( semi-open ) love is a many splendored thing

[samlicker81]

Who: Everyone who signed up for SHIPPING
Where: All around Wonderland! See below for specific locations.
When: Tuesday, September 9, evening
Rating: PG13 just to be safe, but if anything gets steamy (she hopes it does), I can up the rating.
Summary: Becky sets Wonderlanders up on blind dates. Also, will be image heavy.
The Story:

You receive a letter under your door sometime on the afternoon of Tuesday, September 9. This letter will be addressed to you in fancy script (Becky's best attempt at calligraphy) from a "secret admirer." You might be wondering, but it isn't February! What's with all the romantic nonsense? Well, my good friend, romance can be celebrated on more than just one day out of the year. That day happens to be today. The letter will ask you to meet your secret admirer at 6PM at a designated location. You'd best not be late! A night of romance (and perhaps even intimacy) awaits you! At least, she hopes so...

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[goodwoofjames]

[Sirius scowls at James' move and immediately takes revenge upon the pawn. He's distracted from this minor victory by James grasping for a word. He lifts his eyes, puzzled, but supplies it anyhow:] Marauders.

[And they are, after all. Even if Peter loses his mind later, or if he's already lost it. They're friends for a reason. Adding Lily to the mix, well, they'll just make their house proud, won't they? They were always meant for great things.

If they work together, maybe those things might not be the ones James has read about in those books.]

move 13

[pottershotter]

[James doesn't reply at first. He knows Sirius said it. He could see his mouth move and he's positive something was said, but the word is gone. It will be weirder if he calls attention to it, he thinks. If he says "Right! That!" without repeating the word himself, it will be obvious something's wrong. Though, that might be obvious now, since he hasn't said anything.]

...The longer we stay here, the more difficult it's going to be, I think. But I don't think it will be impossible.

[He's already forgotten some things, but he'd gladly forget half his vocabulary if it meant they could all live happy lives.

He's glad Sirius made that move though. Hoping to distract from the awkwardness of all this, he slides his Queen out of hiding and snatches Sirius' bishop with a sneaky grin. Not only does it take away one of his more powerful pieces, but it puts his knight in danger.]

move 14

[goodwoofjames]

Bollocks.

[Sirius is unhappy to see James bringing his queen out, and that unhappiness allows his mind to refocus on the game. Unfortunately, he's never been able to figure James' playing style out, so he takes a risk and moves a pawn, ignoring the danger his knight is in.

Move made he leans back, rubs his face.]

So do we set a timeline? Do we make specific goals or just...

[Sigh.]

I mean, where do we even start?

move 14

[pottershotter]

We start by getting you caught up. You and Peter have some books to read. We go through those, figure out the best way to change things, and then...then, we figure out how to remember when we go back.

[Not if. When. Even after all this time, James has to insist it's when they go back.]

We'll have to wait until we're all back - you're a good year behind me, so when we go back you'll know this all a full year before I do. It'll be hard, but if we do this all correctly, I'll just suddenly know about this one day, a year later. Remus will too before then, and then Lily, then Peter last. And if we don't...

[James glances at the board, looking for a good move to prove his point. He decides to have his castle capture Sirius' poor, innocent bishop.]

...if we don't, then I suppose we won't know any better.

move 15

[goodwoofjames]

[Sirius listens, leaning heavily on his hands. Then he reaches out and makes a move that mirrors James'.]

But we will. So we focus on knowing everything we might need to. Getting a plan together. And then we finish this once and for all.

[He glances from his stolen bishop back to James' face.]

Right, mate?

move 15

[pottershotter]

[It's so good to hear someone else saying that for a change. Even the tiniest spark of shared hope is enough to make him smile a bit.]

Right. Absolutely. If anyone can do it, it's us.

[James really, sincerely believes that too - with all his heart. He glances at board thoughtfully before sliding a pawn forward with a wider grin.]

Speaking of "mates", I'll have check next turn.

[It's not checkmate but it's the beginning of the end and James is seeing pieces he could capture everywhere. Really, the move that would cause check could have been made this turn, but he'd rather be an arse about it first. It makes the game just a bit more entertaining...for him, anyway.]

[goodwoofjames]

Wot?

[Sirius sputters and, finally, diverts his focus back to the game.

They have time to save the world later.]