Hurricane Punch

Marlene McKinnon. 22. Order Member. Werewolf "... And may you be in heaven a half an hour before the devil knows your dead."  

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@saoirsemckxnnon​

Marlene was used to Sersh spying on her. It wasn’t their most endearing trait, but after a lifetime with them Marlene had more or less figured out how to duck and weave to lose them. 

However, she was surprised  that they were doing it now. Marlene was hardly about to pull a prank or start something at a carnival and Sersh wasn’t as sneaky as they thought. If anything Marls wanted them to concentrate on themselves and have some fun. She was already pretty sure Sersh was signed up for the auction so that would at least be a fun experience, but following around your little sibling was probably not the best use of time. 

Well - Marls got it too. Their family wouldn’t have gone to this carnival, but it was like the carnivals back home. Maybe they were lonely. All the more reason to go over and talk to them. 

Grabbing a snack she thought they would like Marls quietly snuck next to them on the bench and said, “You know the games are pretty fun, and I bet you can get into some fun memories if you go and hang out with people instead of worrying over me.” 

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@ailajohnson​

Marlene didn’t want to make it awkward. To be very fair, she was pretty sure her presence was already making things a little tense, but at one point Aila and her had been super close. Surely, some of that was still there and it being around each other was more akin to riding a bike than forgetting how to fly a plane from lack of time. 

It may have been better for Marls to offer an olive branch, a sweet gesture that said that she still cared. However, she didn’t think Aila would want that anyway and it wasn’t either of their styles. 

So instead Marlene looked at the other and went, “I’ll I’m saying is I think I can win that game. Even if it’s rigged I don’t think I’m that out of shape that I can hit the ring around a damn bottle. So either put up or shut up. Do we have a bet?” 

After all, Aila might hate her a bit, but surely she was still as competitive as ever. Things hadn’t changed that much - had they? 

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missmary​:

She had always felt guilty about it. Every single time one of her friends had invited her to something, whether it just be a cup of coffee or a birthday party, it was something that always dwelled on her mind for weeks after. She felt like she was constantly waiting for the day when they stopped inviting her and while that hadn’t happened yet, it was what she was sure she deserved. Even though it really was nice to be with Marlene and acting like this was the sort of life she lived where things like this were normal for her. It was natural and easy to giggle in response to Marlene’s indignation. As if they were just dormmates in school gently ribbing each other out of love.

“That’s—” she started, a little surprised that Marlene had mistaken her coffee for theirs when they had drunk so much more of it so far and Mary none but it wouldn’t be the first time that sort of a mix-up had happened so she didn’t think much of it, other than playfully swatting Marlene’s hand away when they replaced the cup. “Coffee isn’t supposed to be sweet.” Then, as if to prove a point, she picked the cup up herself and took a sip, screwing her nose up not because of the bitterness but because it was too cold. A tap of her wand warmed the liquid back up again, though after she did look around the room, almost expecting someone to be staring at her for the use of magic despite them being in a Wizarding café.

“See? Being a little patient pays off. They get to go on with their day without feeling embarrassed about that and we get to stay inside in the warm and not worry about losing our table. Everyone wins.”

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Marlene wasn’t gentle. It was one of the flaws that had been rather obvious after everything that happened. She wasn’t gentle to the people around her or even herself. It wasn’t that Marls was unkind, but it meant it was hard for her to circle around issues and not be headstrong about whatever was wrong.  

 However Marls couldn’t deny she was more gentle with Mary than she would be with anyone else, and if you asked she probably couldn’t put it into words why. It wasn’t that she thought Mary was weak, or really even fragile. Maybe it was learning over the years that pushing didn’t work or seeing the pain there. Hell maybe her stubbornness had just changed to insisting inviting Mary to things and constantly and annoyingly being there. So the tactics had changed. 

Marls raised her eyebrow slightly and with a laugh said, “ Why would I want something bitter when a little sugar makes it loads better even if it’s cold. Next you’ll tell me that ice cream shouldn’t have chocolate sauce on it and break my heart Mary. Truly wound me.” 

However Marlene did notice that Mary started drinking the cup and a shot of happiness crossed her brain. It wasn’t exactly something she could do every time - Mary would figure it out, but it was nice to see even if it was temporary. 

“Ah - you know I might have heard that before can’t place it,” Marlene said with a smile. “Also, if you think I couldn’t get our table back if we’d gone out you simply underestimate me, and my ability to cause a scene on purpose.” It was a joke - although Marls was a lot she wouldn’t be rude to the staff at the cafe at the least, but it was a fun thing to think about. 

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themxdnightmarauder​:

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James widened his eyes a bit, pointing a finger at the nickname. “Ah. Well, I for one think that should suffice for now, but perhaps… work on it,” he teased, squinting his eyes at her before winking. 

Crossing his arms over his chest, he looked off in the same direction as Marlene, eyes glancing from the field to her face back and forth as if he could see the idea form in her head as it happened. Giving her time to think, James couldn’t have been disappointed as he heard the beginnings of her idea. “I could, if necessary. I mean, Sirius was always the scarier one, but I think I could channel his energy,” he chuckled. 

“Brilliant. I have to say, this is one of your better ideas, Marls. We just have to make sure no one sees us, and I think it will work fantastically.” Scanning the area for the best place to hide out, he hummed quietly. “Behind the stands, or up in the commentator’s post?”

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Marlene rolled their eyes and barked out a laugh. “What can I say I can’t be clever all the time. The world would be boring if I was.” 

“Hey now I think given a good role you’ll do wonderful - just don’t like scare them too much.” Marlene knew there was a line after all. Kids should be scared of the dark, it kept them from doing stupid things. Maybe it was one of the reasons Marlene grew up the way they did - they just weren’t afraid. Still Marls tended to leave the  psychoanalyzing to Sersh. 

“Thank you thank you - I’m here most of the week as you know. Also Behind the stands. they’ll see in the commentator’s post and we can’t easily run for it if we need too. If we’re under the bleachers they can’t see from overhead either.  You think if I made a little snow too it’ll spook them. ” 

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harpergreengrass​:

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There was something about a person falling that sent her into hysterics.  She was laughing too hard to immediately respond to the other person’s questioning.  Wiping away tears she shook her head.  “I almost think our rushing out to see if they’re okay might make it all the more embarrassing, you know?  But I sincerely hope that someone managed to snag a photograph of that, because the look on her face as she went down was priceless.”

“Wait no,” she protested, swatting their hands away from the window.  “Don’t tap like they’re some sort of zoo animal!  That’s just going to attract more attention.”  She hesitated.  “I mean.  We can go help if you want.  They’re still down?  Or you can and I can protect your coffee.”  Did she really want to go help a random person?  Not particularly, but looking like a jerk wasn’t all that appealing either.

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“Fair enough. - Merlin I kind of hope not, but that would be a good picture. Especially when their eyes went wide,” Marlene said pulling their hand back from the glass when the other swatted at it. It was fair enough, but to also be fair they were the ones behind glass. Really weren’t they in the zoo. 

Marls didn’t tell the other their fantastic quip instead just carefully watched. “I think their getting up and if your right they’d feel more embarrassed if we went and asked if they were okay. I think they were just a bit shocked. Probably the right call not to bother them, but if they trip again I’ll go outside and help.” 

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rjluqin​:

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Some friends might’ve come bearing a home cooked meal when they wanted to drop in unexpectedly. Remus, however, was not much of a cook. He could feed himself, but it wasn’t good enough to subject others to. Instead, Remus came bearing a bottle of alcohol as he knocked on the door of Marlene’s home. It wasn’t top shelf – not that the Cackling Stump’s top shelf was much to gawk at – but it was nice enough call a gift. Not that he probably needed a gift to see Marlene, yet his life had made him prone to little briberies like this.

A wide grin spread across his face as the door opened and revealed Marlene’s face. Remus gestured with the bottle and said, “Got some time for a friend?”

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Marls wasn’t expecting anyone, but if they were being honest most of their friends were known for just dropping buy. Marlene may have begrudged that if they didn’t do the same from time to time. So even though they hadn’t expected Remus Marl’s opened the door without much shock and laughed. 

“Heya Remus. No bribes necessary but of course -  although I Thought you may have been Sersh so give me a second.” Closing the door for a second so they could  unlock the top chain Marlene let the other in and said, “ It annoys them you see and I’ve got to have some fun. If you want something to eat I was about to make dinner. Nothing too fancy but they’ll probably be loads of extras. Watcha bring me? You don’t need a bribe, but now that were here I might as well make you a drink.” 

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@saoirsemckxnnon​

Things were strained, but if she was being fair things with Sersh had been strained for a long time. A difference in philosophies would be an accurate way of describing the problem, but Marlene preferred to say that they were being a pain in the ass. 

She loved them, with her whole heart but they were being a pain in the ass as Marls leaned on the brick wall sitting on the floor waiting for the fitness class to end. Marls was tired - she always was the few days after the full moon she still wasn’t used to it yet - and was crabby. 

Still, she wanted to see them so she waited. Taking in a breath to try to be less crabby Marls heard footsteps and opened her eyes slightly. 

“Now that you’re done with class do you want to go to Sunday dinner or no? I waited patiently see I didn’t even threaten what’s his face this time.” 

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felixbautista​:

There were two kinds of people who want to help a person who just fell. There were people like Marlene who would simply tap the glass to catch the attention of the fallen individual. And then there were people like Félix who was already starting to leave his seat. He didn’t even notice what Marlene was about to do. “You can stay here, I’ll go check them out.”

Without making too much fuss, Félix walked out of the coffee shop and approached the man that just fell. They were blinking and they looked wide-awake which was a good thing. His healer sensibilities kicked in and he quickly assessed the situation. Thankfully, the man was already pushing himself off the ground. When Félix finally headed back, the man was already walking away. “He’s fine,” he told her, despite her previous giggles. “He was just a little winded from the fall. I think even he didn’t know what to do for a second there.”

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Marlene would have followed the other if he hadn’t just walked out briskly and asked her  to stay where she was . Marls wasn’t one to take orders, but it seemed more appropriate to let the healer do the healing then Marlene just crowding around someone. That and she wasn’t sure her bedside manner was something many people wanted. 

“Good.” Marls said when the other gave her the news, even though she’d been watching out the window carefully. The other man looked a bit red in the ears but was doing alright. “I’m glad he’s alright. When he didn’t get up right away I was a bit worried, but I guess we are all a little shocked when people fall.” 

Marlene would have defended her giggles but to be fair it was pretty obvious that she was just shocked. Instead she tapped at her mug and said, “I’ve taken that tumble before when it’s icy. I didn’t see any forming quite yet but the bricks are pretty un-level.” 

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mcrningevans​:

“Marls are you laughing at that poor lady’s misfortunes?” Lily asked, leaning on the table she’d just managed to find in the busy shop. Coffee breaks with Marlene was always eventful, although they’d never had to help someone during it. Still, as Marlene tapped on the glass, making sure the other woman was alright, Lily quickly waved at the poor fall victim and held out her arm for Marlene. “Alright, maybe I’m laughing too, but it was quite the stumble, wasn’t it? Shall we?” 

As the pair walked outside, Lily quickly frowned when she found that the woman had completely disappeared. “Okay, call me mad, but she was just here, wasn’t she?” She spun around, leaving Marlene’s arm to try and spot the woman. “D’you think we scared her off by laughing?” Lily’s eyes were scanning the ground as if that might make the woman re-appear. Still, for now, it seemed as though their coffee break had been returned to them, without any need to help the poor soul. “Diagon’s bricks are quite tricky sometimes.” 

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“No - Well if you put it that way you’re going to make me look like an arse,” Marlene laughed shaking their head. Taking Lily’s arm they tried to keep the giggles down waving through the window to ask if they were alright, “It’s just a reaction you know.” 

Marlene blinked slightly trying to see where the person ran off too and not finding them, just the part where they had slipped. Without much thought Marlene pulled out her wand and heated up the bricks slightly to melt the ice. 

“Maybe. They could have just not really wanted to get help. Oh I hope they don’t think we were laughing at them. It’s just a bit shocking is all. Hopefully there won’t be anymore falls though. The Ice is getting a bit deadly around here. ” 

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mccdyalstr​:

There were moments when Moody was reminded just how young a lot of the Order members were. It was easy to forget, with a lot of them married with children. It was easy to forget, with how quickly they were all forced to mature, being thrown into a war the way they were.

But when he was reminded of their youth, he sure was reminded.

“Well, now that you’ve interrupted our conversation with your laughter, I suppose we should do something about it,” he said eyeing the person outside. “Don’t tap it,” he scolded. “That’s just going to make it worse. Either we go out there or we stay in here. No drawing attention to it by tapping the glass like they’re in an aquarium. We’ll end up with spectators.”

Marlene really tried to stop the giggle, but Moody’s reaction was making it hard to take it seriously. It was childish, but to be fair Marlene wasn’t in the mood to be super serious all the time either. Moments of surprise and laughter were hard enough to come by as of late. She had too many tears she wasn’t sure her body could hold anymore. 

“Sorry Sir,” Marlene said not really fully thinking that she should apologize but feeling scolded like a kid from a school teacher. She tried to get her face under control, but she wasn’t sure if it would satisfy the other. 

“Fine fine. It looks like they’re getting up. I’ll just watch and make sure they are okay from a distance.” She wanted to point out that they already did have spectators but she was fairly sure Moody had already noticed that. Marlene wasn’t exactly a hidden figure - not anymore and Moody was never. 

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missmary​:

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It was clear that it was winter now, ice on the paths outside and Mary barely blinked at the quite spectacular fall just the other side of the café window. Her focus was more on the cup of coffee in front of her that was starting to get cold and still she hadn’t taken a sip. Mary was trying this new thing where she pretended the things that always used to bother her were no longer a problem. If she smiled in response to Marlene saying they wanted to try a new tea place and said she’d love to go with them, then her anxiety over eating in public didn’t exist. She was the new Mary who could go out with her friends and have a good time and not worry about shit like that. Except that through all their conversation Mary had laughed and joked with Marlene and her coffee had sat there going cold.

She looked up, hoping Marlene hadn’t noticed the momentary distraction but her friend was looking out the window, clearly trying not to be obvious that they were laughing at the poor soul who had just slipped on the ice. There was fondness in Mary’s eyes when she rolled them and she snorted when Marlene started to ask if they would need help. “Oh, because you were so concerned two seconds ago. No, give them another moment.” She reached out and took Marlene’s hand, tugging it gently away from the window. “They might just be winded and if they know we saw them they’ll just feel embarrassed.”

Marlene had invited Mary knowing that it might be hard for her to go to the tea shop. It wasn’t something to pressure the other, but Marlene never stopped inviting Mary out to places - well for awhile Marls wasn’t going out themselves but the idea still stood. 

Marlene wasn’t going to let Mary feel alone, even if it meant a lot of ‘no’s and not todays. So there was a genuine delight when Mary did decide to go with them. Marls noticed that she hadn’t touched her tea and maybe at one point they would have pushed it but she didn’t want to make Mary uncomfortable - well more uncomfortable then she already was. 

But the distraction was nice, and gave a bit more laughter to the both of them. “I cannot be responsible for my immediate reactions!” Marlene said with fake indignity. Still letting Mary lead her hand away from the glass and deciding perhaps it was a bad idea to ask. 

“Fair enough. If they get up we don’t have to go out there - oh shoot which coffee is mine,” Marlene said reaching over to Mary’s cup as they were lined up. They wondered if this would work briefly as they tasted the coffee and said “Ah - sorry Mary. This was not mine, you don’t put enough sugar in it really.” 

She put it back and looked back out on the fall victim. “Huh. Guess you were right. Looks right they got up.”

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sxriusly​:

“Of course I’d bail you out of jail,” Sirius scoffed. As if they even needed to ask. “Why am I even friends with you if not for the promise of illegal activities and unwavering loyalty?”

He squinted at the sign and considered the proposition. Theft was fine. There wasn’t anything wrong with it, considering the shop deserved it for the sign alone. However, as far as Sirius was concerned, it wasn’t enough. Theft in this situation wouldn’t quite send the message he felt he and Marlene wanted to convey. It wasn’t creative enough.

“What if we stole it, and then lit it on fire. We could leave the charred remains in the middle of the street with a sign that reads ‘Get fucked Vintage Oak Furniture’.”

They wouldn’t actually do it. He knew it. Marlene knew it. But, the imagery alone though was worth the energy he spent speaking his violent daydream into existence. Any laugh or smile he got out of Marlene would just be a bonus.

“Well you never know. You’ve got to check every occasionally,” Marlene said with a shrug. “That’s true enough as long as you don’t cost like a million gallons I’ll get you out of jail. If not you’re going to have wait for me to get James or I somehow get into your vault for that.” 

After all, Marlene had a little nest egg from being a quidditch player - she’d honestly saved a lot of it - but she was not wealthy by any stretch. Its why she’d asked James if she could work with him. 

At the suggestion Marlene let out a bark of a laugh glad that Sirius was taking it about as seriously as she did. She was frustrated but she wasn’t really considering vandalism this early in the day. “That’s a good plan. We could artistically just leave the “No” part outside of the burn and put it back into place too. Then it would be an installation piece.” 

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themxdnightmarauder​:

James loved getting to work with Marlene. Even though they coached different ages of little league Quidditch, they worked closely together to plan practices and thus knew most of if not all of the same students. It made it easier to help one another with practice goals and with organizing meets. “No, I reckon we’re done for the day. Why, have we got a few stragglers?” James turned his head in the direction that Marlene was looking and sighed, placing his hands on his hips. 

“I see your concern, and I love the way you think, Marls.” Calling parents was always a nightmare, as they dealt with many who assumed that their child was a prodigy and couldn’t possibly do wrong. While some kids were certainly gifted, James liked to treat them all equally. “It’ll teach them a lesson, and hopefully keep them out of some serious trouble,” he chuckled, shaking his head. Merlin only knew how his own mother would react to such a call. “What were you thinking?”

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“Stragglers yes, but more likely we’ve caught the grass killers - I need to think of a better nickname for them.” Marls said with a sigh shifting their weight to the other foot as they assessed the field. 

“Excellent. Give me a half of a second, ”Marls said their eyes narrowed slightly looking at the lights, the little stand and some other areas and nodded. She wasn’t a great prankster. That was something that she figured the guys were always better at, but Marlene was good at chaos. 

 It just needed to be a bit of a control chaos was all. She cold probably manage that. Looking at James she nodded towards the bleachers waving her hand for him to follow and said, “One, do you have a good spooky voice. I was telling the kids earlier about Krampus and they said they didn’t believe me, but I reckon a few of them did. I got the lights if you can do the voice amplified about how you’re going to get them.” 

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ailajohnson​:

This wasn’t the first time she had heard from Marlene.  It was easy to ignore the first owl, the sting of those final moments still far too fresh.  The second time she nearly responded.  Her heart still ached when she thought of Marlene, even through the anger that never seemed to really subside.  But she refrained, instead choosing to dwell on that anger.  No one ever chose her, not even the people who were supposed to.  No one ever stayed.

On a purely rational level, she knew that she was being unfair.  She knew that Marlene had lost everything that night.  She knew that everything she had once counted as constant had been ripped away from her, that she had been forced to relearn who she was.  But Aila refused to accept that Marlene hadn’t known that she would have stuck by her through the whole thing – if not as her girlfriend than at least as her friend.  She could have accepted that… probably.  Probably she could have accepted that.  

But what she wasn’t sure she was willing to accept was this.  She wasn’t sure she was willing to let Marlene back in just to have her remind Aila that she wasn’t good enough as soon as things get hard again.

Marlene hadn’t given her much of a choice though – the postscript on her letter had made it pretty clear she wouldn’t take no for an answer this time.  And the thought of Ash’s reaction if Marlene made good on her threat and showed up at the WWN was enough to get her to agree.

“This is fine,” she said softly, pulling out her wand and tapping it against the mug.  “I’ve got it.”  She paused, unsure of what to say.  Talking was what she was good at, but she felt lost here.  “You doing okay?”

Marlene wasn’t under the impression that her and Aila were on good terms. She’d been in a dark place, and had in a lot of ways pushed people away she thought she could save from the pain. It wasn’t something Aila seemed to get, and at some point Marlene had to accept it. 

Maybe there’d still be rough edges around the two of them, but Marls at least wanted to try and reach out again. maybe they couldn’t fix it, but they were going to at least try. 

Marlene settled back into her seat when Aila fixed her drink herself. She wasn’t usually this nervous around people. Marlene didn’t really care what people thought of her, or at leas she hadn’t. Now though even as she settled there was a weird feeling in the air. Like two people who weren’t about to agree but didn’t want to fight anymore. 

Marlene certainly didn’t want to fight anymore. 

“Better than I was,” Marlene said truthfully enough one of her hands absently rubbing at her neck almost to hide one of the scars there. She’d gotten into the habit over the last year when she was nervous, and although she tried to break it, it seemed to follow her.  It may be a stretch to say she was doing well but she was doing better. A lot of the first flames had been doused but it didn’t mean that Marlene was suddenly picture perfect. She was at least a lot calmer than she had been. 

“How are you?” Marlene said knowing fully that the other probably wasn’t doing well. Marlene knew that she’d been in - well the fight. Still it felt right to ask, and it seemed to be at the level they were at this point. Almost strangers. 

That was a little painful for Marls to think about, but it was what it was. 

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“... I mean there’s kind of an obvious answer here. But I guess that’s not very nice to think about. I know I hurt Aila really bad. I did fuck that one up a bit. That’s a bit easier to talk about then my family, but I’m trying to - I don’t know make that a bit better for the both of us.” 

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stop being so independent and pushing away people that care about you.

“There’s a few possibilities of who this could be but know that I’m sorry that I hurt you. I’m not sorry for being independent but I know I have a track record of self destructing and I’ve obviously hurt you. So for that I am sorry.”