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Remus J. Lupin ([personal profile] natureinblood) wrote in [community profile] capeandcowllogs2009-12-22 07:29 am

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Who: Moonybase and YOU
When: 23 December 2009. 8am - 10pm
Where: Moonybase.
Summary: An open invitation to a party never looked so good. Check your weapons and powers at the door.
Warnings: Probably everything. Please see this post for details.
Format: Whatever works. Don't forget to add your tag.
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Remus had been to enough Christmas parties in his lifetime to know when one would end disastrously, including those that had been specifically dated to avoided interfering with other Christmas plans that the guests might have. This was one of them. But his tolerance had kept him quiet, the happy act of cleaning and decorating taken to as easily as any other task he did.

The twins had also been enlisted to help, given the important task of stringing a length of bright red ribbon and pine up the staircase to the second floor. The soft white lights that followed were magic. In fact, none of the lights, save for whatever lamps or overhead lights that Miles insisted upon, were run by electricity, and many were candles, kept only from setting anything ablaze by a flame-freezing charm.

By the time the morning of the party rolled around, the house looked as if it had been pulled straight out of a Christmas card, Remus borrowing from what he remembered of Christmases as Hogwarts and the Burrow, including a single bit of mistletoe in the entry. The snow helped, piling nicely (if in an oddly organized fashion) outside thanks to a little help from Miles, adding to the image; if nothing else, Remus was happy with it, the certainty that he would wind up having to transfigure another person into some sort of object nagging at the back of his mind.

Tin whistles, toy rocking horses, and sprigs of mistletoe were likely going to be very common later in the evening, he mused, tapping his wand rhythmically against the palm of his hand in thought as he checked everything over once more, walking through the sitting and dining rooms and out into the backyard where the tree house had been built out of ice and wood into the tree there. The floating green structures that Kyle Rayner had promised to provide were still missing, but they would be there soon enough.

He pocketed his wand and walked back into the house, shaking free the snow from his boots, and glancing at the clock. People who had offered their assistance had been asked to come early, which meant that the kitchen was soon going to turn into a madhouse, the extra stove only offering so much help. It also meant he had best make tea before he was banned from the room.

ooc; alkdsjfa you guys are amazing <3 For your convenience, links to the separate comment sections. To keep the death to your bandwidth down a little.

EARLY ARRIVALS: VARIOUS PREPARATIONS
TIMELY ARRIVALS: CHECK YOUR MOTIVES AT THE DOOR
SOCIALIZING FOR FUN AND PROFIT
GO AHEAD! TALK WITH YOUR MOUTH FULL!
I'M GOING TO PISTOL-WHIP THE NEXT GUY WHO SAYS 'SHENANIGANS'
THIS IS WHY MANKIND INVENTED THE 'GUEST BEDROOM'
AND THEN EVERYTHING ELSE HAPPENED HERE
TAKING YOUR TOYS AND GOING HOME
shiromadoushi: (Yo!)

W00t!

[personal profile] shiromadoushi 2009-12-22 06:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[[Bakura had spotted Calvin wandering towards the treehouse from the kitchen. Taking a break from cooking and serving and washing dishes and everything else in the kitchen, he ducked into the study to grab the boy's gift before slipping into his coat and heading out himself.]]

Calvin! [[grins as he holds up the pair of small boxes, wrapped in bright paper]] Happy Christmas!
magicalworld: (wary)

[personal profile] magicalworld 2009-12-24 12:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Huh? Oh!

[Tear tear tear rend rip shred tear]

Hey, more cards! This is great, now I don't have to spend so much upgrading my- heeeeeeeey, wait a minute. Why would you give me cards you know I'm gonna end up using on you? Are these rigged or something?
shiromadoushi: (Anime: Smiiiiile)

[personal profile] shiromadoushi 2009-12-24 02:31 pm (UTC)(link)
It'd be awfully hard to rig Duel Monster's cards, don't you think? [[smiiiiles. Not saying yes or no would give Calvin a good excuse when he lost again, after all]]
magicalworld: (fear)

So sneaky

[personal profile] magicalworld 2009-12-24 05:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[Sloooooowly pockets the cards, looking at Bakura suspiciously.] Yeah, I guess it would. Thanks a lot, Bakura.

[ooc: refresh my memory, did I say what Calvin was getting Bakura on the holiday gift meme?]
shiromadoushi: (Not an evil power-hungry DM at all)

He really is :D He's a GM, after all :D and yeah the moon duel certificate, yes?

[personal profile] shiromadoushi 2009-12-24 05:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[[smiles innocently.]] And I brought my deck, if you want a rematch!
magicalworld: (wary)

Oh right, I remember now!

[personal profile] magicalworld 2009-12-25 05:25 pm (UTC)(link)
...nah, I gotta go, uh, build a snow fort. I'll definitely take you up on that later though!

[Fear of repeated humiliation? Calvin? Never.]
shiromadoushi: (Yo!)

[personal profile] shiromadoushi 2009-12-25 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
All right! [[smiles]] I should probably get back to the kitchen anyway...

Merry Christmas, Calvin!