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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

[identity profile] bluffing-ruffle.livejournal.com 2009-12-23 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
[Edgeworth has no problems recalling this woman and has no desire to set off the amusing suit designer in any way; he steps out of her path and gestures with one hand.]

I think it would be easier to name teas that are not present at the moment than those that are.

And, yes, feel free.

[identity profile] daaaaaaahling.livejournal.com 2009-12-23 01:23 am (UTC)(link)
Perfect dahling! What a great party.

::doesn't recognize him as she doesn't recall her previous visit to the city:: Now who are dahling?

[identity profile] bluffing-ruffle.livejournal.com 2009-12-23 01:25 am (UTC)(link)
I am glad you think so.

[Giving her a gracious bow and a properly host-ish smile.]

You may call me Edgeworth.

Would you prefer to put things in your tea? I--
[Inspects the dish with sudden confusion]--believe someone has taken all of the sugar cubes, actually... hmm.

[identity profile] daaaaaaahling.livejournal.com 2009-12-23 01:31 am (UTC)(link)
All of them? That just won't do. ::Lifts herself up on a chair to peer over onto the table into the dish::

Someone has a bigger sweat tooth than me. Oh well! You have other things don't you?

[identity profile] bluffing-ruffle.livejournal.com 2009-12-23 03:54 am (UTC)(link)
[He watches with amusement (carefully controlled and well-hidden, of course, as befits someone who is supposed to be at his best manners) as she clambers onto the chair and peeks at the empty dish; he chuckles at her comment instead and waves the problem away like the nothing it is.]

Of course. I can easily fetch more. One moment?