Mystery Sign Theater, Sunday

[chosehumanity]

"You have got to be kidding me."

Not only an apt description of Mitchell's week, but also a very good way of describing his reaction to hearing which film the other investors in the theater wanted him to run today. It would 'interest the teenagers', they'd said, and 'invite a new market back in' and something about not making any money recently and...

Mitchell hated everything. If everything in Bristol wasn't so horrible at the moment he'd be gone back home in a second. There was an infrastructure to set up, after all.

But no.

Instead he sighed, and stared up at the theater as the workers put up the sign for the day.

Now Showing:
Justin Bieber - Never Say Never

Seriously. What the hell.

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Lobby/Concessions

[chosehumanity]

To get food and drink and all that fun stuff.

Now Showing: Justin Bieber - Never Say Never

[chosehumanity]

Follows Justin Bieber with some footage of performances from his 2010 concert tour.

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[faithandscience.livejournal.com]

Completely unaware that they'd practically been dared to attend a showing of this particular film, William had asked Rilla if she'd be interested in attending a show at the movie theatre.

As he and his date entered the theatre, William had his arms full of snacks, which he'd been assured were part of the moviegoing tradition. He also had a slightly poleaxed expression on his face, because even after being here nearly an entire school year, the prices still seemed... outlandish.

"What do you suppose it's about?" he asked, surveying the theatre for the best seats. There was certainly no lack of choice, since it seemed no one else had shown up yet.

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[rilla-myrilla.livejournal.com]

"I am not sure," Rilla said, "But the boy in it is," adorable! Not that she'd say that on a date!, "Canadian, so that is a point in his favour."

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[faithandscience.livejournal.com]

Frankly, William thought the hair was a bit foppish, but he wasn't going to say so out loud. "I did not know that," he mused. "So it seems the tables have turned and you were the one to do research this time," he observed.

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[rilla-myrilla.livejournal.com]

"I've heard a few of his songs," Rilla admitted. "He's a talented singer!"

Or something.

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[faithandscience.livejournal.com]

"Ah, a multifaceted performer," William noted with approval. "Here?" he gestured to a pair of seats essentially smack-dab in the middle of the theatre.

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[rilla-myrilla.livejournal.com]

"Lovely!" Rilla said approvingly. "Now what do we have in the way of snacks?"

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[faithandscience.livejournal.com]

"Popping corn, of course," William placed the bucket between them. "Colas. Several varieties of sugar-coated candies that claim to be 'fruit flavoured'. And chocolates."

He... may have gone slightly overboard, yes.

"Oh my," he blinked at the screen as the opening credits finished and the scene cut to a high-speed car chase. "How exciting!"

Manager's Office

[chosehumanity]

Where Mitchell will be.

Drinking, probably.

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[vanillajello]

So, Kate made it back on the island late in the afternoon, head filled with daydreams of an apartment to call her very own, and somewhere in the periphery also some doubts about something she'd agreed to largely because she'd been so high on excitement. Namely, that Zach would be coming to town next weekend.

It was probably that latter thing, along with some other stuff from early in the week that made her want to check to see whether Mitchell was back yet. Swinging by the theater and seeing what film was playing kind of crushed her hopes of that (and made her pull quite an epic face), but she and her backpack still came by the office, just in case.

To be completely incredulous. "... What, seriously, you're letting them play that?"

Re: Manager's Office

[chosehumanity]

"Technically I don't own all of the theater and they're making me," Mitchell said. Not quite into his bottle of beer, but it was fair to say he'd completely skated past 'bad example' into 'complete trainwreck' today. "So yes, I am letting them play that."

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[vanillajello]

"Well, can I use this as an opportunity to have a stakeout in the lobby so that anyone willingly coming in to see that gets escorted straight off the island?" Kate wondered, gaze flicking to the bottle then up at him again. She wasn't sure she wanted to ask. "Because that's all it's good for."

Re: Manager's Office

[chosehumanity]

Mitchell lifted one eyebrow semi-artfully. "Don't let me stop you if you feel inspired," he drawled.

Re: Manager's Office

[vanillajello]

"Too much work when I'm not on duty," she replied flippantly, putting her bag on the floor for the moment. "Is the beer your way of dealing with Bieber fever?"

Re: Manager's Office

[chosehumanity]

Sure, if Bieber fever also included 'blackmailing decent men with the threat of violence against their grandchildren', 'sanctioning the killing of helpless young coma patients', 'bashing a fledgeling's fangs out' and 'becoming vampire king of Bristol'.

"Yes," Mitchell said, simply. "I have this nightmare where hordes of fourteen-year-olds are going to show up at the door, shouting."

Re: Manager's Office

[vanillajello]

"Well, they'd have to come in from the mainland," Kate replied, a bit dry. "I think we probably have like four fourteen-year-olds going to this school, and probably half of those are Victorians or something."

Re: Manager's Office

[prof_of_cunning]

Edmund Only the royal family have enough money to pay me to set foot in a theatre Blackadder, setting foot in two on the same day, for nothing so much as a bonus? What was the world coming to?

Since the first had been closed with no sign of a manager or even a playbill in sight, though...

He peered into the manager's office as carefully as he could, just in case he rubbed against something and got actor on him. "Good afternoon."

Re: Manager's Office

[chosehumanity]

Mitchell took a swig of his beer like the stellar example he was, then set it down. "Yeah?" he asked, twisting his chair around.

Re: Manager's Office

[prof_of_cunning]

Lovely; the Irish, a race that would have benefited immensely had they taken Jonathan Swift at his entirely serious word. Still, best not to start out by insulting the man.

"My name is Edmund Blackadder; I'm teaching up at the school. I'm looking to hire out a theatrical performance for my students next Friday, and judging by the dust on the doors of the other theatre, you're the only game in town."

Re: Manager's Office

[chosehumanity]

"Yeaaah," Mitchell drawled. Vaguely apologetically. "We're a movie theater. We just show films. No live actors or anything. Sorry, mate."

Re: Manager's Office

[prof_of_cunning]

"...Bugger." Both for the fact, and because he couldn't think of a cleverer reply. "I'm trying to teach them the joys of..." Mocking morons. "...audience participation. How am I supposed to manage that without actors to throw things at?"

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[chosehumanity]

Mitchell scratched at the back of his head. "Er, we did a showing of Petey Sci-fi here last year," he said, "It's still a film, but it's famous for inviting the audience to pitch in...?"

Re: Manager's Office

[prof_of_cunning]

"They want you to throw food at the screen?" He was assuming it wasn't bombs, despite some personal experience with that in his own theatregoing.

OOC

[chosehumanity]

Dude, after last week, he deserved some purgatory, and not the canon kind.