Petal 03 -- Open to Action

[shylyintrepid]

[When the feed starts, Jehan is clearly not in his cabin. He's down by the shore.

And he's been crying. His voice is hoarse and when he speaks, his accent is a bit thicker than usual]

If...if anyone else knew Zane, son of Venus, he...

[He wants to say "died". Died would be so much easier than the truth]

He was a...he was an agent of the Red Room. This entire time. He...he was here to spy on us.

[And he cuts the IM. As he does, you can see him break down yet again. It's going to be a long time before he recovers from this heartbreak]

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[angeliaforos]

[He already knows, and he shrugs.]

I'm still not seeing a problem here.

[shylyintrepid]

We have to set an example.

[Really, he doesn't care. He just has to protest]

[angeliaforos]

I set an example all the time.

[No, Gabriel, you don't. You have no siblings to look out for.]

Besides, you're doing a hell of a job with Naomi. I don't see why you can't cut loose a bit.

[shylyintrepid]

True...

[He sighs]

Think it'll help?

[angeliaforos]

Dude, of course it'll help. We're all wound pretty damn tight right now, okay?

[He doesn't say it, not directly, but that includes himself.]

[shylyintrepid]

We are.

[He sighs]

We need a...a spa day. Or an invasion of cute things. Or both.

[angeliaforos]

A what?

I was thinking...

[He looks up in the air, almost-scheming.]

We have to figure out how to play movies here. I don't know how it would work. Maybe we talk to Chiron, IM somebody back home, have them play it over the IM and hope nobody walks through the rainbow.

[shylyintrepid]

Mama goes on them when Father is being a dick and I'm at camp.

[He listens to Gabriel's idea]

Or we could just ask for a projector and some blu-rays.

[angeliaforos]

[It's funny to hear Jehan cursing in English, especially in that accent of his. He kind of likes it, wants to get him to do it more.

This is quite possibly the worst person anyone could have picked to be a counselor.]

I don't think technology works the same way in here as it does out there. Except for those Hecate kids, but they have really bad taste in TV.

[Seriously, Cash Cab?

They could do better. Come on, Legends of the Hidden Temple or Double Dare.]

[shylyintrepid]

Get Leo and Dany to make one that works. Get the Hecate kids to charm it, or one of the Egyptians. We could make one work, I think.

[angeliaforos]

Okay, you can talk to Daenerys about that one, because that girl? Kind of weird. She looks at you - it's like she can see into your soul. Creepy.

[He does like Leo, though, and Natalie, he's heard, is good with charms.]

Have any particular movies in mind?

[shylyintrepid]

Dany's not weird.

[Because she's not]

Disney, for sure. Silly action movies. Legally Blonde.

this is inspired by tonks and gabe over at the tdm ok

[angeliaforos]

Clearly, you haven't spent much time with her, then.

[He shakes his head.]

The Lion King could work, y'know. I have never met a single person on the planet who does not like the Lion King.

XDd

[shylyintrepid]

That's because The Lion King is the best Disney movie of the early nineties.

[angeliaforos]

Hell fucking yes it is. Right up there with Mulan.

[Seriously, if there was a Disney Princess Gabriel would want to date? It'd be her, no questions asked.

Or Ariel. Nereids were cute, after all, and they're a little like merpeople...]

[shylyintrepid]

I like Beauty and the Beast a bit more than Mulan, but Shang? Shang was fanservice before we needed fanservice. [Thoughtfully:] He may have been my first movie crush. Him or Dmitri.

[angeliaforos]

Tell me about it. Jasmine, too - and Aladdin. You do not make a character walk around with only a vest and pants on for half a movie and not expect people to stare.

[He makes a face.]

What the hell is a Dmitri?

[shylyintrepid]

Uh, Fox's Anastasia?

[angeliaforos]

Never heard of that one.

[shylyintrepid]

[He gapes]

We need a projector and movies right now. You need to see that movie.

[angeliaforos]

Then I need to figure out something you haven't seen that you need to remedy right away.

[shylyintrepid]

Most American movies? I saw Star Wars but didn't like it.

[This is a wonderful conversation to distract him with.]

[angeliaforos]

[He closes his eyes, turning away from Jehan.]

Dude, I can't even look at you right now.

[shylyintrepid]

I'm not a sci-fi person! It's all silly to me! I loved Lord of the Rings, though.

[angeliaforos]

You're silly. Han Solo is, hands fucking down, one of the coolest characters in film to this day.

[He's still not looking at Jehan.]

Right next to Marty McFly.