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[alwaysimpure]

[Two men are laying on a bed, notes and books scattered around them. Remus and Sirius had fallen asleep in the middle of working and between nightmares and instincts, they have ended up very close to each other, arms and legs tangled up, facing each other with barely an inch between them.

Sirius isn't wearing a shirt, since he'd been getting comfortable. Remus, conscious of his scars, is still fully dressed.

It's not the first time Sirius wakes up like this since getting here. Usually he'd just let go of Remus, roll to the side and pretend it didn't happen, not a big deal. They don't talk about it, but he knows they both need closeness and each other.

Today, though, he knows no such thing. He doesn't know himself, doesn't know Remus, doesn't remember how he got here or anything other than what is happening right now. He is holding a man he can't recall ever seeing in his arms and he doesn't even know his own name.

With shock settling in, Sirius pushes away from Remus, scrambling backwards hastily until he ends up on the floor with a dull thud, legs still on the bed and hitting Remus's body.]

What in Merlin's name?!

[Wait.]

Who's Merlin? Who are you?

[Quite a while later, Sirius looks a bit more settled. He's still not bothered to get dressed, but at least he - with Moony's help - has started to figure his life out. He thinks. So he's smiling into the camera - it had taken a while to turn the device on and he doesn't know how to change the setting - and hopes someone out there might know more about him.]

Hello! I'm not sure who all can see this, but it's worth a try. I've lost my memories and I'd appreciate if anyone could tell me who I am. All I know so far is that my name is Padfoot, so I'm guessing my parents hate me.

Also, I might be ... I'm not sure, but there are some really weird notes here. Can you help?

[He looks so nice and pleading! Come on, help a handsome wizard out before he finds his wand and starts exploding stuff.]

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[Video]

[animator]

[Anita responds with a raised eyebrow.]

Your name is Padfoot?

[Video]

[raggedywizard]

I am still not sure which of us has the worse end of this cruel parental joke.

I am hoping they are nicknames. It appears mine is Moony.

[Video]

[animator]

Wow. Cruel parents indeed. They must have been hippies.

[Video]

[alwaysimpure]

You can call me Pad, love.

[He isn't quite sure whether to giggle or cry, really. He goes for laughing.]

I really, really don't know.

[Video]

[animator]

Alright. Pad it is. I'm Anita.

[Thanks for the help on that one, Ukraine.]

So what are these weird notes you mentioned?

[Video]

[alwaysimpure]

Nice to meet you. Did we meet before?

They are...

[He looks around for one and holds it up, reading a few lines at random.]

Potential for wandcores: Dinosaur hearstring. Aisling's hair. Maybe experiment with new substances?

Weird.

[Video]

[animator]

[She pauses, then shakes her head.]

I don't know. The only reason I know my own name is because someone who hadn't forgotten recognized me. If we haven't, well, nice to meet you.

[She frowns slightly, reading the note that's held up.]

Wands?

Agreed. Weird.

[Video]

[alwaysimpure]

Also memory loss? Nice to meet you, too. And, yes, it's odd. We are trying to figure out what it means.

We are also trying to figure out who we are.

[Video]

[animator]

There seems to be a lot of that going around. The memory loss, I mean. This definitely isn't an isolated incident, or a coincidence.

[Video]

[alwaysimpure]

Maybe it's something we ate. Since I don't think all of us could have gotten hit on the head.

[Video]

[animator]

Or something in the water. A drug of some kind?

[Video]

[alwaysimpure]

'Drug'?

You mean like a potion?

[...he doesn't know where his vocabulary comes from, but it's apparently different than Anita's.]

Could be it. So should we not drink water?

[Perma-action]

[raggedywizard]

[Lately the two of them had been together far more often than apart. After a decade of thinking he had lost all of his friends for good, Remus was not loosing Sirius again. Neither of them talked about it, but they held fast to one another's presence, neither really wanting to leave the other for long on the chance something happened.

After another long day of testing out new magic potentials, they had both passed out on Remus' bed. In the night, they had subconsciously drawn closer to one another.

A fact that now resulted in Remus getting a foot to his stomach and waking with a startled sound and his arms around his belly.

There was a stranger in his room! ...The room? Remus struggled to remember where he was. Who the man on the floor was, and where they were. Each came up as empty as the last.]

I could ask you the same question.

[Where was the other guy's shirt? Remus glanced down at himself, pulling himself to one end of the bed. At least he had all his clothing on.]

[alwaysimpure]

I don't know!

[He's feeling a bit panicky for a moment there, but the bloke on the bed seemed to be as confused as him. Plus, he had just held him in his arms, which had felt pretty alright until he realized he had no idea what was going on.]

I just woke up! We were...snuggling.

[raggedywizard]

So you kicked me?

[Remus rubbed his stomach, sitting up and rubbing at his eyes for a moment. He was exhausted. Maybe if he could just wake up he would remember something.]

I don't ... remember.

[His voice got softer with uncertainty.]

Do you have the slightest, where we are?

[alwaysimpure]

Um. Sorry, that wasn't on purpose.

[The floor was rather cold, especially in his shirtless state, so he gets back on the bed, rubbing the back of his head as if that would help.]

No idea, mate. I remember nothing.

[raggedywizard]

[Maybe they had had too much Fire Whiskey. Fire Whiskey? Remus rolled the words over in his head. That was an alcohol, he was pretty sure. Was this a hangover?]

Neither do I...

[Sitting up slowly, Remus looked around, trying to familiarize himself with the surroundings. Someone's room then. His eyes settled to a stop on his shirtless companion when the other sat down beside him.]

I'm famished. We should find out if there is food here, and then sort this out. No use trying to wrack our minds on an empty stomach

[alwaysimpure]

Brilliant thinking. I think I like you!

[Well, obviously he does, when he wakes up snuggling him. What was up with that? One thing at a time, one thing at the time. He gets up and opens the first door he finds, stepping inside.

It's the bathroom where he ends up instead of the kitchen. Out of curiosity, he looks into the mirror and damn.]

Woah, I'm pretty.

[When waking up without memories, curled up with a stranger, it is nice to discover a pleasant surprise for a change.]

I look young!

[There were some definite dark shadows under his eyes and all that, but he definitely looked younger than the man he'd woken up with.]

[raggedywizard]

[He pped off the bed and followed behind Sirius, glancing into the mirror. This stranger he'd woken up with was good looking, and young, if a bit tired. But the man he saw in the mirror, the reflection of himself, it made him pull away and leave the bathroom again. He looked much older, and worn down than the other man.

There may have been someone attractive under there, but he saw none of it in his reflection. Why did he look so worn out, as if plagued by ghosts and nightmares? And why had he woken in bed with this man?

He opened the other door instead, stepping out into the shared living room and heading straight for what he recognized as the kitchen.]

I'll see what there is in the way of edibles. Maybe I know how to cook?

[Would he remember how to if he had things to cook in front of him?]

[alwaysimpure]

[Sirius had caught the look on the man's face and now he felt like an arse for saying any of it. He followed behind him and stepped into the kitchen as well.]

Maybe you do. I'll see if I can help!

[And then, just following instincts, he put a hand on the man's shoulder and gave it a squeeze.]

I think you're really good-looking, too.

[...he wasn't trying to flirt, honestly, he just wanted to say something nice.]

[raggedywizard]

[He laughed a bit at that, but it was a nice gesture, so he smiled as he looked through the cupboards and the fridge. He ended up with a soup pan and a can.]

We've soup. I think we can manage that, between us.

[He just had to remind himself that this man was no better off than he was, memory wise. They could figure this out together. At the very least, they were obviously friends. It was very likely they were more so. They had been sharing a bed...]

[video]

[librariansheart]

[Oh look, it's Sheska, looking very shy and nervous.]

Ah... I beg your pardon, but there's a word in my phone that has your picture attached... My sister says it's a contact list? Um... Does the word "Sirius" mean anything to you?

[video]

[alwaysimpure]

Yes, it does, but I don't think that's something I am very often.

[Serious, get it? Get it?]

[video]

[librariansheart]

[She looks nonplussed for a moment.] I- what? I don't... [Ding! She lights up and then laughs shyly.] It's not spelled the same way, though, if that makes a difference. It's S-I-R-I-U-S. Sirius.

[video]

[alwaysimpure]

Not sure if that rings a bell. But then, Padfoot hasn't really, either.

And both are a bit odd.