watching x-files with no lights on, we're dans la maison

[skald]

Happy 3 AM, fellow Retrospectres who can't/won't sleep because of all the nightmares and ghosts and memory fog and all that (and happy morning to anyone who checks their phone later, I guess)! I'm going to fall asleep if I don't start talking to someone soon and I'm trying to make it until dawn.

IF YOU ARE AWAKE RIGHT NOW, PLEASE WEIGH IN ON SOME/ALL OF THE FOLLOWING TOPICS (or you can message me when you wake up, that's fine too) :

-If this fog thing lasts for much longer, isn't it going to get in the way of Trick-or-Treating? If it rains (/creepy memory fogs) on Halloween, what do little kids (/university students who don't really get to celebrate Halloween in their home countries and would like to) do instead? Do I have to make backup plans or can we start some sort of safety Halloween caravan to protect the little kids (/occasional university students with no cool powers or survival instincts) from the monsters?

-Dave and I made a Finnish-language movie about magic pirates (and some other stuff, lots of symbolism, it's very deep), does anyone want to see it? Here's a trailer: x [this links to a trailer spliced together from this disaster, namely shots of Mafuyu hurling fake severed heads into the distance, Magician's Red looking ominous on camera, someone singing something to the tune of 'A Pirate's Life For Me,' though the accent is so strong it's not identifiable as Finnish, multiple clips from fight scenes, a creepy rabbit mask, and absolutely no subtitles.]

-Completely unrelated: currently taking applications for subtitle and/or scriptwriting positions. Compensation consists of lunch from a taco truck and a couple half-completed customer loyalty cards from various cafes, and you can put it on your CV. Please contact me for additional details.

-What are your top three coffee places in the city, I'm going to try all of them by the end of the month

-Is this better or worse than when half of us disappeared and there were monsters running around in the daytime

-What's the most comfortable lounge to sleep in on the Recolle U campus (during daylight hours, so please no big windows)

-Trick or Treat?

Comments

[thesettingsun]

-If we Trick-or-Treat in large groups, it's safer, even when there isn't creepy fog. I'll go with you if you want.

-It's definitely way too deep for me to understand without subs.

-Can't translate from Finnish, sorry.

-I usually prefer tea, and if I'm having coffee it's a desperation thing and any place will do, even Starbucks.

-Better. No one's at risk of dying, probably?

-Fine Arts building, first floor study room.

-Treat.

[skald]

-Let's go Trick-or-Treating together please!! I am going to be dressed as a pirate. If you also want to dress as a pirate, I have a lot of pirate costumes.

-Thank you.

-Finnish language ability is not a job requirement.

-Let's get coffee together when we go Trick-or-Treating so you can try some good stuff.

-I guess that's true re: the nightmares but I'm pretty sure the fog is going to kill me sometime soon.

-I forgot to check the Fine Arts building.

-Do you think this game is going to give us something cool, like bingo, or is this just a time-waster?

[destiny_key]

i cant answer most of those but

it definitely sounds like a good idea to put togehter some kind of protection for kids who trick or treat!!! its not fair that they shouldnt get to go because of this
i didnt go last year but i went the year before and id feel cheated if i was a kid who didnt get to go trick or treating

also i cant wait to see your movie lol

[You'll see a little happy animation pop up when Sora clicks the 'treat' button for you.]

[skald]

Yeah, I really feel bad for them? I mean I'm an adult but I'm disappointed about the idea of not going out on Halloween. It must be way worse for little kids.

(And thank you! I'm really lucky that so many people stepped up to help. And thank you for the digital candy too!)

Oh my god wait do non-Retrospectres notice the fog? Are they going to let their kids go out on Halloween without knowing how much danger they're in???

[storytelleroftime]

Magic pirates, you say?

If I spoke finish, I'd give that a watch. As a writer myself I am sure I could provide valuable insight. One question though.

Is there a sexy captain and vice captain with vague romantic tension?

[skald]

It's okay, you shouldn't let a language barrier stop you from experiencing the story. [Mostly because there is no story; it's all random lines from Wikipedia and the handful of easy phrases she could get her friends to memorize.] People go and see French films all the time, right?

There are a lot of captains and meaningful looks between them! Both between pirate captains, and between the pirates and the navy who are trying to hunt them down! There are also a lot of rivalries and changing loyalties and betrayals and also lots of severed heads because Noah and Mafuyu were the ones who went out to buy props. There's something for everyone.

[freeskies]

1) The city doesn't seem affected in quite the same way. And I'm sure they've a workaround if they are.

2) Still think I should've sang in English, for all the good it did.

3) I'd consider scriptwriting as a pastime.

4) [attached: 3 decent coffee spots. but he isn't picky]

5) Better.

6) I'm not certain.

7) Didn't we already do this?

This was quite a post for 3 am ramblings.

[skald]

1. I'm just worried!! I want the kids to have a good Halloween and not get eaten by a tentacle monster or whatever.

2. No, the Finnish was very important.

3. Would you like to translate your Finnish back into English?

4. I've been to 1 and 3! They're pretty good. Have you tried this one? [She links to one near 2 that she likes better.]

5. I was kind of expecting people to give more reasoning in their answers, but that's okay.

6. Are you even a university student?

7. Yes, you don't have to do it again. (Can you do it again? I don't know if the app lets you. Either way please don't feel obligated to do it again.)

I'm very sleepy :(

[complementing]

✧ I'm still going trick or treating! In fact I was going to try and get a whole group to go around the neighborhood and at the Towers

✧ I want to see it!

✧ maybe you can try some of the RU international students if you don't get any bites here, they love practicing their English

✧ Expressive is the best for coffee, no competition

✧ better, but only barely

✧ Kirkman Library, second floor, right before you get to the study rooms proper. Nice sofas and beanbags, and not crowded since it's a bit of a trek compared to Takahashi Library, but very worth it if you need a nap

✧ treat!

[skald]

-Oh that would be a good idea! Except can we use the elevators at the towers? I climbed all those stairs once and it was kind of a lot

-I'm going to pick a time to view it then! Do you think it's better to watch it during the day (when people can come and go safely) or at night (so it's something to do)?

-Haha I don't know how many would be able to translate Finnish but can confirm as a fellow international student!

-Expressive is in my top 5

-Is it because no one disappeared yet? That seems like a big factor

-ooh beanbags sound promising

-thank you! I'd offer to give you some too but I know you already have a lot, haha

[frisyr]

-Aren't we too old for trick or treating?

-Yeah!!! I'll be there opening night

-Wait are you making another movie can I be in this one too??

-Updates Bar, Vikah, and Le Corbeau

-No this is worse and I was chased down by a mad scientist trying to turn me into a peacock

-I can lend you my eye mask!

-Treat!!!

[skald]

-I don't think so! Everyone is so into Halloween here that I figured it's worth a shot

-Technically there was a special roommates-only screening but you can be there for the wide release!

-Not exactly bUt if I do make another movie you can be in it

-I know two of those but I've never been to Vikah, where's that

-I'm glad you said that since you're one of the people who disappeared, it makes me feel less bad about complaining about all of this if you agree

-Do you have a silly eyemask or is it a plain one

-Yay you can ask me if you want

[mincingminuet]

-I think a safety caravan is a smart idea. I can help if it comes to that.

-I'd love to see your movie. This looks great. Mafuyu is a treasure.

-I can also help with subs. I've coded a few. Get in touch with me sometime and we can talk.

-Top 3 coffee houses is hard. My favorite is this hole in the wall on Blossom. All set up like a ship, teak floors and everything. Called the Blossom Street Cove.

-Top floor of the library. Snag a study room with a couch on the south side, trees cover the windows.

-Trick me.

[skald]

-Thank you! I know there are a lot of people around here with cool magic/abilities that could be useful, I am just not one of them

-I'm going to try to figure out a time and place to screen it! Mafuyu ended up writing about half of it (by writing I mean making it up as we went along) so it's... basically the trailer for an hour and a half.

-Thank you! I will! Probably in the morning, haha

-Blossom sounds great and like we should have filmed there for our movie, I will also check that out in the morning

-Actually why don't we talk about subtitling the movie at Blossom

[Her retrospec theme changes to a really garish bright pink on orange, fucking terrible.]

[goen]

Are your nightmares that bad

[ yeah he's ignoring all of her questions ]

[skald]

I just get stupid stress things but other people get really bad ones

They don't seem to happen as much when the sun's up so I just have to make it until then!

[lalliho]

please stay inside

[HE'S SAYING PLEASE.............]

[skald]

My shift doesn't end until after dark

Oh did I tell you I got promoted!

[anguinous]

Why not just stay inside and have a Halloween party?

There's a French cafe named Paul which is good.

[skald]

I guess that works for me/any other university students in a similar position but that sounds really disappointing if you're a little kid.

Ooh I don't know Paul! I'll check it out (probably tomorrow at this rate)

[usurpers]

go to sleep

[skald]

I can't

See above re: nightmares etc

[parodeity]

1 id join in a caravan but good fucking point
do the normals even care about this
maybe it doesnt do shit to them because they all seem mostly fine

2 everyone should want to see it

3 we should make more movies

4 i like the good bean and im a lame ass who sticks to what i know

5 worse

6 i like the one in the history wing

7 treat

[skald]

1. If it was like the monsters, where they just thought it was normal and not a big deal, I think it would maybe be okay? But if they don't notice it at all I'd be really worried about something bad happening as collateral damage or something like that.

2. Sorry, that was a silly question.

3. Yes please! Maybe slightly more of a script next time though.

4. Good Bean is pretty good so that's okay. But there's so many good coffee places around town!! You should try more sometime

5. Emil said worse too. A lot of people said this was better because no one disappeared this time, but if you guys think it's worse... idk maybe it's because you knew where you were, and we didn't?

6. I like that one but the professor who teaches next door during my free period is really really loud.

7. Thank you! Do you want to ask me in exchange?

[evidentiary]

I didn't realize we were going to be showing it to the public.

(Treat.)

[skald]

Oh, sorry, is that a problem? I thought it turned out really good and I wanted to share!

[please don't say it's a problem, her scenes are vital to the storyline]

[vendettastool]

1 - Don't underestimate the power of people wanting to snag free goodies no matter what their ages
2 - Thanks for the laugh
3 - Sorry, I can't help you there
4 - I don't have a top three, usually it's whatever my PA brings me, the stuff from work's coffee machine or the bakery down the street
5 - At least we are in contact with each other and not missing people who were lost into nowhere
6 - I've never been there so I can't help you out
7 - Treat

[skald]

1. I want to snag free goodies! But I also don't want to get killed by some sort of weird fog illusion thing. It's hard to balance them.

2. There's more in the full movie!

4. Okay but you have to prefer the bakery down the street to the stuff from your work coffee machine, right? Unless you have a really really good machine in which case please tell me where you work

5. Out of curiosity, did you disappear or were you in the city like normal? I'm testing a theory

3, 6, 7. Thank you/no worries, as appropriate!

[prometheanflame]

[He answers when he wakes up at a reasonable hour.]

Firstly - I look back on my life choices and wonder what possessed me to put myself in that movie. [Because you wanted to help and didn't think how people would perceive you.] Secondly - I don't do trick-or-treating, but if you really want to go, I can provide some protection.





There's a small Egyptian cafe near the museum that I go to. We can go there after my shift ends. The best place to nap is the Master's Student lounge on the second floor of the history building. Number code is 7-2-3-1.

[And he sends some cute app licorice]

[skald]

[She responds back alarmingly quickly, considering how late she was awake according to the timestamps of the post.]

You put yourself in the movie because you're a good friend with the ability to summon a firebird and you knew I was in a rough spot! And I'm very very grateful for your help.

I'd love to go to the cafe with you! I'd also love to go trick-or-treating with you! And most of all, I love love love love love love the code to the lounge omg that's so perfect thank you so much you're a life saver

[grimdeity]

- Really, the fog and the monsters both add to the Halloween atmosphere. It's perfect weather for going to strangers' houses and begging for free candy.

- An interesting trailer. I'm interested in seeing the final production, I do love symbolism. And my brother is involved, so I automatically have to care.

- I'm more of a novelist, but I can offer my services as an editor?

- Tea.

- Wasn't "aware" for that debacle, but I'll say better since forgetting I have a twin brother was awfully unnerving.

- None of them at all. Too busy.

- Treat.

[skald]

-That's true! But I kind of prefer a Halloween atmosphere that wouldn't actually hurt me and/or a bunch of normal school children?

-I would not say no to a novelist if you wanted to write a story based on an existing dialogue-less film. Hypothetically.

-I'm really more of a coffee drinker but I don't mind trying tea if you have a good recommendation!

-Wild guess, but are you Dave's sister? He's the only one I know of who disappeared and whose family history I don't know who was in the movie. If that's the case, I'm sorry in advance if we did anything embarrassing and please don't look too hard for the symbolism.

-And thank you for the candy.