Ask the Marauders > November 4, 2005

James: This is a really short issue this week...

Sirius: Well, we did just have our Halloween edition last week...

Lily: I think it's more that there haven't been any new questions that haven't been repeats or things that make absolutely no sense.

Peter: I don't know, after answering something like 'How now brown cow', we don't have much of a right to say what does and doesn't make sense.

Remus: Well, being able to make sense of the question is kind of a requirement for us to answer it. And sometimes the questions aren't really answerable past one line.

Sirius: We like to talk, so we like questions that can be debated!

James: Though we could debate over anything. Like, say, the color of Peter's socks. Now I say they're periwinkle, but Padfoot claims that they're lavender.

Sirius: Yup. Very much a lavender. A lovely shade, I might add.

Peter: You know, these are just blue socks that have faded massively over time.

Sirius: Nonsense! Lavender, I tell you. LAVENDER!

James: You're off your nut, they're periwinkle.

Lily: I think you're both off your nut. Just answer the few questions that we have...

From: M*A*S*H Fanatic
What is the longest you've ever been away from each other? And I mean the Marauders. Especially Padfoot and Prongs.

Sirius: Us?

James: Apart?

Sirius & James: NEVER!

Peter: Unless Lily is around. Then James tends to disappear.

Lily: Yes, I'm breaking up their happy marriage. I am a homewreaker.

Sirius: You are! You stole my man!

James: This is quite odd. It's like the new girlfriend meeting an ex-girlfriend. But Padfoot isn't a girlfriend. He'd make a horrible girlfriend, probably.

Sirius: *hurt* Prongs, how could you!

James: What? Being that you're not a girl, you would, by virtue of your non-girl-ness, make a lousy girlfriend.

Sirius: You have a very roundabout point there.

Peter: But reasonable if you can figure it out.

Remus: And it's not too unusual for me to be away from these jokers over breaks. Although my parents did agree to let them come over on occasion.

Lily: They're rarely apart, unless they have separate detentions to attend, or over breaks when they're not all over at James' house wreaking all sorts of havoc. His parents are saints for putting up with it all.

From: Innocent Bystander
If you had a ship, fully stocked with chocolate and pudding and all that good stuff, where would you go?

Sirius: Where *wouldn't* we go?!

James: ...Snape's house?

Peter: You-Know-Who's hideout?

Lily: Azkaban?

Remus: Any muggle city where we'd draw too much attention?

Sirius: Party-poopers.

James: It's true, though. What would you do? Give Voldie some chocolate and he'll decide that destroying evertying good in the world for power isn't worth it and become a hermit who hands out chocolates to the local children?

Lily: Wow...that was...detailed.

James: I know. I'm talented like that.

From: Not me, I'm in love
What's your favorite taste when it comes to chewing gum?

Peter: Mmm, I do like the traditional bubblegum flavor, but I'm open to new things. The watermellon ones are nice.

Remus: The fruit gum flavors are good.

Sirius: Mint! All kinds of mint! Peppermint, wintergreen, I like mint!

James: Yes, we got the fact that you like mint, Padfoot. I kinda like the cinnammon flavors. Kinda spicy.

From: Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinjaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Why do you have more sanity than wallpapers? (sanity 25% and wallpapers 10%)

James: It's not the amount that we have, it's the amount that Robyn and Angie have finished for that next update.

Remus: Obviously. Our sanity bar would never get above 0%.

Sirius: Though to be truthful, the AtM meter is usually off. And the sanity one is relative.

Peter: Relatively broken, you mean.

Lily: Robyn's been really lazy about the wallpapers lately. She's not had time to sit and draw for long periods of time, I think.

Sirius: She's been helping with sewing projects now that her convention work is all done, and if she's not doing that, it's because she's really tired or not feeling well.

From: Lilithe Phileaneus
Sirius, a gigantic peice of drapery is following you around in the afterlife; how do you react?

Sirius: No more drapery. *sad puppy dog face*

James: Heh, makes me laugh every time...

Sirius: James Potter, you are no friend of mine. *curls up in a sad, sad ball*

Lily: Now look what you've done, James. I think you've actually upset him.

James: *sigh* Padfoot, c'mon. You know that I don't think and less of you for being offed by drapery, right?

Sirius: *muffled by his arm* I guess not...

James: C'mon, you know that were any drapery to chase you in the afterlife, you'd have me to light it on fire with. *grins*

Sirius: *sits up a bit* Yeah, I guess that's true.

James: See? What're best mates for?

Sirius: Target practice? *grins*

James: Har har...