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[wer]

[ Back at Hogwarts, Astronomy was one of Remus' best subjects. That's not to say it was one of his favorites, but out of necessity, he'd become quite adept at studying the night sky. That's why, after he'd taken the time to settle in, he'd asked his closet for a telescope and started hitting the roof after sundown. Most nights he could be found up there, studying the moon and stars. It was for this reason that he'd been able to calculate when the next full moon would be (rather sooner than he'd like, but there was no changing that), and also made a fascinating discovery.

One night, from the roof, he decides to share his findings with Wonderland at large. He pulls out his cell phone and records a video. ]

Has anyone noticed that the stars keep changing? I mean, night after night, the constellations are different. Sometimes they're not where they ought to be, and sometimes I see ones I've never seen before. I'd thought maybe I could try and learn where Wonderland is, geographically, but I'm more confused now than I was when I started.

[ He ends his broadcast, then, fiddling with the settings, sends out a message to his friends. ]

[ Private to James Potter, Sirius Black, and Peter Pettigrew: ]

The full moon is the 8th. That's this Wednesday.



[ ooc: feel free to run into Remus either on the roof, if your character is so inclined, or in the stairwells with his telescope! ]

Comments

Message to James, Sirius, and Remus

[rattus_rattus]

Oh! I... well... fuck

[It finally dawned on him that without his wand he wouldn't be able to join his mates on the full moon. If anything made him feel even more isolated, this was it.]

Message to the Marauders

[wer]

What is it what's wrong?

Message to the Marauders

[rattus_rattus]

I... don't have a wand

[He doesn't explain. He's pretty sure Remus can pick up on why that would be a bit of a problem.]

[Video]

[luckynumberthree]

[ Simon pops open a video feed in reply to this, because yeah, kid you're not the only one who noticed. ]

Oh good, so that wasn't just me then? Thought I was going crazy the one night when I couldn't find anything familiar.

[Video]

[wer]

My second night up here, I thought maybe I'd written my star charts wrong. But then the third night it happened again.

What do you think this means?

Re: [Video]

[luckynumberthree]

Means? Maybe nothing. Maybe it's just one more way for this place to fuuuuu... screw with us. [ Kids. Right. Oops? ] Or maybe this place just rotates through everyone's skies or something. I hadn't really thought that far ahead.

[video]

[kickassqueen]

I totally didn't notice that.

[ Not that Charlie considers herself to be some kind of star extraordinaire, but hey they usually stay in the same place...ish. ]

I guess we can chalk it up to weird Wonderland magical shenanigans. We might be a floating island in space for all we know, which would be kinda cool if we could hop off the ride once we're done with it.

[video]

[wer]

A floating island in space...? [ Like Pigfarts! ]

I suppose the magic surrounding this place is more complicated than I'd thought.

[video]

[kickassqueen]

[ Exactly like Pigfarts ]

Okay, maybe we aren't exactly that. A weird pocket dimension? Seems more legit, right?

Whatever it is, I'm definitely gonna keep an eye on the sky more often. Maybe we can start creating our own constellations based on people here. Good way to pass the time.

[ Even if that would involve identifying new ones every night, if the stars change that often. ]

video.

[snarly]

( malia's face is almost entirely deadpan, but there's a level of piqued curiosity in her eyes that sparks. she's actually quite confused about why the stars are weird - not that she's noticed them herself, but now that he mentions it... still. why are people even bothering with trying to rubix cube this place? it's not going to work. she wrinkles her nose. ) The fact that you're trying to actually understand anything about this place is pretty insane. Nothing here makes sense, and I'm not sure that's gonna change anytime soon. ( no1curr, remus )

video.

[wer]

[ R u d e . ]

Aren't you at least a bit curious? The magic here is unlike anything I've seen before!

video.

[snarly]

Well, yeah, of course I'm curious. But I also get that it's completely pointless to make any attempts to figure it out. Just when something starts to make sense, there's another curveball. It's stupid. Why would you waste your time? ( sorry dude she has no social filter at all

please rub off on her with your politeness thanks )

Message to Remus, Sirius, and Peter

[pottershotter]

Fuck. I forgot Wormtail doesn't have his wand here.

[The last thing they need right now is anything that's going to isolate Peter, but they're not about to leave Remus alone either, especially not for his first transformation in a weird new place.]

We'll have to teach Peter how to do it without a wand, but there won't be enough time to master it between now and the full moon.

On the positive side though, I know a place you can transform safely, Moony. [Or as safely as he can, at least.] The Resistance Fort (Fort Dixon-Potter) is deep in the woods, and I cast all the protections on it myself.

Message to Remus, Sirius, and Peter

[goodwoofjames]

You made a fort with someone else and didn't tell me?

Message to Remus, Sirius, and Peter

[pottershotter]

If you were here at the time I would've made it with you! Don't get jealous just because you turned up late to the mass kidnapping.

Message to James, Sirius, and Peter

[wer]

I won't ask if it's safe, then. I trust you.

Message to Remus, Sirius, and Peter

[pottershotter]

You didn't ask but I'm going to tell you anyhow - it's absolutely safe. It's got dozens of protections on it. Only the Resistance members know where it is, and it's charmed so no else can find it - and I can make sure no one from the Resistance will be there.

Even if all else fails (which it won't) the Fort's at the bottom of a fairly steep ridge. It's simple enough for a person to get up or down, but none of us would be able to climb up it transformed.

[Meaning that even if Moony broke out of Fort Dixon-Potter somehow, he wouldn't be able to run back to the mansion. It's still not wise to run around since the the forest isn't quite as forbidden as it is at Hogwarts, but it's still helpful to know. There aren't many other places that are safe to keep werewolves, so it's truly their best option. Everything else is too close to where everyone lives and sleeps.]

Still, I appreciate all the blind faith you have in me. You'll be fine.

[Private to Marauders][James helped]

[goodwoofjames]

And we're sure that the moon isn't as confused as the stars are?

[Private to Marauders][James helped]

[wer]

It's the same as normal, every night, waxing gibbous.

[formercheerio]

I've never looked at the stars before. I know that no one knows where we are but I thought it was just another unanswered question.

Have the stars been the same on certain nights? Like one night you'd see the stars from America or another night from Italy?

( Is that how it works does that even make sense? She doesn't know )

[wer]

I don't know what the stars look like from America or Italy, but it's a thought. Are you American? You can look at my star charts and see if anything looks familiar…

/rolls in LAAATE, sorry

[anomaliiiiies]

[PERK]

Remus, we'll have to talk. Let me get my notes and things, and I'll show you. I'll be right up there.

never apologize <3

[wer]

Doctor Foster! Alright, I'll wait for you.

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[gadjos]

[Considering his situation, it's hard not to take notice of the shifting in the stars. Every night, it's ritualistic habit to take at least a few minutes to look toward the sky, to refresh himself on where the moon is in it's cycle like most people glance at a calendar to refresh themselves on the fact that it's still October.

Every night, they're a little screwed up. It took him a few days to notice it, and even when he did, he almost didn't believe it. Another night confirmed his suspicions, but eventually he accepted it as one of the weird magical quirks about this place.]

You think maybe it changes?

[He's not normally one to get cozy with strangers, but this is an interesting topic and he's got a few thoughts about it, so he starts a feed and proposes the question.]

Not the stars, I mean, but our position in the universe? Like, maybe one day we're looking up at a sky over Georgia, the next it's pulling the sky over Thailand, the day after that it's, I don't know, Planet Galactor Six in some horseshoe galaxy?

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[wer]

That's a theory. I've been making charts as best I can for the past few nights, if you'd like to see if anything looks familiar.