Day 213, A New Hope (Open to All)

[freedom_engineer]

Who: Colin, and anyone else interested in watching Star Wars
Open: Open
When: Day 213, After Dark
Where: Out at the Dragon Field
What: Colin wants to get movie nights started, so he's picking a natural first choice
Format: Make your choice
Warnings: Star Wars, Colin (Though he'll be staying out of the way.)

For the past several days, Colin has been busily at work in his shop, preparing... something. Well, that something has been completed. It's a projection screen large enough for a good sized audience, and some mountings for sound equipment. He's already conferred with Anna to borrow her projector for this, and he's been working in secret out at the Dragonfield all day, keeping quiet about his plans. Though, anyone with half a clue what a movie screen looks like could probably figure it out.

After the sun goes down, the Bastion will be greeted with some booming sound and music from out on the Dragonfield. A familiar little jaunt for anyone who's ever been to a movie theater before...

"Let's all go to the lobby, let's all go to the lobby, let's all go to the lobby, and get ourselves a snack."

It seems Colin wanted to get things started in campy style. He checked with Rin earlier, a necessity for this to actually work, and there will be snacks available for anyone who asks.

Once the snack bar advertisement has played and gotten peoples' attention, several movie trailers begin to play, one after another. Some may be familiar to people, some will be completely alien. But Colin's planned this so people can have a wide variety of choices as to what they want to see later, if this actually catches on.

So... who wants to see Star Wars on the big screen?

(OOC: Oh, and since I forgot to mention it, Colin will be reading aloud the scrolling text, since he knows not everyone can read it.)

Comments

[notachickenhawk]

Tobias isn't exactly oblivious to what's going on - after all, he does sleep nearby. But once he's seen just what movie they're watching, he morphs human and gets dressed. There are certain movies that just make more sense and are more impressive with weaker human vision and weaker human hearing. He grabs a sketchbook and some pencils out of his personal bag and sits down, waiting for the movie to start.

He's grabbed some snacks from the snack bar, and looks pretty excited. Even with what's happened in his life, he can still appreciate some good science fiction.

[coolerthansora]

Roxas is unsure about it at first--movie nights are something he and Axel used to do back in Vatheon--but he doesn't want to stop doing fun things just because he misses his friend. After grabbing some snacks of his own, he spots Tobias and makes his way over.

"You know what movie we're watching?"

[notachickenhawk]

Tobias looks up at Roxas and nods. "Yeah. It's called Star Wars - well, the one we're watching is specifically Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope."

... He's not a nerd shut up.

[coolerthansora]

"Oh- Is it set in outer space?" Roxas has obviously never heard of it, but he's hopeful for a movie that doesn't involve marine life.

He takes a seat nearby, assuming Tobias won't mind.

[notachickenhawk]

He doesn't, as long as Roxas isn't squashed next to him or something.

"Yeah. In my world it's an extremely famous series of movies. It's considered one of the most influential in the genre of science fiction movies at least. They recently re-released it in theaters in my world with new scenes and updated graphics."

[coolerthansora]

Oh, well, it must be good if it's that well-known where Tobias comes from.

"Shouldn't we be starting with the first one, though?"

[notachickenhawk]

"This is the first one, in terms of when they came out. ... And the prequel trilogy isn't out yet in my world."

[coolerthansora]

"Oh." That's not confusing at all. "Kinda strange to start in the middle. Does it still make sense that way?"

[notachickenhawk]

"Yeah, it does. The three movies that are already out are about Luke Skywalker, and... I think the prequels are supposed to be about his dad. I don't know for sure, obviously."

[coolerthansora]

"So his dad was a hero, too?"

Roxas is not used to thinking about people's parents, much less them doing anything special because there are no parents in Kingdom Hearts. Sora's dad was a fisherman.

[notachickenhawk]

"Um... it's complicated." For a kid who grew up knowing the big spoiler it's not such a big deal, but if Roxas doesn't know then it's probably better he see it for himself.

[coolerthansora]

"Oh. I guess it's in the movie, huh?" Roxas doesn't really understand the concept of 'spoilers,' but he can understand not wanting to explain something that he might be about to find out anyway.

[notachickenhawk]

"Yeah. Some of it is. More of it is in the next movie, which I bet he's going to show some time soon." He grins a bit and looks back at his sketchbook. A lot of the drawings are of... well. Birds.

She has no idea this is the hawk she met that time

[skysung]

From nearby, Kitten eyes Tobias' snacks. She can't carry her own, you see, not without the proper tools to do so. A sack to pull along with her, for instance. "Excuse me," she says, "My name is Skysong, though you can call me Kitten. Could I trouble you for some food? It's rather inconvenient to carry bowls or plates in my claws."

Whether he'd prefer to share or to get Kitten food of her own, she really doesn't care. It just smells delicious, and she wants some.

[notachickenhawk]

He looks down, and reaches out his hand. "It's me. The bird. It's fine, you can have some of this, too."

She seems so much smaller like this, it's weird.

[skysung]

Kitten tilts her head in obvious consideration, looking up at Tobias. "The bird?" She has only met one bird here, though, and he could change his shape. Kitten shouldn't be surprised to find him here as a human. "The hawk. Tobias! How can you change your form? Are you a wildmage? Are you primarily a hawk or a man?"

Her curiosity often gets the better of her. Kitten is a friendly, affectionate dragon, but she has a neverending supply of questions, some of which are rather prying. She punctuates this stream of interrogation with an abrupt "Thank you." Taking a bit of the offered food, Kitten stops speaking to wait for answers rather than because her mouth is full. The thing about mindspeech is that you don't need to stop while you eat.

[notachickenhawk]

He carefully lifts her up so she can perch on his knee. That way they can both reach the plate.

"You're welcome. I'm usually a hawk. I was born human, but I got stuck as a hawk because there's a time limit. Someone gave me the ability back, but if I stay as a human for more than two hours I won't be able to change again. It's science, rather than magic, but it's science I don't understand because it was given to us by an alien race. ... Aliens are creatures from a planet other than your own, if you don't know that."

[skysung]

"A time limit? Mama and Papa can shift their forms, but there is no... exact time limit. It's only that it grows more difficult to remember what you were the more time passes. And that takes longer than two hours." A strict two hour limit seems harsh. The only changes that are worse in her own world are shifts to Immortal form.

She leans forward and daintily snatches another bite. "Can all humans shift their forms in your world?"

[notachickenhawk]

"No, most can't. Just me and four other humans. We were given this ability to fight an alien invasion. It's... slow going. We're just holding back the damage for now."

He runs a careful finger along the back of her head, petting her gently.

[skysung]

"Just five? Holding back damage at all with such numbers is an accomplishment to be proud of." Kitten stretches her neck upward, leaning into Tobias's hand.

[notachickenhawk]

"Well, six. We had someone else join us - the brother of the Andalite that gave us this power. But it's still not much. We're all really young by the standards of our species."

He picks up another bit of snack for her and holds it out. The idea of feeding a dragon is kind of amusing to him.

[skysung]

"Being young only makes it more impressive that you manage so much. You are older than I am, though, if we are going to judge by the standards of our own species. I am sixteen years old, nearly grown by human standards. As a dragon, I will be an infant until I reach thirty."

She leans forward to take the food, chirping her thanks in verbal dragon language rather than speaking them in any way Tobias can understand.

[notachickenhawk]

"We do it because no one else is going to. We have to hold out until either they break or we do."

... That's weirdly cute but he won't say anything. He does have some pride. "But I guess that means we're almost the same age."

[skysung]

"Of course. Few good people fight because they enjoy it. It's necessary, though." Kitten saw her first war at age three. She lit the ramparts during the Battle of Legann, long before she ever learned any combative magic.

She nods with a chirp of agreement. "I was raised among humans. My adoptive parents and their children are human. It still always seems strange to see humans scarcely more than my age pairing off, marrying, having children. I don't intend to do those things for centuries."

[notachickenhawk]

"Some do. Some don't. You'll do it when you're ready."

He moves down to stroke her back carefully. "If you ever are. And if you're not, that's okay."