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[coolerjunpei]

[Hey gang, it's Junpei, filming in vertical because he's a terrible millennial. He's at the inn, sitting at a table with a stupid-looking projector which he drums his fingers on occasionally.]

Uh, hey, soooo... that shit all sucked, huh? Yeah. Really did not expect "kill everyone now because I, the mysterious mastermind, said so" would happen a third time.

[To him, personally. He's too new to know if that happened a bunch of times previously here in Aldrip, so that's a Junpei Original as far as he knows. He's including Gnos infection as A Mastermind, it makes sense to him.]

Anyway, whatever, right? Look, I borrowed— this thing, [shakycams down to the projector, whoaoaoao] and it's kind of my birthday this week, so y'know, calling all people who said they wanted to watch some shitty movies...? And good movies, too, I guess.

[A beat.]

I mean, I just thought that movie night thing could be... fun. After the bullshit. If anybody wants to come watch some stuff, in a park or something? Like a drive-in! Get a bunch of snacks and hang out.

...Also, I need someone to help me hang up a sheet.

[He will be watching movies in the park by himself if he must!!]

Comments

[coolerjunpei]

Popped corn.

[ha ha] —It's like, you take these dried out corn kernels, and heat 'em up until they, you know, pop! And then you throw butter and salt all over them. It's a traditional movie food.

[opheliac]

Ooooh.... cool! Be sure to make it for me, okay?!

[coolerjunpei]

Yeah, sure. Can't do a movie night without popcorn. Anything else? I'm taking requests, I guess.

[opheliac]

We gotta have drinks, right? I can bring wine over!

[coolerjunpei]

Oh— yeah, sure. I'll find some red plastic cups.

[.....and as it occurs to him,] That's, uh, a joke from back home.

[opheliac]

I don't get it.

[coolerjunpei]

It's the traditional cup for drinking alcohol with your friends, at least where I went to school. I think someone wrote a song about it, but I was like, five years old so I missed it.

[ANYway,] It doesn't really matter about the cups.

[opheliac]

Your realm sounds weird, but you're lucky I'm into that!

[coolerjunpei]

Yeah? You can have the first pick of red plastic cups, then.

[opheliac]

Jokes on you, Jumpy, I always get the first pick in everything. Better not forget that, or I'll have to hunt you down.

[coolerjunpei]

[oh is he in danger, huh]

It's- it's Junpei. I wouldn't be that hard to hunt down at my own movie night thing...

[opheliac]

That's what I said, Jumpy. But you could make it a little hard, say, hide behind a big building.

That'll be a sucker hiding place, though. Because I know aaaallll buildings.

[coolerjunpei]

Okay... [he'll just endure, that's fine.]

Guess I'm going to go live under a bridge, but a different bridge every day just in case.

[opheliac]

Oooooo! Bridges are fun...!! — I'll be nice and give you a ten second start.

[coolerjunpei]

[...

..........

...okay, hang on,] Like, for real? Should I wear running shoes to movie night?

[opheliac]

Only if you're serious about playing hide and seek with me.

[ she giggles, which sounds a mixture of friendly but devilry too. ]

And don't worry, I won't harm any parts of your body. Not even an eyelash!

[coolerjunpei]

Gee, thanks. If it's just regular, no-harming-body-parts hide and seek, maybe you can get other people to play it while we're there.

[opheliac]

Yeah!! And whoever wins gets to hold Fishbones for two minutes. He's been getting pretty fussy because I don't let him meet people face to face.

[coolerjunpei]

Sure... Is that your pet?

[opheliac]

Nah, he's my rocket launcher. I made him myself!! If he heard you calling him my pet, he'll start crying, ha ha!

[coolerjunpei]

Oh. Well, uh, don't tell him I said that, then. I bet he's real good at... launching.

[opheliac]

He's pretty damn good, but he cares more about having good table manners than exploding stuff. He's a real stiff, I should have replaced him a long time ago.

[coolerjunpei]

Maybe he wants to retire. You could throw him a whole party.

[opheliac]

Or maybe he's just lazy. I've only used him once. That's not enough to retire. You have to be working forever!!

[coolerjunpei]

Working forever and retiring can't coexist, but I don't know the retirement policies for rocket launchers anyway.

[Making a casual mental note that she has indeed fired the thing, Oh Boy... Okay...]