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One Last Ride


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Hi everyone!

This will be last modpost for Trials, so huzzah! We will leave the communities open, if you're itching to post logs for the next few weeks, but otherwise, the game is effectively over.

We just wanted to take a moment to appreciate everyone that joined us on this short little journey through the trials and tribulations that all of our characters were put through for the past few months. We appreciate everyone that brought such creative plot to the table, and we also want to thank each and every one of you for being patient with us when things weren't as smooth sailing. There were a lot of difficult themes explored during the course of the game, and we want to thank you for your due diligence in being aware of the dark themes and putting out warnings and notices, when they were necessary. We know that the Battle of Hogwarts took a lot of work, but we couldn't have done it without you, and for that, we are eternally grateful. Planning and executing the Battle of Hogwarts took several weeks of exhaustion from both Nat and I, but we are so proud of the end result and we wouldn't do it any other way.

I (Ronnie) also want to take a moment to give two shout-outs:
  • CATE: Thank you, Cate! ♥ Cate had to step down as a moderator halfway through the game due to personal reasons, unfortunately. Without the help that she provided at the game's initial conception (including all the mod journals & community names), we wouldn't be where we are right now. She was instrumental in coming up with plot ideas, and coming up with all the fun (!) plot for Muggle Studies and Dark Arts. Cate's drive and focus are both reasons why Trials ran its successful course, and I am so grateful that she was able to join us through this game.

  • NAT: Nat stepped into a mod role while Cate was also there, and she took to it seamlessly. She came up with so many great ideas herself, and once Cate had stepped down, Nat took on more weight and did more than her fair share. She was instrumental in the execution of the entire plot surrounding the Battle of Hogwarts, and we had many days of lengthy conversations on the phone (despite being in completely non-compatible timezones) and she never once got frustrated with me! Thank you, Nat! ♥

Most of you know that there will be a Trials-compliant game, focusing on the reconstruction and rebuilding of the wizarding world. For those that weren't aware, head on over to [info]rebuilds so we can continue this journey. I want to wish both Nat and Bronte all the very best for a successful game.

And thank you all, once again, for bringing your creativity and flexibility and general awesomeness to Trials. We couldn't have done it without you guys!


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MEME #9 -- HEX/SHAG/MARRY 2.0


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Participation is completely optional!

Comment with your character's name in the subject and other characters will respond with three other character options. Your character must then decide who they will hex, shag, and marry -- all hypothetically!

Remember - there is no warding and all comments are OOC knowledge, unless players recognise it to be otherwise. Have fun!

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Now that I'm feeling a little more on top of applications and the like, would anyone like to be part of a series of vignettes with Terry from St. Mungo's through to present day? I still can't access IJ on my own laptop, but I can still do gdocs and the like.

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MEME #8 -- WHEN YOU'RE DRUNK...


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Participation is completely optional!

Your characters are all drunk (doesn't matter if they don't drink or they can't for xyz reasons, it's just a meme!). Have your character pose a question in a comment and post the comment below. Other characters will reply to that comment with their answers, also drunk! Ideally, this will create a conversation among the characters!

Remember - there is no warding and all comments are OOC knowledge, unless players recognise it to be otherwise. Have fun!

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End date!


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FYI! Official end date for Trials is MAY 20!

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IT'S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN


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Times for the start of the Battle in many timezones.

Countdown to Battle Posting!


Timelines for the lead up and post-battle will be posted soon, but as a quick head's up -- the journal network will be unavailable from May 1 2pm PST (which is when we will start posting the logs), until around 8am Tuesday game time (which is roughly two and a half hours after the battle ends).

Thank you to everyone for getting your logs in on time! You're all superstars.

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A few reminders & a meme!


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Hey guys! If you haven't responded to the DH Excerpt with your character yet, please do so now!

BATTLE LOGS ARE OFFICIALLY DUE TODAY. Here is a countdown!

ALSO we are going to use this post for a SNAPS CUP! Comment below with your name and your characters' names, then respond to other players with nice and positive things about what you've enjoyed in regards to other characters and players. Please be encouraging and respectful! ♥

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PCAL: Week 14


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WEEK 14 CALENDAR )
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Hey doves,

So you'll see a few new faces around for a bit - say hi to Sophie, Mallory, Felix and Hugh. There's some brief info after the jump, feel free to comment with backstory connections or whatever else you'd like!

NPC students a-hoy! )

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Hello lovelies!

As you can see a few posts down below, the ante has been upped for members of the HEP. So in the spirt of us logging All The Things, here is a post for us to plot these things out! Yay.

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PCAL: Week 13


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WEEK 13 CALENDAR )

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Hello! I'm eyeing up my Terry narrative with a younger year, but I don't know which NPCs have already been claimed. Similarly does anyone have a younger sibling or whathaveyou (preferably in Ravenclaw) who you'd like me to use?

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PCAL: Week 12


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WEEK 12 CALENDAR )

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Hey lovely ones!

Just a quick few things from us as we start to prep BoH things!

1) A note for those starting to learn the Patronus Charm: please remember this is a very difficult charm to learn (beyond NEWT level magic!), so your characters will need to be practising for a minimum of three months before they are likely to be able to cast a corporal Patronus, and then even that should be in optimal conditions. Anyone who is not in the DA is very unlikely to be able to cast a corporal Patronus in the presence of a Dementor.

2) Please head over here and fill out the forms! The sooner you fill them out, the sooner we can get rolls and logging assignments to everyone!

3) We are desperate for a few more NPC volunteers! We are in particular need of: Charlie Weasley, Cho Chang, Gawain Robards, Henry Selwyn, Katie Bell, Lee Jordan, and Oliver Wood. Let us know if you can grab one of them! (This would be on top of the number of NPCs you have previously volunteered for.)

4) Holds are closed!

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PCAL: Week 11


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WEEK 11 CALENDAR )

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Can peeps do me (Nat) a favour and tell me who has family members as *current* DMLE employees?? I need to know immediately for a thing.

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MEME #6 -- WOULD YOU RATHER? 2.0


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Participation is completely optional!

Have your character pose a 'would you rather' question in a comment and post the comment below. Other characters will reply to that comment with their answers! Ideally, this will create a conversation among the characters!

Remember - there is no warding and all comments are OOC knowledge, unless players recognise it to be otherwise. Have fun!

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Quotes Post!


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Leave memorable/funny/iconic quotes/conversations here and someone (anyone really!) will make icons of them. If you want to volunteer to do so, please leave a comment for that too! :*

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INTRO #11


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Welcome to [info]trials! In order to keep things more organized and make it easier for you to keep track of whom you've replied to and have everything in one nice and tidy place, we've decided to have intros on one page. Feel free to (re-)introduce your characters, if you feel like you need to do it again!

We ask that you do a different comment for each character for simplification. Use the following form (but add more if you wish!) to help us all get to know your character (and a bit about yourself).



Use this space for re-introducing your character, should you need to! Feel free to use our wanted/unwanted page for specific lines. You are more than welcome to look for specific lines here as well!

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Extra guards at Hogwarts


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As per the PCal...
On direct orders from the Ministry of Magic, extra guards appear to keep a close watch on the castle. (Hey, these guards seem eerily familiar...)

Congrats, it's Dementors! While in PoA they were kept at a distance from the castle, the Carrows are more than okay with them being a lot closer to the castle walls. They will not be allowed inside under any circumstance, but their gloomy presence can be felt quite vividly (and more, if you head outside).

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PCAL: Week 10


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WEEK 10 CALENDAR )

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SUMMARY OF THE NIGHT (CONTAINS SPOILERS!)


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SUMMARY OF THE NIGHT (CONTAINS SPOILERS!) )

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MARCH ACTIVITY CHECK


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MARCH ACTIVITY CHECK )

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INTRO #10


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Welcome to [info]trials! In order to keep things more organized and make it easier for you to keep track of whom you've replied to and have everything in one nice and tidy place, we've decided to have intros on one page. Feel free to (re-)introduce your characters, if you feel like you need to do it again!

We ask that you do a different comment for each character for simplification. Use the following form (but add more if you wish!) to help us all get to know your character (and a bit about yourself).



Use this space for re-introducing your character, should you need to! Feel free to use our wanted/unwanted page for specific lines. You are more than welcome to look for specific lines here as well!

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PCAL: Week 9


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WEEK 9 CALENDAR )

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INTRO #9


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Welcome to [info]trials! In order to keep things more organized and make it easier for you to keep track of whom you've replied to and have everything in one nice and tidy place, we've decided to have intros on one page. Feel free to (re-)introduce your characters, if you feel like you need to do it again!

We ask that you do a different comment for each character for simplification. Use the following form (but add more if you wish!) to help us all get to know your character (and a bit about yourself).



Use this space for re-introducing your character, should you need to! Feel free to use our wanted/unwanted page for specific lines. You are more than welcome to look for specific lines here as well!

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PCAL: Week 8


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INTRO #8


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Welcome to [info]trials! In order to keep things more organized and make it easier for you to keep track of whom you've replied to and have everything in one nice and tidy place, we've decided to have intros on one page. Feel free to (re-)introduce your characters, if you feel like you need to do it again!

We ask that you do a different comment for each character for simplification. Use the following form (but add more if you wish!) to help us all get to know your character (and a bit about yourself).



Use this space for re-introducing your character, should you need to! Feel free to use our wanted/unwanted page for specific lines. You are more than welcome to look for specific lines here as well!

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Hello!

Mona Bletchley, Grace Macnair, Hazel Wilkes, and Jack Sloper have officially been taken to the Hospital Wing and have been quarantined. Unless they have their journals with them, there will be no outside communication for the duration of their stay.

If anyone asked what happened, there are rumours of dragon pox. Enjoy! ;)

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Hi guys!

Quick reminder that headcount at curfew is now mandatory in each common room and has been in effect since last night. If your character is not present during headcount, then they will get detentions. (If you plan on having your character missing headcount at any point, please let us know so we can assign the appropriate punishment from the Carrows/Mulciber.)

If you haven't already done so, could you possibly take a gander at the DA Suspects document and add your character, if you think it's appropriate? They don't have to be DA members themselves, but merely if they are suspected.

Also, with the Carrows doing interrogations now, we need characters that will be interrogated by the Carrows. Please leave a comment here if you'd like them for to be interrogated. Once again, they don't have to be part of the DA, but they need reasonable cause to be interrogated, as well. Characters will be hexed as part of the interrogation, as well.

So leave a comment here with the following information, and we will get it sorted! (Comments are screened.)


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INTRO #7


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Welcome to [info]trials! In order to keep things more organized and make it easier for you to keep track of whom you've replied to and have everything in one nice and tidy place, we've decided to have intros on one page. Feel free to (re-)introduce your characters, if you feel like you need to do it again!

We ask that you do a different comment for each character for simplification. Use the following form (but add more if you wish!) to help us all get to know your character (and a bit about yourself).



Use this space for re-introducing your character, should you need to! Feel free to use our wanted/unwanted page for specific lines. You are more than welcome to look for specific lines here as well!

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PCAL: Week 7


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Hey everyone!

Now that sweeps are done, we just wanted to say that we have lost the following characters:
  • Daisy Buggins
  • Demelza Robins
  • Felix Chambers
  • Freya Jugson
  • Gregory Goyle
  • Lavender Brown
  • Matthew Avery
  • Seamus Finnigan

We also wanted to announce that we are going to be allowing fourth characters! Holds for fourth characters can be made starting from March 11 at 3:00pm PST. However, there are a few rules for fourth characters:
  • Your activity for your first three characters must be generally high, as it currently stands. If, for any reason, we feel that your current activity isn't sufficient enough for a fourth character, then you may not play a fourth for the time being. If you want to be sure that your fourth character hold will be approved, then feel free to email us so we can let you know!
  • You will not be allowed to play two characters in the same house. That is, all four characters must be from four different houses (we will, however, take into consideration situations like no characters being available in the only house you could have a fourth in, which we will work with on a case-by-case scenario. Email us for consideration!).
  • You will not be allowed to pick up a second DA or HEP character for the time being. We will consider opening this up in the future!

Also, a few general reminders:
  • We expect the DA characters to be more proactive, in general. All of you have wonderful ideas, and we would love to see those ideas culminate into active plots. Please don't feel shy about approaching us about any plot ideas you have! We would love it all. We've been trying to incorporate what is discussed in game in the pcals each week, but we can't catch everything! So please hit us up.
  • Please make sure you hit up the Cannon Fodder form, especially if you have younger siblings at the school.
  • The Battle of Hogwarts will come around sooner than you think (!) so we would like you to be actively thinking about your characters' involvement in the Battle.
  • In related news, there will be opportunities to play NPCs for the Battle of Hogwarts, so please keep that in mind, as well. We will be offering more details in the next few weeks as we figure things out!

As always, if you have any other questions or comments, please reach out to us!

<3 Cate, Nat, and Ronnie

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PCAL: Week 6


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WEEK 6 CALENDAR )

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Hey lovelies,

It’s so good to see you! Welcome back from the IJ blackout. We missed you all terribly.

A few notes from us to get this moving once more!

Activity Check has been extended for 48 hours, to make up for the time missed thanks to the site being down. Please hit it up if you haven't already! Any holds in place before the blackout will also be extended.

Most of the events of the PCal will be rescheduled, so enjoy your quiet (and hungry?) week Hogwarts! We’ll have the new PCal up ASAP, so keep a look out for that!

One event that was not rescheduled was the HEP Awards Ceremony. This month, Stephen Cornfoot and Joanna Runcorn were singled out for acknowledgement by the Carrows and presented with what is essentially merit badges for your dedicated and initiative. The Carrows talked extensively about the need to be CONSTANTLY VIGILANT, Alecto giggling as her brother frequently shouted about this ala Moody.

Next month's awards will be decided solely on IC action by characters, so we will be watching! If your characters are not proactive in seeking out troublemakers (and catching members of Dumbledore's Army) the Carrows will be very disappointed, and this may lead to a loss of privileges for HEP members. Or worse…

Finally -- since it's been awhile, if you want to chat about what your characters have been up to over the past week or so, or find connections for your characters, please feel free to comment on this post!

xoxo,
Cate, Nat and Ronnie



EDIT, PLEASE READ THIS!: A few more updates:
  • If you are seeing funny colors around journal/community names on your f-list, then please remove and add the journals, as this seems to fix the problem. Here is a handy script for your perusal!
  • We are in the process of removing and adding all journals to the communities. This will take some time, unfortunately, but please keep a lookout in your invitations page. We'll post an update here once we have finished this process, at which time you should be able to accept the invitations! You should all have invitations now!


If you are running into other issues, please let us know! ♥

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AC reminder


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Hi everyone!

Just a reminder that the Activity Check is still running, and will close February 28 at 11:59PM.

If a player has not commented with the required activity links by this point (regardless of whether they met activity requirements or not), the player and their character(s) will be removed from the game.

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PCAL: Week 5


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WEEK 5 CALENDAR )

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FEBRUARY ACTIVITY CHECK


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FEBRUARY ACTIVITY CHECK )

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INTRO #6


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Welcome to [info]trials! In order to keep things more organized and make it easier for you to keep track of whom you've replied to and have everything in one nice and tidy place, we've decided to have intros on one page. Feel free to (re-)introduce your characters, if you feel like you need to do it again!

We ask that you do a different comment for each character for simplification. Use the following form (but add more if you wish!) to help us all get to know your character (and a bit about yourself).



We will be having an additional 'connections' type post and one specifically for house/year interactions prior to the game opening where you can specifically ask for lines. Also, feel free to use our wanted/unwanted page for specific lines. You are more than welcome to look for specific lines here as well!

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Hi guys!

Please join us in welcoming Nat to our mod team! We are excited to have her on board. :)

🎉

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PCAL: Week 4


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INTRO #5


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Welcome to [info]trials! In order to keep things more organized and make it easier for you to keep track of whom you've replied to and have everything in one nice and tidy place, we've decided to have intros on one page. Feel free to (re-)introduce your characters, if you feel like you need to do it again!

We ask that you do a different comment for each character for simplification. Use the following form (but add more if you wish!) to help us all get to know your character (and a bit about yourself).



We will be having an additional 'connections' type post and one specifically for house/year interactions prior to the game opening where you can specifically ask for lines. Also, feel free to use our wanted/unwanted page for specific lines. You are more than welcome to look for specific lines here as well!

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Feel free to react to Peeves reading Stephen's Valentine's Day Gram! (It's from Pansy and people are more than welcome to speculate what that flower means since that's the only thing in the FROM area~).

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Happy Valentine's Day! 💞


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Comments are now unscreened in the Valentine's Day Grams post! (And if you forgot to add one or want to add an additional one, go for it!)

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PCAL: Week 3


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WEEK 3 CALENDAR )

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DA Suspects


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Omg yet another modpost, we know, we know...

We would love if all DA members filled out this doc for potential suspects/being involved in the DA by other students/staff/etc.

Please note that the first column is a strict YES/NO. There is no maybe, so please don't respond with a 'maybe'. This is so we can establish why some characters may be suspected by others, while some other characters may not be suspected. And we don't want anyone to cross the IC/OOC line, and therefore, would love to establish some boundaries about where your character stands.

Let us know if you have any questions!

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CANNON FODDER!


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Hey everyone!

The time is here... the time to fill out the NPC Cannon Fodder! Please fill out this form if you are interested in having your characters' NPC relatives/friends (not the students we've marked as NPCs, of c)/whatever be killed or injured. If we see a fit for your character or the volunteered NPC, we will be getting on contact with you to figure out all the details.

Let us know if you have any questions or comments! Thanks!

TO CLARIFY: Yes, you can fill it out for multiple characters! (You evil monsters, you.)

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Hello everyone! I have finally completed the heights spreadsheet, which has separate tabs by year and gender. If you would like your character to be added to this, you can comment here.

I may do some more stats sheets, stay tuned.

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PCAL: Week 2


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Flash Volunteer Spot: Giant (Unknowlingly) Seeks Girlfriend!


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So Lavender, Parvati and Logan are on the hunt for one lucky lady for Anthony Goldstein, and according to an up-coming log, Parvati and Logan are going to sent notes to Anthony and Student X on each other's behalf as part of the Valentine's Day lead up. We didn't want to spring this on someone's character without getting their approval first, so what we need are female characters who could be the victims - I mean, lucky winners - of this plan of theirs. Which has zero flaws whatsoever and will go down swimmingly for everyone involved, naturally.

Your character may be eligible if she:
  • Likes books and is smart and stuff because Logan is a total stereotypist.
  • Is not a HEP member. Begone!
  • Possibly is not a Slytherin, though it's a coin toss with this one. *I* know for example that Tracey is quite different to Pansy and Millicent, but Logan may not be able to discern the shades of grey with the seventh years in particular, although perhaps Parvati can? Sixth years are probably fine if they're not HEP members or purists. Or Lindsey, that foul succubus

  • So yes, let us know if you want to be part of this madness! Comments will be screened.