Day 217 (Open)

[freedom_engineer]

Who: Colin, Rosethorn,anyone else who wants to drop by
Open: Closed to Rosethorn, Open like a door afterwards
When: 217, all morning
Where: Colin's workshop
What: Colin's at his workshop for anyone who needs to talk to him
Format: Prose to start, but will match
Warnings: There be Colin here

As he had been doing ever since the plague had been resolved, Colin was busy at work on some project of some sort. He'd been in a very poor mood for quite some time, and had been mostly keeping to himself. The movies nights that he'd set up had been a good distraction, and there would be another one this evening, but that was at least ten hours away.

In another couple of hours, he'd set out with someone for another salvage run. Until then, he works with his head down. Someone might be able to catch him by surprise, if they remember he's got a proximity sensor...

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[findsrisks]

"That's okay, it's just more things to watch."

Really, Nanaki is excited. Movies are something she really misses from home, and having the chance to see them all again- and some new ones too- makes her feel happier than she has in a while.

Oh, but she has to ask first, right? "So...think we could watch one of them, on the next movie night?"

[freedom_engineer]

"I like the way you think, Prophet Girl," Colin tells her, giving her a warm smile. "You know, not one person has asked me for another movie... And so long as they don't, the request queue is wide open. So... I think we're watching Totoro next."

[findsrisks]

Externally, Nanaki just smiles warmly at Colin as she says, "Thank you so much! I bet everyone will like it, it's a classic."

But internally, she's practically dancing with excitement. Which is weird, she doesn't normally get so excited about things, but a real movie after months of just surviving and it's one of her favorites apparently is enough for her.

[freedom_engineer]

"I'm sure everyone will love it," Colin tells her, smiling just as warmly at her. "And if you've got any other movies you want to see, don't hesitate to mention them. Ideally, I'd like to show a movie every couple of nights."

the joys of googling 2009 box office hits

[findsrisks]

Nanaki is in no way a movie expert, but she knows enough to give a couple suggestions. "Well, I guess it would be a good idea to rotate genres? Like, an action movie, then a comedy, then a tragedy, and so on. Um...in my time, there was a series of movies coming out, they were about a kid at a school for wizards? I never saw them, but I think they were pretty popular. And a bunch of science fiction movies were popular then too."

Go Go Gadget Google!

[freedom_engineer]

Colin nods in agreement with her, and pats his wrist affectionately. "That's what I was thinking. Nobody wants to see an endless string of action movies, or romantic comedies, or any other single genre," he says. "I was thinking of switching it up, a night of comedy here, a night of drama there, sci fi, fantasy, you know, give it a good mix. About the only thing I don't care to show is horror or tragedy. I think we've got enough of that to last us quite some time."

He keeps smiling at her, hoping she realizes he's just making a point, not chastising here.