Sirius Black III

NAME: Indi
JOURNAL: xoindigold
EMAIL: electriceuph@aim.com
AIM: see above!
CHARACTERS: None! Sirius was all I had this summer.

CHARACTER NAME: Sirius Black
FANDOM: Harry Potter
CANON: Just after seventh year, just before joining the Order of the Phoenix

LINK TO PREVIOUS APPLICATION: Here! And a better first person example was requested, which can be found here!

PARADISA HISTORY: a lot of Sirius' history can be told like a bad Glee episode, sadly. He spent a lot of his time messing around with girls, and I think he has so around me apologies to make when he returns, mainly to Alex Russo. ;;;;;;; He and Alex started to have something good going within his first few months in the game, and at the same time he was also earning himself a fairly serious marriage proposal from one Roxy Lalonde. (Or at least, as serious as an alcoholic teenager can be to a fellow teenager.) They were more like partners in crime, but he was probably as attached to Roxy as he was to Alex, which really kind of exposes Sirius as the sleaze he truly is. I'm not sugar-coating it. He's kinda terrible for girls.

He's also had to defend Arya Stark from Remus' werewolf form, Moony, and made friends with a few people, but other than that, having awesome hate-you-so-much CR with E. Aster Bunnymund (the thread I'm referring to the most was absolutely magnificent, and might be one of the only threads I've ever finished in journal rp) and even after getting his motorcycle early as a present from the castle, Sirius didn't really spend his time in any substantial way until Valentine's Day. He did manage to successfully charm his bike to fly, and that was a wonderful thing, but it was a wonderful thing that he mostly kept to himself until February 14th.

After spending his day getting ridiculous amounts of undue attention from girls by way of magicked up chocolates, he gave a double chocolate truffle to Remus, not knowing what he was about to unleash upon himself. Poor Remus consequently poured his heart out for his best friend, which understandably freaked Sirius out. He gave it the old college try though! He went on a date with Remus, just to try it. It wasn't enough to go on, though, so he (quite loudly and unintentionally publicly) asked him for another date. The things people said, though, when he realized his journal had followed him, well... They were putting a name to it that he wasn't exactly ready for, and he got freaked out again.

Sirius disappeared from the castle for a while, and hid out in the City Royale while he figured things out for himself. He had a lot to think about; namely, whether he really fancied men, let alone how he felt about Remus. He also had his loss to ponder, because if he couldn't really feel his loss, did that mean he didn't have one? (Don't worry, I think he figured it out at least just a little. He can't really remember why he's living with James back in their world, so he figures that's part of it.) However, Sirius spent two months in the city on the down-low, and in that time he was making Remus more and more worried. Sirius returned to find Remus just post-full and barely managing a glass of water for himself. After helping him, Sirius finally reciprocated Remus' feelings.

During the Hogwarts event, he helped coordinate awesome pranks with not only his fellow Marauders, but also with the help of several honorary Marauders, made up of enthusiastic castle residents. It will eventually be Sirius' intention to continue the shenanigans with these interested parties, and you can expect more pranks in Cair Paradisa proper.

WHAT THEY ORIGINALLY LOST: His understanding of blood purity and why he ran away from Grimmauld Place. I'd... really like to point out here that I'm a little surprised this was accepted the first time around, in hindsight. It's fairly abstract, and without more wizards from the HP universe around him he didn't really notice it. If the mod reading this would kindly consider just accepting two new losses, I'd appreciate it greatly. This loss was simply not easily felt and I was at a loss (no pun intended) as to how to play it out.

SECOND LOSS: The full ability to control his dog form, Padfoot. Not to say he can't use his animagus abilities whatsoever; he can only use them strictly on new, quarter or full moons. It's significant, even if it's not a complete loss, because Sirius quite enjoys being a dog at times and he often uses it to manipulate those who are aware of the ability. He also uses it to do things he considers embarrassing, such as delivering things he doesn't want to be seen delivering, or just in situations where he wants to go unnoticed (ie, sneaking back into Cair Paradisa after laying low in town for a couple months and completely avoiding his friends /cough). By only making him able to turn into a dog four days out of the month, one of his main tools for manipulation loses a lot of potential use, when he depends on the ability to get him out of sticky situations at a moment's notice. The reason I don't just offer up the ability entirely is because that will be just as much a loss for Remus Lupin as it is for Sirius. On full moons, when Remus is subject to his lycanthropy, Sirius also takes on the role of the wolf's alpha. (This is based on headcanon that Phi and I have developed long prior to joining the game, having played together for a very long time outside of Dreamwidth.) Even in Sirius' absence Remus has noted in posts that the transformations have been rougher on him than usual. Remus has a hard enough time of it as it is, I don't want to tease him by giving him Sirius, yet taking Moony's alpha from him. The castle can't be that cruel.
\In addition, if you'll accept another loss to replace the old one, I'd like to offer the ability to Apparate over long distances. If he tries to Apparate further than ten meters' distance, the Apparation will be successful,but he will Splinch a one-inch section of hair from somewhere sensitive. I see no need to justify this loss, it's pretty straightforward.

INTENT: I never actually meant to drop or idle out in the first place. It's just that I had a really awful and emotionally draining two months for different reasons, and I just couldn't get myself to tag or post out of lack of time or peace of mind. Paradisa was always present in my thoughts, and I never actually drifted away from the game as people who idle out generally do. Once I had one last week to catch up on AC in August and I actually felt capable of doing so, even, my Kindle was stolen and I couldn't see any practicality in trying to rp from my phone. (I'm currently living away from home for a seasonal resort job and I have absolutely no computer access, otherwise these things wouldn't have stopped me.) Since I just got laid off and just returned home, there's nothing stopping me from posting and tags now. As for Sirius himself, I'm apping him as a returning character and didn't just app him right away on a clean slate because of how far his CR with Remus has come. Neither Phi or myself want to start over completely on romantic CR when Sirius' departure has already broken Remus' heart as it is.