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[natureinblood]

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

Comments

[out-of-beta.livejournal.com]

[ GLaDOS actually goes as far as to look Alex up and down as his posture changes. She notes the difference in weight distribution between his feet, where his hands go, the decline of one shoulder down to the other. She maps this to whatever data she has on him and labels it BODY LANGUAGE INDICATOR: SELF-SATISFIED. ]

THAT IS BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE PREFER THE CONCRETE
IT IS CONSIDERED EMOTIONAL DESIGNATION: COMFORTING TO THEM
ANSWERS NOT QUESTIONS
CORRECT

[namesnotjack.livejournal.com]

[ His eyebrows raise obliquely. ]

Yes and no. The concrete when it goes against what people think they know can be just as discomforting to the majority. What people like is when they find concrete things to back-up something they already believe.

[out-of-beta.livejournal.com]

[ She blinks at him again, her face blank, before glancing at the crowd behind him. ]

YOU DO NOT SEEM TO HAVE
MUCH FAITH IN THE PROCESSING CAPABILITIES
OF MOST PEOPLE

[namesnotjack.livejournal.com]

[ He rolls his eyes quickly, ending by looking off to the side at the crowd as well. ]

I'll have faith in other people when I have something to base that faith on.

[out-of-beta.livejournal.com]

[ Without warning, GLaDOS grins again at him. ]

A LOGICAL AND INFORMED CONCLUSION
MOST PEOPLE ATTEMPT TO ASSERT THEIR INTELLIGENCE
AND FALL DISAPPOINTINGLY SHORT WHEN IT COMES TO EXECUTION
I AM BEGINNING TO BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE AS SMART
AS YOU THINK YOU ARE
AGAIN AN ANOMALY
IT IS VERY REFRESHING

[ She blinks and then cants her head to one side and then slowly to the other. ]

WOULD YOU LIKE TO PLAY A GAME
ALEX FORBES

[namesnotjack.livejournal.com]

[ Alex tilts his head to one side as well, though to the opposite side, in a perverse mirror image. ]

What sort of game?

[out-of-beta.livejournal.com]

[ She doesn't miss a beat before answering. ]

WORD ASSOCIATION

[namesnotjack.livejournal.com]

[ One corner of his mouth starts to rise up in a smile before he manages to suppress it. ]

All right. Who goes first?

[out-of-beta.livejournal.com]

[ She shakes her head slowly, her eyes mapping that beginning of a smile, before looking off to one side and then the other. ]

I HAVE SUGGESTED THE GAME
YOU MAY CHOOSE WHO GOES FIRST

[namesnotjack.livejournal.com]

[ Alex is silent for a while as he thinks. Then he smiles again. ]

I'll go first. God.

[out-of-beta.livejournal.com]

[ GLaDOS blinks at him for a moment and there is a pause -- extremely brief. ]

UNQUANTIFIABLE.

FACT.

[namesnotjack.livejournal.com]

[ Alex's answer comes almost immediately. ]

Subjective. History.

[out-of-beta.livejournal.com]

[ A tiny reaction around her eyes. Curious. ]

SELECTIVE.

EVOLUTION.

[namesnotjack.livejournal.com]

[ Alex almost laughs and gives his head an amused, light shake. ]

Infrequent. Justice.

[out-of-beta.livejournal.com]

[ The corner of her mouth quirks slightly, but her face remains still mostly passive. ]

PRETENSE.

VILLAIN.

[namesnotjack.livejournal.com]

[ Now he does laugh, a short, sharp but quiet ha. ]

Fallacy. Hero.

sob the playercest of this comment orz

[out-of-beta.livejournal.com]

[ She lifts a finger immediately. ]

ALSO FALLACY.

[ GLaDOS is quiet for a moment, her expression oddly blank for a moment before her eyes widen in curiosity. ]

NIGEL.

/pats you gently on the head

[namesnotjack.livejournal.com]

[ Immediately, Alex's smile disappears, but there's no hesitation when he says: ]

Friend. [ He pauses when he actually has to think up a word to ask in return. ] Same to you. Friend.

o3o

[out-of-beta.livejournal.com]

[ GLaDOS actually has to stop, pause, and consider this before she answers. She looks off to one side and then says, almost as if she's confused: ]

JOHN.

[ It takes another moment before she thinks of another word. Her brow pinches when she says it. ]

WEAKNESS.

[namesnotjack.livejournal.com]

[ Alex watches the pucker form between her eyebrows. It goes a long way to making him feel less on edge, less defensive. ]

Surmountable. Obstacles.

[out-of-beta.livejournal.com]

[ Considering, she looks back at Alex finally. Slowly her expression smooths itself out again. Her voice is more certain now. ]

TEMPORARY.

INFINITY.

[namesnotjack.livejournal.com]

[ "Infinity" is awfully like another "-nity" word that Alex is used to hearing tossed around a lot, so it gets a tiny, derisive snort. ]

Philosophical. Hypocrisy.

[out-of-beta.livejournal.com]

[ It's clear that GLaDOS's answer comes to her the minute that Alex offers his word, but she does not say it right away. Instead, leans forward so that her face is closer to his; she stares at him for a moment. ]

HUMAN.

EMOTION.

[namesnotjack.livejournal.com]

[ Another short almost-laugh. Alex almost looks amused. ]

Overrated. Humans.

[out-of-beta.livejournal.com]

[ GLaDOS smirks. ]

EXPENDABLE.

MORALITY.