A rather dull weekend over Webflix

[boo_blimp_babe]

Who: Charlise and anyone who happens upon the game room.
What: Lazy, rainy weekend.
Where: Game room
When: Weekend 7/11 - 7/12
Warnings: It's Kitty. That's warning enough.


Ever since returning to Smash, Kitty had felt sort of distant. Not in the way she had felt before, but more in the way of being confused and without purpose. She already knew she felt alone due to the lack of having some of the very few people she got close to. Even if she'd never tell them, she did feel lost without them, her team. A glimmer of silver was the fact that, while under her own problems and stress, Evve was still around. And she had heard that the ketchup meathead was still around too as well as her old roommate. But alas, they had their things, their friends and their lives to live. Kitty had... well, Kitty had fuckall.

She had made her way down to the front, and had packed a bag with treats in hopes that maybe an outting in the woods that she used to haunt would give her some answer and as soon as she opened the damned doors a fucking downpour decided to break lose. You know what they say about summer rains? Well fuck them.

She looked back and saw that the game room lobby was empty, probably because everyone was out and about having a blast during summer <s>unbeknownst to Kitty of the crazy shit happening around the school</s>. Making her way to the couch, she dropped down, set her bag besides her and loaded up Webflix on the widescreen. Maybe it was just a movie day...

Or days... cause Kitty just lost track of time while marathoning movies and series. You'll find her through two days worth of movies and random shows, nibbling on her snacks as she rearranges herself every so often. The genres vary but you'll generally find her watching depressing shit, horror movies, suspense, sci-fi, thrillers, psychological and that sort of thing.

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[for_truth]

"After this one's over, you gotta tell me which ones you've already seen! ...If ya don't mind, I mean. Don't lemme butt in or nothin'."

Hang around for longer with a cool new friend? Where does she sign up? Because she's totally there.

[boo_blimp_babe]

"Uh, okay..." Charlise looked away for a moment. Ugh, why was this chick a cutie damn it all...

"Let's see," she finally said trying to be nonchalant about it. "I've gone through most of the older slasher flicks and zombie flicks. Haven't touched the vampire ones yet cause the newer shit sucks. Ummm, I've left most creature features for last cause those are my favorites. Don't really care for gore for gore's sake. I've seen a few sci-fi/horror mashups those were pretty good. I mean, I'll be here a while, we can pcik whatever you fancy."

[for_truth]

"Maybe no more clowns," she replied immediately, paused, and then laughed at how dumb she sounded.

"But, uh, same -- I ain't really into the vampires." There was that one book about the hamster vampire that drank vegetable juice instead of blood, but that was about all the vampires Hilda could handle. "What're creature features? Like, werewolves and sea monsters and stuff?"

[boo_blimp_babe]

"Well, werewolves have their own category," With how popular they became in the later years they earned it much like vampires and zombies.

"Creature features are yeah, sea monsters, creations, abominations, random monsters, random uncategorized aliens, stuff like that. Oh and dna/pollution/discovery experiments gone wrong, those are always pretty fun."

She paused and laughed a little. "Of course I like ghost movies too." But for very different reasons.

[for_truth]

Science experiments gone wrong... That sounded like a grade school nightmare! Never forget about your chia seeds or they'll become sentient and GET YOU.

"Oh! So that's what they're called..." You learn new things every day! Even if you're watching scary movies in the dark. Hilda leaned back in her chair for he first time in an hour to give some thought to her decision. SHE BROUGHT A WHOLE SEAT BUT SHE ONLY NEEDED THE EEEEEEDGE Once they picked one it was totally a 90-something-minute commitment, after all.

"You wanna watch a ghost movie, then? I don't think I seen too many of those."

[boo_blimp_babe]

Hilda likes living on the edge? Like Punisher? Kitty could dig that.

"Yeah, I mean, they don't really move from that theme unless they get popular enough to get their own rank like vamps, zombies, etc." Which was fine by her, she liked a more general term anyways.

Ghosts huh? The irony wasn't lost on Charlise so she shrugged. "Alright. You don't mind subtitles don't you? I prefer foreign ghost ones, the local ones are too predictable and tend to just drown the plot with jump scares." Yeah... she's seen her share of ghost movies.

[for_truth]

"Oh... Gotcha." So, Frankensteins belonged in the genre, but not, say... A vampire werewolf zombie. Maybe she was finally getting the hang of this!

"You think?" Hilda asked -- if 'jump scares' were the ones that popped up out of nowhere just to make you scream, then yes, she couldn't stand those. "I don't mind a little reading. But dang, girl, you know your stuff! Heh, I feel like I oughta take lessons from you." Kitty really knew her stuff!

[boo_blimp_babe]

Why did you have to make CHarlise blush Hilda? WHY?

Kitty averted her gaze as her face felt a bit hot and she fidgeted a little.

"Ah, no not really... I guess I just have a lot of time on my hands..." Quickly shuffling into her bag as to seem busy, she pulled out a couple of more snacks for them while remaining silent.

[for_truth]

Because she blurts out anything that pops into her head and all she's good at is embarrassing people/being an embarrassment. "I'm serious, I think it's rad! I mean, I dunno much about horror movies at all'n you're like a library." It was impressive! To her, at least.

"So, hey, is this gonna be one of those haunted house movies? Or, like... I think I saw one about a cursed video tape but I can't remember if it was ghosts or not."

[boo_blimp_babe]

Charlise tried to keep her face from being seen and was thankful that it was a dark room aside from the ficklering of lights from the tv. "I'm not all that, really..."

She liked getting back to the movie talk and shrugged. "Haunted houss are classic, though I know which one you're referring to. We can watch either or." She was fine with both.

[for_truth]

"I'm cool with the haunted house flick," Hilda said, "I ain't seen too many of those."

Or... One. She's seen one on some late-night public access channel. It was so old that it wasn't really scary and just wound up kind of funny, though...

In the meantime, she'd been hanging out for a while and she was getting kind of thirsty. "Uh, you mind if I have a soda?"

[boo_blimp_babe]

"Haunted House it is." Kitty replied before clicking on a foreign ghost movie. It seemed like it was a sleighted ghost movie, possibly ull of revenge and anger and plenty of sad flashbacks of what caused them to be so bitter.

When Hilda asked for the drink, Charlise instinctively offered her own. Soon after pulling back quick and beating herself mentally for the personal offer as er face turned a slight shade of pink. She was so used to sharing like that with Clover...

"Err, s-sure." She rummaged through her bag before pulling out a flavored pop and passing it over. "Help yerself."

[for_truth]

Sounds spooky! She's totally into it.

Honestly, Hilda probably would have taken a sip if Charlise hadn't have noticed. She shared a lot of different things with her friends, so she didn't really bat an eye at it. But she did, however, feel a little guilty just sitting there mooching off of someone else.

"Thanks! Hey, when the movie's over I'll run back to my room and grab my bag so I can pay ya back. Don't lemme forget!"

[boo_blimp_babe]

"What?" Charlise had been taking a sip from her own drink as the movie's intro started. Slow, as per usual movie trends for this genre.

"Naw, don't bother. It ain't like it's anything important and shit." Besides, she more than likely jacked it fromt he school's own supply room or the vending machines.

"Chill, it's cool. Just... enjoy yerself, kay?"

[for_truth]

"All right, so long as you're sure." She laughed a little as she cracked open her soda, "You don't gotta tell me twice!" Hilda fancied herself an expert in having a good time. Good times usually didn't involve the horror genre, though, sooo...

[boo_blimp_babe]

Charlise cracked the faintest of smiles yet kept it hidden before snuggling down on the sofa and went back to watching the movie.

Hey now, there's an odd yet plesant sensation from this genre! It also helps with the adrenaline fear often releases!

[for_truth]

Ah, yes, the doomed family moving into their brand-new house. A horror film staple, for sure, but it was all new to Hilda. To a seasoned expert it was probably an eye-roller, but she was eating this schlock up.

[boo_blimp_babe]

It was fairly generalized in the wider spectrum but what set this particular flick aside was the focus on the torment the ghost suffered before, and the magnified retribution it set on others after becoming one. Innocent or not, the place was cursed to it's full degree.

Charlise was fairly silent, every now and then looking over her shoulder subtly to see if Hilda was enjoying herself, or if she seemed like she was going to lose her marbles.

[for_truth]

No marbles lost yet, but she was so absorbed in the movie that she almost jumped out of her seat when a cabinet door slammed shut.

"Whoa, jeez -- okay, yeah, this is better than the clown one."

[boo_blimp_babe]

Charlise snickered a little and even cracked a smile.

"Y'sure yer gonna be able to handle this one? Wouldn't want ya havin' trouble sleepin' tonight yeah?"

[for_truth]

"I can totally handle it!" Hilda said defiantly, like a little kid insisting she can stay up past midnight. The ones that are always asleep by 8:30. "Besides, I wanna see how it ends. It ain't right if you have to find out from someone else, y'know?"

[boo_blimp_babe]

"True enough. It's better if you tough it out anyways. You'll jus' end up regretting shit if you fuckin' give up on even the little things..." And trust her. That was a rapid downward spiral you don't want to get caught up in.

[for_truth]

She pumped both her fists and said, "Yeah! Exactly!" That's the spiri...t... That's probably not the right thing to say in this context. She cleared her throat and tried to get serious so that she could pay attention to what was happening.

[boo_blimp_babe]

Charlise looked at her for a few silent moment before snorting, covering her mouth and laughing a bit. "Exactly. Just chill and enjoy." What was that? An actual smile? Holy hells the world must be ending.

[for_truth]

"You mean there ain't gonna be a test at the end?" Hilda turned to stare at her, this time actually pretending to be serious. She held the face for at least a few seconds before she cracked and started laughing. It was weird to be at ease when a scary movie was on, but it beats missing the whole movie with your hands over your eyes.

This right here is what all new friendships are about!