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[moonlitlunacy]

A Victorian-themed masquerade, hm? [Remus tosses one of the advertisements for the gathering aside, replacing it with a bar of milk chocolate, which he unwraps with practiced ease.] Sounds rather like one of those charming little things Professor Dumbledore would come up with.

[And he is now sitting there chewing his chocolate, a warm, nostalgic

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[glacial_dance]

Are you gonna come with me?

[moonlitlunacy]

To the-- to the masquerade? [Clearly not very knowledgeable about these sorts of things.] ... Well, I'd be happy to join you.

[glacial_dance]

Yay! Okay! It'll be fun!

[moonlitlunacy]

I've got two left feet, just to warn you...

[calledaftermath]

...What is a masquerade?

[moonlitlunacy]

It's a party or gathering of sorts where everyone's meant to wear masks. It creates a certain amount of... intrigue, supposedly.

[calledaftermath]

...I still don't understand. Humans don't have to pretend to be something they're not, so why do they?

[moonlitlunacy]

Most of the time it's just for fun. But some people do have things to hide, so they have to pretend.

[dogged_mischief]

[Ganks a corner off your chocolate. 83]

You're not thinking of going, are you?

[moonlitlunacy]

[Lets Sirius take it with no complaint, since he's very well accustomed to having food nicked by any one of the Marauders.]

... Are you?

[dogged_mischief]

[omnomnomnom]

Nope.

[moonlitlunacy]

[Trying not to appear too let down by this.]

Why not? I mean, it's expected of you and James to go about wrecking havoc-- it being Halloween and all. Not that I'm condoning such behaviours, of course.