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Post by eskimoRock on Jul 2, 2012 11:56:46 GMT -5
(thats no problem)
I had no idea what spell the Death Eater had used, but I knew that it had been intended for me. I knelt down, pointed my wand in front of me and began muttering under my breath, hoping that something would work. By some miracle, this did actually appear to be James, and now he'd been hexed right in front of me! I knew something had gone right when he moved back into his normal form, and then his eyes flickered open and he glanced up at me.
"That went well." he grinned, and I smiled despite myself. Glancing up, I saw a dark man staring at me from across the street.
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Post by ginnyrules27 on Jul 2, 2012 12:00:43 GMT -5
OOC: Err...can any character jump in at this point or is it mainly just you two at the moment?
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Post by Miss Wings on Jul 2, 2012 12:05:20 GMT -5
just jump in randomly aslong as it makes sence..
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Post by ginnyrules27 on Jul 2, 2012 12:09:21 GMT -5
OOC: Okay (IC) I sighed as I poured over the apartment listings. My job at the Boston Police Department had been cut and I'd been transferred here to try to help Scotland Yard try to solve numerous unsolved murders. Closing the paper, the sound of an explosion caught my ear and I rushed to investigate. Holding my gun close to me, the only thing I had left of Boston, I could barley see a thing due to the smoke. The only thing I could hear was the arguing of two men to my right.
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Post by eskimoRock on Jul 2, 2012 12:17:22 GMT -5
ooh, i dont know what to say anymore D:
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Post by Miss Wings on Jul 2, 2012 12:20:10 GMT -5
waiting for Silver to decide what to do
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Post by Silvertongue on Jul 2, 2012 13:56:47 GMT -5
Sorry. I was out. If ever I don't post for a while, ignore his existence entirely.
I stood in shock as the man brought out a stick and started shooting multi-coloured lights at the other man whilst yelling odd words. I hesitantly made my way over the road towards them, trying to work out the strengths of my enemy, when he discarded the stick and opted on hitting the guy with his fist instead. I was just about to intervene when the first man started shouting and transformed into a stag. My jaw dropped at the sight. Then the stag was hit with one of the flashing lights and dropped to the floor, morhping back into the man with glasses, while the other one caught him and waved the stick.
Making my mind up, I made my way over to them and cleared my throat, knowing I have a bit of an accent and wanting to be clear. I forced a small smile onto my face and said "Hi, do you need any help? I saw you get hit by that... erm... light."
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Post by Miss Wings on Jul 2, 2012 14:18:47 GMT -5
"That went well" I said to Remus and it was in that moment that a strange man appeared by our sides asking if we needed any help. Knowing that my strength wasn't 100% I figured it would be safe if I asked this person to help Remus move the bodies of the dead on the path by the fountain and to organise help for the injured. Remus would be able to help prepare for any more wizards that turned up.
In the mean time I would be conjuring bandages, water and towels in order to help clean people up to see who was the most injured. I would also be able to conjure black sheets for the bodies of the dead. I had to do something to help.
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Post by ginnyrules27 on Jul 2, 2012 14:30:01 GMT -5
The smoke cleared and I could see two men off to the side. One, a weary brunette, was arguing to with his messy haired companion. A series of beams of light suddenly went off and I ducked for cover before I could observe the argument anymore. Good thing too, as I might have been losing it. The messy haired man had just turned into a STAG!
Noting out of the corner of my eye one of the men go down, I took out my weapon and began firing. This was what I was trained in. Well, not really. Homicide was what I was trained in but I could handle a shoot-out. All I had to do was not hit any pedestrians and as I could barley see where I was going....that was a tall order.
As the lights disappeared, I stopped firing and holstered my weapon. Frankie would be pleased, Tommy'd be laughing his ass off if he could see this. Little brothers. Walking up to the two men, I figured it best to keep my distance.
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Post by Silvertongue on Jul 2, 2012 15:39:13 GMT -5
The man in glasses told me to gather any dead bodies so I turned away to search through the smoke and debris scattered over the road, searching for any bodies. I found an old man with an open wound in his abdomen and checked for a pulse. Finding none, I hefted him into my arms and carried him back over to the men. Dead bodies weren't anything new to me as I'd grown up in a war. I didn't know whether I could reveal my bending skills to this people, knowing this realm didn't believe in that sort of thing, but after seeing those sticks that emitted light I thought it might be safe to do so. I could always just disappear in the confusion.
"Do you need the bodies incinerated or will we leave them for the law enforcers to handle?" I questioned the older man.
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Post by Miss Wings on Jul 2, 2012 15:49:55 GMT -5
I turned to look at the stranger who had yet to identify himself and thanked him profusly for his help before stating that it would be best for the law enforcement officers to handle the dead bodies. I then introduced myself and Remus to him and asked if he was a local man, I thought he'd say that he was a wizard due to his clothing but that never happened.
I wonder what gibberish he was talking about? I decided that it would be best if I was polite and go along with his words, as if I actually understood what he was talking about.
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Post by Silvertongue on Jul 2, 2012 15:57:23 GMT -5
"It's a pleasure to meet you both. My name is Pri-... Ah, Zuko. My name is Zuko. I am not originally native to this country," I replied, hoping they'd ignore the slip up. I knew I couldn't go around this realm claiming to be a prince. "Do you know what just happened here?"
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Post by Miss Wings on Jul 2, 2012 16:03:03 GMT -5
"I'm afraid that my good friend Remus might be able to answer that question a little better. I've been a little indesposed for a while, still not sure how I got here actually" I said feeling completely befuddled.
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Post by Silvertongue on Jul 2, 2012 16:24:11 GMT -5
Sorry if this confuses anyone but I'm switching to third person. I find it far easier to write that way.
Zuko raised his one remaining eyebrow at that answer. How could the man not know how he got there? Did he have some kind of memory loss or was he just stupid? He didn't look stupid, but then looks could be deceiving. Then a thought hit him. Did the man (James, he ammended) appear like he had no more than a week ago? It was plausible, he decided, but he wouldn't say anything about it. Bringing attention on yourself was a bad idea wherever you were.
Instead, he replied, "I see. Well, you seem to know the weapons they were using. Maybe you could explain them to me? We don't have these sticks where I come from. Are they a British thing?"
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Post by Miss Wings on Jul 2, 2012 16:38:44 GMT -5
James wasn't sure how to answer this one due to the restrictions on magic, then again he had been dead for a while. What harm could it do.
"These weapon's are called wands and magical people use them as a conduct for their magic, they aren't nessesarily a British thing but I do think that Britain are the only ones who truly use wands now. I think that the Americans use jewelery and the Africans have always used potions for their spells. I also know that the Potters, my ancestors, created the first magical sword to channel their magic.
Those other magic others that were dressed in black are what we call Death Eaters, magic users that have joined together with a leader named Voldemort in order to rid the world of all non-magic user, half bloods and the light sided wizards."
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Post by Silvertongue on Jul 2, 2012 16:52:30 GMT -5
Zuko closed his eyes and took in a deep breath as he took in the information. So these people used magic? And these sticks were actually 'wands' that were conduits for their magic. Okay, he could deal with that. And it stood to reason that there would be some evil-doers who would use it for nefarious purposes. It was the same with the benders of the nations. He opened his eyes and scanned the area, taking note of the amount of destruction this magic could cause. Letting his breath out in a gust, he nodded and turned his eyes back to James.
"Right. I'm going to check for more bodies. Then maybe you and your friend can explain a bit more of this to me?" he said before walking off into the rubble and helping any conscious people to find their way to safety.
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Post by ginnyrules27 on Jul 2, 2012 18:45:27 GMT -5
I decided that it would be better to help out than stand in the shadows doing nothing. Making sure my weapon wasn't visible to many, I made my way over to the messy haired man, despite my slight distrust--waiting for a break in any conversation.
"Excuse me," I said with what I hoped to be a smile. I'd never been all that great at first impressions, generally speaking many of my first impressions were to arrest people. "Do you need any help processing the bodies or gathering evidence?"
An explosion that size would have had to leave some shrapnel, making tracing what caused it easier for the law inforcement.
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Post by eskimoRock on Jul 3, 2012 7:32:35 GMT -5
I had been listening carefully to everything the newcomers said, and tilted my head to the side when the dark man introduced himself. If I wasn't mistaken, he had begun to say something else before changing his mind. Well, that wasn't important right now...I left him talking to James, and walked off to gather more bodies. Glancing up, I saw what looked like a muggle police officer walking towards James, concealing a muggle gun in their hand. Narrowing my eyes, I ran over, clutching my wand in my pocket, and decided to take over the conversation before James put his foot in it.
"We can manage with the bodies, thank you." I said perfectly politely, hoping that they would move away and stop grimacing at James. He looked confused, and I knew he would say something bad if I didn't get him away quickly.
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Post by Miss Wings on Jul 3, 2012 7:44:53 GMT -5
I still couldn't figure out what was happening. I'd been looking down on Remus and Harry arguing when I was pulled into an exact replica of my body. I knew that it couldn't have been my origonal body because that would have decomposed. It was in that moment that I realized fingers was missing. Not blown up missing but skin healed over the wound missing.
I wasn't truly thinking when I opened my mouth but I most certainly do regret my words now. "Remus! I have fingers missing! This isn't my real body. It's just a copy. What's happened to my bloody fingers? I remember the explosion when I died but I had fingers in the afterlife. Where are they?"
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Post by eskimoRock on Jul 3, 2012 8:19:59 GMT -5
I buried my face in my hands as James spoke. I knew it, I just knew it... How the hell was I going to get out of this one without obliviating the police officer? Out of the corner of my eye I saw that the dark figure had stopped too, no doubt after hearing James' words. Sighing slightly, I took out my wand, glaring at James to make him shut up.
The woman standing in front of me didn't seem to realise that her mouth was open as I raised my wand in front of me.
"Please. Let me explain." I sighed.
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Post by ginnyrules27 on Jul 3, 2012 11:35:05 GMT -5
Okay, this was the weirdest day of my life. Granted, explosions weren't one in a million back in Boston, but people talking about their bodies not being their own?
As the brunette I was originally going to talk to before changing my mind and going to the messy haired man raised a stick, I couldn't help the quizzical look gracing my face. What in the hell was this man talking about?
"Please do," I said coolly, reverting to my interrogation tactics. My left hand was barley touching my gun, as to make sure it was still there.
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Post by eskimoRock on Jul 3, 2012 12:21:42 GMT -5
I blinked. I hadn't expected this woman to be so cool about somebody screaming how they had died and come back to life.
"My friend here- he's ill." I said, shooting another look James' way in order to keep him quiet. "He doesn't know what's going on and he has hallucinations. I'm really sorry, I'll take him home now." My eyes flickered down to the gun the officer kept squeezing, and then to the wand in my own hand. As far as she knew, we were just eccentrics, and I was quite happy to keep it that way. It would not be pleasant to be shot today- I highly doubted James was up to the magic it would take to fix it.
I grabbed hold of James' arm and began trying to drag him across the road and away from the woman.
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Post by ginnyrules27 on Jul 3, 2012 12:34:53 GMT -5
Hearing the man's explanation, I couldn't help the sliver of doubt that was wedged into my brain. I'd been trained to notice tells, and the look the man shot to his companion was one.
"If he's ill," I called after the retreating men, "should he not be in a hospital instead of in the streets?"
If only Maura were here, she'd be able to treat him. Under protest of course, as she would be looking over the bodies of those who had died. Sadly though, Maura got transferred to Las Vegas instead of here.
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Post by Miss Wings on Jul 3, 2012 12:40:33 GMT -5
"Look Remus, I'm sorry. Truly I am but when you've been dead for the past 16 years, and suddenly return with no idea what happened or if your wife has returned then it get's a little complicated when you notice the odd things that happen." I whispered furiously to Remus.
"Look on the bright side, you believe me now" I added my a cheeky smile before getting serious again. "What are we going to do Remus? We can't go to Dumbledore, he joined Lily and I in the afterlife a few weeks back."
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Post by eskimoRock on Jul 3, 2012 12:45:36 GMT -5
I was aware of the police woman staring at me as I dragged James back across the street, and I wouldn't be surprised if she was following us. I bit my lip and turned to James.
"Lets just go back to that cafe, and we can talk this through, okay?" The idea sounded great at first, but it meant I had to walk back down the street past the police woman and the dark stranger who James had spoken to. Still, Grimmauld Place was out with Harry there- this would completely throw him, and that was dangerous. Plus, I was still mad about what Harry had said.
My place was out too. I was not going to put Tonks in any more danger than she was already in, not to mention the baby... crap. In all this hassle, I'd forgotten about the baby. Well, that was one more thing to worry about.
"Right, the cafe it is."
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Post by ginnyrules27 on Jul 3, 2012 16:52:20 GMT -5
I knew that following them without backup would be incredibly stupid, but what choice did I have? Frankie was still in Boston, Tommy had become an undertaker, Frost had been assigned to D.C while Korsack was enjoying an early retirement. Everyone from Scotland Yard would think I was insane if I called in for backup against a man who thought he was previously dead, so I was by myself.
There was a rubber band around my wrist that had been used to tie up the paper I'd been previously reading. Using it to tie up my long, black hair, I brushed the few strands I missed out of my face and checked myself over to make sure there'd been no injuries from anything past the explosion.
Of course, I somehow made it so I didn't see where I was going and tripped on one of the numerous bodies that were lying around.
"Seriously?!" I griped and got up from my unexpected date with the concrete. Thank god Frankie wasn't there to see that. Or god, my mother.
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Post by kumainpink on Jul 3, 2012 20:11:11 GMT -5
This sounds like fun! I cant' wait to give it a try!
I'm just curious as to how our characters are going to fit in. Mine will be especially difficult.
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Post by Silvertongue on Jul 4, 2012 4:45:48 GMT -5
We'll make it work somehow. I guess it would have been easier if we'd said everyone was at the end of their series but we can work it out. Oh, and I think anything that isn't a bit of RP should be put in red, that way we don't have to read through a load of random posts before we get to an actual reply.
Zuko was just lugging another body, this time a young woman, back over to the growing pile when he caught the tail end of the men's conversation with a police officer before they abruptly left. He huffed in annoyance and dumped the body, then turned around to follow them. He noticed the police officer doing the same and smirked when she tripped. He picked up his speed a bit to catch up with her and fell into step beside her.
"Hey, do you mind if I join you in your tracking? They owe me some answers, too," he said, not much caring if she thought he was weird in his approach. If she turned him away, he'd just follow them himself, whether she liked it or not.
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Post by eskimoRock on Jul 4, 2012 6:31:50 GMT -5
I picked up speed slightly as we reached the corner of the street, and slipped down the alleyway with James right behind me. I cast a quick lumos as we walked down the steadily darkening street, and we saw nobody on our way- everyone was still scared after the explosion. Finally, we reached the cafe, and I was pleased to see that it was deserted apart from a waitress standing inside the kitchen. After ordering two teas, I sat down, placing one in front of James.
"Right." I sighed. "Now we talk. How the hell are you here?"
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Post by Miss Wings on Jul 4, 2012 6:49:17 GMT -5
How was I supposed to answer Remus? "I honestly have no idea. One minute I was watching you have an argument with my son and the next I'm in a copy of my body fighting death eaters! Speaking of Harry, he was right you know, about your issues and I would have said the exact same thing as he or Sirius would have. I truly do find it disgusting that your willing to leave your own wife and child!"
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