Changed RPG

Who: Students who Stayed at Hogwarts
What: Scavenger Hunt
Where: Hogwarts Castle and Grounds
When: The 28th, after Lunch
Rating: TBA, Fun
Status: IC/OOC


So, Lavender and Derek had the idea to have a scavenger hunt on the grounds as an activity after Christmas for the students who stayed. This happened yesterday! Basically, Derek put together a long list of items to be found in the castle or on the grounds, and gave a copy to everyone as they came to play.

Items:
A suit of armor with a dent
An astronomical model
A carpet with three holes
A WWW Basic Blaze Box
A non-explodable luminous balloon
A book on Anti-burglar Buzzers
An enchanted candle
A card from an exploding snap game with purple backing
half a cauldron
A box of Cribbage's Wizarding Crackers
a wrapper from a Cribbage's Wizarding Cracker
A serving plate
an enchanted tea set
frog spawn soap
A blue gobstone
Reusable Hangman
A box of Hiccough Sweets
An everlasting icicle
self-correcting ink
A portrait of the Knight Bus
An empty portrait
a magical megaphone
A talking mirror
Omnioculars
Pink Parchment
A busted quaffle
A remembrall
A screaming yo-yo
A Twigger brand broomstick
A cat with no tail

When the player finds an item, they mark down the time and where they found it on their sheet, and when they've found all of them they bring the list back to Derek at the Great Hall. He also scrounged together some prizes for the winners! Gift certificates to Weasley Wizard Wheezes for the fastest three! (Which... I guess I'll somehow figure out from the people who tag in?)

Who's playing?!

After seeing how much space it saved, I figured I'd post all mine together too. Assume these went out before Christmas, please! Thanks! And, if anyone thinks they'd have gotten something from mine, or that they'd be included in some of the general gifts, feel free!

Bastien Queensbury( Read more... )

Leanne Wellbeloved( Read more... )

Vincent Crabbe ( Read more... )

Viktor Krum ( Read more... )

Derek Archer ( Read more... )

Marcus Belby ( Read more... )

( Presents )

Who: OPEN TO ALL
When: Friday evening.
Where: Great Hall
What: Holiday Feast/Dance
IC/OOC: Thread, or check in with your characters!
Rating: Low (Anything over a PG, finish in a separate thread!)
Open/Closed: Open

( The elves and staff had put in extra effort. )

Who The Cast, Crew, & Orchestra for Shipwrecked!
What Rehearsals/Planning
When Saturday Afternoon
Where The Library
Status IC/OOC

“I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being.”
( ~Oscar Wilde )

WHO: Lavender and Parvati
WHERE: Their dorm room
WHEN: Evening of November 22nd
WHY: Lav is going to do Parv's hair!
RATING: PG
STATUS: closed and in progress

( 'Cause for a moment a band of thieves in ripped-up jeans got to rule the world )

WHO: Lavender and friends. Open to all Gryffindor students and any of Lavender's close friends who can get into the common room
WHERE: The Gryffindor common room
WHEN: As soon as she finds out her dad is among the deceased
WHY: She needs her friends right now
RATING: Angsty/Swearing
STATUS: In progress!

( It can't be real. It just can't be )

( Owl delivery for Cormac McLaggen )

Who: Albus and all Hogwarts
What: Talk
When: Before breakfast this morning
Where: Great Hall
Rating: Plotty
Status: IC/OOC


Before breakfast, Prefects moved through rooms of students who hadn’t slept the night before and called them all to the Great Hall. The assembly was mandatory, and ghosts and portraits helped to hurry the students along and make sure that no student missed the discussion.

When everyone was seated at their tables, Albus stood. He had not spoken at a feast since the beginning of the term, and moved slowly to do so now. His voice, though, when he spoke, was as strong and as full of conviction as ever.

“Students. You’ve come with questions, and it’s right that you have them. Unfortunately, today, we, your professors, do not have all the answers. We know that last night, the forces of Lord Voldemort took control of the Ministry of Magic by deadly force. Many of you have parents and loved ones who work for the Ministry, and though we know the fate of some we do not know the fate of all. For that we are sorry. We will find out what we can.”

Albus waited for the cries of surprise and outrage to quiet before he went on. “What I do know, standing before you today, is that this is only the beginning. You are safe, here, and there are forces outside our walls working to help your families and anyone else who may need it find safety. We will continue the work of this school and focus on her defense. Hogwarts no longer recognizes the authority of the Ministry of Magic. Death Eaters and the Dark Lord himself will not be walking our halls.”

“We have a job to do here, and I do not yet know what changes that job will bring to the school in the coming days.” Here Albus looked at the Slytherin table. “You must not let the prejudices of others define your futures. Or....” He looked to the other table slowly, “the actions of those outside these walls define how you are going to treat others. When Voldemort returned you were told that one day you would need to make a choice. Today, you must make that choice. The forces of darkness will batter us at all sides, and we must choose, every day, not to let them in. Not in to this school, and not in to our spirits.”

Finally, Albus looked at the Gryffindor table and directly at Harry Potter. “You must not be afraid to do what must be done.”

With that, Albus cleared his throat and turned to the other Professors, urging them to stand. “Now, if we could have a nice rendition of the schools song...”

WHO: Lavender Brown and Professor McGonagall
WHERE: The Hogwarts grounds
WHEN: October 30. Late evening.
WHY: Lav is attempting to sneak out to go see Cormac, but gets caught.
RATING: Low. A little swearing.
STATUS: In progress and closed to all but Lav and McG!

( I'm of AGE! I don't see why I just can't leave for twenty minutes! )

Who: Cormac McLaggen and Lavender Brown
When: backdated to 8 October, afternoon
Where: the Three Broomsticks
What: The reunion, so that they can annoy the snot out of the rest of the world
Rating: PG to start. It's bound to go higher.
Open/Closed: CLOSED

Cormac sat at a table awaiting the arrival of his beautiful blonde goddess. He'd looked around the place, picking out people he knew, girls he'd known better... But he found that none of them compared, at least in his mind's eye. His detractors would say that it would take one hell of a woman to take his mind off himself...

( Owl post to Lavender Brown )

Who: Hannah Abbott and Lavender Brown
When: 22/9 - Lunch
Where: The Great Hall
What: Two friends catching up.
Rating: PG - May be talk of death.
Open/Closed: Closed - Scene Lottery

( You gotta get with my friends. )

( Owl package delivery for Miss Lavender Brown )

( Owl delivery to Dean Thomas )

( Owl to Lavender Brown )

( Owl post to Cormac Mclaggen )

( Owl post to Trista Moran )

Who: Lavender Brown and Sally-Anne Perks (later joined by Gregory Goyle)
What: BOY STALKING! For Sally's benefit. Lav has her mind set on getting this girl a boyfriend.
Where: The Great Hall and then around the school
When: Sunday morning, Sept. 2007
Rating: I think we'll go with R for language and descriptiveness.
Status: In progress!

( Usually when he has big feet it means he's got a rather large... )

Who: All Gryffindor Students (idea stolen from this since it was a great idea!)
When: The night of the 1st, after the Feast
Where: Gryffindor dorms
What: First night back
Rating: TBA
Open/Closed: Open to Gryffindors, IC/OOC

The portrait of the Fat Lady swung back wide for Ron as he spoke the password and started leading the first years into the Gryffindor dorms for the first time. Older students followed in after, some of them laughing at the first years and their looks of wonder, some of them chatting excitedly about the year to come, and more than a few of them quieter than usual, knowing that things were definitely not getting better in the world.