Movie Night!

[myblueskies]

Who: Romeo, Tidus and YOU (You may mingle!)
Where: Cinema carriage
When: Grasshopper day 2, evening
What: Sports anime movie night with popcorn!
Warnings: There shouldn't be! But I will add if anything comes up

POP, POPPOPPOP...

As announced by Romeo earlier that day, the cinema car has been prepared for a night of anime sports. There isn't much different at first glance, but by first whiff, those who recognise the smell of freshly popped popcorn may detect the new addition to the carriage before they see it set up on a table by the back wall.

There's a soft whirring with the faint pop, poppoppop of the corn kernels, which thankfully isn't that intrusive to the ears as most popcorn machines. Salt and sugar shakers sit next to bowls for people to take and dish out their own popcorn, as well as bottles of cinnamon and mixed (sweet) spice. Also, there's even paprika and hot chilli bottles right next to each other. Who put those there? Please shake sparingly. Or don't. It's your tastebuds on the line.

Jugs of juice from the kitchen have been set out with plastic cups for those looking for a drink, as well as a simple collection of chocolate chip cookies. There may or may not be enough for all, but probably not.

The entertainment won't start right away, so take this time to chat with one another!

BORN TO REVIEW

For this 'sports night', 4 episodes of an anime called Born To Blitz are being played, a comedy movie called Swing-It Like Seccam, and to finish it off, a sports-themed mystery of the beloved franchise Magical Detective Heartlines!

Born To Blitz is your standard sports highschool anime, but with a diverse extraterrestrial species and set on a 'coastal city' where all the buildings are domes. It's quick to lay out the story of its hero, Fax Qincan, who is trying out for the school's competitive blitzball team so that he can get a reputation and one day be a real blitzball professional. He gets a spot by the second episode (unfortunately, beating out his best friend for a place on the team), and now he must start his vigorous training before the school competitions start!

The live-action Swing-It Like Seccam is a similar deal, if less intense and offering more laughs! Follow Arla as she inspires to become a professional ping-pong player like her hero Seccam, but also as she has to deal with a disapproving family who don't take her dreams seriously. Touching towards the end, it can be confusing now and then due to a lot of pop culture references popular in Miyoon in the year 6k20nb.

And last but not least is Magical Detective Heartlines: Goal In Life, an anime movie of the beloved Heartlines as she solves her latest case in all her 80s style anime glory! Famous hoverball player--a sports played on hoverbikes that also bash around the animated balls into goals--Missie is being threatened to throw in their biggest game yet, or risk the life of their snatched beloved! It's up to Heartlines to find the culprit--but can she do it before the end of the match?

Of course she does, but not without suspense and the game being stretched out at the risk of Misse's life as well! And with a bop of a soundtrack, and plenty of glittery sequences. And let's not forget the magical girl transformation scenes. Romeo will show you the moves.

END OF FILM REEL...

And with that, the Sports Night is over with, and what you do is ultimately up to you. Talk about the selection? Something else? Are you the sort of person who can't imagine leaving a mess, or are you rushing off with familiar faces?

Or maybe it'll be nice to go for a watch to stretch your legs, even get a drink. It's late, but the coffee and tea machines are what, only twenty-five carriages away, surely.

Just remember not to stay up too late! Got to avoid the void sickness.

( OOC: It's a fun little mingle! Have your characters bring their own food and snacks, cause some mischief, complain or be too loud. :) There will be small breaks between each showing and the blitz anime will be the same length as the movies altogether (so about 20 mins a piece).

Also full disclaimer, Ree wrote this! All credit goes to her!)

Comments

[blitzcheer]

"Then how 'bout tennis? Badminton? You know never know what you could be unless you try."

Not to sound like an inspiration poster, but there's some humour in his voice too as Tidus says it--like yeah, he's gonna be that guy, Dyme. Also, brief is probably how long they're going to keep their responses short, until Tidus is inspired to ramble. Or Dyme. Place your bets.

[swansongs]

"I dunno. I guess I could give tennis a try? I've never understood how the scoring works, though. Same with badminton." And wasn't that the same thing as tennis, just with a whatever they called that little thing instead of a ball?

[blitzcheer]

Pff. "Who cares about scoring? Least early on. Just keep hitting the balls around 'til you're good enough to get a game going. Then you can start caring about making your partner lose."

Sure, Tidus is here for the fun time. ...but also for winning, once winning actually means anything.

"Badminton's a good way to get into those kinda games. Plus you can make the shuttlecock go pretty high. It's not intense, but it's a fun way of just goofing around."

And forgetting you're stuck on a boring, boring train for five seconds.

[swansongs]

"Okay, good point." Have fun and get the hang of things first, worry about scoring later. "They really call it a shuttlecock?" He was twenty-six years old but he was still going to take a moment to laugh (quietly) over that. Some things, he felt like you were never too old to be amused by. "I might try badminton just for that."

[blitzcheer]

In truth, Tidus had the tiniest of snorts when he first read the name for it on the ICP; and you know what, there's a twitch of the side of his mouth ready to lift into a smirk at Dyme thinking about the more important aspects of badminton.

"I don't know what you're expecting," he says with a slick humour like he absolutely knows what Dyme's expecting, "but I hope you're not disappointed."

He will be, but Tidus isn't going to kill Dyme's fun so soon.

[swansongs]

"I'm sure it'll be something completely boring just with a funny name, but I am totally going to enjoy imagining what I think it looks like." And imagining how ridiculous hitting that back and forth would be.