The first of the oneshots in the Nil continuum. I'd like to say thanks to all of this series' fans.

These take place after Family Issues: Aftermath, which is the sequel to The Perceptionist. If you have not read The Perceptionist, you should probably start with that.

I do not own Pokémon. I do not own Pokémon Special.

Oh, and a response to Nav121 real quick… the reference was to Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy! Which, by the way, is an awesome book.

Movie Night: Nil and Iris

Nil wandered around aimlessly inside of his house. It was the afternoon, and there was nothing to do at all. Maybe I should go see Blue and Green. Although… their thoughts are less entertaining now that they're not filled with angst from sexual tension…

Thus it had been for awhile: Nil came up with many ideas for stuff to do, and turned each down one by one as he realized that they wouldn't be fun. Youtube wasn't fun. Matchmaking wasn't fun (there was no one to matchmake). Even going out and scaring people with his stalker-seeming ability wouldn't be fun.

He held his chin as he mused. I could always attack the Pokémon League, one League at a time… nah. That's not one-day-only entertainment…

Iris burst through the door. "Nil! Nil! Nil! Nil!"

Nil turned around quickly. "Iris! Iris! Iris! Iris! What? What? What? What?"

Iris rolled her eyes. Sometimes Nil was too sarcastic. "Nil, I went to the store for awhile, and I bought something awesome!"

Nil nodded. "Uh-huh. What was it this time? Does it serve a useful purpose?" He said it resigned, as if she always bought worthless junk.

Of course she didn't, but he always acted this way about simple things, even makeup. "I got us a movie to watch! It's a mystery movie!"

Nil stared at her, then laughed. "A… a mystery movie?"

She pouted, somewhat hurt. "What's wrong with mystery movies?"

He grinned, still chuckling. "Pop it in and I'll show you."

Iris put the movie in, and then walked over and snuggled against Nil on their couch. Nil twitched slightly. It still made him somewhat uncomfortable to be affectionate, and Iris was very unpredictable. It was like a bomb snuggling next to him sometimes. "Okay, let's see… menu… play."

It was a very well-done movie about a trainer who had murdered another trainer in a very complicated, complex way. There were many people who could have done it, seeing as there were no people who seemed to have done it. After all, the one good trait of a mystery movie was ambiguity. Nil sighed.

Iris looked at him. "What's wrong?"

"I know who did it."

"We aren't even a quarter-way through the movie!"

Nil shrugged. "It's obvious."

Iris shook her head. "No way. No way you know who did it."

Nil laughed. "Want me to tell you?"

Iris frowned. "Okay, even though it will ruin it if you're right."

Nil gave her a smug look. "The janitor did it."

Iris gave him an incredulous look. "What? The janitor was harmless! There's no way he can possibly be involved. I think it's the librarian!"

Nil chuckled a little. "The librarian? He has a very good reason for not having done it! The janitor's is a little fishy."

Iris nodded, pleased that her bet was better than his. "Wanna bet?"

Nil shook his head. "Not when I know I'm right. I only wager when it's up to chance."

They watched through the rest of the movie, and sure enough, the janitor was the one who did it. Iris couldn't believe it. "What, did you read the actors' faces through the screen?"

"No. I can't do that. They were playing as fictional characters, and the acting messes up the miniscule gestures in the face that I read. However, I am very good at psychology, group dynamics, and sociology, so I recognize various facets and aspects of people in a mystery movie that lead me to the logical conclusion. It's not very hard…"

Iris put her hands on her hips. "Okay… what movie do you like to watch? Maybe we can find common ground on movies."

Nil twiddled his thumbs. "I seriously doubt you like my kind of movie, but okay, I'll put one in."

Iris gaped at the DVD box. "Dawn of the Dead?"

Nil nodded. "Yeah. Zombies are freaking awesome!"

Iris started sweating. "You want me to watch a scary movie with you?"

Nil shook his head. "This isn't scary. This is hilarious!"

Iris peered at him. "How can you say cannibalistic creatures that eat people are hilarious?"

Nil sighed. "Here, I'll show you." He put it in the player.

A human zombie uncurled itself from the ceiling, grabbed a character, and pulled them upwards quickly without a sound. Iris was horrified.

Nil, however, was laughing. "Yoink!"

She turned slowly. "Yoink?"

Nil nodded, smirking. "It'd be like… this!" He grabbed her, startling her, and then pulled her to his face, kissing her. "Yoink! I stole a kiss!"

Iris didn't know how to react. Nil must've been in a peculiar mood or something. He was never really this… playful.

He turned his head back to the screen. "Okay, let's see what happens next."

Iris' eyes remained wide as the credits rolled. "They were all… eaten."

Nil nodded. "Yep! That happens sometimes."

Iris sat up slowly. "Now I'm going to have nightmares."

Nil's crystal eyes turned sly. "Do you need me there to comfort you?"

Iris blinked repeatedly. Was Nil offering to sleep in her bed with her? Since when did he do that? "Um… I… eh…"

Nil put a hand around her and looked at the clock. It read 10:07 P.M. in glowing numbers. "It's bedtime. Let's go to bed, eh, love?"

Iris found herself smiling, although she was still weirded out by how touchy-feely Nil was acting. She always liked that word. "Say that again, Nil."

Nil turned to face her. "What? What again?"

"Love. It's such a nice word."

Nil smiled. "Whatever makes you happy, love."

Ah, it's not that long, but I'm satisfied with it. This is the first oneshot set in the Nil universe. I hope you enjoyed it.

To answer a few reviewers, yes, I'm going to do the birth of Yellow and Red's child. I'm not sure if it's going to be a boy or girl yet, and I haven't chosen a name. (what do you call the child of such a cute and romantic couple?)

I do not own Dawn of the Dead or Day of the Dead, the actual movie that the scene is from.