Movie Night

[soulsword]

Who; Illyana + OTA!
What; Come watch movies and eat unhealthy snacks! And maybe be affected by the little monsters that make it where you can't lie. It'll be a fun time.
Where; Moving Pictures Movie Theater
When; 10/15, slightly backdated
Warnings; None, will update if any are needed

It'd been a long time since Illyana had a movie night with anyone at all. Even longer since she'd had one with a group of people. In a different life she'd spent a lot quite a few nights with friends watching movies and throwing popcorn at one another. But that'd been then and this was now. And now she was weirdly excited about it. Not that she'd readily admit to it, but the lengths she went to in terms of preparation said enough. Children should get to have a childhood and childhoods were meant to be filled with movies and horrible snacks.

Which was exactly what this was.

Inside the theater she'd set up little stands manned by imps dressed in movie usher costumes. At their booths they're selling a variety of foods. There's a stand with popcorn mixed with various candies including M&M's, snowcaps, and probably some less tasty ones considering she let the imps pick out a few custom mixes. There's even a popcorn bag filled with nacho cheese to try out! There's a stand that has some nachos that also have various additions mixed. Basically the mixtures are whatever you could imagine, even if it's not something pleasant. The imps are doing their best though! There's also a few stands with sodas and with just candy to be picked up.

The first movie to be shown will be Gremlin a slightly altered (though barely) version of Gremlins. After that skies the limit! All the movies Illyana's picked out are horror movies of various kinds. There's a few that are about ghost sharks and one about Killer Klowns from Outer space. There's also one about a killer Leprechaun that's only real difference is it's a discount version of the original. Dollar store Leprechaun. There's a few in the j-horror haunting like the Grudge and a few featuring massive serial killers wearing weird masks.

Come have fun, feel free to make up your own movie to be shown! Or your own snacks! You're also obviously free to incorporate the event into this and have characters affected by the not being able to lie portion! Have fun!

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[monochromatically]

@ Illyana

There were a few things that Mono had been looking forward to before and after returning his impromptu trip back to his own world. The mysterious, curious, exciting, snack-filled movie night that Illyana had promised to have!

Admittedly, the snacks were still the most exciting part of all this to the boy, since movies were still something he didn’t have a lot of experience with… And he was hoping he’d understand the concept of ‘It’s fun to watch scary movies’ thing better once he’d actually experienced it. He trusted Illyana after all, and she had ensured him it would be a fun night and she that she would find some really good movies to watch! So, naturally, he believed the woman.

The first thing the boy did, of course, was go looking for her so she could show him how all of this worked. Sure, it seemed straightforward… But he wanted to see what she had to say or recommend first! “Hey Illyana!” He chirped, sounding at least a little more like himself despite the still obvious differences in him. It seemed that perhaps the promise of junk-food snacks and a fun night had put him in better spirits. “You found so many snacks!”

Though he did get a little distracted by the imps in their very fancy-looking uniforms. His static-filled eyes widening slightly as he spotted a couple. “Wow! You guys got all dressed up. That’s really neat. I kinda want a hat like that.” He said as he took a small detour from his original path to stop and see them too… Because he still saw them as his friends too, no matter how much others might try to discourage such things given they were imps and all.

A little gremlin at the snacks table. - OTA

Mono had decided that the first movie was… actually kinda fun? Gremlin, or whatever it was called, had been a bit weird in some parts, but overall entertaining! Which meant his confidence on the whole subject of scary movies was boosted somewhat from the first good experience, and now he was at the snack table ready to refuel! Not that the sweets he’d already had consumed had much of a chance to wear off yet. He had a rare bounce to his little steps, and he was far chattier than he had been in the last few weeks since his return. It was honestly nice to see, even if a large part of it probably had something to do with the copious amounts of candy he’d eaten.

Snack-salad, as he had dubbed it with Illyana, was undoubtedly his favourite way to enjoy movie night. Gathering up a bowl of popcorn and them mixing in an assortment of gummy candies, little candy coated chocolates (M&Ms) and other interesting things that grabbed his attention. “These are really good!” He commented, either to no one or whoever was standing near by as he added a few more sand-shark-shaped gummies to his collection.

[soulsword]

On most occasions Illyana wouldn't be precisely kind to her little imps. Certainly not kind enough to give them credit for anything. Today she was feeling pretty generous though and well, sometimes she actually was nice to them. Usually not where other people could see. Nice was relative in Limbo anyway. The fact that she let them roam around free like this was kind of nice enough all on it's own. She threw her hands up in an overly exaggerated shrug and then inclined her head towards them a bit.

"They did most of it. I told them what to get and for once they actually did it." She looked at them as they flocked around Mono appreciating that he seemed to appreciate their spiffy costumes. They hadn't been sure about them at first but here they were having someone envious of their hats. One of them even straightened his as if to show off that it was in fact his hat.

"Cold day in Limbo I guess." She figured the saying would be lost on Mono but it wouldn't be on them. They seemed to happy to notice that she'd thrown a tiny insult their way. Alas.

"Really?" she waved a hand a portal appeared next to Mono with a hat. A hat being held by a tentacle that was very politely offering it up to him. As polite as a tentacle could be.

[monochromatically]

“They did?” He tilted his head back at Illyana curiously. The Imps, as much as he adored them, were not good at doing things, according to his friend. So that meant they were making progress and getting better at stuff, right? “That’s great! I guess they’re starting to learn to do stuff better too!” It was nice to think that they could learn too, after all, like he was trying to. Being crowded by the imps was a familiar experience for the boy at least, and there was a less panic about being crowded by them than there was about being crowded by other people for some reason. Maybe because they were small and mostly friendly, or because he knew Illyana wouldn’t let less friendly beings do anything under her watchful eye. Either way, he was grinning that tilted and unpracticed smile as they showed off for him. A little whispery giggle escaping him once or twice.

The small insult indeed goes over his head. “It gets cold there?” The question is voiced unsurprisingly at the idea. He hadn’t imagined a place like that could get cold, right?

But it wasn’t hard to distract him either, as a portal opened next to him and he jumped a little in surprise. It should be weird, and a little unsettling that a tentacle was offering him a hat… But Mono was already used to pretty weird stuff, and this was one of Illyana’s portals and presumably one of her creatures. So at the sight of the hat he gasped, “Wow, really? Thanks you!” He commented either to Illyana, the tentacle, or both as he reached out to take the hat to look it over. He soon tugged off his newsboy hat to shove in a pocket and pop the new hat on his head. “What do ya think?” He asked, turning to both the imps and her once it was settled properly on his head.

[soulsword]

"I oversaw it. The first thing they tried was popcorn, sour gummy candy, cheese sauce, and tabasco sauce." It had actually been the worst thing she'd ever tried in her life. "I thought about exiling them after they brought it to me to sample." They hadn't told her what it was. She'd foolishly accepted it. "I tried it without thinking." She hadn't meant to say that. Usually she'd have left it implied but avoided admitting to do something so completely stupid.

"No. It'd be nice if it did. It's always way too hot there. I miss the cold." It'd never been too hot back in her first home, her real home. Limbo though? Everything about it was too hot and too dusty save for the tiny garden she'd been trying to keep going.

"You're welcome. I think it looks good!" And she meant that. Only partially because it was a gift from her. "Do you like it?"

[monochromatically]

“Tabasco sauce?? That’s that spicy stuff they put in food, right?” The boy’s eyes widened. That sounded really bad, sweet and spice and cheese? Mono didn’t know much about cuisine, but he was pretty sure that was not normal nor good to eat! He was so caught up in trying to imagine how bad that might be, that it didn’t quite connect yet, that Illyana had admitted something that normally she wouldn’t have. Instead, he innocently tilted his head back at her. “So you didn’t exile them ‘cause you didn’t ask them what it was before you tried it?” That made sense, after all. If you didn’t ask what it was first and you ate it, it was kinda not entirely their fault. She knew and had told him that they were kind of bad at everything.

The kid blinked in surprise, so she said it because it was so unlikely… Now he got it! Mostly… Probably… He was pretty sure he did. That said, he nodded as she admitted that she missed the cold. She had told him it was really cold where she was from, after all. “At least it’s almost winter time again? At least, I think it almost is.” And it was getting cooler here, a little more each day as the leaves had been changing colour for the fall and dropping from the trees as a sign of winter’s approach.

“Thanks!” Mono grinned at the compliment, adjusting the hat a little more with a small bit of glee in his tone. “I do! I haven’t had a new hat in a long time! I used to find them all the time in the Pale City. Not so much here, here they’re all in stores and you gotta buy them.” So there were no abandoned hats to be found, unfortunately. That made Illyana’s gift even more special, between it being a new hat from a friend and the first new hat in a long time!

A little gremlin at the snacks table

[bufus]

Mitsuru had a grand total of one experience with going to a regular movie theater. It'd taken finding a completely new friend to given open her eyes to the idea that she might actually be able to go to one like a normal person. Prior to that she'd been given test screenings and a lot of screenings of commercials and things like that. Professional things. Not things that kids would go to just to hang out with friends. Definitely not things that involved being able to go up to the snack stand pick something freely of her own choosing. It was even more foreign to think of it being snacks like these, completely random and kid like. They weren't anything she'd ever even considered trying by herself.

None of this seemed like something she would usually try to do by herself. But here she was. Vaguely trying in the most uncomfortable looking way ever. It occured to her in the back of her mind that it was very silly that Shinjiro and Akihiko had never even suggested they go to a movie together. Until this place a thought like that would have never occured to her. She was somewhat lost in these thoughts as she looked over the assortment of candies, completely uncertain of what to even consider trying when she heard Mono comment.

"Are they?" He may have been young but he seemed to have gotten an expertise on the candies. Or at least more knowledge than she had. Which wasn't hard. "There's so much to choose from that I wasn't certain what to try..." Was she embarrassed to admit that to him? Just a little bit.

[monochromatically]

Mono looked up at Mitsuru with a quick nod, his static tinged eyes crinkling a little with one of his half smiles that bordered on slightly more full and excited than normal considering the amount of sweets the boy had already consumed. “Yeah, they’re super tasty!” He responded, before digging one of the sand-shark-shaped gummies out of his collection and holding it up for her. “You should try one. I think it’s supposed to be lemon flavour!” He commented with the utmost certainty as he held the treat aloft.

At least Mitsuru didn’t have to worry about Mono thinking she was weird or anything for not knowing what to try. There was a lot of food here! Illyana and her imps had gotten a lot of stuff for the movie night. “There’s a lot! Like more than I knew there could be for snacks! So I didn’t know either, which is why I kinda just started trying some of everything so I could see what I liked best.” He explained rather sagely for a 10-year-old, nodding slightly as he looked back at the table that was now slightly easier for him to see over the top of these days. This was probably why he was on the sugar rush he was on, since he’d started on one end and worked his way across a little at a time.

[bufus]

"Super tasty..." she repeated it after him with a bit of trepidation that betrayed her unfamiliarity with using such words. "That sounds like something a friend of mine would say." Was Junpei truly a friend? Yes. After all they had gone through she could at least say she did count him as such with some degree of certainty. He might have been more childlike than the rest of them but he had proven no less courageous when the time had come. "I suppose it wouldn't hurt to try..." She had been told that she should try more things and she needed to make more of a genuine effort to do so.

As he spoke she couldn't help but think of Ken and how hard he would have tried to resist the lure of the sweets. Deep down she knew he wanted to do the things normal children did and she wished he'd gotten the chance. Yet he seemed to struggle with the idea of even allowing himself to display even the briefest hint that could reveal his age. It was actually nice to see Mono acting more like the kid he was. He deserved that. Though...she also thought he'd had a bit too much at this point.

"You should be careful. Too much sugar can be bad for you."

[monochromatically]

“Yeah?” Clearly Mitsuru had some smart friends, but she seemed pretty smart too from the couple of times he’d run into her since she arrived. It also felt kinda neat to know that Mitsuru knew another person who thought the same things. It meant he had to be right! Or at least not exactly wrong to say that the snacks were ‘super tasty!’ It made him kind of curious though, “Does your friend like stuff like this too?”

The boy looked rather pleased in his own odd way to hear that she was going to try the food, though. It was all really good, and he was pretty sure Illyana and the imps had put a lot of work into getting everything together and set up for people to enjoy. “Exactly! It doesn’t hurt at all, ‘cause it all tastes really good. Unless you combined something like the nacho cheese popcorn with sour candies, I guess that might not be good.” But the gummy sharks were a safe place to start! And mixing candies and popcorns was something she could try later when she gained more confidence, right?

At least, that made sense to Mono.

Though her warning gets a rather amusing scrunch of his face. Nose wrinkling a little at the idea that too much could be bad. “People told me that before, and I know eventually you get really tired when all the sugar powers not in your body anymore… But it’s worth it tonight, ‘cause I’ve never been to the movies before and lots of snacks are a part of movie night I guess!”

[faeshim]

ota

Daeshim is far from a child, though there are arguably some things about him that are childlike. There's a sense of wonder for things that he hasn't been exposed to, things like movies.

It's the snacks that draw him more than anything, and his curious sampling of popcorn and various little candies soon turns into Daeshim trying to shove fistfuls of snacks into his mouth. He'll push all of his coins at the imps if he's not careful.

He sits on the edge of his seat during the actual movies, barely daring to blink as the scenes play out across the screen. Gremlins and leprechauns and ghosts...none of this seems to phase him, though any splash of blood, no matter how cheap looking, has him gasping and hiding his face behind his popcorn - if he's not reaching for the hand of the person beside him.

[soulsword]

Illyana watches for a bit from a vantage point above one of the stalls, floating with her legs folded over the other. It's curious to see how enthralled he seems with the snacks in particular. The imps had done a pretty good job finding a variety of stuff and then mixing it together, but she'd never expected to see someone so ready to eat it all. Finally, after another few seconds of watching, she lands down in front of him and grins.

"Careful, you're going to make yourself sick if you eat too much junk like this." She tilts her head to the side. "At least that's what my brother always told me happened." But maybe he'd just been lying like older siblings did.

[faeshim]

"Oh, I would not call it junk! I've never tasted anything quite like it."

Which could mean good or bad, except the Fae is quick to bend down and collect the few pieces that have fallen onto the floor. Just a little dirty, it's still good.

"Surely a brother would not lie to you, even if he could. Is he coming to see these movies too?"

[soulsword]

"Oh, it's junk alright. Just make sure you throw up somewhere else." The last thing she wanted was that gross smell somewhere around her movie night. She raises an eyebrow as she watches him pick up the pieces on the floor.

"Gross." That's too far. A touch of a frown appeared on her face.

"Family lies to family." That was just a fact. "He's not here."

[faeshim]

Daeshim might not have been raised by wolves, but he definitely had some as playmates when he was younger. It's going to take awhile for him to fit in with polite society - if it ever happens at all.

He hums at that thoughtfully, before thrusting his popcorn bucket out at her.

"In that case, would you like some?"

Maybe her brother really was lying and she was needlessly denying herself such deliciousness.

"If these movies are half as good as the snacks, this shall be a night to remember!"

[monochromatically]

Mono’s sense for adults was a bit skewed as it was, and he still approached new ones with a particular sense of caution for the most part. Usually by following them unseen through the city until he could get a better idea of what they were like. That had kind of been abandoned today, though, between his own sugar rush and the fact that this adult seemed to appreciate the snacks here just as much as he did! Curious eyes tinged with an odd static peered up at the guy and he tilted his head. “If you like those, you should try this stuff here!” He pointed at the funny, colourful popcorn that had some kind of candy coating on it. “It’s really sweet!”

[faeshim]

"I am fond of sweets..."

That much is probably obvious by now. He shifts the snacks that already take up most his arm while studying the candy-coated popcorn. But it doesn't take him long to come to a decision.

"I will try it! It reminds me of wildflowers."

That means it can't be bad.

[monochromatically]

“Sweets are kinda the best, even if the adults keep reminding me that too many aren’t good for ya.” But this was a fun evening, and the sugar crash that someone told him about at the last event that he would inevitably experience would be worth it! But this adult seemed cool enough to understand that, if the amount of snacks he’d already gathered were anything to go by!

“I guess it does kinda look like flowers, huh?” He said with a little tilt of his head, taking another little bag of it for himself and adding a handful of gummies and chocolates to the bag to make another ‘snack salad’ for himself to pick at. “That makes it better, cause it’s pretty and tastes good!”

[faeshim]

"That cannot be true. I have lived for hundreds of years eating mostly sweets!"

Of course, he is a Fae, and "sweets" to him included a number of fruits. But honey and pies and cakes, Daeshim would eat his weight in them too.

"Mm." He makes a sound of agreement, and the corners of his lips twitch as if he wants to smile, but isn't entirely sure how. It's not really far from the truth. "All that we're missing now is a good tea. Oh well. Tell me your name. I am Daeshim, so you can offer yours without fear now."

Jagger Crowe | Original Character

[asthecroweflies]

For Illyana

Even in the time he'd known her here, Illyana had never been one to be openly excited about something, and while her excitement in the invitation had been wanting, once Jagger arrived at the movie theater, saw all the lengths she'd gone to for this movie night and he couldn't help but smile at it all. The imps didn't surprise him, she used them for menial jobs pretty often, and they were more annoying than dangerous.

He'd come over oddly light today, too, feeling as though there was a weight lifted from his shoulders. Maybe it was the change in the weather, though. He always had enjoyed fall.

Smiling, when he saw Illyana, he gave a wave. "Hey, love. This place is starting to look like an actual movie theater. Well done."

OTA

After getting settled in the place with a few snacks from home he never thought he'd see again, Jagger settled into a chair. With him were the movie theater staples: malted milk balls, a giant soda, and a bag of popcorn coated weirdly in nacho cheese. He hadn't braved that bag just yet, seeing as one didn't normally drown their airy puffed corn in liquid cheese and he was having something of a nostalgia attack at the presence of the milk balls.

'Gremlin' was the first showing, and he was here for it. He'd never seen the original, didn't expect Aterat to have anything that was a perfect replica, but didn't care either way. This was a nice reprieve from the constant mystery of the place.

If anyone joins him, he'll offer them the strange bag of nacho-popcorn with a raised eyebrow.

"Feeling adventurous today? I've never had nacho popcorn, let alone stuff made by demons." Which he assumed were the chefs responsible for some of the treats here today, they seemed to be running the place everywhere, which seemed pretty on par for Illyana. She was right, after all, they had their uses. Sometimes he wondered if she knew their names. She never referred to them by name.

[soulsword]

Again, the imps were pretty excited by the praise they were being given. They offered him a popcorn snack mix with a special assortment of things that Illyana raised an eyebrow to.

"I'm not taking responsibility for whatever you find in that. There's a no liability clause," she pointed up to one of the signs for snacks and sure enough in small letters she'd written a liability clause that, in a very long sentence basically urged the customer to eat at their own risk. Sometimes she really did act like she ran a hell dimension. "I don't make deals like Belasco, but I know how to write them." He'd be better off not asking how she knew that.

"Honestly? They did most of it. They like Mono. Fancy that..." she was actually kinda sure they liked him more than her.

[asthecroweflies]

"I never would have expected you to, love." Though he did eye the bag offered him with a bit of trepidation. Maybe he could con it off on someone when the movie started.

He chuckled, reading over the message, nodding slightly. "You know, with skills like that, you should have been a lawyer."

He'd met Mono once or twice and he had to say, he was fond of the kid, too, but he wasn't sure how he felt about knowing a group of demons liked him, even just imps. He'd never touched the boy, but he got the distinct impression something terrible had happened to the little guy, for all his survival instincts.

"He's a good kid. So you did all this for him, huh?"

[soulsword]

She laughs and shakes her head. "I'd rather be a demon sorceress." She scrunched her nose up. "Seems less gross. At least demons always follow through with their contracts." Even if there were always fine print written into them.

"A very good kid." With very bad circumstances. More so than she had realized since his return. After learning about his past (or future) she couldn't help but feel even closer to him.

"He's afraid of tvs." Understandably so. "I wanted to show him that there isn't anything to be afraid of."

[gadaboutdetective]

Llewellyn had attended with a particular curiosity after his conversation with Illyana and something about ghost shark films. He actually hadn’t really had much of an opportunity in the last world to enjoy the more modern movies that people watched beyond one brief evening where he’d joined in with a friend and hadn’t really been sure what he thought after just one. Then… There hadn’t been a lot of time. Unfortunately, stuff had started happening.

So this was a good chance to correct that, and to see what the fuss was about considering most moving pictures he was used to were short, silent films in black and white. He wasn’t sure if he would call it adventurous or simple curiosity… But he supposed it applied, at least somewhat. Especially since Illyana had definitely stuck to a particular theme, a genre that he was only slightly familiar with in the odd book he’d read.

He’d soon spotted Jagger and decided to have a seat near his colleague with a light smile and a curious glance at the nacho-popcorn offered. A small hum escaped him, though, at the comment that followed. “Seems there really is a first time for everything. I can’t say I’ve had it myself… Nor had anything prepared by demons, if I’m being honest.” He mused, brow rising slightly at the snack. “So considering their tendency towards chaos, I uh- expect a certain level of bravery is required.”

[asthecroweflies]

"Probably wouldn't hurt, mate, but Illyana isn't as malicious as she'd have to think, and she keeps the imps in line." At least she always gave him that impression. He'd begun trusting her more after she showed him Limbo and didn't leave him there to rot. Now that they've built a sandcastle together she'd gone from quirky tutor to...something more, maybe? He wasn't even sure.

"You ever been to the cinema before?" He was careful not to brush Watts' knuckles with his own as he shared the bag. He'd gotten better at controlling his abilities under Illyana's tutelage, but he didn't want to press his luck, either.

[gadaboutdetective]

“No, I admit you’re right about that. She uh- seems like she’d rather be thought of that way than actually be as such. Pretzel seems to like her and her imps too, which is usually a decent indicator for me around people.” He responded thoughtfully, trying some of the popcorn with a shrug. They had interesting conversations when they ran into one another, and he didn’t dislike her by any means. Though the imps had stolen from him, they also seemed… Rather harmless despite their chaos. The greater risk would be an ill-mixed snack by mistake, he thinks, than anything else. They were also afraid of Pretzel, while the dog didn’t seem to understand that. It was all in all an odd sight.

The question gets a shake of his head. “Not like this? There’s um- been the odd demonstration showing in Toronto as things are developed… And there was a movie night at the place I was last, but it wasn’t in a theater? So this would be my first experience at a proper cinema, I guess.” Llewellyn didn’t seem to notice Jagger was being careful, or perhaps he’d gotten used to that given what the man had mentioned about his abilities.