They say there's nothing new under the sun

[10_20_15_5_50]

Who: Hiro, Sam, and anybody else who wants to watch Tremors
What: Watching Tremors and possibly discussing swear words prior to the show
Where: The new outdoor theatre in the Northwest
When: Backdated to Thursday night, dusk.
Warnings: Language? Probably language.

The ‘official story’ was simple, if outlandish: Sam had happened across a VHS tape of Tremors (true) while lost (false) in the dense mire of mess which was Hiro’s room. Though the tape had actually been uncovered in the Warehouse, she had no intention of saying so; she didn’t want to wonder if the truth would reach Dirge, or want to deal with the seeker if he heard and, hearing, took it into his head to reclaim the cassette. What she did want was to make good on what she’d said to Jadewing.

’Sometime, we’ll find for you a few decent horror flicks.’

Tremors had turned out to be the first of that few. With luck, and a little---or a lot---of looking, there would be others, and so the whole theatre project had been buttressed by the hope of having more movies. The screen was situated at one side of the clearing Irja had kindly created, suspended between the trunks of two massive trees and braced by branches across its back. (The controls were there, as well, and at two elevations; the human-scale console sheltered in what looked, to Sam, like an ice shack.) A viewing deck had been built opposite the screen, encircling one wide walnut tree at a height which would have any occupants up enough to talk to standing Cybertronians comfortably, without craning. The deck had been outfitted with a ladder, a small collection of mismatched chairs, and (importantly!) a small free-standing fire pit. Two ridges crossed the clearing so that people could park angled up to better see the screen, but the clearing itself was otherwise almost ordinary---and only ‘almost’ on account of its creation.

All things considered, the set-up was pretty sweet.

Comments

Re: arrivals

[a_little_red_in_the_face]

“Makes me think of the d[rive-ins on Earth.” Breakdown drives up, transforming to take the last few steps before stopping at the comfortable conversational distance from the taller mech.

Re: arrivals

[the_other_green_seeker]

"It kind of does, doesn't it?", Jadewing agrees. "Though we made sure to include plenty of room for any bots or organics that either fly or walk too."

"I admit, I'm interested to see what this movie's like," He says. "Sam said it's good, and anything's better than Rumble and Frenzy's tastes, so it should at least be worth watching."

Re: arrivals

[a_little_red_in_the_face]

"You guys did good, it looks good, has a lot of room."

He smiles and looks over at Jadewing. "It's not an amazing movie, but it's not bad either." It's not entirely his kind of movie either, but his partner sure enjoys horror movies, so he's seen his fair share of Earth horror flicks now.

Re: arrivals

[the_other_green_seeker]

Jadewing chuckled. "Like I said, anythings better than Rumble and Frenzy's tastes," he said. "The ones they like usually feature lots of young humans being killed in various unrealistic ways, usually because they did something completely against common sense. Along with gratuitous scenes of them mating, for some reason. I never understood the appeal."

[a_little_red_in_the_face]

He grimaces. "Yeah, I've seen a couple of those. Knock out really doesn't like those ones...can't say I do either. This one still has people dyin', but it's not like those ones."

[the_other_green_seeker]

"Proof that he's got taste in more than just paintjobs," Jadewing said, giving an amused smirk. "But yeah, wouldn't be able to consider it much of a horror movie if no one died."

"I'm interested to see what's up with those Dweller-looking things, though," he said. "Sam said they're not much like the actual Dweller aside from appearances, so I'm not sure what to expect."

[a_little_red_in_the_face]

Breakdown claps his shoulder with a knowing smirk. “Guess you’ll find out soon, won’t you?” He’ll kind of motion for Jade to head over to take a seat. “Hope you enjoy the experience.”

[the_other_green_seeker]

"Guess I will," Jade agrees, smirking right back. "See ya after the show." Following Breakdowns motion, he'll go look for a good spot to sit. One where he hopefully won't block other people's view with his big wings.