Nothing like a day at the movies

[eat_me_beat_me]

Who: Nora and ANYONE
What: Start of the movie theatre lock-in loss.
When: Saturday 3/16
Where: The movie theatre
Rating: Oh let's say R for language

Cramped seats, popcorn dripping with butter, sticky floors and drinks that never seem to last through the whole flick. There really is nothing like going to the movies.

Word had spread through the week since Nora had issued her blanket invitation to the castle and the day had finally come for a movie marathon at the theatre. The popcorn was hot and the projector was ready. All that remained was for everyone to show up and pick a movie

((OOC: Before the movies, during the movies, Midnight. Feel free to put up your own sections. Threadjacking encouraged!!))

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[eat_me_beat_me]

Seeing that wave Nora grins and bounces over to her friend, "Hey, Gren! I'm glad you could make it!"

If she notices the other man standing behind Gren she doesn't comment on it since, well, he looks like a huge downer and they're here to have a good time, right?!

[both_neither]

"Wouldn't miss it for the world. It was good of you to put this together. Sometimes I can't get over how little people see each other here. Not that I can talk, of course."

He glanced behind himself, and then back to Nora.

"Oh, hey, by the way - Nora, this is Vicious...the friend I told you about..." he would have worked a wink in there if wouldn't have been completely obvious, "Vicious...this is Nora."

[nothingtobelieve]

Gren had said nothing about socializing when he'd managed to coerce him out of his room. In fact, the lack of it a movie theater implied was one of the few reasons he'd reluctantly agreed. The others being the cooler Gren was carrying and the fact that it was simpler to agree than listen to Gren complain about his shut-in tendencies.

But despite this aberration in his plans, he managed not to scowl, though he certainly didn't look delighted to be there. He nodded slightly to the girl, but said nothing, as much as payback at Gren for showing him off to people as anything else.

[eat_me_beat_me]

Wow, Gren, you sure know how to pick 'em. Nora's not going to judge, though.

She smiles cheerfully, "Yeah it's crazy how little I end up talking to some people. It's just stupid. There's no reason why we shouldn't hang out more often!"

[both_neither]

Good thing there, Nora. You're his friend too.

Gren hadn't exactly expected much out of Vicious. The stoic acknowledgement was at least something. All things being equal, he could have ignored her entirely.

"It might have something to do with the castle making us do it that we avoid it the rest of the time. Which, I don't know about you, but maybe it would be better to see people when you're not on a loss or something. Then again, some of us are more anti-social than others."

Speaking of whom...

"Why don't you go grab a seat? I'll be there in a minute," he said to Vicious.

[nothingtobelieve]

Vicious arched an eyebrow slightly at the dismissal--he didn't usually take that sort of thing well, regardless of who it came from or why--but he didn't really want to be standing there either, so he didn't bother actually protesting, just turned and walked off towards some free seats near the back and left the two to their gossip.

[eat_me_beat_me]

Hey she completely recognizes that some people might say the same thing about her. She openly accepts her weirdness.

When Gren all but told Vicious to leave she raised an eyebrow. What was this, Gren? You introduced her to your man and now you're telling him to go somewhere else? Curiouser and curiouser. She smiles and nods at Vicious as he leaves before turning her attention back to her friend.

"Yeah I get what you mean. It's like a whole stubbornness thing. 'if you make me do something I'm gonna do whatever I can NOT to do it.' and all that."

[both_neither]

"Oh sure. I think everyone does that to some degree."

He watched Vicious walk away with a trace of anxiety, then made an apologetic gesture at Nora once he was out of earshot.

"Sorry. He's a man of few words."

He'd had the feeling making Vicious stand there would lead to even more glaring, and he liked Nora enough to spare her his comrade's overt displeasure before it got started. Also it was easier to talk about him without him standing over his shoulder.

[eat_me_beat_me]

She smiled, "I kinda got that. Does Mr. Tall Dark and Mysterious have a personality or does he just like to stand around and look menacing?"

Sure it might be rude but the glint in her eyes should be enough to show Gren that she's only teasing. Hey she teased her own boyfriend enough she ought to be able to make fun of someone else's.

[both_neither]

Gren didn't have many illusions about Vicious, but his appeal was hard to explain to other people without saying too much about himself.

"That's mostly it," he answer with an equally teasing smirk.

"He's just not a people person, really."

[eat_me_beat_me]

Hey she's not going to judge. If Vicious made Gren happy that was all that mattered to her.

"I got that much. Does he talk to you at least?"

[both_neither]

His eyes glanced towards the other man.

"Some. And usually not without provoking, but I've had some practice at that. He doesn't generally like to waste time on things that aren't necessary, you know?"

[eat_me_beat_me]

"Ooooohhh so he's one'a those guys, huh?"

She might be teasing but she's still smiling warmly at her friend, "Personally I prefer the unnecessary stuff."

[both_neither]

"I admit to being a romantic on occasion. I figure some of it will rub off eventually..." he hesitates, and laughs. "Maybe."

[eat_me_beat_me]

She smiles. She knows how it is to try to pry someone out of their shell. She and Mark had had a few arguments about it before he finally started coming out of his room and actually going out and hanging out with people in the castle.

"I hope so. Being with a stick in the mud gets kinda old."