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Mystery Smash Theatre!

Who: Lucca and EVERYONE.
What: Pooky movies on a projectah.
Where: The courtyard
When: Evening, Oct 30
Warnings: Scary movies. Stupid movies. Silly movies. BAD movies.

Chihiro had given Lucca a great idea.

Friday morning, Lucca sent a mass text to everyone at the school:

Hey guys! Free food and scary movies in the courtyard tonight! Come in costume! Bring a blanket! Bring a chair! Bring a friend! If you have extra snacks or candy, bring it in too!

And so, in the late afternoon in the crisp fall friday air, she began to set up. By the time night fell, it was all done. Grab n' go snacks were set up on a table, and the projector was ready to go!

Around the time the first stars started to peek from hiding, the show starts. From the looks of it, Lucca collected a melange of cheezy horror movies from absolutely everywhere to show on the broad side of the one of the lecture halls. First The Amazing Mr. X, then Attack of the 30ft. Goombas, then Horrors of Spider Island, then When ReDeads Attack... Again!, then The Brain that Wouldn't Die then Driftblooms from Space, then The Last Man on Earth and Nightmare Castle and so on and so on. Where did she even GET those things? It's a mystery.

[[This is a mingle log, by the way--feel free to bond over bad sci-fi and horror and tag each other to your hearts' contents!]]

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Lucca had considered food as an afterthought, but there were enough chips and buckets of halloween candy to feed a group there on the table, as well as a couple of gallons of soda in bottles at the end. Dig in, guys!

It was almost no different from chaperoning a dance. In fact, in Ziio's mind, there was no difference. She got to stand around, eye the tables, make sure no one did anything that was too out of line and just keep things somewhat under control.

Except one of the few dances Ziio had looked after involved a large and unruly 'boss' object. She could live without another one of those, but in the mean time she was going to park herself by the table. And keep her eyes on everyone who approached it.

And any kids caught spiking anything were going like to get a sharp wallop upside the head. Maybe. Probably.

"Oh, hi, Miss Ziio!" Lucca waves from her station at the projector nearby.

"I'm glad to see you here!" Whether Lucca just isn't AWARE that she's playing chaperone or she doesn't care, is hard to tell.

Lucca's enthusiasm is something Ziio never forgets or ignores. It's just something that's always simply there, and to some degree, she has to appreciate it. Or she feels she has to. It helps that Lucca is a good student, even when she's blushing to the roots of her hair over adult subjects.

"Lucca," she greets evenly, just as she does any of her other students, or other people she simply knows. "I came to ensure that nothing about this gets out of hand. I trust you."

I just don't trust most of the other students. And she's not going to say it, but she'll think it until the moon comes crashing down into FDC.

"...You're worried about people tampering with the food?"

It's not like it hasn't happened before, but it didn't occur to her that anyone would bother with something like this. Or more specifically, something that she was hosting. It wasn't even a school-sanctioned event.

"It is entirely possible."

Ziio takes a few moments to consider the realistic probability of just such a thing happening. And finally, she gives a nod, as if it's meant to reassure herself more than it is to reassure Lucca. "Students do odd things when they get bored, and there's no better place to do odd things than at a gathering."

"Thanks for coming out to check, then. I hope you enjoy yourself anyway! At least a little!" She offers.

"I am doing what any responsible staff member would in my position," Ziio reasons with a subtle nod. "I imagine it will be a very... enlightening experience." And 'enlightening' was putting it lightly. There was always plenty to learn about classic bad films and considering Ziio knew very little about them to begin with, it's certain to be quite the sensation.

"I hope so! Although I'm not entirely sure why... This is really more for fun than anything else, so don't take the movies too seriously."

No. Drink it in, Ziio. The cheap rubber costumes, the obvious flying strings, the grainy stop-motion, the bad acting. This is art and culture bourne of your future. Savor it.

"For fun." As if Ziio doesn't know what that even means. She cocks an eyebrow at Lucca, reminds herself of the age difference and how she's come from a world nothing like the one the academy is set in and likely very little like Lucca's original world. It's easier then to note the way a student can perceive things with more joy than a staff member can. Or at least a staff member like Ziio.

"They are not meant to be taken seriously then, you mean," seems to be the implication given.

"--Funny you should say that! From what I understand, they were when they were made. People were actually meant to be scared by it. But they're so silly that you can't help but laugh at them now!"

It's confusing, to be certain. Ziio's expression probably says it all for her. She doesn't get it, plain and simple. Well, she gets 'it,' but not the 'why' behind it all. Somehow she gets the feeling that asking Lucca for an explanation will do nothing except to confuse her more, so she decides against it.

"All the same, I'm sure it'll be entertaining at the very least. Thank you for having me." Not that Lucca can just outright tell her to beat it.

She's probably right about that. Cult appeal is damn near impossible to explain, even for Lucca.

"Again, thanks for coming! It's gonna be a crazy night!" She adds with a grin.

Ziio shakes her head slowly, like the gratitude isn't necessary, because it really isn't. She's just doing her job, but maybe that's difficult for students to grasp.

"I imagine it will be, yes. If you need any help, I will keep myself available."

....because of course Sonny was at the snack table.

Still! At least he was kind enough to contribute. He'd bought a couple of industrial sized bags of Doritos and found some equally large bowls to pour them in to. Also, some six packs of his favorite orange soda. Not to mention a whole pile of apples for the more health conscious students and teachers! (Or just people who liked apples.)

He was there, consuming various bits and pieces and trying not to let his appetite run away on him so that everyone else could have something to nosh on! Feel free to say Hi, join him in a paper plate filled with snackery, or provide him with a hearty trick if you're over treats!

"Hey, Sonny!"

Lucca had finally broken away from the hardware sometime in the middle of The Nefarious Dr. Hax, just to see him.

"Thanks for the apples and everything. I was beginning to think we'd run out of snacks for everyone!"

"Hiiii!"

He gave Lucca a big wave.

"It's no problem! I'm glad I could help! Thank YOU for organizing this - I think everyone is going to have a lot of fun!"

He offered her a can of soda. They weren't exactly chilled, but they'd been out in the nippy autumn evening air long enough that they were hardly warm, either.

"Thanks!" She accepts the soda and peels open the top. Ooh, orange!

"Maybe I should make this a yearly thing! I only had a coupla days to research what movies to show this time around. I'll find even better stuff to show next year!"

"Oh! That could be a really cool idea - it would also give people time to make suggestions for movies they think might be good. Plus, we could stockpile a little more food ahead of time!"

Hey, it was best to be prepared, right?

"Which one of the movies that you found is your favorite? Or haven't you seen them yet either?"

Edited 2014-11-03 07:31 (UTC)

"Uhm. Full confession... I haven't really seen all of these." She admits. "I think my favorite is 'Milon's Secret Castle of the Damned.' It's just so WERID and cryptic, yanno what I mean?"

"I haven't seen any of them! I bet I'll know what you mean when I see it, though! Sounds weird - Castles are kind of weird to begin with! Who needs that much space?"

Sonny. What. No.

"I'll let you know what I think of it and which was my favorite when the night is done!"

Vivian wanted to be part of the fun, too, so here she was! She wondered what Lucca had been up to, too nervous to ask but lurking with full curiosity in play. Now she made her way in and was picking at the salt n' vinegar chips.

OH LORD. There was a face. A nose wrinkle. Eyes pinched.

But it was kind of good. Kind of.

"Hi! Vivian!" Lucca waved to her roommate, before hopping away from the projector. Plan 9 from Outer Space was only halfway over, so she had time.

"Personally I like the barbeque ones better." She adds on the topic of chips. "But whaddiya think?"

"Different," she answered, looking for the barbecue chips. When she found the bowl, she went to reach for it, but stopped, looking closer. "Is it... still hot?"

"No, more sweet than hot really. You've never had potato chips like these before?" She asks, surprised.

Oh. Well, good! But did fire always make things sweet? Who knew. She didn't. So she will take a potato chip.

and EAT IT. ~~sorry~~

"Mm..." She swallowed. "Uhm, no. It's good! Did you make these?"

She chuckles. "Nope. I don't think I could make anything like those. I bought 'em with the soda from the TanookiMart on the corner."

She thinks. "Maybe I'll grab some extra for our dorm next time! Just don't eat 'em all, okay?"

...My god, the movies. These were some of the most hilariously bad things to come out of the multiverse, and the list above was just the beginning. Go on, throw popcorn and laugh... or cling to your date, if you need an excuse.

Edited 2014-10-30 17:26 (UTC)

"These are some the twentieth century's greatest horror movies!"

Apart from a limited number of early mechanitron-based Japanese classics, of course.

"I'll be there!"

Edited 2014-10-30 17:32 (UTC)

Sonny did enjoy movies. He really did. But when you were a Snorlax, napping sometimes had to take priority.

So, he's going to take the opportunity to sit on a blanket, wrap up in a blanket to guard against early Fall's chill breezes, and watch some films. Maybe catch some Zs in between loud noises and fast paced action scenes.

....not to mention picking at the snacks he'd brought with him from the table.

"Hello!" Came a friendly voice. "Is this seat taken?"

"Hi Melia!"

Sonny gave her a big wave and shook his head. "Nope! It's not taken at all! You could sit down!"

It had been a while since he'd chatted with her. This should be fun!

"How have you been? Are you enjoying the movies?"

"I have to admit," She said while she took a seat, smoothing out her skirt. "I am not familiar with this genre of film. The creatures in them are not very, well, convincing."

Which is all for the better, she supposed.

"I know! You can easily tell it's just guys in face paint and rubber suits, huh?" Sonny replied, offering his plate of snacks in her direction. "I think that's a lot of the fun, though. If they looked too real..."

Well. If they looked TOO real, these movies might be actually scary.

"Hey Big Guy!"

Sonny Moe is officially "Big Guy" in Sonic's vernacular now, I hope he's okay with that. Sonic slurps the soda in his hand and glances at the screen. There are giant grasshoppers on it.

"This... is AWESOME! Hey, you mind if I siddown?"

Char is on his Trainer's rival team - Sonny had been called Way, Way Worse!

He gave a tiny snort and blinked blearily, turning to face the voice. It was his little friend from the other day! His face erupted into a grin.

"No! I don't mind! Take as many seats as you want!" he said, scooting over a little so there was some blanket for the Hedgehog to park on. (It was a big enough blanket for two to sit comfortably.)

"I know! These movies are a lot of fun, huh? And the snacks aren't bad either!"

"True thing! The doritos are great! They didn't even last my run all the way back here!"

He parks his tail on a corner of the blanket. "Oh look look look, the huge grasshoppers are gonna 'overrun' the soldiers again. Psh, it's obvious they just filmed a bunch of bugs and blew it up as a background."

"Doritos are actually my favorite! Especially nacho cheese and cool ranch."

Sonic must be a pretty cool guy to also like Doritos. At least, in Sonny's estimation.

"I know! And it's so funny when they have to show the grasshoppers close up and you can tell it's just a big rubber puppet and it doesn't even really look like the grasshoppers from these shots." Sonny commented. "Even the colors are different!"

"Ahahah, it's awesome!" He chimes in avec grasshopper hell on the screen. Was that a Wilhelm Scream just now? Wow...

"So what's the biggest bug you've ever seen? We've got dragonflies back in the jungle that are as big as I am!"

"Scyther is a bug type Pokémon and it's pretty big! Ummm... let me think..."

He sort of mentally measured how big a Scyther would be. He didn't generally read Red's POkedex so a little guestimation was involved.

"They would be at least four and a half feet tall. So, a little taller than you are. Plus? They have huge sickle kind of claws on their arms." He set his hands apart to give Sonic an idea of how long a scyther's scythes were. "They can be pretty tough! They should of made this movie about giant Scythers! Then that guy would really have a reason to be screaming."

Because being whipped in the face by a foam rubber antenna while intense music played was just kind of hilarious.

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Mystery Smash Theatre!

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The Movies

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On a blanket, somewhere in back!

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