Mystery Smash Theatre!

[tempus_fixit]

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!]]

Comments

[tempus_fixit]

"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.

[nottheproblem]

"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.

[tempus_fixit]

"--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!"

[nottheproblem]

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.

[tempus_fixit]

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.

[nottheproblem]

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."