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"Hey, you've reached Charlie Maxwell. Leave me a message. Or just text me. I might get back to you faster that way."

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[ On the day of Charlie and Ken's party, a couple of packages show up on the doorstep of Nonah 005.

The package for Charlie has a small note attached that reads, Sorry I can't make it. Couldn't get out of my plans. Hope you guys have a good time though. Don't get too drunk. Or if you do, make sure someone records it. I bet your hilarious when your wasted.

-- Quill

The package itself contains a stack of movies, and on top of the stack is a note that says, "For your continued film history education." Some of the other films have similar annotations.

• Frankenstein
  
• Bride of Frankenstein
  
• Gone with the Wind ("Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.")
  
• The Maltese Falcon
  
• Casablanca ("Not really my thing, but it's a classic.")
  
• Meet Me in St. Louis ("You will have That Song stuck in your head forever. Sorry in advance.")
  
• An American in Paris
  
• A Streetcar Named Desire
  
• Some Like It Hot
  
• Psycho
  
• West Side Story
  
• To Kill a Mockingbird
  
• Dr. Strangelove, Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb
  
• The Sound of Music ("You will also have every song from this in your head forever. Not sorry for this one.")
  
• A Clockwork Orange ("Maybe don't let the kid watch this.") ]

text | later that week;

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HOLY SHIT

HOLY SHIT THEY DID A SECOND TERMINATOR

HOLY SHIT

HOLY SHIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTT

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is this good capslock or bad capslock?

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GOOD

HOLY SHIT T1000

oh my god that was so fucking rad

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i'm glad you liked it

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thank you

but you didn't have to do that you know

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i owed you for missing your birthday

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like i said man, you got a pass

we didn't know each other very well at the time

[ possibly they still don't, Peter thinks, but a part of him also thinks that Charlie might actually be getting somewhere in chipping away at the enigma that is Peter Jason Quill. ]

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i wanted to anyway

after all, that's what friends are for

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[ there's a lengthy sort of pause before his next reply. ]

your giving me cavities here Maxwell

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sorry, i'll keep the saccharine sweetness to a minimum

you watch any of the others yet?

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I watched the one with giant robot suits too and goddamn that was cool

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i thought you'd like that one

sometimes you just gotta watch some giant robots punching giant monsters in the face

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right???? giant monsters getting beat up is a genre that everyone should appreciate

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you should definitely do jurassic park next

it has dinosaurs

[nostalgiabomb]

like land before time?

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oh yeah, just like that

only not like that at all. the dinosaurs wreck shit and eat people

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oh shit are you fucking serious

if no one gets eaten in the first ten minutes i'm gonna be pissed

warning you now

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you might have to wait a little longer than that but it's totally worth it

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god that's awesome

i missed all the good shit

god damn

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i'm going to need to make you a list of movies to catch up on aren't i?

[nostalgiabomb]

well

maybe

do i get to make a list of the stuff you missed being sheltered and wizardy?

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sure

it's only fair, right?

[nostalgiabomb]

well i guess i gotta know what you've actually seen and work from there

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uh you're probably better off just like giving me groups of titles and i can say yay or nay