#CULTUREWARS: PLOT CALENDAR SEPTEMBER 7 - SEPTEMBER 20
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ON-GOING PLOTS
We thought we’d add a small section that simply sums up the on-going plots; remember that we encourage you to go beyond the plot calendar, and not feel you need to follow a script. These plots can and should operate beyond what we set out for them. Please feel free to ad-lib, to create, and to develop plots on your own, or from the ones we plant.
Death Eaters are intimidating muggleborns, as per Avery’s post.
15-year-old Jeremy Boyd remains missing following the Werewolf attack; Order members, Critters and DMLE personel should be searching for him, and are encouraged to self-develop this plot (feel free to ask us for help!).
The September 1st attack resulted in a number of major injuries; all parties should be continuing to piece together what happened.
Aurors and Hitwizards continue to work the Bones case, which we forsee wrapping up in the next two weeks.
The Media is covering the upcoming election, which could possibly see various news outlets beginning to take distinct political stripes.
Hacking! As of this pcal, it’s happened twice now. Might this cause some panic about the safety of technology?
The Order headed up #thankamuggle -- we’d love to see this continue on!
SEPTEMBER 8TH
She said what? MILLICENT BAGNOLD’S hooter is all over the place, today. What happened to the campaign staying above the mud-slinging. Rival WADSWORTH PLATT gives a comment to ELLIS JUGSON, and the interview gets heated.
Later, EDGAR BONES confirms her Hooter has, in fact, been hacked.
SEPTEMBER 9TH
Is fall really in the air so early? Apparently The Witch’s Brewe began selling their famed Spiced Pumpkin Juice latte today, but things quickly go sideways. GAVIN GOYLE begins sprouting green leaves from their ears and hair; MOLLY WEASLEY who has been waiting for this moment for months, turns a violent shade of orange. So does BARTY CROUCH.
Soon, Diagon Alley is smelling of nothing but pumpkin spice, and it becomes clear the batch has been tampered with. AMOS DIGGORY enjoys the smell at first, but pretty soon they realize they may never be able to enjoy pumpkin spiced anything ever again. ELIZABETH BURKE is run off their feet by pumpkin-related cases. And they wonder: was this simply a mistake? Or a trial run?
NARCISSA MALFOY hosts CHARM, a historical publications society at the Malfoy Manner. An IC/OOC will be posted.
SEPTEMBER 10TH
An Order meeting is called for 1AM at the Hog’s Head in Hogmseade. Dumbledore is frustrated by the constant targetting of muggleborn students, and vows to find the 15-year-old boy who remains missing. He assigns the task to REMUS LUPIN & FRANK LONGBOTTOM.
NOTE: This is carry-over from the last pcal; because of the long weekend, we didn’t have the chance to play it out. We’re therefore carrying over the same volunteers, and these players are free to volunteer for a second pcal spot. This meeting is not only a meeting about the above. Order members should also be prepared to talk about recruitment, the Hooter campaign #thankamuggle, and more!
SEPTEMBER 11TH
The Death Eaters campaign begins in earnest; ZAMIRA GULCH-BONES is threatened by [DEATH EATER V8].
NOTE: It is up to the players of this plot to orchestrate the details. This plot point requires a log, and we encourage the player of the muggleborn to help find a Death Eater willing to threaten their character. We’ll be very flexible with this plot point; if two Death Eaters want to target a muggleborn together, that works for us! Further, we will not post plot points for each of these shake-downs; feel free to have your Death Eater terrorize muggleborns as per Avery’s post over the coming weeks!
SEPTEMBER 12TH
The week before the election, WizViz hosts the first televised Minister of Magic debate between MILLICENT BAGNOLD & WADSWORTH PLATT. The debate is moderated by a representative from each of the major news outlets, including ISOBEL ABERCROMBIE, JACK CHAMBERS and HESTIA JONES. The topics are wide and ranging, but focus particularly on the Ministry’s war efforts, vigilantism, and growing muggle technology.
Moments before they go on, VICTORIA ABBOTT overhears rumours that the event has been threatened by Death Eaters, and may be cancelled.
[V12] and [V13] livehoot the debate, offering up their opinions (and perhaps getting into a heated debate!).
If you’d like to be involved with this plot, please contact Allison!
SEPTEMBER 13TH
Following the debate, the Sunday Prophet includes a lengthy Letter from the Editor which, while tempered, declares Millicent Bagnold the clear front-runner and puts their support behind her. Despite the article being measured and balanced, LUCIUS MALFOY is outraged at the blatent disregard of the candidate who values cherished traditions (!!!), and declares they’ll be cancelling their subscription.
SEPTEMBER 14TH
The DMLE begins their Monday with the bi-monthly Departmental meeting. The major cases include the Bones’ investigation, the September 1st attack, and the kidnapping of Jeremy Boyd. An IC/OOC will be posted, and we can there decide which Hitwizards and Aurors are working which of the newest cases, and how we want to proceed with them!
RODOLPHUS LESTRANGE voices Voldemort’s (and perhaps their own) displeasure at the Prophet’s tone, and its increasingly virulent anti-purism. Perhaps it’s time for Cuffe to be put in his place -- he’s a Slytherin, afterall. Ideas, anyone?
SEPTEMBER 15TH
ANONYMOUS HACKERS begin to Hoot out a series of numbers that don’t appear to make any sense. As the numbers continue to be Hooted, ALASTOR GUMBOIL & DONNIE ABERCROMBIE begin to grow obsessed with what it all means. Over the next few days, they lose sleep -- and, possibly, the respect of their colleagues -- as they theorize both who is behind the account, and what the numbers represent.
Speculation swells, and the public finds themselves increasingly uneasy. The Ministry is on alert, and soon even WILLIAM ROSIER is assigning GRETA CATCHLOVE to monitor the situation.
SEPTEMBER 16TH
It looks like ANONYMOUS HACKERS are having quite the month. Following the Enchantr scandal, and Bagnold’s hack, the journal network is compromised making the journal entries of random users auto-translate. CLARA ROWLE seems to be able to only type in Shakespearian English, while AGNES CRESSWELL is finding it difficult to understand their own Gobbledey Gook.
And it’s spreading! Soon Hooter is a target, too. RITA SKEETER is just trying to do their job, but the hilarious hackers seem to want all their news-worthy Hoots to go out in L33t. Meanwhile, DEDALUS DIGGLE is finding it difficult to not write in rhymes, while JORDY VANE is suddenly fluent in Scouse.
This all begs an important question, MEDIA TYPES: is technology really safe, given the delicacy of the Statute? Things to ponder...
SEPTEMBER 17TH
They’ve got it! The series of numbers aren’t random, but a set of coordinates. Someone, somehow, is triangulating a location, but the location keeps moving. ALASTOR GUMBOIL & DONNIE ABERCROMBIE crack the case, and Hoot their victory out for the world.
But -- in retrospect, was that a good idea? The public begins to speculate what the location(s) mean (and we encourage you to speculate IC, too!). Ultimately, though, when the moment of victory has passed, many realize that the anonymous Hoots simply stop.
STURGIS PODMORE alerts the Order via the journal network about their own theories -- leading to a group-wide discussion about the possibility that this location might not have to do with a location at all, but with a person moving with an animal-like speed.
SEPTEMBER 18TH
VEVINA MCTAVISH & PIP AVERY are called to Hogsmeade following a supposed sighting of Jeremy Boyd. Hogwarts students, preparing for their first Hogsmeade trip of the year, swear the boy was seen skulking about the Forbidden Forest, looking disheveled and upset. They search the area for the boy and turn up only some difficult-to-identify shoe prints that can’t be decidedly matched.
ARTHUR WEASLEY overhears of the sighting while at work. Knowing the Order is keeping an ear out for Jeremy, he alerts them with this information.
SEPTEMBER 19TH
It’s election time! Witches and wizards across Great Britain and Ireland flood to their respective voting locations to cast their ballot.
ALANA MACFUSTY keeps the public posted vis Hooter as the day unfolds, including the following...
[OBLIVIATOR V30] & MORRIGAN PARK are called to Caerphilly when a massive amount of witches and wizards show up at a local church, their ballot station having been accidentally misprinted. Muggles, needless to say, are confused and alarm when their annual fall bake-sale is crashed by a hoard of lunatics.
ALECTO CARROW & WALDEN MACNAIR place the Dark Mark across several Bagnold-favoured ballot stations. AMELIA BONES & ENID MACMILLAN discover one of them (this does not have to happen together) and alert the authorities; despite DORCAS MEADOWES & CARADOC DEARBORN and Aurors RUFUS SCRIMGEOUR & NATASHA WILLIAMSON quietly monitoring the scene, no further attacks occur.
SEPTEMBER 20TH
It’s official! The WWN, which has been covering the election all day, announces MILLICENT BAGNOLD as the new Minister of Magic. ANNIE MOON manages to snag her first post-victory interview, while FIONA MCTAVISH covers the public’s reaction vis street interviews in Diagon Alley and around the Ministry.
Throughout the evening, impromptu celebrations break out, including a particularly racuous party hosted by FLORENCE ABERCROMBIE. The revellers get so loud, neighbours call the DMLE to report possible Dark activity; unfortunately, EVAN ROSIER & [V44] are inside the party, which makes responding to the call more than a little uncomfortable.
NOTES:
For the time being, please volunteer for one spot per player; we'll give you the go-ahead to hold a second spot on Tuesday.
Because we're developing some larger plots here, please don't hesitate to take these on and self-direct. If you want input or help brainstorming, we're so very happy to do so.
Don't forget to use the dropbox if you have ideas for future plot calendars!