[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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[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??]

[jokered]

...I think I want a refund.

[he's probably kidding?]

1/2

[spinatalltale]

Ow-uch! Ice cold. . . I feel like I have frostbite.

[spinatalltale]

[but she pops to attention immediately afterward, like it didn't really faze her at all]

Fine, fine. What do you want in return?

[jokered]

[and yet, somehow it worked.]

I'd have to know what you have to offer.

[aside from comedy and dramatics, of course. it's not like she's really made anything known to him, after all.]

[spinatalltale]

Other than comedy and the joys of my company. . .

[. . . and actually, she hesitates. because the third thing she would have offered would have been the use of her malak artes. her strength in a fight]

[and she doesn't have that right now]

[with a furrowed brow, she folds her arms and looks away, tapping her foot against the ground]

I suppose if we manage to find strawberries, soy sauce, cooking wine and liquor, I could make you my special strawberry so-- I mean. Strawberry jam.

[jokered]

[well, that does sound good, admittedly. but...]

Do you really think we'll be able to find any of that? [realistically speaking.]

Maybe we should aim for something simpler. [he might have a suggestion in mind, but he doesn't offer it up immediately because he wants to frame it properly.]

[spinatalltale]

[WELL HE HAS A POINT]

[and she has no clue what he's scheming]

Then how about pan-seared fish with a roasted coconut topping! I doubt this island has the proper spices for me to truly bring out the flavor of the seafood, but it should still be fintastic despite the scarce resources.