shnpc: (Default)
Non!Players ([personal profile] shnpc) wrote in [community profile] sortinghat_logs2012-11-17 07:47 pm

Hogsmeade Weekend

WHO: 3rd years and up + teachers
TONE: Fun, cute, shoppy, romantic
RATING: G to PG-13
WHEN: November 17th and 18th!
WHERE: The Village of Hogsmeade!
WHAT: Everyone goes shopping in Hogsmeade Village, some on dates, some just looking to have a good time!
STATUS: Ongoing! Use whatever tag format you want!
3houseswatson: (7)

[personal profile] 3houseswatson 2012-11-19 03:29 pm (UTC)(link)
It's stronger than it looks. Survived a fair few swings that have been hurled at it.

I'll go place the order. What d'you want?
3potionproblem: (fghj)

[personal profile] 3potionproblem 2012-11-19 03:36 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm sure. Indomitable John Watson.

[Which isn't exactly said sarcastically. John did overcome his limp, after all]

I'm not terribly picky. I expect you know what they make best. Order me that.
3houseswatson: (8)

[personal profile] 3houseswatson 2012-11-20 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
[John still wasn't sure of Sherlock's grasp on sarcasm, so he accepted the potential compliment with a tilt of his head and a wry smile. With that, he went off to fetch lunch.

He came back a short while later with a tray of sandwiches and two butterbeers.]


It's been about a year, but I remember these being pretty good.

Oh yeah, before I forget. I listened to the music you enchanted into that message. It was amazing.
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[personal profile] 3potionproblem 2012-11-20 01:31 am (UTC)(link)
[Sherlock nodded at John choice and picked his way through it.]

I'm pleased you liked it. Did it help?

[He'd only played the most difficult piece he knew to show off. So... ya know... he was in no way fishing for this compliment... ^___^]
3houseswatson: (13)

[personal profile] 3houseswatson 2012-11-20 03:18 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I actually slept pretty well. It sounded rather complicated; I can see how those roommate-irritating 3 A.M. practice sessions pay off.
3potionproblem: (Oh dear)

[personal profile] 3potionproblem 2012-11-20 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
Well, maybe I'll be able to create a music spell that really does put people to sleep. And then they can stop complaining.

[He sipped his butterbeer, wiping off his foamy mustache.]

The nightmares: are they specific to the night of your attack or more generalized?
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[personal profile] 3houseswatson 2012-11-20 12:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[John's hands tightened a bit on his mug as he looked down at the foam on his own drink. For a moment, his lips formed into a tight line and his brow furrowed. Vulnerability and grim determination mixed into one expression.]

When I remember them, they're very specific. Very vivid, like it's still happening and all this is the dream. But sometimes my mind's blank and I just wake up screaming, covered in sweat and my heart pounding like I just ran a marathon.

[He took a swig from his butterbeer.]

It's been a bit better lately. Not as dramatic as the leg, but...
3potionproblem: (1)

[personal profile] 3potionproblem 2012-11-20 01:51 pm (UTC)(link)
I suppose in the past you went to bed with phantom pains which would remind you of the incident. What about now? You do lay in bed thinking about how you have no pain, still reminding yourself of the attack through the omission?
3houseswatson: (7)

[personal profile] 3houseswatson 2012-11-20 02:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Makes it sound like a damned if I do, damned if I don't scenario.
3potionproblem: (fghj)

[personal profile] 3potionproblem 2012-11-20 02:16 pm (UTC)(link)
You just need something more interesting in your life to think about. Something that takes over your conscious and subconscious thoughts.
3houseswatson: (3)

[personal profile] 3houseswatson 2012-11-20 02:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah? Like what?
3potionproblem: (2)

[personal profile] 3potionproblem 2012-11-20 02:27 pm (UTC)(link)
My work?

You’re already helping me in my muggle culture observations and agreed to help in any further attacks on the student body. Why not assist with the rest of it?
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[personal profile] 3houseswatson 2012-11-20 02:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Sure, why not? It sounds interesting, so why miss any of it?

Besides, since I've started feeling better, I'm sure it won't be long before I get back in the dating game. That'll occupy some of my time and thoughts as well.
3potionproblem: (you just keep talking)

[personal profile] 3potionproblem 2012-11-20 02:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[Sherlock makes a face.]

Do you really go in for all that? Dating? As a means of entertainment?
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[personal profile] 3houseswatson 2012-11-20 03:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, yeah. And yes, it's a lot of fun going out with girls, but it's not just that, I suppose. It teaches you what sort of person you get on with in general. Besides, you never know; if you're lucky, the next person you date could end up being the one you'd like to spend the rest of your life with.
3potionproblem: (Idiots)

[personal profile] 3potionproblem 2012-11-20 03:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[Sherlock rolls his eyes.]

I don’t need to have someone sitting in my lap feeding me sycophantic niceties to find out what kind of person I get on with. What you mean is that you get to test how much you can stand of the things you generally are completely intolerant of like benign conversations about grooming products, who’s dating whom else, and ‘Oh, did you hear what Sally said about Nikki?’.

Dating is just biding your time until you can fulfill your masculine prerogative to mate. Base. Dull. Boring.
Edited 2012-11-20 15:14 (UTC)
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[personal profile] 3houseswatson 2012-11-20 03:24 pm (UTC)(link)
I wouldn't really consider girls who fit your simultaneously general and specific description there to be keepers, anyway.

Also, speaking as someone who has got rather close to that "masculine prerogative to mate", I'll grant you base. But dull and boring? Not if you're doing right.

[He shrugged.]

Still, you've said this kind of stuff isn't your area, I suppose I shouldn't expect any of it to make sense to you.
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[personal profile] 3potionproblem 2012-11-20 03:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, at least you have standards. But you forget, whether or not it’s of any interest to me, I do observe it. I’ve seen perfectly acceptable people go from normal if not dull individuals into hormonal messes of rage, lust, and the most irritating conversations on who loves who more when fused together as a couple. Rarely do they bring out the best in each other. Power will always be in the hands of the partner who cares the least and I find it much easier to simply not care at all. The girls who run off to the bathrooms in tears because their beau has moved on, the gentlemen who break their knuckles against the castle stone when their ex walks down the hall on another man’s arm, they are all so dependent on the existence of another that they are nothing more to me than animals.

There is no such thing as love, there is selfish gratification in conquest and the desire to perpetuate the species. Love is a byproduct of low self-esteem wherein justification for one’s existence comes in the acceptance from another. I’m fine the way I am, thank you, and so are you. So why waste time with sentimental syndromes when it can be so easily avoided?
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[personal profile] 3houseswatson 2012-11-21 12:21 am (UTC)(link)
[John held up his hands in a 'calm down' gesture.]

Whoa there. But seriously, you're awfully cynical about the whole thing. You've kind of got a bad sample pool for observation since we're still in school. Of course a lot of people will end up looking like right bastards when it comes to relationships. Everyone's a little bit crazy with hormones right now.

[He paused for a second, giving Sherlock a wry look.]

Well, almost everyone, I suppose. There's got to be an exception to any rule.

Still, is it really that tough to believe that someone might want to be close with and enjoy the company of someone they really like - physically and otherwise? Especially if they luck out and find someone really great. I don't even see how it's all that selfish. Sure, you get something out of it, but so does the other person if you're doing the whole dating thing right.
3potionproblem: (well I said as much)

[personal profile] 3potionproblem 2012-11-21 12:32 am (UTC)(link)
Well, what makes a date then? What is 'doing it right' as you seem to be such an expert?

[He sat back in his chair, arms crossed.]
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[personal profile] 3houseswatson 2012-11-21 12:47 am (UTC)(link)
I wouldn't call myself an expert. But you keep making it all sound like it's all about exploiting others, when it ought to be more about finding someone who makes you happy and making them happy in return.

As for dating, it's... y'know. It's when two people who like each other go out and have fun. I don't know what you seem to think it is.
3potionproblem: (you believe that?)

[personal profile] 3potionproblem 2012-11-21 12:51 am (UTC)(link)
So a date is more or less what we've been doing here.

[What with the meeting up, exploring things, talking about personal things....]
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[personal profile] 3houseswatson 2012-11-21 01:10 am (UTC)(link)
[John stared at him for a moment before blinking a few times in surprise as what Sherlock said finally registered.]

No, it's... different. Totally and completely different. The, er, differentness of it is absolute.
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[personal profile] 3potionproblem 2012-11-21 01:18 am (UTC)(link)
Oh.

Well, I'm afraid the finer points of relationships are among the things I won't understand for quite some time, then. You're quite right; there will be a better sample group once I have less hormonal subjects to observe. If in fact things like love do exist outside idealism and fairytales. I'll stick to my current assessments for lack of conflicting evidence.
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[personal profile] 3houseswatson 2012-11-21 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
[Yes, good, John would take that conversation change. Anything that wasn't whether or not they were on a date. Which they weren't.]

Yeah, fair enough. Just don't be too cynical. Not terribly scientific, that. It's one thing to go in with a hypothesis, but quite another to shut out all other options completely.

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