18th Fix

[technohippie]

[This morning, a very large package arrived on the porch of 339 Brady Lane with Quinn's name on it. He looks at it for a moment, but the wonder doesn't last long - he knows exactly what it is. Gleefully, he skips off into the garage and runs back out with a hammer to pry the huge box apart. Inside is a massive flat screen TV, 60 inches long. Anyone inside the house or nearby can see this, and hear him exclaim with you upon seeing it. You might even find him just standing there with his hand on it, silently, happily.


Later, in the garage, you'll find him with it all set up, a few more chairs added for viewing pleasure, the laptop hooked in and playing movies. If he's not watching anything, you might find him just standing there with his hand on it, silent and smiling. This would probably look creepy to anyone who doesn't know he can talk to machines.]


[PHONE CALL: open, filtered from drones:]

Hey! Anyone out there interested in watchin' some movies, we can finally move off my dinky laptop and watch 'em on a WAY better screen! And I got a better collection by far, anyway. 339 Brady Lane - bring a chair and some popcorn, and come any time. I'll be out here all day.




Um. Hey. Look, I have no idea if ya even wanna talk to me, but I'd like the chance, if I could. I'll be in the garage, as usual, if ya do.

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[velesdonnersen.livejournal.com]

[Tarvek finds the comfiest chair he can find, and settles into it. He's an odd mix, in terms of body-language: Victorian prim, ninja-supple, and fanboy excited, because, well -- New, Cool Stuff to Watch! (And new friend, which he's trying harder not to obviously push, but Quinn is someone who seems to get machines and stories, and Quinn is nice, and has Ilsa's recommendation...]

Very good. "Indiana?" This is a name, or a place, or... what?

[techno-mancer.livejournal.com]

[Quinn starts up the movie, feeding it from the laptop to the TV, then flops onto the love seat he pushed from the living room into the garage.]

In this case? A name. I think you're gonna like this, though, it's kinda got everythin' you're askin' for.

[velesdonnersen.livejournal.com]

[Bouncing in chair begins very quickly... Tarvek has good Europan manners, so he doesn't mutter his commentary over each of Indy's choices in South America, but Quinn may figure out he's critting this with great excitement.]

Eeeee! Indiana is a Gentleman Adventurer!

Eeeeee! Snakes! And the flying machine: so wonderful!

[Laughs deeply at the college student with flirtation written on her eyelids, and nods excitedly as the premise of the Lost Ark is set up.]

Oh, yes, Herr Quinn, this is wonderful! Like an adventure from my own world, only... not. But wonderful!

[He hunkers happily with popcorn, images glinting on his (despised) horn rim glasses. (Stupid Mayfield stole his pince-nez, and he still resents it...)]

[techno-mancer.livejournal.com]

Like from your world? Man, ya must come from an exciting place.

[Half the fun of showing off movies in Mayfield is how completely foreign they are to a lot of people here. It was more fun to watch *them* watching it than the movie itself. He can't stop grinning at this guy.]

[velesdonnersen.livejournal.com]

[Don't think he doesn't notice you watching him, Herr Quinn! He's been trained from birth, and he does know he's being studied. But -- Ilsa likes you. And, honestly, he wants and needs more friends in Mayfield, and in this town he can risk his dignity to make friends...rather than sacrificing it entirely to fool enemies. So the worst he gives you is a small smile and a very campy nose-in-the-air harrumph, saying,]

You should know I am quite serious and intellectual, Herr Quinn! [Grins bigger.] But I also love adventure stories. This one is very good.

[Attention returns to screen, and he scowls.] Verdammt Germana. No better in your world than the Baron in mine. Order and control? Pfah. Conquest and occupation, also. The law of conquest only breeds more trouble, in the end.

Go, Indiana! Again!

Oh! More snakes! LOTS more snakes! Poor minion who had to manage all that lot!

[techno-mancer.livejournal.com]

Nothin' says ya can't be smart and enjoy a big dumb movie, too. Entertainment should be just that - entertaining.