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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] punmanarmy.livejournal.com 2009-12-26 12:55 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm kind of an expert in the exploding department myself... but only when it's happening to the people I'm fighting," he shrugged at that. He felt for Waspinator, really he did... sort of, but he couldn't let an opportunity to aggrandize himself go by. "Naw, I'm good," Metabee replied to Waspinator's question nonchalantly, glancing down at the heaps of mashed potatoes, prompted to jam some of his roll in his mouth. He had learned very early in his career as a human not to eat too much, but he couldn't stop the bulk of his gluttony.

"Nice table manners there, bud," he gestured at Waspinator with the hand clutching his roll, pulling a face. As always, Metabee was little better himself, but as far as he was concerned the 'little' meant he was free to tease.

[identity profile] chewtoyoffate.livejournal.com 2009-12-27 09:13 am (UTC)(link)
"Ooooou, very impreszive. Well, Wazpinator knowz plenty about explosionz, firzt hand, too. Szo there!" Not that that was much better, really, but it sort of gave him a leg up. In his mind, anyway.

He jabbed at Metabee's stomach with his free hand, smirking. "Yellowbot might want to watch hiz intake though, nzzz! Wazpinator thinkz maybe he'll get bigger, and not from scanning a new mode!" It didn't occur to him that Metabee wouldn't really catch that, but the insult was the important part.

Waspinator pouted. "And Wazpinator'z mannerz are fine! Hazn't thrown anything, haz he?"

[identity profile] punmanarmy.livejournal.com 2009-12-27 11:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Metabee may not have been totally familiar with the language, but the intent was clear enough. He scowled at the implication, batting away Waspinator's hand. "I exercise plenty, thanks. If anybody should worry, it's you. I thought you were a wasp, not a Hoover," he said pointedly.

The pout earned nothing but a snort. "Not yet. But don't tempt me. I'm tryna stay on the good side of the folks here." He did not want to be in the bad graces of Ruka's father figure, much as he loved food fights.

[identity profile] chewtoyoffate.livejournal.com 2009-12-28 09:21 am (UTC)(link)
Sadly, even insults get run through the Waspinator filter, and the jab doesn't quite reach his brain the same way Metabee intended it. "Exactly! Yellowbot wantz cleanerbotz, find szomeone elze. Az long az Wazpinator can take off, Wazpinator iz fine." Because even though he's not built for garbage disposal, he can branch off into other skills.

"Zzzzt. At leazt organic food doezn't explode on contact, rzz!" Even in a state for consumption, energon would make very, very good projectiles. Too good for food fights, really.

[identity profile] punmanarmy.livejournal.com 2009-12-29 02:50 am (UTC)(link)
Metabee had to stop and peer at him for a moment, brow wrinkling as he tried to figure out just what had happened there. "Sure you're not a garbagebot?" he deadpanned, horking down the rest of his roll.

"No organic food that you've found yet, at least," he replied in vague antagonistic amusement. Of course, no organic food Metabee'd found yet did either, but that didn't stop him from joking.

[identity profile] chewtoyoffate.livejournal.com 2009-12-31 05:43 am (UTC)(link)
Waspinator looked irate for a moment, before realizing the insult he'd been handed. A sly look spread across his face as he pointed at the blond again, grinning. "Yellowbot can decide! After all, Yellowbot should know hiz way around trash!"

A buzz for good measure. "Organic food doezn't explode! Don't try to trick Wazpinator!" He pouted again, pausing for a moment to stuff a potato-laden fork in his mouth. "And Yellowbot couldn't even have energon, szo shut it!"

[identity profile] punmanarmy.livejournal.com 2009-12-31 06:45 am (UTC)(link)
"Only cause I spend all my time with you," he snapped back at him instantly, wanting to cross his arms in vexation and finding it difficult when his hands were full. How come all their conversations inevitably turned into arguments?

"Can't even have hunnhh rnnghh think they're so fancy," the former Medabot mumbled to himself through his own mouthful, though of stuffing. "Who said I cared?"