10402/Bat Night At The Movies

Bat Night At The Movies
Date of Scene:	12 December 2019
Location:	Movie Cineplex 12, West Chelsea Hill
Synopsis:	Carrie, Stephanie, and all the Robins except Dick hit the cinema to watch Sharknado 9: Ninja Sharknado
Cast of Characters:	Spoiler, Red Hood, Red Robin, Robin (Wayne), Carrie Kelley

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Spoiler has posed:
There are still radio stations in 2027, and Stephanie Brown still listens to them sometimes. Of course most of them are streaming over the net, with quite a few not even having a broadcast antennae anymore.

Stephanie was tuned into one such when their contest ran, offering a six pack of movie tickets, food and drinks at the Movie Cineplex 12 in West Chelsea Hill. She may or may not have used her Batgirl suit to auto-dial it and grab all of the lines to make sure she was lucky caller 13 on FM103.7. She'll never tell, and she tried to bribe Babs with a ticket to delete the logs.

However Stephanie won the tickets, she won them. And what's better than free stuff!? So she got ahold of her bestest friends for a showing of Ninja Sharknado 9: Frenzied Fighting Fins. After everyone met up outside the theater, she passed out the tickets and vouchers for the concessions. Now Stephanie wanders into the theater itself, one arm with a big tub of cheeto popcorn it it, and two bags of candy balanced on the top, with a super giant big gulp soda in the other hand, and a hotdog with all the works balancing across the lid of the cup. "Ooo, good crowd," she says as she eyes the seats.

Red Hood has posed:
Jason's always up for free stuff, even if it is Ninja Sharknado 9. He's a few steps behind Steph when she enters the theatre with a medium drink and a small popcorn for himself. He wasn't big on munching his way through films only to have to get up part way through to hit the washroom.

He takes a look around at the crowd, "Wow, guess people really love cheesey flicks," he says before trying to spot a few empty seats to accomodate them all. "Hey, there's some seats over there," he nods to a row were there were five empty seats in a row.

Red Robin has posed:
Tim Drake has found the most caffeinated drink they have, and added cherry syrup to it. He also has plenty of popcorn with candy poured into it. "Well it had to be better than 8, they tried adding samurai piranha, it just made it to unbelievable." He is joking right?

Robin (Wayne) has posed:
     Damian had his arm twisted to come. He had little interest in the movie. I stead he took the opportunity to observe American popular culture. As far as food goes, he simply took a small popcorn, and a soda water. The teen's choice in concessions is probably as far from usual as anyone working the booth had seen. "Apparently cultural appropriation is alive and kicking. Samurai Piranhas, Ninja sharks. A goddamn shark cannot be a ninja." He comments, taking his seat. "Seriously, if one of these sharks starts replacing Rs with Ls, I may lose my shit."

Carrie Kelley has posed:
Free movie and hanging with friends? It didn't sound like such a bad idea, even if the movie itself was likely rather horrible from the sounds of it. Carrie trails along having obtained her own small bag of popcorn and an excessively large drink that they called a 'medium'. "I think this is like a half gallon of soda," she mutters with a little shake of her head. Glancing over to Damian at his complaints she flashes a grin. "Maybe the ninjas are fighting the sharks in the tornado? Honestly it's anyone's guess on this thing."

Spoiler has posed:
Stephanie Brown makes her way down the aisle, grinning back at her friends. "Hey, the sharks will eat anyone regardless of culture or ethnicity, it's not like it's a discriminatory movie," she tells Damian before turning back to look for seats.

Jason points out five open seats amidst the people that make such blocks of seats all available together a rarity. "Good eye," she says, looking back to Jason and flashing him a warm smile. She turns back to start towards the seats, when Stephanie gazes across the theater to the other side.

A group of two girls and three boys are coming down that aisle, carrying concessions, and looking for seats too. Stephanie stops and looks across at them, meeting the eyes of the brunette at the front of their group. The brunette looks back at Stephanie, and then at the seats. Stephanie looks at the seats and back to the brunette.

All goes still. A tumbleweed blows past down the aisle.

Stephanie and the brunette both dart forward for the seats! The brunette is stepping on people's toes, apologizing as she tries to rush past the already seated people to get to the seats in the middle. Stephanie? She hops up, running from arm rest to seat back and maybe one step on a guy's lap that warrants a soft, "Oh, baby."

Stephanie reaches the seats first, plopping down in the farthest one as the brunette is just arriving. She gives the blond a scowl and turns to head off in search of alternate seating. Steph turns back to her friends, and waves a hand. "Found some," she calls, panting for breath.

Red Robin has posed:
Tim Drake will chuckles shaking his head a bit, and under his breath he will says "Years of training put to proper use." He does not seem to have a problem with this. He will head along the more pedestrian style of the isle. He will move to one of the seats preferable out of poke range of where Damian ends up sitting.

Red Hood has posed:
Jason smirks at the race for the seat, crunching on popcorn as it happens, moving to claim one of the seats as Steph wins, "Good job," he tells her as he slips down into the seat next to hers putting an arm around her shoulders. Settled in, he looks up at the other movie goers, "Another group of seats down near the front," he tells them with a smile, nodding in that direction. Of course front row seats at the movies suck, which is why he pointed these ones out.

"So, did we figure out which it is yet? Ninjas fighting sharks or sharks that are ninjas?" he asks. "Either way it sounds stupid enough to be funny, or you know, we can always watch Damian seeth about the misrepresentation of ninjas."

He gives the mini bat a grin down the row.

Carrie Kelley has posed:
Carrie Kelley reaches up to clap a hand over her eyes to pinch at the bridge of her nose. It nudges her glasses up a bit in the process as she heaves a bit of a sigh. She wasn't even the oldest one here and yet even she knows that was kind of suspicious. Even if it did work. Letting her glasses slide back into place she watches as Jason lounges with Stephanie only to roll her eyes up toward the ceiling. Then with a shrug she follows down the aisle to plop into an available seat in the row. "Guess we'll just have to see. Nice catch you two. Real dynamic duo."

Robin (Wayne) has posed:
     "Well, now that you -want- to see it, I will not do it." Damian comments dryly. Where the others seemed to be having a grand old time, Damian was only less grumpy, the frown on his face told the story.

  The boy with the scowl simply bided the time before previews started. Damian twiddled his thumbs as he sat, even going so far as to bounce his leg up and down to fidget.

Spoiler has posed:
Stephanie lost a few kernels of Cheetohs popcorn on the way, and offers a few soft apologies back to those they might have landed on. She settles into the seat though and says, "They'll probably fight each other like Carrie said. And Ian Ziering and Tara Reid. How old are they now, anyway?" she asks. "I think they maybe used to be on some TV show or something, but mostly just do the Sharknado franchise now."

She gets the rest of her food settled and leans into the arm that goes about her. "Tim, have you seen this one already?" she asks him. Of the group, he seems like one of the most likely to have already been.

The theater continues to fill up. The previews start playing. The Star Wars 15 trailer looks decent, as does a Ryan Reynolds-Queen Shakira cop buddy movie. But the new Madea movie, Madea: The Awakening looks pretty bad. "Tyler Perry should really move on from that role," Stephanie whispers.

Red Hood has posed:
"Who?" Jason asks about the actors Steph mentions. "Oh wait, the girl from that pie movie..." he has no clue about 90210. Though as the trailers start, he finds his eyes getting heavy. The Star Wars one looks great, but he still grumbles to all who'll listen, "They should make more shows, season seven of the Mandalorian rocked," he remarks. Because of course the family's helmeted badass would love that show.

As for the rest, he'll probably see the Ryan Renolds one on demand, and he makes a face for the last one, "Yeah, that was done like eight years ago..." before he settles in for an uncharacteristicly quiet night at the movies.

Red Robin has posed:
Tim Drake :looks over and says "Aint had a chance yet, Garfield has mentioned wanting to see it, but told him was not sure when I would have time. So may have to see it again, so hope it ends up being worth seeing twice." He will pour his candy into his popcorn, and offers some to anyone who might want it.

Robin (Wayne) has posed:
     Damian could only watch as Cheeto popcorn was dispersed, and chocolate confections were poured into popcorn containers. He watched in horror, all the carbs. No sign of nutrition in sight.

  "That's a man?" He asks, looking to the harrowing visage if Tyler Perry's Madea. "You know Madea killed her children after her husband left her?" The Grecian Madea of course.

Carrie Kelley has posed:
Carrie Kelley dips her fingers into her popcorn to get a good few to start nibbling on while the previews roll. "I'm not even sure that's Tyler Perry anymore. It's probably all wireframe CGI." She shrugs though, and leans back into her seat. A glance is cast toward the fidgeting Damian along with a grimace. "I think it'd be better to kill her husband... but I guess that's a different culture."

Spoiler has posed:
Stephanie Brown munches on the popcorn, her fingers quickly turning orange from the cheese sauce that was heavily applied at her direction at the concession's counter. She nods to Jason and says, "Oh, right, that was her, that... Apple Pie movie," she says. So close. "Yeah, and he was on some teenage show or something when he was younger. He has aged kind of well actually," she says.

Stephanie looks down the row to Tim. "I don't know if it'll end up a cult classic like Sharnado vs Mad Cow, but then that kind of movie only comes along once in a blue moon.

More orange popcorn goes into her mouth, and Stephanie holds the bucket across Jason, extending it to offer some to Damian. "Yep, that's a man. I've never actually seen one of those though I watched one of his other movies," she comments. Stephanie nods to Carrie. "Surprised we even still have real actors, sometimes," she says. Technology advancing and all.

The movie starts up. A sleepy town on the California coast. It's the same town that has been hit by half of the Sharknados, yet they don't seem to have built any defenses.

Down two rows further, a guy starts talking to his friends, bringing up this point. He's one of those people who don't seem to have a whisper, and is just talking in a normal volume of voice.

Red Robin has posed:
Tim Drake looks over to Damian, and says "They were warned not to do it one more time." He jokes, pretty sure the kid won't get it but hey who knows. He will push the button to put his feet up, and looks over to Steph "Least it is not a sci fi convention."

Spoiler has posed:
Stephanie Brown tosses back a few more kernels of cheesy goodness. When eating cheetohs popcorn, one can either clean their fingers occasionally along the way, for lots of bursts of extra cheesiness, or they can let the orange powder just build up until the end, and then have this big blast of the flavor all at once. Stephanie seems to be going the latter route.

She looks over to Tim and flashes him a smile. "Never did make that Firefly panel," she whispers over to him. On the screen the radios are talking about a storm blowing in from the sea. "What's the name of that one supervillain in New York? Whirlwind? Tornado? I bet he could make a Sharknado," she whispers.

Red Robin has posed:
Tim Drake looks over and smirks "Do you rate sharknadoes by the level or the winds in the storm, or the type of sharks in it?" He will grin a bit over to her. I mean, if you have zombnamis, I can see why the sharks would want out of the oceans.

Spoiler has posed:
Stephanie has to consider that question. She looks at the rapidly accumulating cheese sauce. Finally she makes an executive decision and cleans off a ring finger in her mouth, leaving the others to continue building up. Capable of delaying gratification, but only for so long!

"Hmm," she whispers. "Or maybe the number of sharks in it? I mean, is one great white worse than three tiger sharks?" she asks. "Though really I don't know if you even need a classification. Sharks in a tornado pretty much sums it up well enough," she whispers back. Stephanie picks up her gigantic soda and takes a few long drinks. Oh yeah, no way her bladder is going to last with that big container of cold fizzy goodness.

Red Robin has posed:
Tim Drake is munching his salty sweet snack, and looks over to her "We should do one with megladons, but I aint sure, what we would do unless we went with mega storm and megladon, so MegaMeg Storm?

Spoiler has posed:
Stephanie notes the seat in front of her is empty, and she puts her feet up on it, sinking back further into her seat. "That is tough," she whispers. "And even once you get it on land, it's so big you'd kind of have a hard time doing the suspense stuff." Half of the movie is sharks in a flooded house, sharks in a flooded bar, sharks in a flooded sheriff's office.

Though this is Ninja Sharknado, and finally the ninja part shows up as the weather forecaster is updating about the Sharknado, but adds a storm that is blowing in behind it. Originating in Japan. "Huh. That's a long way to carry a bunch of ninja. Swirling around. I bet they are all sick to their stomach. Get them on land and it'll be like someone doing that game where they circle the bat with their head on the end and then try to stand and run somewhere," she whispers.

Red Robin has posed:
Tim Drake smiles and says "Na, it will be a shipment of exoskeletons, that when the storm mix will merge with the sharks. The suits come with built in ninja programing, and that is how we get he ninja sharks." He says to her, as he offers some of his popcorn to Steph if she wants some different snackage with her cheesy one.

Spoiler has posed:
Stephanie Brown gets a handful of Tim's popcorn, but mostly sticks with the cheese popcorn. The flavor is one of those once you have it you just want to keep on having it. "Glad you guys could come," she says with a smile. "It's tough for us to get together like this. Even on Thanksgiving it was a miracle I think," she whispers quietly. She gets another big sip of the drink. Slurp slurp slurp. Someone in the row ahead of her turns around to stare. "What? I'm thirsty!" she protests but keeping her voice down.

Red Robin has posed:
Tim Drake chuckles a bit and will look over to her, and back up to the one seeming to be upset. He will nods to her about the whole getting together "Well you know you ever need me, all you need do is call and I will come running rihgt?

Spoiler has posed:
Stephanie Brown smiles over to Tim. "I do," she whispers back to him warmly. "You've been a great person in my life, Tim," she tells him with a smile, before looking back to the picture. She munches more popcorn and drinks more of her soda. She has to cover up her mouth to let out a silent burp from all of the carbonation.

And then the inevitable happens. "Shoot, I gotta pee," she whispers. She looks around, judging which is the easiest way out. She passes her food over and says, "I'll be back. Keep track of the movie, I don't want to miss the plot and be lost the whole rest of it," she says. Kidding probably. She gets up and tiptoes down the row, apologizing in whispers.