BUT WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW IS:

[dipolar]

WHO? midnigher thingpuncher and hei dipolar
WHAT? hei's never seen a movie and m wants pelmeni, trade-off
WHEN? today, right now as you read, you're in the shit
ANYTHING ELSE? will add warnings if existential crises occur, i guess?

(movie poached from the library, ingredients poached from the mess hall, and a couple of hours between lights out and training at 0600. time enough for a movie and snacks.

he's a bit apprehensive with no movie experience under his belt and a tendency to fidget, but he's leaving his capsule in the dead hours of the "night" to seek midnighter out all the same. the plan is to meet him in the library and does, depositing the pelmeni onto a low coffee table surrounded by a pod of comfortable sofas — that he seems determined to bodily shove against the wall as crows look on flatly. having something at his back will make him far more likely to sit still, vantage of the terminals and shelving broad.

stands back to admire his own handiwork, then looks to m for approval.)

This'll do for now. You managed to get the tablet?

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[dipolar]

(a good guess, simplified chinese the form he uses. it gets another nod of thanks out of him, fists loosening with a very quietly exhale m's more than capable of hearing. he was a bit concerned m would care to keep them off, if it obscured some of the artsy footage he's discussing with him. what a foolish thing to worry over.

this is far better.)

So "artsy" means "pretentious". It's good to know. (a pregnant pause, eyes lifting away from the movie, to the door, and back on over to midnighter.) Ah, sorry, you've probably missed the first bit. I will stay quiet and watch.