Movies in the Park, Wednesday at Dusk (08/01)

[a-phale.livejournal.com]

Just before dusk, the temporary movie screen is set up, with a big grassy area in front to provide seating space. A few people have arrived early to share picnic suppers, and to visit with their friends.

[OOC: The movie begins at dusk, and the screen will be removed afterwards. OCD threads will be up for your movie-going use. Anyone who needs the park for other purposes will find that the outdoor cinema takes up only a portion of the park, with plenty of space available for non-movie needs.]

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Before the Movie Begins

[a-phale.livejournal.com]

Talk with your friends, meet new people, hang out with your date, play with your dog. The film begins at dusk.

Re: Before the Movie Begins

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

Turtle was there with a Glitter Squishy, a Sparkle Squishy (she wasn't sure which John would like better), and a pie. Now all she needed was her date. She took a glance around the park a bit to see if she'd beat him here or not.

Re: Before the Movie Begins

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

John was there, spreading out a blanket. There was also a basket of foodstuffs from the diner. Unfortunately, his hair was still tinged with pink and glitter.

"Good evening, Turtle," he greeted her with a smile.

Re: Before the Movie Begins

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

"Good evening, John," Turtle greeted back, returning the smile. And then her head tilted. "Is that...glitter in your hair?"

Luckily, since it getting dark out for the movie, she only noticed that and the pink tint was well hidden by the impending dusk.

Re: Before the Movie Begins

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"Uh, yeah," he did the self conscious hand through the hair thing at the reminder. "Apparently my fake little sister didn't like her three minute dates. You having a good week so far?"

Re: Before the Movie Begins

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

"My week's been...fiiine," Turtle said, trying to stay on that topic, but unable to as she took a seat on the blanket with John, folding her legs in front of her and laughing a little. "How does not being happy with her dates lead to you with sparkly hair? It looks nice, by the way. I almost thought maybe you'd just gone into the store today. Bart got a little...overzealous with the glitter today." With that, she held out the Sparkle Squishy. There was a good chance John had had enough Glitter if such a thing could exist.

Re: Before the Movie Begins

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"Well, I might have forgotten to tell her what it was all about when she agreed to attend. I'm glad you like it, though. It's kinda pink, too." Why oh why did he say that? John accepted the Sparkle Squishy, "That's...one shiny beverage."

Re: Before the Movie Begins

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

"Like I said, overzealous. And pink? Really?" Turtle quirked her eyebrow. "Nice, but I think if you didn't tell her what she was getting into, you deserve it.

Re: Before the Movie Begins

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

John chuckled, "Hey, it was worth it. I wouldn't have gone without her, and I think my dates turned out well."

Sitting on the blanket, he started digging through the basket. "You hungry?"

Re: Before the Movie Begins

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

Turtle grinned a little, shifting a little with a slight beam, because, hey! She was one of those dates that turned out well! ...She figured, anyway.

"Yup! What've we got?"

Re: Before the Movie Begins

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"There's potato salad, turkey, salami, or ham sandwiches, chips, and soda." John laid everything out in front of them so she could take her choices. "Have you seen this movie before?"

Re: Before the Movie Begins

[oncourtandstage.livejournal.com]

Troy pulled the blanket from the picnic basket he'd handwavily picked up from Turtle and Canary before handwavily dropping by Luke's as A.J. was getting off work. "Any idea what's playing?" he asked, as he spread it on the ground and sat down.

Re: Before the Movie Begins

[by137.livejournal.com]

"Nope," A.J. admitted brightly. "I should have asked John when he came in. He's here somewhere," he took an idle look around and then shrugged, "on a da--" He dragged off a little, "--ate, or something...."

And now all A.J. could think of was John's eyebrow waggling and what it entailed about this whole set-up. Eeesh.

Re: Before the Movie Begins

[oncourtandstage.livejournal.com]

Troy totally noticed the trail-off on 'date' and was a little nervous, because this was kind of a date, too. "Yeah, really? Cool," he said, though, smiling. If it was a little bit of a fake smile, it's just because his mun's other character had a class on that today he was worried about what might happen, and how A.J. might react in the end. "Oh! There's, like, some sandwiches and stuff in here." He waved at the basket.

Re: Before the Movie Begins

[by137.livejournal.com]

Kind of. "Oh. Sandwiches and stuff are good," A.J. said, despite having worked around food all day and not feeling too hungry, although he chalked that up to feeling suddenly all nervous.

Re: Before the Movie Begins

[oncourtandstage.livejournal.com]

"Yeah." Troy found himself mysteriously not hungry, as well. Although when he did finally take a bite of a ham sandwich, he found himself ravenous, and he fair devoured the first sandwich before reaching for another. Funny what it's like when you think you're not hungry.

"So..." Troy scrambled for something to talk about. "So! Rehearsal went well last night."

Re: Before the Movie Begins

[by137.livejournal.com]

A.J. nodded, reclining back on the blanket with his elbows propping him up behind him; he'd get to the sandwiches a little later, when he was feeling a bit more hungry. And when doing something once it gets dark if he started to get all...freaked out or anything would help. "Yeah, they did. We've got such an awesome group. There's no way it's going to be anything but amazing."

Re: Before the Movie Begins

[oncourtandstage.livejournal.com]

Troy nodded. "This is going to be great!"

He fiddled idly with some blades of grass. "So..." But he trailed off, not saying anything more.

Re: Before the Movie Begins

[by137.livejournal.com]

"Sooooo....?" A.J. asked, glancing over at Troy expectantly.

Re: Before the Movie Begins

[oncourtandstage.livejournal.com]

Troy shrugged. "I dunno," he said, after a moment. "I guess I'm a little nervous."

Re: Before the Movie Begins

[stanleykeyworth.livejournal.com]

The good Doc was here, sitting a bit off to the side.

During the Movie

[a-phale.livejournal.com]

Feel free to discuss or mock the movie, or snuggle with your significant other. (Just keep things PG13.)

This week's feature is The Thirteenth Guest (http://imdb.com/title/tt0023583/), with Ginger Rogers and Lyle Talbot.

Re: During the Movie

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

Annette loved mysteries and hoped this would be a good one. She laid down on the blanket she brought, crossed her ankles in the air behind her, and stared up at the screen quietly letting the movie take her away from everything that was Fandom right now.

After the Movie Ends

[a-phale.livejournal.com]

They're taking down the screen until next week, but you can still talk about what you just saw, continue snuggling with your date, set up an impromptu game of after-dark frisbee, etc.

OOC

[a-phale.livejournal.com]

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