RP: What does this town have to offer?
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tutistempus_rpgDate: January 29, 2002
Characters: James Potter, Lisa Turpin, Lily Evans Potter
Setting: World's End Pub
Content: Angst!
Status: Public :: Complete
James had been in house for a week, it was time to venture out. He'd had clothing delivered from Kingsley Shacklebolt, and it still flipped his mind that Kingsley was so old. And that Kingsley wouldn't answer his questions about the future - he wondered if he'd become a famous Quiddith player or something equally useless, he wondered if he'd died in his work as an Auror. Well, assuming he'd finished the application and actually gone into the DMLE. He'd spent time thinking in circles around all that he'd been told and wondering if the last of the Marauders were also here - maybe they could continue as if nothing had happened? Kingsley had told him that Sirius was here, but usually scouting the land outside of the Settlements, and he mentioned Lily, too. Having his friends would be all he really needed, after all, they were all he had back in the UK, too.
Finally sick of waiting around for stories he didn't think would be told, he put on a pair of jeans - they were quite skinny and he'd been assured they were the norm these days - and a comfortable t-shirt (at least those hadn't changed in... what? Twenty, tweny-five years?) before heading out into the heat and wandering toward the center of the village. Things were high tech here, but also quaint, almost like when magical met muggle in the real world. Tomorrow he'd be starting his job helping to work with technology here in the Settlement (something about having time to settle in) and he was excited to get his hands on gadgets he'd never dreamed of in 1978.
But for now, it was to the comfort of a pub that he headed and when he entered he nodded at the cute young thing behind the bar. She looked his age, maybe younger, maybe older, but with pouty lips and curly dark hair, he didn't particular care her age. He ordered a pint and introduced himself. Her face twitched just for a moment before she just nodded, gave him a smile and brought him his drink. "I'm sorry, do I know you?" He ventured, due to her strange reaction.
"Um, no, no you don't, and it's a shame, too," she answered, not giving anything away but a flirtatious nature. He smiled in return and thanked her for his drink, grateful when she was called to a table on the front patio. Looking around, he didn't find any familiar faces, but he suppose he hadn't expected to, and he sipped his drink grateful to pass the time somewhere other than his spacious, empty home.
Characters: James Potter, Lisa Turpin, Lily Evans Potter
Setting: World's End Pub
Content: Angst!
Status: Public :: Complete
James had been in house for a week, it was time to venture out. He'd had clothing delivered from Kingsley Shacklebolt, and it still flipped his mind that Kingsley was so old. And that Kingsley wouldn't answer his questions about the future - he wondered if he'd become a famous Quiddith player or something equally useless, he wondered if he'd died in his work as an Auror. Well, assuming he'd finished the application and actually gone into the DMLE. He'd spent time thinking in circles around all that he'd been told and wondering if the last of the Marauders were also here - maybe they could continue as if nothing had happened? Kingsley had told him that Sirius was here, but usually scouting the land outside of the Settlements, and he mentioned Lily, too. Having his friends would be all he really needed, after all, they were all he had back in the UK, too.
Finally sick of waiting around for stories he didn't think would be told, he put on a pair of jeans - they were quite skinny and he'd been assured they were the norm these days - and a comfortable t-shirt (at least those hadn't changed in... what? Twenty, tweny-five years?) before heading out into the heat and wandering toward the center of the village. Things were high tech here, but also quaint, almost like when magical met muggle in the real world. Tomorrow he'd be starting his job helping to work with technology here in the Settlement (something about having time to settle in) and he was excited to get his hands on gadgets he'd never dreamed of in 1978.
But for now, it was to the comfort of a pub that he headed and when he entered he nodded at the cute young thing behind the bar. She looked his age, maybe younger, maybe older, but with pouty lips and curly dark hair, he didn't particular care her age. He ordered a pint and introduced himself. Her face twitched just for a moment before she just nodded, gave him a smile and brought him his drink. "I'm sorry, do I know you?" He ventured, due to her strange reaction.
"Um, no, no you don't, and it's a shame, too," she answered, not giving anything away but a flirtatious nature. He smiled in return and thanked her for his drink, grateful when she was called to a table on the front patio. Looking around, he didn't find any familiar faces, but he suppose he hadn't expected to, and he sipped his drink grateful to pass the time somewhere other than his spacious, empty home.
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Date: 2013-01-30 05:03 am (UTC)But now, as the day was giving way to night, she decided to treat herself to dinner at the pub; that is, if they had food. She was sure Kingsley had mentioned that. Hopefully the employees would help her with paying; the datapad was still something of a foreign object. Although she was more than pleased that should could send journal entries and messages out to folks.
Lily walked into the pub wearing a simple white dress, that despite having longer sleeves, kept her comfortably cool in such tropic temperatures. To also combat the heat, she had her long hair pulled up in a bun. It was a lovely evening out, so she was tempted to sit outside; but first she'd order.
She waited for the bartender to notice her and then ordered a water; some habits were hard to break. Maybe she'd stray to alcohol in another week or so. She wasn't sure what all she could order either. She didn't see a menu.
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Date: 2013-01-30 05:10 am (UTC)She looked a little different than he remembered, but he figured the time apart accounted for that, not the time... difference.
He stood and was immediately in front of her leaning in for a hug, "You look fantastic! Guess you got sucked here right around the time I did, huh?"
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Date: 2013-01-30 05:16 am (UTC)She was a mix of emotions. Should she hug him? What should she say? Why hadn't anyone told her? Surely they should have told her her husband had arrived here.
She hesitantly returned his hug. She honestly wanted to wrap her arms around him and never let him go but the way he was acting... did he not remember her? Had he hit his head, too, on his landing?
"Er... Yeah. I've been here two weeks."
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Date: 2013-01-30 05:22 am (UTC)He watched her, with her strange hello and pale skin, she seemed... Frightened? No. Nervous? Maybe.
"Seriously, Evans, what's wrong?" He reached out a hand and laid it on her shoulder.
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Date: 2013-01-30 05:27 am (UTC)She tensed a bit under his hand and sat down on a nearby stool. She turned to the bartender and ordered a firewhiskey. Did they have that here? She quickly added "or the nearest thing to it."
How was she going to tell him what time period she had come from? "Well. It was October 1980 when I got pulled. I was at home." Vague was good. "I thought I was dreaming when I got here... maybe I had fallen asleep at home. Sirius had to convince me otherwise. I've seen him quite a bit since I arrived."
What else could she say, 'Oh in my time, we're married and just had our first baby?' Yeah, she didn't see that one going over well. Especially with this James.
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Date: 2013-01-30 05:32 am (UTC)"Where were you living? Did you get a place in London like everyone else after Hogwarts? I was still in Godric's Hollow, mad boring as always." He rolled his eyes and smiled at her, trying to put her at ease. He'd never known Lily to be shy or frightened. Never. Just then, the bartender came back and James asked for a shot as well, "To old friends in new places, yeah?" And he lifted his in a toast. Something about seeing her was just what he needed, he thought. She'd put on some weight since school, but then for her she was... Twenty now, right?
"So, what were you doing for a living? Still wowing the charms world? Or did you go the potions route?"
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Date: 2013-01-30 05:39 am (UTC)"Well, at that moment technically I was alone in the room." That was safe... and vague once more. When the bartender set down her drink, she quickly scooped it up and downed it before he made mention of the toast. She ordered another. "Sorry about that.
"I was actually not in London. I was in Godric's Hollow, of all places. Were you told that Godric Gryffindor is here?" Between that and the toast, maybe he'd be distracted. "A toast." She said and clinked it against his glass. She had never felt so fidgety before. Best not to answer that last question.
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Date: 2013-01-30 05:42 am (UTC)"I start work tomorrow, they've got me working on the strangest things! Like the datapads, and televisions like I never saw back home," he chattered on. "What do they have you doing here? Besides keeping everyone in line, I'm sure." She grinned now, a crooked, toothy smile that he'd always given her in school, especially when she was cross with him. Then he cocked his head, lifted his new shot, and said, "You really are a sight for sore eyes, Evans," before tilting it toward her and taking the shot in one quick drink.
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Date: 2013-01-30 05:49 am (UTC)How Lily had missed when James had flirted with her, even after they were married and she was as big as a hippogriff. She could feel the tears forming, this was not the time for that. She took her shot, hoping that would help drive it away.
"Oh... I could say much the same for you." And that would be true, if it had been the right year. Although, she was very grateful for the fact she didn't get pulled when she was 7 months pregnant. She'd be ready to kill... anyone.
"The datapads are very weird. I can send messages, or I try to at least."
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Date: 2013-01-30 05:53 am (UTC)"How is Sirius? They won't tell me anything; I don't even know what the other me, in 2002, I suppose, is up to!" He waved the waitress over again and with a smile she just left the bottle.
"I'll make sure to put it on your datapad, Mr. Potter, Miss Evans," Lisa said with a knowing smile but she was gone before James noticed anything. A hand went to his messy, almost too long black hair and he scrubbed through it, a habit.
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Date: 2013-01-30 05:59 am (UTC)"You were quite the git, I will say that. But it's good seeing... an old friend." She turned her head away from him, trying to gather her composure. He was so oblivious to Voldemort. So oblivious to the danger they would face, together.
Lily soon turned back to him but stared at the glass in her hand, moving it around some. "Sirius is good. I'm sure he'd love to see you. He was ecstatic to see me. He's changed though... he is from the current times, I guess you could say."
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Date: 2013-01-30 06:02 am (UTC)"Really, what's he like? I can't imagine him old. I can't imagine any of us old, actually, can you imagine me or Sirius or even - Merlin forbid it - Pete with kids? White picket fence and all that?" He laughed out loud at the ridiculousness of the prospect. No. In his reality, he and his mates would always be carefree pranksters.
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Date: 2013-01-30 06:07 am (UTC)"Sirius is... quiet. He's put some rough times behind him, but I've seen him just so... free. Like the Sirius we... er... you knew. He's more responsible and well... serious."
The comment about him with kids stabbed at her heart. This may be a bit too much for her to handle on her own, so soon. She didn't doubt her James' love for their baby, but this one...
Her voice cracked some when she spoke. "According to Sirius, Remus actually had a son. He was mid thirties, I guess, when the baby was born."
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Date: 2013-01-30 06:16 am (UTC)She didn't know what else to say without her voice cracking more. She took a sip of her water. Hopefully he wouldn't ask anymore difficult questions. Why couldn't he have asked Kingsley?
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Date: 2013-01-30 06:21 am (UTC)"Um, Lily," he said, slowly, surprising himself by using her first name, he hadn't done that since they'd dated, "Do you know, did I ever...?" Suddenly the awkwardness of the question hit him and he shook his head, "Never mind." Asking an ex-girlfriend who barely called herself a friend if she ever heard about him getting married or having a family in a life that didn't exist anymore was too much, even for him. He took his shot and smiled at her. "Anyway, um, were you, um, seeing anyone when you got pulled?" He figured it was a friendly enough question.
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Date: 2013-01-30 06:29 am (UTC)Lily bit her lip. "Yeah. I was seeing someone." Her voice cracked more, and she blinked back tears, staring at her shot glass once more. It was full but she wasn't sure if she should drink more. "Kingsley explained it to me that even though we are here, we are still there too. So we're not missing anything... if that makes sense. It's just the us here that don't really experience it."
She chewed her lip, a true sign that something wasn't right in her mind.
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Date: 2013-01-30 06:32 am (UTC)"Let me walk you him?" He raised his hands, "No ulterior motives, I promise, I know even drunk you could whip me in a duel," he smiled good-naturedly and stood, putting out his arm for her.
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Date: 2013-01-30 06:35 am (UTC)She shook her head slightly, "I came here for supper... at least I think they have food here. Maybe I should go home. Where are you staying at?" She took his arm, getting off the stool. This was better than not having him around at all, she figured.
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Date: 2013-01-30 06:39 am (UTC)He nodded to Lisa and asked for the order, which had for him in a second. Taking the bag with his free hand and Lily with the arm she'd held on to, he headed out of the bar into the streets. "I have a place, they set me up in it, down the ways a little south, I hear the market is North of here? Where do you live?"
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Date: 2013-01-30 06:48 am (UTC)"The market is north of here. Thank you for the stew. I'll pay you back sometime. Where you live sounds like my area... Sirius is actually my neighbor; Kingsley thought it best to put me near someone. I didn't part from him very much during my first week here."
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Date: 2013-01-30 06:50 am (UTC)They walked toward her house and when they were at her front door he said, "You're right, I'm just up around the bend there," he said, pointing further down the road, "will you be alright on your own? Pepper up works for a hangover, if you need it in the morning," he swallowed thickly, somehow not wanting the evening to end, but feeling that she was hurting and needed to be alone, for some reason.
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Date: 2013-01-30 06:55 am (UTC)"If you want to come in... you're invited. Have you had supper? We could split the stew." Yes, she was upset still, although she wasn't crying; but she couldn't bear not looking at him a bit longer. It had felt like ages since she had seen him. There really was little difference between the James of 1978 and 1980.
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Date: 2013-01-30 06:59 am (UTC)He leaned forward, kissed her lightly on the cheek, and said goodnight, "But we're neighbors, so I'll see you soon, right? Maybe we can get dinner with Sirius soon?" He hesitated before nodding and then making his way down her stone walk back to the street. He looked back one more time to wave and see if she was heading into the house alright, and then with a bent head, he headed home.