Regulation and Control

( Warded Owl to Charlie )

Who: Bas Capper, Tonks, Harry Potter (Matt is there as well if Cass is about to have him on screen, otherwise we'll just assume he's there)
What: Fetching a newly revived Harry
Where: Bas' property on the shore of Loch Gairloch, Scotland
When: Wednesday night, 9th July
Rating: Pg-13 for language likely
Status: Open;Incomplete

Crazy birds. Charlie had to send the crazy one who was going on about what an idiot he was up here to fetch his coffin? He liked Tonks, always had, but he'd never really liked what he knew of Tonks and Charlie together. The fact that her owls made her sound partially like a possessive girlfriend and partially like Molly Weasley put him off on the whole idea of dealing with her face to face to be honest. But he would because Charlie was his mate and it was for him. Hell, he'd even remember to be nice so he hopefully didn't get Charlie more yelled at than he was likely already getting.

He sat on his porch steps, bottle of beer in one hand and the other petting Cooper, who was laying on the step below him. Tonks' last owl sat in his lap. He was still in greens from having spent the day at the base. The green tee and the trousers could have made him blend into all the trees surrounding the house easily enough. He even could have blended into the porch easily enough so he'd taken the moment to think of putting the light on so Tonks would spot him when she showed.

( Owl to Bas Capper )

( owl post to Sebastian Capper, heavily warded )

( owl to Bas Capper, hexed heavily private )

Who: Charlie and Bas
What: Collecting evidence about Dudley's murder
When: Night of Saturday 24 May
Where: Dudley's former flat
Rating: PG/R for language, possible violence
Status: Closed, incomplete

Charlie had travelled up to Scotland to pick up Bas and whatever equipment he needed to get together for this DNA and fingerprint experiment. He wasn't sure that this was going to prove much of anything, and he was pretty sure Bas felt the same, but it was important to both Quent and Harry to find out who killed Dudley, and if there might be a lead in this, he was willing to try it. He could at least get leads on the Aurors who'd worked the case and rule them and the Regulators out, unless there was Polyjuice involved, in which case his head was going to start spinning.

Now he and Bas were standing in an alley outside Dudley's building, preparing to go in and try to figure out by Muggle means who had been there. The good thing about being a wizard was that all you needed in terms of travelling kit for this sort of business was your wand; the downside was that Mysteries was pretty good at scrubbing wand signatures and other magical traces. But this was like the zen of going into a good fight without knowing the state of the other actions in the campaign. Either it would work or it wouldn't, in the end. He would just have to do his part to the best of his abilities, and trust Bas would do the same.

Charlie looked over at his dark-clad companion. "You ready, Bas?"

Who: Mr. Brawny & Miss. Dainty (Bas & Lo)
What: Cuddling, as demanded (movie night)
Where: Bas' place once he fetches her
When: Evening, Wednesday, 21st May
Rating: PG-13?
Status: Closed; Incomplete

It took Bas all of a minute and a half to get outside of the house so he could apparate to London. He used the exact same place every time when he was going to Lo's and it was so old hat by this point that he didn't even have to think much to do it. One day he'd manage to splinch himself by doing that but luckily today wasn't the day.

He wasn't going to lie, when Lo said she had a surprise for him he was pretty quickly wary. She went from "Hey, wanna come to Alaska because you're not doing anything anyway" to "I want to cuddle my new roommate and hey I have a surprise!" Alaska wasn't enough of a surprise? Watch her give him a shrunken head or something.

Despite his suspicion over this supposed present he didn't hesitate when he walked up to the door of the house her family was currently residing in. He rang the bell and waited, hoping it wouldn't be the one who hated him who answered.

Who: Élodie Desmarais and Sebastian Capper
What: Girl Guy talk. About guys.
Where: Her house, driving, who knows where the road leads them.
When: May 4th, midnight
Rating: TBD
Status: Open; incomplete

“Only two seats, sorry Sol.”

“Oh, fuck you, Lo. I’m hungry.”

“I love you too, little brother. And take the underground if you want to get away. You’re a big kid, you’ll be alright.”

Lo rolled her eyes once the door was closed behind her, moving to sit down on the stairs before noticing a familiar dog smell. “COOPER!” She called out, ruffling the bag in her hand to tempt him to come out. “Where’s my favorite widdle boy? Where are you? Huh? Huh?” She looked like an idiot, kneeling on the ground in excitement, clapping to get a dog that no one could see’s attention. “Come to Lolo!”

Who: Charlie and Bas (and Mircea and Cooper for the canine set)
Where: Bas' place in Scotland
When: Sunday 21 April
What: Guy stuff. Blowing off steam. Drinkin' and smokin' and belchin' and fartin' and talkin' 'bout guns and knives. OK, at least talking about and shooting off guns.
Warnings: Language, no doubt, and blowing things up.
Status: Closed, incomplete.

Charlie and Mircea arrived at the spot on the edge of Bas' land that he'd described and started to trudge up to the cabin where Bas and Cooper lived. Just getting out onto the land was good for Charlie; he could feel some of the tension in his muscles running out of him as the clean scent of the air registered in his mind. It was the first time since Mathwall started, since he'd run into Severus Snape, since the death, no, the murder of Dudley Dursley (which, admittedly, had only been a couple of days ago) that he'd had a chance to leave his troubles behind and relax.

Quent would probably be annoyed that he was blowing off, but it was better than blowing up, and if he continued without destressing, he eventually would. "That'd be bad," he told Mircea in Romanian, glancing down and ahead where the dog ran along with him.

In the pack over Charlie's shoulder was a lunch Molly had sent along for the boys and a bone for Mircea. Out here, it was possible that Mircea would find a wild creature and bring it down. Charlie let him do that sometimes; he'd have to ask Bas whether everything here was safe for Mircea and Cooper to eat.

He began whistling a Weird Sisters tune that had been popular when he and Bas were in school as he got closer to the cabin by way of announcing himself.

Who: Sebastian Capper and Ginny Weasley
What: Killer Klowns from Outer Space- aka Bas and Ginny run into each other, there's a circus and the clowns are really Daevas.
Where: A circus
When: Saturday, 19th April, afternoon. Backdated.
Rating: R, probably
Status: Open; incomplete

The heels on her boots were barely there, adding just about two inches to her short frame, but Ginny was fond of them- she always had been fond of anything that clicked off the pavement as she walked, her steps quick and purposeful even though she had no real purpose. Her fingers played with the locket around her neck, twirling the gold chain around slightly stubby fingers and then releasing it as she watched the groups of people walking in the opposite direction to her with curious eyes. A number of them were families, parents tugging on children's arms, murmuring at them to hurry, outright yelling in some cases. From behind her she could hear a piercing scream as a toddler yelled that he didn't want to.

Idly wondering what on earth was happening, Ginny side stepped around a grumpy looking man who was twisting a leaflet between his hands. He was glaring at it with dark eyes, as if the sheer hatred on his face could make the thing melt in his hands.

"Bastarding circuses," he swore and his fingers tore the paper up, throwing the small pieces down onto the ground. She glanced down just in time to see the right hand side of a clown's face drifting onto the road, a tyre rolling over it a second later.

What a stupid way to react to a bloody circus, she thought. And since when have I not known about circuses coming to town? Ginny turned, her hands on her hips and her elbows knocking awkwardly off someone as she trod on another's foot. "I can't even see the Big Top," she said aloud, a hint of almost-sorrow in her tone.

Who: Bas Capper & Lo Desmarais
What: Target practice, and possibly hunting the human way. Maybe.
Where: Lo's house to kidnap her and up on Bas' property.
When: Just after sunrise, 18th April
Rating: TBD
Status: Open; Incomplete

Sometimes Bas woke up and actually wanted to interact with someone other than his dog. It was generally a fairly rare thing, to be honest, but it happened. Cooper was confused when Bas left the house without him. He had to leave the house in order to apparate but he didn't go very many places without the puppy. The dog even ended up down in Portsmouth with him when he went to go visit his father last week on the naval base. He was not going to take the dog to a house of vampires though. Lo hadn't gone over famously with the puppy, who had been caught between fear and curiosity, last time anyway.

It was early, but it was nice and it was still quiet. Bas didn't even actually know if Lo was awake at this hour. Technically a vampire should sleep during the day, right? But she was awake during the day so he could only assume she kept hours along the lines of what humans kept. Just to be safe, though, he leaned against the railing that led up the stairs to her front door and pulled out his mobile. Bas called Lo from his actual cell, a number she'd only recently acquired. While he listened to the phone ring, Bas twirled the stem of an orange and yellow daffodil between his fingers.

Who: Mister Brawny & Miss Dainty (Bas Capper & Lo Desmarais)
What: Rescue, Fishing
Where: Bas' place and Lock Gairloch
When: 5th April, 12:30 pm
Rating: PG-13ish for language
Status: Closed; Incomplete

He wasn't actually ever going to abandon her to the fate of Guitar Hero, which sounded like a pretty bad fate really. Mostly Bas just really enjoyed tormenting Lo. It was practically a hobby in and of itself, and a necessary one considering how much Granny Dearest enjoyed tormenting him as well. It was just the dynamic of their sordid friendship, if that's what they were calling it now. Bas half expected Lo to tell him next week she couldn't be friends with a human again.

He apparated into the garden behind Lo's house because it was the safest place that wasn't a trek away to do so. Hopefully the young, squirrelly one was still busy with the Guitar Hero and his knock on the back door would go undetected by the vehemently agitated kid.

( Owl to Sebastian Capper )

Who: Lo & Bas
What: The beginning of a beautiful and twisted non-friendship.
Where: Regent's Park mostly
When: December 2007, a few days after Bas officially returned to the isles.
Rating: PG-13
Status: Closed; Complete
Notes: Part One of Two

( Don't you ever add it to some vodka, make a cocktail? Maybe mix in a few spices and the like? )

Who: Lo & Bas
What: The beginning of a beautiful and twisted non-friendship.
Where: Regent's Park mostly
When: December 2007, a few days after Bas officially returned to the isles.
Rating: PG-13
Status: Closed; Complete
Notes: Part Two of Two (continued from here)

( Absolon had just been turned and he sort of...ate it )

Who: Charlie Weasley and Sebastian Capper
What: An accidental meeting
When: A few weeks after Bas' return to the UK (late 2007/early 2008)
Where: Hogsmeade
Rating: NSFW language. Charlie and Bas have mouths on them.

( Does the scraggly ginger belong to you then? )