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Steven with a Marc ([personal profile] latersgators) wrote in [community profile] come_sailaway2022-12-05 02:03 pm

Country roads, take me home

Who: Steven Grant and open - start your own subthreads and stuff
What: Studio Ghibli movie night
Where: Cabin 135
When: early December
Warnings: none so far

After subjecting Marc and Maeve to Ghibli nights, Steven has widened his circle of suffering to include a few other people. What was going to be 'come over and watch My Neighbour Totoro?' became a proper whole evening at Steven and Marc's cabin. They spent the afternoon tidying up the room, returning a bunch of library books and keeping the rest of his stash in a corner on the other side of the bed. Clean laundry put away, a small load of dirty clothes taken down to the wash. The ankle cuff and bungee cord is stashed away in the cupboard alongside their small emergency hoard of water, snacks and food in case they have to lock themselves in their cabin one day for weeks on end. Bathroom tidied up as well, with extra toilet paper stacked on top of the cistern in anticipation of several guests.

The cabin is still small in spite of their cleanup efforts, and Steven insists on having some snacks available, so for savoury options there's baby carrots and celery sticks with hummus dip, potato skins, kumara fries and cassava chips, and mango sticky rice and pan fried cinnamon bananas for something sweet. It's not exactly going to be the healthiest night in terms of food, but half a dozen people sitting knee to knee in a claustrophobic little cabin crying at children's anime is surely going to make up for that and be healthy for all of them.

The programme for the night is Steven's Studio Ghibli box set, although he only has one DVD player and one television so they need to pick their movies wisely since they'll only be able to watch two or three. They're always welcome to come back next time to watch more. Steven's recommending more Kiki's Delivery Service and Princess Mononoke, and less Grave of the Fireflies and When Marnie Was There. They don't really want to be crying into their bowl of vegan snacks every 15 minutes...
konpeito_aji: (gaze)

[personal profile] konpeito_aji 2022-12-11 09:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Nobunaga just gently pats her head. Good wolf. It'll be okay. He understands completely though!

"Have you ever seen 'Velocipastor?' You should come watch it with Klaus and I. It is about a religious man who turns into a dinosaur. But very funny instead of heartbreaking and beautiful."
actuallyawolf: (disbelief)

[personal profile] actuallyawolf 2022-12-12 03:58 am (UTC)(link)
She sniffs, and wipes her nose on her sleeve.

"This is the first... story like this I've seen. It's called a movie. I'm glad there are funny ones, too."
konpeito_aji: (That's how it is)

[personal profile] konpeito_aji 2022-12-12 08:38 am (UTC)(link)
"These are cartoons, I'm told," Nobunaga nods solemnly and looks around for the tissues. Someone mentioned having them. "But Velocipastor is a 'so bad it's funny' type. Japan, my homelands, are much more prone to ghost stories and tragic beautiful things. The Atsumori I know by heart, and it's rather soul-crushing." Good thing they aren't breaking out Grave of the Fireflies or Nobunaga would be broken too.

He sucks so much at being comforting though. He knows how she feels, but the right thing to say? Maybe there isn't anything. After all, crying is still at least acknowledging the emotions there to get stronger from them. "I like San's brothers," quietly. "A good family."
actuallyawolf: (Default)

[personal profile] actuallyawolf 2022-12-13 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah," she says. "I like them too. They remind me a little--well. I had a lot of brothers and sisters. Wolves are good families to grow up in. Not that I guess I have much to compare it to."

Ylva lifts her collar a little and wipes her eyes on the inside of her shirt.
konpeito_aji: (Hawk)

[personal profile] konpeito_aji 2022-12-14 12:44 am (UTC)(link)
A soft grin. "Beats mine. I think I would have liked it. If I could reincarnate, a wolf might be nice. Although Moro is a little scarier than Amaterasu." More headpats, ready to guard her from view if she ever feels the need. "I know the spirituality is Japanese, but I don't know if the nature themes are true of all of Earth or not. I hope so. But I don't even know who I could ask. Even the Americans and Canadians wouldn't know enough to say, I suspect."