//TESTDRIVE7.0.EXE

[reparator]

//TESTDRIVE7.0.EXE Mystery Science Theatre -3000 Welcome to Cerealia's latest attraction. In an effort to branch into other forms of entertainment, CERES has been slowly patching together films from various worlds to show in its brand new movie theater. So, grab a friend, sit back, and enjoy the newest batch of imported films with a nice bucket of popcorn. As you'll notice from the long line outside, it's the latest rage in the colony, and those tired of the same virtual battles in ViViD are eager to enjoy a little change in scenery. For those eager to participate, you will find yourself being lead into the lobby by one of the many robotic theater employees. Showing today are five special films, and in the lobbies are various screens advertising them through the movie's digital avatar, Mnemosyne. Allow her to take you on a virtual tour of CERES' finest theatrical offerings. (( P.S. no actual actors/actresses appear in any of the films. It's all done through advanced CGi-technology and voice acting. )) "GOOD EVENING, MOVIE-GOERS. I AM MNEMOSYNE, YOUR GUIDE FOR THIS EVENING. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE SEVERAL CONCESSIONS FOR YOU. PLEASE PARTAKE IN THE CONCESSIONS, BUT DO NOT MAKE A MESS. THE THEATER ROBOTS HAVE BEEN PROGRAMMED TO TAKE ACTION FOR LITTERING. TONIGHT'S FILMS ARE THE MUCH LAUDED AND CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED FILMS HAND-PICKED BY JULIUS VINCERE: MY PETITE EQUESTRIAN EXPERIENCE RATED A LARGE ADVENTURER 7 RATED B THE RETALIATORS: ERA OF RADICALON RATED C DECEASE HARDER II RATED D YARD-DOOR PEOPLE OF QUESTIONABLE MORALS RATED Z PLEASE MAKE YOUR SELECTION AT THE BOOTHS IN THE FRONT OF THE LOBBY THEN FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS TO THE APPROPRIATE THEATER. THANK YOU AND ENJOY YOUR EVENING."

//SCENARIOS.EXE THEATER I [ 0000 ] MY PETITE EQUESTRIAN EXPERIENCE - RATED A Advertised as a delightful tale of ponies discovering magic and friendship, this is a must-see! For adults that is. The ponies are killed within the first ten minutes, and then the rest of the run time is filled with a celebratory orgy of Roman-esque proportions. There are no mentions of ponies after the initial scene. They are neither seen nor mourned nor heard from. There are only naked, gyrating bodies as far as the eye can see. If you manage to sit through the horror long enough, you will notice a certain something in between the moaning. Is that your face on one of the protags? Is it a beloved family member or a friend? You will find that spliced between the scenes are cherished and innocent childish memories now being soiled by passionate cries of pleasure. Enjoy the new memory, your poor, sweet summer child. This will only be visible to the viewer himself/herself. THEATER II [ 0000 ] LARGE ADVENTURER 7 - RATED B A touching tale of dealing with loss and more loss. This film is about a giant robot and his pet human that gets eradicated in the Third Robotic Genocide, leaving behind just a human carcass. The giant robot clings to the carcass and cries robotic tears until finally he chucks the carcass into a river full of carcasses and decides to go on a deep quest in search of cheese. But spliced between this tale of woe, viewers will see images of themselves caught in a romantic memory. A first kiss, perhaps? A first love-making session? A first crush? A desired one will also have their face molded on top of all the carcasses as they flow away. This will only be visible to the viewer himself/herself. THEATER III [ 0000 ] THE RETALIATORS: ERA OF RADICALON - RATED C Agent Dick Angry takes it upon himself to assemble a team of miscreant aliens to invade the hell out of "Planet Earth." The aliens include Zorn, an intelligent toaster; Crisis, a blue-skinned beauty that turns purple when she's aroused; Trish, a rogue miniature ficus with a criminal record; and General Cerealia, a handsome, ripped man who beats evil-doers with his laptop and who looks suspiciously like CERES' programmer, Elias. This adventurous romp will feature the tragic memories of death interweaving with the destruction of the "Planet Earth." Those who attend will see first-hand the memories of their own worlds slowly being demolished before their eyes and all their loved ones screaming in agony. Then it'll loop itself again and again for the last hour of the film. Enjoy! This will only be visible to the viewer himself/herself. THEATER IV [ 0000 ] DECEASE HARDER II - RATED D Jack McJack is a cop who is having none of your shit. In this action film, he will ride around on a velociraptor and go around punching evil-doers and detonating them with land mines. If you want all the violence in the world, this is the film for you. Watch as every second is filled with pointless explosions and every curse word in all the known languages in Cerealia. Of course, spliced between every action scene will be every embarrassing moment of your life being played out for you and only you. Or is it? Start sweating and looking in every direction as you begin to wonder if everyone else can see that time you tripped and fell on your senpai almost kissing him (sacre bleu D= !) BONUS - THEATER V [ whyo'clock ] YARD-DOOR PEOPLE OF QUESTIONABLE MORALS - RATED Z This is a touching film about tenderness and coming together to overcome obstacles and achieve greatness. The Yard-Door people run into danger when an evil megalord starts polluting the air with negative feelings. The Yard-Door people must band together and save the world through kindness. They will go and help their neighbors get across the street, rake up leaves from their lawns, donate canned food to the poor, and collect toys for children who do not have any. While this film will draw tears from your eyes, you will see happy memories. The happiest that can be mustered. They will be spliced in with the scenes in the movie, occurring side-by-side with all the smiles and fuzzy feelings leaking off the screens. This will only be visible to the viewer himself/herself. Also, beware! This film contains the angriest of Theater Cleaning Robots. Dropping anything on the floor will result in a bit of a flogging with a wooden paddle and a robot calling you a dirty slut and claiming that you like it. Yes, BDSM robots will not take your bad behavior. You better bend over and start apologizing for being such a filthy, little theater-goer. [ Remember to apply proper warnings on threads with trigger-y or inappropriate material and do let a mod know if your thread careens off into maiming or canoodling so we can lock the meme. ]

//RUN.EXE Welcome to CEREALIA's seventh Test Drive Meme. For your convenience, we have compiled a post detailing everyone's arrival experience and a FAQ that should explain everything in more detail. Please read them thoroughly before playing. Thank you!

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hiro hamada | big hero 6

[millionth]

[why:

why not? it's hard to imagine a place where movies aren't your normal every day thing, but if they aren't he's not going to miss it. besides, it's not every day he's allowed to go alone and pick out ANY movie, regardless of rating. the whole rating system here is pretty weird but hey, z's got to be the highest rating, right?

come on, he can't help being curious what movies rated higher than pg-13 are like!

but this is pretty disappointing. look, he's all about helping people and doing good things and all, but he was kind of hoping for something more...exciting. why didn't he go for decease harder when he had the chance?

when he starts seeing the happy memories, though, great days he had with his family, he starts, then frowns and leans forward in his seat, finally looking interested. that's...weird. you might find him glancing over at you, trying to gauge your reaction.

or you might find him trying to get away from the cleaning robot, arms raised defensively.]

Whoa, hey, it was just a little popcorn! I'm sorry, I'm sorry!

[save him...]

[psycholawgy]

[ She's already bawling her eyes out and then there's some noise. She can't help but check it out! She gets up from her seat—sorry other patrons, you're going to have to deal with her giant ponytail silhouette getting in the way of your movie viewing—to check on what the commotion is all about. ]

Hey! What's the big idea?! Dramatic moment over here?!

[ And she angrily points at the movie screen. ]

Belgium | Axis Powers Hetalia

[brusseling]

THEATER IV

Belgium always had a soft spot for action movies. She wasn't sure why or how but there was one thing she knew. She was definitely going in there and watch it! With her popcorn in hand, her eyes widen as it got started! Although, it wasn't long before something was amiss.

Hey wasn't that...

No, it was just her imagination! There was no way they showed that! Why, that would be silly! How could they show her that time when she ripped her pants in a meeting? No one, that's what!

However, as the movie kept on playing, she knew something was wrong. As she looked around the audience, she felt herself sinking further into her seat. Ahhh...why did they need to show her that time when she drank more than she should?


THEATER V

Belgium was never really one to see movies as of late. With so much work to be done, she couldn't afford to slack off just yet! She needed to be trying harder these days anyway! However, now that there wasn't much she could do, what was there to do but to see whatever movies they had showing? Of course, she wasn't really looking anything specific and choose whatever movie was on at that time.

Yard people of questionable morals? She thought to herself. Now that sounds like a movie to watch to take her mind off of whatever was going on!

However, just as she was about to get into the theater, she accidentally dropped something and found herself face to face with a robot with a paddle. Oh boy, what did she get herself into now?

iv!

[hoasen]

[Because action movies are exciting? She happened to be sitting next to Belgium after bumping into her before, and then blinks as she starts sinking into the seat.

Clearly it hasn't happened to herself yet because she kept looking away from the screen.

In a quiet whisper:] Belgium?

Emil Castagnier | Tales of Symphonia | OTA

[aureinsof]

[Theater I: Emil]
[The first ten minutes go okay. And then the rest happens. Emil immediately makes the most horrible, embarrassing sound at the orgy. He needs to leave. Now. Except his actual reaction is to quickly cover the eyes of whoever is next to him. They can't see Marta like this!!! He can't see Marta like this!]

Q-Quick! We can make it out of here together! I didn't mean this one!


[Theater IV: Emil]
[Okay so the first movie was bad but maybe the next won't be? Decrease Harder II doesn't make much sense so maybe it's a foreign film or something. Either way anything will be better than the ponies.

Ahahahahahaaaaaaaaa]

U-Uhm is anyone... else seeing this? Because, uhm, listen, it's just that Richter is really nice so that's why I was wondering if I like-like him b-but it's not... Uh...


[Theater V: Ratatosk]
['Emil' is slumped in his seat, slurping loudly on his cola. He's irritated. 'Questionable morals' should have meant something interesting. But there's no fighting or death or monsters or anything. This is shit that other idiot would like. At least he doesn't have to endure Emil's comments and happiness.

Though he has to admit, it's nice seeing him and Marta happy together. Reliving when she defended him, said she liked him too...

Damn it, he's not this kind of sap.]

Hey, anyone else think this movie is stupid? Why aren't they fighting back?


[Bonus Theater Lobby: Ratatosk]
[Suddenly someone bursts out of Theater V, bright red, confused and angry. He keeps rubbing his butt and looking behind him as if the horrible 'punishment' will follow him.]

What the hell is wrong with those robots?!

theater lobby hello friend

[idealistic]

[ meanwhile, Lloyd was still trying to decide which movie he should watch -- even though his understanding of movies is VERY minuscule. his decision-making is interrupted when the doors to Theater V burst open and... wow. that is one angry blond.

and because he can't help but ask the obvious: ]

Did something happen in there?

Sakata Gintoki | Gintama

[pachintoki]

Theater IV

[Some mindless violence and banter sounded about right to Gintoki for today, so he'll sit in at Decease Harder II, looking almost bored, talking a bit to himself and munching very loudly on popcorn.]

If that dinosaur can arm that bomb, then Gintama's the best manga in the world, oi. And I'm the best protagonist, ever.

[. . . ]

Ah, it armed the bomb.

[The new scene flashes by, a scene of some nice country scenery in the middle of the day, and he'll blink, squinting at the screen. ]

What's with this damn random movie. . .

[Then, faintly from the sound-system, there's a very young-sounding voice shouting something. A few older kids dressed in kendo practice gear are seen poking their heads around the corner of a dojo, holding their hands to their mouths as if they're trying not to . . . throw up? No, laugh. . . they're trying not to laugh at the kid their age with fluffy white hair, seemingly lost in his own little world as he shouts, shouts over and over to the trees while doing some strange little movement with his hands--

--me-ha-me-ha! Kaaaaa-ME-HA-ME- HAAAAAA!!! KAAAAA-MEE-HAA-

No way. No way, no way, no way. What the hell is going on? What the hell kind of movie was this? And more importantly, how did those guys know his secret spot? HE WAS PRETTY SURE HE WAS ALONE!? Damn that Zura, damn him to hell--]

Aah-

[GHCK--wh-wait, wait, what? He couldn't breathe? He can't breathe! HE CAN'T BR--

And whoever's in front of him in the theater is going to hear some pathetic choking sounds before Gintoki coughs half-chewed popcorn all over them. He'll continue to cough, doubling over in his seat.]

Theater V

[After dragging himself from Decease Harder, Gintoki simply goes into the closest theater after getting a drink for himself at concessions, washing away the remains of his embarrassing memories, hopefully.

He'll squint in the dark theater for a seat, still armed with popcorn and now soda, until the sound of a resounding SMACK startles a few kernels of popcorn out of his container. Before he can even take another step, there's a robot in his face, and as it edges closer, he'll take steps back until it's cornered him in the back of the theater.]

Aah. . . hahaha. . . h-hey, I'm just, you know. . . I wasn't movie-hopping or anything like that. . .

[Sorry to anybody nearby; now there's soda and popcorn flying as the robot lunges for him and Gintoki promptly slams his soda into it's metal face.]

[compossible]

[She's not even the one who dropped the popcorn, okay. But she was trying to watch this movie, and suddenly there's popcorn everywhere, and this little dom cleaner robot trying to start shit with her neighbor.

The problem is, there's no way in hell she's the sub in this scenario.

Elcia's definitely making a racket now, following them to the back of the theater, kicking that robot right over with a strong, well-aimed kick, planting her foot on it and cackling triumphantly.]

You're one thousand years too early to ruin movies for me, peon...!

[ok

she may or may not have even cared that she saved someone, honestly, she was just tired of the robots.]

pyrrha nikos | rwby

[reuser]

► ｔｈｅａｔｒｅ ｉ．

[ . . .

. . . .

Growing bright as a beet, Pyrrha sinks down in her seat and purposefully avoids anyone’s eye. It would be rude to leave, okay. ]

► ｔｈｅａｔｒｅ ｉｉ．

[ Pyrrha had quite been enjoying the inspiring, heroic tale of the robot’s search for cheese - making her rather hungry, admittedly, as she digs deeper into her popcorn bag - but she had been unprepared for the movie to swing into a montage of her decidedly unfulfilling love life. Shots of her and Jaune on Beacon’s ballroom balcony are interspersed between the robot chasing a cheese truck down a mountain. Doing her best not to turn as ashen as she feels, Pyrrha will quietly nudge the person next to her. ]

Pardon me. -- Did you see that?

[ She’s not talking about the butterfly-inspired alien descending from the sky to offer the robot a home in the Cheese Kingdom. ]

► ｂｏｎｕｓ．

[ Guess what, people in the immediate vicinity. Pyrrha accidentally dropped her milkduds all over the floor. So now this is happening: ]

BEND
OVER,
TROLLOP—

[ Pyrrha looks on, wide-eyed, as the robot approaches her. Its eyes are a menacing, unkind red and it waves a paddle in the air. ]

ii

[kicksilver]

[ Well, there wasn't much excitement in this film than he expected, so he's rather disappointed. The idea of a robot being the main character was interesting, but then things got boring when feelings happened... and he pretty much stopped paying attention.

But his attention is called when the person next to him nudges him. Woah! Unexpected! Total coincidence!

He acts more shocked than anything - and can't even answer her question. ]

Um, wow! Fancy seeing you here.

Hubert Oswell | Tales of Graces

[omurice]

Theatre II

[He has no clue what he’s doing or watching, just something to pass the time while he figures out what’s really going on in this place. Admittedly, he’s never really heard of a ‘movie’ other than what he’s seen on Fodra, and definitely not for entertainment purposes. However dark the movie sounds, he’s decided that perhaps such entertainment is what he needs. It’ll be like reading one of his comic book series, just animated. That thought is honestly pretty exciting – and it’s about a robot, too! He has multiple reasons to want to see that movie. Not that any of it may have to do with a certain love interest he has in mind, nope, not him. Purely for the fact that he likes his high fantasy fiction.

It helps him forget the reality at hand and allow that child within him to truly enjoy himself and not worry about the weight of his title or his political background weigh in on him. Even he has to forget the burden of his past, if only because it hurts. A lot.

The beginning of the movie definitely moves him to metaphorical tears, though his expression stays stoic. Just because the outside expression looks absolutely unenthused, that hardly means he’s not dancing like a ten-year-old on the inside. The robot throwing the boy into the river of carcasses, and ah, looking for cheese. Hmm, perhaps that could have been better handled, but maybe it’s a way of dealing with his ‘emotions’. Though can robots have emotions? That is definitely the question – though in his own fiction he’s read, it’s certainly possible and perhaps that childlike nature within him almost hopes for that to be the case.

And then those carcasses, carrying her face. Nope, nope, nope, he’s ready to nope out of there AND THEN HE SEES HIS WONDERFULLY FAILED CONFESSION TO HER. Oh man, if other people are seeing this and…

He is noping the hell out of there, please and thank you. HE WAS HAVING SUCH A NICE TIME WATCHING THIS AND THAT HAD TO HAPPEN. Excuse him if he bumps into you while he’s scurrying out.]

Theatre V

[He needed a reprieve from what he saw, going into another theatre, and yes, this is much better. Happy memories of his childhood, happy memories with his brother. They’re all past, and even some current as he’s accepted himself and who he is. That even despite the hardships he’s been through, he’s allowed to be happy. Maybe he still won’t smile (except the once he did in front of his brother), but it’s nice to have that warm fuzzy feeling inside him.

Same with the warm fuzzy feeling he gets when he sees all those memories with Pascal. Just being near her in her insane, zany way that she is. That she’s always looking out for other people, even if she never really expresses that ‘properly’. Little nuances she has when she’s excited for science or something of the like.

But it’s when he accidentally drops some popcorn that one of those robots starts to beat him on the leg with the wooden paddle as Hubert moves to try to avoid his aggressor by scurrying across the theatre. While running, the robots were saying something along the line of ‘being a little slut and enjoying it’ and ‘with those boots he’s wearing, they’d be surprised if he wasn’t asking for it.’]

Excuse you, I believe I am trying to enjoy this. I would be happy if you chose not flog me—

[And it’s with a resounding CRACK! that it’s obvious this robot will not tolerate his backtalking.]

theater ii

[idealistic]

[ at the same time that Hubert was moving to get out of there, Lloyd was well on his way to doing the same. seeing himself and Colette on Flanoir's overlook was nice and all, but then seeing her face on all those carcasses? with someone already against death for any person seeing the dead body (bodies?) of the girl he's crushing on? yeah, fuck that noise.

as Lloyd was moving to stand, he's interrupted by someone bumping into him. now this completely accidental and unintentional bump wouldn't be so bad... if Lloyd wasn't holding a Super-Chug size full of a Cerealia-brand coca-cola knockoff. the top pops off from the force and the drink spills out in a horrible mess

all over the guy's uniform. ]

Ack--! Oh crap, sorry!

mercury black | rwby

[kicksilver]

theatre i
[ Despite the cheesy title, Mercury went in by himself. He really would have wanted to play around and wait by the lines, and ask some innocent person - preferably a lady - to watch with him, but the premise was far too interesting for him to just stand around and wait for someone to go in with him.

When the ponies get killed, he laughs pretty loudly and whistles— "woohoo!", to which you may want to shush him!

Towards the tail end of the movie when things get rather strange, Mercury himself doesn't find it to be bothersome at all. Naked, moaning, and his beautiful face? Yeah. He's perfect. And frankly, this guy isn't exactly virgin Mary that he'd be so chaste. He does not mind what he's seeing at all.

That said, when he gets up and exits the theatre, he has a pretty content smile on his face. He's in a pretty good mood! And in fact, he might even approach you. ]

So, about that movie, huh? Equestrians. [ He muffles a snort. ] Good people.


bonus: theatre v
[ Okay, okay. So he's seen and heard the other patrons watching the movie who accidentally dropped something. And frankly, it was more entertaining than the movie. He only bought a ticket to watch the movie to see if his heartstrings were going to be pulled, anyway. HE WAS JUST REALLY BORED. C'mon, it's not like he has much of a choice here!

With the movie getting boring with all the love and kindness and sap, he intentionally drops a piece of popcorn on the floor, and the theatre cleaning robots come dashing in. He laughs as he gets up, prepared for the punishment that he's about to get. Not that he was planning on getting any.

He raises both his hands above his head. ] I'm innocent. Innocent, I tell you! Although, I won't deny the that the dirty sluts come to me sometimes.

[ He's heard the robots call the others "dirty sluts", he can use their words against them. But before they hit him with a wooden paddle, he kicks them rather hard. Incoming robot your way! Better avoid that. ]


by the ticket booths
[ After watching My Petite Equestrian Experience, Mercury's in a pretty good mood! It's just too bad that none of the other movies pique his interest. Now, if there were cartoons, he would totally be up for that. But, as they say, you can't have it all. And he was kicked out of the fifth theatre, and the other robots were glaring at him rather harshly! Gosh, it's not like he did anything troublesome.

So now, he's by the food stalls, where people line up to buy their popcorn, soda, nachos, whatever! And he might just chat you up, because... please. Entertain the poor guy. ]

Thoughts on the titles so far? I'd recommend My Petite Equestrian Experience. I'd even watch it again with you, if you'd like.

[ Totally suave. Although, if you're a guy, he definitely won't offer to watch it with you. ]

ticket booths

[beaconed]

[ Too bad, Mercury, you offered. It's a thing now. ]

...Uh, are you talking to me? [ Here's Jaune trying to carry two buckets of popcorn. And he's partly wondering because... you never talk to him. ]

Motoko Kusanagi | Ghost in the Shell Arise

[philosophymajor]

Theater IV

[Compared to the rigor of having lived as a solider for most of her life, the brazen cocktail of explosions, swearing, and one-liners playing themselves out on screen seemed relatively tame. Enough so that she might have got up and left if not for what could see just out of the corner of her eyes in the frames between frames.

Memories from her youth spent in a metal shell. OF the times when her electronic brain had to be swapped from one body to another. All of these things played themselves out upon the silver screen with as much clarity as when she had witnessed them first hand.

It all made the Major scoff. "Had some idiot managed to hack into her cyber brain already?" she thought to herself. How anyone would so easily get past the attack barriers and other defenses in her head was a mystery unto itself. But that could wait.

For now the blue-haired woman turned to whomever was nearest to her seat, tapped them on the shoulder and spoke.]

Hey, do you see any images of a little girl who looks a bit like me on the screen up there?

Theater V

[It had taken Motoko no more then a dozen minutes or so before she found herself accosted by sadistic cleaning robots. Not one to apologize easily, or go down without a fight for that matter, anyone in the theater at the time would be treated to the sight of the cyborg fighting against the grip of the rouge machines while attempting to find just the right moment to make a break for it.]

theatre iv

[good_ideas]

[Shiho had actually kind of enjoyed the mindless explosions and violence. What she hadn't enjoyed, her popcorn sitting uneaten in her lap, was the flash of embarrassing things she'd done. Like the time when they'd gone on the Test of Courage all together and she'd had to be forcibly dragged into it, screaming most of the way. Or pretty much her entire childhood as far as she was concerned at 16 years old.

Which is why she has a death-grip on the chair when she's tapped on her shoulder, and she turns, eyes wide.]

W-What? No?

flynn scifo | tales of vesperia

[thatdamnknight]

theater 1

[Having been told all that's happened made Flynn less than thrilled by these concessions. Movies? Entertainment? Well, a destressing from that is needed. Something relaxing, soothing to make memories of the debriefing temporarily subside. A charming idea.

Until Flynn saw the titles. What even were some of these? Pornography? Murder?? The distasteful titles alone had made his choice clear: the Equestrain Experience. A movie about horses has the potential to be informative!! And if not then time can be spend mulling things over.

The latter had almost come to fruition. Almost. Flynn's thoughts had been on the point of Yuri and Estellise and Patty and them potentially having been drawn in, as well, when a noise reached his ears. He nearly jumps up at the sound of ponies being slaughtered. Dear god. The horror. Okay, maybe not horror but wow unex--

...A moan. A moan comes from still off screen in the movie. A familiar moan. Curious... How could it hold any fa-- OH DEAR GOD. Flynn's curiosity shifts into pure horror at the sight of that pink hair. And no clothing. How. WHAT. OH GOD. THIS IS NOT RIGHT. WHY IS LADY ESTELLISE. N-- AND WHY IS RITA THERE IN A SIMILAR STATE OF UNDRESS. AND JUDITH. AND WHAT ARE THEY DOAHSDJKHAK DEAR LORD.

For a few movements, the knight mirrors a statue. Unmoving. Unbreathing. Unblinking. Then suddenly his face turns into the most brilliant shade of red. THIS IS INAPPROPRIATE. HE NEEDS TO LEAVE. NOW. Flynn bolts for the nearest exit. People get bumped into by this flailing madman in heavy armor (ouch) but no apologies come. ALL THAT MATTERS IS GETTING AWAY FROM THIS PERVERTED VILE CRAP.

Outside the theater, Flynn leans against a wall with a hand covering his tomato red face. HE FEELS SO DIRTY OH GOD. Come bug him or gawk at that glorious redness or yell at him for ramming into you with that armor?]

[sjokolade]

[Meanwhile, Anna had been outside trying to figure out what movie to watch. With so many selections, she just couldn't just choose one! And if she had to she needed to choose the best one out there! However, until that day came, Anna eventually found herself with a man with a red face.]

Uh...is everything okay? You're not feeling sick are you?

[...That's one way to put it Anna]

Sun Wukong | RWBY

[monkeyfu]

Theater II
[Hey, this movie stuff isn't so bad. Seems kinda fun and the titles for stuff are pretty interesting too. And a story about a group of adventures sounds like it would be fun.

Except not. The story is just full of weirdness. Rivers of human bodies? An epic search for cheese? What kind of story is this?!

And why does he keep seeing images of him and Blake at Beacon's dance? Okay, it wasn't really that super romantic and Sun knows his best friend won't let him live down not dressing up, but it was pretty awesome and everyone had a good time--

...

Jfc what is Blake doing in sea of carcasses?!! Sun nearly jumps out of his seat, tail swinging wildly until he calms down, having no sense of theater etiquette at this point.]

Man, that's just wrong...


Outside Theater V
[So who just finished watching the Yard-Door people and just left his bag of popcorn on the floor there? This monkey boy.

And who has a cleaning bot on his (literal) tail and is parkouring all over the place to shake it off? That very same monkey boy.

Even though Sun's doing a damn good job at evading capture, there's a second cleaning bot approaching him from behind once he stops moving. There's no crack of the paddle just yet...

But it grabs onto his tail and yanks hard, even commenting that this one comes with his own leash.]

Hey. Hey, that's not a leash! It's attached to me!!

v!

[reuser]

[ Fortunately, Pyrrha is on the scene with a timely Semblance-flavoured intervention! A pulse of magnetic energy is all that is needed to get the robot to unhand Sun’s tail and careen eight or so feet to the left. To the casual onlooker, it looks as though the machine has suddenly become fixated with the closest rubbish bin.

Looking back over, Pyrrha recognizes him - Blake’s friend, or something else; Neptune’s partner - and manages a slight smile. ]

Are you alright?

Yuan Ka-Fai | Tales of Symphonia

[enlightning]

[Theatre II when loving lovers love]

[The whole concept of moving and talking images of nothing new to Yuan, but using them to relay ridiculous, unbelievable stories quickly proved to be a huge waste of the technology. His posture and expression for anyone who happens to glance in his direction toward the start prove how unimpressed he is.

Then he sees Martel and quickly sits up straight in his chair. Once his own image appears on the screen, he quickly glances around to look for anything suspicious (and not also to make sure no one is staring at him now, nope.) Everything he sees is rather chaste, but following his initial reaction he seems rather riveted to the screen. Anyone curious enough to see how others are reaction to what they think are their memories might find his expression hard to read. It lacks any shame, but there's a bit of a tenseness to it that likely means this isn't overly easy for him to watch.

When the corpses float away, Yuan's attitude is quite close to what it was at the beginning, but he's definitely far more irritated. Only a few moments after that, he stands and begins storming out of the theater. He's purely annoyed, like someone just played a prank on him.]

I am not going to be mocked like this!


[Theater IV Dirk Hardpeck! Big McLargehuge!]

[Every embarrassing moment? How long is this movie? It probably has to be winnowed down to the highlights for him, and that's just for things that happened in the typical lifespan of a human. Some of the things he sees have clear tones of racism behind them, others are purely embarrassing things that happened during his travels with Mithos, and the rest seem to be things that happened recently ever since Lloyd was discovered.

The more he glances around, the more he spots everyone else looking just as mortified as he feels (and also looks as much as he's trying to hide it). Clearly they're seeing the same things he is. Finally he can't take it anymore.]

Drop the looks! You honestly can't be stupid enough to believe these things don't happen, can you?


[Theater V it's just a show, I should really just relax]

[He'd just been quietly and somewhat stoically taking in the nostalgia of his journeys at the end of the Kharlan War. Why should he care the piece of paper that said which movie he selected dropped to the floor?

He only notices it when the robot approaches him. He stands out of surprise.

You know you want this, you bad boy. Bend over.

A beat later, a very large sword appears in his hand. He's going to try taking out the robot. But it's probably blocking the screen if you're sitting behind him. Or in the same row, for that matter...]

V

[brusseling]

[As Belgium was smiling a little at her own journey, she couldn't help but notice the noise that was coming down from the aisle. Uh-oh, was something wrong?]

Hey, is everything okay over there?

Soramaru | Donten Ni Warau // Theater I

[sunshied]

[If you wanted your day ruined by an angry stomping teenager or to have a good long stare or a laugh then you might get your wish today! Someone is very upset by the moaning and weird flashes of familiar faces - he definitely did not need to see any of that, thank you very much.]

What was that?! First they have weird moving pictures now they're all nude? Ugh!!

[What even was this place? Excuse him he's going to look around and maybe find a bathroom to try and scrub out his brain somehow or maybe just hide how embarrassed he is.]

[deontology]

[Well........ It's not like it's bad to see Soramaru again, that's for sure. Soramaru stomps right on by him, and Sousei reaches out to snag his arm.]

Calm down.

[Oh, there's a familiar voice.]

Rise Kujikawa | Persona 4

[tofus]

[Theater I]
[Holy shit. This had such a innocent and normal title, why the hell did she walk into this movie?!

Rise sinks further and further into her seat as the movie goes on, face progressively turning red, until she spies her own face on one of the protagonists. Only then does she curl up in her seat and bury her face in her hands.

Someone save her from this terribad movie plz.]

[Theater V]
[After that absolutely horrific experience, Rise needs something to take her mind off that movie. The rest of the titles don't appeal to her, nor does she trust this world's rating system or anything. So she might as well pick something mindless sounding.

And actually, it's not bad. A little bit childish with it being all about helping people and friendship and the like, but it's something she can appreciate. Reminds Rise of her own friends.

Except she dropped a few little kernels of corn while eating, and doesn't quite register the incoming cleaning bot until it's a few seats away, gesturing to her.]

TIME TO TEACH YOU SOME MANNERS. TO THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE, YOU LITTLE SLUT.

[ .... ]

What did you just call me??!!

[goldentouch]

[...Wow. This is not the date movie he expected it to be. Like, at all.

Souji begins to turn to Rise, thinking maybe if they go and yell loud enough they can get their money back, when he catches a glimpse of something out of the corner of his eye. A very dear friend of his indeed, in the throes of passion with... oh god.]

...Rise, please tell me Yosuke's never done that with a monitor lizard.

yuuma mukai | real account

[realaccount]

THEATER IV.

[ Hey, when you're sucked from one computer-based world to another -- it's okay to have a little bit of fun, right? Right. Besides, it isn't as if he's doing anything else (besides looking for Ayame) and he doesn't want to panic too hard or else he won't look cool. Not that he was already looking uncool, but still! Priorities.

He looks rather confused at the movie ratings - they're very different from what he's used to. When he goes into the movie, he's expecting something amazing, but instead. . .

He finds his cheeks flushed, letting out a girlish yelp (he's sorry, movie goers!!) at the details of the movie, especially during the action sequences - seeing Marble announce the amount of times he's masturbated to the world, watching Ayame start to get undressed in front of him, which is both embarrassing and a slight turn-on, but now he's panicking because is everybody else seeing this?? This is horrible.

Which is why his gaze shifts worriedly, his face red as a beet as he taps the person next to him on the shoulder. ]

Y-- you're not seeing this too, are you?

[amemory]

-- The movie? Oh, you mean that! [Totsuka says with all the apparent understanding of someone who's seeing something, but hasn't specified what he's seen to the great confusion of all.]

I thought it was strange, but it's happening in between scenes, right? [Fortunately for Yuuma, Totsuka only sees embarrassing moments of his own life playing out -- like falling down a flight of stairs after tripping on his slipper, etc]

Izumo Kamiki | Blue Exorcist

[lackoftrust]

THEATER I
[Honestly Izumo isn't all that wild about kid's movies. She had watched more than a few on continuous repeats when it was the only way to soothe Tsukumo during their mother's long absences. Unfortunately Izumo also has a distinct taste for cute animals of all kinds. And the idea of a cutesy movie about ponies discovering friendship and magic... well, she won't confess how adorable it sounds to her even if someone asked.

And then ten minutes in the teenager is sitting there clutching onto her drink, wide-eyed at the blood bath going on. That's bad enough honestly but then the celebratory orgy and suddenly she's seeing faces she knows on the actors.]

What kind of idiocy is this...

[It's after she spots herself and a certain idiot that she ends up losing her cool altogether. She stands up, jabbing a finger and consequently her drink at the screen with deep red cheeks.]

I WOULDN'T SLEEP WITH THAT MORON IF HE WERE THE LAST MAN LIVING!

[HUFF HUFF HUFF.]

WILDCARD
[After the experience of the inadvertent orgy, Izumo isn't about to try the rest of the theaters. Unless she's dragged in of course.

Instead she stands in the lobby, eyeing the advertisements as she tries to will herself to take another chance.]

Wild card

[niceguypose]

[There's a youth in green who is looking particularly traumatized in the lobby after coming out of one of the movies.]

I... I cannot believe this! Is this the way of 'films'?! This is not youthful at all!

Riku | Kingdom Hearts

[guidetoblivion]

( III )

[Riku exits the theatre just after the last act of the story hits, though how he saw any of that through given that he watched the movie with his blindfold on shall forever remain a mystery. He's already lived twice through the destruction of Destiny Islands – once for real on the night he'd left his home behind, even though he hadn't known what was happening back then, once in Castle Oblivion. He refuses to sit though through another reminder of what he will never forgive himself for.

(He can still hear Zexion's voice echoing, Maybe it's your own actions that you've forgotten. You destroyed your home!)

He shakes his head, as he buries his hands in his coat pockets – he isn't going to let a simple movie shake him this easily.]

...Get a grip.

[Though he does wonder... how in the light's name had they known?]


( V )

[If the movie makes Riku cry, nobody will ever know – darn dat blindfold for hiding whatever thoughts he might have of that story. The memories he keeps seeing leave him with a bitter-sweet feeling though, the are of better days, of before, of times when it was Sora and Kairi and him and their play island, before he had so utterly screwed up. Before he'd decided that he would forfeit any chance of going back in order to reclaim the remaining pieces of Sora's memory that Roxas had gathered within him, if that was what it takes.

(It hasn't yet, but it just might. Roxas is strong.)

He doesn't notice hitting over his sit neighbor's drink while drawing his arms in so he can rub at his temples, not until the air whistles due the incoming paddle, allowing him to dodge the first swing out of his seat. He's more prepared for the second one, blocking it with his Shield – though he's quite confused what he's done to deserve the names and insults the robot is calling him. Anyway, he's not going to put up with it for long.

Rather than block the next swing coming his way, Riku ducks under it, wrist twisting as he calls for Soul Eater and swiftly uses it to behead the robot, unconcerned by the resulting sparks as the robot breaks down.]

You should keep that down. Some people are trying to watch in peace.

III

[karabor]

[Yrel leaves the film with wet cheeks, signaling to all that she has seen something truly abhorrent. But to contrast with Riku, whose history leaves him vulnerable to brooding, the draenei leaves the theater with a sort of second wind. She has seen the outcome of the Iron Horde's brutality: the sacrifice of her sister, and Velen and Maraad, the invasion of the Burning Legion, and the corruption of a Naaru. These new images only bolster her courage and give her strength.

She must not succumb.

After wiping away the tears from her cheeks, she notices the boy standing alone. By his height and other traits, she assumes he is human. Yrel moves toward him until she is standing beside him. She leans forward only slightly to see his face, but when she finds a blindfold over his eyes, she is perplexed. How can he see with that?

She clears her throat to alert him to her presence before speaking. She speaks softly, kindly.]

Are you alright?

weiss schnee | rwby

[multiglyphs]

I: THOSE DELICATE SENSIBILITIES

[ it had seemed like such a good idea at first. a free movie, something to take her mind off the utter surrealness of actually being here, an indulgent box of snowcaps... all the makings of a pretty good afternoon well spent, she thinks.

and then the movie actually starts.

the horses were horrendous enough. (though she'll never admit that all those speeches of friendship and love may have touched a tender part of her that was clearly not at all visible for the first five minutes of the film, shut up liar!) and then... that part starts. and in the midst of reeling from an odd, emotional whiplash, weiss manages to catch a glimpse of features that look far more familiar than they should have.

but, of course, the one thing she thinks to comment about is— ]

My voice is not that squeaky!

[ #priorities ]

IV: WORST DAY EVER

[ the second movie wasn't any better. of course she should have known it was too good to be true, all this free stuff (especially when none of it was a result of her family's name), but this is truly the worst luck. nevermind the terrible acting and the horrible barrage of plot-what-plot action scenes.

it isn't till the middle of the movie that it happens, up there on the big screen for all the world to see...

a close up of an exam paper. weiss' name at the very top, written in her neat and elegant script. and just beside that name, the ugly, glaring red mark of a B-.

she's on her feet in an instant, hands balled into tiny fists. ]

L-Lies! Stop this at once!!

BONUS V: THAT'S MISS SKANK TO YOU

[ third time's the charm. except not. because while the movie had been great (and the horror of having to relieve her first and only failing mark — yes, anything below a perfect score is failing, obviously — was being soothed by the showcasing of all her other achievements in life), she could hardly enjoy any of it because some machine thinks it can boss her around.

though the name calling doesn't really phase her (she's a public figure, after all. she's been called worse things before — and sometimes even to her face), she does take offense to the accusation that she were some sort of slob. ]

How dare you, you glorified trash bin! Those popcorn pieces were here long before I sat down!

bonus :)

[kicksilver]

[ For some reason, Mercury just can't help but meddle and get in between the crazy cleaning robots and the patrons whom they start accusing as sluts. He's already beat a bot up earlier and was banned from entering the fifth theatre, but he managed to slither his way in.

Why? Just to see what the people who'd the robots would be calling sluts this time around. It's just really very entertaining. This was better than any comic book he's read definitely. But, hey. He's seen that girl before. That's even more reason to meddle in her unwanted affairs with the bots.

Mercury approaches Weiss, and points a thumb at the cleaning bots. Compared to Jaune, this guy just comes off as smooth no matter what he says. ]

These guys bothering you?

Mai Taniyama | Ghost Hunt

[makesthetea]

THEATER IV
[This is bad. This is so bad. The brunette simply slaps both her hands over her face and attempts to block out what she knows is flashing up there now and then.

Her falling down that well and pulling her boss in with her. Her screaming at him over the supposed school sacrifices. The shoe cabinet nearly landing on her, starting this whole tangled mess of her working life. Mai sinks further and further into her chair.

When she finally manages to peek through her fingers again, it's playing the scene where that narcissist of a boss of hers gives her his first real, honest smile. And she stands there flushed like a moron.]

AAAAAAGH!

[Yeah, that's Mai shooting out of her seat with hands still pressed over her face.]

I CAN'T TAKE THIS ANYMORE!

[This is where she may make it out of the theater or where more than likely she'll trip over something and faceplant onto something or someone.]

THEATER V
[After the tragedy of that other theater, this one is turning out pretty nice actually. The movie itself is touching and the scenes that want to pop up are all precious ones to Mai. Memories softened by age of her mother and father and that first home before her father's death, memories of times at the office with the SPR crew.

It's all touching enough to rouse up a few nostalgic tears and likewise to make her a little careless with her popcorn. And this of course rouses the robots. One in particular rolls up, Mai looking up at it as it does so.]

...

[The robot points with it's paddle to the popcorn on the ground. Mai glances down.]

Oh! I'm sorry, hold on.

[So the popcorn is sat aside, Mai leans over to get the errant kernels and--

S M A C K!]

HIIIIH!

[Mai leaps forward a good handful of steps, hands immediately going to clutch at her battered bottom.]

V

[punchesyu]

[He saw that robot just take a swing at poor Mai. Wow. Um, no?]

What the hell was that for? [He yells at the droid.]

Listen, are you okay?

Leia Organa (Solo) | Star Wars EU

[borntorebel]

Theater II

[Not completely foreign to the idea of watching movies for pleasure, Leia has decided to take a gamble on one of the more innocuous-seeming movies. Especially since the last time she watched them, it wasn't exactly the easiest thing to watch.

She takes a seat in the theater and readies herself for a sad movie. However, half-way through the robot holding onto the dead human, she sees something she hasn't thought about in ages. She sees herself at seventeen with the first boy she thought she was in love with, kissing her beneath the moonlight on Alderaan.]

How...How is this up there?!

Theater III

[After the last run-in with the theaters, Leia has decided to go for something far more action-packed than emotional. This one seems a little hokey but not bad. The concept is interesting at least.

Until she can see her time on the first Death Star, her capture at Cloud City with Han and Chewbacca at Lando's hands, and when Han dragged her brother's unmoving, frozen, bloodied body from wherever he found him on Hoth.

She stands up, refusing to watch more after the second loop of her painful memories being flashed before her eyes. When she's out in the deserted hallways, she lets down her guard long enough to wipe away a single tear.]

III

[ruby_roses]

[Ruby had just left the concessions stand with a box of candy meant to hold her over on the walk back to the apartment but then she saw Leia. Obviously something was wrong. She glanced up and down the hall, trying to see if anyone was going to comfort her. When nobody was forthcoming, she approached the princess.]

U-uh... ma'am? Are you okay?

Lord Kayneth El-Melloi Archibald - fate/zero

[hgblood]

Theater II (This is what you get for choosing randomly.)

This whole situation is disgusting. Now being herded into this theater where they clearly will not show any proper performing arts, he chooses a theater at random. Let's just get this over with.

He sits primly in his seat, one finger tapping irritably at the armrest through the whole first part. How sickeningly melodramatic. How idiotic that a robot was the main character. The wall is more interesting to look at than this movie.

And then something strange catches the corner of his eye. A flash of red hair of a perfectly familiar hue. A slight hint of sound that might be... her voice?
He turns his attention back to the screen, but it's back to the robot. A cut, then-

"Sola-Ui?" What is she doing in this? No, wait, what is he doing in this?! His attention is now captured as he watches his first meeting with Sola-Ui play out before him. Then the second meeting. Despite the strangeness of seeing it like this, his heart warms at the memory. Then- her body floating in a river. Tens of her, hundreds of her body choking the river-! Sola-!

He gets to his feet, absolutely enraged and a breath away from blowing the offending screen away with his magecraft. His voice is cold and hard, the terror of his rage beneath a thin layer of ice.

"You scum. Those responsible for her death will find a fate a hundred times worse at my hands."

[[ooc: brackets format or third person, either is fine!]]

[codere]

"Hey, what's the big deal?" A dark haired girl who had been sitting calmly in the row behind him leans forward, with both of her hands on the back of his seat.

What Rin saw didn't matter--she was all too used to this world adding in images and tricking her mind that nothing phases her anymore. This was her third (fourth? she honestly can't keep count anymore) time involved in one of these things and so far, she believes she's seen it all. Knowing that the face she saw on the screen likely didn't match the body she so desperately wanted to find made it easier... but this guy.

"Aren't you a little old to be acting out?"

Kaneki Ken | Tokyo Ghoul

[dimidiampura]

[ Theatre I ]

[ After everything had been said and he'd been so kindly 'debriefed' on the matter at hand, Kaneki couldn't say he was by any means 'happy' and right then and there he'd considered what might have happened if he'd killed them. Only for that thought to follow that there'd be no purpose behind it no matter how angry or irritated he was, and made to find something to take his mind off all of that mess.

A movie theatre huh? How long had it been since he'd actually done something nice and remotely human like going to a movie theatre? The memory brought a slightly painful expression to his face but he masked it well enough before he made to pick a movie, absently deciding he didn't mind the content as the movie could be used as white noise instead of something to pay attention to beyond the thoughts running through his head. Walking into the theatre room itself and finding a spot hadn't been so bad and so had the beginning of the film up until the ponies died, earning even a cringe from him but it wasn't enough to leave just yet.

How-EVER... what filled the screen next was nothing but filth. The very same thatmight have whole-heartedly bothered him and got under his skin at one time but mostly just had him looking away because who HAD this stuff playing in a theatre?

It's only when he spares a fleeting glance back at the screen and catches sight of a familiar head of short, now messy purple hair, a striking purple eye and her face contorted in pleasure does he stiffen up, expression changing from nearly emotionless to bearing a soft flush of color on his cheeks as he forces himself to look away. Kaneki forces himself to endure it just long enough to catch a flash of blond hair, hazel eyes and his best friend's smile tarnished by those sounds and it's finally when he shakes his head and gets up to leave, eyes downcast and not looking where he's going or apologizing to who he runs into.

Only when he's outside does he sink back against the wall, exhaling a breath and holding his head in his hands. Surely he looks quite a sight in his unusual battle outfit and white hair, someone's going to bug him eventually over that... or the whole thing where he didn't apologize for practically mowing people over as he tried to get outside. ]

[ Theatre IV ]

[ What sounded like a promising action flick was enough to get his attention and would be enough to get his mind off of things at hand and Kaneki just might have been getting into it. Despite the violence it was strangely entertaining and something he mused that a certain friend of his back home might enjoy, relaxing into his seat and enjoying it a bit until he caught the little scenes spliced inbetween all the action making him stare a little bit.

Was... that his first few days at Anteiku being played? His first time being beaten around by Touka and even that time when he'd embarrassed himself on his first date with Rize.

That was enough for him to make a bit of a face and he raised a hand up to touch at his temples with an irritated sound hissing past his lips. ]

...Of all things.

I... don't need to be reminded of that again.

[ Supposedly spoken out of irritation but the tone speaks of his initial embarrassment, even if only just enough for people to catch onto it. He can't wear that stoic mask forever, you know. ]


::BONUS:: [ Theatre V ]

[ Of all of the films to have gone and seen, this one has done nothing but bring about a warmth in his chest. A soft, gentle look was seen on his face at the kindness and determination of these people, but moreso when those sweet memories of his past began to play as well.

His time living with his mother when she'd smiled at him and made him all his favorite foods, the way Hide always teased him and made him feel like welcome, and the looks on everybody's face as they began to fully welcome him into Anteiku. Being accepted despite his hardships, the kind of not-family he loved so dearly, even if he knew he'd never be able to return to them with what the CCG was intending to do.

Once the movie's over, he rose to leave but then nearly missed that his slip of paper that had the movie's title on it had fallen to the floor and naturally out of habit he'd made to pick it up before something hard smacked his rear and he vaguely caught the sound of one of the robots hissing at him: 'i bet you liked that, you filthy slut' before his instinct kicked in. Before, when he'd been human he might have just flustered a bit and apologized to the robot for whatever he'd done but now was different altogether.

A large tendril like object shot out from his lower back and beheaded the one robot who'd said that in a flash of sparks, his left eye a deep black and red as his right hand moves up, a thumb cracking the joint on his index finger. ]

...The next one to say anything is going to end up in scraps.

[ In his anger he kind of forgot he was in a theatre where everyone could see him being... well... less than human. Oops. ]

theatre v

[arcanaofdeath]

Curious.

[And there is a child leaning against the back of a seat two rows behind Kaneki, chin propped up on his hands as he keeps his eyes fixed on the tendril, unbothered by the bits and chunks of robot head now splayed out on the floor. That's probably going to get you into more trouble with the other robots, Kaneki, littering like that.

Pharos' eyes follow the line of Kaneki's kagune, taking in the white hair before settling on the single, black and red eye.

Not human.

Or very different from a regular human, at the very least.

Pharos cocks his head to the side and smiles.]

What's what?

[prefersthemeat]

Theater IV

[MOVIES! No, seriously, movies are great. But, you know what would make these a lot better? Kung Fu or Bruce Lee or... Well, Chie guesses that if you're stuck here, you might as well go ahead and try and enjoy something. Playing ViViD gets old after a while.

So, no one who knows her will be surprised that she's picked the action movie with the most explosions.

And just when she's getting into it, she sees the time where she tried to talk to a boy and got totally ignored because Yukiko was walking out of the school building. She lets out a gasp of shock before it goes back to the flimsily cobbled together plot. And then there's her Shadow in all her messy glory, declaring all of Chie's dirty secrets for everyone in the theater to hear. It was bad enough that Yosuke and their Leader saw it the first time.]

Is this someone's idea of a joke? Because it's not funny at all! Who is responsible for this?!

Bonus Theater V

[Sappy, feel good movies aren't normally her thing, but the last time had been a wash. This one isn't bad. It's actually kinda good.

Until she drops an armband from her jacket pocket. And her view is obstructed by some creepy robot with a...paddle?]

YOU FILTHY WHORE! PREPARE FOR PUNISHMENT!

Huh? What?

LITTERING IS A PUNISHABLE OFFENSE!

bonus

[makesthetea]

I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU TO QUIT HARASSING PEOPLE!

[Yeah it's pretty much just some other girl, yelling at this robot like it's going to help.]

NOW CUT THAT OUT!

pharos | persona 3

[arcanaofdeath]

theater iii

[At first, the movie had been entertaining. Puzzling, certainly, but also amusing. A lot of lights, many grand speeches and dramatic gestures. It was all about leaving a huge impact on whoever was watching and listening to this movie, making them want to either join or fight the people invading earth.

Such a human instinct to fight against what was inevitable.

It made them unique but the attempts at fighting were always feeble at best. Humans wanted to live, to breathe and continue the fight and it was a notion Pharos had slowly come to understand.

But there was no escaping death, no escaping the moment they would all die.

The point was driven across by the pictures mingling with the movie Minato struggling and raising his Evoker again and again, summoning Persona after Persona while he fought against what was inevitable, his friends falling one by one until only Minato was left, bleeding and slowly realizing that he'd failed and then

Pharos wishes he could still feel detached. He wishes he didn't understand. He knows there is nothing he can do to prevent the fall.

His friend will die.

Silently, Pharos slips from the movie seat and pads out, leaving the door open for whoever will stumble out after him.]


theater v

[After the previous movie, Pharos had been prepared for other unusual bouts of scenes of destruction and death. He wasn't quite prepared for what this movie has to offer. Kind things, little things. Listening and helping and laughing with them, picking up this and repairing that.

Would they do it if there was no profit in it for them?

Will they stop once the task has been fulfilled and the negative feelings are gone and then carry on like nothing happened? Like a mother blowing against her child's wound to soothe the pain but not doing anything else.

It isn't until Pharos hear Minato's short replies to the questions he asked long ago that he understands. Minato was kind to him. His first friend, the person he'd been waiting for for a long time. The person who had harbored him and sustained him and sheltered his fragmented self until Pharos had been able to piece all parts of himself back together. Minato's sleepy eyes staring at him as Pharos talks and ponders and smiles.

A precious person. Pharos' only precious person.

...Would the kindness the people displayed in the movie have such a lasting effect on others as Minato has had on Pharos? Thoughtful, Pharos gets up and walks past the BDSM bots without being bothered thanks to looking like a ten year old kid not littering or leaving anything else behind.

A noise at the room's entrance makes Pharos look back curiously though. Did the bots find a different victim instead?]

theater v

[bloomsinsilence]

[The blasted robot did indeed find another victim. However, it would seem that it had the wrong impression. The item dropped didn't belong to Hajime, however the bot only seemed able to dwell on the fact that it was there and so was this man. It only needed to insult him once. In a flash, the robot was struck so hard that surely it's internal hardware had to be scrambled.

However, it had made a good point. Trash belonged in the trash can.

Saitou Hajime picked up both the mostly empty bucket of popcorn -- and the robot -- and proceeds to put them in the proper trash bins, casually walking past Pharos in the process.]

I believe that is satisfactory.

Shigeru Miyata | Original Character

[mysophobic]

Theater I

[ Okay, well, this is was the most disturbing movie he's seen in awhile. Shigeru is just...hiding behind gloved hands at that orgy part because oh my god what is even going on?! It was so innocent and then this happens. What sort of messed up theater is this? He hopes there aren't any children in the room. His face is a nice shade of pure red though. He's just going to get up and walk out very briskly and uncomfortably now, YEAH.

Sorry if he bumps into you, he is just so done. ]

Theater V Bonus

[ Not as terrible as the last one he went to see. This one actually makes him a bit happier than the others. All these movies were strange and he hopes he never has to partake in anything like this ever again. The feeling is even more prominent when an angry robot comes up to him. ]

You filthy little whore! How could you litter like that?! Get on your knees as ask for forgiveness this instant!

[ Shigeru is just so confused and offended. Of all the people to accuse of littering. He just holds up his hands and silently shakes his head. No. No. Not his fault! He doesn't even eat in places like this because it's physically uncomfortable for him. hjghurg someone please help him!? ]

Theater V

[aerialassault]

[This film, compared to the others, was actually pretty good. For once there was nothing that made Cliff want to flip tables and punch walls--

--Except the help.

Abruptly he stood, caffienated drink in hand, and stalked over to the helper bot that was causing a fuss. There was a dangerous glint in his eyes as his free hand tightened into a fist--

But, he needed to try negotiating first.]

Yo.

[That was all he said in lieu of actual greeting, and he reached out to grab the helper bot by the shoulder.]

You're being louder than the rest of the folks here. Shut up.

souza samonji | touken ranbu

[prehensible]

ticket booths;
[ an extremely pink man(?) in rather elaborate dress, carrying what looks like a katana, is standing a little back from the booths and peering curiously up at the selections offered. he looks.. a little lost, actually, and if anyone were to ask souza, he'd agree that he is. having been part of an exhibit for his (arguably) most famous owner for some time, and then manifested by the saniwa, he's aware of what movies are, but he's never actually been to one. and these all have such strange titles. how is he supposed to choose one when he has no idea what any of them are really about..? ]


theater i;
[ he eventually settles on horses, because at least he's familiar enough with horses. it's.. not at all what he might have expected, though, and as the strange, colourful, talking ponies begin to be slaughtered off, souza's face quickly drains of colour. he finds his hands going to cover his mouth to keep the distressed noises from escaping. why would anyone want to watch something like this?!

but it only gets worse from there, and he can only sit through the orgy for a few moments before he has to duck his head, shading his eyes from the screen and looking a little ill. he glances furtively to the person next to him, voice piping up in a polite, shaky murmur. ]

I thought.. movies were intended to be entertaining..?


lobby;
[ after that experience, souza is honestly too spooked to attempt to watch another movie. instead, he finds a bench and settles on it, letting his heart slowly stop hammering in his chest. he's been around a long time, and while it's been centuries since he's been used much on the battlefield, even so, he's not easily unsettled. but why would anyone glorify such senseless butchering? and what happened to decency? he's not certain something like that would even be shown in the lowliest brothel in the red light district.

when he's feeling a little better, he does find himself trying the popcorn, though, expression lighting up with startled pleasure at the taste. it's certainly.. different, but no stranger than some of the things the saniwa has introduced them to. ]

This is delightful. [ he tilts the bag toward himself, peering into it curiously. ] How is it made..? Perhaps Sayo would like it..


other;
[ or hit me with your best shot? ]

ticket booths;

[deontology]

[You look traditional, my good sir--if...very pink.... but sousei knows that traditional people have to be warned about the Modern Perils of this place.

So he steps closer, crossing his arms and looking at the options, before sighing vaguely.]

It will be a waste of both time and money.

[Sousei, on the other hand, is dressed in modern western wear nowadays--but he's got his very old, very Japanese sword at his side, at least.]