Ch. 12 - Hollywood was just waiting for Jack of Fables

[originaljackass]

[Today, Jack Horner returned from his mission feeling rather smug. It was more work than it was worth, but Jack had returned with a set of DVDs for the Jack Tales. He may have lost every cent from the trilogy thanks to that bastard Beast from Fabletown, but he still had the movies and that was all that mattered. So after proudly bragging about them to Buffy at the bar, he plugs the first movie into her DVD player and then positions his journal to provide all of Luceti with a video stream of the first movie:

The Jack Tales I: Jack and the Beanstalk.
((ooc: the above link has info on the movie, a synopsis, and the cast of the movie. If you have questions, you can reply to that post.))

After the three hour movie is over, he turns the journal over to himself.]

That's part one of my life story. Pretty amazing, right? Of course, it was way better in real life, but Hollywood can only do so much. I'll wait 'til I show you the next one, though. Back home, people had to wait a whole year. But I think a month ought to do.

[For non-movie related shenanigans, Jack can be found at Good Spirits at 10PM after the movie is over, serving up drinks and doing general bartender-y type things.]

(OoC: The voice part is open for threadjacking! Feel free to have people talk about the movie to one another or what have you. Jack won't necessarily reply to everything!)

Comments

[Action]

[smallsurvivor]

[Jack's home from his mission! It's as big of a deal as deals around here tend to get, so Clementine's put some effort into decorating the apartment for his return. She's arranged streamers along the windowsills and taped three balloons along the hallway. It's not much, but it's the thought the counts, right?]

Hi, Jack! Did the mission go well? You didn't get hurt, did you?

[IS HE NOTICING THE DECORATIONS? She's trying not to draw unnecessary attention to it in case he thinks it's ugly.]

[herotypical]

Inviting Jack Horner over for a movie broadcast-a-thon wasn't strictly within the usual scope of her behaviour; however, friends were gone and a lover was missing. House Seven was empty. Lonely. And the thought of inviting the whole village into her living room via the journal might not have been her instinctive action-plan, but she wasn't about to refuse. It was better than sulking. But it did mean she had to try not to talk loudly at the television whenever she stumbled across wry commentary or criticism.

Instead, she saved up all her words for the aftermath -- holding her tongue until Horner was done with his journal conversations. Then, as she tidied up empty M&M packages and beer bottles (including her still very nearly full one): "You did well to cast Brad. I approve of Brad."

Glass clinked in her arms and the sound reminded her of the bar. They would both have to head in that direction sooner rather than later.

[voice]

[trinkett]

Riveting.

Voice

[sugarglitch]

[She caught the start! And then wandered off to do other things THREE HOURS IS WAY TOO LONG OKAY. But at least she saw the ending?]

I guess it was okay. But then you kissed that girl and then it got gross!

[Thankfully she missed the explicit scenes in the earlier part of the movie! Not that a PG13 warning would have stopped her, anyway.]

[voice]

[theboywiththebook]

[Henry manages to avoid the naughty bits, if only because he tuned in late.

When the movie's over however, he's a little more...somber about it.]

I feel sorry for that giant lady.

[Action]

[installing]

[Well she did say she'd visit. Winry sits at the bar, and takes off a small jacket. It's chilly out today, so she's wearing a sundress, but with warm leggings (always have to be fashionable; Buffy helped teach her this).

She'll tap the counter top of the bar loudly. Sure it's a little rude, but she's comfortable that she can get away with it.]