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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] borrowyourpower.livejournal.com 2009-12-23 04:56 am (UTC)(link)
"Ah..." She nods then looks back down at the necklace.

Carefully she pulls it from the box and examines it. "It's...pretty." she comments as the finds the clasp. She fights with it for a moment before she manages to open it.

Blackarachnia lowers her head and draws the chain around her neck. Once again she fights with the clasp, trying to lock it back in place. She quickly realizes this is more difficult than opening it and hisses with frustration.

[identity profile] bluffing-ruffle.livejournal.com 2009-12-23 05:02 am (UTC)(link)
This is proving to be something more of a task than he'd hoped for; Edgeworth idly kicks himself for not having thought of something simpler--a ring, or perhaps a tiny figurine. Still, he's gone with this, and damned if he'll let her have a bad time of it. It's the gentlemanly thing to do, after all, and a proper host takes care of one's guests.

"Ah, here--turn around," he says, implying an offer of help. "Er--please, don't be frustrated. It takes a bit of practice."

[identity profile] borrowyourpower.livejournal.com 2009-12-23 05:21 am (UTC)(link)
Hesitantly she turns around and holds the ends of the chain until he takes them.

[identity profile] bluffing-ruffle.livejournal.com 2009-12-23 05:26 am (UTC)(link)
It's much easier to do this when you can actually see the clasp; it's but a fleeting moment before he has it fixed properly and settled around her neck the way it should be. And then, because that is far too much contact for someone he barely knows, and possibly even for someone he does, he backs up to a respectable distance and clears his throat to signify that he's not within attacking range any more.

Well, as much trouble as that was, it really is quite suitable on her, if he says so himself.

[identity profile] borrowyourpower.livejournal.com 2009-12-23 05:34 am (UTC)(link)
Once the necklace is on her she looks down at it, admiring the way it looks. As she get comfortable in her seat again there a small, barely noticeable smile on her face.

[identity profile] bluffing-ruffle.livejournal.com 2009-12-23 05:36 am (UTC)(link)
Edgeworth takes that moment to bow and excuse himself, wishing to let her have her tiny moment of happiness without interruption, expressing a quick desire for her to enjoy the rest of her night and slipping away into the crowd.

[identity profile] borrowyourpower.livejournal.com 2009-12-23 05:41 am (UTC)(link)
She watches him go then looks back down at the necklace.