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Started January 25, 2021 by @ElderGodSwimwithGamers group

tune

Mara looked around at the room when he sat down and shrugged before pointing at the arm of the couch. “I can just sit over there.” she said, thinking the view would be pretty good.

"Mm." Darius moved his hand over, fingers uncurling to give her a flat surface to step down from.
"And my favorite story is a kid's tale, actually," he admitted. "It's about three children getting taken to a place called Neverland where they have to deal with the bad guys and the threat of growing up.

“Thank you.” Mara smiled as she stepped down to the arm of the couch. She nodded at his explanation as he told her about the story. “That sounds pretty interesting but what’s so bad about growing up?” she asked, crossing her legs as she sat down.

"Well," Darius said, shrugging some, "It's new, Different. There are more responsibilities and less friends, more things to do but less fun to be had. More freedoms, but less at the same time."

Mara nodded a little at the part about new responsibilities as well as it being different. “I guess so. I do miss being a kid but at the time I was kinda excited to grow up. My parents started taking me out more so I could help get stuff and practice for if or when I ended up on my own.” she admitted with a small smile. “I don't think I ever thought this much about it.”

"I was excited too," Darius admitted. "My parents would let me do more and more. I've, ah… thought a lot on it." It had loomed over him for quite some time. He let out a soft breath, picking up the television remote.

“I… I guess growing up is about the same for both of us.” Mara suggested softly. “It kinda means the same thing… the responsibilities are just a little different.”

"Yeah, I guess so too." Darius smiled just a bit, a nostalgic, almost sad smile. He missed his life before.

Mara tilted her head slightly as she smiled softly back, trying to be encouraging. “Are you alright?” she asked, a little curious and concerned why Darius seemed sad.

"Hm? Oh, yeah, I'm fine!" Darius brightened up his smile a bit, letting out a breath.
"So, shall we pick a movie to watch, then?"

Mara raised a brow skeptically but didn't push. She could tell he was faking… But why? Did something happen before he moved to this house?
She shook her head to stop those thoughts when she heard his question. “Ok. How do we do that?” she smiled back at him.

"Well," Darius said, using the remote to get to one of his streaming services, "We can browse and see if anything catches our eyes, and I'll use the remote to select one when we've found something interesting!"

“Sounds easy enough.” the tiny girl replied, though Mara was a little doubtful that it really was. Especially when she had no experience with this sort of thing. Chances were, since she was just going off the name and image, she was probably going to think a lot of movies looked interesting.

(oop-)
(Me, remembering what happens to Tinkerbell: oh lord)

Darius nodded, looking back to the screen and the movie titles available to them.
"So, let me know when you spot something you'd like to watch?"

(lol… I thought it was a funny coincidence :)

Mara nodded, humming in acknowledgment as she looked at the large selection. “What’s that one about?” she finally asked as she pointed to one of the many brightly coloured pictures.

(I do too aha)

"This one?" Darius scrolled over, pulling the movie up. "Star Wars? Hmm, well let's see!" Darius smiled a bit, reading the description out loud quietly to himself.

Mara listened closely to Darius, her eyes widening in interest. “That sounds really good.” she smiled. She may not have understood much about it but if they watched it, she was sure she would learn.

"Great!" Darius smiled, hitting play before settling down.
"Ah- the movie begins with a lot of text you have to read, think you can or would it be better for me to read it?"

“I can read.” Mara confirmed, nodding a little as she tried not to sound indignant. “Umm… How much is a lot?” she asked a little nervously, curious if there were going to be any words she didn't understand.

"I, ah… a couple minutes of text scrolling on the screen," Darius said. He'd figured Mara could read, but he didn't know how well. How could he?

Mara nodded with a soft hum. “If you want to read it to me, you can. I won't stop you.” she told him, giving him a small smile. Though she soon jumped at the loud music starting with no warning.

Darius jumped as well when he heard the music, setting his hand over his heart.
"Okay then," he said, letting out a breath as he calmed down and looked to the screen. He took a moment to turn the volume down, thankfully.

Mara looked at the screen watching the title already shrink away into the dark speckled background. She shifted slightly in her seat, eyes wide in interest.

Darius turned to the screen, beginning to read it out loud. He managed to keep his voice to the tone of the words, but he was smiling some.

Mara glanced over at Darius as he spoke before looking back at the words and following along.

Darius had pulled up the very first Star Wars movie- so the fourth chronologically. He hummed as the text scroll ended, looking to Mara.
"What do you think so far?" He asked softly.

“Wow…” she replied, looking up at him. “That… That's an incredible way to start a story.” Mara smiled though she was a little confused by some of the terms like Empire, Starship, and Death Star. She hoped that those things would be explained more as the story went on… If not, she could ask Darius about them after.

"Mhm…" Darius smiled as he turned back to the screen. He pulled his legs up a bit as he relaxed, leaning slightly towards Mara as she sat on the arm rest.

Mara smiled, turning her attention back to the movie as the two ships moved across the screen. She tilted her head slightly at the sight of the shiny yellow man and the… blue and white thing.