and gorgeous temples.

Edited 2014-06-13 04:26 (UTC)

[Her eyes flash with surprise, and her smile widens even farther, lighting up her entire face.]

Kōmyōzen-ji is less then a stone's throw away from my shrine! It's a beautiful place, for a Buddhist temple, and I've...well, I've fallen asleep in the garden more than once. So you're right about it being calming.

[She's amused by this, as she wasn't entirely sure if the complex even existed in other worlds.]

Edited 2014-06-13 04:37 (UTC)

Nice to meet you, too.

[He definitely doesn't have a problem with friendly. There are many things worse than friendly.]

It seems like my world's behind a lot of people's. We miss out on a lot. Well, I'm not about to say no to fun. We could all use some, after everything. So these movies are from your world, and we'll get to see what it's like there?

[He's curious about other worlds. A lot of them sound like better places than his own--places he'd rather be, anyway.]

Oh yeah, Ginia, I know her. I'll tell her thanks, too, when I see her.

I see.

[And he sits himself nicely on the couch, folding his hands on his lap as he watches.]

If they don't dance... then what do they do?

[Kurt's immediate reaction is shock. Then he slowly turns around to face the oddly familiar-seeming man, smiling sheepishly.]

ID? I must have left it back home. You know... in my home world!

[He knows he can't see any resemblance, but he doesn't know why he keeps mentally associating this man with a tall Wolverine.]

[Eleanor hadn't seen many movies in her life, and the ones in Rapture had been...very different from what people watched in Luceti. Black and white, old, romantic or ridiculous, they'd just been...they'd never really held her attention on the few occasions she'd even been allowed to see them.]

[Which was part of the reason she was here, really. She needed to get out, get away, but also she was curious enough to pop over and see this 'Jurassic Park' at least.]

[It was just an added bonus that she saw Kurt there, in his disguise of course, and she offered him a faint, friendly wave.]

Hey Kurt.

Edited 2014-06-13 17:08 (UTC)

Oh, hey Eleanor! [He smirked as he was kicking back on the couch. He had a bowl of popcorn nearby as well as a sandwich. And he had just opened the sandwich and scattered popcorn onto it.] Take a seat, enjoy the show!

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