4th Floor Common Room [Sunday afternoon]

[make-the-shot.livejournal.com]

Proto had recently discovered Hong Kong action movies. Yesterday had been given over to them almost entirely, and so far so had today. He'd finally made it through the stack he'd obtained from who-knows-where and was now sitting down to put in Crimson Drop. He hadn't taken a look to see how long the movie was, but for some reason he had the feeling he was going to need more popcorn.

And tons of other junk food.

Fortunately, Proto had become quite adept at collecting junk food, so the spread was quite impressive.

[Open as such things are. And Proto's always willing to share his food.]

Comments

[make-the-shot.livejournal.com]

"It's this big, epic movie that's apparently based on some really famous book or something." He'd read that on the back of the case.

[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

"Most of the epic movies are, I've heard." Leda nodded. "Is it any good?"

[make-the-shot.livejournal.com]

"Ten minutes in, but I'm enjoying it so far?" Not that Proto was the most discerning film critic of all time.

[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

Leda didn't consider herself knowledgeable enough to be very discerning. There were very few movies in Bordertown, and they didn't always work. But most of what she'd seen since coming to Fandom she'd liked.

"They have these where you're from?"

[make-the-shot.livejournal.com]

"Movies? Yeah." No one really watched them much, but... they had them. "You?"

[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

"Sometimes. Technology's wonky in Bordertown, so sometimes the flick being advertised wouldn't be what wound up on the film though."

[make-the-shot.livejournal.com]

"A movie's a movie, right?" Proto asked with a friendly shrug. He'd never been all that picky.

[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

"That was our attitude yeah." And when the projector just refused to work at all, or the film turned blank, some folks in the audience could always be counted out to put on an impromptu play or something. "Usually what we got were all out of date too. Not that we cared, time works differently there too."

[make-the-shot.livejournal.com]

"Sounds... pretty confusing."

[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

"We don't leave town much, so it tends to cut down on the jet lag. But I've heard from people who do make trips to and from the border that it can be confusing. Sometimes they get to Faery or the world and only a week has passed where it's been a month for us. Or it's been longer there and shorter for us. We always need to check the calendar."

[make-the-shot.livejournal.com]

"Yeah. Sounds really confusing." He shook his head. "But I guess once you get used to it... anything can be normal, huh?"

[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

"Yep. I've met plenty of newcomers to B-Town from both sides who were wigging for awhile. I had to get used to a lot of stuff when I came here though. Like tech and magic that worked pretty much how it was supposed to, all the time."

[make-the-shot.livejournal.com]

"Sounds like life is pretty unpredictable, huh?"

[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

"We tend to keep things fairly simple. The simpler the spell or machine, the more likely it is to work properly."

[make-the-shot.livejournal.com]

"Yeah. I can understand that. Keeping it simple works pretty well back home, too."

[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

"Where's home?"

[make-the-shot.livejournal.com]

"Bahamut. Nokgorka." Proto didn't look like he expected her to recognize the place.

[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

And she didn't. But she was used to that. "Is it on Earth?"

[make-the-shot.livejournal.com]

"Yep. Used to be part of the URRS."

[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

"URRS? Sorry earth Geography's not my strongest subject."

[make-the-shot.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, that's okay." Proto shrugged. "Even people who know earth don't seem to know anything about it."

[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

"Guess it's a country unique to your particular Earth."

She wondered if there were multiple versions of Faerie.

[make-the-shot.livejournal.com]

"That's the impression I get, yeah."

[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

"What's it like there?"

[make-the-shot.livejournal.com]

"Pretty awful. We're in the middle of a war."