OTA with Closed Prompt - Ninja Mime 3

[nutkrusher]

Who: Cassie + Anybody, with closed prompt for Trunks
Where: Cinema Car
When: Horseshoe, Day Four-ish
What: A screening of Ninja Mime 3: Mime in Time

There's less fanfare for this screening than there was for the last one Cassie hosted. She's looking for a somewhat more intimate affair, and she figures the sequel won't draw as much as the first one anyway.

Before she gets there, though, she'll be lingering outside her own cabin, waiting for a certain lavender-haired someone who is particularly invited to pass by.

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[nutkrusher]

Cassie has the popcorn ready - as for everything else, it's BYOB. This one, as she'll explain before the screening starts, is a French-American co-production (owing to the particular success that the first two films had in the French and Belgian markets). The French studio had a number of medieval sets and costumes left over from a previous film, along with access to a castle, so the time travel plot was introduced as a cost-saving measure. Naturally, our hero must follow the villainous time-travelling sorcerer into the past by unwinding an invisible clock.

Keep your eyes peeled for a particular Belgian martial-arts star (whose name is withheld here for legal purposes) as none other than Charlemagne himself. Will he be climbing an invisible rope? Bitch, you know it.

[herolegs]

Having just arrived from a different Earth, Chie is unfamiliar with not only this film series, but the star himself. But that doesn't stop her from plunking herself down with a bowl of popcorn and waiting excitedly for the movie to start.

"Oh man oh man oh man," she chants gleefully. "Action movies from another dimension? This train might just be my new favorite place!"

[Note: Open to threading before or after the movie (as excitable as she is, she won't talk during), and 100% open to threadjacking!]

[nutkrusher]

"Yup," Cassie says. "Normally, I'd say you'd need to watch the first two to stay caught up, but really...the title speaks for itself, doesn't it?"

[herolegs]

"Right? What more do you need to know?" Chie laughs. "I'd like to see them all, of course, but series where you can just jump in anywhere are fun too."

[nutkrusher]

"Pro tip, skip the fourth one," Cassie says. "Even Dad disowns that one."

[herolegs]

Chie nods very seriously, as if committing this vital information to memory. "Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. Wait, you mean -- is that your dad acting in this? Oh, how cool!"

[10billionpercent]

"This is an action movie from your world?" If Senku was honest, he was only coming in to watch it out of boredom and nothing else. Also, it had been an insanely long time since he'd sat down and watched a movie, longer than he cared to think about.

His dad would be so proud. He was in the process of helping himself to a bit of popcorn from the machine.

[nutkrusher]

"Yup," Cassie says. "Starring my dad, even."

[10billionpercent]

"Your dad was an actor?" Senku asked, curious enough to, but not sure what to do with that kind of information.

[nutkrusher]

"Actor, martial artist, world-saving hero," Cassie says. "He has worn many hats. In this movie it's a beret."

[10billionpercent]

He let out an amused huff at the joke. "Impressive resume. What kind of world-saving did he do?"

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[laurefindil]

Glorfindel had actually enjoyed the first one, so he was looking forward to this one. He knew a little about castles, but not much about the history of Cassie's world, so he was pretty positive he would not get all the references.

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[nutkrusher]

It's shortly before the film starts, so Cassie is standing near the projector. She waves to Glorfindel.

"Glad you could make it!"

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[laurefindil]

"Oh, I wouldn't miss this," Glorfindel said with a grin. "Any excuse to eat popc....see one of your father's movies, of course." He winked at her.

"This isn't the bad one, right? That's the fourth?"

[nutkrusher]

"Hey, Dad never cared why the butts filled the seats, as long as they did," Cassie says.

"But yeah. Ninja Mime 4 is the real shitter of Dad's filmography. That and Gist of My Fist. Aaand Son of Iron Fist."

[laurefindil]

"He had more than one bad film? How surprising. You would have thought he would have avoided that after the first."

"In that case, are we watching the other, non-bad ones eventually?" He actually looked hopeful. He appreciated the movies more when there was someone who could explain them to him.

Uh-oh, here comes Curufin!

[so_dark_a_road]

The film has not yet started, and Curufin came into the cinema and looked for a seat.

"Glorfindel!" he exclaimed. "Do you know anything about this movie? I was told I ought to see it."

No, please, come sit in the dark next to the elf that glows!

[laurefindil]

"Curufin!" Glorfindel patted the seat next to him. "You are just in time!"

He laughed. "Oddly enough, that is what this movie is about too. Time travel. It's an interesting concept, to be sure. Plus...mimes. Which is more interesting than it sounds. The main actor is Cassie's father, so she has told me a little about it."

"Did you want to get some popcorn before the movie starts?"

They won't need any aisle lights, with Glorfindel's glow!

[so_dark_a_road]

Curufin laughed at the pun. "Time is indeed an interesting concept. It is no wonder these modern peoples use it as a theme in their story-telling. I didn't know Cassie's father was an actor, but it'll be interesting to see him in this movie."

He felt his pockets as though to look for spare change, humorously of course, since there was no money on the train. "I'll get the popcorn, be right back!"

And he was back in a few minutes. He handed Glorfindel a box full of popcorn and sat down beside him, opening his own box. He tossed some of the tasty puffed kernels into his mouth, crunched them up with his teeth, and swallowed. "Good, huh? Okay, let's get this show on the road!"

Start, movie!

It might be a date?

[light_of_willpower]

Trunks was confused, and for all that he was good at adapting to new situations, this was proving more difficult than time-travel complications. At least for as much as he was thinking about it. He knew what his Mom would say--she would tease him, and believe this was a date.

But, neither of them had exactly asked the other out properly. Cassie honestly seemed the kind to flirt if it'd throw an opponent off-guard; part of her spirit, which Trunks did appreciate. She certainly enjoyed teasing him. He knew it was easy to do, because he hadn't really had friends growing up, never mind a girlfriend.

So if he was a bit antsy, hopefully he'd be forgiven. But he'd agreed to meet her at her cabin again. Was it a date? Was it not a date? Trunks sighed, and screwed up his courage--he was likely to be teased either way, so...

When he came within sight, he ducked his head, already blushing--and held out a flower. "...thank you. For introducing me to 'normal' things." Shy, but determined.

[nutkrusher]

Cassie is leaning rather casually against the door when she arrives. She isn't trying to look like she isn't waiting for him so much as she's trying to look like she's failing at trying. She certainly hasn't been looking for dates while she's stuck on an interdimensional train. After all, she won't be here forever, right?

But she knows when she's hit it off with someone. If nothing else, it's nice to have someone to spar with, hang out with, and talk to. Maybe this is a date, maybe it isn't. But it should be fun. And she'll take as much of that as she can get.

A smile crosses her face as he approaches. Then her mouth opens as he reveals the flower.

Aaaand then she starts giggling. For a while. More than long enough to make him feel nervous and uncomfortable.

She'll thank him for it in a moment. Really, she will.

[light_of_willpower]

Okay. Flower was a bad idea. Maybe because it meant 'date'--and this wasn't a date. He wasn't even sure if he'd even wanted a date? But he did want to spend more time with Cassie--he'd never found a kindred spirit really. He hadn't even bonded with Gohan, either version, this way.

But she's giggling--and that is not helping his blush, and he's starting to feel really awkward now.

[nutkrusher]

Cassie catches her breath as her laughter softens to a light chuckle. "Sorry. Sorry. I just..."

She snorts before giggling some more. Finally, her laughter fully subsides, and she grabs the flower.

"Seriously, though, thank you. Can't say I was expecting it, but...it's sweet."

She looks at him warmly before glancing back over her shoulder.

"I should probably find a glass or something to put this in?"

[light_of_willpower]

It's a good thing he's not red-team, or his face would match his shirt. Or orange team, because his blush would just clash horribly then with his shirt. As it is, Trunks is ducking behind his bangs and wishing the train-floor would swallow him.

Until she finally calms down, and he risks looking up from behind his bangs. The statement, and the warm look are not helping his blush at all. "I mean, it'll keep for an hour or two? Or you could find something now..." Definitely nervous, as he reaches up to brush a stray bang back out of his eyes.

[nutkrusher]

"Yeah, you're probably right," Cassie says.

She gives the flower a good, long sniff as she continues to look at Trunks. His flustered reactions certainly aren't making her less amused about all this. Normally, she'd claim to be too old for that kind of high school shyness to still work on her, but in his case, she finds it endearing. She knows the reason for it - he's never been able to just spend a normal evening with a girl before. She still hopes to fix that.

"Might just leave it on my bunk for now and bring a cup or pitcher back with me. It'd be a little awkward carrying it around."