Another Test Drive: Movie Night!

[k39zzz]

The living room has been set up almost like an actual theatre. The couch has been pushed back, chairs have been set around, and a TV is in the middle, attached to a DVD player.

There's popcorn popping, and sodas around for everyone.

Who's up for a movie?

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[timelessinventor]

Helena has claimed one of the chairs and is curled up with a book and some popcorn. Most of the time, she is a bit confused at movies, but she never minds the companionship.

[pitchingcurves]

Pete went to get pizza and ice cream for them all and he's bringing it into the living room when he spots Helena. He gives her a disapproving frown and wags his finger at her. "What the hecky, HG? You don't bring a knife to a gun fight and you don't bring books to a movie!"

[thebettersort]

"Just like you don't bring cells to your brain?" Myka raises an eyebrow at Pete as she follows him into the room, bringing a much more healthy choice of food in her hands - a pasta choice, with a lovely fruit salad an alternative to the ice cream.

[claudiometer]

"You bring books to sitting in the living room by yourself waiting for the movie. Or your laptop."
Claudia grabs some fruit salad. And some pizza. It's totally kosher to mix the two! (Whether it's actually kosher depends on the pizza toppings, but that's another story.)

[notalegacy]

Doug's got himself plopped behind the tv, doing some rewiring to make their tv viewing extra spectacular. He promised to install a surprise on their tv in exchange for the fact they're letting him stay there, and he's following through in full.

"Just gimme two more minutes and then your minds are gonna be blown."

[damncompass]

Joshua comes in from outside, a very grumpy look on his face wearing a suit and his Regent pin. It was one fuck of a meeting.

He leans on of the door jams of the living room with a smirk. "Wait, who's blowing what now?" Uh-oh. It's troll the sister's boyfriend time.

[timelessinventor]

"Pete, darling." Helena sighs deeply. "If there was going to be a gun fight, I would bring a Tesla." She reaches over and takes a piece of pizza, one modern convenience that she most certainly enjoys. "I will put down the book when there is something to watch.

She just smirks at Joshua's comments. Oh dear.

[pitchingcurves]

"Oooh, fruit." Pete gets distracted by food and takes huge helpings of what Myka brought, completely missing the point of alternate choices by having EVERYTHING IN THE ROOM.

Oh, Pete.

[thebettersort]

"Hello, Joshua!" Myka offers him a bright smile in greeting, ignoring Pete's behavior entirely. "You are here just in time to enjoy a movie with us."

He looks pretty grumpy, so maybe it'll help his mood.

[claudiometer]

Claudia rolls her eyes. "Whenever Doug's done performing major surgery on the TV, anyway."
But he did actually successfully upgrade the computers, so she's not actually worried. (The Hugo One incident wasn't his fault, as such.)

[notalegacy]

"Almost done!" Doug's much better at not frelling up now, thank you. It's kinda something you learn trial by error, when you run a company that holds tech that can impact whether or not the world lives.

He futzes around a bit and then comes out from behind the tv, taking off the goggles and gloves he'd been wearing for the project. That... probably isn't what you usually want to see someone wearing when they work on your tv of all things, but.

"Quick, someone name the tv or this isn't going to work."

[damncompass]

Joshua wanders over to the group, smiling at Myka with a shrug. "Sounds good to me, actually. Meetings suck when Theodora's around. At least there's pie." He reaches over her shoulder and steals a bit of cantaloupe.

Looking up, he smiles. "Philo, of course." Hey, it's better than calling yet another thing Rheticus.

[timelessinventor]

"Oh, good one, darling." Helena has spent some time in the Farnsworth aisle as well. "Perhaps one of these days, you will figure out what the stick is up her arse." She's not holding her breath.

[pitchingcurves]

"Maybe if ya douse her in goo, the stick'll turn out to be an artifact and you'll be saved from future bitchy."

Pete hops a bit on his feet, excited to see what the hell could be done to a tv that would require it to be named.

[thebettersort]

Myka heads back into the kitchen and comes back out with Joshua's favourite dessert. "Don't touch this, Pete. This is his reward for dealing with the stress."

[claudiometer]

"She's probably butthurt about something. Do I want to know why the TV needs a name, Doug?"
Because seriously. No really seriously. Meanwhile: Om nom pizza.

[notalegacy]

"I hope so, because you're about to find out." Doug grins and grabs his laptop, typing in a few things before speaking out loud. "Hey, Philo! Welcome to the world of the living!"

He may or may not have converted their tv to an artificial intelligence with access to Eureka's entire video library, aka any video you might want to watch that exists in the world.

No biggy.

[damncompass]

"And here I am, watching the birth of an Artifact." Joshua rolls his eyes. "Who's going to be entering this one later?" He's teasing, mostly.

"Theodora's always butthurt, and as much as I would love to see her covered in goo, Pete, I think that would just make her worse."

He plunks next to Myka and grins. "Myka, I could kiss you right now. Thanks." He then starts on his dessert. Mmm. Actually better than pie.

[timelessinventor]

Helena just smiles, an amused look on her face at Joshua and Myka.

"So, what exactly does that do, Doug?" Helena has never been very fond of AI, so after a moment, she side-eyes the TV with a bit of wariness.

[pitchingcurves]

"Oh, sweet!" Pete grabs a slice of pizza as a chaser to the fruit salad. "Hey, Philo, what up?" He pauses in mid bite. "Wait, does this make Doug our tv's daddy?"

[thebettersort]

Myka stares at the tv with wide eyes, looking startled. "Oh, I really hope he does not act like a typical male. We truly need another of those around here."

[claudiometer]

"We do have some atypical males. Joshua and Jinksy aren't all that typical." And Artie is... Artie.

"Is one of you intending to pick something to watch?"

...Claudia facepalms. "Of course it's a snarky bastard."

[notalegacy]

"Hey, Philo," Doug scolds. "Don't act all ADHDy. People need time to make decisions."

"They also need to approach the topic to begin with."

[damncompass]

"Right, so we have Jarvis the television. This is going to be a trip."

He never facepalms, but he really feels like it right now. "As the person in this room with the highest authority... I delegate the decision to someone the hell else." He leans back in the chair. "I am off the decision-making clock now."

[timelessinventor]

"Well, I have no idea what there even is to watch. I was a statue for most of the time that movies were a thing." She pauses. "And from what I have heard, I do not wish to see anything based on my work."