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[studmuffin]

When: August 14th.
Rating: R.
Characters: Everyone! Tell your friends!
Summary: There are no Star Wars people in the City so let's have ourselves a bit of education.

What started off as a brosession quickly turned into a free for all movie night. Not that Stiles minds considering, but it means he has to plan and execute everything a lot more smoothly. So when Saya offers up the equipment they need he jumps at the chance.

Isaac helps cart everything about - werewolf strength, Stiles is envious -, and together they track down a space in Xanadu and fill it. It's not a hot night but it's warm and balmy and nobody's going to end up with pneumonia. Squashy beanbags get borrowed off a particularly hipster coffee shop and placed liberally about the place. They take what they can, couches that fit out of doors and large obnoxious cushions so everyone has a place to settle. There's a fuckton of candy too. Stiles pretty much wipes out a weeks allowance alone getting it and the soda. But if he's doing something he's doing it properly and he texts everyone the time and the place and all but collapses into a beanbag.

When people arrive he'll move. Honest.

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scott mccall

[affectioning]

For his part, Scott has brought several bowls of popcorn. Movie night isn't movie night without popcorn. He's only here because Stiles would disown him if he didn't come and both Allison and Isaac said they'd be there. It doesn't help that he's had a pretty confusing week with the both of them. It's as if he's seeing Isaac anew. Their friendship is rekindled but he realized it runs deeper than he'd ever thought about. And he and Allison had always had their connection, had connected but had decided to remain friends.

What everyone needs is clearly a movie night.

Scott's mom gave him the idea of taking one of the clean comforters so several people can fit as well as a few pillows. He arrives on the earlier side to help set up because he's a bro like that.

He's really freaking hoping they're just watching three of these and not six including the three bad ones. And not the Christmas special because that's something Stiles would totally do to spite him. Setting out the blanket and setting down several bowls of popcorn, Scott plops down on his blanket. He will take applications to share but Allison and Isaac get first dibs. He hasn't said any of this. Maybe he's hoping.

He's really confused right now, can't you tell?

For now, he watches Stiles move about.

During the movie, he will totally cuddle or what have you and make colorful commentary/ask questions.

[daggers]

She can't remember who mentioned the movie night to her, Scott or Stiles. Either way, she's not going to miss this for the world. She's seen the original trilogy before and is secretly hoping to get to watch those again - and maybe if she winds up a little distracted during the movie itself, that could be okay. Not that she's actively considering behaving inappropriately. None of those thoughts have crossed her mind in any way, shape or form. Nope.

She sets up on one of the couches, curling up against the arm with her legs tucked in, and she's brought a blanket from her room so she can curl up underneath it in case it gets cold once the sun goes down. There will be absolutely no cuddling going on. Maybe.

She finds Scott's gaze at one point when the opening credits start, grinning slowly.

"You excited?" she whispers.

Re: scott mccall

[studmuffin]

"What?"

Scott watching him move about isn't new. Scott's always watching him. Because Stile is a boy who can't stop. But maybe with everything he's reading in to that look more than he should. Maybe not. He doesn't know. So he pauses with his hand curled around a pack of Reece's and then he tosses it Scott's way.

"On a scale of one to ten, how terrified are you?"

[medicos]

Before the movie, Bones decides to greet the people he knows. He sees Scott sitting on the grass with a blanket and goes over to him with a quirked eyebrow that's more of a pleasant greeting from him than anything else.

"Kid," he says when he's close enough. "Nice of you guys to invite us."

[bettercallit]

After breaking his arm and being taken off active duty, Clint's been both drowning in the paperwork he's been assigned instead and moping about having to let his arm heal before he can pick up his precious bow again. But he's here tonight and ready to have fun, and he's brought alcohol.

He spots Scott and wanders over, crouching down and offering out a beer. "You're not smiling."

[saturniapavonia]

After a snack run, Roman finds himself wandering. Oh. That guy.

"So is it all you dreamed it would be?" Since this must have been orchestrated by friends who don't want their companion to be the butt of pop culture jokes. Seriously, who doesn't know about Star Wars?

Isaac Lahey

[outofthefreezer]

Isaac is walking around with a perpetual grin on his face because A)they were making Scott watch Star Wars and B) all of his friends were together. He was carrying about a bottle of mt. dew because he'd need the energy.

Then again he was particularly chipper because he'd been having a nice week and a lot of caffeine today so he's just moving from place to place waiting to chill out.

[studmuffin]

"You're too happy."

Stiles bumps Isaac's shoulder with his own as he goes past, rolling his eyes at Isaac's dumb grin. "Are you mid sugar rush? Should I get the bucket for when you eventually crash?"

[velveteenwolf]

Peter looks a lot better than he did on the network when he shows up for movie night. He has pants, a shirt, he's even wearing shoes and a leather jacket he obtained through a rather creative definition of the word borrow. In trying to make a good impression, he even brings a bottle of Pepsi. He's still scruffy, still a dirty gypsy, and there's that scent about him that Letha had once tellingly described as like a puppy.

He sees Isaac as he's looking around, and he waves fingers at the blond casually. Rumanceks are charmers, and Peter is never going to be the new kid that hangs on the wall, biting his lip and wondering who to talk to. He steals some candy, setting the soda down in an oblique sort of trade.

"Hey."

leonard mccoy | action / prose is fine!

[medicos]

Of course, Jim would invite him and Spock to a movie night with a bunch of kids without actually consulting them first. Bones expected that somehow, so when Jim mentioned it, he simply rolled his eyes. So, now he's here. It's about that thing called Star Wars that's apparently a sci-fi film - Bones hasn't watched a lot of holo films in his time, and ancient earth movies are ancient, so he doesn't actually know anything about it. Maybe someone else can help him if he gets confused.

When he arrives at Xanadu, maybe a few minutes before the movie starts, he greets and speaks other people first, common courtesy and all. No candy for this one, thank you very much, but he does have a cup of soda in his hands a moment later.

Then he sits down in out of the couches they've somehow managed to haul outdoors, sinking into the cushions.

[studmuffin]

"Bones!" Sing-song. "I get to have Kirk and Spock and Bones at my movie night. I feel like I'm reaching levels of awesome that have never been before."

Offering him a malteaser.

[daggers]

Allison's still trying to get the hang out this place, but she figures one of the best ways to do that is to actually break out of her shell and talk to new people. She's holding Lydia's spot on the couch for the meantime, and she's almost made her way through an entire bag of Twizzlers singlehandedly. At least they're low-calorie?

She's spinning one between her fingers when she spots a newcomer taking a seat on a nearby couch, and while her mouth is currently full, she lifts a hand to wave, the rope candy wiggling from her fingers.

[hexuality]

[So she's on her belly on her broom and kind of hovering in the back to watch and she may have grown a bit bored at one point and thrown a kernel of unpopped popcorn at the back of his head with pinpoint accuracy.]

[hischair]

Jim has dropped himself smack-bang in the middle of the grounds, slouching in a beanbag as he eats from the bag of sweets on his lap. Popcorn is long gone, and occasionally he sips from the coke squashed at his side, but for the most part he's rapt as the Jedi are mowed down.

"Assholes," he exclaims to no one in particular, a bark of alarm given when Obi-Wan is shot off the mountainside.

He really likes Kenobi, okay. That guy is awesome.

"You look so cool," he tells Anakin, shaking his head and chewing open-mouthed, "but you're just a wad."

If anyone happens to be sitting next to Jim, they'll already know this is coming. He tends to talk about whatever pisses him off and reacts animatedly when his favorite characters (Anakin and Obi-Wan, even if he keeps huffing frustratedly at the former) are in danger.

"Oh, shit, he knows they're dying! Oh my God, Yoda, no." Shaking his head, his holds the sides of his face and groans. A yell of, "Not the younglings!" echoes the moment Anakin strides into the Jedi Temple and he drops his head back on his beanbag. "Why is everyone such a secret evil dick in this movie! 'Master Skywalker'. Run, kid! Is Obi-Wan really dead?"

[studmuffin]

"Welcome to the emotion of Star Wars."

Stiles drops down beside him and offers him some strawberry laces. He wonders if it's cheating to show it to Jim Kirk. Star Wars vs. Star Trek. But hey, if he's breaking a rule somewhere he doesn't care.

[medicos]

Half the reason why he never wants to sit with this kid whenever they're watching a film: he talks too goddamn much, and Bones could never concentrate on whatever it is they're watching. Then again, this is classic entertainment all on its own.

From his seat on the couch, Bones throws popcorn at Jim.

[affectioning]

"I don't know," is all Scott can say. He's gotten up to stretch between showings. These are a lot of films to get through. So, he needs to move around. "I hope not." He really does, here! Honestly, Scott's a little confused. Why exactly is Anakin so evil. Is it the Force? Anger? But, he's still really liking it. "Are you liking them?"

[hexuality]

Ginny's been on her broom this entire time, some stroke of magic and an extra bit on the cushioning charm allowing her to lie on her belly on the handle and somehow not slip off, insteps resting on the tops of the footholds. And she did throw in her own comments during the marathon, tossing over replies to Jim if she felt the need or asking for some sweets thrown in her own direction. And somewhere around the middle of the fifth film, she's drifted off and her broom has drifted over and her arm slips from the handle and dangles to hit him in the shoulder.

"—damn."

[logistical]

Spock isn't next to him, but near enough. He has a small pad of paper with him, but leaves it blank and tries to focus on the movie. Sometimes, he steals some of Jim's popcorn, chewing thoughtfully as he watches, offering brief comments regarding the design of spacecraft and speculation on the philosophy that forms the basis of Jedi teachings. Jim talks over much of it, but Spock comments anyway. It's become a habit, when watching a movie, and admittedly Spock is still caught up with how new it is that he's not even concerned that it's outdated.

He hasn't picked a favourite character, but this Kenobi fellow seems to have a good grasp of things.

At the slaughter of the younglings, however, he goes completely and utterly still, preferring to let Jim react for both of them.

Lydia Martin

[lefthandedgenius]

So it might be slightly shocking that Lydia's here (but then again maybe not?). It's the first time she's kind of getting together with the group since coming out of the banshee closet and she's not entirely sure if she should give people some space. All the same, she takes over one of the couches, stretching out her legs on it until such time as someone she deigns worthy of sitting arrives.

As to the important question of Luke Skywalker or Han Solo? Han Solo. Every time.

[daggers]

Always Han Solo. Always.

Allison might be worried about her best friend, but she's not going to avoid her by any means, especially when she sees her at the movie night. She slips off the couch she's been sitting on and makes her way over to where Lydia's sitting. She's long overdue for some girl time.

"Is this seat taken?"

[hexuality]

[Ginny's been watching fairly quietly, balancing on her stomach on her broom, the footholds keeping her steady as she hovers a little above the chairs so she isn't in anyone's way. The films are interesting and she's actually seen a few of them thanks to Claire Bennet being her roommate so it's a nice refresher. Mostly she just likes the company, the people around and just enjoying a late summer day with nothing to worry about for a time.

Maybe it's not entirely like her to just be an observer instead of flitting around from everyone she knows. But there are aspects of this that remind her of home, too, so she's quiet and just watching, a bag of popcorn levitating in the air next to her. Come say hi.]

[affectioning]

[ Between one of them, Scott untangles himself from Allison and Isaac and heads over to where Ginny floats. ]

You made it! Are you liking them? Tell me I'm not the only one here who hasn't seen them. [ Besides Trek, Trek doesn't count. ]

neil perry || late but open!

[had_not_lived]

[Though he isn't exactly a Star Wars fan, Neil Perry is never one to pass on a party. Besides, he can't quite shake the sense that passing on a Star Wars movie marathon would invite trans-dimensional ire from Billy.

He's making an effort to pay attention, but honestly, he really doesn't understand the future's fascination with these films-- so he's watching the rest of the audience nearly as intently as the movies.]

[studmuffin]

Hey!

[ Stiles has maybe talked to Neil a handful of times but he's not had a proper conversation with him before. He throws himself in the chair beside him and grins. ]

Not into the film, huh?

todd anderson | even later but also open.

[mumbled_truth]

[ Todd came along with Neil - or, perhaps, was brought along by Neil as is often the case. He's not generally one to seek out large social gatherings on his own, after all.

He watches the movies intently, quietly, somewhat grateful that movies don't leave the burden of too much interaction with strangers on him. Not that he would necessarily mind making new friends - it feels like the City has taken away so many of his recently - but starting those first conversations is always the hardest part. ]

[affectioning]

[ After greeting Neil and having a conversation, he wants to introduce himself to Neil's roommate. So, he does. Scott is usually that simple. ]

Hey, you're his roommate? I'm Scott. Welcome to movie night. Have you seen any of them before?

Clint Barton

[bettercallit]

An evening out of the apartment is exactly what Clint needs, so he knew the second he got the invite that he would be putting in an appearance, and an excuse to catch up with a few people is never something he lets pass by.

He's accustomed to sitting out in the cold for long periods of time, but he still throws on his thickest pair of combats and a jumper to go with it, plus a new jacket he's recently acquired; he's not dressed up for the occasion, exactly, but he looks smart enough.

He finds an empty beanbag and settles down into it, sprawling out like he owns the place and making himself very much at home. But he's also brought a fair amount of alcohol with him, so if anyone happens to want in, all they have to do is ask.

[studmuffin]

Stiles is an alcohol bloodhound. Actually, no. He sees Clint and he makes a beeline for him, folding himself into the space beside him and grinning.

"Hey."