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lumenrelegandus in scorched

.full.waning.

Jul 15, 2011 23:30

The man standing in the center is the dreamer.

You know him, or have seen him in past broadcasts, or can't understand why the first person perspective on this forge is not its owner. It's Sirius Black.

Because who, especially himself, could ever identify Remus Lupin with this situation.The stonework etchings at his feet gained in dimension around ( Read more... )

nymphadora tonks, oerba dia vanille, !remus lupin, river tam, -broadcast mind, shirley, lust, verity kindle, hermione granger

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wotchesyou July 16 2011, 03:43:33 UTC

Remus? Remus, wake up.

((OOC: Video or action, you pick!))

[how 'bout one then the other?] lumenrelegandus July 16 2011, 03:45:49 UTC

[sitting up instantly at her voice]

Are you all right?

[video then action then!] wotchesyou July 16 2011, 03:49:00 UTC

[ She's holding her Forge. She's seen his dream. ]

You were dreaming, Remus. The Forge is acting up again.

[yes! - video! :D ] lumenrelegandus July 16 2011, 05:06:41 UTC

[opens his mouth to protest that it hasn't done that since he started using occlumency…

Closes mouth abruptly and switches off.

Switches back on moments later. Just as long as the dream had shown.

His face is grey: unhappy; furiously, self-loathingly angry. Not the first time he's forgotten his monthly remedy. You'd think after the cataclysm-the consequences to his friends-of the last…

Repeats quietly, voice very different,]

Are you all right?

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video; private thenobledie July 16 2011, 05:12:10 UTC

[ man, do you know how long it takes for her to remember how to work filters? TOO BAD SHE IS CHILLING IN DISMAS. she could have just ask lilly. :| ]

Terribly unfortunate, this monthly habit of the Forge's.

[ so not sorry about missing from the clinic, btw. ]

video; private lumenrelegandus July 16 2011, 05:51:17 UTC

I know how to prevent it. I must have lost track.

[sounds resigned to it. No point being mortified, it's done.]

I've wondered where you've been.

video; private thenobledie July 16 2011, 05:59:07 UTC

[ an elegant shrug. the light is low in whatever room shirley is in, but by the movement, he might be able to spot a small stack of books beside her and a bottle of...something. ]

I took a suggestion.

[ slight incline of her head. ]

Who is this woman I remind you of?

video; private lumenrelegandus July 16 2011, 06:10:56 UTC

[a faint smile]

I never associated you until now. [even the physical resemblance had escaped him-though now inescapable. As is the sudden suspicion that Shirley in life may have resembled Lily in more ways, indeed.] I suppose it's the sort of role both of you are suited to play.

Her name is Lily Evans-Potter. We were friends at school, served as prefects together. She married one of my best friends. After they died, I helped care for their son. The wand I have now was hers.

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Video. / hiatusfail impossibly July 16 2011, 05:22:20 UTC

Knock knock.

Video. / HAHA! Gotcha! :D lumenrelegandus July 16 2011, 05:49:38 UTC

Hullo, 舞光.

[a traded lesson.

Even less point being embarrassed with her-and indeed easier not to be.]

A fair likeness?

[ooc: has she been missing? did she perhaps leave him a note so he wouldn't go looking-or it's not been long enough to be unusual…?]

[Video] sugaryoptimist July 16 2011, 08:13:58 UTC

What's...going on? [Her voice is unsure - as is her expression. Should she even be asking?] Are you okay?

[Video] lumenrelegandus July 16 2011, 08:29:18 UTC

Hullo, Vanille.

[wonders what she makes of the Lily-association switching away from herself. Not that he ever tried to openly burden her with it. Except that one time, while delirious.]

I'm all right. Thank you. [drily] I'm getting used to it.

First time it's been a dream, rather than something I already knew. Informative, really.

[Video] sugaryoptimist July 16 2011, 08:37:08 UTC

[She hopes she doesn't matter any less to him. She is fond of him. But Vanille and confrontation do not mix. Unless your name is Fang and you're in serious trouble.]

I guess that's all you can do. [Eyes closing.] Lots of metaphors.

[Video] femininehermes July 16 2011, 09:13:03 UTC

Would you like me to analyze your dream, Remus? [There is a small smile on her lips.]

[Video] lumenrelegandus July 17 2011, 02:21:36 UTC

…Yes, Hermione. If you would like. I feel fairly clear about it but might as well be a purpose to having it aired.

[Video] femininehermes July 17 2011, 05:46:06 UTC

It seems like your past and your present are colliding. The names and faces you used to know are blending with the names and faces you know now. Our subconscious has a way of...cataloguing things. It's useful, but confusing at the same time.

I wouldn't say anyone is being replaced, per se. You are just...remembering those you lost. In a way, that's...nice. It's almost like those people are with you again.

[Video] lumenrelegandus July 18 2011, 22:38:08 UTC

[He'd been too consumed with the specifics to think so generally - but of course it's true - and leaves his dominant reaction to this analysis as guilty relief. That Hermione, who knew him better than most, wouldn't see the immediate, direct meanings of certain things.

Or perhaps she was just kind and tactful enough not to point them out.]

I appreciate that. It's not preferable to have them only in memory, for so much more of my life than they were with me externally, but it's good that that remains undimmed. And good as well not to try to replace the irreplaceable. For any relationships as formative and vivid, I suppose it follows - hopefully naturally - that shades of them seem relevant in all things that follow... but never too pervasively. Then it would be a toxic influence indeed, to overwhelm and block other presences.

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