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( Owl packages simultaneously delivered to the following members of the Wizengamot's households: Francesca Bozo, Griselda Marchbanks, Tiberius Ogden, Elizabeth Dinnet )

( Owl to Michael Corner )

Who Rolf Scamander and John Dawlish
What The Aftermath
When Saturday Evening
Where Their flat
Status Incomplete

( Fools Rush In )

Who: Lee Jordan, Albus Dumbledore
When: Sunday Morning, nine am.
Where: Emergency broadcast from the back of Weasley's Wizard Wheezes.
What: Phoenix Radio
Rating: PG-13 for mention of violence, death, etc.
Open/Closed: Closed

( Lee had been frantically compiling reports since the first one came in. )

FRONT PAGE
Scrimgeour Steps Down
Rose Faust

Yesterday at the Ministry of Magic, a very sudden and peaceful resignation from Minister Rufus Scrimgeour led to the appointment of Mr Pius Thicknesse to the position of Minister of Magic.

Sources within the Ministry also confirm that due to several other Bonfire Night resignations, several other key positions within the Ministry will be reassigned. Minister Thicknesse is currently choosing his department heads and cabinet officials, and will release names later today as to the replacements of the now vacant positions and Wizengamot seats.

Thicknesse has previously served as the Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement and most recently as one of the Senior Undersecretaries to the Minister of Magic. We have no doubt that Minister Thicknesse will excel as the Minister of Magic, and we extend our hand and support to him here at the Daily Prophet.

( Owl to Xenophilius Lovegood )

WHO: Vicky, Jack, Dennis, and open to Gryffindors
WHAT: Vicky can't sleep after getting news about the ministry. Cue sitting in the common room staring at the fire times.
WHEN: Super late Saturday night/Super early Sunday morning.
WHERE: Gryffindor common room.

( She sat down on the couch, freaked out and wishing she wasn't alone, and watched the fire as she thought. )

Who: Sirius Black, Rubeus Hagrid
When: Saturday, before the Ministry falls.
Where: Unnamed Wizarding pub.
What: Mission turned to nothing, then drinking, then bad news.
Rating: Probably PG-13 for language.
Open/Closed: Closed

( Sirius had spent fifteen minutes telling Andromeda what to do until she practically ran him out of the house just to shut him up. )

Who: Albus and all Hogwarts
What: Talk
When: Before breakfast this morning
Where: Great Hall
Rating: Plotty
Status: IC/OOC


Before breakfast, Prefects moved through rooms of students who hadn’t slept the night before and called them all to the Great Hall. The assembly was mandatory, and ghosts and portraits helped to hurry the students along and make sure that no student missed the discussion.

When everyone was seated at their tables, Albus stood. He had not spoken at a feast since the beginning of the term, and moved slowly to do so now. His voice, though, when he spoke, was as strong and as full of conviction as ever.

“Students. You’ve come with questions, and it’s right that you have them. Unfortunately, today, we, your professors, do not have all the answers. We know that last night, the forces of Lord Voldemort took control of the Ministry of Magic by deadly force. Many of you have parents and loved ones who work for the Ministry, and though we know the fate of some we do not know the fate of all. For that we are sorry. We will find out what we can.”

Albus waited for the cries of surprise and outrage to quiet before he went on. “What I do know, standing before you today, is that this is only the beginning. You are safe, here, and there are forces outside our walls working to help your families and anyone else who may need it find safety. We will continue the work of this school and focus on her defense. Hogwarts no longer recognizes the authority of the Ministry of Magic. Death Eaters and the Dark Lord himself will not be walking our halls.”

“We have a job to do here, and I do not yet know what changes that job will bring to the school in the coming days.” Here Albus looked at the Slytherin table. “You must not let the prejudices of others define your futures. Or....” He looked to the other table slowly, “the actions of those outside these walls define how you are going to treat others. When Voldemort returned you were told that one day you would need to make a choice. Today, you must make that choice. The forces of darkness will batter us at all sides, and we must choose, every day, not to let them in. Not in to this school, and not in to our spirits.”

Finally, Albus looked at the Gryffindor table and directly at Harry Potter. “You must not be afraid to do what must be done.”

With that, Albus cleared his throat and turned to the other Professors, urging them to stand. “Now, if we could have a nice rendition of the schools song...”

( Owl delivery for Cormac McLaggen )

Who: Zeth Yaxley & Antigone Ivanova
Where: A small cafe
Why: Drinks, Talk
When: Afternoon
Rating: TBD

( Antigone didn't have to hide, yet )

WHO: Lavender and friends. Open to all Gryffindor students and any of Lavender's close friends who can get into the common room
WHERE: The Gryffindor common room
WHEN: As soon as she finds out her dad is among the deceased
WHY: She needs her friends right now
RATING: Angsty/Swearing
STATUS: In progress!

( It can't be real. It just can't be )

( Owl to Wayne )

( Owl to Demetrius Avery )

( Owl to Alastor Gumboil )

Who: Minerva McGonagall and Poppy Pompfrey
When: November 6th, early evening
Where: Hogwarts, Hospital wing
What: Minerva wants to make sure her friend is really alright
Rating/Status: Closed/Low-ish I would assume?

( We all need someone to lean on sometimes )

Who: Matty and Knox
When: Tonight, after this.
Where: The hallway.
What: A random run in, the need to de-stress.
Rating: PG-13
Open/Closed: Closed

( The restless children mourn the graves of those they've never met before. )