Midnight Manor Boarding House's Living Room, Wednesday Night

[afraid_of_marshmallows]

Okay, sure. Arden didn't know much more than what TV said about throwing movie nights, but surely she had the gist. Many moddable pizzas and sodas had been ordered from Pizza Planet - look, Arden loved sweet tea, but even she knew soda was necessary for movie nights. A truly disturbing number of bags of popcorn had been popped and put into bowls and a quick stop at T&C had been made to grab a couple of different popcorn seasonings in case people wanted to experiment with popcorn flavors.

All that was left was to wait for people to show up. She'd texted both Kamala and Cal in full capslock mode about the glory of this movie, and then had handwavily tried to contact as many other residents as possible to tell them about the movie night - texts, email, sign on the door, whatever. Sure, nobody had to come, but she at least wanted to make sure everyone knew they were welcome. She'd also invited Steven and Watts (while double checking that, yes, it really was okay to move furniture around the living room and also eat in there) and had made sure to get a few bags of unbuttered popcorn just for them. Did she think the butter flavoring had any actual dairy in it? No. But she was gonna be careful all the same.

Now she was just pushing the furniture around to make sure that every possible seat had a good view of the incredibly large TV and was in reaching distance of a bowl of popcorn and places to put their cups of soda and plates of pizza down. Midnight Movie Night was about to begin, showcasing the absolute work of art and cultural tour de force that 2 Fast and 2 Family 4 Oceans, the fifteenth 2 Fast 2 Family sequel that was also a prequel to the Oceans Edge series.

This was gonna be great.

[Open to all Midnight Manor Boarding House residents!]

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[afraid_of_marshmallows]

"I mean, I'd wear one," Arden said. "So long as it wasn't, like, being appropriative or disrespectful. But they're so pretty."

Very sparkly. Arden liked sparkles.

Re: Watch the Movie

[slothbabyproductions]

"Well I don't think it would be," Kamala said with a shrug. "And they are very pretty. When my brother got married a couple of years ago we all got dressed up for the reception. My family did a whole dance number to celebrate them. It was pretty awesome."

Until the Clandestine's arrived but that's another story.

Re: Watch the Movie

[afraid_of_marshmallows]

"...Okay but did you all have rehearsals to do the dance number? Was it somehow impromptu? Man, I'd love a dance number at my wedding."

Which she would never actually have, but details.

Re: Watch the Movie

[slothbabyproductions]

Uh, you write your own story, Arden. SABERS AND SLYPHS!

"Oh, we totally rehearsed it," Kamala said pulling out her phone and bringing up the video and offering it to Arden. "It was a blast. The guy in the suit next to me is Bruno."

Re: Watch the Movie

[afraid_of_marshmallows]

Omg they were just friends!

"Oh, your sister-in-law is so pretty," Arden said, watching the video. "I like that Bruno is part of this too. Family like 2Fast is family."

She was maybe tearing up a bit watching this.

Shut up.

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[slothbabyproductions]

"Bruno really is part of the family," Kamala said, taking a moment as she saw Arden's reaction. "His parents weren't around so his grandmother took him in. And then my family quasi-adopted him. He was always around for holidays and everything."

She paused for a second.

"You okay?"

Re: Watch the Movie

[afraid_of_marshmallows]

"Huh?" She looked up at Kamala and blinked quickly. "Oh yeah, sure. Just...this is really beautiful, you know? You're not just dancing with your family, but your wholeass culture. Like...I dunno. You can just see all the connections here. All the different traditions and how they're a part of you and also how you're sharing them, with Bruno and your sister-in-law and that's...it's just really lovely, Kamala."

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[slothbabyproductions]

Kamala watched Arden for a second and then patted her leg. "Next time we get a break in classes you can come with me to Jersey City," she offered. "We probably won't have a Bollywood dance party but I think you'd like it."

Re: Watch the Movie

[afraid_of_marshmallows]

"I meeeeean," Arden said, trying to tease but still wiping at her face, "You're inviting me to New Jersey though..."

Re: Watch the Movie

[slothbabyproductions]

Kamala threw a single kernel of popcorn at Arden's forehead. "Shut up. New Jersey is way better than people think it is.

Just ask Danny!

Re: Watch the Movie

[afraid_of_marshmallows]

Danny was also marrying a man who'd just gotten a tramp stamp. Danny's taste in everything was suspect.

"I mean...is that really that high of a bar to begin with?"

Re: Watch the Movie

[slothbabyproductions]

At least Danny was honest with his feelings with Steve. Unlike Arden.

“You know I’m sensing a lot of negativity to my home town. Which has many wonderful features including that I never have to pump my own gas,” Kamala jokingly declared.

Re: Watch the Movie

[afraid_of_marshmallows]

Steve had been welcoming of those feelings. Unlike Cal!

"You don't have to pump your own gas?" Arden asked. She didn't have a car or any idea of the weird laws in Jersey. "Because you're famous?"

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[slothbabyproductions]

“Well. I am the hero who saved Jersey City,” Kamala said with an overly dramatic hair flip. “But no, it’s a weird law where you can’t have self service in New Jersey. But we have great beaches!”

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[afraid_of_marshmallows]

"Um. Self-service?" Arden asked, boggling at Kamala. "Oh! That's what you say - pump your own gas! Okay! Never mind!"

Re: Watch the Movie

[slothbabyproductions]

"Yeah. Self-service," Kamala said looking entirely confused. "What did you think I meant?"

Clearly something other than pumping gas!