Owl Post meme, a bit late, sorry sorry.

[madam_rosmerta]

OWL MAIL Wizards might not text with a mobile phone all that often, but they do have other methods of communication available when it comes to a quick chat with their mates (or enemies) at any hour of the day. Post your characters, name, and preferences in the title area. You can include a generic starter if you want, or just post a blank. Anything goes. 1. OWL MAIL This might be a little slow for quicker chats, especially if you're close by, but it's good to give the bird some exercise! 2. FIRE CALL Just pop your head into that fire and chat away. Probably not recommended for drunken calls. 3. ENCHANTED MIRROR Those little reflective surfaces that show your friend's face whenever you might need to tell them something. Maybe you can enchant them to connect to any reflective surface around your chosen contact? (Maybe not the bathroom...) 4. HOWLERS Ever received one? It's supposed to be absolutely horrible. 5. OTHER MAGICAL COMMUNICATION The ones above are hardly the only way wizards can reach out to each other for a quick chat. Feel free to invent new items or use something like enchanted notebooks that you write in and the other sees the text at their end. You could also use flying letters, talking portraits, or, well, cellphones, if you will.

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[firsttogo]

[ James grins. Because there you are! He was growing bored here waiting. ]

It's Saturday! We should go out.

[siriusno]

[Remus just... stares for a second, then closes his eyes. You can tell he's silently counting to ten. Finally, he lets out a slow breath, dropping into a cross-legged position on the floor and hunching his shoulders for warmth.]

Out where? I was just about to go to bed... Godric's fat arse, Prongs, I thought someone had died the way you were hollering.

[firsttogo]

[ Remus, mate, you look constipated. James worries. ]

You okay?

[ But there he goes, sitting down. And he'll get a brilliant smile as a response. ]

Oh. Sorry. Yeah, no one died. [ At least he has the decency to look a little sheepish. ]

Out, you know, pints, nuts, maybe a few shots of firewhiskey.

[siriusno]

[He looks particularly unimpressed with James at the moment, thinking wistfully of his warm bed and the new book he'd planned to start reading. Then, he sighs.]

Who all's going?

[firsttogo]

[ You'll feel better after a few shots of whiskey, mate. ]

You and me.

[ He should be quite enough to entertain you. ]

[siriusno]

[Well it's not like he's going to say no one way or another.]

Fine. Come on through and give me a moment to get dressed. [He stands, moving toward the hall before calling back over his shoulder:]

And this better not be some sort of ploy to get Evans involved!

[firsttogo]

[ He's already pulling back after that fine and reaching for floo powder. He's standing in the fireplace when Remus turns to say something about Evans and James frowns after him. ]

You've become awfully concerned about Lily Evans lately, mate. You alright?

[siriusno]

[Remus steps back to avoid the burst of soot that accompanies James' arrival, rolling his eyes and turning back toward his room.]

I suppose she's been rubbing off on me a bit. And no, Prongs, I do not mean that kind of 'rubbing off', don't even start!

[Okay, so Lily has for sure been rubbing off on him (it's so new to have a place of his own like a real adult where he's not constantly surrounded by reckless individuals), but that doesn't mean he can help a grin as he moves down the hall. 'Rubbing off.' Ha.]

[firsttogo]

[ James snorts, leaning on the side of the fireplace as he watches Remus go. ]

Hey, I think I'd prefer her rubbing off on you like that, Moony. Don't become boring all of a sudden. You're fantastic just the way you are~

[ Don't even pretend you didn't love every second of Hogwarts you silly old wolf. James misses them all terribly. ]

[siriusno]

[Remus' voice trails down the hall from where he's disappeared into his bedroom:]

Thanks for the vote of confidence mate, but I can hardly see that happening.

[Because Lily and James are clearly a Thing That's Going To Happen sooner or later, and also because his own affections are quite tied up elsewhere. But don't worry, no matter how much he fusses, he'll never claim that Hogwarts and the Marauders aren't the best things that ever happened to him.

The sink runs for a moment and then Remus reappears, dressed in a shabby sports jacket and looking for all intents and purposes like the frumpy werewolf he is. He smiles at James, shoving his hands deep into the pockets of his slacks.] Right. Where to?

[firsttogo]

[ The thing is: James wouldn't mind that much. He is very interested when it comes to Lily Evans, but he loves his mates. (He will love her, too, but they're just getting to a point where she's more than just a fascination for him, a girl who can hold his interest, wondrous things do happen...) Remus and Sirius and Peter are his family already, they've shared more than just some breathing air in the past seven years. Hell, he became an illegal animagus for you, mate. ]

I think she has a thing for sad cases like you, [ he teases when Remus appears, throwing an arm around his shoulders and pulling him into a brief, affectionate headlock.

Which will end with a wet slap of a kiss on Remus' temple as James pulls away and reaches for the floo powder. ]

Diagonalley, I'd say. We could look into muggle London pubs too if you feel like it.