There Can Be Only One

[nowherewolf]

Who: Tucker, Newt, and anyone else!
What: everyone watches a cheesy 80s movie
Where: Newt's House
When: backdated to the 4th (oops)
Warnings: none atm



[Tucker's making good on both his long-ago threat to Rey and his more-recent promise: a movie-watching party!

Newt's living room has been all set up for this shindig, so show up whenever and get ready to watch the most over-dramatic, cheesy, 80s-est action movie of all time, Highlander. It's bad, it's good, it's one of Tucker's favorites.

The lab's supercomputer has been dragged over here and set up against one wall, so you get to see this thing in full holographic projection. Various chairs, couches, and ottomans have been gathered from all around the city for seating, and a table has been covered in snacks. There are some chips, some candy, and like, a thousand boxes of Girl Scout cookies. BYOB, though.

Tucker is seated in a weird furry chair, and he's got the controls, so you'd better be nice to him.]

[OOC: feel free to post toplevels, mingle, do whatever!]

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Tucker

[nowherewolf]

Pre-Movie

[Tucker isn't greeting people as they come in because the door has just kind of been left unlocked. It's clear enough on arrival that this is The Party House anyway.

Instead, he's all cozy in his weird fur-chair, holding a bottle of whiskey, his feet up on a coffee table.]

Hey, you ready for this?


During Movie

[Commentary on the movie is allowed. We're going with the MST3K principle here, apparently. Use this prompt to make sure Tucker knows how dumb you think his movie is.]


Afterparty

[Once the movie is over, people are free to leave or continue to party. Maybe they can cue up some music on this dumb giant computer or something. Or Newt can doodle on his keyboard. Who knows!

Tucker will be mostly hanging around the snack table, because he's hungry. Come chat or, once again, tell him how much that sucked.]

afterparty

[toiletseat_girl]

[George approached Tucker with a purposefully nonchalant stroll.

she is also approaching the snacks. be warned, she may Hoover up all of the goodies. being an immortal, unaging Grim Reaper is good for some things and one of those things is never gaining any weight.

she gives him her most winning smile and asks, very politely]

Tucker, what the fuck did we just watch?

[nowherewolf]

[He looks mock-offended.]

Um, the greatest movie of all time, Highlander? Didn't you see the opening credits?

[He's hoovering some cookies himself.]

During Movie

[whistlewhilstyouwork]

[Whistler has chosen to sit himself on the floor, legs crossed]

I just want to make sure I understand... you used one of your wish-things from the Gods to get this?

[nowherewolf]

No, actually, showed up in the event.

[You know, the creepy item voyeur one where that braille Playboy showed up- oh wait.]

I did use a god deal to get the other one, though.

[So there's that.]

pre-movie! i'm a rebel

[evocation]

[Kyna pokes Tucker's side, trying to get him to scoot over.]

Nope. Move over.

[nowherewolf]

Uh, excuse you?

[He is not moving???]

I was here first and it's my movie.

pre-movie!

[hardwearing]

[ 'Sup Tucker. Have an extremely awkward soldier forcing himself to come over and say hello. He spares the fur chair a sideways glance, then almost grins. Almost. ]

As long as it's a real movie, not... whatever you posted to the network.

Is that thing comfortable?

[nowherewolf]

Wow, ye of little faith. Of course it's a real movie.

[He points to the dvd case next to the computer screen. Highlander. Not that Wash probably knows what that is.]

And not really, but it's not about the comfort, it's a statement.

[What it's saying is anyone's guess.]

Afterparty

[killthisparty]

[ Hey, here's a dude he probably never seen. Or, if he has, it's been in stores or watching people on the street. If the bright red hair doesn't catch his attention, maybe the way it clashes with the blue jacket might. Or maybe the large yellow gun strapped to his leg? Who knows.

He's not been outside a lot. Like...at all. In a couple of months. The lack of sleep probably shows. Skinny sticky lil dude.

He taps on Tucker's arm, and speaks unprompted.]

Yo. Got any zombie movies?

[nowherewolf]

[Literally everything catches his attention. Paranoia's a fun party guest. His eyes flick to the gun first, then back up.]

I fuckin' wish. But this movie was an accident from the Door, apparently, and last time I asked a god to make one I got that bullshit I put on the network a few days ago.

Afterparty

[so_dark_a_road]

[ Curufin brought enough whiskey to fill a bathtub, so there is enough for all. He asks Tucker for glasses and fills one for anyone who wants to risk having the lining of their throat permanently damaged by the fiery liquor. It is from the Speakeasy, but it might just owe something to Curufin's own recipe, which he offered to Rey when she first opened her bar and juke joint.

Curufin isn't completely healed from injuries he received while fighting Caedra's demons, but he was going stir-crazy from being cooped up at home. And so he evaded the vigilance of his loving family, sneaked across town, and came to the party. He wouldn't miss it for the world.

He enjoys the movie thoroughly, and whoops when MacLeod lifts his sword and receives a massive influx of energy from his slain rivals, first Fasil and finally the Kurgan.]

[ Exclaiming as the credits roll by. ] That Connor MacLeod really smashed it, huh?

[ He lifts his glass up and toasts the immortal. He is extremely drunk. ]

[nowherewolf]

[Tucker has definitely risked his throat for good booze, and as a result he's a bit tipsy himself. He lifts up a bottle to Curufin's toast.]

He sure fuckin' did.

[And then takes a long swig out of it.]

Take it you liked it then? [Which seems to be an Unpopular Opinion.]

afterparty

[ex_matricide319]

[Kiran doesn't show up until halfway through the movie. He doesn't say hello or sit down with everybody when he enters, either - he just gives the group a small, silent wave, and spends the rest of the movie standing near the snack table. Eating.

The consumption and indifference to socializing continues well into the after-party, where he switches between eating snacks and slowly drinking the gallon jug of orange juice he brought along for himself.

When Tucker gets close enough, Kiran looks right at him as he's grabbing a handful of chips.]

Hi. Nice party.

[will you converse with mr. edgy teen? or will you perish like a dog???]

[nowherewolf]

[Wow that's racist. But he will not perish, because "awkward conversations" barely exist to him.]

Thanks, I made it myself. What'd you think of the movie?

[Lowkey callin' him out for being a mooch who might not have paid any attention. Also orange juice wtf???]

pre-movie

[demonsional]

[Hayden's still tired. Not, like, as tired as he obviously was the day before when he finished marathoning a movie that spanned the course of multiple days but there are definitely rings around his eyes. Some of his usual enthusiasm is back, though, and he gives Tucker a double thumbs up!

...and then launches himself at Tucker's chair. But it's okay because he scales the side of it, aiming to coil up at the top like some weird head piece and, like, is Harlan just letting him learn from the behaviors of the literal cat that he owns?]

[nowherewolf]

[Tucker is returning the thumbs up when the launching happens, and he flinches slightly, expecting to have to catch him, until he realizes he's latching onto the side. And then gargoyling at the top.]

I mean... that probably is the best seat in the house. Good choice. Is it comfy up there?

Washington

[hardwearing]

[ Honestly, Wash probably wouldn't be here on his own. Either a bigger party where he could disappear or a smaller one where everyone was a friend already would be fine, but this is the goldilocks zone of awkwardness. Fortunately or unfortunately Kyna got the hint that he wanted to see the movie and. Well. Here they are.

He absolutely does not know how to socialize like a normal person anymore, and thus drifts to the back of the room as people arrive to examine the supercomputer curiously.

Someone come poke him. ]

[imhisaunt]

[Delmar had flitted back and forth on the idea of coming. He wasn't sure who was going to be there exactly but he's got a weakness for movies. A severe weakness. Though of course this isn't exactly going to be the type of movie Delmar is used to. At all.

Still he hasn't seen one in so very long.

So he ends up coming along, though shyly flutters towards the back as he still has an unfortunate habit of turning bright bright pink when in the vicinity of Tucker. In his awkward distraction of trying to figure out what to do with himself, he accidentally bumps into someone else, another young man]

--Oh! I'm very sorry.

[hardwearing]

[ Welcome to the awkward corner, Delmar. Wash blinks -- that was hardly a bump, no need to apologize for it. ]

It's fine. Uh. Hi.

So you know Tucker?

[ Obviously. He's trying, okay? ]

alphys | ota

[sciencelizard]

[As soon as Alphys heard Newt was hauling the supercomputer out of the lab, she basically demanded to know why. When the words ‘movie night’ were tossed, she certainly wasn’t going to stop him- but it took a little cajoling before she actually decided to come along. She loves movies, especially horrible ones, but the thought of being around a lot of people she doesn’t know, even to do things that are fun, is kind of horrifying. When she finally convinces herself to come, she’s painfully shy, hiding among the snacks and finding a quiet corner to watch the movie in. She certainly won’t turn anyone away if they want to come hang- she doesn’t have the confrontation to stop them— but also oh god, she is so scared, she shouldn’t be here, send help.

At least someone could help her loosen up, if they’re willing to help put up with some of her babbling.]

[nowherewolf]

[This is his party and he sure as hell is not gonna let anybody be stuck doing nothing fun. So Tucker decides to come hang during snacktime.]

Hey, sorry for stealing your computer.

[He's not even slightly sorry. Also he's got cookies in his mouth.]

Hope it was worth it?

[sciencelizard]

[She kind of knows he isn’t, in the same way that Newt apologizes for things and doesn’t especially mean it. But it’s nice of him to say so.]

Well, uh, a-as long as you put it back, I don’t see why we can’t do stuff like this…

[Maybe she should offer up her laptop for next time?? That might be too familiar though. They don’t especially know each other, though he looks familiar… where has she seen him before? Around the lab, maybe.]

But uh, it was… t-the point was that it was bad, right? Because it was great for, uhm, being campy, which I really hope was the point and you’re not mad that I called your favorite movie bad.

[so_dark_a_road]

[ Curufin comes to that quiet corner and greets her after the movie is over. ]

Dr. Alphys! What did you think of the movie?

I'm late I hope this is okay!!!

[demonsional]

[There's no way Alphys can avoid Hayden forever if she's loitering by the snack table. He's exhausted and only half paying attention to the movie to begin with but, like, who needs to be conscious to eat? Snacks are the best. He's taking too many of them, but he freezes when he sees her there. And then he just kind of stares for a minute, I'm sorry Alphys.]

Psst.

[His eyes flick from side to side, like what he's about to say is incredibly private and top-secret.]

Hello.