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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
dragony: (but I didn't order a candygram)

What kind of cookies THIS WILL MAKE OR BREAK THE FRIENDSHIP.

[personal profile] dragony 2009-12-27 06:08 am (UTC)(link)
[She flinches a little in surprise at the quality of her name, as always wholly unused to receiving suffixes but turns regardless as Bakura approaches.]

Merry Christmas to y—

[And yet even more surprise as the proffered box.] — for me?
shiromadoushi: (Embarrassed laugh)

Sugar cookies mostly! He looked up popular Xmas cookies and made em :D

[personal profile] shiromadoushi 2009-12-27 09:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Un! [[smiles with a little embarrassment]] Even though we don't see each other that much, you're still my friend, so I wanted to get you something!
dragony: (see now i'm emoing)

DEATH TO THE INFIDEL.

[personal profile] dragony 2009-12-31 01:07 am (UTC)(link)
[She continues to stare at the box, her cheeks flushing some with embarrassment. She's never celebrated Christmas with this many people before, and certainly has never received gifts from anyone outside her immediate family. While she had some friends as close as family, and thus knew that she shouldn't be surprised to receive things from them, it was a short list, and Ryou wasn't... on it.]

[Cheeks still reddened, she hesitantly held out her gloved hands to take the box.]

Thank you...
shiromadoushi: (Embarrassed laugh)

Phht. :) What's wrong with sugar cookies? :D

[personal profile] shiromadoushi 2009-12-31 04:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[[looks almost more embarrassed at having embarrassed her and rubs the back of his neck a little]] It's all right if you want to open it, I won't make you wait or anything!
dragony: (oh right i'm 11 lol)

They're gross :|

[personal profile] dragony 2010-01-04 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
[She shakes her head, a smile slowly growing on her face.]

No, that's okay! We have a Christmas tree set up in another room. That's where we're keeping all the presents, so I can put this with the others.