#And the Ringraith Goes SCREE

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Evelyn and Mae: And the Ringraith Goes SCREE

Evelyn fumbled with the collection of remote controls, trying to figure out which one would power the DVD player. She never had bought a television for her old house in Wisteria, usually watching Netflix on her laptop whenever she had wanted some visual entertainment. It was blessedly simple.

Three box sets featuring the extended editions of the Lord of the Rings trilogy were scattered over the coffee table, the first one of them out of its cardboard sleeve and unfolded. Part One currently waited in the DVD player. Evelyn hit a button on one of the remotes, and the television erupted into a deafening roar of static. A small squeak jumped from her mouth and she nearly dropped the remote, then rolled her eyes at herself and sighed.

“Mae!” she called, raising her voice over the static as she looked back over her shoulder for her friend. “Help! I don’t know how to operate this stuff. Why does it need so many remotes?”