glacial_queen | Room 204, Sunday Afternoon

It was sad being stuck in sweaters and sweatshirts again--and right now Karla was wearing both because it was cold, dammit--but it wasn't like there was nothing to do in Fandom. Just because they were no longer in Hawaii didn't mean they couldn't keep themselves entertained.

...It just all had to be inside. And not on the beach. And probably wouldn't involve brightly colored drinks decorated with cute plastic animals and tiny umbrellas.

Instead, Karla had decided that the boyos were going to host another movie night. Rather than let Ender choose the film, she'd grabbed one about a snake and a magical cup or something. She hadn't really been paying attention. Actually, she was planning to use it for background noise while she and Ben bitched about Ender's tan and she laughed at Ben for getting his face stuck to the table that one time.

"Kiss kiss!" she called, poking her head through the door. "I'm bored, so guess what! We're hanging out today!"

Weren't they so lucky?

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Ender, being the only person in the room not a) in hysterics or b) yelling, sighed.

"I'm sure someone has told you that Arthur's a bit of a legend in our time," he said. "And a favorite topic for movies."

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"I don't remember his fondness for coconuts," Ben offered with a smile. "So this is a historical-ish film, like the Jesus one?"

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glacial_queen

"Humph." Karla was just going to eat her chips and glare at the screen. And root for the eye-monster and the rabbit, when they got to those scenes.

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"It's a comedy," Ender supplied. "I was trying to tell you that I'm pretty sure Monty Python is a famous comedy troupe."

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"Good," Ben said, grinning a bit at the screen. "Because I'm pretty sure I was going to be laughing anyway. It's nice to not be rude."

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"Where's Merlin?" Karla asked, suddenly. If she had to watch this movie about Arthur, at least she would get to see her friend, too. "This time, if you try to argue with me that the movie is all about the different kind of love and friendship or whatever you said about Jesus and Judas, Ender, I am going to laugh."

Mango. Lube. 'Nuff said.

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Ender held up his hands. "I haven't seen this movie before," he said, "and I really don't want to think about it."

No, seriously. ~~Neither of them were his type.~~

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"As long as it's not with Arthur and the guy with coconuts, I'm fine," Ben said helpfully.

"...that's not supposed to be Merlin, right?"

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glacial_queen

"It had better not be," Karla grumbled. "...What's an anarcho-syndicalist commune anyway?"

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"A group of people without a government where everything is run through unions," Ender said, stealing another... two chips.

Oh yeah.

"But I don't think that's Merlin."

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Live the teenage dream, Ender.

"Because of the coconuts?" Ben said, nodding oh-so-wisely. "I kind of like the minstrels, though."

And if they showed up in Fandom, it would be all Ben's fault.

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That would be utterly hilarious. Karla would laugh, just as soon as she was done murdering him.

"Plus, his name is Patsy," Karla said with a nod. "Not Merlin. What kind of unions?"

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"Labour unions," Ender said, eating his chips. "I think this is from the 70s, too, though." He could tell by all the political arguing.

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momslilassassin

"So it's a movie written in the 70s about guy who lived a few hundred years ago who galloped around the countryside looking for a cup," Ben summarized. "I love this planet."

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glacial_queen

"Which is different from the other movie written in the 70s about a guy who lived a few hundred years ago who walked around the countryside promising a place in heaven," Karla added. "What's a holy grail anyway?"

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"Also known as the Cup of Christ," Ender filled in. "A holy relic supposedly used by Christ at the Last Supper. According to legend, miracles could be performed with it. The quest to find it is a big part of Arthurian legend."

Thank you, mr. Engineering Is Okay But I Prefer Anthropology.

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"I suppose telling King Coconut to call up Mr. Pajamas and ask where he left it last would be stupid," Ben commented. "Jesus would probably blame Judas for running off with it anyway."

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glacial_queen

"Judas would argue he got it in the divorce," Karla muttered not-quite under her breath.

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And there mr. Engineering Is Okay But I Prefer Anthropology would be, sighing. More under his breath than Karla, though.

"They've both been dead for a few hundred years," he volunteered, "and probably don't care much about the Christian king currently ambling through the forest and watching knights beat each other up."

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"Plus talking to a guy who became king because a watery tart threw a sword at him is probably beneath his dignity," Ben added.

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"Look," Karla retorted, "strange women, lying in ponds, distributing swords, isn't all that much weirder than some of the other options people have."

Eldest son of the current ruler? Highly inefficient!

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"And to think, legend says he's supposed to come back some day," Ender said, deciding to step into the line of mockery, rather than sighing at it. "I think that's cutting in line in the reincarnation stakes."

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Ben laughed. "Wonder if they meant that someday he'd show up to go to school in the 21st Century? Think of all the disappointed historians."

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glacial_queen

"If they're anything like Drake, they'll mostly just be falling over themselves with a fanboy squee," Karla said with fondness. "I think he got their autographs and everything."