Afresh RPG

WHO: Ron & Hermione
WHEN: 5th April
WHERE: Chipper near Hermione’s home in London.
WHAT: IT’S. ABOUT. BLOODY. TIME.
RATING: PG
STATUS: Complete

( there wasn’t a Union Jack loving Brit who didn’t appreciate a good fish ‘n’ chips )

WHO: Ron and Hermione
WHEN: Backdated to March 1, before Ron's party
WHERE: The halls of Hogwarts
WHAT: Hermione has to make sure Ron's out of the Tower so the others can set up for the party, plus she has to give Mr. Weasley his birthday present.
RATING: Pretty G, PG for awkward hugs, ahoy!
STATUS: Closed, in-progress


( Hermione knew that decorating wasn't her cup of tea, but a distraction she could easily provide. )

WHO: Seamus Finnigan, Ron Weasley, Lavender Brown, Parvati Patil, Ginny Weasley, Embyr Rivers, Hermione Granger, Neville Longbottom, Dean Thomas, Vicky Frobisher, and Harry Potter. Any other sixth year Gryffs I might have missed!
WHEN: March 1, late evening
WHERE: Gryffindor Common Room
WHAT: Ron turns 18. The Gryffindors par-tay. Things (probably) get a touch out of control.
RATING: TBD
STATUS: Open, in progress.



The House Elves have carefully crafted the Gryffindor-themed cake pictured above, as well as a whole table-full of other goodies. Seamus has pulled out most of his liquor stash - a bottle or two of Firewhiskey, some Cognac, a lot of Butterbeer - after making sure that anyone fifth year or under has gone up to bed. Hermione has distracted Ron with their supposed prefect rounds while the rest of the cubs set up and decorate the room - garland, party hats, perhaps Dean has painted a "Happy Birthday, Ron!" banner. Embyr may be setting up a drink mixing station with Seamus' supply. Someone is setting up a way to play music. Just before Hermione and Ron re-enter the Common Room, many of the Gryffs grab fistfuls of Parvati's carefully-made confetti and get ready to throw.

The portrait hole opens, and the party begins....

WHAT: The 6th & 7th Year Muggle Studies class performs Romeo & Juliet
WHO: Hogwarts students, anyone who came to the castle for a day. Unfortunately, castle wards do prohibit the families of Muggleborn students from attending.
WHEN: Sunday, 3:00PM
WHERE: Hogwarts, Great Hall

Professor Burbage thought it was a good idea to put on Shakespeare, and of course she chose the most cliched play for school-age students -- Romeo and Juliet. The Great Hall is transfigured into a stage and small auditorium. The costumes are a strange mismatch of Muggle and magical, but at least the time period is right. The show goes off fairly well, excepting a mishap with the fake blood during Mercutio's death scene and the fact that the balcony wobbled and creaked. Also, someone had stage fright and got sick just off stage (if it was you, own up to it!). Otherwise, everyone enjoyed it and probably laughed at the funny and the not-supposed-to-be-funny bits.

ETA: Apparently some Slytherins decided to convince Peeves to throw rotten vegetables at the stage, so the play was interrupted fora time just before Act III.

Feel free to comment below if your character attended, or, of course, if your character was in the show. Feel free to thread below or start threads outside of this entry.

WHAT: The Annual Sweethearts Dance
WHO: Current 6th and 7th Years, Hogwarts alumni from 1994 to 1997.
WHEN: Sunday, 5:00PM
WHERE: Hogwarts, Great Hall

The Great Hall is over-the-top but luckily not a deluge of pink. Flitwick and McGonagall charmed and transfigured things to smell sweetly, sparkle, glow in soft pinks and reds, and give a general romantic feel. Think the Yule Ball, where there are round tables set up around the perimeter and an open dance floor. There is an eight-piece orchestra that takes requests, giving contemporary music, even, a classical spin. There is food galore -- mostly sweets but some savory dishes as well. Rose-water punch and strawberry ice cream. Blackberry apple cider. Chocolates. Cakes. Customizable, charmed candy hearts are available to give to your date or your best mate. There are some WWW Valentine's pinwheel fireworks overhead. If you can imagine it, it's happening.

Feel free to comment below with your character's clothes, date, anything of note that happened. Also, feel free to enjoy your own threads or reactions or whatever. Really, have fun.

WHO: Lavender & Hermione
WHEN: Thursday 2nd Feb, late in the evening
WHERE: Girl's dorm
WHAT: Two very different girls have something in common: boys.
RATING: G
STATUS: Closed, in-progress.

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