Fourteen Shades - AU HP RPG

WHO: Arianna, Gilderoy, and all of his friends
WHAT: A birthday party!
WHEN: (backdated) Monday 26 January, 7 PM to Midnight
WHERE: Strikes & Skates
RATING: Low
STATUS: IC/OOC

( IT'S A PARTY! )

WHO: Draco Malfoy & Arianna Dumbledore
WHAT: Draco is a little worried.
WHERE: The greenhouse.
WHEN: Slightly forward dated to Thursday, 11/12.
RATING: PG

Sure, the village did some crazy things sometimes. Life-threatening even. However, Draco wasn't too keen on blacking out for the better part of a month. Granted, he learned he was technically awake during that time living some alternate life, but he still felt unsettled. He'd never get back those three weeks.

Life went on. In the grand scheme of his life, missing time was not the worst thing to happen to him. He still had his family here (well, most). He had a grandson and godson to spoil. He had some friends. His life was still a marked improvement over the one he left behind. Who knew how long it would last? The village was not a guarantee. He didn't like thinking about it, but he lost enough people to the magic to know not to take time for granted. Heck, he lost people in his other life too. He already spent so much time hiding back home that he just couldn't dwell on the "what if" aspect others explained to him. He did enough of that without magical help. Without the war? He knew he likely didn't amount to much. So what did he do? He went back to work on Monday. He saw students and continued progress reports and spoke to teachers.

There was one student he couldn't manage to track down, one who also skirted his invitation for tea over the weekend. That student also happened to be one of the few people who wasn't missing time. He knew she saw and heard things that unsettled her. He couldn't imagine how it felt to have people believing different histories. Yet, he could relate to one aspect. He knew how it felt to know a version of a person only to watch him slip away and return as someone completely different. He was sorry Arianna experienced that with people's changed histories. Sure it had been temporary, but the memories stayed, didn't they?

He gave her time, but then knew he needed to seek her out. It wasn't terribly difficult to find her. He headed to the greenhouse after class on Thursday. "Hello?" He called out. "It is Draco," he added, hoping not to startle her if she was there (or anyone else for that matter).

( backdated to Ari's Birthday )

( on your very special day )

WHO: Arianna Dumbledore & Gellert Grindelwald
WHAT: A run in and a chat
WHEN: Tuesday Afternoon
WHERE: Community Garden
RATING: TBD, but likely pretty low. Definitely safe for work.
STATUS: Closed//Ongoing

( Ari caressed the rose's petals... )

( DELIVERED TO: Orion Black, Regulus Black, Sirius Black, Miles Bletchley, Amelia & Gideon Prewett, Edgar, Sally, & Emmy Bones, Susan Bones, Teddy Lupin & Charity Burbage, William Coburn, Liam Connolly, Peter Corner, Colin Creevey & Mary MacDonald, Dennis Creevey, Cedric Diggory & Analisa Montgomery, Albus, Kendra, & Arianna Dumbledore, Bee Dunstan, Mike & Cece Corner, Justin Finch-Fletchley, Autumn Flint, Merope Gaunt, Anthony & Rylan Goldstein, Gregory Goyle, Hermione Granger & Ron Weasley, Daphne Greengrass, Terence  )

( Left for Gilderoy )

WHO: Arianna Dumbledore & Gilderoy Lockhart
WHAT: Ari takes Gilderoy tea
WHEN: After this
WHERE: Gilderoy's Room
RATING: Low
STATUS: Closed//Ongoing

( With her heart full of uncertainty... )

WHO: Arianna Dumbledore & Gilderoy Lockhart
WHAT: Tea
WHEN: backdated to 4/25, in the afternoon
WHERE: Castle's Kitchen
RATING: this is the rating
STATUS: Closed//Ongoing

( Tea pot is on, the cups are waiting, Favorite chairs anticipating, No matter what I have to do, My friend there's always time for you. )

WHO: Arianna Dumbledore & Gilderoy Lockhart
WHAT: Passing time while trapped
WHEN: Monday at lunch
WHERE: The Greenhouse
RATING: C for Cute
STATUS: Closed//Ongoing

( Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning. )

WHO: Arianna & Albus Dumbledore
WHAT: His Arrival
WHEN: 23 February, afternoon
WHERE: The bridge
RATING/STATUS: medium low/ongoing

( It was a face she had almost given up on seeing again. )

WHO: Mary MacDonald & Arianna Dumbledore
WHAT: Ari needs help from Mac.
WHERE: Ari's room in the castle.
WHEN: Late Monday afternoon.
RATING: PG

Mac pretty much skipped all the way from Strikes and Skates to the castle. She was glad she had employees who knew how to run the place. She liked planning the parties people had there, but she rather hated everything else about the job. Oh, well. She was just glad for the excuse to take a break. She wasn't sure what Arianna needed, but she was glad the girl reached out to her. Mac still remembered she didn't leave the best first impression on Gilderoy's friend, which just wouldn't do. Mac loved Gilderoy like another brother. His friends absolutely had to like her.

She arrived at Ari's door breathless, but smiling. She just couldn't stop skipping and grinning since Valentine's Day. Colin was just wonderful. It was more than she dared to hope for back in the real world. "Ari?" She called. "It's meeee!"

Dear Arianna,

Not having wards is completely not stellar! Anyway, I wanted to discuss Gilderoy’s birthday. Did you have anything in mind?

xoxo,
Mac

Gifts from Romilda to Albus, Analisa, Ariana, Ava, Bellartix, Charity, Daphne, Demelza, Draco, Lucy, Minerva, William

Professors and students not listed receive a hand made ball ornament reflecting their Hogwarts house.

WHO: All invited here
WHAT: Cheering up Gilderoy
WHEN: Sunday, 15 December, 5 pm
WHERE: Main sitting room in the castle
STATUS: IC/OOC

Another not pretty party post, but I wanted to put up a post for people to comment and (maybe) start threads for this.

Ari arrived before everyone and set up the tea and cocoa and snacks. She wore the dress that came through for her last year. Her hair looked as it does in the photo. She over-prepared, making enough cocoa and tea, and procuring enough sweets and finger food for triple the number of people she invited. She also found ribbons and garlands with which to decorate the tree that she asked Vogg (is that okay, Amber?!) to set up for her.

The robes on which she pinned her flower were periwinkle trimmed in dove gray, because she likes Gilderoy in blue.
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Who came, what did they wear, what music and decorations did they provide, everything!

( DELIVERED TO GILDEROY'S FRIENDS )

( DELIVERED TO GILDEROY )

Who: Helena, Albus, Frankie, Gilderoy All the people who signed up!
What: Superhero fun times / Al's birthday.
When: After classes on Tuesday, 19 November
Where: Starting at the Tree House and then going on from there
Note: IC/OOC thread. If you want your character to do anything specific, have a riddle to throw in to lead to the next villain, anything, throw it in. I work all day tomorrow, so this is going up early!

( Dear Hero... )

WHO: Anyone who cares about Charity.
WHAT: Her birthday party.
WHERE: Strikes and Skates
WHEN: Slightly backdated to Sunday, Nov. 17th @ 7:00 p.m.
RATING: PG
NOTES: IC/OOC. Also, if you reply, please try to remember to tag the thread with the character's name.

( Happy birthday, Charity! )

Who: Gilderoy Lockhart, Arianna Dumbledore and NPC Gilda Jenkins-Lockhart
What: Gilderoy needs to tell Gilda something, and he knows it's not going to be easy for either of them
Where: Duke Ravenclaw's study
When: Thursday morning
Rating: TBD
Status: Incomplete

( Gilderoy was nervous. )

WHO: Arianna & Albus Dumbledore
WHAT: A reunion
WHERE: The Greenhouse by the Castle.
WHEN: About twenty minutes after their conversation
RATING: This post is brought to you by the letters C for Crying and H for heart-wrenching
STATUS: Closed//In Progress//NPC Thread

( Albus, you are an old man. )