Hogwarts
School Healer
Creature Task Force - Registrar
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21 years old
Hufflepuff Alumnus
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PLAYED BY OOC NAME
PLAYED BY Trish
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Post by Mali Johar on Mar 11, 2017 0:10:45 GMT
It was a special day, and no one did special days quite like Mali. Remus was another year older and she was very much into the spirit of it. His morning began with a Happy Birthday card and basket of warm muffins carried by an owl wearing a party hat. When the card was opened it played music while shooting an endless supply of confetti at the poor card opener every fifteen seconds. Upon arrival to work he would find his office and classroom decorated with a brightly colored happy birthday banner and color coordinated streamers and a note promising she would stop by while the students were at lunch. Balloons hovered above, charmed to burst into a shower of confetti at random times throughout the day and Mali even managed to bribe several students in different classes to sing Happy Birthday to him randomly during the day's lesson. By the time she was done, everyone in the castle would know it was his birthday. Likely Hogsmeade too. Birthdays were special, a celebration to say 'I'm happy you were born' and she was very happy that Lupin was. He'd quickly gone from distrusted moral enemy to close friend. As promised, Mali waltzed right into the classroom as the last student filed out. She was sporting a cheerfully bright smile and toting a cake decorated with light blue frosting and white sugar flowers. The cake leaned slightly to one side and the flowers, while made of sugar, still looked a little wilted but she carried it with pride. Her baking and cooking skill improved right along with her potion making skill. She mastered the art of muffins and cupcakes and soon her cakes wouldn't look questionable either. The cake was balanced in one hand and a box with large holes poked in the top and side was carried underneath the opposite arm. "Helloooo!" she sing songed, setting the cake and the box down on his desk. "Happy Birthday! How d'you feel now that you're another year older? About ready to retire to the care home?" The witch stepped over to the birthday boy to catch him in a brief but warm hug. Touching him still felt a bit off but there was enough happy emotions floating through the room that it overshadowed any residual awkwardness. Mali busied herself with the box as soon as the hug broke, opening it and reaching in to pick up a very fluffy calico kitten. "I got you a new friend for your birthday." Did Lupin like cats or want one? Who knew. Mali was the sort who got ideas and went with them while hoping for the best. He seemed to like Eoin's cats well enough and after adopting a dog with Theo she was under the impression that everyone's life will would be vastly improved with a new animal companion. "I've read up on werewolves a bit. Surprise, mm? And I've read that they don't attack animals even if they haven't managed to take Wolfsbane before. I figured she could keep you company during the full moon, even if for some reason you can't take the potion. Plus, you're a good dad to humans, you'd be a good cat dad too. And we can have playdates! Theo and I adopted a dog, and it's a bit small and sort've cat like. It'll be fun. Oh, I've also got cake!" Cake and cats, what a birthday. Remus Lupin |
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Hogwarts
Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor
Werewolf
Order of The Phoenix
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44 years old
Gryffindor Alumnus
Wandless Magic
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PLAYED BY OOC NAME
PLAYED BY Mego
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Post by Remus Lupin on Mar 13, 2017 21:14:33 GMT
Thanks to what was quite possibly the most thoughtfully cheery friend he'd ever had, Remus had absolutely no time to feel morose about getting old on his birthday. He wanted to, when he opened his eyes that morning, to complain about his achy bones and failing vision - but there was an impeccably dressed owl waiting for him in his kitchen when he went down the stairs and Remus knew right then that he wouldn't be allowed one second to mope today. Good, he thought, as a slow smile spread across his face. It was his birthday, another year he'd made it through alive - filled as it was with moments where he felt like he wouldn't - and it was a reason to celebrate. The aches mostly went away once he got out of the bed, anyway. Remus scooped up a muffin and went back up the stairs to wake his kids.
If he wasn't allowed to mope, he was at least going to feel sentimental, darn it. It started when he left that morning, more reluctant than usual to leave the twins behind with their babysitter. They were getting far more use out of the confetti-spewing card than he ever would and they were just so bright and perfect and growing up. If Remus was getting old, they were getting older.
These types of thoughts carried Remus through a workday where far too much attention was on him all day. He adored Mali and her thoughtfulness, making sure he wasn't forgotten (by anybody, literally anybody) on his birthday, but Remus was never really a big fan of being the center of attention. Balloons, more confetti, singing students...Remus was almost exhausted by the time Mali herself actually showed up. He perked up at the sight of her, though, eager to show his appreciation (and a little bit because Mali's moods were just contagious like that). He hugged her back while laughing at her oh so funny joke. "Almost. I think I'll go for the cane and bifocals first, though."
Remus eyed the box Mali was busying herself with a bit suspiciously, but his suspicion didn't last long. It was utterly lost in the suddenly crashing ocean of adoration that overcame Remus at the sight of one very fluffy kitten, accompanied by a very unmanly noise. Remus loved animals. Of course he did. A few very special animals saved his life once, and then dozens of times after that. It never occurred to him, after that, that he might be able to have that again. It wouldn't be exactly the same - Remus was relatively sure Mali didn't just carry an Animagus in here in a box - but the kitten was so bloody fluffy it didn't really matter.
"Mali," he said, holding his hands out for the little beast. "This is really, very thoughtful. You don't know how much this means to me. Thank you." He was a little worked up over a kitten, but he was already feeling nostalgic today. "What's your dog's name? They ought to have matching names, don't you think? Best friends."
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Hogwarts
School Healer
Creature Task Force - Registrar
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21 years old
Hufflepuff Alumnus
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PLAYED BY OOC NAME
PLAYED BY Trish
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Post by Mali Johar on Mar 20, 2017 8:03:03 GMT
Mali was very happy to see that Remus had taken all of her birthday cheer in stride. It would be easy to get overwhelmed and tired of the constant barrage of happy birthdays and little bits of colored paper fluttering down from above but he had managed to take it all in stride. After the hug which felt good and a little nostalgic for her (though it wasn't too long ago that hugs like that were given freely, Mali felt like time was going too fast and she was being aged by everything that had gone on) she brushed a stray piece of confetti off the man's shoulder, grinning up at Remus as he played along with her joke. "Good plan. Bifocals would make you look very distinguished." He already looked pretty distinguished to her, but the bifocals would be a nice touch.
The kitten was a precious little multi colored ball of fur. Remus struck her as a cat person more than a dog person, it went with the whole 'distinguished' thing. She could see him seated next to a fire with a book and a cat curled in his lap, not running after a spunky pup who didn't quite understand the concept of fetch (No take, only throw.) Mali blinked at Remus' response, unsure if that noise had come from the cat or him before she broke out in a full on grin. Her method of just going with it had paid off, he seemed as enamored with the little cat as she had hoped. Mali bounced on the tips of her toes in excitement as she handed the mewing creature off. "You're welcome! I'm so glad you like it." Partly because none of her animals would forgive her if she tried to move another one in on them. Eoin probably wouldn't either, it was becoming a regular menagerie over in their little loft flat.
When Remus asked about her dog, Mali bashfully bit her lower lip. "You've got to promise not to laugh..." It seemed like such a great idea at the time, and while it didn't necessarily seem like a bad idea now it felt a little silly explaining the name to others. "His name is Theo. Oh, you have to see him. He's really the most precious thing..." The witch fished a small rectangular pink device from the pocket of her robes and flipped it open, frowning when she was met with a black screen. Her cellphone rarely worked at Hogwarts but she often forgot, only to be disappointed when she wanted to show someone one of the grainy pictures on the small low definition screen. "Bugger." she sulked, repocketing the device.
The witch shrugged her shoulders and switched her attention to the cake, while babbling "Bloody thing never works here. It's the magic, isn't it? It works pretty alright at home and it used to be decent at St. Mungo's. Maybe it's the protective charms. You'll have to come visit one day and see him, it's been a bit since you've been by hasn't it? Greta misses you, I think." She pulled her wand from it's pocket and plucked a quill from Remus' desk "Can I borrow this?" she didn't wait for an answer before transfiguring it into a cake cutter. "You'll have to come 'round when both Theo's are around so you can catch up. So what're you going to name the kitten?"
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Hogwarts
Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor
Werewolf
Order of The Phoenix
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44 years old
Gryffindor Alumnus
Wandless Magic
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PLAYED BY OOC NAME
PLAYED BY Mego
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Post by Remus Lupin on May 12, 2017 19:02:41 GMT
"You think?" Remus grinned back, running a vogue finger frame over his chin like the model he was not, raising an eyebrow and just imagining how it would look arched over a nice, thick pair of glasses. Seriously, it would happen soon enough, but he wasn't urging it on any faster. He already had reading glasses, and he was already falling asleep with them on his face or losing them on the top of his head far too often than he preferred.
But really, that was all okay, because now he had a kitten. Mali handed the little fur beast off to him and he forgot all about the bad memory and bad vision and bad posture - he felt like a little kid again, cuddling the kitten to his chest and scratching between her little ears. So fluffy, so precious. Already Remus knew he would be fighting the twins for the affection of this little cat, and the thought made him smile. He was pretty sure he was winning already, the way the kitten was snuggling up in his hand and headbutting his fingers for more ear scratches.
He didn't even laugh when Mali told him she named her dog Theo. He almost did, he was very close, but her excitement over how cute the dog was matched Remus' own cute kitten heart attack, and he couldn't really judge her for that, now could he? "Do you call him Junior?" But he did have to tease her, just a little bit, grinning. He blinked mindlessly at the thing she pulled out of her pocket, not recognizing it for what it was until she went on to explain how it never worked around here. He'd seen her with it before, but Remus wasn't just a wizard - he was an old man wizard. You couldn't blame him for being a bit willfully ignorant of Muggle technology. "I believe so. Magic doesn't play well with electricity," he nodded, eyes already back on the kitten. He smiled again at Mali's invitation. "I'd love to. Tell Greta I'll be by soon enough; I think I owe her a Galleon." While waiting for cake, Remus played with the kitten in his hands and wondered what a good name would be. He was never very good with names. "I don't know. Do you have any ideas? If left to my own devices, I'll probably just name her 'cat' in some dead language...poor thing."
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Hogwarts
School Healer
Creature Task Force - Registrar
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21 years old
Hufflepuff Alumnus
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PLAYED BY OOC NAME
PLAYED BY Trish
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Post by Mali Johar on May 14, 2017 6:45:37 GMT
Mali laughed and clapped her hands in approval of his model-esque pose and eloquently raised eyebrow. "Yes, of course!" the witch enthused with a nod. "Very distinguished and refined." Remus even made cuddling a kitten look sophisticated and dignified. He looked thrilled and the cat looked content, making everything right in the world. Mali kept her title as Queen of Birthdays and Remus got a new friend to keep him company on the full moons and made him smile on the days where the moon wasn't. Who would've thought that a cat would be a dog's wolf's best friend?
She reached out a hand to join Remus in his cat stroking, because the kitten seemed to enjoy it so and it was her secret mission in life to pet all the animals she came in contact with. Remus didn't laugh but she didn't get off completely scot free, either. "Mm, sometimes." she gave a one shouldered shrug, running her fingers over the kitten's soft fur before dropping her arm back to her side. "Theo does, but I mostly call him Theo Two. We didn't name him that to call him something else. I really like the name. It makes me feel happy." Saying it even coaxed a fond smile onto her face as Mali had never gotten past that lovesick stage with her big old troll. Noticing Remus' interest in her device she held it up. "It's a cellphone. Much more efficient than owls or anything, but it's reliability in magical places is shoddy. Not it's fault, I s'pose. I have a bunch of pictures of all my pets on it but it's not working right now. Maybe later it will and I can show you. They don't move like magic ones, though."
Or he could come and visit, that would be splendid as well. "Careful. You give her a galleon and she'll have the whole coin purse by the end of the night. For such a chubby little rat she's very light on her feet." Mali frowned as they spoke about names. The point wasn't for her to name the kitty. As smart as Remus was he sometimes seemed to need guidance on such things like pets. "Animals don't care what you call them as long as you say it sweet enough. You've got to name her, anything you want." With a little encouragement Remus was bound to pick a good name. "Besides, your name is very wolfish so why can't her name be cattish?"
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Hogwarts
Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor
Werewolf
Order of The Phoenix
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44 years old
Gryffindor Alumnus
Wandless Magic
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PLAYED BY OOC NAME
PLAYED BY Mego
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Post by Remus Lupin on May 19, 2017 15:00:07 GMT
Remus was a very good glasses model, apparently. Mali's enthusiasm and happiness, over even the smallest things, elevated Remus' mood further. It was his birthday! It didn't matter that he'd already had forty-odd of them - he was entitled to a good day today. He was allowed to be silly and carefree, and who wouldn't be, with cake and a kitten and Mali all in the same room together? Remus grinned at his old friend and pet his new one, totally content to be in the moment.
And in the moment, their conversation was about pets, and that made it even better. Remus loved animals, but he'd never really had pets. It was just never the right time, he was never stable enough to look after another living creature, and other such excuses. Now that he had children he supposed that excuse was right out the window, and now it was time for kittens! And puppies. Maybe he'd even get a dog one day. Someone to play with Theo Two. "I think it's a perfect name." It if made Mali happy, it was perfect. And really, Theo was sort of puppy-like, it made sense.
Remus eyed Mali's cellphone with interest as she explained it to him. He really should start reading on Muggle technology...there was, like, a whole new world for him to learn out there. He couldn't resist forever. "I thought phones were for talking to people? It has pictures, too?" Fascinating. Remus would definitely want a look at that later, maybe while fighting off Greta for his wallet - sounded like a blast. "I bet she's a fan of the cellphone, too, huh?" Remus smiled. He was rather fond of the chubby little rat.
Mali was adamant that Remus name his own kitten, even if the name was stupid. She had a pretty good point. His own very ironic name sort of gave him a pass to ironically name everything else, didn't it? "Fair," he laughed. He held his new kitten up at eye level and considered her, her fur color and her markings. "Hmm. I'll have to think on it. Maybe I'll pull out that old Hindi dictionary when I get home...".
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Hogwarts
School Healer
Creature Task Force - Registrar
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21 years old
Hufflepuff Alumnus
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PLAYED BY OOC NAME
PLAYED BY Trish
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Post by Mali Johar on May 21, 2017 10:11:59 GMT
Mali bounced on the tips of her toes, thrilled to the moon and back with how well the day had gone. "Thank you!" He was right, it was the perfect name. Theo was sometimes more of a man puppy than a man troll, too. Have you ever seen his eyes? The puppy doggiest eyes in the world, and she loved every bit of them. He was also adaptable! Theo was getting a phone so they could communicate better during their horridly busy schedules. Remus wasn't quite up on the muggle tech yet, but if anyone could learn to embrace it then the most 'learned' wizard she knew could too! Remus was so smart about everything else that it felt sort've weird explaining things to him.
"Mm." she nodded along with his question. "Phones are becoming multifunctional. You can still call people but you can send them little typed messages too, it's sort've like a muggle version of owling, but much faster? It only takes a few moments. It's tedious to send one but convenient. Theo's getting one so we can write to each other during the day. The camera's not all that good but.." she shrugged. "It works." And as observant as he was, Remus correctly theorized that Greta liked cellphones. "Of course the little prat does!" Mali laughed and nodded. She adored Greta but no one could deny that the little rat-like creature caused mischief.
The witch tilted her head at 'old Hindi dictionary'. Her dads were old Hindi dictionaries, practically. Mali had never lived in India herself, but her dads and birth parents were from there and she visited a few times with them. She tapped her chin thoughtfully for a moment, searching her brain. "Cat... I know that word. Hold on." Mali had to think. "Billi!" she proclaimed suddenly and proudly. "Billi is cat in Hindi. My dads speak it pretty well. Is it a boy cat? Billi sounds like a boy name. It would be a very clever name. Mao is cat in Chinese, I learned that from one of the 'learn chinese' bits on the back of the fortune cookie fortunes. Sounds like a cat, doesn't it? Mao and Meow."
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Hogwarts
Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor
Werewolf
Order of The Phoenix
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44 years old
Gryffindor Alumnus
Wandless Magic
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PLAYED BY OOC NAME
PLAYED BY Mego
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Post by Remus Lupin on May 26, 2017 16:42:51 GMT
"That's amazing." Remus leaned a little closer, eyeing the cell phone, wondering how on Earth someone was expected to type with it. He knew what typing was, he knew plenty of wizards with typewriters and had even seen computers out in London...but nothing that small. Where did all the letters go? Remus had a million questions and counting formulating in his brain, but he held back from inundating poor Mali for now. If he could get his hands on her phone later, he could just figure it out himself, the way he liked. Or even better...Remus glanced back up at Mali and asked, "Where did you get it? You've piqued my interest. First the television and now this - you're putting certain change to an old man, Mali, congratulations." He grinned, and then started laughing along with Mali. "I can't truly disparage her, she can probably use it better than I could."
It had not even crossed Remus' mind that Mali might know any Hindi, even though he knew her dads now. He was only mentally thumbing through his bookshelves at home when he brought up the dictionary, envisioning its cracked leather binding and tiny print. "You do?" He asked, impressed. He smiled when she proved it a moment later. "I like that." However...Remus lifted up the kitten in his hands to check and, alas, his new feline friend was female. "Though you're right, probably better suited for a boy. This little fluff ball is a girl." Remus raised his eyebrows as Mali spoke in yet another language, his smile growing wider. Mao. "That's adorable. And I think it fits, don't you?" He spoke to both girl and cat, holding the kitten up again to meet her at eye level. "Mao." It didn't feel quite complete, though. She wouldn't truly be Remus Lupin's, AKA Wolf Wolf's, cat unless her name was as utterly ridiculous as his.
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