hi alice!! i am giving away free hot chocolate today at the highwind partially because it is chilly outside and partially because i am super bored today :( you should stop by if you want to!! thanks!! <3 jade
[ OOC: Feel free to tag in or to just handwave!! She's sending this out to a ton of her CR, so there's no obligation. <3 Thanks! ]
[Severus had found out from Granger that Lupin is here. And, being equal parts curious and hoping Granger is sorely mistaken, Severus had to find out for himself. And 'lo and behold. Much to his displeasure, he comes across Lupin's name in the network.]
[Since being rudely alerted of this development, Severus has launched into immediate action, alerting necessary people - even those he hates.]
I don't expect this to mean much to you, but Barty Crouch Jr. is in Asgard. As a member of the Order back home, I felt it necessary to enlighten you. Good day.
[ so the thing about potters and christmas is that it's always a big ordeal. when james was in school, it was partially because of his mother. her insistence that his friends come by for at least a couple of days before the holidays, that they do everything and anything considered 'christmas-y' because it was her favorite holiday. when remus and sirius could come by, she'd smother them with gifts. gifts on gifts on gifts and then it would be food and eggnog and fireplaces and snowball fights and she would always, always make it special for them.
when she died, that first christmas was hard. but somehow sirius and remus and peter all found a way to step up, brought together some big party on christmas eve to honor your mum and things got easier. better. since then james has only had one christmas, but he's taken it upon himself to go all out with it. his father passed as well, but with lily, the tradition had to move on.
james potter was not his mother. he couldn't ever take the holiday to such an extreme as she had. but he's quick to help lily and hermione with decorating up their house, quick to make everything as cheesy and over the top as he possibly can. in the corner of their living room, under a window, is a candle that he set there specifically for her. remus is probably the only one who recognizes it.
but that doesn't matter much, does it? because it's christmas and it's a time for presents and joy and love and all the best things in life. james' favorite things in life. and while he and lily have gotten an obscene amount of presents under the tree for everyone, this is one that james wants to hand-deliver.
so remus' room is suddenly going to receive a succession of knocks. quick and insistent and continued until he opens the door. once he does, james is going to thrust a small to medium sized wrapped package into his hands, the contents of which are a scarf (his mother's tradition) and a stack of three leather journals, all hand-made and decorated with various different designs. james is actually quite proud of this gift, moony, as you can probably tell by his giant grin. ]
[He laughs as he tries to hold all the presents at once-- and then finally gives up and dumps them on the bed, moving to sit after them.]
Can I open them now, is that allowed?
[His room here is so much nicer than the one in Odin's district-- larger, for one, and painted a quite nice yellow, bright and cheerful. There's already a mountain of books neatly stacked by his bed, most from the library, and a few paintings hung up to keep the place looking interesting.]
[In honor of the Earth holiday centering on love, Freya sends out a little gift around this time.
A small box containing a piece of chocolate will appear on your pillow during the day. When consumed, the chocolate’s magic will lift your mood for a short period of time. It’s accompanied by a note.]
Where love might bring about sorrow, it also welcomes joy.
[ In honour of the god centering on love being a giant frilly prissypants, Loki sends his own little gift just a few hours after hers.
His box of chocolate will look, smell, and taste exactly like Freya's did, appearing right next to where Freya's was or is if you haven't picked it up yet. The only difference between the two is that Loki's won't lift your mood; it'll give you loud and embarrassing flatulence for the next three hours.
It's also accompanied by a note. ]
Where joy might bring about yearning, it also welcomes wonder.
[ guess who is just going to show up in this video absolutely beaming? this wizard. who happens to not be alone in said video, but is trying very hard to ignore a mass on his shoulder. a mass, that is actually this magnificent creature (if you replace the purple with red and gold eyes) who is climbing all across his shoulders. she sees incredibly interested in his hair, which just ends up making james break character to untangle her from his curls. james look from the video to the dragon, the smile never once fading. ]
Gwendolyn, meet Remus. He's probably going to dad you and that's perfectly alright, he has my best wishes at heart. [ and then a look back to the camera, at the same time that gwendolyn also looks up. she considers the camera for a moment, before making to look like she's taking a big breath, and then a large belch escapes her and she returns to whatever it was that interested her in james' hair in the first place.
he just kind of laughs. ] She's beautiful, isn't she?
[She is beautiful. He can appreciate that, at least, from a removed point of view. That doesn't last for long, though; soon he's got his mouth covered with both hands, looking quite stressed.]
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