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Feb 27, 2011 23:18

Buggering fucking hell, I hate these telly-fun things. Not even a proper amount of buttons on it or anything, how does this even w-

[The device's audio feed cuts out before the video turns on with a closeup of... An ear. What were you expecting, he thinks it's a telephone or some shite. Anyway. He pulls it back to stare at it with a disappointed ( Read more... )

fred weasley, will stanton, james potter, kate beckett, george weasley

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[Video] beyondimagining February 28 2011, 14:46:27 UTC

Did you just arrive, then?

[video] stagginurparty February 28 2011, 20:42:38 UTC

Well, not just, tiny sprog thing. I've been here a bit, and over there, and possibly also in circles. I'm not quite sure as I'm almost positive I'm lost.

Re: [video] beyondimagining February 28 2011, 20:47:40 UTC

You haven't found the barracks yet? That's where everyone else is.

[video] stagginurparty February 28 2011, 21:09:09 UTC

No, mate, know exactly where it is - I just felt like taking a leisurely stroll through the verge.

[Sarcasm, yes, but not bitingly so. James grins before sighing and dragging a hand through his hair which. Seriously looks like it might just walk off at this point growling, it's that unruly and filled with twigs.]

Look, there were lots of loud noises, grotesque monster things, and possibly a lightsabre. I don't know. I'm not a Jedi. [The yet is implied.] It is entirely possible and expected for one to get all turned about.

Re: [video] beyondimagining February 28 2011, 21:41:38 UTC

[Will takes this entire speech completely seriously. Also, Star Wars is still two years in his future.]

...I don't know what a Jedi is.

Have you tried using the tracker on this odd device?

[video] stagginurparty February 28 2011, 22:23:28 UTC

[James stares. And stares. This is like hearing that this child didn't know what Yule was. He might actually cry.]

You... You poor, hapless, feckless thing. You must have been living under a rock - a horribly negligent rock, and. [Takes a deep breath to start explaining before stopping.] No. Wait. Too much to tell as this is quite possibly the most epic saga in the history of Mug-- Movies. Yes. Those. Anyway.

Using the whatsit on the bwuh-huh? [...Yeah, James is. Basically shaking the comm-thing like a British nanny with PMS. And yes, I'm going to hell for that description.]

Re: [video] beyondimagining February 28 2011, 22:37:27 UTC

I live in Buckinghamshire. [Will points out logically.] We don't have many large rocks.

This thing we are talking on. You can make it show arrows to where everyone is. Like a compass.

[video] stagginurparty February 28 2011, 23:03:08 UTC

...It's a turn of phrase, kidlet, meaning you're pretty well out of the loop, not knowing what's a-happening in the wide world. [James has never quite encountered a chillun like Will. He's somewhat torn between taking the youngling under his wing and noogies. He's not quite sure which.]

Aha. I see now. [Dot dot dot.] No, I don't see, never really been big on telly-fun things to begin with, and this is a bit more complicated.

Re: [video] beyondimagining February 28 2011, 23:13:21 UTC

[Will looks confused.]

I do listen to the news, sometimes. Mum and my sisters like to have the radio playing when we work around our house.

I would offer to come and show you, but I've promised quite few people I wouldn't leave the barracks. Perhaps you only need to experiment with it.

[video] stagginurparty February 28 2011, 23:17:53 UTC

...The news. I am talking about culture, mate. The beauteous cellul- Cellbo- Cellularl- FILM. [Celluloid is a hard word, okay. Don't judge.] When all this is said and done, I am going to have to tell you stories. Between Jedi knights and triffids and Klaatu barada nikto, we have much to cover.

Right. I can do experimental. [And surreptitiously takes his wand out and starts jabbing it at the thing. Darn it, he will make this work. He can figure out a microwave into exploding, he can find this thing's map. Yus. :|]

Re: [video] beyondimagining February 28 2011, 23:29:17 UTC

I've watched films before. But none of that sounds familiar at all.

[Will considers these rather strange actions.]

What are you trying o do?

[video] stagginurparty March 1 2011, 20:58:10 UTC

Don't worry. Time we're through, you'll know it all, Marauders' Oath.

[...Crap. James quickly shoves both hands behind his back and makes the most innocent face ever.]

What what?

Re: [video] beyondimagining March 2 2011, 02:13:25 UTC

Marauder? I'm not sure what you mean by that.

[Will is still confused. That stick looked like the wands Fred and George had used. But why was he attempting to hide it?]

I do not think poking it will help.

[video] stagginurparty March 2 2011, 19:50:22 UTC

Oh, the Marauder thing you're not supposed to know - it's something of mine. Just me and a few mates, something to call ourselves by, y'know? Makes us sound cool.

...Well, you never know. It might.

Re: [video] beyondimagining March 2 2011, 19:55:11 UTC

Oh, I understand. Like the people in town call us the Stanton horde.

Wouldn't it be simpler to just press the buttons? If that is the same kind of thing as Fred and George use, it seems like it could be rather dangerous.

[video] stagginurparty March 2 2011, 20:04:18 UTC

[Snort.] That is a brilliant nickname to be getting. Sounds like Weasleys to me.

I've tried pressing the buttons, and I get nothing but boops and blinking and all other nonsense an- [And as he goes to press a button just to demonstrate this lack of technological cooperation he's been getting - it turns the map on.] ...Right, it did that on purpose, just to make me look an arse. You're my witness to this, sprogling.

[Hold up.] Wait, you're talking about this thing? [Holds up his wand as he brightens because omg other wizards.] Who'd you say had one again?

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