Come On Make Me Feel Alive

Katerina Fawley, but you better just call me Kat. Sixth year Slytherin. Come on out and play, if you dare.

[kat-with-claws-blog]

I thought the war would be more exciting than school.

[easypillto-swanswallow]

Well I guess it’s only the plus method when you don’t want to remember those hazy memories. Some things just really shouldn’t be seen in high def. You on the other hand, now that you mention it, are something I would most definitely like to remember in the highest of definitions. Ah well there’s a whole lot more where those came from but I’m only as good as my muse gives me.

What? Who needs to nap! I don’t need to nap. Sleep is for the weak. Walk in the woods where we could potentially be eaten by a wile Merlin-knows-what? I’m so there. I’ll even protect you if things get sketchy. Promise.

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Oh, please. We all know you'd let out the highest, girliest shriek in the world if something ran across us in the woods. But it's okay. I promise to protect you, and to only use it as blackmail material on very special occasions.

So, princess, how are you enjoying military life? Is it everything you never dreamed of? I, personally, think it's a little less fun to blow stuff up when we've been given permission. Takes away all the feeling of being naughty, you know?

[fangirl76]

[prank-prince-potter]

The biggest problem with this whole Hogwarts-as-war-base thing

[prank-prince-potter]

I would not recommend doing that. There’s a team of the wizarding world’s fiercest warriors walking around the halls, and believe me when I tell you you do not want to face Steelsong’s wrath. Once I joked about his hair and I spent the rest of the night crying into a pillow. 

[kat-with-claws-blog]

Oh, no. Did it get to you already? Has the war turned you into a hardened buzzkill that will one day sit on his front porch and yell cranky things at those pesky, meddlesome teenagers?

[prank-prince-potter]

The biggest problem with this whole Hogwarts-as-war-base thing

[prank-prince-potter]

Hey, I am a very big boy. 

…and I would like to retroactively take back that comment I just made because it sounded a lot less like something a five year old would say in my head. 

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No wonder Gryffindor's doing so well at Quidditch this year. Five-year-olds are the best at tag.

They're also awesome at pranks. And please tell me this quiet is driving you as insane as it is me, because I don't know if I can take all this good behavior much longer without setting something mad and hairy loose in the castle.

[prank-prince-potter]

The biggest problem with this whole Hogwarts-as-war-base thing

[prank-prince-potter]

Boom, crushed it. High five. You earned it.

Oh, wait, ewww a Slytherin. And me without my antibacterial hand wipes. 

[kat-with-claws-blog]

Thank you, thank you. 

You need me to get your mommy to help you wash the cooties off? Or do you think you can pull it together long enough to be a big boy for a minute?

[prank-prince-potter]

The biggest problem with this whole Hogwarts-as-war-base thing

Is that we’re suddenly demoted to military-grade toilet paper in the bathrooms. 

I am full of rage. 

[kat-with-claws-blog]

You'd think they'd give us the high-grade stuff, since it's our asses that are going to be saving them.

[kat-with-claws-blog]

I thought the war would be more exciting than school.

[fiercealice]

Yeah, they’re hot in the sexy librarian kind of way. Who doesn’t love sexy librarians? Come on, Kat, everything looks good on you when you bend over.

This is true. And, besides, Frank’s enough of a baby bunny for the both of us. Shutting up and dancing it out.That is so going to be my motto every second I’m not working. This is actually really therapeutic and spiritual if you ignore the creepy lyrics in, like, every dance song ever.

Not yet, but that’s only because most of our injuries have been minor training accidents and stuff. Nobody’s gotten really hurt. …I don’t know why they call them butterflies because it actually feels like elephants are trying to kill cockroaches in the pit of my stomach. Hey, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with being a pyro. Fire is hands down the most sexiest thing on the face of the planet. Minus you, obviously.

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Dance it out. Best motto on the planet. I've been preaching it for years. Well, that and screw it out.

Fire plus me is the secret to getting in those pretty panties of yours? Merlin, if I had only known this a year ago... But, yeah, fire is amazing, it's like.... creation and power and destruction all in one spark, you know? 

Oh, fuck it, we're gonna build one now. Come on, help me drag some brush over to this little dirt patch here.

Are you nervous for when it gets real? For when we come in with gaping wounds and blown-off limbs and heads bashed in? And give the elephants a peanut and tell them to settle down.

[kat-with-claws-blog]

I thought the war would be more exciting than school.

[easypillto-swanswallow]

Dorky and overly verbose are my top specialities. Glad you enjoy them but y’know, I’m pretty versatile. I come in a whole variety of packages.

Oh I don’t think I’m in any position to go making decisions like that. I have it on good authority you’re both the beauty and the brains. Most of my plans do tend to avoid firewhiskey from the loose floorboard and a whole bunch of hazy memories though which with all the pre-noon starts we have these days shouldn’t really be such a smart idea.

[kat-with-claws-blog]

Smart ideas are overrated. But so is memory loss. What's the point of doing something wild and crazy if all you're left with is hazy images and bruises you can't explain? Especially since I definitely wanna remember all these pretty compliments you're giving me. Save 'em up for a rainy day.

So, what do you say? Are you going to plead the same-old tired excuse everybody's using-- that all we need is a bath and a nap? Or are you up for a walk in the woods with me?

[kat-with-claws-blog]

I thought the war would be more exciting than school.

[lisa-bristol]

You heard that General Asshole yelling at me today. Needless to say, my ego is still bruised.

[kat-with-claws-blog]

Hey, no, you gotta be a duck, cupcake. Like, a really badass duck, okay?

You just take what they say like it's water droplets-- let it roll off your back, down your feathers, shake it off... and then say, "fuck you". 

[kat-with-claws-blog]

I thought the war would be more exciting than school.

[easypillto-swanswallow]

I both nominate and volunteer Isaiah Swanswallow AKA myself for whatever whims or needs you are needing met your highness, Kat, ma’am.

[kat-with-claws-blog]

Wow. Dorky and overly verbose all in one package? How could I resist?

Now.... how should I reward you for such flamboyant generosity?

[kat-with-claws-blog]

I thought the war would be more exciting than school.

[fiercealice]

You could probably borrow one of Molly’s pencil skirts too. They’re supposed to be for “diplomatic purposes” only, though, so be sneaky. 

Shhh, vulnerable. Like a little baby bunny. No, no, no, I’m the dancey prone-to-spontaneous-nudity drunk, remember? Your favorite kind.

Some people think Dragon crap is erotic? Seriously? Why didn’t anyone tell me? Yeah, sometimes. It’s kind of a rush. But unfortunately there are no garters as far as uniforms go, we’re wearing boxy, shapeless scrubs and sneakers. Holding you to that. There really aren’t enough places you can wear a hot nurse uniform to, huh? How’s foot soldiering?

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Hmm, a pencil skirt.... Those look really good when you bend over, right? We'll have to practice. You can tell me how my form is looking.

You're a little too sexy for a baby bunny, unless we're gonna go Playboy here. And you are so not vulnerable-- you're one of the strongest people I know. Now, seriously, shut up and drink and dance it out before I start feeling like I have to hug you.

Rushes are good. Rushes are the best. You accidentally kill anyone yet? And you can hold me to that uniform any time you want, cupcake, if it weren't for that ball-and-chain of yours. Eh, foot soldiering is alright. I get to point my wand at stuff and blow shit up, so I like that part. I miiiight be turning into a bit of a pyro, but we'll save that for many later therapy sessions.

[ladysummers]

[kat-with-claws-blog]

I thought the war would be more exciting than school.

[lisa-bristol]

Yeah, you’re welcome.

[kat-with-claws-blog]

Oh, come on, the day's not that horrible. After all, we still have our magnificent hair. Why so grumpy?

[kat-with-claws-blog]

I thought the war would be more exciting than school.

[fiercealice]

Food. Food and stars. We can grab something premade from the kitchens and head down to the pitch right now so I can attend my first astronomy lesson in the history of ever. So, really, that’s playtime, too, because you get to be the hot teacher. 

Soft. It’s soft. Be my guest, but fair warning, it’s kind of limp today. You are amazing. Like, really amazing. And don’t make funny of me for being such a carebear right now, I’m very vulnerable. 

Yeah. Charmingly weird. Let’s go with that. At least it’s a step up from smelling like dragon crap from spending so much time in the greenhouses, right?

[kat-with-claws-blog]

Ooo, hot teacher? Maybe I should bring my glasses for this. Really get into the part, you know?

Yeah, yeah, I know I'm amazing, babycakes, but tone down the sap or I'm not gonna let you drink. No one likes a sappy drunk.

And, yeah, I guess it's an improvement, although there's something to be said for the eroticism of an earthier odor... Anyway, you're having fun playing hot nurse? Sending patients into cardiac arrest when you walk in that uniform? Please tell me it has a short skirt. And garters. And stockings. And heels. You know what, I'm just gonna buy you this outfit for Halloween next year, or maybe just to add to the dress-up closet.

[kat-with-claws-blog]

I thought the war would be more exciting than school.

[lisa-bristol]

You must be so hard to please.

[kat-with-claws-blog]

Oh, aren't you just the sweetest? Thank you! I take that as a compliment.

[kat-with-claws-blog]

I thought the war would be more exciting than school.

[fiercealice]

You know, normally I’d be all for it, but today I feel like the least sexy person on the face of the planet. All right, McSteamy gave me four hours and strict orders not to come back drowsy so naps are out of the question anyways. What’ve you got?

Inhuman. You are inhuman. Can I touch your hair? I miss having pretty hair.

[kat-with-claws-blog]

Four hours? Damn, that is just not enough time for something decent, especially if you're gonna take playtime out of the mix. Uh, okay, so that leaves us with... star-gazing, making something in the kitchens, or a walk in the woods.

And of course you can touch my hair, cupcake. But then you have to let me twirl some of those blonde strands into ringlets around my finger. I don't know what you're talking about; your hair is gorgeous.

It's even pretty enough to make up for the... charmingly weird? antiseptic smell you've got going on.

[kat-with-claws-blog]

I thought the war would be more exciting than school.

[fiercealice]

God, I need a deep tissue massage and something that’s going to make me eventually pass out and regret my life choices less. And a bath. A long, lavender-y, cleansing bath.

How are you not as exhausted as me?

[kat-with-claws-blog]

Um.... I wanted something that was going to wake me up, not put me to sleep. Unless that 'deep tissue massage' was code for a different kind of good touch...

Years of practice with all-nighters? Superior hair products? A general refusal to give in to something as lame as sleep?