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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] out-of-beta.livejournal.com 2009-12-24 04:00 am (UTC)(link)
[ GLaDOS nods happily because, in all honesty, she thinks that it will be. She has a way of making most of her social interactions work to her advantage. Those that don't are promptly dropped or ignored. ]

WE ARE TO SEE ONE ANOTHER
ON SATURDAY
DO YOU THINK THIS IS
A BAD IDEA

[identity profile] mobius-bound.livejournal.com 2009-12-24 04:12 am (UTC)(link)
Not directly, no. I suggest that you take precautions involving your own personal safety, but that is all.

I am mostly concerned with Nigel and John's reactions to this development, respectively. However I do not know if you plan on informing John about it and I am rather certain I will learn Nigel's response sooner as opposed to later.

[ Another smile. ]

I look forward to hearing how things proceed between the two of you.

[identity profile] out-of-beta.livejournal.com 2009-12-24 04:22 am (UTC)(link)
[ GLaDOS purses her lips slightly. ]

ALEX FORBES IS AWARE OF MY ACTUAL DESIGNATION
AS A RESULT HE IS ALSO AWARE OF MY CAPABILITIES
HE IS SMART ENOUGH TO KNOW
THAT MAKING ME UNHAPPY
IS A VERY BAD IDEA
I HAVE ALREADY QUERIED HIM
AS TO WHETHER OR NOT
HE INTENDS TO INFORM NIGEL COLBIE
OF OUR ARRANGEMENT
HE ANSWERED IN THE POSITIVE
SO I IMAGINE YOUR SUSPICIONS ARE CORRECT

I DO NOT THINK TELLING JOHN IS A GOOD IDEA
HE WOULD MOST LIKELY OBJECT
TO BOTH MY ASSOCATION WITH ALEX FORBES
AS WELL AS OUR INTENDED ACTIVITY

[identity profile] mobius-bound.livejournal.com 2009-12-24 04:25 am (UTC)(link)
John objects to a great number of things. [ This is said with a bit more offhandedness than Cameron can actually claim to feel. ] Which is why a certain amount of autonomy is required.

What is the intended activity?

[identity profile] out-of-beta.livejournal.com 2009-12-24 04:27 am (UTC)(link)
[ Without missing a beat, GLaDOS grins. ]

CHAOS

[identity profile] mobius-bound.livejournal.com 2009-12-24 04:29 am (UTC)(link)
[ Cameron lets out a laugh. ]

You shall have to tell me all about it later, then.

[ Not here, where Edgeworth and his housemates keep flitting in and out of social clusters, picking up on all sorts of information. ]

[identity profile] out-of-beta.livejournal.com 2009-12-24 04:40 am (UTC)(link)
[ GLaDOS nods agreeably. ]

I WILL CAMERON

[ She lifts a finger. ]

DO NOT TELL JOHN

[identity profile] mobius-bound.livejournal.com 2009-12-24 04:42 am (UTC)(link)
I won't.

[ A moment of consideration and then: ]

Don't help him find out about Nigel, either.

[identity profile] out-of-beta.livejournal.com 2009-12-24 04:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She shakes her head, as if to silently confirm she won't. ]