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Ianto Jones does coffee and snark (nosuitnoservice) wrote in thedisplaced,
@ 2017-11-02 07:27:00

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!network post, bart allen (smallville), ianto jones, jack harkness, john watson (bbc), mal oretsev, river song, rose tyler, tara maclay

If you aren't completely sure you can follow the rules skim through the network to find one of the people offering to take them off your hands. I've name-dropped the military base to rent a room at the community centre for a screening of Gremlins tonight at 6pm. They will attempt to break the rules. The consequences are different for each one.

Sunlight: they'll die, kind of messily.
Water: they'll multiply.
Food at night*: they'll turn into gremlins like the gif there, which are dangerous and chaotic.

*Midnight until the sun comes up the next morning, but it's probably wise to make the cut off more like 9 or 10pm.

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	tylerose 2017-11-01 06:35 pm UTC (link)
	I have a feeling it's going to be a long night. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	nosuitnoservice 2017-11-01 06:40 pm UTC (link)
	Two days after an all-nighter, too. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tylerose 2017-11-02 04:22 pm UTC (link)
	The price we pay for having fun. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	timidwitch 2017-11-01 06:49 pm UTC (link)
	I can take care of mine. I'll follow the rules religiously. (Reply to this)

	impulses 2017-11-01 07:20 pm UTC (link)
	Oh good! I've never seen it! (Reply to this)

	spoilers_ 2017-11-01 08:37 pm UTC (link)
	One wonders how these creatures manage to survive at all with such strict rules governing their existence. Do you know where do they come from? The film was rather vague on their origins. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	nosuitnoservice 2017-11-02 12:30 am UTC (link)
	No idea. I think the implication was supposed to be some kind of exotic Oriental land where everyone is wise and spiritual enough to keep the rules. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	spoilers_ 2017-11-02 12:40 am UTC (link)
	Well that's not highly problematic at all... Is there any protocol in place for careless caretakers who suddenly have a litter of Mogwai and/or slimy cocoons ruining their hardwood floors at home? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nosuitnoservice 2017-11-02 12:46 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, it was the eighties. I think we're just lucky it was only an implication. Not yet, but I'd wager there are people who'd be happy enough to deal with it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	spoilers_ 2017-11-02 02:15 am UTC (link)
	A town-wide containment area seems like a simple enough plan, if it weren't for the highly sociable nature of the creatures. Caging them seems like a needlessly cruel solution. Disposing of the cocoons is another matter. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	lillies_ 2017-11-01 11:38 pm UTC (link)
	Oh dear. How does this adorable thing become that? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	nosuitnoservice 2017-11-02 12:31 am UTC (link)
	Magic? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lillies_ 2017-11-02 12:37 am UTC (link)
	Perhaps. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nosuitnoservice 2017-11-02 12:49 am UTC (link)
	They cocoon, if I'm remembering right. So I suppose a metamorphosis like butterflies. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lillies_ 2017-11-02 01:13 am UTC (link)
	I think I'm going to have to look this film up now ... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nosuitnoservice 2017-11-02 01:18 am UTC (link)
	I checked, it's on Netflix, so you can watch it at home or come to the community centre. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lillies_ 2017-11-03 11:52 pm UTC (link)
	I'll look for it. Thanks! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	johns_blog 2017-11-02 12:57 am UTC (link)
	Well, fuck. (Reply to this)

	otkazatsya 2017-11-02 01:08 am UTC (link)
	Do you happen to know if they are able to climb, or fly? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	nosuitnoservice 2017-11-02 01:10 am UTC (link)
	No flying but they can climb. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	otkazatsya 2017-11-02 01:11 am UTC (link)
	Well, that's a relief. How strong are they? Or fast? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nosuitnoservice 2017-11-02 01:14 am UTC (link)
	I don't think they were much stronger than they look. Maybe decent speed-wise, but it's more like turning your back on a toddler than supernatural-level speed. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	otkazatsya 2017-11-02 01:16 am UTC (link)
	I haven't much experience with toddlers, but hopefully that means they don't move any more quickly than I do. So if I were to try to contain them in a room, how likely are they to break out? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nosuitnoservice 2017-11-02 01:22 am UTC (link)
	I've got nieces and nephews and cousins. They can be surprisingly quick. Hopefully if there's nothing close to the door handle for them to climb not very. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	otkazatsya 2017-11-02 01:25 am UTC (link)
	Sounds like containing them might be our best option, then. Until someone has better ideas. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	j_harkness 2017-11-02 01:14 am UTC (link)
	If someone does break the rules and we get gremlins, we'll just hunt them down. It'll be like Weevil hunting, but less dangerous. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	nosuitnoservice 2017-11-02 01:19 am UTC (link)
	And hopefully fewer sewers. Though not necessarily if they're trying to avoid sunlight. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	j_harkness 2017-11-03 04:32 am UTC (link)
	I am not chasing gremlins through the sewers. They'll have to come up eventually for food, so we can get them at that time if necessary. (Reply to this) (Parent)