assguardians | DECEMBER TEST DRIVE

THE TEST DRIVE MEME

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OPTIONAL SCENARIO: After your character receives his or her bracelet and the run-down from the faceless maids in the castle, they walk out to find the city blanketed with snow and in the middle of what seems to be a snowball war organized by the Native children! Be careful on your way to your Welcome House: snowballs are flying, and these groups of giggling kids don't seem to care who gets caught in the crossfire.

Make sure to have fun, and as always, feel free to hit the mods or players up with any questions you might have! ♥

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Dunno if even has to do with our own war, actually. Lots here who've never fought in one- [ alright so perhaps the key to james and sirius' speech patterns has to do with movement. with their short sentences and brain-melding level of understanding and the fact that james can be talking about eight hundred different things all at once and still be doing something entirely different with his hands. after the hug, and the shoulder clasp, and the slight squeeze that reminds james that sirius is here and well and good and in bloody asgard with him again, he's going to let go of him. reach down for a handful of snow and bunch it up before handing it right over. ]

Children need to be taught of a snowball fight, proper. All they've got here is a little bit of strategy and a lot bit of having no bloody idea where to place them- [ have a look for that who's better, comment, pads. because that is a fair fight and you know it. but it's like the moment he passes the ball off and so does the conversation. ] We're meant to be fighting fighting the frost giants- Ragnarok and all that, I think? Something to do with the end of the worlds and gods and all that norse mythology I definitely didn't pay attention to. Lately it's been a lot of Thiazi- nasty witch, that one. And someone else, someone- bah. Whatever her name is.

[ he's kneeling down again to get his own handful of snow, before he ends up hesitating a bit down near the ground. the idea of just how long he's been around is...a little sad, to be honest. sad and hard to wrap his brain around. but he's standing not long after, the grin less bright and more gods, it really has been that long. ] No. Lil's and I have been here 'bout six weeks now.

[Matter of factly, without question or second thought, Sirius accepts that hug, that shoulder clasp--and then the handful of snow as well, packing into yet another snowball as they talk. It's good to have something to do with his hands, anyway, because the shit that James is spouting--

Well, it seems almost inadequate to just call it mental. It's somewhere beyond mental, this whole--being plucked out of wizarding England to come to the end of the world. Not the end of their world, but some other world, and James is just sort of going on about it as if it's perfectly normal, leaving Sirius very little to contribute to. Just the occasional huh here and there, as he works on that snowball.]

Never had a head for anything other than the Greek mythology. Comes of being named after a star, I s'ppose. That and Norse names don't make any bloody sense, do they.

[Case and point: Thi-azi. What an idiotic name. And Sirius could wax poetic on that for a bit, except then James sort of looks away from him, and he can feel that hesitation. Like he'd miss that, from James. He knows James too well for that. Jesus, but six weeks--]

That's-- nearly two months. [And then, though it goes without saying:] That's impossible.

[ and that's the point of it, isn't it? keeping their hands busy and their mouths busier because james can talk, and talk, and talk if he has to. as long as he keeps the conversation moving he won't have to worry about talking about his- their, judging by the way sirius is reacting- future.

he shrugs a little then, because in this exact moment they might as well be back at school. ] Pretty sure I had to do an essay for detention for History of Magic at some point. The Norse gods had it right, though- beer? All the time? Loki being the god of mischief? They didn't have it so wrong.

[ though a nod will come along with the names, because they really didn't make much sense. or any sense. but that's not...going to stick, is it? sirius is going to pick up that james is avoiding because sirius knows james better than anyway. always has. ]

Yeah. [ he gives a small smile, a shrug. no big deal. ] This place acts a lot like a time turner gone mental. Everyone here's from...different times. 'cept Lily and I, we're from the same, but everyone else is from a different place. [ his eyebrows lift a little like crazy, right? before he continues. ] What's the last thing you remember?

Well, all right, yeah. Fair point. You can't fault the Norse for their ale-quaffing and all, and if there's enough of that going on here, I might actually find some sort of happiness. Hey, that one's mine, by the way. Loki.

[It's got to be James' as well, right, because Sirius and James are a package deal. There's no way any sorting ceremony would sort them elsewhere. It's so assured that he doesn't even pause to see if James is going to say oh no I'm in Friajyanthor or some other weirdo Norse name. It helps that what James has moved on to is a topic that is... a little more difficult to get his mind around.

Time-turners, yeah. All right. But time-turners were, at the core, logical. And there were laws and rules and things, and for all that Sirius joked about wouldn't it be great to nip back and kick some arse in the Goblin Wars, slap my great-grandfather, shake Merlin's hand--well, he might break some rules, but Time Rules, those were important.]

Er. The last thing was... eating.

[Not helpful. He chips off a bit of his snowball, with a frown.]

I was round your place. Lily made shepherd's pie, and you and I, we were talking about-- the Fidelius Charm, and Harry was asleep, and then I went out for a smoke. That's the last thing I remember. It's summer.

[He adds that, last-minute, like it's going to make a difference. But maybe it will, if they're trying to date themselves, and he glances sidelong at James.]

What about you? It can't be that different. You look exactly the same. You've not had time to grow any awful moustaches or anything.

Loki? Ah, mate, that's brilliant. Feels like I should've been in that house from the start, but they put me in Freya. Something about giving me charm? [ he shrugs a little there, trying very hard to just keep it going and not talk about how he wishes he was just in loki and that remus was there too and they all could just live together again. lily too. maybe they should look into buying one of those larger houses? it has james' mind off on another path completely, one he's not sure is where it should be going but-

oh. right. time turners. time. things being...off, between them all, without it actually being off. james nods a little when sirius explains his point, not because he remembers it - because he doesn't - but because that's something he could see. the mention of harry almost has him smiling, too. logic or no, james is happy. glad. because the longer he's been around the more of his family has appeared. harry's here, now remus and sirius. slowly but surely it's like everyone is following, and now it's just a matter of keeping everyone here. ]

You're ahead of me. You and Remus are from around the same time, I think, but for Lily and I- we just got married. I'm going to have to make her make me that pie, though, but yeah. Two month anniversary, or was about to have it before we got here, and now it's almost four and oh godric presents. [ but james just grins a little, because that's not really what he's worried about. this means sirius is probably from a year ahead of him, maybe two. briefly, he wonders how close that puts him to his and lily's...no. not that. he needs to keep away from that.

instead, he just bumps his shoulder with sirius', his eyebrows shooting up a bit. ] I'd look great with an awful mustache, thank you.

DECEMBER TEST DRIVE

WALTZING OFF INTO THE SUNSET

my hero!!!!

wait did we just switch roles here....

shh just go with it

okay c: