Movie Sign Theatre 3000, Monday Afternoon

[bitchprince]

Arthur had been subtle about this. It had been a hard few weeks, it was time for something different, and he was going to do it differently. Which was why he'd ordered Merlin to show up here in the afternoon for some shopping of necessary goods. He had not specified which goods for very important reasons, which involved there being no goods at all to shop for.

Instead, there was a movie theatre.

He could not glean the meaning of various movies from their titles or their images, so he had simply told the shopkeeper to get him some tickets, and that should cover it.

NOW SHOWING
Leni and Lena

It was possible Arthur was going to regret his choice of film, but that was hardly the point of this anyway.

[[ thread with Arthur locked to That Guy, but the theatre is open to anyone who needs it ]]

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[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"Arthur, this is a movie theatre." Obvious Merlin is obvious. And confused. Mostly confused.

[bitchprince]

"Will you get inside so we can start buying things?" Arthur asked, patiently. "We are running late."

His world was filled to the brim with its own ideas about logic.

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"In a theatre."

Right. Merlin eyed him for a moment before walking in. "The sweets are rather good here."

[bitchprince]

"Pick some," he said, magnanimously, and headed towards the stand. "I'll have some of that-- is that corn?"

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

Peering down at the vastly overpriced selection, Merlin nodded vaguely in an answer. "Popcorn. They heat it until it bursts."

He saw it on the television.

[bitchprince]

"Right. I'll have that."

Unlike all the sweet things. Ew. ...Well, okay, sometimes there was cake back in Camelot that was fairly good, and-- now he was derailing, and getting homesick was not in the cards for today.

"I'll have the medium popcorn," he announced, then glanced towards Merlin, waiting. "And whatever he wants."

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"Just one sweet. And a soda!"

Really, nothing was better than honey cakes back home. His mum made the best ones. He was, of course, forced to say that lest his mother find out and be heartbroken.

"You wanted to see a movie then? You could have just asked, you know."

[bitchprince]

"I didn't want to strip you of your sense of adventure," Arthur said, shoving some money at the man while he filled up Merlin's soda. And dealt with the whole... popcorn thing. "And some water."

He was not as adventurous about his stomach as Merlin was, no.

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"Adventure?" Oh really? "Is this an adventure then, my lord?"

[bitchprince]

"Of course it is," said Arthur, who snagged his popcorn and his water and turned, clearly expecting Merlin to mirror that. "We're going to watch a movie."

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

Grabbing his candy and soda that was large enough to drown a small child, Merlin followed. "Any reason?"

[bitchprince]

"Is that a complaint?" Arthur asked, shoving his tickets at the ticket... man.

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"Just a question." Merlin trailed on after him, looking at the colorful posters for other movies. "You didn't seem quite so enthused about movies before."

[bitchprince]

"I changed my mind," Arthur told him, idly, and opened the door with a shove. It was a very heavy door. Now that was familiar.

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"Did you now?"

[bitchprince]

"Someone needs to make sure your brain doesn't rot any further than it already has," Arthur said, not at all holding open the door.

Except for the part where he did.

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

It was almost like Arthur was courting him. "You could always join me in watching television. It's all rather fun!"

Once Francine explained which shows were real and which were fake.

[bitchprince]

Now, Arthur would never do that.

He shut the door behind Merlin. "Only if Dark Serpent's on," he said, firmly, and nodded towards... any seat.

He could figure this one out. And even if he didn't, well, any place he'd sit would be palatial, anyway.

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"This way," Merlin said, leading them the the middle of a row near the back of the theatre. "If we're closer, it hurts your neck."

[bitchprince]

"Been here before, have we?" Arthur inquired, shooting him an amused look as he followed.

Yes, followed.

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"Francine and I came once!" Bad thing to saaay. "Though it was about ice skates."

So odd.

"It was a--" Merlin stopped and stared. "This is a date."

[bitchprince]

Arthur slipped into his seat with ease, took some popcorn from the container he'd been given, and munched on it.

He glanced up at Merlin. "Are you going to sit?" he asked, sanely. "The movie is going to start."

That was not a no, Arthur.

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

Merlin stared for a moment more before obediantly taking a seat. "What is the movie about?"

[bitchprince]

Arthur paused mid-popcorn, and looked at him. "I'm not sure," he admitted, "But I'm sure it'll be fine."

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"Alright." Merlin turned toward the screen, carefully placing his gigantic soda in the cup holder between them. "It would be--um--nice. Should this actually be a real date."

Shut. Up.