The Death Eaters are on the move this month, both within and outside the castle walls. Hogsmeade is issued an ultimatum, and many worried shopkeepers unite in their unwillingness to invite violence, while a few brave shops choose to make a stand. By the end of the month, it will be clear that the Death Eaters intend to be a very real threat--both to those who oppose them, and to those who straddle the fence.
Meanwhile, the staff seems to have gotten a bug for the idea of House unity, and many uncomfortable team-ups result. The anonymous social experimenter continues to collect data, while Halloween turns into an affair that no one will soon forget.
OCTOBER 20
SIXTH YEARS:It’s TRANSFIGURATION Tuesday today, as PROFESSOR MCGONAGALL lectures the class in preparation for human transfigurations--possibly their riskiest assignment yet. [VOLUNTEER 1] gets picked to be the class guinea pig, and can request a certain color of hair, a certain shape of nose, and a certain kind of ear to be given. This person can either be changed back on the spot by McGonagall, or they can walk around for a few hours like that. (Whoever picks this should specify; bonus points if the look is outrageous and ‘70s!) Students are given the homework of trying to change the colors of their eyebrows and hair, and writing a foot-long essay analyzing the results. SAFFRON PARKINSON to poll the class, via journals, on how colorful they plan to be.
OCTOBER 21
MABEL BOBBIN manages to TRANSFIGURE their hair to a spotty, mottled green color, but can’t manage to change it back. Whenever they try, more shades of green appear, until this volunteer looks like a diseased merperson.
In SLUG CLUB, PROFESSOR SLUGHORN unveils the guest list and menu that he wants negotiated for next week’s Halloween party. [VOLUNTEER 4] is given a list of guests who are expected to show up, but not necessarily desirable, as they’re members who haven’t amounted to much. This person will have to assign menial tasks for these guests (e.g., handing out towels in the bathroom, photography, passing out hors d’oeuvres) along with writing very, er, tactful invitations.
FIFTH YEARS: Students in fifth year POTIONS today are charged with making the Draught of Peace. This will be a House point opportunity, and an OOC/IC post will go up.
OCTOBER 22
SIXTH YEARS: Human transfigurations continue in TRANSFIGURATION today, as students are asked to perform and present their transformations to the class. PETER PETTIGREW says the highly similar but incorrect incantation, giving themselves an extremely bushy mustache. TESNI DEARBORN wows the class by showing off a curtain of hair reminiscent of psychedelic art.
DUELLING CLUB meets tonight, and the agenda is again pair duelling--this time, with (hopefully) less violence. A miniature tournament is held. OOC/IC post to go up.
OCTOBER 23
While slipping off to get a book from the LIBRARY before curfew begins, JAMES POTTER runs back and forth three times on the seventh floor, thinking they’ve forgotten something, then remembering they hadn’t, then forgetting something else--and accidentally discovers the Room of Requirement, which is full of various high-quality things that they need. Stunned and freaked out, this person closes the door and runs off to the Library, and later, can’t find the room.
OCTOBER 24
It’s HOGSMEADE WEEKEND, and students are finally allowed out of the castle to visit the only all-wizarding village in Britain. This particular visit is somewhat disrupted by the fact that certain shops are in ruins, there are Aurors and Hitwizards walking about for security, and JUSTINE SMITH and [MULTIPLE VOLUNTEERS--IDENTIFY AS VOLUNTEER 8] are having a sit-in in front of the SHI(T) shops. Oops. [VOLUNTEER 9] attempts to disperse these people, in person and via journal entry.
MADAM POMFREY holds her third SEXUAL EDUCATION LESSON tonight. OOC/IC post to go up!
OCTOBER 25
It’s the fifth DEATH EATER meeting, and Imperius Curse training continues in the confines of the Forbidden Forest. This is the deadline for members to report their attacks, and Initiates receive a new assignment: Boggarts on Halloween. OOC/IC post to go up.
ANONYBOOK PLOT continues as the third entry appears.
OCTOBER 26
SEVENTH YEARS: Today is, coincidentally, practice in throwing off the Imperius Curse in DEFENSE AGAINST THE DARK ARTS. Naturally, PROFESSOR CADWALLADER has a special interest in insidiously giving his other “students” extra practice. VERONICA WILLIAMSON is Imperiused into acting out the infamous balcony scene from Romeo & Juliet, Romeo’s point-of-view, toward [VOLUNTEER 11].
MAFALDA HOPKIRK unveils her latest brainchild, worked out in consultation with the Heads of Houses: A SCAVENGER HUNT, with inter-house unity implications. Journal post to go up.
NOTES
Comment below with any volunteer slots you'd like to take! You may select only 1 slot this week, but don’t worry; what this week lacks in plot slots will be made up for in terms of things to react to.
Because students are sparsely distributed between fifth year Potions, we will handwave and pretend, for this week, that these students are all in the same block, and therefore, all Potions slots are applicable to all fifth years in Potions.
If you’d like your character to host a party for their birthday, or for any other students for any reason, let us know so we can put it on the calendar!
Even if a volunteer slot isn’t taken, you can assume an NPC carried it out.