Community Center Class: Modern Earth Entertainment

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Tonight's snacks were not topical. Hopefully everybody would understand why.

Peter smiled to them all as he stood up front and waved. "Today's film is science fiction. That's a kind of film that takes science and extrapolates where it might go in the future. It generally uses a lot of effects to make things look real that aren't. This particular one and its sequel - we'll probably see that one next week - were really popular and get referenced a lot. I've been assured it's pretty much all action and there's no outdated gender role garbage in it, so hopefully it'll be more enjoyable. Also no teenagers," he assured them. "Or people pretending to be them. There are supposed to be some rather disgusting parts, though, so maybe be aware of that."

He pushed play and sat down.

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Definitely not eating.

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[mages_suck]

Fenris.

Who'd prefer not being eaten.

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[special_rabbit]

Amaya Blackstone

No comment.

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[built_fjord_tough]

Fjord

Who...

Look, the less said about his weird eating habits, the better.

Arrive/mingle!

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There's still popcorn, chips, and soda, though.

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[mages_suck]

Fenris experimented with one of the cans of drink and a bagged snack he hadn't yet tried.

He looked dubiously at the popcorn.

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[built_fjord_tough]

Fjord was going for the popcorn and side-eyeing the soda before fumbling a little with a can of it.

It... was not beer.

Huh.

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[2_old_for_this]

"Hi, Fjord." Peter smiled at him. "Not used to soda yet?"

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[built_fjord_tough]

"Never encountered it before," Fjord explained, looking speculatively at the can. "It's.... sweet, isn't it?"

And was bubbling. It was really a miracle his particular can hadn't fizzed over, probably.

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"Most of it's very sweet," Peter agreed. "There are a few different flavors. It's a popular non-alcoholic drink around here."

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[built_fjord_tough]

"Seems like a bit of an acquired taste," Fjord mused. "Maybe I'll take it a bit easier on this stuff."

Maybe he'd start avoiding things in cans altogether.

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"I've got bottles of water, if you'd like?" Peter suggested. "I have no idea why bottled water is a thing when the local water is drinkable, but it is."

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[built_fjord_tough]

Fjord paused a moment, and then shrugged and nodded an affirmative.

"Please and thank you," he said. And then another moment later he added, "I don't know if you've noticed, but I've taken over payments for the hotel room. I owe you my thanks again for your generosity there."

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"They let me know when they switched it over," Peter said. He smiled. "You're welcome. I'm just glad I could help. This place is hard enough to get used to without also having to live in the rain."

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[built_fjord_tough]

"And it's been doing its damnedest to keep on raining," Fjord agreed. "The water doesn't bother me terribly much, at the very least, but it's still nice to have a roof over my head. And it let me bring Fenris in out of the rain as well."

One of the... maybe three people he'd met so far who made sense.

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"See, you're already paying it forward," Peter said. "I'm glad to hear it."

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[special_rabbit]

Amaya...was just going to go ahead and take the light snack offerings as...a good sign. And help herself to them liberally.

Watch the movie!

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It's got a kick-ass lead lady, a ton of action, and no mushy stuff.

Also a cat. Sorry, Fjord.

Enjoy!

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[mages_suck]

Fenris enjoyed this movie thoroughly. It was similar to a fight with Darkspawn. Like a mini-Blight in the Deep Roads.

He probably made ...well, entirely appropriate, really.. cheering noises when a Xenomorph bit it.

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Peter grinned at him, happy he was enjoying it.

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[built_fjord_tough]

Fjord was absolutely giving that cat a wary side-eye.

But an on-the-television cat was apparently not half the concern a real cat was, so overall, he didn't much mind.

The, ah, the chest-burster things were getting added to The List, though.

Talk to Peter

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He's here!

OOC!

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Thank you to Z for the movie suggestion!

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[spectre_alenko]

YW!
>.> Though I'm glad Kaidan's not here this week.