i don't want to survive, i want to live

[mermaidcursed]

Who: Yes
What: Movie Night + Slumber Party 
When: 9/11, Saturday Evening
Where: Dorm Common Room 
Warnings: A ridiculous amount of Fluff, probably

( it starts out small. a need for comfort food, and a need for something heartfelt but silly and fun, something genuine and kind. ... and, well, she did find a weird. bootleg vhs set of her favorite movie series, hamster space wars. but the dorm is only barely furnished- and it's not like they can just go out and buy a tv or anything. honestly she completely doubts there's even anything beyond the woods. but she remembers a teacher playing the thing and other stuff in the first month of all of this. 

it's so long ago...

but there's a television and a vhs player in the school. and nene... nene's tired and sad and is currently out of fucks to give, so at some point in the day, after everyone else has left, nene has returned to the school and, uh. "borrowed" both things. it's fine. they just have to get it back in by sunday evening. don't worry about it. like, it's definitely heavy but she's a tough cookie who tills soil and everything, and also sara and noah both witnessed everything and are accomplices by default, so they had to help carry things too. 

(they were completely happy to help on both accounts, she asked very nicely.) 

so the "borrowed" television is set up across from one of the larger couches, and the vhs on top of it. she had cookies in the oven, donuts and hot chocolate made and popcorn popped. the common room paintings are covered with sheets of cloth. all that was left was something cozy- but at this point, nene's made so many little cushions and blankets and even cozy pjs that that's super easy. all that was left was letting anyone who wanted to come know too. so at some point in the halls, nene walks down calling out: )

Cartoons in the common room! Bring blankets and stuff! 

( and, so everyone knows what their characters are getting into: hamster space wars is a movie series about different factions of hamsters that have been trying for cross planetary peace for ages now, with a villainous faction having sabotaged the final negotiations so they can control the war from the shadows to make the most money and also get the most seeds (Very Decadent). the first movie follows the main hamster and his little group trying to escape the villains after having witnessed the sabotage, and are trying to avoid assassination and end the war for good. the sequels follow allied factions, with hamster galactic wars being the Thrilling Conclusion. 

it's heartfelt. it's silly. it's very cute. nene loves it. )

Comments

[adsum]

[ damn, should've gotten her excited about golf so she'd buy a club ]

I've never played that... I've never had anybody to turn the rope for me. Oh! But I can do criss-crosses!

[closewithnewintown]

You never...

[pauses, thinking]

Well, um... If you can find a fence, you can tie the rope to the post! That's what me and Trixie do when the boys don't want to skip rope. Sometimes you can't find three people! So, we could do it with just us two.

[because she's teaching him double dutch now that's gonna happen.]

[adsum]

[ Don't "well, um" their criss-crossing achievement...

... ]

Okay. Twelve dollars for a skipping rope.

[closewithnewintown]

Deal. And you're gonna come skipping with me after school one day. [that's lagniappe baby]

[adsum]

Thirteen and I'll play with you.

[ pay them to play. harass somebody for another dollar, they know she can ]

[closewithnewintown]

... How about if you ask me to pay you money for a playdate again, I will always call you Stingy, all the time, in front of everybody, and, no, I will not stop, ever, for the rest of our days.

[adsum]

...Fine I won't ask. But know that the offer is always on the table.

[closewithnewintown]

Have you considered that asking people to pay to hang out with you is why you have never played double dutch before?

[truly cannot stress enough how this is a conversation she has had more than once in her life.]

[adsum]

What? No way. They're just scared of losing to me in jump rope.

[closewithnewintown]

You can't buy friends. It doesn't work.

[cannot....... stress...... enough......]

[adsum]

Money buys services, though. Like me playing jump rope.

[closewithnewintown]

... Playing isn't a service. It's just playing. All anybody gets from it is fun, not money.

[adsum]

[ ... ]

I don't have time to play... I have work to do. I shouldn't even be here right now.

[closewithnewintown]

Work is important, but what's the point of working so hard if you don't ever give yourself time to play? What are you even working for?

[adsum]

[ ... ]

Somebody important.

[ I wish I had this icon but looking the other way, I would only ever use these two icons ]

[closewithnewintown]

And would this person want you to be lonely?

[adsum]

[ put it back i was ready to be sad ]

...no. It's not like I'm lonely, though... I've got Yacchi.

[closewithnewintown]

Yacchi? [please be a person and not a rock please be a person]

[adsum]

Yeah, Yacchi!

[ who is... somewhere in between

Steph's just going to have to take that as a win ]

[closewithnewintown]

Is that somebody who's like me, or somebody who's like you? [color or monochrome which set]

[adsum]

Somebody like me! Cuddly and super smart!

[ Compared to... idk what they think of Stephanie. Somebody who doesn't believe in rock sports. Bet Yacchi can find a rock sport. ]

[closewithnewintown]

...

Are they "awake," or are they "asleep?" [physical air quotes]

[adsum]

...

When do you mean?

[ sometimes you're both. depends on the sun. ]

[closewithnewintown]

[thinks]

I don't know, actually! It's just the creepy way people that aren't transfers talk about us, because being cryptic is their trauma response.

[adsum]

Oh. Well. I'm awake right now, and after ten I'll probably be asleep.

[ ... ]

Yacchi's a stuffed animal.