The following bonus event occurs any time if The Infinity Saga box set is given to Miles Morales during Free Time. Unlike other event items in the series, it's always the first item found in the Monocity MonoMono Machine. In addition, it is something that is given to a certain character in the main story, regardless if it has been used or not. With that useless information out of the way, time for a viewing party!
"What's up Ai? Where'd you get that?" Miles asked me as I held up the dvd set I got from that capsule machine.
"This? I got it from that machine near the department store. Apparently it has twenty-three films on it." I handed the box to him and his eyes immediately widened.
"Hold on, twenty three? And they just gave you that for like a coin or two? Man, all I could get was a bottle of cola." Miles held up a bottle labeled Kazuichi Soda.
"Being stuck in an unrefrigerated machine like that probably made it warm and flat." I crossed my arms.
"Surprisingly it wasn't and the taste isn't bad at all, though nothing compared to Koca-Soda. Anyways, with that many movies, we should have a small binge party!" He suggested, throwing me off.
"Hold on, watching this many films at once could leave us fatigued! Why would you even think of something like this? " I asked.
"I'm sure it's fine, if there's this many movies, then a lot of them are probably super short! I'll go see if anyone's interested, then we'll meet at the Hope-tel Lobby." Miles said before swinging off.
What's gotten into him?
I stared at the front and back cover of the large box, what kind of movie series has this many films? I then looked to see the titles of every film and saw that of the two films has Spider-Man in it's title… ok that explains his excitement.
I don't want to disappoint him, though at the same time this could distract us from finding our way out of Monocity…. But we do need a break from searching and a change of pace. Oh what the hell, couldn't hurt. It's not like I could die from exhaustion and lack of sleep.
When I got to the lobby, there were so many (carbs-filled, ugh) snacks there along with packs of soft drinks and a large pack of mini water bottles.
The ones who made it were Emma, Killua, Gold, Miles, Ryuji, and surprisingly Bernadetta and Ishigami. The former must be trying to grow out of her reclusive nature (or someone must have dragged her out and forced her), while Ishigami I didn't expect to hang out with us.
"Oh, Mizuno-san's made it." The Ultimate Pessimist informed the others.
"Glad to see ya Prissy Flower Gal!" Gold pat my back hard, and I stumbled a bit.
"Alright, now that everyone's here, we can start the first movie in the pack. 'Iron Man'." Miles held up the first dvd.
"H-hold on, what is… a movie?" Bernadetta asks us and suddenly Trunks walks in from behind, "Sorry I'm late, I've got the popcorn like you asked. And to answer your question, movies are stories or events recorded by devices known as cameras. Basically stage performances or plays that could be viewed from the comfort of one's home."
"Oh wow… other worlds are amazing if they have this stuff, if they had these things at home, then I would only leave my room for food…" The recluse was impressed at the concept.
"I think I read about these in books I found in my old home, I never thought that cameras could make moving pictures too!" Emma said with glee.
"Your old worlds must really be primitive, if you two hadn't seen this stuff befo— gah!" I squeezed Killua's head so that he wouldn't be rude.
"Anyways… let's start while we still have daylight, c'mon!" Ryuji grinned as he drank a fizzy soda.
We inserted the disc into the dvd player and turned on the tv….
"Uh… it's not playing, guys…" I heard Emma whisper from my left.
"Oh, we just need to switch it to the right section using the remote. Hold on…" Trunks flipped through using the tv input button and then a fighting game popped up on screen, it looked like that Super Smash Bros. game for the Wii, but with much more characters.
"Whoops! Forgot to turn off the console." Killua said as he went towards the tv and the game system off.
"You still owe me a rematch, pal…" Gold grumbled.
"Hey, don't blame me for how much you didn't know how to play as your yellow mouse thing." Killua snarked back at him as Gold slowly petted Pibu in anger.
"There it is." I confirmed as the movie started rolling.
One hour and seventeen minutes in, and I'm unexpectedly intrigued. I'm not much of a big superhero person, yet the story and characters are pulling me towards watching more of these.
"Oh man, this suit is so much cooler than his first!" Gold was pumped seeing the Mark III in action.
Tony Stark was blasting away at the terrorists who kidnapped him and is threatening innocent people, it was satisfying after seeing the torture he was put through earlier on in the film. He was annoyingly arrogant (and still is), yet he is choosing to use his knowledge to help the world.
"Imagine if we had those types of gadgets, we could have been out of here ages ago." Ishigami watches on with no visible interest.
"Yeah, some kind of Ultimate Inventor or Mechanic, you guys don't have something like that do ya?" Ryuji asks and all of us shake our heads, making him sigh.
The film had an end credits scene, I haven't seen these much in the movies I've watched.
"Nick Fury… the Avengers Initiative?" I thought to myself as I remember seeing the word "Avengers" on four of the dvds...
"Alright, that was fun, right Bernie?" Emma pats her on the back and she nods a little.
"Y-yeah. It surprisingly was. Though the action did scare me a bit."
"Hold on, these movies are divided up into 'phases' and there's three of them. You guys want to watch each phase with breaks in between?" Killua looks at the rest of the box set.
"Wait a minute, if we finish phase 1, we'll end up watching these movies for twelve hours!" Trunks brought up a good point.
"I agree. Let's just watch a few more tonight and we'll go to bed. Okay?" I finished as everyone prepares for the next movie.
It's a good thing I'm a zombie, since I can't die from exhaustion and sleep deprivation.
We've been here for two days, watching these movies. To the point where Monokuma popped up during Doctor Strange and asked us when we'd continue the killing game. He ended up joining us too.
"COME ON SPIDER-MAN!" He and Miles shouted as we saw Peter Parker lifting up rubble he was trapped under in Homecoming.
However none of the people who stayed away from our first movie night decided to join. They just took one look at us, like we were the undead (which I am, not gonna blame them), and walked to their rooms.
I had quite the bedhead for sleeping in the Hope-tel lobby for what felt like ages, GOD GOLD SNORES SO LOUD. I was lucky to even get some sleep.
"At least the food didn't get old." I thought as I chewed on some jerky.
The movies were expertly made as well, aside from a few missteps like The Hulk's movie and Thor's first sequel, we all enjoyed watching a universe so expansive and full of excitement. Probably makes us long for what we could be doing in our own worlds. Mine was more grounded, aside from having sentient zombies, but I had fun with the rest of Franchouchou. Performing in front of many people and making them smile….. I miss home so much.
"Aaaaaaaaaand that's what I came here to see! All that buildup and all those heroes, wiped out with a snap! The despair is everywhere in this room!" Monokuma said before he finally went away.
Avengers: Infinity War was heartbreaking. Seeing the many heroes we've grown to love, all turned to dust by the actions of the Mad Titan Thanos did not go well with the others.
"OH EFF THIS!" Ryuji threw a bowl of popcorn at the screen and it broke.
"RYUJI!" All of us, tiredly yell at him.
"You break it, you bought it pal. Here's the bill." Monokuma hands it to him before replacing the widescreen tv.
His eyes were as wide as dinner plates, "A THOUSAND MONOCOINS?!".
"So tired…. And sad..." Bernadetta was swaying back and forth.
I looked at Miles and he was downtrodden. He was the one most excited to watch these movies, and then he had to witness another Spider-Man dying. I put my hand on his back in an attempt to comfort him.
"So… what now?" Ishigami asked, sounding uninterested, but he had tears streaming down his face.
"Let's just… see if there's more." I answered.
"AVENGERS….. Assemble."
Hearing Captain America say those two words after seeing him stand alone against Thanos's forces had me on the edge of my seat. I never expected these movies to pull me in like this, but I'm glad they had.
Emma's fists were gripped intensely, Gold was stupidly grinning, a hyped Ryuji cheered, Bernadetta felt relief at the other heroes showing up, Trunks & Ishigami had slight smiles on their faces, and Miles was overjoyed at seeing that universe's Spider-Man alive and well.
The music, action, and character moments made this scene special. It's nothing I've never seen before in a movie. I feel like if this was shown in front of a crowded theater, it would erupt in cheers. It's like being in the crowd of one of our performances, the happiness and excitement flowed.
And then it happened.
Ending his journey the way he started it.
Tony Stark taking the Infinity Stones and telling Thanos, "I…. am… Iron Man.".
I'm not afraid to admit that this gave us tears. We wept so much that we had forgotten that we've been stuck in here for days. Eating so much junk food and only having light sleep. To quote Rhodey aka War Machine, but referring to us instead "You guys, really look like crap.".
I don't think we'll watch the second Spider-Man movie until we feel refreshed and clean. I actually look like a zombie with the makeup on right now.
After the credits rolled and we got no end credits scene, we all passed out.
Okay that was pretty dumb overall, but hey it's more content while I think of ways Chapter 3 could go. And what to call Chapter 3 as well. Hope that y'all look forward to it! (Remember that reviews are always appreciated)
