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Tweak says, "[Bilamos.]"

Sirius O. Black (chienderace) wrote in loremrpg,
@ 2011-04-30 19:00:00

Entry tags:

!incomplete, amelia bones, arthur weasley, dorcas meadowes, fabian prewett, gideon prewett, hestia jones, james potter, kira fenwick, lily evans, remus lupin, septima vector, sirius black

Characters: Gryffindors and/or anyone friendly with the Marauders, even in passing, including friends of friends of friends...the more, the merrier!
Setting: Gryffindor common room, after dinner on Sunday, 31 October
Content: NSFW, likely, for mentions of drunken debauchery by underage witches and wizards. And probably also costumes that are, erm, less than proper.
Summary: It is Sirius Black's birthday, and you know what that means!

One of Sirius' favourite things about his birthday was that it was Halloween. Some people might have resented sharing their birthday with a holiday, but not Sirius. For him, the addition of Halloween just gave him an excuse to make his annual party even larger than it would have been already.

Once he had rolled out of bed midmorning, eaten brunch, and downed some hangover potion, he had spent at least a fair portion of the afternoon getting ready for the party. He went down to Hogsmeade one last time to pick up some treats from Honeydukes', then, along with the other Marauders, kicked everybody out of the common room and started work. They enlarged the room a bit with magic, pushed all the tables and chairs to the perimeter of the room, put up several magical and somewhat frightening decorations, asked the house-elves to send up some refreshments, and prepared their impressive store of alcohol. Sirius also sweet-talked the Fat Lady into letting any and all partygoers into the common room for the evening, regardless of password knowledge, except those who weren't wearing masks (since enchanted masks were his requirement of the year, after all).

Once everything was set, Sirius headed back up to his dormitory to change into his costume, then returned to the common room with his mates and waited for the partygoers to drift in as dinner finished.

[OOC note: As mentioned in a couple of entries, enchanted masks are the rule of the party! The Fat Lady won't let you in if you aren't wearing one! The deal with the masks is they've got a mild confundus charm on them, so the wearer won't be recognized, even if they normally would be. If someone has already told you who they are, or you know what they're wearing, then you will recognize them, but other than that, you don't know who anyone wearing a mask is!

Also, feel free to reply to this in multiple subthreads, just like at the ball. This is a big party, and it's not ALL about Sirius, much as he'd like to think so ;) Feel free to godmod Sirius as welcoming your characters, offering them drinks, etc, and if you want to include him in a thread, you don't need to ask me, just go right on ahead! I'd make location comments, but the common room's not really big enough. Let me know if you have any questions!]

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atyourbehest
2011-05-01 09:53 am UTC (link)

Hestia had had a rather good time at the actual school dance, but it was always fun to cap things off with a crazier event. And what better than Sirius' party? When she had been making her Tinkerbell costume for the school dance, she decided it'd be neat to extend the Peter Pan theme into her second costume: Tiger Lilly. For the mask, she had sewn feathers to emulate the crown of the original princess. Since returning to her dorm, she had slipped on a brown suede dress with beaded embroidery that stopped at a rather unusually short hemline and brown suede moccasins with fringe on the edge. To finish off the look, she braided her hair into two thick plaits. She brought with her a basket of flowers not only to complement her costume but also to pass around to passerbys at the party.

She had no idea if anybody would actually recognize her, but figured that her diminutive height might be a dead giveaway. Throwing all caution to the wind, she was graciously let in by a funny painting of a fleshy woman. She quickly poured herself a glass of pumpkin juice and started traipsing around the common room, flower basket in hand, in hopes of finding anybody who looked familiar. As she walked around, she cheekily placed flowers behind people's ears, in their hands, on top of their head, etc.

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dorcasjmeadowes
2011-05-01 10:34 am UTC (link)

Dorcas was thrilled with how the ball had turned out, her secret date hadn't turned out to be Dedalus Diggle, and that was something Dorcas considered a success. It proved to be a distraction with everything that had occurred Friday night, and Dorcas told herself that tonight would be the same; she could worry all she wanted during the upcoming week but tonight, she was determined to have fun. At first, Dorcas was a little hesitant on deciding on her costume for Sirius' party. Lily had decided to go in something a little more risque and that just wasn't Dorcas' style. Dorcas opted for something she could feel comfortable in, and she knew if she wore anything like that she'd spend the night hidden away in the corner. Dorcas had decided on going as an angel, which, some would suggest was perfect for Dorcas. She'd tracked down a lovely dress, which she had inevitably fallen for, and luckily the establishment her mother had got it from made it in white. She'd charmed a pair of wings so they would flutter every so often and finished everything off with a beautiful white and silver mask and a pair of silver heels. Dorcas decided against wearing an actual halo, instead she braided two pieces of hair back which proved to look quite elegant with the loose waves of her hair.

By the time she had made her way down the stairs she found the room quite crowded with party goers. She searched the room for Sirius, just to wish him a happy birthday, after scanning the room a few times over she gave up, suddenly dreading the whole mask idea. She spotted a Tiger Lily by the drink table and a smile tugged at her lips. She was either about to attack her friend Hestia with a bear hug or have an extremely awkward encounter. She reached the girl, not saying a word, before she pulled her in for a hug. She quickly pulled apart realising that she might not even recognize her, after all Dorcas had told next to nobody of her costume. "Hes?" she questioned, hoping her instincts had been right. She paused before continuing. "It's Cas." She said, feeling rather silly. She scanned the room, her eyes occasionally squinting almost as if it helped her recognize anybody. She was hoping that she'd spot Remus shortly.

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prefect_wolf
2011-05-01 05:04 pm UTC (link)

Remus had crashed completely after the Ball the previous night. He was floating on a cloud; the night had been a dream come true, brilliant and absolutely perfect. He had made sure to not drink himself too silly because, knowing Sirius, his birthday party would leave him sick as a dog Monday morning.

He had left a small basket of gifts on Sirius's bed early that morning; including a box of Filibuster's Fireworks, a huge stash of chocolate frogs and a studded dog collar, something Remus wondered if Sirius would actually wear as a necklace. The final and biggest present he had presented to all the Marauders were engraved flasks, each with their Marauder name and a symbol similar to the ones of their tattoos. He had been hoping to save them for Christmas, but this Sirius's birthday was too perfect of a celebration to break them in.

Remus had gotten ready around the same time as his mates, choosing to continue his Phantom of the Opera thread by dressing as the Red Death, including the sword and a mask. He couldn't decide which of these was his favorite part of the costume, but it certainly was fun. It seemed fitting with the theatricality of the required masks to just go as far as humanly possible.

He had started drinking up in the dormitory, so he was a few steps ahead of the rest. There were already a few party goers in the common room as he entered, looking around. Remus knew about the charms, but he didn't think it would work this well. He stopped when he saw a blond and a dark haired girl chatting and paused hoping he actually knew them. Swallowing his nerves he wandered over, hoping he wasn't interrupting.

"'Evening ladies," he greeted them, raising a glass of clear liquid. "I hope you're both doing well."

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atyourbehest
2011-05-01 09:23 pm UTC (link)

"Dorcas! Finally, somebody I recognize!" Hestia exclaimed the moment her friend wrapped her arms around in a surprise hug. She was partly relieved as she returned the hug; even though there was a bit of fun in uncovering the identities of the mask-wearers, it could have been a potentially awkward scenario if she hadn't recognised anyone. As soon as the two girls broke apart, Hestia took a step back to marvel at Dorcas' ensemble. "Dor, you look absolutely stunning," she remarked. "I love it!"

The common room was abuzz with Gryffindors and the occasional Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw, as more people filtered in and out. Hestia raised her eyebrows as a girl walked in with a dress that barely covered her buttocks. "You don't perchance happen to recognize anybody, do you?" she whispered in Dorcas' ear.

She looked up as a brown-haired boy greeted her and Dorcas. He was wearing a dramatic red getup, replete with a sword and mask. "Lovely costume, sir!" she greeted, raising her glass of juice in return. "How are you enjoying the party?"

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prefect_wolf
2011-05-01 09:46 pm UTC (link)

Remus smirked when the brunette greeted her. He was so awful at recognizing people as it was, he was completely in the dark as to who was standing before him. The eyes behind his skull mask kept glancing at the blond, somewhere to even a point of staring. Bloody hell, she looked stunning.

"Thank you. You both look lovely tonight as well. It has been an excellent start to the night," Remus replied, pausing for a moment and spoke again, his voice much lower. "It's Remus, please tell me I know you two before I make a complete arse out of myself."

He knew Sirius would probably smack him upside the head for ruining the fun of the masks, but Remus didn't want the embarrassment of rambling to people who could potentially be his friends.

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dorcasjmeadowes
2011-05-02 11:22 am UTC (link)

Dorcas beamed down at her friend, glad that her instincts had been correct. She could only imagine how embarrassed she would have been if it hadn't been her friend. "Thank you!" Dorcas said softly, before she payed her friend a returning compliment. "And you do too! Tiger Lily? Honestly Hes, you're making me rather jealous with all your Peter Pan costumes. I love it!"

Dorcas had eventually found the source of Hestia's eyebrow raise. Her reaction had been quite similar to her friend's, Dorcas eyes widening at the girl's dress. She immediately turned to look at her friend, still with quite the horrified look on her face before she started laughing incessantly. "Uh, not many. Though, with costumes like that I think I'm rather glad." She scanned the room once more just to check if she recognized anyone. She spotted Lily by her knowledge of her friend's costume, Dorcas also assumed the bloke next to her was James, and she could have sworn the bloke that had just entered from the stairs was Gideon. She narrowed her eyes at him, taking in his Julius Caesar costume. Dorcas was actually finding this quite fun, trying to recognize everybody. She'd known the Prewetts since, well, forever so she never got the twins mixed up and, she'd hoped that a small confundus charm didn't change that. Dorcas shook her head, a little confused before she turned back to her friend wondering if she had recognized anybody. "How about you?"

Dorcas looked up and grinned as the boy approached them. She could have sworn somehow she knew the person behind the mask but the charm was throwing her off. "Thank you," she said to the boy, blushing slightly. Dorcas bit her lip when Remus informed them of his identity, rather excited he'd found her. She was feeling rather cheeky so she pointed a questioning finger at him. "Remus? Hm, there has been some talks of you over in the Ravenclaw common room." She said in a cheeky manner. She paused for a moment before letting him in on her true identity. "You should know me.. I'm a Gryffindor, my name is rather strange, oh! And I have an admitted addiction to chocolate frogs.."

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prefect_wolf
2011-05-03 03:52 am UTC (link)

"Oh really, the dear old Ravenclaws have been jawing on about little, ole' me," Remus raised an unseen eyebrow sensing the cheeky tone. "Can't possibly be my ravishing good looks?" He may or may not have had several glasses of firewhiskey before the one in his hand.

"Hmm...that is a tough one miss. Well, the Gryffindor I know who is addicted to chocolate frogs, other than my mates, is Dorcas Meadows, but I don't really think her name is all that strange," his face practically lit up when he realized it was her. The voice sounded like her and Remus was just hoping he was like. "Then...your friend would be...Miss Jones?"

He wasn't positive, but judging by the girl's looks and the way they had been talking it had to be her. Hestia was the only one of the girls who had dark hair.

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atyourbehest
2011-05-03 04:21 am UTC (link)

Hestia beamed as Dorcas complimented her costume. "Thanks, Dor! I was rather stuck on inspiration, and then I thought the Peter Pan theme wouldn't be a bad idea!" Hestia squinted her eyes, in hopes of finding more people she would at least recognize. She could have sworn she thought somebody with red hair -- was that Lily or Molly? And there were several people dressed as ancient historical figures and fairies; Hestia couldn't help but grin. "Unfortunately, I'm rather pants at figuring out who's who. Thank goodness you spotted me, otherwise I would have awkwardly botched everybody's name up." She laughed at that thought.

Hestia's eyes lit up as Remus said her name. "Indeed! I was going to tell you that my name rhymed with Schmestia Schmones, but that would have been a rather obvious giveaway, wouldn't it?" she exclaimed, clinking her glass with his. "Cheers, Remus. You're ten times the better guesser than I!"

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dorcasjmeadowes
2011-05-04 11:29 am UTC (link)

Dorcas grinned at Hestia, nodding along to let her know that she wasn't along -- she hardly recognized anybody, and for some reason it irked her a little. "Luckily, if anything awkward arises we can always pretend we weren't who we are.." Dorcas wondered if what she had just said made any sense whatsoever, she creased an eyebrow a little confused before continuing. "Well, who we were tonight. Suppose tonight's the night to do something crazy without worrying about dealing with the consequences later."

Dorcas grinned at Remus before she raised an eyebrow. "Oh, well then, aren't you self-assured tonight?" She responded, laughing slightly at the foolish manner of their conversation as she pointed a finger to his chest playfully. "Suppose you don't need me telling you that then? Must get old, all these Ravenclaw birds reassuring you of your ravishing good looks."

She nodded her head eagerly as he said her name, looking Hestia's way slightly laughing at the clue she was going to suggest. "Maybe I should haven't been so obvious. You know, kept the mysterious vibe I had going.." Dorcas responded, tilting her head to the side slightly as she bit her lip.

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prefect_wolf
2011-05-04 11:12 pm UTC (link)

The part of Remus's face that was unmasked blushed, but he doubted anyone would be able to actually see it. Liquid courage, it was what the Marauders had told him he needed to fully and truly enjoy the night. "I would have to be self assured to wear this, yeah? And yeah, they're just falling over themselves to get me." He winked at Dorcas.

Remus felt relieved when Dorcas and Hestia confirmed their identities. He was hoping we would be wandering around the entire night trying to figure out who the bloody hell was who. "Honestly, I'm glad I found you two. I reckon the others enjoy the thrill of the unknown chase but if you're actually looking for someone..." He trailed off as he looked over at Dorcas, but quickly stopped himself and took another swig of his drink. "Well, uh, it saves the embarrassment."

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