OOM: Movie Time

[dovelike]

The room that Bar has offered to Eirene for her stay is small. But, barring that and the trouble that she has with small spaces, it's nicely appointed. The walls and ceiling are a pale blue, offsetting the dark blue bed in one corner. Opposite that is the small television/dvd player combo and a desk large enough to paint on.

Small, but comfortable.

Eirene dumps her things on the table. "Feel free to make yourself comfortable," she offers before vanishing into the bathroom to clean up the paint.

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[eirenikos]

Clark's touch is soothing on a basic level, promoting healing instead of harm, so she leaves her head where it is and watches the lion cub grow up -- as a vegetarian, no less. This strikes her as intimately funny, resulting in a quiet round of giggling.

So, too, does the meerkat's motto. "I'm gonna find a tee shirt with Hakuna Matata on it," Eirene murmurs after the big song and dance routine, idly stroking her hand up and down his calf.

[hero_farmboy]

That's a little distracting, but beyond stilling briefly when she starts, Clark tries not to make any indication he might prefer if she stopped.

"I'm sure you could get one from the bar easily enough."

[eirenikos]

Eirene would stop immediately if Clark asked her to, but since he doesn't, she continues the idle caress until Simba reunites with Nala and returns to face that despicable uncle of his.

During which Eirene all but freezes in place as her new favorite animated lion almost dies, but manages to triump in the end.

She may also be sniffling happily at that point.

[hero_farmboy]

With the credits now rolling, Clark hits the stop button on the remote. "I take it you liked that one, too?"

[eirenikos]

Eirene nods happily. "I did, yeah." She's female. Of course she likes Disney movies. Talking animals, for the most part, are very cool.

[hero_farmboy]

"Good," he smiles back. "So, what's next? Another movie or something else?"

[eirenikos]

"Did you have anything in mind?" She tilts her head back to look up at him.

[hero_farmboy]

He shrugs. "Nothing in particular. Whatever you want, really."

[eirenikos]

Eirene bites down on her bottom lip, debating on the choices she has. "I know I said I wanted you to stay, Clark, but I ... I don't want to have kept you from something important in your own world. Am I?"

She may be feeling a little guilty.

[hero_farmboy]

"Like I said, time isn't moving for me outside, so anything I need to do can get done whenever I go back," he replies. "So don't worry about it, okay?"

[eirenikos]

"Okay." It takes under a minute for her to study the remaining movies and pick one via 'eeny meeny miney moe'. "Underworld it is." This time, she manages to get the disc into the player without pinching her fingers.

Of course, Eirene could be assuming it's a Greek-based movie.

[hero_farmboy]

It's one Clark isn't familiar with and given the company, and some of the other movies selections she was given, it wouldn't surprise him if it was mythology based either.

Oh, how wrong they both are.

Clark hands her the remote. "Your turn."

[eirenikos]

Settling back against the chair legs, Eirene concentrates on remembering which buttons get her to the menu screen, and the one that makes the movie play. It is, after two false tries, deceptively simple.

The credits are confusing, really, because that doesn't look like Hades' realm. Ten minutes into it, and she's staring at the television with an open mouth.

"Lamia..." she whispers.

[hero_farmboy]

Ten minutes into it, Clark is intrigued. Because he's a guy and therefore has heard the siren call of the action movie. It almost hasn't registered that Eirene's said anything.

"Lamia?"

[eirenikos]

Eirene isn't quite as thrilled as Clark, mainly because it is an action movie, but she's intrigued despite herself.

"Vampire," she answers absently, though the Lamia of her world bears only superficial relations to the creatures onscreen.

[hero_farmboy]

"Oh." Right. They do appear to be vampires. Clark was distracted by the shooting and the fighting.

"Vampires aren't all that much fun, but they kind of work here."

[eirenikos]

"They do."

Eirene settles to watch the rest of the movie, finding the violence oddly cathartic.