20I am better, my head isn't as fuzzy. It's always sort of fuzzy nowadays. Probably stress and work induced. But you guys aren't my doctors now are you? Thank you all for not wishing death upon me. Sorry about not updating, my life has been a wreck of schoolwork. Lots of schoolwork. This will be a long chapter, but I hope a good one.
Now, I know what you are all thinking. "HIL! YOU HAVEN'T UPDATED IN FOREVER!" I'm sorry to those people. For the people that have been waiting patiently, thank you! *Sends virtual mint custard bursts*
I abbreviated my user to "HIL" so I don't have to type the whole thing. I'm lazy like that. Just imagine it says the whole thing if it bothers you.
With no reviews from the last update/chapter, let's get on with the book!
*Outside the AMC Movie Theater, looking quite weird with a group of "models" and crew with a lot of gear on*
Me: Okay, the rules. No autographs for people, no pictures with people, don't talk loud, no complaining about the food, anything else I forgot?
Keefe: Having fun?
Me: *Glares and sticks tongue out at Keefe* You can stay out here on your own if you want. We're going if you want to come.
*Everyone walks away from Keefe, making Keefe have to run to keep up*
*They walk in through those fun spinny doors, that Buddy the Elf in Elf, a must see, got himself sick in. It took a lot of persuading to get Keefe out of them*
All Elves: Wow…
*The movie theater has an impossibly high ceiling, all dark scarlets, and maroons, with a huge concessions stand filled with popcorn, soda, chocolates, candy, pizza, and full-blown meals. It had two hallways on either side of the concessions stand, with all of the movie theaters behind black doors lining the hallways*
Biana: What do we do here?
Me: Haven't I made this clear? We watch movies in here. Now, you all better be grateful, while some movie theaters are bad with tiny walkways and squeaky springy seats, this movie theater has recliners as chairs, very wide walkways with plenty of room, and a huge screen for the movie.
Biana: Oh, right. I remember you saying something about watching movies. I was spaced out thinking about what the heck YouTube is. You said I would like it and I want to know what it is!
Me: Later. Okay. Here are everyone's tickets. *Passes tickets out to the elves and crew* Okay, I'll get everyone to their seats while the crew gets one of everything. Make sure you all get the vegetarian stuff. No sausage pizza or anything like that. No gummies, because of gelatin. I know this because I'm a vegetarian too! Going on three years! Okay. Any questions? Wait. You know what? Forget it. Let's go.
*The group splits up, HILL leading the gang towards one of the hallways, and the crew heading straight forward to the concessions stand, loads of cash in their hands*
Me: Okay, we are going to watch the movie, go to the studio and react. Try not to do anything elfish or something. You know what I mean.
Fitz: Not really.
Everyone: *Nods* *All mumbling to one another, all being very sarcastic* Yeah. Not really. Do you know? I don't. What? Anything elfish? Should I take offense?
Me: *Shaking head* Let's just go ya dorks. Come on.
*All walk in, HIL and the girls leading and whispering to each other, while the boys shove each other to be in front*
Me: *Whispering* We get to sit in the middle back. The best seats ever. In my opinion anyways. The previews are already playing. The movie will probably start in about ten to five minutes.
Linh: Why would it take that long?
Dex: If this is anything like Netflix, then I would understand.
Sophie: Wait. You thought that Netflix was difficult? Netflix is so easy. My baby cousin, I guess she wasn't really my cousin when I think about it since I was actually an elf, could navigate Netflix well enough to get to her shows. What could you get to?
*Dex blushes hard*
Keefe: *Cutting in* I saw it! He couldn't even open the homepage!
*Sophie, Biana, Fitz, and Linh stifle laughs while Tam laughs out loud*
Tam: I thought you were a Technopath man!
Me: Off topic guys! Let's just get to our seats. No matter how big these walkways are, we're blocking other people.
*Everyone looks around, finally noticing other people in the theater and start the long climb to the back*
*Everyone's whispering*
Sophie: I got 15!
Fitz: I got 16!
Keefe: I got 14!
Sophie: *Cutting everyone else off* Did you have to put me between them HIL?
Me: *Shrugs* It makes more drama that way. Better for the views.
Tam: I got 13!
Linh: I got 12!
Biana: I got 18!
Dex: I got 17!
Me: And I got 11!
Dex: *Thinking* So in a line, it goes HIL, Linh, Tam, Keefe, Sophie, Fitz, me, then Biana. Oh, man. Yeah. That won't be bad and create drama.
Me: *Shrugs again* As I said, better for views.
*Got to the seats and with much shifting and elbows, and eventually sat down in order while the previews are still playing*
Sophie: What are we watching anyways?
Me: Black Panther. It seems good. *Shrugs yet again* Everyone's been talking about it.
*Movies starts, lights dim, and the theater falls quiet*
Here's what happened during the movie:
Keefe asked Sophie questions till she was holding her head in her hands and banging her head on the empty seat in front of her
Tam fell asleep on Keefe's shoulder, got woken up by an angry Keefe, then Tam promptly fell asleep on his sister's shoulder
Biana ran to the bathroom five times
Everyone got a rude awakening from an explosion in the movie. They all stood up ready to fight until they realized it was coming from the movie
Fitz stared at the screen with a blank expression
Dex ran off
Linh watched the movie and acted normal
*Movie finished, lights got brighter, and people started to leave and/or stretch*
Me: Before you guys say anything, let's go back to the studio so you can react there. The crew should be back from getting everything back. They bought everything, ducked into the movie for a bit, and ran back to the studio to put everything in pantries and fridges.
*Without a word, the group headed outside found the others, and light leaped back to the studio*
Me: Okay. Time to react. Linh, you first. What do you think of movie theaters?
Linh: I thought that the theater was very nice, even when you said it was one of the better ones, I would have enjoyed it. The movie was very good. (A/N I am writing this without even seeing the movie. LOL. XD) I like the idea of movie theaters.
Me: Okay. Great! I'm glad you enjoyed it. Um... Sophie! What about you?
Sophie: I really miss the movies. I love them so much! My sister and I would share a popcorn with Milk Duds mixed in. (A/N I've never tried this, but I have heard it before and it sounds good. '\_^~^_/' {That's my version of a shrug pic through keys on my keyboard})
Me: Sounds like you had a lot of fun. Maybe you'll get to do it again someday. Dex? What do you think? And where did you go?
Dex: I'll start with where I went. I got really bored and started thinking about how the movies work. Then I wanted to know. I mean, I already had an idea, but I wanted to make sure I was right. So, I lied to Biana that I needed to go to the bathroom,-
Biana: I knew you lied to me! But HIL told us to not react, so I thought that included talking. So I just let it go.
Dex: *Glaring at Biana for interrupting* As I was saying, I went exploring. I managed to find the control room and found a guy working. After he got over the shock that I was in there, he told me how it worked. It really is interesting-
Me: *Interrupting, not wanting to hear a lecture about how the movie theaters work* Just tell us what you think of movie theaters.
Dex: The behind the scenes is cool. Movie theaters themselves, not so much.
Biana: I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU ALL MADE IT THROUGH THE MOVIE WITHOUT GOING TO THE BATHROOM! HOW DO YOU PEOPLE DO IT?
Me: Much restraint. Tam?
Tam: Too boring. Not as exciting as our everyday lives. How do you even stay awake?
Me: With some movies, much restraint.
Sophie: Like with pretty much everything in the Forbidden Cities, I MISS IT SOOO MUCH! Well, I don't really miss school. That was horrible. *Shudders*
Fitz: I really don't get the point. It's meh.
Linh: I think that it's cool that the people in the movies can pretend so easily. Kind of like Tam! Like when we were kids and Tam liked our parents, we would put on little shows, and Tam was much better-
Tam: That's enough! They don't need to know that!
Me: *Hiding a smirk*
Keefe: IT MAKES NO SENSE! FOSTER COULDN'T EVEN ANSWER MY QUESTIONS! WAIT! DOES THAT MEAN I'M A GENIUS! WHAT?!
Sophie: WHAT?!
Me: That's all for today, see you all next time when they react to movie food!
Sorry bout the SUPER SUPER long chapter. It just kept on dragging on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on… Thanks for reading! Ciao! :D