Marauder Chronicles, Vol. 007 | [Action/Video]

[stagsalot]

[Once again, the Guide displays its proclivity for turning on when it feels like it, more-so than when it's told to, as the video feed starts in on James and an ofawitch. For once, the ship's resident egotistical wizard (now one of two, but that's altogether unimportant at present), looks incredibly awkward, and almost shy. Or was that ashamed?]Yeah, see,

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[ofawitch]

[in jumping to her feet she's knocked the Guide into the "off" position. That's the lucky part!]

Three months!

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[stagsalot]

[In his defense, he does look very ashamed. A bit like a puppy who's been hit with a paper, even if that's not his line, per se.]

It's complicated! I didn't just show up all, 'Bloody hell, it's a new place, might as well get a new girlfriend'! She's not...even really...it's not like that! Not really!

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[ofawitch]

[She sees those puppy eyes, and she'd be a great big liar not to admit they didn't have a tiny bit of an effect, but she can still feel her face glowing with anger for now.]

It's about to be complicated! [which seems an unfortunately likely threat with the way she's balled up her fist that ~magically~ has her wand in it] Three months! Three months and you run off with--with--I don't bloody know what her name is! That's brilliant, James, really brilliant, I'm so happy for you both!

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[stagsalot]

WOAH, Lils, can I at least explain before you blow my head off? [Sure, he'll explain, but wow is that a lethal wand in his face.]

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[ofawitch]

I'm not going to bloody hex you!!

[ARE YOU SURE LILY...]

[action]

[stagsalot]

[He still eyes the wand in her hand warily, but nods. If she's determined to hex him, it's going to happen if she wants it to, pleading or not. But he could at least hope she was serious?]

Can we just for a second, just for a second, indulge me and pretend I said nothing? [He doesn't give enough time for an answer, despite asking for it.] Put yourself in my place; if you'd been here for months, thinking your friends, your gir--er, boyfriend, hell everyone you knew was dead, gone, poof, in an instant...

Would you really want to think about it at all?

Look, I know this was...I'm an idiot. I know. But if I didn't...if I didn't think about it, it was easier to...

[Merlin, did he always sound like this? Because even to him, this sounds terrible. Words, Potter, use them.]

Bloody hell.

It was easier to pretend nothing was wrong, alright?

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[ofawitch]

Yes! Yes, I would want to think about it all, if I didn't, if I just pretended - if would be like you were really -

[her jaw snaps shut; she's still breathing hard, but she does slowly take a seat]

It must've been hard for you, I'm not pretending it isn't, but you may as well be saying you just gave up on us all. That's bad enough without you snogging some other girl. And after all your bloody badgering at Hogwarts, years and years of it, and then after three months...!

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[stagsalot]

Well, what was I supposed to think?! I didn't know you could just...show up out of nowhere, they told me the whole bloody planet was gone. That's not something I can fight against, I can't hex that, I can't make it better.

[He actually looks pained at the last bit.]

Lily, I'm...[Deep breaths, Potter. You won't get anywhere if you don't say it.] I'm sorry.

If you're going to kill me, can you at least make it quick?

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[ofawitch]

Merlin, James, your whole planet's gone with all your mates, you're alone in some mental spaceship - this is a situation in which you actually need to read. There's loads of - I looked it up while I was waiting - for someone as brilliant as I know you are you can be a right idiot!

[she's getting so worked up she loses her train of thought. With some wordless sound of rage, she crosses her arms and looks way.]

What's her name?

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[stagsalot]

[Thank Merlin, because the lack of eye-contact makes this much easier. Or, well, as easy as this is ever going to get.]

...Brittany. And it's more of a was thing, except that it wasn't a whole thing, and I can't not go to this sodding dance because that would make me an even bigger git than I am, and yes, I know I'm a git and an idiot and...whatever...else it is that I am.

[action]

[ofawitch]

[whoops she whips her head back around to glare at him]

Brittany. You went and snogged a girl named Brittany and you're taking her out. So were you hoping to get some sort of timeshare going, she gets you on the weekends and I'll wave at you in the hallways if you promise not to pull my pigtails?

[she looks away for a second time, the hand tightly grasping her wand beginning to shake. That wasn't very adult.]

As welcome as the sight of your head exploding from the force of your swollen ego may be at the moment, I wouldn't be caught dead fighting over you, James Potter. You are a git and an idiot and you ought to be sorry and I'm not going to kill you.

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[stagsalot]

I...[Wait, Lily, what?] NO! I don't want you fighting over me, why in the hell would I even want that? IT'S NOT LIKE THAT, and I'm trying to apologize and tell you that it's over, whatever in the bloody hell it even was, and I don't know what you want, Lily. I don't, and for Merlin's sake, I'm trying.

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[ofawitch]

I didn't say you wanted it, I said I'm not going to do it. The terms of the situation, or whatever you want to call it, I don't even bloody know, you got all this started with her and if you want to - to keep at it I want it perfectly clear I will be the last person to try and stop you.

[ugh blah she bites her cheek and continues to Not Look At Him]

I want this to be some sort of ridiculous joke you're playing because I thought-- look. I know you...you've apologized, I'm just not exactly sure what I want to do.

[action]

[stagsalot]

And I just told you I'm not keeping with it. We discussed it before you showed up, actually...oddly, right before. I'm not forgetting something on the 31st of July, am I?

[He pauses, shakes his head. No, that just compounds how ridiculous this all is.]

Never mind.

[action]

[ofawitch]

You realize I want to curse all your hair off and punch you in the nose, don't you?

[and then after a beat]

Rent's due on the 31st.

[action]

[stagsalot]

Knew I forgot something. Are you going to be getting to that, then?

[Even though he makes a protective motion over his hair. GUUUUURL he must love you if he's not freaking out entirely. But alright, he did a little bit.]