Mission Atlantis

I cannot stop spelling things. T-h-i-n-g-s things, like that, it has an obnoxious rhythm that's set into when I talk (about every fifth word or so, the compulsion to type it is there but I can control it) and I believe it's driving the entire magic department insane, sorry everyone.

Just talk to me in text, t-e-x-t, until I get control over the habit, it isn't happening as often.

Thank Merlin I'm not stuck tap dancing everywhere anymore. It's entertaining for a bit, but then it gets rather tiresome!

I realize my timing with this isn't ideal, but I do have updated quidditch teams for those of you who play and we have a handful of holes to fill for anyone who's interested in giving it a go. You do NOT need to be magical to play, we've got some safety protocols in place to avoid very serious injury and there are plenty of us experienced players willing to teach anyone and everyone!

If you want a lesson or a tryout, let me know!

( teams this way )

CAPTAINS

Those of you who've lost co-captains again, I'll let you choose your seconds as well as your practice schedules, but I'm hoping we can fill our teams and play some matches soon!

MORALE TEAM

Hi Thor and team!

Anyone who knows me will vouch that I so often have my nose in a book or other studies that I'll forget to pay attention to dates, and since my promotion my paying attention to dates has been more ... focused on the job and thus not at all on things important to myself.

That preamble said: I'd really like to host a public Seder sometime this month (the timing does not have to match Earth dates exactly I don't think, since we are in space, and maybe it would be better to do when people on missions have returned?), but I have no idea how to organize these sorts of things!

BROWNSTONE HORSE 35 (Piper, Violet & Hermione)

Housemates I don't talk to enough because I'm a workaholic—this upcoming week is a holiday for me, and while I will not enforce it on the kitchen the way I might have in a private home, I did want to know if:

a) either of you wished to attend a seder at home or,
b) if you minded if I hosted one for a larger group of people in the home! I'd like to do something public as well, I've reached out to Morale, but am attempting to communicate well and not steamroll the household. Nor do I wish to have my home be the host for an open-to-anyone event.

Have you lost anything recently? Consider that a too clever for his own good, bored large orange cat with lock picking skills might have made off with it sometime in the last two weeks and I've just found his latest cache!

Things My Cat Literally Dragged In

• What appears to be four small chunks of solidified lava
• Five rolls of washi tape
• Floor tiles
• A single rook from a chess set that has also been lightly chewed on by a small to medium sized dog (probably, it doesn't look like it was a human or a cat)
• Someone's tiny pet tarantula, still in its travel habitat
• A bottle of hot sauce
• Silver mens' house slippers, size 44
• Resin and porcelain 8" figurine of the Tin Man from the Wizard of Oz
• Toilet paper rolls
• Sixteen individual Lego bricks
• Strawberry lemonade lip balm, unopened
• Foam darts
• Pastel hair ties
• What appears to be very fancy hot chocolate mix
• A little notebook labeled "Passwords" (which I hope does not contain passwords)

Any of the above belong to you? Please claim it. If you're not sure, please ask clarifying questions. If your cat is one of the other cats in Crookshanks' theft ring, I'm sorry.

If I hadn't been doing this on a cruise I wouldn't be doing it at all, so I guess this part was a good idea

Crowdsourcing my biggest wedding planning challenge to date: tell me your favorite mocktails with interesting names. Whether or not you include the recipe.

Or, to make it a game, name a mocktail that doesn't exist and others can make up the recipe. Those others probably wouldn't be me, though, but that doesn't mean I will not be utterly pleased at seeing the results. They may or may not then be featured at my wedding.

Oh, no.

I am going to be in so much trouble.

I turned the shop into a spaceship. No more reading on the job entirely designed to sit and read. No more reading FUN stuff anyway.

Has anyone tried the roasted chestnuts? They are SO good. Also? Sorry to anyone I hugged who might not have been into it. I have no idea what came over me.



{Every level has a Roasted Chestnut cart and they are epically good, if you try them you might find yourself wanting to hug people you normally wouldn't}

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That last mission—my first, and something of a grand experience on so many different levels—and how it ended was so many levels of scintillating I feel like I just spent the last week sleeping.

I haven't, though, not really, I've spent it practicing, and now I think I am ready to once again take victims volunteers.

A few months before coming here, I worked as a divining advisor at the behest of an organization that knew of my own abilities. Now, I don't think I have any real skills as an advisor, I cannot recall the last time I made a truly good life choice. But I do have skill as an interpreter.

And the way things are going today it seems like at least a few individuals might benefit—so would anyone like a tarot reading? My cards are extremely haunted, but I think that's an advantage.

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OOC: While I do have RL tarot decks, I am absolutely no real medium like Edith, and I don't own the deck Edith has, so I'm happy to do real spreads here but they won't be as good as hers by any means! I'm also glad to use a random card spread generator or vague the entire thing so it's not specific, or write out an IC/OOC or log or discuss over DMs in some way that allows players to pick their own characters' readings or—basically, there are whole bunches of ways this could be played out (including totally handwaved!) and I'm game for all of them, this is just a direction I wanted to take Edith in getting her confidence back and having RL make it so that I missed most of the mission stuff figured a post would be a good way to do it. tl;dr please use my character for your character's development and let me use it for hers too!

morale + any volunteers.

It seems we've had a sudden influx of new arrivals, and I would like to request we all put ourselves out there to help locate, guide, and supply our new acquaintances while they attempt to sort out what is happening. Also, if anyone is able to begin gathering some basic amenities, I've been told they're working on room assignments, so we will likely be dropping our parcels off at these temporary quarters.

Does anyone have any questions?

new arrivals.*

Hello, all. My name is Aziraphale, and I would first like to welcome you aboard. I understand this might be rather overwhelming, but my team and myself are available to assist. If you could provide your name and any pressing needs you might have, we will see to addressing them as quickly as possible.

Please let me know, too, if you are lost or having an emergency.

[*NPCs]

10th September

Edith & Killian
11:00 AM • The Callie
RATING - TBD
WIP

( Edith unintentionally dangles pirate bait, or something. )

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All right, I have to confess to you all that that was sort of fun.

I've never been a sport sort of person, and the only time I was required to participate in a field day before it was school at age ten and it was one of the worst days of my life—but when you add aliens, apparently it's much more bearable?

WHO: Draco Malfoy and Hermione Granger
WHEN: May 28th
WHERE: Magical Research
WHAT: Draco reports for his first shift; Hermione abuses a cauldron.
WARNINGS: None.

( It took actual effort for him not to over-pronounce that (as ‘hwat’), instead limiting himself to the incredulous expression he directed at her. )

All right, so for those of you who have been dodging physicals due to having fears of doctors or medical staff or being touched by a stranger -- much as i am loathe to spend words on an outpouring of empathy, as it is not my strong point, I do understand these concerns.

I can do the physical from the other side of the room without any requirement to undress at any level or be handled, too, so please just come get it done so we can all stop worrying about it. I'm used to hospice

("I" in this instance am Harrowhark Nonagesimus. Yes, it is a very long name. Yes, you can call me Harrow. No, you can't shorten it any other way.)