The ruffian didn't drink any coffee, but me and Jack sure did! I drank it in an attempt to calm my nerves over being in the future again, Jack drank it to help him stay completely alert as his fiance explained to him all of the modern technology. She showed him her old ipod touch, and her laptop, and all the things she showed me in the past! Around 11 though, the poor girl was completely exhausted and she told us she wanted to go to bed.
"I'm not tired though! I just got here!" Jack says, she smiles at him gently "Well don't worry, I've got something for you guys to watch that should allow me to get some sleep. Alright?" she asks. We both nod and she walks over to a small table that has a little machine of some sort on it. When she hits a button on it, it hums to life and projects a square of light onto a white wall that has nothing on it. Quietly she picks up a small case and opens it, removing a small disk and inserting it into the machine.
A menu comes up on the wall, much like the menu from that Titanic movie she showed me the first time I came to the future. Only this time, instead of Titanic, there are some cartoon lions, and she doesn't select the theatrical trailer, she selects 'play movie'. With that she gives Jack a quick peck before shuffling into her bedroom and shutting the door, leaving us alone in her sitting room with the strange movie being projected on her wall.
Already, hardly a few minutes in I can tell this is not going to be like anything I've ever seen. For one, I have no idea what on earth the person singing is saying, but that's not what gets me, there are drawings on the screen! But the drawings are moving! Cute little African animals, all pictures! They aren't real! But how do they do that? How can you possibly make pictures move? There are even lights and shadows, it looks almost real, but it's not!
In a way, this is almost, beautiful! By the end of the song I have goosebumps! After that song though, the movie only gets more and more interesting! I find myself not only amazed by what they can do with these moving drawings, but I am getting invested in the characters, the cute little lion cub and his father and his uncle. It all makes me miss Elba actually, especially when I see what a bond there is between the father lion and the cub. I bet Elba would have loved this movie!
After all the fluffy cuteness so far, I'm totally unprepared for what happens next. The darker lion has brought the cub into a gorge and left him there, and now he's being chased by cows! I think they're cows anyway, they're sorta a mix between cows and horses. Anyway, the cub jumps up onto a tree and my heart wrenches as the father goes to save him. Please save him! He did save him! And now he's climbing up a cliff, he's safe then! Suddenly the uncle lion throws the father lion off a cliff! Jack's eyes are wide and his jaw is dropped open in shock, and I feel exactly the same way! Did he just, no, he couldn't have, they wouldn't!
They, they did! They, they killed him! The cub begins nudging his father, telling him to get up, I can't help the tears that fall down my cheeks. Jack is hugging a couch pillow to his chest and trying to hide the fact he is crying also. My tears are over more than just the death of a cartoon though, I'm upset because I miss Elba! Is this what she did when I didn't come home after Titanic? Did she cry too? Now I'm sobbing, and Jack is looking at me weird. I can't be embarrassed though, I just have to let it all out! Then I'll feel better!
Eventually I manage to stop crying and I enjoy the rest of the movie. There's a lot more fluffy cuteness and comedy after the death of the cub's father. But every time the father lion's spirit comes around tears began to trickle down my cheeks again, a cartoon! I'm crying because of moving pictures! How could a cartoon have defeated me, when I didn't even cry on my ship, not even once! Death was staring me in the face and I didn't shed one tear!
It's 1 in the morning now, I'm too emotionally scarred to go to sleep, and Jack is too amazed by what he just saw to go to sleep. Actually, from the coffee and that film I'd say he's a little too hyped for his own good. "Let's watch another movie!" he says excitedly, standing and going through the pile of movies the ruffian pulled this lion movie from. He picks up one with a horse and a boy on the front cover "War Horse" he reads, it looks interesting I suppose. He goes over to the machine and begins looking at the buttons "Which one of these do you think gets that other disk out?" he asks.
I stand up and the two of us continue to ponder over it, eventually just pushing all the buttons until the disk pops out. When it does I take it out and put it back in it's own case while Jack puts in the War Horse movie. Alright, now that we've done that, what should we press? How do we get it to play? A menu comes up and asks us what language we'd like to watch the film in, I hit a triangle on the machine and it selects English. Then another menu comes up and I hit the triangle again, to play the movie. Gosh I feel like a genius!
The movie is a lot longer than the last one was, and this one is all real people and real animals. Only it's not in black in white like it would have been in my time period, it's in color! Once again, I'm amazed by everything they can do! They had a horse run through hell! Of course, after viewing the movie, I can see where the delinquent got the idea to join the British cavalry! I wonder if she had a reunion with her little pony like the boy and the horse had in this movie. It's a shame she never got to see Sparks again, maybe I'll ask her about them when she wakes up.
Now that we've finished War Horse, it's 4 in the morning. I suppose that means we have time for another movie, since it's clear we're going to pull an all nighter. I want to watch another one with real people, I don't think my heart can take another movie with moving drawings! As I go through the pile, I'm suddenly met with a very familiar cover. Jack peeks over my shoulder at it "Hey! Gabby told me about that movie! We should watch it!" he tells me. Should we now? Well, I don't know, what if, no! I'm not going to think of the what ifs! I'm going to watch this movie about my ship!
We put the disk into the projector and the movie starts. Already I'm slightly insulted by the way the people are talking about her, as if it's some kind of joke. They're apparently looking for a fake diamond, and I would know if it was fake! I knew all the valuable cargo on the ship, and there was no magical blue diamond! Now they're bringing in an old lady, I sorta remember her from trailer I saw. That seems like an eternity ago!
Finally we're brought back, to my ship! My heart is practically pounding out of my chest just at the sight of her, and Jack must feel the same way because a giant smile grows onto his face. Our joy over seeing the ship again is short lived, because eventually we begin nitpicking. Things are not exactly right, there are people on the ship that weren't really on the ship! And, I just don't know! But by the time the ship is sinking, me and Jack are on our feet practically screaming at the projection on the wall! I have to hold Jack back from attacking it "THAT'S NOT HOW IT HAPPENED! THAT'S NOT HOW IT HAPPENED!" he snarls angrily.
Suddenly Gabby comes out of her room, wearing a shirt that is much too large for her and a long pair of fuzzy pants with polka dots on them. She rubs her eyes and makes a weird face at us "What the hell are you watching? Why are you even still up?" she asks us. She doesn't look very happy at all, and we both look at each other before smiling sheepishly "Well, we were watching Titanic and..." I don't even have time to finish before she chucks a pillow at my head "You guys suck!" she growls before taking the movie out of the projector and marching back into her bedroom.
Jack looks sad "Awww! I wanted to see how it ends!" he whines. She looks at him, dumbstruck "Are you kidding me? YOU WERE THERE YOU KNUCKLEHEAD! HOW DO YOU THINK IT ENDS?", he wisely shuts up after her outburst, her face softens slightly. She sighs "Let me get ready for the day and we'll go out and get breakfast. Ok?" she asks. We both nod, it's probably best we don't anger her! She disappears into her room for about a half hour before coming back out. She looks us over before sighing "I'm not going to worry about what you're wearing right now because I'm kinda too tired to think straight, but I'll tell ya that what you're wearing, it's not gonna fly" she explains. Well of course it's not going to fly! Clothing doesn't fly! Does it fly in the future? I didn't see any flying last night! Poor delinquent looks half dead, with dark circles under her eyes. This is going to be an interesting outing!
Killian paws at her leg and she clips a leash to him "Alright, let's..." she yawns "Let's go!". The four of us step out into the frigid morning air, I don't feel it too much though because I'm wearing my overcoat, and Gabby's wearing a coat as well. Jack though, doesn't have his jacket because he handed it off to Gabby when the ship was sinking. Didn't she think to give it to him before we left the apartment? Oh yea, she's not thinking. I'll have to remember not to wake her up this early again, it's bad.
After watching Jack shiver from the cold I finally hand him my coat, afraid that if I let him shiver much more he'll freeze to death, again. Only downside is now I'm cold, but I'm a man! And I'm not going to complain at all about the chill! Finally we reach a building and Gabby smiles brightly at us "Alright boys, this is the best breakfast place around! It doesn't get much better than this! Fine dining right here!" she explains to us. Dare I ask, "What's it called?". She smiles up at me before telling me "Dunkin Donuts", this does not sound like fine dining at all, not even by future standards!
When we enter the building, we're greeted by the smells of coffee and baked goods. Jack runs up to the counter excitedly "Um, Hi! I'd like some breakfast!" he tells the lady confidently. She raises an eyebrow at him "Alright then, what would you like?" she asks. Jack's face suddenly turns blank "Well, what do you have?" he asks slowly. The girl looks slightly irritated to be confronted with this at such an early hour, she points to a large panel above her head "That's all the stuff we got" she tells him.
Jack looks even more confused now, and frankly, I'm a little confused too! I don't know what any of that writing on the board means! While we try to decipher what the hell a munchkin is, Gabby orders for herself. What did she just get? Eggs and cheese and a sausage on an English muffin? Me and Jack both agree to just order the same thing as her and hope for the best. We also get some coffee, even though in Jack's case I don't think the caffeine from last night has rubbed off just yet.
We sit down and Gabby begins eating her breakfast. Jack and I both watch her intently so we can know how to eat this, while Killian sits on the floor at her feet watching for any potential leftovers or tidbits. She smirks at us "It's a sandwich guys" she tells us after a few bites, oh, so it is. We both begin eating, and I'm absolutely revolted after only a few bites, this is NOT an egg, and I highly doubt this is a sausage either! It's flat! Jack seems to like his though "What's the matter Mr. Andrews?" he asks with his mouth full, I have to remind myself he's definitely not first class, if he was he'd be an absolute disgrace to his entire family.
"I don't care for, whatever substance this is made of" I tell them, pushing the disgusting thing aside, at least the coffee is good! Once the two young people finish their food Gabby stands and goes back up to the counter. Is she ordering more food? Well she best hurry because there's a line of rather obese people behind her, and they look like they really want their disgusting sandwiches and donuts.
Finally she returns with a box of donuts "Alright, I got the lecture food!" she tells us. Me and Jack look at each other worried, Lecture food? Killian excitedly jumps up and the ruffian pushes him down "No Killian, you can't have any today. I'll get you some before we leave for Titanic mkay?" she asks. The dog wags his tail and spins around in an excited circle before lunging ahead in the direction of the apartment. The sun has come up and it's a little less cold out, but only a little.
When we reach the apartment Gabby tosses the box of donuts onto her coffee table before telling me and Jack to sit on the couch. We both do and she begins pacing "Alright, so I'll give it to you straight. What you did last night was completely unacceptable" she tells us. I swallow, she's changed a bit since the last time I was with her hasn't she? This isn't the bubbly teenage girl I once knew, she's turned into an adult. And now she's about to tell us off, like a mother scolding her naughty children!
"We're damn lucky that you didn't wake the neighbors! You were up all night using this projector! Do you know how much electricity costs? I can barely afford the bills as is! And then you go running movies all night! AND SCREAMING! Screaming at the screen! I gave you the freaken Lion King, because I knew if you watched Titanic it would be a disaster! Literally!" she pauses and opens the box of donuts, taking a small chocolate ball and popping it into her mouth.
She runs her hand through her hair, which is still as unruly as it was before "Alright, you know what? I'm going out for a little while. I have a class this morning and then a shift at the pub. You two are going to stay here, and behave yourselves. Don't turn anything on, if you don't know what something is, don't touch it!" she tells us firmly "Understand?". We both nod and she smiles gently "I'm not big on rules, as you know. But I finally got my own place and I want to be able to keep it, ya know?" she asks.
Jack smiles "We're grown men sweetheart! We'll be just fine on our own!" he assures her. She laughs "Oh yea, I'm sure. Well, I'll be back later. Take care of Killian, and watch out for Thomas". Thomas? But I'm Thomas! Before I can ask her she's out the door and down the street. Jack and I sit in akward silence before he puts his hand in the box and pulls out one of the little balls, popping it in his mouth. His eyes light up as he swallows "Woah, Mr. Andrews you gotta try these!" he says, picking up the box and offering it to me.
I take one of the little balls out and pop it in my mouth. Say, these aren't half bad! Jack and I sit eating these little donut ball things for about 15 minutes, before he stands and begins looking around. He stops in front of a book case and pulls out a photo album "Hey! You don't know what that is! We aren't suppose to touch it!" I tell him. He laughs "Calm Down Mr. Andrews, we know what this is! It's a photo album!" he opens it "Aw! Come here! You gotta see this!" he tells me.
Somehow we end up on the floor in front of her bookcase looking through all the photo albums. We figured out that she was born in 1995, so we started with those albums and worked our way ahead in the years. There were a couple pictures that were cute I suppose, but some of them were just embarrassing to look at! "Hey! Look! Here she is in the bath with her sister!" Jack says, laughing. I blush furiously and look away, I cannot look at these pictures! It's, improper! I tell Jack to move onto the next album!
We're getting into the album labelled 2001 when suddenly I'm attacked from behind. I spin around to see an orange and white cat, with his claws imbedded in my vest. Jack smiles brightly "Hey! That must be Thomas!" he says. At hearing it's name, the cat lets go of my shirt and moves over to Jack, rubbing against him and purring loudly. Oh isn't he just a charming little gentleman? I have never been much of a cat person, I call for Killian and the scottish terrier bounds over to me, licking my hand. That's more like it!
This album we're on now depicts the delinquent about age 5 or 6. And to my surprise, she looks just like a little first class girl! There are so many pictures of her in little dresses, with the innocent face of a child. She doesn't even look devilish at all, just a cute little innocent girl! Most of the pictures with her in a dress have her posed, sometimes alone, sometimes with her two younger siblings. I remember her talking of them while on the Titanic.
Her little sister has a goofy grin on in most of these pictures, and even though she's probably only 4 here, from what her older sister has told me, she never changed. Her little brother, the one who loves my ship so much, is wearing a little sailor suit and a cap in the first few pictures we see. He appears to be about Elba's age in these photos. Jack makes a face and says his parents made him do the same thing when he was little boy, I don't believe my parents ever made me. I could be wrong though, I'm sure most boys, even I, had a sailor suit at one point or another.
I'm actually glad that Jack pulled these out. I've heard the saying 'A picture's worth a thousand words', and whoever said that really knew what they were talking about! These pictures tell just about everything about the delinquent's childhood! The pictures have her doing all sorta of things, from walking down the streets of New York with her sister at the age of 7, to her at 14 riding her little chestnut pony. Me and Jack don't even realize the time when suddenly the ruffian herself walks in.
Time seems to freeze for just a moment as she stands at the door, staring wide eyed at the albums piled around us. Killian paws as her legs and finally she blinks "Did you, see everything?" she asks. jack and I glance at each other, should we tell her the truth? Finally she sighs and comes over, pulling a few albums and things off the upper shelves that we were too lazy to stand and get. She sits down with us "I secretly like those pictures of me dressed up like a porcelain doll because I look cute, but don't tell nobody!" she says. We both nod and she laughs "Alright, well let me tell ya all about these people in the pics ok?" she asks, opening another album. Once again, we both nod, though honestly I'm not sure whether or not to scared. What if there are more pictures of her in the bath? Well at least Jack looks excited, sick man wanting to see a little girl in the bath, sick man!
My internet is not being very kind to me lately. So that's why it took me so long to get this up and why it's going to take so long to get more updates.
Yes, it's true. The wild delinquent used to go to kindergarten in a dress EVERY SINGLE DAY! I remember hating it too, because I'd want to play on the monkey bars but I couldn't because then people could see up my skirt. And I didn't like the tights that went with the dresses either, they were itchy! And yes, my parents had me pose for a lot of pictures. My dad was in school for photography, which contributed a lot of the pictures, but a couple of them my parents paid a lot of money for! That was back in the days when we had money. XD
So, today in the Review gift shop we have the super awesome wonderfully amazing snowglobe of charm and wonder! Come get em while they're hot, er, cold, or whatever. Just come review and get em!
THANKS FOR READING! I need a chocolate milk...