Mod Journal ([personal profile] multigen) wrote in [community profile] riddleno2017-07-25 09:04 pm
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test drive meme | 001

IT'S BLOODY HOT IN HERE
(no, really. it's seriously hot.)
it's the summer holidays! a perfect time to travel, relax, spend time with loved ones and bask in the sun. the wizarding world is lively with energy at this time of year. everyone seems to want to make the most of their break before september comes around the corner and life returns to its normal, mundane pace. it has been especially exciting with the sporadic and strange appearances of old and new faces. some claim to be from a different world while others claim to be from a different time. then, there are the ones who have simply found themselves waking up to be remarkably younger or older. just remember to keep to your curfews, half-bloods and muggle-borns! those eerie disappearances are still happening in an increasingly alarming rate...


MINISTRY OF MAGIC



for the ones who don't have the good fortune of going on holiday, you won't have to worry about having nothing to do, especially if you're part of the ministry of magic! with all the anomalies happening, you're going to have your hands full registering, documenting, interviewing and/or helping with a multitude of busywork relating to the newcomers. or maybe your job doesn't have anything to do with that. maybe you're on the opposite end and you've been brought in. or maybe you're just a tourist and you want to see if you can catch a glimpse of the minister for magic. whatever your reason is, welcome and stay out of people's way!


DIAGON ALLEY



everyone loves to go shopping and what better place to do it than diagon alley? you'll find mills of people looking at all the different items on sale or on display in store windows. maybe you're here to purchase materials for the upcoming school year or you're out on a date with your significant other. or maybe you actually own or work at one of the many shops here. whatever your reason is, you better be ready for the crowd and the heat.


KNOCKTURN ALLEY



oh no! what are you doing here? turn back right now! knockturn alley is no place for you to be. well, at least it isn't if you aren't a dark arts practitioner or you're not part of some nefarious secret group. just turn around and go back to diagon alley. it's much nicer there, friendlier and safer. have you not heard about all the disappearances going on? you're only asking for trouble stepping into a place like this, even if it's remarkably cool here.


M.I.A.V.I.



not in the mood to go out? or maybe you're stuck in the waiting room at st. mungo's trying to figure out why you're suddenly 10 years older and you need a distraction. disregarding the reason, it's sure a good thing you've conveniently brought along your m.i.a.v.i. so feel free to browse the public network, create your own post, or private message someone!


OTHER

not interested in any of the options above? feel free to make up your own! the wizarding world is huge, so get creative with it. the setting is the summer of 1980. have fun testing out and shaping your characters, mingle with others, and start getting those crs down!


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alwaysreturns: (oh my god I taunted bellatrix lestrange)

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[personal profile] alwaysreturns 2017-08-30 01:40 am (UTC)(link)
[To be fairer than Ron will ever be inclined to be, Azkaban Does Things to people. Ron isn't thinking about what leverage he has: he's thinking about his dad, about how Ginny isn't even born yet here, about all the ways his mum has freaked out in the past year, terrified for the safety of her children. If he closes his eyes, he can still see the bogart at 12 Grimmauld Place that nearly got the best of her, and all the dead Weasley children it impersonated.

He's screwed up so badly.]


I'll kill you.

[He is not afraid at all of what that says about him. No one threatens his family and doesn't get the same back in return.]
scinlac: (discomfort)

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[personal profile] scinlac 2017-08-30 10:50 am (UTC)(link)
( oh no, she's done a fair number of azkaban-worthy things so far – they're just not on public record. as of yet. )

Now, if this doesn't make you the monster...

( if anything, she is now less concerned than before. he can try her, she would invite him if she at all could. )
alwaysreturns: (Default)

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[personal profile] alwaysreturns 2017-08-30 01:36 pm (UTC)(link)

I know you've never cared about anyone in your life Black, but protecting people doesn't make you a monster.

[His hands are clammy and shaking, and writing in a straight line is a bloody challenge.]

If you even go near them, I'll hex you clear into my time.

scinlac: (question)

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[personal profile] scinlac 2017-08-30 06:36 pm (UTC)(link)
( she isn't going to correct him. it wouldn't do much to help her image, at this point, and she doesn't need to turn her sister into a target. )

Of course you will. Have you fought a proper duel before?

Have you killed before?

It's one thing to threaten, threats do come easy. But to commit the act? And live with it? I couldn't.


( lies, all of it. not only is she living with it, she has drawn it out each and every time, and holds the memories to herself like something precious and endlessly desirable. if she didn't have a cause to go with it, the intensity of the feeling would scare her – but she does, so it's justified, and fine, and a sign of strength and pride and honour, not an unnamed insanity. )

And neither could you.
alwaysreturns: (she's gonna kill all the weasleys)

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[personal profile] alwaysreturns 2017-08-30 06:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Bull you couldn't, I've seen you do it!

[Things he will never forget: Harry's reaction to Sirius's death. Things he doesn't want to think about: he's not sure if she's right or not, about him. He was ready to do Dolohov in London, only didn't because of Hermione. Was it only because of her? Ron hasn't taken much time to think on it.]

Don't lie to me, Black, it won't work.
scinlac: (dark)

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[personal profile] scinlac 2017-08-30 06:48 pm (UTC)(link)
You... what?

( that can't be true. unless this is something from his time, which wouldn't matter here, would it? of course it would, if he can convince enough people. )
alwaysreturns: (she's gonna kill all the weasleys)

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[personal profile] alwaysreturns 2017-08-30 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[Is this an upper hand??? he is not sure]

Trouble reading now?
scinlac: (cornered)

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[personal profile] scinlac 2017-08-30 07:00 pm (UTC)(link)
You're disturbed, or else you are lying, in either case you have no ground to stand on.

( she isn't going to use the word 'proof', she may have navigated herself into this mess, but she's not going to make it worse. )
alwaysreturns: (damn it chris columbus)

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[personal profile] alwaysreturns 2017-08-30 07:02 pm (UTC)(link)
You calling someone else disturbed, that's a laugh.
scinlac: (wand)

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[personal profile] scinlac 2017-08-30 07:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Out of curiosity, who do you think I am?

( actually nervous now, that's who you are, bells. )
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[personal profile] alwaysreturns 2017-08-30 07:22 pm (UTC)(link)

post icon: ah fuck it doesn't last does it

[The response is delayed because Ron can't tell if that's a haughty 'who do you think I am' or an actual question and it's tripping him up, not least of all because there's a different surname at play here.

He doesn't like this universe, pls trade for another.]

A deranged lunatic who's somehow convinced people otherwise, mostly.

scinlac: (talking)

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[personal profile] scinlac 2017-08-30 07:28 pm (UTC)(link)
You have made that opinion of yours abundantly clear, what I am trying to find out here is whether you are even raving at the right person.

( because she's not a lunatic.

or deranged.

according to herself, while ignoring the increasing built-up in evidence and leaning heavily on the fact that wizardkind is awfully behind on the mental illness front. )
alwaysreturns: (this was dumb)

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[personal profile] alwaysreturns 2017-08-30 07:37 pm (UTC)(link)

[There's like three seconds where he honestly worries he's made a terrible, terrible mistake, but he doesn't even have to review their conversation to reassure himself.]

I'm not raving. And how many B.Blacks are there, do you think?

Doesn't matter where you're from, you're not any different here.

scinlac: (question)

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[personal profile] scinlac 2017-08-30 07:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, you did seem to struggle on the surname front earlier.

( but she knows he was going for 'lestrange', which, considering the ten-year-and-counting engagement sham the two of them have cooked up, isn't all that off the mark.

... except under what kind of circumstances would they actually seal the deal? )


I do reckon there is a difference between this reality and wherever you came from.
And whatever it is, it doesn't apply here.
alwaysreturns: (that is harry's life)

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[personal profile] alwaysreturns 2017-08-30 07:47 pm (UTC)(link)

Yeah, cause those never change, do they?

[Ron doesn't know anything about that relationship, or not-relationship, but really there is no situation in which he'd want details. Ugh. Lestranges. Gross.]

You know what? Maybe you're right.

Maybe here, you'll stay in Azkaban.

scinlac: (cornered)

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[personal profile] scinlac 2017-08-30 07:54 pm (UTC)(link)
( NOT IF SHE AGGRESSIVELY REFUSES TO MARRY THEY DON'T.

which actually turns out to be a fairly secondary problem when he mentions azkaban. she's been, once, for work reasons, and had been heartily glad to leave after what couldn't have been more than an hour. if what he says is true ––

which it absolutely can't be. clearly, he is just messing with her. )


I would need to be imprisoned first, for which I would have to commit a crime.

( and they didn't disable the entire justice system. )
alwaysreturns: (damn it chris columbus)

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[personal profile] alwaysreturns 2017-08-30 07:58 pm (UTC)(link)

Like you haven't done?

[one day he will regret every second of this so very much.]

You mean first you'd have to be caught.

scinlac: (wand)

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[personal profile] scinlac 2017-08-30 08:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Caught and convicted, yes. Considering how this would leave my position within the ministry up for the taking, there are any number of people who would happily turn me in, if there was anything to turn me in for.

( pureblood loyalty being what it is. )

So unless I am the greatest criminal mastermind of all time ( this is neither the time nor the format for sarcasm ) I daresay this would have happened a while ago.
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[personal profile] alwaysreturns 2017-08-30 08:12 pm (UTC)(link)

'If,' are you joking? You're bloody awful at playing innocent.

[Keeping all the details close to his chest would probably be the smart way to go about this, but Ron is rubbish at these things: he needs his friends, he needs to know what's going on and what the goal is, because right now all he's doing is lashing out in fear. It's never been a particularly good tactic for him.]

It doesn't matter, you won't have long to wait. I'd say maybe there'll be someone to write to you, but they'll all be in there with you.

scinlac: (storm)

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[personal profile] scinlac 2017-08-30 08:17 pm (UTC)(link)
( remember how she thought she wouldn't actually go as far as to drag her into this? )

My sister?

( oh, she knows who else he is may thinking of, they do all have matching tattoos, but they could also survive in azkaban.

narcissa couldn't. and she didn't really get her into this mess, did she? )
alwaysreturns: (ah fuck it doesn't last does it)

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[personal profile] alwaysreturns 2017-08-30 08:21 pm (UTC)(link)

[H u h. That's the unexpected cherry on the unexpected fudge sundae.]

Don't you have more than one?

[He's delaying just to be mean, at least mostly; getting his head around Bellatrix Lestrange having an actual tiny heart is not easy.]

scinlac: (talking)

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[personal profile] scinlac 2017-08-30 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Andromeda has decided that she can hold her own for the time being.

( which... isn't the same as saying that she's not her sister. sure, they're rapidly approaching that point, are absolutely not speaking as of now, and if she were to actually marry ted tonks, all bridges will be burnt, but bella hasn't entirely given up hope yet. )

That wasn't the question.
alwaysreturns: (Default)

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[personal profile] alwaysreturns 2017-08-30 08:39 pm (UTC)(link)

H u h.

Well this is leaving Ron and his extremely strong feelings about family very, very conflicted.]

No it wasn't, but what makes you think I owe you an answer?

scinlac: (storm)

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[personal profile] scinlac 2017-08-30 08:55 pm (UTC)(link)
You don't.

( but she can't let that sit. it's impossible. there are a great many things bella would sacrifice, a great many more if they are sacrificed to the cause, but her sister isn't among them. )

But she is my sister. I wouldn't let her lose her life to Azkaban.
alwaysreturns: (that's okay too i guess)

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[personal profile] alwaysreturns 2017-08-30 10:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[This is getting farther and farther out of Ron's depth, now. Is this actually bizarro world, where Bellatrix Lestrange still calls people mudbloods but also cares about people?]

Just let her lose her family, is that it?

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