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Date: 2018-10-23 03:05 pm (UTC)[Rhys remarks approvingly.]
I'm really not into those little things she turns you into if you break the deal though. Kinda body horror vibes for a family film.
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Date: 2018-10-23 03:14 pm (UTC)Not usually ones that were still living, but there were some.
[He gives a sharp inhale when he realizes what's going to happen, as Ariel wakes up all excited]
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Date: 2018-10-24 09:26 am (UTC)Ursula has wooed the Prince and it's extremely stressful.
At the golden glow in Eric's eyes, and his hypnotic speech patterns, it's Rhys's turn to go a little stiff, disquieted by the events on the screen.]
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Date: 2018-10-24 11:18 am (UTC)[It takes Hux a second or two to realize what's happened to his warden is, in some way, what happened to him only an hour ago.
He hesitates, not certain of his obligations here. He's not good at this kind of thing, whatever one might call it.
He does know one thing; he doesn't like that look in Rhys' eyes, and wants to get rid of it. He's feeling empathetic, probably for the first time, though it's not something he would be able to recognize off-hand.]
Rhys.
[A gesture at the screen with his hand. He's going to logic his way out of this!]
She brought the voice with her in that shell around her neck. It's fragile; it's going to break.
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Date: 2018-10-24 12:19 pm (UTC)[Hux might not be an expert at this, but his observation is enough to bring the largest part of Rhys's back to reality.
It's a film. A kids film (despite his insurance to Hux that it's for all the family). It doesn't matter that Eric is helpless to actually break the shell himself, and that no one even knows (or maybe cares?) that there's anything wrong with him, because--
Because it's a kids film. Of course the shell is going to break. He glances at Hux, and throws the man a wry little grin, to show that he's all right:]
I thought you hadn't seen this before either?
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Date: 2018-10-24 12:30 pm (UTC)[What was that manservant's name again? Grimsby? He seems aware enough, at least]
I haven't, but I can recognize a pattern of behavior when I see it.
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Date: 2018-10-24 04:16 pm (UTC)[How can he judge the content of Eric's character?
He keeps his tone warm though, not stressed at all. Nope. Not him.
In the end, it's the seagull of all people who gets wise to the scheme.]
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Date: 2018-10-24 04:19 pm (UTC)[he does, however, keep sneaking glances Rhys' way, entirely unconvinced of that cheerful tone of voice.
Only when the seagull actually manages to tell the competent crab does he risk a smile Rhys' way]
There, see?
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Date: 2018-10-24 04:41 pm (UTC)Holy shit does that feel good. Good enough that his next smile is warm and sincere.]
Okay, okay. I get it. You're genre savvy.
[But he doesn't keep talking because they're about to kisssss!
When!
The sun sets!
And Ariel is consumed by the unearthly light of Ursula's spell!]
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Date: 2018-10-24 04:45 pm (UTC)[But his attention is turned back to the screen and he stares, that sinking feeling returning to his gut.
She transforms and he is just now yelling at the screen]
Stab her! Take a sword there and stab her before she-
[nope now they're over the side and gone]
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Date: 2018-10-24 05:00 pm (UTC)He nails Ursula's contract with a thunderbolt, but nothing is happening there...]
Ugh. Legal.
[Rhys mutters, derisively, as if Ursula had a whole team of lawyers put the thing together for her.]
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Date: 2018-10-24 05:05 pm (UTC)It is, technically.
[Says Hux, the Forever Lawful Evil faction. Ariel should have really had an attorney of her own present.]
Though if she's not of legal age to sign, I don't-
[OH OKAY NOW TRITON IS A WORM THING AND THINGS ARE MORE STRESSFUL]
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Date: 2018-10-24 05:35 pm (UTC)When he sees Eric at the helm of the ship!]
Is he going to-- Will that even work?
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Date: 2018-10-24 05:43 pm (UTC)As the person who usually is the one aiming the weapon.
He glances back over at Rhys' question, over his shoulder]
Not normally, but if it's traveling at enough speed, which it seems to be-...
[oh boy yep that sure is a person being impaled by a freaking boat]
...This is what they show children?
[Like, he'd seen worse, and so had his cadets but he couldn't imagine this kind of thing being played to civilian children in softer, more peaceful times]
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Date: 2018-10-24 05:50 pm (UTC)[Songs for the children, horrible death scenes for the adults.
But at least the worms are turning into merpeople again now, and Eric is safe, and Ariel is back where she started, trapped in the sea, longing to be, part of his world...]
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Date: 2018-10-24 05:54 pm (UTC)He could do that the entire time?
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Date: 2018-10-24 06:01 pm (UTC)He needed to learn to let her go, and quit being such a bullying, controlling dick.
[And now he has! Well done, dad.]
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Date: 2018-10-24 06:03 pm (UTC)[clearly. Hux is less satisfied by this outcome, and is entirely unconvinced that this state of affairs is permanent]
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Date: 2018-10-24 06:08 pm (UTC)[And the credits begin to roll.]
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Date: 2018-10-24 06:10 pm (UTC)[well okay that's the end of the movie??]
At least she got what she wanted.
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Date: 2018-10-25 10:58 am (UTC)[Rhys glances across at Hux, then reaches for the popcorn bag to see if there's any left.]
This was fun. We should do it again.
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Date: 2018-10-25 11:14 am (UTC)Not the same one again, but...
[Yes. He did have fun. Shame he can't look Rhys in the eye when admitting that]