[WEEK 1, WEDNESDAY SOMETIME: Akira]

[spinatalltale]

[hey Magilou is doing cartwheels on the beach!! why?]

[BECAUSE SHE CAN, THAT'S WHY]

[she's also wearing this now because eventually people have to see how bad her fashion senses are]

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[spinatalltale]

-- well, too bad! Because hers are some awfully big shoes to fill.

[strolls past him, hopping into the surf as it gently laps at the beach shore so she can kick some water at him]

[like a rude person]

[jokered]

[well, she is a rude person.

...he just doesn't actually mind it much.]

Ah. Oh no... I'm all wet now...

[it's the most deadpan distress to have ever existed.]

[spinatalltale]

[at least he gets her]

Huh. And you're not melting.

Guess you're human after all.

[jokered]

Sorry to disappoint, I'm not actually the Wicked Witch of the West.

[spinatalltale]

Very good! Because then I'd have to make you my eternal rival and kill you in your sleep so I could gain dominance as the one, the only, truly wicked witch of this island!

[. . . . . . . . . . should she really be joking about that now]

[jokered]

A witch highlander....

[she probably shouldn't be joking about this at all, and yet he get it.]

I'm glad I'm not a witch.

[spinatalltale]

Yeah, me too.

[she says dismissively]

That way I can keep you alive for entertainment purposes!







Also, what's a highlander?

[jokered]

It's the name of a movie.

[cool, that helps.]

"There can be only one." People use it as slang for being the best or only one at something.

[spinatalltale]

. . .

[blank stare]

[wtf is a movie]

[jokered]

What.

[help a guy out, magilou.]

[spinatalltale]

Movies.

What are those?

I have to admit, it's not the first reference you've made that I didn't quite understand, but it's the first one I"m actually going to ask you about because I feel like I'm missing something big, here.

[jokered]

You can ask about those too.

[apparently, he doesn't mind explaining.]

It's... [how to concisely explain a movie?] Kind of like a play. Only the actors perform it once and everyone else can watch it whenever they want to.

[???? since he's sure that explaining "film" and "camera" and "video" and all the other modern terminology won't work here.]

[spinatalltale]

[good man, Akira]

So it's a pop culture reference?





[and then it hits her]

. . . oh! Hislander! Oh no oh nooooo, I should've voted for that one! Curse my lack of knowledge of your weird literary references!!

[jokered]

[snort.]

You probably missed a few of those. What a shame.

[though he can't deny that hislander was a really good one.]

[spinatalltale]

Augh! I can't believe this. Hey, kid, teach me more about these pop culture references so I can keep up.

[jokered]

Maybe we should start with whatever else you didn't get.

[??? it's not like he can just think up random pop culture references with no context to explain.]

[spinatalltale]

Basically every single one of your suggestions for this island's name. Gilligan's Island? Electric Boogoloo? Wilson?

I could tell you were trying to be clever, but my! It all fell on deaf ears.

[jokered]

[akira only knows all of these from renting so many dang dvds.]

Gilligan's Island was a TV show about people who were trapped on a desert island when their boat got knocked off course in a storm. A comedy.

[oh.] TV shows are similar to movies, only they're shorter and have new parts released weekly.

[but wait, there's more.]

There was a movie called "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo." Usually people call bad sequels that. Hawaii is a kind of tropical place where I'm from.

[so this island is just bad sequel hawaii.

and lastly!]

Wilson was the name of a volleyball from a movie about a guy who was a castaway on an island. He was the only person on the island, so he talked to the volleyball to keep himself sane...

[they're all very thematic, magilou.]

[spinatalltale]

. . .

I think this is the most I've ever heard you talk.

[SHE IS IN AWE]

Also? You're banned from making anymore jokes that involve references from "movies" or "TV."

[jokered]

Don't get used to it.

[there was no concise way to explain all of that, okay!]

Tough, though. That's where a lot of pop culture references come from for me.

[spinatalltale]

[noooo]

But I hate being out of the loop! And I hate asking you to explain the jokes because it absolutely ruins them! As a professional, I'm appalled at myself.

[jabs a finger at his face]

Then, you. We're going to spend allllll evening with you telling me every pop culture joke you can think of, and then quizzing me to see if I understand! Take honor that the great Magilou has recognized your skills and is asking you to share your knowledge.

[why so demanding Magilou]

[jokered]

[...

magilou, why.]

I'll make you the dankest memelord under my tutelage.

[akira, why.]

[spinatalltale]

[she doesn't know wtf that means but she likes it]

Excellent! Just don't think this makes you a master quite yet.

[jokered]

[there is still much to learn, young meme grasshopper.]

It's a step forward. [shrug.] What do I get in return for this?

[this isn't a charity operation, after all.]

[spinatalltale]

Why, what else? You get to spend time with a boisterous and charming personality such as myself.

[LOOK IT COUNTS SHE IS BEING GENEROUS WITH HER TIME??]