Astral plane, activate! (HH anniversary plot, RP open to all)

[ugly-old-hat.livejournal.com]

The Sorting Hat had been dabbling in way too many fringe philosophies. (Neo-Rosicrucianism? Really, Sorting Hat?) It seemed that puppet!Ron Weasley's name for it, Sorting Hat the Wise, had gone to the Hat's lack-of-visible-head.

On the morning of Dec. 13 (or was it the 14th?) the Hat's esoteric interests affected the school for the second time.

The first instance had been more than a year past, when the Hat took a cue from Rev. Sun Myung Moon and united most of the Hogwarts students in mass marriages. That had been a lengthy and concerted effort by the Hat and its house-elf minions, opposed vigorously by the wicked (or noble??) Kojiro. Kojiro's kidnapping of the Hat's bride had been something of a turning point for the headstrong headgear.

This new instance ... even Kojiro might be powerless to counter. And the Hat's agency would be difficult, if not impossible, to discern.

In a mighty magical working, the Hat projected many of the students ... to the astral plane, in their astral forms.

Astral Hogwarts resembled the real material Hogwarts (well, the Sorting Hat's version of material Hogwarts) very closely indeed. There were some dissimilarities: did Hogwarts, on the material plane, really sparkle so much? Were there so many rainbows in the sky, without a hint of rain to prompt their presence? Were there really pastel-colored unicorns frolicking on the grounds? Unicorns with hair made of cotton candy?

Could the students fly without brooms in material Hogwarts?

Other than that, it would be instantly recognizable as Hogwarts. The astral students would find nothing jarringly unfamiliar, being astral themselves. No disorientation, as there had been with the mass weddings; only a pleasant surprise, if they did happen to remember the absence of pastel unicorns and self-propelled flight.

Finally the Hat would have achieved paradise! Too bad not all the students could be brought into this happy realm. The Hat hadn't quite figured out how to bring everyone en masse. But many of them could be.

Including Kojiro, perhaps ...


(( OOC note: People are welcome to RP astral shenanigans here, or to start their own new posts for interactions of a closed variety. Please, if you embark on NSFW action, make a new post so that it can be lj-cut with appropriate warnings. ))

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[darkwithoutme.livejournal.com]

Of course the sparkly castle is honouring Kira, that is why on this special day that doesn't make any sense Kira has appeared! With his buttoned shirt open to show everyone the glory of his death note (let's just say it is Rem's or something), which is sticking out half-way from the front of his pants, Kira proudly strolls about the castle.

[righteous-pen.livejournal.com]

...until, that is, he's tackled by an enthusiastic man in a frilly apron.

"KAAAMIIII!!"

[darkwithoutme.livejournal.com]

Not expecting the attack enthusiastic tackle, Raito is unable to keep his balance and falls over. It's nice to have such wonderful servants, really, but it was enough that this happened once with Misa already. He holds in a sigh though when he sees what Mikami is wearing.

"Mikami, that apron... what have you been baking?"

[righteous-pen.livejournal.com]

"Cookies! To celebrate this special day, whatever it is. They have chocolate chips and glitter!"

He's not in any hurry to get up off the floor.

[darkwithoutme.livejournal.com]

Now normally Raito prefers the salty to the sweet, but since the cookies were made by his favorite servant and this is a celebration, then there is no reason to refuse. "Good work, Mikami."

Kira isn't in any hurry to get up either.

[righteous-pen.livejournal.com]

Kami is pleased with him. The noise Mikami makes at this point is most properly described as 'squee'.

"Anything for you, my Kami!"

[darkwithoutme.livejournal.com]

Raito sits up, although not pushing Mikami off of him, because it would be better to eat while upright. "Where are the cookies?"

[righteous-pen.livejournal.com]

And now he's sitting on Kira's lap. The delight is unparalleled.

"Right here!" He takes the cookies out of his apron. They're wrapped in plastic, for freshness, and have a little bow tied round them, and they are miraculously unsquished.

[ringo-raver.livejournal.com]

"Liiiiight!" Ryuk floated with a partially eaten apple. "Mikami's making cookies. And Ryuk wants an apple!"

[darkwithoutme.livejournal.com]

"You already have an apple," Kira points out, amused. He brings out an apple from his pocket and offers it to Ryukie anyway, just in case the shinigami decides to be annoying about it.

[ringo-raver.livejournal.com]

"Now Ryuk has two!"

Now Ryuk is being squished by two.

[darkwithoutme.livejournal.com]

Kira laughs at how adorable silly Ryuk is. It's not like the shinigami can die from being squished by apples, and if Ryuk somehow does die, then that is even more hilarious. Death by the thing he loves most.

[ringo-raver.livejournal.com]

It's how Ryuk would want to go.

But he gnawed on them, all the same, slowly eating them both. "Mikami is making cookies."

[papayagami.livejournal.com]

Soichiro was repressed. And why wouldn't he be? He had to go against all his inclinations and marry and...touch a female in order to carry on the Yagami name.

Well, one good thing did come from it. Light was an intelligent person and with such a blantant display, Kira as well.

Soichiro slid up to Light's side. "I want you to do me a favor, and I won't arrest you as Kira." What he wanted was totally unethical. He didn't care. He played by society's rules for too long, now he wants to make his own decisions.

[darkwithoutme.livejournal.com]

"Oh? What would that favor be, father?" if it's too much trouble Kira can refuse or ask for something in return. Not that anything would be too difficult for the god of the new world.

[papayagami.livejournal.com]

"Kill this person." He handed Light a name. "He's standing between me and my dream."

[darkwithoutme.livejournal.com]

"Of course," and this is justice, really, because Soichiro should have his dreams fulfilled for all that he's done for the world. Like helping bring Kira into it.

Kira pulls the death note out from his pants, and with a pen he dramatically writes the name down.

[papayagami.livejournal.com]

His grin was just as malicious. Now I know where he gets it.

"Excellent."

You know that dramatic clothes taking off thing Team Rocket does? Yeah, Soichiro does that.

He revealed a pink ballerina outfit.

"Finally! I can be a star dancer!"

[darkwithoutme.livejournal.com]

When he father strips Light yelps, but all he can do is stare when the outfit is revealed. Stare and think about what advantages he could gain from killing his father right now. But what has been seen cannot be unseen, or at least that's what they say on the internet. He doesn't notice when he drops his death note and pen onto the ground.

[papayagami.livejournal.com]

Soichiro didn't even notice. He was practicing. He didn't even notice when he kicked the Death Note clear across the room.

[darkwithoutme.livejournal.com]

Light didn't notice when he dropped the notebook, but he did watch in horror as it was kicked across the room. Avoiding getting too close to his father, Light runs after the death note.