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[nostalgiabomb]

[ Good evening, Mask or Menacians.

Today, you'll be treated to the chaos that is Nonah 005 on a movie night. On camera are the Pines twins, a tiny wizard, a minotaur, a wannabe Arthur Fonzarelli, and some kid with Troll doll hair. But most prominently shown is one Ken Amada, who you might recognize as "that kid with the dog" or "the forty year old man trapped in a twelve year old's body." Kittens wander in and out of the area, while Koromaru sits comfortably at the cameraman's hip.

Barely audible in the background is the noise of explosions and gunfire -- but don't be concerned. That's probably just the movie. Probably. More troubling is the way the Fonz and the Troll are bickering over the gratuitous violence while everyone patiently ignores the hell out of them. Well, everyone except Ken, who seems to be gritting his teeth.

Quietly, Star-Lord, our illustrious cameraman, murmurs into his device as he zooms in on Ken. ] Some shit's about to go down. You see that vein popping out on his forehead? That's the vein of someone who's gonna snap.

[ The teens' arguing goes on for another half a minute, during which time Ken seems to become more and more irate. When their squabbling finally reaches a crescendo, the kid rounds on them. ]

Would you two shut the fuck up?!

[ And just like that, the room goes deathly silent -- save for a timely record scratch, courtesy of the film they were trying to watch.

And then, Peter Quill starts cackling. ]

Oh my God, I'm totally posting this.

(( cover your ears, children. expect a whole lot of threadhopping. ))

Comments

[nostalgiabomb]

Insane? What do you mean by that?

[amadaman]

My mom died in the Dark Hour in an accident that involved Shadows, but most people don't know that either of them exist.

Imagine a kid going on about a monster killing his mother in a world that's not supposed to have them?

[nostalgiabomb]

... Ah. Yeah. I can see how that'd be a problem.

That how you ended up in that weird club? The one that fights monsters.

[amadaman]

Yeah. Some people from the school found me wandering around. When they learned that I was able to get by the Dark Hour without getting attached by Shadows, they told me I had the potential to be a Persona user so I volunteered to be on the team.

[nostalgiabomb]

[ Peter still finds that whole thing foolhardy. Dangerous.

But then again, he was raised by pirates and sent into ventilation shafts on the regular, where more than one crewman had been sucked into exhaust fans and lost a limb or two, if they were lucky. So who was he to judge? ]

You know, you're a brave kid. Don't think there'd be many kids who'd volunteer to fight monsters after findin' out they were real. Pretty sure most kids your age would try their best to ignore it or pretend it never happened.

[amadaman]

[Ken tries not to cringe at that. It was hardly a decision of bravery for him, or at least he thinks so. Vengeance and spite and a complete disregard for his own safety, more like. He shrugs and smiles a little though.]

Thanks. But I do get told I don't act my age a lot, so. I was more relieved that they were real and I wasn't actually going nuts.

[nostalgiabomb]

Yeah. Pretty sure you're secretly a forty-year-old man with a bowler hat and a monocle under that youthful exterior.

[amadaman]

I'm not Charlie.

[nostalgiabomb]

Since when does Maxwell own a monocle?

[amadaman]

He doesn't. I'm just saying I age evenly.

[nostalgiabomb]

Well. Now I know what to get him for Christmas.

[ Still, he huffs a laugh. ]

I know you do, kid. Just saying, you definitely don't act like any twelve year old I've ever met.

[amadaman]

I wonder this every time someone says that to me, but should I take that as an insult, a compliment, or just a comment?

[nostalgiabomb]

In this case? Just a comment -- not good, or bad. Kinda like if someone mentions you seem to like orange a lot.

[amadaman]

At this point it's like I have to keep up this orange thing so that people still actually recognize me.

Reika-san got me a red jacket for my birthday and I wore it to school and my classmates made a huge deal out of t.