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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

EARLY ARRIVALS: VARIOUS PREPARATIONS

[identity profile] bluffing-ruffle.livejournal.com 2009-12-22 01:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Pre-party prep lasts from 8AM - 6PM! Get checked out and then come help out!

TIMELY ARRIVALS: CHECK YOUR MOTIVES AT THE DOOR

[identity profile] bluffing-ruffle.livejournal.com 2009-12-22 01:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Whether you're a little early, or fashionably late--or just plain late--try your hand at getting past the 'bouncer'.

SOCIALIZING FOR FUN AND PROFIT

[identity profile] bluffing-ruffle.livejournal.com 2009-12-22 01:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Pre-food! Post-food! Who cares which? Get out there and interact--talk to your friends, talk to your enemies, talk to people you don't even know. Just talk!

GO AHEAD! TALK WITH YOUR MOUTH FULL!

[identity profile] bluffing-ruffle.livejournal.com 2009-12-22 01:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Sit down where-ever you like (or don't sit down at all, if that's your style); there's plenty of food to go around. Possibly a little too much. But it's good to be prepared. Chill with friend and foe alike and talk with both over a turkey leg--or sit glowering in frosty silence at each other over the butterscotch pudding. Whatever suits you best!

I'M GOING TO PISTOL-WHIP THE NEXT GUY WHO SAYS 'SHENANIGANS'

[identity profile] bluffing-ruffle.livejournal.com 2009-12-22 01:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Gonna start a brawl? Gonna have a food fight? Planning on an out-of-control argument? Trying to ruin someone's night? Stealing that pretty painting over the mantle? Having a little too much nog and dancing shirtless on the table? Mind you don't step in the cranberry sauce if that last one's the case, but if you fancy a bit of fun and don't mind life as a small pine tree, this is the place to do it.

Non-violent naughtiness also encouraged! Games of impromptu football, riotous song-singing, displays of power and pie-eating contests--if you can have fun doing it, you damn well better do so!

THIS IS WHY MANKIND INVENTED THE 'GUEST BEDROOM'

[identity profile] bluffing-ruffle.livejournal.com 2009-12-22 01:47 pm (UTC)(link)
There's always That Couple (or six) that chooses to giggle and run off to have a little fun in some abandoned corner of the house. See who takes the title here... but beware of sudden chills.

AND THEN EVERYTHING ELSE HAPPENED HERE

[identity profile] bluffing-ruffle.livejournal.com 2009-12-22 01:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Get booted outside? Got nothin' else to do? Not actually at the party and want to comment on it from the police station? Something happen that you just can't seem to fit into one of the other threads? That's cool. We've got you covered.

TAKING YOUR TOYS AND GOING HOME

[identity profile] bluffing-ruffle.livejournal.com 2009-12-22 01:51 pm (UTC)(link)
It's 10PM, you're full, and half the dinner guests are sitting in a pile in a box marked 'ORNAMENZ' in childish scrawl. It might be a smart time to make your getaway--or, hey, leaving early? Be sure to say goodbye to everyone before you go <3