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[prayformefather]

[Luther's sitting at his desk in his cabin, which is a plain looking dorm room. You can't really get a good look at it, but there are two desks, two beds, two bookshelves, all that good stuff, and only one side of the room has been touched at all.

It's strange, sometimes, staying in the dorm room he'd been sharing with Robbie before everything had gone wrong. He's just grateful none of the other teenager's stuff was in here when he arrived.]

I'm sure everyone's sick and tired of people trying to find meaning in what happened, [And he secretly kinda feels like finding meaning in stuff you don't understand is bullshit sort of maybe kind of it's very complicated and involves thinking about things he doesn't want to get into SO MOVING ON.] but all I learned from that is I'm never going to take being warm blooded for granted again.

[That said, he has a way shallower reason for pinging the network today, and he moves on to it quickly, sounding somewhere between amused and bored and generally like a normal slightly petulant seventeen year old.] Does anyone have any movies they'd be cool with lending me? I'm getting kind of tired of watching Minority Report over and over again.

[Private to Doyle]

Thanks, again. Sorry for sneaking up on you like that.

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Private

[fuckingvisions]

No worries, and don't worry about it. Everyone needs a good scare now and then.

[takeyouapart]

Trip left me all his films. I'd be happy to let you borrow some.

[divine_right]

"Movies."

[Ah, now she remembers, during a breach. The young lady playing her knew that word.]

Nothing more productive to do?

[doctor_j_crane]

I see nothing wrong with finding meaning in floods. If anything, I would encourage it.

Private

[prayformefather]

I don't know, I think I'd rather stick to horror movies over having an alligator sneak up on me.

[prayformefather]

Got any recommendations?

[prayformefather]

It's the Barge. Is there anything productive to do here?

[prayformefather]

I think it's bullshit.

[divine_right]

Honing your skills, naturally.

[prayformefather]

Like what?

[divine_right]

What skills do you have?

[prayformefather]

I can write a decent term paper, I speak Latin, I ran a pretty successful business out of my dorm room for a while... That's about it.

[takeyouapart]

I liked the Star Wars films. And the ones with the drawings.

[He means Disney. Surprise surprise, Merlin likes reasonably uncomplicated good vs. evil narratives where nobody has to poison their friends or endanger the lives of small children, set in worlds not full of confusing modern cultural references.]

[peektuttut]

You should watch them with someone. [Take this suggestion Luther. TAKE IT.]

Private

[fuckingvisions]

Horror movies become pretty dull after that I must say. Still it wasn't all that bad.

Ya feelin' better I take it?

[doctor_j_crane]

And why would that be?

Private

[prayformefather]

Yeah. Being able to regulate your own body temperature's a really nice thing.

[prayformefather]

You mean animated movies?

[prayformefather]

Why do you care?

[prayformefather]

You're really great at this whole being subtle thing, aren't you?

kitchen ninja tag >>

[takeyouapart]

I think so. When they're drawings and not real people. Is that what it's called?

Private

[fuckingvisions]

Yeah, the little things we often take for granted. But hey at least your back to normal.

[peektuttut]

Oh good, you got it. I was afraid I was being too subtle.

[doctor_j_crane]

I'm a very curious individual. Humor me.

Private

[prayformefather]

Guess that's the one thing you can count on in this dump.

you're so sneaky

[prayformefather]

Yeah.

[prayformefather]

No thanks.

[prayformefather]

I don't think you ever need to worry about that.

[doctor_j_crane]

Suit yourself.

[peektuttut]

Good to know.

So? Find someone to watch with?

[takeyouapart]

Animated movies, then.

Though I'm probably not a good person to ask since where I'm from there are no movies. Or television. Or electricity.

[prayformefather]

You've seen them here, I figure that's qualification enough.

[Private]

Tim's forcing me into asking someone to watch one with me, so if you've got a free hour and a half...

[prayformefather]

Yeah.

Private

[takeyouapart]

This feels like cheating, a bit.

Private

[prayformefather]

I'm following his orders. I'd offer to lend you one of my movies in exchange, but it kinda sounded like Trip owned basically every movie ever.

Private

[takeyouapart]

It does seem that way, yeah.

...

Alright. I've got an hour and a half free.

Private

[prayformefather]

Thanks. Where do you want to watch it?

Private

[takeyouapart]

One of the common rooms? I'm not fussy.

Private

[prayformefather]

Level three okay with you?

Private

[takeyouapart]

Yeah, that's fine. I'll be there in a minute.

Private

[prayformefather]

Thanks, Merlin.

[peektuttut]

Who? [Tell me about your new friend Luther c:]

[prayformefather]

Merlin.

[peektuttut]

Good, he's a great guy. You'll have fun. [MAKE REAL FRIENDS.]

[prayformefather]

Thanks.