"Beats me." Roman shoved an entire handful of mixed candy into his mouth. "Schiensh I gueff."
Welcome 2 the future, Ed.
The demon looked around the library and chewed thoughtfully. He had a whole world to show this 'minotaur' guy. There was a VHS section to this library. He wondered if they had any good horror movies. Only fitting for Halloween after all! He grabbed up a beer and washed down the godawful tootsieroll, jollyracher, and smarties combo.
Ed looks up at Roman and gives him an evil eye for five solid seconds in stony silence.
Just science. What do they teach kids these days?
Mention of a movie makes him perk up, though. "Huh? Sure, but I haven't really helped to get a projector going...ever, really." Sure, Ryslig had TVs but you couldn't choose what was playing other than flopping between channels. VHS was a long ways off for him.
He started laughing and promptly choked on his candy. After thumping a fist against his chest he swallowed and blinked away tears so that he could laugh properly.
"Wow, you really are from a different world! Wait here!"
Roman abandoned his ill-gotten gains and scampered away into the darkness. There was a second room closed off with a lock but locks didn't mean anything when you had deceitful magic. He opened it with ease and ducked into the computer room. IBM monoliths stood in silence as he fumbled around the jungle of cords. Soon enough here came Roman pushing a towering trolley with an old analogue TV heavy enough to kill a child balanced on top of it. On the shelf below was a VCR. He then proceeded to make a big show out of hooking it up.
"Now! What are you in the mood for? Serial killers? Ghosts? Monsters?"
Ed frowns like the grumpy old grandpa he pretends to be, and raises an eyebrow when Roman goes scampering off again. Getting up to go and drag the candy bag over, he's settled with a few Hershey bars and is frowning in puzzlement over a pack of Nerds when the noodle demon returns with the Tower of the Substitute Teacher.
Huh, so they got movies into something the TVs could use now? That's pretty nifty. "Huh...how about a monster one, I could use a good laugh about now." Serial killers would just remind him of his old work, and ghosts are just...no.
He flashed Ed another grin and disappeared into the shelves. Once he came back he was tugging the cover off of a small black rectangle with two holes in it. He popped it in and turned the TV on. It screamed static at them for a good twelve seconds before cutting to black. Roman sat down and tugged the candy bag back over and popped open one of the beers.
And that is when John Carpenter's The Thing began.
Ed yelps and claps his hands over his ears with a wince, glaring at the TV once it stops. He manages to nab a few more pieces of candy before he pops open a can as well and settles in to watch with a faint smirk. Hell, he's seen the excuses for 'monster' movies people make before, this is gonna be hilarious.
As soon as the first horrendous abomination appears on screen Ed feels his stomach drop out. He has made a mistake, oh God.
Roman kicked back and continued shoveling high fructose corn syrup into his face. He'd seen this movie several times and mouthed along with a few of the lines. However, when chaos broke out on the little isolated base, Roman grinned and looked over to Ed to see how he was enjoying it.
It's an automatic response--Ed's tail flops back and forth anxiously, and his ears are pinned back against his head. He actually looks like he might puke.
"Just wasn't expecting, uh. Effects like that, h-heh."
"You got it!" Roman took care to turn off the first video before rushing off to find another. When he came back, he was walking with a proud trot, his hooves clicking loudly on the floor. "You'll love this one! I've loved it since...well probably forever. It's got a stuid t-title but I promise it's so good!"
The Thing was exchanged for The Little Mermaid.
Roman rejoined Ed by his side and offered him an apology twizzlers.
Ed can't help an amused half-grin watching Roman run off again--he's got a lot of energy! He's relaxed a bit now that the creepy bad memories movie is out, and he accepts the Twizzler with a soft laugh.
He chuckles again seeing the name of the movie come up on the TV. "Mermaids, really? You met any before?"
"Mermaids aren't real," said the demon to the minotaur.
The screen was filled with flashy previews of movies that were going to be re-released onto VHS because Disney just fucking does that and finally they were treated to a view of the ocean, a ship, and a colorful party taking place aboard it.
Roman couldn't help himself. A small, nostalgic smile crossed his face and he was even momentarily distracted from their candy and booze hoard.
Ed laughs, shaking his head. "Maybe not here, they aren't." Expand your mind a little, dude!
Ed cocks an ear up and watches with a surprised interest. This isn't anything like the animated shorts he's seen once or twice, and he grins a little bit watching Ariel swoon over the prince. Yeah, this is definitely a story for little kids, but at least it's cute.
Once Roman was sure Ed isn't going to have some Jamaican crab-related trauma crop up, he returned to his snacking. He occasionally piped up to give off some random trivia about the movie or something that happened to him related to it when he was little.
And of course he dramatically lip-synced along with Poor Unfortunate souls. After that though, he wound down and continued cramming goodies into his face until he finished every last one and passed out against Ed in an ungraceful heap.
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Welcome 2 the future, Ed.
The demon looked around the library and chewed thoughtfully. He had a whole world to show this 'minotaur' guy. There was a VHS section to this library. He wondered if they had any good horror movies. Only fitting for Halloween after all! He grabbed up a beer and washed down the godawful tootsieroll, jollyracher, and smarties combo.
"You wanna see if I c-can get us a movie going?"
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Just science. What do they teach kids these days?
Mention of a movie makes him perk up, though. "Huh? Sure, but I haven't really helped to get a projector going...ever, really." Sure, Ryslig had TVs but you couldn't choose what was playing other than flopping between channels. VHS was a long ways off for him.
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"Proghjukhtor?"
He started laughing and promptly choked on his candy. After thumping a fist against his chest he swallowed and blinked away tears so that he could laugh properly.
"Wow, you really are from a different world! Wait here!"
Roman abandoned his ill-gotten gains and scampered away into the darkness. There was a second room closed off with a lock but locks didn't mean anything when you had deceitful magic. He opened it with ease and ducked into the computer room. IBM monoliths stood in silence as he fumbled around the jungle of cords. Soon enough here came Roman pushing a towering trolley with an old analogue TV heavy enough to kill a child balanced on top of it. On the shelf below was a VCR. He then proceeded to make a big show out of hooking it up.
"Now! What are you in the mood for? Serial killers? Ghosts? Monsters?"
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Huh, so they got movies into something the TVs could use now? That's pretty nifty. "Huh...how about a monster one, I could use a good laugh about now." Serial killers would just remind him of his old work, and ghosts are just...no.
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He flashed Ed another grin and disappeared into the shelves. Once he came back he was tugging the cover off of a small black rectangle with two holes in it. He popped it in and turned the TV on. It screamed static at them for a good twelve seconds before cutting to black. Roman sat down and tugged the candy bag back over and popped open one of the beers.
And that is when John Carpenter's The Thing began.
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As soon as the first horrendous abomination appears on screen Ed feels his stomach drop out. He has made a mistake, oh God.
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From the looks of it: not at all.
Like negative points of enjoyment.
"Hey...you okay?"
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It's an automatic response--Ed's tail flops back and forth anxiously, and his ears are pinned back against his head. He actually looks like he might puke.
"Just wasn't expecting, uh. Effects like that, h-heh."
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"Hey...hey. You wanna watch something else? They actually have my favorite movie here and I haven't watched it in like. Four months."
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--yeah, no, different movie needs to happen now. "If you wanna watch that one, I'm fine with it."
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The Thing was exchanged for The Little Mermaid.
Roman rejoined Ed by his side and offered him an apology twizzlers.
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He chuckles again seeing the name of the movie come up on the TV. "Mermaids, really? You met any before?"
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"Mermaids aren't real," said the demon to the minotaur.
The screen was filled with flashy previews of movies that were going to be re-released onto VHS because Disney just fucking does that and finally they were treated to a view of the ocean, a ship, and a colorful party taking place aboard it.
Roman couldn't help himself. A small, nostalgic smile crossed his face and he was even momentarily distracted from their candy and booze hoard.
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Ed cocks an ear up and watches with a surprised interest. This isn't anything like the animated shorts he's seen once or twice, and he grins a little bit watching Ariel swoon over the prince. Yeah, this is definitely a story for little kids, but at least it's cute.
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And of course he dramatically lip-synced along with Poor Unfortunate souls. After that though, he wound down and continued cramming goodies into his face until he finished every last one and passed out against Ed in an ungraceful heap.