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100 Themes - 26 Kinetic

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26. Fantasia - Kinetic

Movie night at the Institute is always, predictably, crazy. And while Russ is sure anything they watch would have had a better book, he gives in when Amy and Evelyn threaten to drag him down the stairs. All three flights.

Stools, folding chairs, boxes, and mounds of pillows are set up around the Annex TV and Eddie even drives a motorcycle in behind the couch so he and Ava can sit on it. Russ sits at the foot of the couch, as Evelyn perches on the arm and Amy arranges a pile of pillows on the other side.

Curtis comes around with a hat and slips of paper for people to cast their votes. He puts in "Harry Potter 1-8" like he does every week.

"What did you put?" Amy asks Evelyn, over his head.

"We haven't had a Disney movie in a while," she answers, ending her scribble in a flourish.

Curtis collects the slips back in the hat and shuffles them to the encouraging shouts of those gathered.

"Fantasia!" she says, reading off the slip.

There's a general grumble around him as people start to disperse, claiming the movie wasn't even that good, that they suddenly had homework. Eddie starts the motorcycle, which scares the bloody hell out of everyone, and rides it out.

Russ watches until everyone is almost gone and only Evelyn, Rook, Curtis, and Amy remain before he too stands up to go, stretching.

He catches a glimpse of Evelyn's face as she surveys the nearly empty room, and his heart sinks.

"Couldn't we...do another drawing?" he asks.

"Rules are rules!" Curtis says, popping in the VHS and fast forwarding through the commercials.

Amy moves herself to the nearly vacant couch, leaving a space for Evelyn to slide down from the arm. "C'mon Russ, have you seen this movie before?"

"No," he says, then turns to the door.

He surprises even himself by circling back and perching over the back of the couch, curiously. "Whats's it about?"

Evelyn smiles a little and slides to the cushions. "You'll like it. Just wait."
For the 100 theme challenge, I put all the characters, some of their pets, and the two stories TOWLA and AGNPD on a randomizer so that each was paired with two prompts randomly. I've been going through and writing drabbles to the ones that match up the best or create the most interesting combinations.

~~~

Cessy is my favorite because she's mine, but if she wasn't mine and I had to adopt, Russ holds a special place in my heart.

And I'm not saying it just because Pryd is like one of three people on earth who laugh properly at my jokes. Or because she and I will be meeting IRL soon to discuss comic-y goodness. Or because I utterly adore the Trio and Russ as a grouchy, flawed, superhero.

No. I'm saying it because Pryd made me.

Russel belongs to the one and only ~Prydester

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BellaRayne's avatar
Ah, movie night, gotta love those bonding moments.

I have honestly never seen Fantasia (only the Sorcerer's Apprentice part).