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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

The fact that Wu and Parker get along is one of those fantastic RP surprises that I adore

[identity profile] lady-fister.livejournal.com 2009-12-23 05:18 am (UTC)(link)
Wu snorts and grins in commiseration.

"Mm. One moment they puff up like bird, the next, they hide behind your legs and cower. Never ask one to do hard things. Just pick up the bow and set the ship on fire yourself. Less bother."

It's strange having conversations like this with a slight foreign girl in the middle of a party... but Wu can't really say that it's a bad sort of strange. Being the sole female Iron Fist is nice and all, but it's nice to have another woman to talk to for once.

[identity profile] 20-lbs-of-crazy.livejournal.com 2009-12-23 05:34 pm (UTC)(link)
"And then they act all shocked because you went and got things done while they were arguing." Parker added. "I almost never get to set anything on fire."

Well, that last one had less to do with her being a girl and her crew's desire to not resort to unnecessary destruction.

[identity profile] lady-fister.livejournal.com 2009-12-26 04:51 am (UTC)(link)
"Yes!"

Wu cocks her head when Parker continues, surprised.

"Never? Is a shame."

In her opinion, fire was a tool like any other, to be used judiciously whenever and wherever necessary... and in her work, it was necessary quite often.