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?"

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."

open!

[daughterofursa]

[Zuko is among the people for whom this entire spectacle qualifies as 'completely alien.' Nonetheless it is a spectacle, and she comes over with the intention of at least investigating.

She can't figure out how the images got on the screen, because it's obviously a lot more complicated than shadow puppets. The sound is even more mind-boggling. No one is actually speaking or playing instruments, and how can you possibly record that?

Moreover, what is all this supposed to amount to? They haven't even gotten past the previews and she's completely lost. Probably because to her they seem like a bunch of jumbled scenes that don't make sense together. It's not like she can read any of the text explaining they're previews.]

[tophgirl]

[That's....weird. Toph can hear explosions, but she doesn't feel anything exploding. She follows the sound to its source.]

What's going on in here?

[daughterofursa]

I'm... not sure.

It's not just the sounds. There are these images moving on a screen.

[She watches for a moment longer as they move on to something else which claims to be either an adventure story or a kissing book? but seems entirely too short for either.]

I've seen some bad plays, but at least most of them made sense.

[tophgirl]

Like a shadow play? [Not that Toph has ever seen them, but she's heard of those things.]

[daughterofursa]

Sort of, but they look almost lifelike.

[She thinks for a second.]

I guess it's like the difference between your sandbending and Sokka's... blob monster.

for Rin + open

[kyotoprincess]

[FOR RIN]

[As soon as Bon finds out about the movie screen going up, he's already making plans in his mind. Tonight is going to be a good night, he is sure of it.

His plans happen to involve interrupting Rin wherever she may be, by the way. So HEY RIN HERE'S A BON LOOKING FOR YOU]

[OPEN]

[After taking care of Rin things, Bon is at the movies with everyone else. He has never seen Star Wars before, though, so he might look as confused by it as everyone else is.

But hey, he could probably explain the magic of movies to people who are from worlds without movies?]

[hellpyre]

[Rin had seen Star Wars, though. Several times in fact. Which was why when Colin had said she was as welcome as anyone else after making all of the snacks, she had declined and instead stayed in the kitchen doing clean up and getting ready for the next day of cooking.

She had no idea Bon was looking for her, and was humming quietly to herself as she swept the wooden floors of the Distillery kitchen.]

[kyotoprincess]

[Well guess who's sneaking up behind her and grabbing her from behind in a hug, then.]

[hellpyre]

[Guess who just squeaked very loudly.

Her tail even puffed up.]

Ryuuji--!

[kyotoprincess]

[He chuckles a little at that noise she makes.]

Hey there. You busy right now?

[freedom_engineer]

[If anyone wants to bother the projectionist, he's standing back by the projector, watching the screen, and making sure things are running smoothly. Otherwise, he'll be staying out of the way. He knows many people in the Bastion don't care for him, and he wants them to enjoy themselves. Staying out of their way will help that.]

[skysung]

At some point during the evening, Kitten makes her way over to Colin. She settles in beside him with a soft chirp of greeting and a light nudge to his leg. "Later, I will probably want to know about the technology for this and the differences between interstellar travel in the films and in your world," she warns him in as unintrusive a mindvoice as she can manage. Kitten has no desire to interrupt Colin's viewing.

The only way for stories to be watched at home is through magic or through attending a play. Kitten likes this way, and has been enjoying the movie herself.

[freedom_engineer]

"And I'm happy to tell you about all of both," Colin says gently, looking down at her and smile. "This isn't terribly difficult, really. Film is one of the earlier technological tricks with light. But then we get into computer storage, which is what I'm playing this from, and it gets more interesting... But yes, I will gladly tell you all about it in great detail a little later."

He reaches down to give the back of her neck a light pet.

[skysung]

"Good." she says with satisfaction. Kitten likes detail. "We haven't any of this at home. Mortal engineering would seem primitive by your standards, although you might be interested in the way magic is combined with it."

She leans into Colin's hand, asking, "Are light sabers real, either before or because of this story?"

Kitten's favorite character thus far is R2-D2. She wishes his beeps were a real language so that she could understand them properly.

[freedom_engineer]

"Many things seem primitive to me," Colin tells her softly. "That doesn't mean I can't appreciate them just the same. Making things work, that's the important part. Engineering is all about making things that should be impossible not only possible, but easy. Even a simple lever and wedge is a technological wonder when you get down to it."

He grins at her question, and he nods. "Not only are they real, I know people who use them, and I could probably build them with time," he tells her. "But... they're also a very dangerous weapon. Just touching the blade does a lot of damage, you need to know where it is at all times. Careless individuals can lop off a leg just because they lowered their guard wrong."

R2's language in the movie is certainly not a real language, but some day, he might introduce her to a robot whose squeaks and beeps are an actual language.