The second-floor common room...

[river-dancing.livejournal.com]

River, with a stack of DVDs in her hand, slips into the common room. Might as well get some familiarity with these 80s movies before she shows them the night after tomorrow, right? She glances at the titles in her hand, then selects one, pops it into the player, and settles into a chair with the remote.

Real Genius, hmmm?

She hits play, and the strains of Carmen McRae singing fill the room.

I'm a sentimental sap, that's all
What's the use of trying not to fall?
I have no will, you've made your kill
'Cause you took advantage of me! ...

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[dbiers.livejournal.com]

[ooc: ♥ movie selction.]

[river-dancing.livejournal.com]

[dbiers.livejournal.com]

[ooc: That would make sense, wouldn't it? I'll have a go but I might disappear due to compy wonkiness. Will start a new thread for it though. Feel free to screen/delete as you choose.]

[maias-notebook.livejournal.com]

Maia plops down on the couch next to River holding out some popcorn. "What's this crap?"

((OOC: sorry I couldn't help myself))

[dbiers.livejournal.com]

*Having spent all weekend working on things in her darkroom, D'anna takes a moment to stretch her legs. She stops near the common room where a long haired girl is watching what appears to be primitive, blueprint-like sketches move across a television screen.*

Hey there, whatca watchin'?

[river-dancing.livejournal.com]

"It's a comedy, I think. Starring somebody named Val Kilmer. It's just getting started." River stares at the screen. "Oh, come on. That's got to be the weakest model of an orbital particle beam delivery system I've ever seen."

[river-dancing.livejournal.com]

"Some movie called Real Genius? A comedy, I think... they just disintegrated some guy in a wicker chair." She watches for a moment more, then... "Oh, I get it. Some high Alliance brass must want this particle-beam weaponry for some undiscernable purpose. Was there something going on back in the 80s that would justify that?"

[maias-notebook.livejournal.com]

Maia looks at River and cracks up laughing. "its a movie babe" Maia sits for a minute "OH come on!! Nitrogen quarters PLEASE no coke machine in the world is gonna be fooled by that."

[river-dancing.livejournal.com]

"Nitrogen quarters? Is that later on in...?" River breaks off, then shakes her head. "Nope, I don't want to know." She narrows her eyes at Maia and grins. "No quoting the movie fifteen minutes before the scene comes on, all right?"

[maias-notebook.livejournal.com]

*Maia gets red faced* "Sorry, I blow the end of movies a lot. Just like throw popcorn at me or something. Val Kilmer is really cute though" Maia starts to laugh and for the first time in ages is having a wonderful time even if she did already know how the movie was going to end.

[dbiers.livejournal.com]

*shrugs* Can't say really, I haven't watched that many period pieces.

That redhead guy is a bit rude isn't he? Was Einstein the guy in the wicker chair? And what does this kid have to do with any of that?

[river-dancing.livejournal.com]

"Einstein was a significant scientific voice in the early part of the twentieth century back on Earth-that-Was... here, I mean." River considers the screen with a look of mild confusion on her face. "Oh, I see... the kid must be some prodigy." She sips from a soda, then goes on. "That's a horrible suit, though."

[river-dancing.livejournal.com]

"He is quite... fetching, isn't he? But what's with the things on his head?" She starts to sip at her soda against, then laughs and nearly chokes as Kilmer rattles off his if I wear them anywhere else, they chafe line.

[maias-notebook.livejournal.com]

Oh those are boing boings. And yeah, they will chafe anywhere else. *Maia pats Rivers back to make sure she can still breathe*

[oatmanspatient.livejournal.com]

Marty plops down on the sofa with popcorn.

"Real Genius! Ah... classic."

[maias-notebook.livejournal.com]

*reaches her hand for Marty's popcorn* "Do you mind? River's just choked all over mine.

[kurukami.livejournal.com]

"Shiny. I haven't seen it before, I'm afraid... as the droplets of soda on my shirt will testify." River rolls her eyes self-deprecatingly. "So... wow. Do dorms at other institutions really look like that?"

She looks as though she's considering constructing something that could be filed under "H" for "toy".

[oatmanspatient.livejournal.com]

Marty holds the bowl out to Maia.

"Help yourself. River's not getting the 80's wacky fun scientific comedy is she?"

[oatmanspatient.livejournal.com]

"Well most of them don't have secret passages leading from your closet to some hidden weirdos hiding place. Then again, we've got a squid living in the basement so I guess I shouldn't talk."

[maias-notebook.livejournal.com]

No, I blew the whole nitrogen quarter thing for her too. *whispers* I didn't tell her about the bra bomb though.

[river-dancing.livejournal.com]

River coughs once, still grinning. "It's OK, I'm fine... that just caught me a little off-guard."

[oatmanspatient.livejournal.com]

[OOC: I haven't seen this movie is so long I don't even remember the bra bomb.]

[river-dancing.livejournal.com]

"Hey!" She swats at him playfully. "I'm getting it! It's good stu--" Her eyes go wide at the screen as she smiles in astonishment. " 'It's heading for the fuel tanks'?!?"

Her mouths falls open, and she appears to be (successfully) smothering giggles. "This is so very strange."

[maias-notebook.livejournal.com]

Maia nods still laughing. "Your so funny River" Maia cracks up laughing again enjoying watching River's reaction to the film then the film itself.

[river-dancing.livejournal.com]

Makes note to self to check closet for secret passages when back in room

"Well, there is that. Lasers? Hey, shiny!" She leans forward to pay closer attention to the apparatus on-screen.