MCA #0, Thursday Night (Movie Night)

[needsaparrot]

To say it'd been a weird couple of weeks for a lot of his friends would be an understatement. Xander knew a movie night wasn't going to magically fix that, but it least it would give them a chance to relax a little.

So he had the basic necessities: popcorn, stuff in the kitchen for more substantial snacks, over-caffeinated soda and, of course, movies. The box of his things that had arrived from storage this week contained most of his dvds, not that he'd amassed all that many since Sunnydale went boom, but certainly enough for tonight.

And Harper had been nice enough to leave the place furnished with a less than basic necessity - the huge tv in the den. Xander wasn't about to claim this job didn't have perks.

So now he (and Jeremiah, who was supervising the proceedings from a table near the couch) was just waiting for people to show up.

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[OOC: Preplayed with... that whole group of people in the arrivals thread.]

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Food, Mingling, Chattery

[needsaparrot]

Pre-movie, because none of us are so rude as to throw popcorn at mock ruthlessly fall asleep during talk through that...

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[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"Hey people," Bridge greets the room as he enters and claims a comfy spot on the couch.

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[1ordinarygirl.livejournal.com]

Buffy found herself a nice spot as well. She smiled at Bridge. "Hi."

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[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"Hey Buffy," Bridge grins back and holds out the medium-ish bowl of popcorn that he's claimed as "his" so Buffy can grab some if she wants.

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[1ordinarygirl.livejournal.com]

"Yay popcorn!" Buffy said approvingly, reaching out to grab a handful. She was starting to relax. This wasn't so bad at all.

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[needsaparrot]

"There's sammich-fixings in the kitchen if you guys want more than popcorn," Xander called over.

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[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"I don't know," Bridge says thoughtfully. "That sounds dangerously close to healthy food..."

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[needsaparrot]

"You can always put chips in the sammiches?" Xander suggested. "Makes 'em croonchy." His Swedish Chef impression is bad, but credit for trying maybe?

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[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

River waved happily to Bridge.

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[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"River!" Bridge waves back. "Popcorn? It's buttery!" And yet again, fingerwiggle.

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[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

River's face lit up. "Popcorn! Yes, please."

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[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel grabbed a bottle of water and claimed a spot on the couch.

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[willbedone.livejournal.com]

Willow gave a little wave of hello. "Glad you could make it."

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[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Please, after this week? I could use some downtime," she sighed.

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[nadiathesaint]

Nadia found herself a nice spot to stretch out on her stomach on the floor, a bowl of popcorn and a soda easy at hand.

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[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

Dawn took her customary spot on the floor (well, customary for her in the sense that when Xander and Willow and Buffy let her watch movies with them, she got to sprawl on her belly on the floor, since the furniture was all taken and she was the youngest) and waited for the movie to start.

She was actually in a pretty good mood--they might not have been the *same* scoobies, but having a Xander, a Willow, and a Buffy in the same room at the same time made her feel safe. And home.

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[needsaparrot]

"Buffy does know I wanted her here, right?" Xander asked, grabbing a spot on the floor next to Dawn, at least for the moment. "I always feel like I shouldn't push the whole Scooby thing on her, but... she's still Buffy."

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[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"I told her," Dawn said quietly, "and even if she's not our Buffy, she needs us, too. She just doesn't know that yet."

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[x5-alec.livejournal.com]

While Alec wasn't exactly one to be uncomfortable with people he didn't know well, he still wasn't sure why he'd come. He found a place on the floor to watch the movie, a bag of M&Ms open in his lap for snacking purposes.

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[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"So what was up with being a goat?" Isabel asked.

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[x5-alec.livejournal.com]

"Unfortunate event involving a chase in the woods," Alec said, grinning at her.

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[likethegun]

"You're not a goat anymore," Sam said as a greeting. "Congratulations."

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[x5-alec.livejournal.com]

"I'm glad you noticed without me having to knock you on your ass again," Alec replied.

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[1ordinarygirl.livejournal.com]

"Hi Alec! Thank you for the present," Buffy said, giggling, and only blushing a little.

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[x5-alec.livejournal.com]

"You're welcome," he replied, smiling. "Since I was a goat I couldn't get anyone roses or anything. I thought I'd give what I had anyway."