ext_190068 ([identity profile] toujours-sirius.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] hh_mirror2009-08-20 12:59 pm

De-hiatusing post and open RP!

It may or may not have been coincidental, but at almost the exact same time, eight figures walked through the front door of Hogwarts and into the Entrance Hall. Well, seven walked. The eighth blibbled.

The godfather, the reluctant hero, and the marshmallow
The figure of Sirius Black cast a tall, lean shadow across the Entrance Hall. One of the shadow's hands rested on the shadow shoulder of a somewhat shorter subject, whose gangly shape was topped with what appeared to be a bird's nest, or perhaps just a head of extremely messy hair. The other hand of the taller shadow rested on a much less defined form. Two short, golf-club-shaped legs could be clearly discerned, but above that, it was unclear where torso gave way to head; the only clue was the outline of a bowler hat on top of the entire structure, and it was firmly on the bowler hat that the hand of Sirius Black's shadow rested. Even more bizarre was the fact that the alignment of the shadow feet of this strange creature gave the distinct impression that it was hovering a couple of feet off the floor as it moved forward with the other two members of the trio.

"Well, Harry," Sirius said with a deep, contented sigh as they entered the castle, "here we are. Home sweet home." With a small smile whose modesty was betrayed by the sheer joy in the glasses-framed green eyes above it, Harry Potter nodded silently, his senses engaged in taking in the familiar sights and smells of the only place he had ever truly seen as his home.

Now Sirius looked down and addressed the strange figure on his other side. "Homsar.... I'm so sorry our quest to find your father did not go as we had hoped." He shook his head sadly. "There are simply too many chipwiches out there in the world, and it would have been impossible for us to locate them all and find out which one is your dad. Millions is a very common surname for ice-cream-filled cookie sandwiches, after all."

Harry reached around behind Sirius and clumsily patted Homsar on what he hoped was one shoulder (and especially not the bowler hat, Merlin, not the bowler hat, for that was Sirius's exclusive territory, and Harry had no desire whatsoever to intrude in his godfather's bizarre sexual relationship with the good professor). He knew what it was like to be fatherless, and so he greatly sympathized.

"DaaaAAAAaaaAAAAaaaAAAA! The results are in, I am NOT the bother! KASHOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Homsar half-shrieked, half-sighed, and his bowler hat drooped down the back of his head. Harry quickly jerked his hand away.

"But don't give up, all right?" continued Sirius. "Lily is still out there, scouring the world, and if anyone can find your father and reunite the two of you, it's her." Or perhaps Maury Povich, but unfortunately Sirius, Harry, and Homsar were unacquainted with the DNA paternity magic that Mr Povich wielded.

"Yeah, Homsar, don't worry, Mum will find him," Harry added. "Meanwhile, we need you here to teach us Arithmancy and, er...maintain order in Ravenclaw." Something like that, at least. He made sure not to bring up the topic of starting the Jeffersons, lest Homsar sink deeper into his funk.

As they got further into the castle, the trio parted ways, Harry and Sirius proceeding to the Slytherin dungeons and Homsar blibbling his way towards Ravenclaw Tower.

The rhinoceros
The next figure to walk through the door did so with something of a spring in his step, which was not at all an easy feat to accomplish when one's feet were soolnds, and, more importantly, when said soolnds belonged to a creature who had once buried himself in a hole in the ground in the hopes of experiencing what it felt like to be dead...and that was to say nothing of the fact that said creature owned every single album by Morrissey on cassette tape, eight-track, CD, and in iTunes. Despite the melancholy of his gaming partner, Strong Sad was actually in a very chipper mood. He was just returning from a whole series of conventions -- three sci/fi fantasy ones and eight forums on safety, to be exact. It had been a good summer. He had even engaged in a little bit of cosplay at the Forum for Fire Prevention in the Workplace and Beyond, dressing as a fire hydrant. Even having been urinated on by several dogs on the way to the forum had not gotten him down.

He whistled a happy tune as he walked toward Gryffindor Tower, punctuating the song with small bits of sung phrases. The lyrics "I will never, ever, ever, ever, ever write a song about Sibbie" could be distinctly heard by anyone within earshot.

He turned and ascended a staircase. After several seconds, however, there was a loud crash as one of his soolnds plunged straight through that nasty old trick stair. The whistling and singing immediately stopped, and the only sound that was emitted from the staircase was an echoey "I'm dooooooooooooomed."

The jokester
Luckily, those who enjoyed hearing a good round of whistling were not to be disappointed, for Fred Weasley came strolling through the door in Strong Sad's wake, and he was in quite a pleasant mood indeed! His trip to southeast Asia to pick up some, shall we say, dodgy magical items had been an outright success, and he could think of little else than holing up in his room and putting them to good use. And by good use, he meant starting up his Flatulent Fireworks product line, among other things. He strode up toward Gryffindor Tower, one hand casually clutching a very large package under his robes.

The swan
As Fred's whistling drifted off in the direction of Gryffindor, a much different noise punctuated the silence that began to fill in the Entrance Hall.

"Hell-OOOOOOOOOO-OH! Anybody home? Heeeeeeeeeeeere...SWANNIE!" A squat woman of indiscernible ethnic origin waddled through the doors. She wore a plaid housedress, and her hair was cut in a blunt bob, with even blunter bangs. Only her own echo greeted her, and she stopped in her tracks and looked around with suspicious, beady eyes. "Yuhhhhh, OK, but why is all the rum gone?" Her voice was heavily accented. "Swannie, I hooooo-ooooooome!"

Still nothing.

With a loud sigh, Miss Swan opened the large purse she had clutched to her and pulled out an orange cornsnake. "OK, you go finding somebody who look like a man and bring him back to Swan so we can get this party started," she commanded the snake, and it slithered off, probably ecstatic at the long-awaited opportunity to escape its nutjob mistress, who was now undoing the top button of her housedress in the hopes of attracting a booty call. Now that she had gone back to Kuvaria and been there and done all that with those wily Kuravian men (all of whom completely looked like men!), it was time to tap some magical ass.

The boss and the receptionist
Hogwarts and Scranton were two completely different worlds, almost like the office and the warehouse. But both places, castle and paper company in an industrial office park, felt like home to Pam Beesly, and while she wasn't entirely sure that was a good thing, that's how it was. Which, perhaps, was why she wasn't all that surprised to bump into Michael Scott as she entered the castle.

"Michael! I thought you -- oof!" A man in a suit and tie, with just a bit too much gel in his hair -- the aforementioned Michael Scott -- had launched himself at her and wrapped himself around her in a colossal bear hug. After several airless seconds and a quick head jerk to prevent the inevitable kiss attempt, Pam managed to pry Michael off of herself, but there was nothing she could do to stop the barrage of cheesy greetings, some of which were sung, that issued forth from his mouth.

"PAMELA YES MA'AM-ELA SAM I AM-ELA! WAIT-er! I'd like an order of Pam-strami on rye, please! PAM...duh duh duh, duh duh duh, LET THE BOYS BE BOYS! If you like it, then you should've put a Pam on it, oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh!" By this point, Michael had pulled back from her enough to start slapping his own ass and shaking one hand around in an attempt at the Single Ladies dance, allowing Pam to take several steps back.

"It's good to see you, too, Michael," she managed to interject with a bit of a smile -- and it was a genuine smile, because as crazy as the man was, she had missed him. Not enough to watch him do what might be the world's worst imitation of Beyoncé, however, and so she extended a hand to grip him just above the elbow. "But just...yeah, don't dance anymore. At least, not right now, okay?"

That was a tall order for Michael, who was ecstatic not just to see Pam, but also to be returning to Hogwarts and Dunder-Mifflin Hogsmeade, but he complied with a joyful sort of "Yayyyyysh" before coming to a complete stop. But he couldn't stay still for long, jerking back into motion with a loud hand clap. "Vill-kom-en back-en, Fraulein Pam! Ve haf missed you around dese parts!" His accent started going a bit Arnold Schwarzenegger.

God. Already Pam was starting to wonder whether she should have stayed in Scranton for another week or two. It had been so nice and peaceful and wonderful visiting her parents. They never did crazy dances or semi-sexually-harassed her on a regular basis. "You weren't here either, Michael."

"Jaaaaaa," Michael replied deeply, his twitching smile betraying any attempt at Germanic seriousness he was hoping to impart. "Jaaaaaasssssh." He clapped again. "Because I~~~ was out. And by out, I mean OUT. GAY PRIDE, BABY! I was doing a circuit of all the pride festivals around the world, getting my rainbow on, because I'm here, I'm queer, and I'm gay as beer!" More ass slapping, albeit of a different sort, ensued.

Ah yes, the gay thing. Michael was still convinced he was gay, and for all Pam knew, he was still engaged to that awful purple television monstrosity. "That's...great, Michael. I'm sure you really represented out there. Well, I'm really jetlagged, so I should probably, you know, head back to my dorm. But...I'll catch up with you later, okay?"

She quickly darted off in the direction of Hufflepuff as Michael ass-slapped his way toward Slytherin, or perhaps Sparklypoo. A sort of wheezing sound, as well as a gut-churning scent, came from a small pet carrier he held in his non-ass-slapping hand.

((Time to officially end my unofficial hiatus! Please feel free to throw your characters at any or all of these guys, gals, and marshamallowy-type creatures! Emmie Silvey is still on hiatus, but I will bring her back in a separate post sometime in the nearish future. :) ))

[identity profile] vislor-turlough.livejournal.com 2009-08-21 07:44 pm (UTC)(link)
"Sure. Who're you, anyway?" Ah, the joys of being an alien.

[identity profile] kill-voldemort.livejournal.com 2009-08-21 07:58 pm (UTC)(link)
For a moment, Harry thought about assuming Neville's identity again, this time to avoid the inevitable reaction, but ended up going with the truth.

"Er...Harry Potter."

[identity profile] vislor-turlough.livejournal.com 2009-08-21 08:00 pm (UTC)(link)
"Right. So. Shorter brunette with glasses, Harry Potter, not the idiot, noted. I'm Turlough. Groundskeeper here."

[identity profile] kill-voldemort.livejournal.com 2009-08-22 12:59 am (UTC)(link)
From The Boy Who Lived to Not the Idiot. Harry was completely fine with that.

Groundskeeper. That had been Hagrid's job. As yet unaware that Hagrid had returned to Hogwarts (http://community.livejournal.com/hogwarts_hocus/1831385.html?thread=101533145#t101533145), Harry found himself missing him dearly and hoping that, wherever he was, he was happy and surrounded by his favourite sorts of lethal pets.

"Right. It's nice to meet you, Turlough. Which House were you Sorted into?" Assumingly, not Slytherin, but that left three -- no, wait, seven -- other options.

[identity profile] vislor-turlough.livejournal.com 2009-08-22 01:05 am (UTC)(link)
"Hufflepuff. It was okay, but believe me, I was glad to get out of there and into that hut. Couldn't stand to be around Earthlings more than necessary."

[identity profile] kill-voldemort.livejournal.com 2009-08-22 01:12 am (UTC)(link)
Harry wasn't really sure he would want to live with the Hufflepuffs either (not that Slytherin had been any better, but at least he had Ron and Sirius there).

"So you're from another planet, then?" This sort of information would have surprised Harry a long time ago, but he had been around Hogwarts long enough to expect this sort of thing now. In fact, what he found strangest of all was that Homsar was supposedly from Earth (and America (http://www.hrwiki.org/wiki/Free_Country,_USA), to be exact!).

[identity profile] vislor-turlough.livejournal.com 2009-08-22 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
Turlough nodded. "Trion. I don't expect you to have heard of it, your planet is so primitive when it comes to space travel."

Yeah, he's a bit racist, ignore him.

[identity profile] kill-voldemort.livejournal.com 2009-08-23 07:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Perhaps Harry might have learnt about Trion in Astronomy class, but since he and Ron had spent a significant amount of time not paying attention in that class, there was no way he had absorbed that information, if it had even been presented in the first place.

"No, I haven't," he replied, "but come to think of it, isn't a bit strange that it's Muggle technology that got a man on the moon? Wizards and witches use the stars for magic, but we don't really try to go to them."

The comment about Earth being primitive in the realm of space travel didn't really phase Harry. After all, Turlough was the one walking around on someone else's plane, so he did have a point!

[identity profile] vislor-turlough.livejournal.com 2009-08-23 07:33 pm (UTC)(link)
"Everything has a limit, including magic. Including science, even. It's a matter of pushing to the limit. Then again... has anyone actually tried using magic to go to the moon?"

[identity profile] kill-voldemort.livejournal.com 2009-08-26 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
"Er, I...dunno." If Professor Binns had discussed any such attempts during History of Magic, there was no way Harry had retained that information either. "I mean, you couldn't ride a broomstick or a Hippogriff to the moon. I dunno about Apparating, though. I reckon no one's ever tried it, because accidentally getting splinched would be a total nightmare." Harry shuddered at the thought.

[identity profile] vislor-turlough.livejournal.com 2009-08-26 04:39 am (UTC)(link)
"Hm. The Apparitions professor here's a joke. Thinks it's about ghosts." Turlough was far from impressed. He left the class.

[identity profile] kill-voldemort.livejournal.com 2009-08-26 01:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Harry nodded. "The classes are really different from when I was here before. We used to have them every day. You know, like...regular school. And all of them made sense." He paused. "Well, except for Divination."

[identity profile] vislor-turlough.livejournal.com 2009-08-26 02:40 pm (UTC)(link)
"And ironically enough, that is now one of the few classes that does make sense." Turlough exaggerated a bit, quite a few classes were taught by competent teachers. "A bit over my head, though, but Divination was never my strong point." Meaning he hardly ever attended Kusu's classes.

[identity profile] kill-voldemort.livejournal.com 2009-08-26 07:04 pm (UTC)(link)
"It's hard to imagine Divination making sense at all," Harry replied. "Although when Firenze the centaur was teaching it, it was all right. Anyway, don't feel bad if it was difficult. Most of it's utter rubbish, no matter who teaches it."

Yeah, yeah, there was the prophecy and all that, but Harry was still very bitter about his experience in Professor Trelawney's class.

[identity profile] vislor-turlough.livejournal.com 2009-08-26 07:16 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'd love to see you say that to Kusuriyuri's face. Just to see his reaction." Turlough furrowed his brow. "Then again, he's so mellow he probably won't react at all."

[identity profile] kill-voldemort.livejournal.com 2009-08-27 03:58 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh, er...I probably wouldn't -- I mean, unless he's a complete and utter git like Professor Snape." Harry hadn't had the cojones to tell off Trelawney, after all, and she had predicted his death nearly every class!

But someone else had. "But my friend Hermione, she's good at telling off Divination professors!" Ah, he would never forget that glorious confrontation!

"I take it you're not a fan of the new Divination professor, then."

[identity profile] vislor-turlough.livejournal.com 2009-08-27 04:23 pm (UTC)(link)
"Kusuriyuri? He's all right. Tolerable, at least, compared to some." His favorite would always be Wednesday. "Just really solemn. I don't think I've ever seen him laugh."

[identity profile] kill-voldemort.livejournal.com 2009-08-30 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
Harry nodded. "Can't say there's a whole lot to laugh about in Divination. Laugh at, maybe." He recalled with a bit of a smile all the assignments where he and Ron predicted -- by which he meant "totally made-up" -- gruesome and tragic fates for themselves as a way to get their homework done and please Professor Trelawney. As long as he doesn't go about predicting your death every time you see him, I'd say he's loads better than one of the previous professors."

[identity profile] vislor-turlough.livejournal.com 2009-08-30 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
"Nah, he prefers more ambiguous predictions and does take into account that people can make their own destiny. From what I gathered the few classes I attended, anyway. I prefer Ancient Runes, myself."

[identity profile] kill-voldemort.livejournal.com 2009-08-30 05:20 am (UTC)(link)
Harry thought the concept of more ambiguous predictions was rather ridiculous, given that the point of a prediction was to give somebody specific information that they didn't already have. But still, "You may or may not die" was far preferable to "Yoh gonna dah-eeee, Chah-lee!" (http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/Desmond_Hume) "I see imminent death for you, OMG!"

"I've never taken Ancient Runes." Harry hadn't even considered it, really. He had pretty much just signed up for whatever classes Ron had been taking when it came time to choose that sort of stuff. "I reckon I'm more of a 'wands out' sort of a person." The potential implications of that statement went completely over his head.

[identity profile] vislor-turlough.livejournal.com 2009-08-30 05:24 am (UTC)(link)
Turlough shrugged. "I never needed a wand before, why should I use it now? Granted, I do, but only when necessary."

[identity profile] kill-voldemort.livejournal.com 2009-08-31 01:54 am (UTC)(link)
Harry did his best not to look dumbfounded, but it was very difficult. "Because, erm...you need a wand to do magic! I mean, yeah, there are some kinds of magic you can do without a wand, like Potions and Ancient Runes and Divination, but to do the stuff that matters, like charms and hexes and spells and transfigurations, you need a wand!"

[identity profile] vislor-turlough.livejournal.com 2009-08-31 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
"I was raised in a more science-oriented society. What did you expect?"

[identity profile] kill-voldemort.livejournal.com 2009-09-02 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
Given that it had stopped before secondary school, Harry's own science education was woefully lacking. Even so, he replied, "I dunno, it's just that...well, I also grew up not knowing about wizards and magic and wands and all that, but when I came here, I realised how important a wand is for most kinds of magic. For example, if you don't have a wand, how can you protect yourself against the Jelly-Legs Jinx?"

[identity profile] vislor-turlough.livejournal.com 2009-09-02 12:18 am (UTC)(link)
"Avoid getting into a situation where that would be cast in the first place. Or..." Turlough shrugged again. "Bluff and say you can counter that with something worse." It worked before. With a coatrack.