Third Floor Common Room, Late Sunday Evening

[the_merriest]

Rikku had no idea why she was up. She should be tired, but she wasn't. Go figure!

Luckily, her Monday class wasn't until after lunch, so it was okay if she stayed up late. She'd even remembered to bring snacks this time. Lots of sugary goodness and crunchy stuff.

The TV said it was a Movie Monster Marathon and Rikku was learning all kinds of stuff. She felt like taking notes. She'd have to ask someone later if any of these creatures were real or not. Most of them weren't anywhere in Spira, that was for sure.



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[ihatedenmark.livejournal.com]

Hamlet had spent a lot of time to himself as of late. He wasn't entirely sure why; maybe he was feeling the change from being a regular student to being a alumni and TA hard than expected. In any case, he found that he couldn't sleep on this Sunday evening, and decided to wander down to the common room at the end of the hall. He was somewhat surprised to still find a group in there at this time of night.

"Mind if I drop in for a short while?"

[the_merriest]

"Hamlet!" Rikku bounced excitedly. "Don't be silly, nobody minds. Hey! Do you know if any of this stuff is real? 'Cause zombies are, even though they're weird-looking. And this all looks fake."

[ihatedenmark.livejournal.com]

Hamlet smiled at Rikku, and took a seat on the couch. It took a couple minutes of watching the screen to grasp what was going on.

"Oh, these zombies are definetly fake." He pointed at the screen. "If you look carefully at the left half of the screen, you can see a few members of the production crew in the background."

He leaned back against the couch. "The zombies that invaded the school during the second month I was here, and the zombies that work at Caritas are most definietly real, however."

[the_merriest]

Rikku squinted. "Ooooh, the normal looking guys? I wondered what they were doing there. I thought maybe I didn't get these movies, or something."

She munched on more chips. "It's kinda weird, 'cause your zombies don't turn green or anything. And they don't turn other people by touching them. It's like there should be a different word for it or something, 'cause it's all confusing."

[ihatedenmark.livejournal.com]

Hamlet surrepticiously tried to steal some chips from Rikku's bag.

"We could refer to these ones as Faux Zombies. Faux!Zombies? Fombies? Perhaps something else entirely different?"

[the_merriest]

"Not-Grombies! Because they aren't green. I mean, how are you supposed to tell, if they're not covered in green smog? Seriously. And if Holy Water doesn't fix them, why do people even carry it?!" Rikku shook her head, then pulled the bag away with a teasing grin. "Hey, if you want some chips, you can ask, you know."

[ihatedenmark.livejournal.com]

"I think we've encountered different kinds of zombies. I've never seen any with green smog before," he said.

Hamlet affected a mock-serious tone."My Lady Rikku, would you doing me the great honour of allowing me to share your chips with you?"

He even threw a royal bow (well, as much as was possible from slouching on a couch) to her.

[socksofcool.livejournal.com]

"Hey," Seely waved.

[ihatedenmark.livejournal.com]

"Hello," Said Hamlet, waving back. "And what's still on at this time of night?"

[socksofcool.livejournal.com]

"Monster movies," Seely chirped. "The really bad ones, they're awesome."

[ihatedenmark.livejournal.com]

"Oh, excellent," he said, suddenly wishing that there was popcorn handy in the room. "Which one are they on now?"

[socksofcool.livejournal.com]

"Bunch of Losers Fighting Over Who Gets to be Zero," Seely replied. "I love that movie."

[ihatedenmark.livejournal.com]

He settled back on the couch to find a more comfortable position and grinned. "I love that one. I don't see why all these people are so determined to be the Zero, and why they're willing to kill to do so."

[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

Aravis ducked her head slightly. "Good evening. We are watching something about creatures that don't actually exist, though I'm not certain I believe that."

[ihatedenmark.livejournal.com]

Hamlet nodded back to her. "Good evening." He couldn't recall if he'd seen her before or not.

He looked over at the screen. "Some of them do. The blood thirsty Mansquito there is a work of fiction, but there have been and still are zombies in Fandom."

[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

"See, I have said that, and people just point out the seams on these creatures," Aravis sighed, gesturing at the screen.

[ihatedenmark.livejournal.com]

"Oh, these ones are fake," Hamlet said to her. "They do indeed have seams, and that is clearly fake blood all over their clothing, and their heads shouldn't hang like that. But true zombies do exist, and have invaded the island before."

[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

"...these could be real!" she argued. "They might just look that way!"

[ihatedenmark.livejournal.com]

"No no, these ones are well and truly fake. I was here for the zombie invasion, so I can tell real zombies from fake ones," Hamlet replied.

[multiplez]

"No, you're not welcome." Z rolled her eyes. "The more the merrier, come on in! Watch. Mock."

[ihatedenmark.livejournal.com]

"Well, if there is mocking to be had, then I'm glad that anyone is welcome," he said. "Late night poor quality science fiction and horror movies are always enjoyable."

[multiplez]

"Exactly!" Z agreed. "Plus, there's no risk of these scaring us 'til we can't sleep. Too silly."

[ihatedenmark.livejournal.com]

He smirked and pointed to the screen. "With computer effects such as those, I don't think anyone here will have trouble sleeping tonight."

[multiplez]

Z giggled. "Yeah, you can practically see the pixels. Fifty Foot Rabbits on Parade, now there's a movie." Except Z thought maybe it hadn't been made yet. Hmm.

[ihatedenmark.livejournal.com]

Hamlet cradled his chin in his hand. "I haven't heard of that one yet. Is it any realtion to those dreadful Bunny Parade direct to video movies they release around Easter?"