The Other Wordly meme

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The Other-Wordly Meme

Words are magical things; they can have so many lovely connotations and varied histories.
Words have family trees just like people. They are linked to each other.
Some words are full of flavor and color and describe things you never suspected there were words for.
Words are why we're here.

The meme is simple: post a comment with your muse's name and canon in the subject line.
List any preferences you may have ("No Shipping," "No Smut," etc.), if you decide to leave the next step up to responders.
Responders (or original posters, if they so decide), go to the Other-Wordly blog and hit 'Random' until you get a word. Use the word as a prompt to write up an RP scenario. Do this several times, if you like. Mix and match. Have fun with it!
Don't stop with a word, though! Words can often have etymologies that are at odds with their current meanings. Words can shift connotations over time. Let your imagination carry you with the words as its wind.

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[deatheaten]

[notromulus]

[ unlike his friends, and to be perfectly honest the entirety of his house, remus has no particular enmity towards slytherins; though it should be noted that he doesn't have a particular love for them either. it seems childish to judge a whole body of people based on the actions of a few, so when he's paired with regulus on a history of magic assignment, specifically on goblin rebellions, he doesn't so much as flinch. they're sitting in the library, remus practically obscured by volumes of thick texts, regulus across from him busy with his own research.

he looks remarkably like sirius he notes idly, the same black hair, the same aristocratic features. but regulus holds himself differently; where sirus would be lounging in his seat, regulus sits straight, and more importantly he's actually doing his share of the work where sirius would be off with james planning their next prank.

it's a needed break from the norm, and he would like to think that they're working in a companionable sort of silence. after a beat, remus looks across at regulus from underneath the shag of his brown hair, with a twisted sort of half-smile. it's not forced, not exactly, but there is a certain hesitance in the gesture. ]

Find anything interesting?

[deatheaten]

[Maybe Regulus is just childish, because he resents being partnered with a half-blood and a Gryffindor. But he resents it largely because he knows he's supposed to. It's expected of him.

That doesn't mean that he goes out of his way to be rude. The Black family already has one son who doesn't know how to behave, so since the start of the assignment he's been quiet, distant, but not outwardly peckish. He's almost forgotten that Remus is there.

Until he speaks. Regulus blinks, peering over the top of the book at his brother's best mate. Remus is smiling at him, and for a moment he's thoroughly suspicious. But there doesn't seem to be any malice behind it. The question itself seems like a general sort of inquiry, one that any student would ask. Regulus clears his throat before speaking.]

Nothing that I haven't read on the back of a Chocolate Frog Card two hundred times before. Certainly nothing that will make our report stand out.