Movie Night!

[actualwizard]

Who: Anyone who wants to come watch Dinosaur movies
Where: The Movie Theater, Fourth Floor
When: Friday April 8th, 8pm
Rating: PG-13 for Raptors
Summary: Jurassic Park Movie Night
The Story:



As soon as people start showing up in the theater, a gentle song begins playing in the background. They will see the obvious screen on the back wall, but what's more, the seating is surrounded by prehistoric foliage. And in that foliage, stands a hand full of herbivorous dinosaurs. They seem to be grazing on the vegetation without a care in the world. If someone reaches out to touch, the holograms will destabilize as their hand passes right through them only to form back together once the disruption is gone. Even the vegetation seems to be a holographic projection along with the imitated grass floor and night sky. In the four corners of the room, set into the ceiling, are small domes that flicker ever so slightly as they cast and regulate the projections. The occasional T-Rex roar will echo in the background of the music, making the small herd of Parasaurolophus look up with a fright, then lower their heads back down.

The lights dim and the movie begins, the noise surrounding the holograms quiets as to not interrupt from the movies, only to return during the short breaks between films.

If you stray over to the refreshments table, thick brush and tall grass will conceal a deadly pair of raptors lurking. Appropriately themed snacks are set up on the table, including a few sweet treats courtesy of Darcy (including jello shots).

Occasionally, an unwary snacker will come to a fright as one or both of said hunters will pop out of the grass with a sharp, chittering cry. Lucky for the unfortunate victim, the jumpscare is all there is to worry about. The tricky little raptors will slink back down into the grass and lie in wait for their next victim. Don't spill your popcorn, its just an illusion.

You're welcome.

Comments

[heroica]

[ When you recruit them because you're a ranger, obviously!! ]

Are you? [ She looks to Isabela with interest. ] Who is it? He must be... very talented, to make something like this. And very smart.

[ Or so she guesses. ]

Just-- Oh. [ Tentatively, she accepts the shot, peering at it. Then she sniffs it and immediately recoils. ]

It smells awful. [ Robyn comments firmly, wrinkling her nose as she looks back up at the pirate. ] Are you sure they're good?

[ivehadbetter]

Mmmm. Very well acquainted. [ Take that as you will Robyn. ] He tells me he's a genius, I'm inclined to believe him all things considered.

[ She laughs at the face Robyn makes. ]

Ok, well good might be an overstatement. They are interesting. You just swallow it, so really you can't taste it really.

[heroica]

Oh. [ She repeats, brows raising. ] I see. [ She'll take that to mean that they know each other in the biblical sense. ] And a genius! You do know how to pick out the best ones, don't you?

[ Back to the jello shot, though. The Warden eyes Isabela with increased wariness, but she swallows it in a quick motion and then... makes the same face she had after smelling it. ]

Maker, that wasn't good at all! [ It was strong, is what she means, but it was also... sour. Bitter? What's the word? ] I'm not sure that I could take another.

[ivehadbetter]

Yes. He's very talented. [ Whether she means with technology or something else...well. That's for Robyn to wonder about. ] I could probably introduce you. [She's sure Robyn would find him fascinating, in a purely scientific sense. ] What he does should be considered magic, but he just calls it science. [ Ok, so maybe he fascinates her a little too, but she won't admit it. ]

[ She lets out a soft laugh at the look on Robyn's face. It's adorable. ] They might be an acquired taste I think. The more you have the less you taste them. Are you sure you don't want another? [ She teasing her, but it's playful. ]

[heroica]

Talented? [ She blushes faintly, but mostly just laughs and smiles. ] Well then. I won't ask any more.

[ She can only imagine the kinds of things Isabela gets up to inside the mansion. ]

No, thank you. [ Again, she wrinkles her nose. ] One was more than enough. I think I might end up on the ground if I had much more of that.

[ivehadbetter]

[She probably doesn't get up to as much as people think, but she's not going to fix any wrong assumptions. She enjoys them anyway. She grins as Robyn blushes, which leads to a great segue. ] How's Alistair?

One day I will teach you to hold your liquor. And we will out drink everyone in the bar.

[heroica]

He-- [ Oh. Isabela. She tries in vain to keep the pink from her cheeks and then wrinkles her nose as if attempting to banish the color. ] Fine, I think. I'm not sure.

[ If she could sound at all aloof, this would be the place... though, the distant tone doesn't come through very much. ]

Why? How else would he be?

[ If not fine, she means, and because she dreads the answer, she quickly seizes the other subject-- ]

Out drink everyone? [ Robyn laughs, then, surprised and amused. ] I've got no chance of that. You saw what became of me in the bar months ago.

[ivehadbetter]

[ Isabela just smirks at her knowingly but lets her change the subject. ]

It just takes practice, Kitten. The more you drink the better you get at it.

[heroica]

I'm not sure I want to be-- well... [ She thinks about it, frowning stubbornly, glancing to the discarded jello shot cup. ] I don't know. I have so much else to do than to practice... intensive drinking, and besides, I would forget all I'd learned when I went back to Ferelden.

[ And wouldn't that be a tragedy!! ]

Every once in a while would be all right, though. [ Robyn settles. ]