26. [ RL with Larsa ]

[areyoulovers]

[ Mileina's waiting outside a Union theater; ever since the elevator collapse, the AEU had become a bit more difficult to get to quickly, so the west coast of the Union had become her preferred port of call. She's wearing a sweater and a short denim skirt with leggings, playing with her phone while she waits for Larsa to appear ]

Comments

[areyoulovers]

[ good thing they've arrived! She taps her phone on the automatic ticket machine, and two pre-ordered tickets are spit out. Isn't future technology amazing? (The phone is under a fake name and routes through a Swiss bank to an address that doesn't actually exist, but hey. Occupational hazard.) ]

Would you like any popcorn, Mr. Larsa? It's an essential part of the moviegoing experience!

[imperializing.livejournal.com]

[LALALALALALA SO OBLIVIOUS. Peering at stuff, getting peered at (what a handsome man!!) and looking around. He might touch things to see what they do - force of FFXII habit.]

Pop ... corn? [HE SOUNDS SO FOREIGN.]

[areyoulovers]

[ Don't worry Mr. Larsa it's a movie theater I don't think you're going to blow anything up by poking at it ] Yes, it's popped corn! And soda as well, and possibly some candy! These are very important movie staples!

[imperializing.livejournal.com]

... [He gives her a blank look.] I will leave it to your judgment, Mileina. [... Just warn him about the games. 8( he's going to get so addicted.]

[areyoulovers]

[ stay away from the blinky lights mr larsa ): She goes off to take care of the snacks, balancing most of them on one of those flimsy cardboard trays they give you ] My supply mission was successful!

[imperializing.livejournal.com]

Oh, please allow me to assist you with that. [He swoops in and grabs some of the snacks with ease.] Direct me and I'll surely follow behind.

[areyoulovers]

Mr. Larsa, you always speak like you're straight out of a fairy tale! [ she leads the way to the theater happily, what a gentleman! ]

[imperializing.livejournal.com]

[... There's a slight blush under his cheeks.] O-Oh nonsense. The men of my family were always taught to be with honor, always.

[areyoulovers]

[ SHE SEES THAT THERE ] Oh, um, I meant... well, that is-- let's hurry and get good seats, Mr. Larsa!!

[imperializing.livejournal.com]

[That's quite odd, that hasn't happened before. He stays back, allowing her to lead him to the theater.] Of course! I trust it is a popular movie?

[areyoulovers]

Yes, although since it's been out for a little while, we shouldn't have any trouble getting seats! [ Indeed, the theater's about half full; she leads him to a spot about halfway up and sits down, arranging the snacks in the various cupholders ]

[imperializing.livejournal.com]

[He hands her the drinks and the snacks before he sits down.



Awkward silence. So silent.]

[areyoulovers]

...Mr. Larsa, you seem a little nervous!

[imperializing.livejournal.com]

Nervous? No, not at all ... [NERVOUS LAUGHTER.]

[areyoulovers]

[ leans forward so as to better jiiiii at him, :T face fully on ] Well, it's only to be expected!

[imperializing.livejournal.com]

O-Oh? [too close, too close, too close!!!!] Why is that?

[areyoulovers]

Because it's your first time in a movie theater, of course! I can see how not knowing the etiquette would distress you! [ she sits back and claps her hands together, satisfied with this deduction!! ]

[imperializing.livejournal.com]

Ah, yes that is exactly it! I know not of what to do ... [candy? is that candy - he's never had that sort before ...]

[areyoulovers]

[ she follows his eyeline, and hands him the box ] Those are called Sno-cones! You can eat a bit now, but make sure you save most of them for the movie!

[imperializing.livejournal.com]

Then I shall abstain from trying them till then. [.... oh. that ended that exchange. An uncomfortable cough as he shifts more in his seat.]

[areyoulovers]

That's what I try to do... but then I always end up eating half the popcorn during the previews!

[imperializing.livejournal.com]

I trust those are for others, correct?

[areyoulovers]

Yes, previews for other movies-- Oh, they're starting now! [ the lights in the theater dim. this may make you more or less nervous larsa ]

[imperializing.livejournal.com]

[... Yes, yes he is. He's trying not to think that this is very awkward to be sitting alone in the dark with a girl ....]

[areyoulovers]

[ she's happily munching away on the candy while watching the previews; they're standard fare-- a space opera about aliens, a children's movie with talking animals, a biopic about a singer-- but they'll probably be quite strange to someone who hasn't seen a movie before ]