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Across the country as things went dark, Bonfire Night fireworks began. As soon as those first bursts began in the sky, the marks of all Death Eaters burned, summoning them to their Lord’s side. The place, this time, a home in London.

There are two bodies, freshly killed, and Bellatrix sits between them on the sofa. Voldemort explains that the woman is a halfblood who dirtied herself by marrying a muggle. The two have a daughter who’s currently disgracing wizardingkind by being taught at Hogwarts. Obviously, this must be stopped. The dead bodies are Kathleen Li and Jun Li, Su’s parents. This is their house. There are pictures of the two with their daughter around, if anyone happens to recognize her.

Voldemort reveals that over the last several days the way has been cleared at the Ministry for the next step in His plan. And that tonight the Ministry, and power over Wizarding Britian, will be His.

( The Plan )

I’m going to start subthreads for each level of the Ministry.

Death Eaters can be masked if they choose to be, or open. DEs, comment if you were masked or not. How well you did your job. Etc. Anyone can feel free to post in with NPC family members and/or just random NPCs for you to terrify/kill/turn/etc. We need a variety of NPCs. From supporters who are glad to give help to the DEs, to people turning out of fear, to people escaping, to muggleborns dying! So jump in with whoever you’d like. While this thread will be IC/OOC, it would be fun to see some subthreads with some of the attack played out! However, it IS Saturday, and a holiday, so they offices would not be all that busy, so bear that in mind. Most groups of DEs will not meet more than ten people or so in any given office.

Order Members - Snape is going to manage to get patronus messages to Order members about this going down, so Order members can feel free to swarm to the Ministry’s aid. Unfortunately, they will not win the day, but you can feel free to jump in to any threads and battle! This patronus message is also the way that Minerva and Albus can find out about the attack and begin to prepare the professors, etc. for the defense of Hogwarts. Nothing will happen at the school tonight, but Albus will be fortifying it and making sure that when they do try something, the new 'Ministry' will not be able to get in.

Ministry members, if you were at the Ministry for some reason tonight, you should jump in on the thread for your specific level. People with NPC family members at the Ministry who you do not want injured, either have them not be at work, or have them get out quick! Or, of course, have them turn to the dark side!

Those who do get out of the Ministry will probably send frantic owls to their loved ones, messages, etc., about the Ministry falling to Death Eaters, unless they’re too worried about the threats to their families to do so? That’s up to you. Remember the “The Ministry’s been taken” fiasco at the Bill/Fleur canon wedding? I imagine that frantic scene happens in a lot of homes tonight. But it will not be reported in the papers, so unless you have first hand knowledge there is going to be a lot of conjecture and hearsay and disbelief. Phoenix Radio will be bringing you real news soon.

Everyone remember to communicate, etc. If someone is jumping into your level with an NPC, be sure to talk to them about what is going to happen to that NPC. Also, if you would please list out a list of the dead in the thread for LIST OF THE DEAD that will make it easier for us to have a good list of them later. The same goes for injuries, they should go on the LIST OF INJURES thread.

Questions should go in the QUESTIONS thread!

( Reference )

Who: Everyone at Hogwarts
When: Tonight, after dinner
Where: The Great Hall
What: Halloween Ball
Rating: Partyish!
Open/Closed: Open to those at Hogwarts, IC/OOC

( The Halloween Ball was set to begin. )

Who: Natalie Fairbourne and her housemates
When: Evening of October 26th
Where: Gryffindor common room
What: Carving the pumpkins taking up the common room and hanging out
Status/Rating: Open to Gryffindors/Low to start

*ICC/OCC thread

( Where there is no imagination there is no horror )

Today's Quidditch victories were all hard won. Winners are in bold, point totals are beside the team names!


Caerphilly 220 @ Appleby 350
Wimbourne 190 @ Chudley 70
Falmouth 300 @ Wigtown 90
Tutshill 190 @ Holyhead 290
Kenmare 180 @ Puddlemere 170
Portree 180 @ Montrose 210

Quidditch standings coming soon, when Jeremy can get to them! Players and attendees, feel free to comment here with how you played, if you were injured, if you started a fight in the stands, etc!

Who: Riona & ANY ONE SHE INVITED.... and their guests
What: HALLOWEEN PARTY~
Where: here, set in the hills instead of on a bay, with a kitchen twice again the size of the one pictured, with marble, steel and more windows.
Why: Because?
Rating: Eh? R for drinking, hilarity and more? HEATH-BAR \ RIONA ANTICS?
Notes: OOC\IC is fine.

I'm carving pumpkins
It's almost Halloween
All my friends are wondering
What they're gonna be
The monster mash is playing
You're moving to the beat
And now we're gonna teach you
To do the trick or ( treat )

Who: Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ollivander, Viktor, Penny, Bill Weasley
When: Late tonight
Where: DE Hiding Place
What: Ollivander is rescued
Rating: Low, but painful
Open/Closed: Closed to those involved. IC/OOC

Harry, Ron, and Hermione went out from Hogwarts again tonight to keep plugging away at the list of suspected Death Eater locations that Dumbledore gave Harry at the end of the summer. They were trying to check out two of the locations tonight. The first, like the others they’ve tried to look through, was useless and did not yield anything.

They thought the second might be the same, and were feeling a little defeated as they arrived. In that home, though, they actually came across Death Eaters. If there are one or two DEs who want to have been there and gotten into a fight with the Trio, and lost (they could have dealt some injuries though) comment and we’ll work it out. If no one wants it, we’ll make it some faceless DEs or, if someone wants it to be, a DE family member of a PC. Just comment.

After defeating the DEs there, they found Ollivander - obviously recently tortured. They panicked a little, since they hadn’t been expecting to find anything and they were really looking for Horcruxes and not prisoners, but after a quick discussion they decided that they needed to get him to an Order safehouse.

The problem is, they don’t want the Order to know what exactly they’re doing searching these locations, so Hermione came up with the idea to take him to Viktor’s home in Hogsmeade. They apparated there with him, and explained what they could in vague terms about how they’d found him. They told Viktor to contact Bill Wealsey, Ron’s idea, about getting him to a safehouse, then they left.

Today's Quidditch scores from the first professional Quidditch games of the new season. The winners are in bold and the point total for each team is listed next to the team name.

Puddlemere 310 @ Falmouth 380
Wigtown 240 @ Caerphilly 110
Chudley 160 @ Tutshill 80
Ballycastle 310 @ Wimbourne 200
Holyhead 350 @ Portree 250
Montrose 210 @ Kenmare 180

( OOC Note about how I do Quidditch Scores )

I'm going to start comment threads below for each of the games, so that players can IC/OOC-ly claim their points, plays, or injuries, and that any adult spectators can comment IC/OOC if they'd like to about their experience at the game.

And if anyone wants to keep a running league standings list with win/loss and point records - ie, post it up in OOC and be responsible for editing it, etc., I would love you forever... Everyone remember Rachel who was in Wished/Darkening? Where is she when we need her! lol.

Who: Open to All
When: Saturday
Where: Hogsmeade
What: Hogsmeade Weekend!
Rating: Low (If anything adultish happens, please break it off and segue to a separate thread!)
IC/OOC: Open to any who want to appear. Feel free to check in with what your character did, or thread IC, whichever you prefer.

( Hogsmeade weekends are good for business. )

Who: Hufflepuff Quidditch players
When: Backdated to Wednesday 9/28
Where: The Quidditch pitch
What: TRYOUTS
Rating: PG-13 unless there are any particularly gruesome injuries
Open/Closed: OPEN to Puff hopefuls
IC/OOC so go for it!

(I'm posting this with modly blessing since we're lacking a Zak... The order of tryouts is the same as everyone else: Chasers, Beaters, Keepers, Seekers.)

( Let's hit the air, mates! PUFF ARMY! )

Who: Anybody!
When: Tonight
Where: A pub in London (assume Kenny gave directions in his journal entry)
What: KARAOKE!
Rating: Low, I would think
IC/OOC: Open to everyone who might have seen Kenny's entry and felt like stopping by. You don't have to have said you'd come to be there!

( Kenny was the first to sing, figuring nobody could feel self-conscious about their own performance after hearing him. )

Who Rolf Scamander, Professor Hagrid, Draco Malfoy, Remus Lupin, Others....
What Rolf visits Hogwarts, meets up with Hagrid, corrupts Draco and later has a sit down with Remus Lupin to talk about werewolves. (If anyone else wants to tag in and have their student meet up with Rolf--by all means! You're welcome to.)
When Saturday, October 1st
Where Hogwarts Castle/Hogsmeade
Status/Rating Open/IC & OOC/Low

( Ich habe keine Zeit, mich zu beeilen. )

Who: Chris Bradley, Ravenclaw Quidditchers!
When: Backdated to Thursday. (Sorry!)
Where: Quidditch Pitch
What: Tryouts.
Rating: Low
IC/OOC: Open to all, feel free to post reactions and notes about who was there. As Ginny's mun said, it won't determine the teams!

( Tryouts! )

Who: OPEN to all Slytherins! (And others who might want to watch, suppose.)
What: Quidditch tryouts!
Where: The pitch, Hogwarts.
When: BACKDATED to Tuesday, Sept. 27th.
Warnings/Rating: TBA/Low
Status: IC/OOC / OPEN

( The very last thing he wanted was an unknown quantity who might throw a sudden fit of backbone at an essential moment. )

[This tryout is run loosely like the one we see in HBP - Chasers, Beaters, then Keeper. Comment here if you were there/tried out/something else awesome happened!]

Who: OPEN to all Gryffindors! (And others who might want to watch, suppose.)
What: Quidditch tryouts!
Where: The pitch, Hogwarts.
When: BACKDATED to Monday, Sept. 26th.
Warnings/Rating: TBA/Low
Status: IC/OOC / OPEN

( That’s my final decision and if you don’t get out of the way for the Keepers I’ll hex you. )

[This tryout would be run loosely like the one we see in HBP - Chasers, Beaters, Keeper, then Seeker. Comment here if you were there/tried out/something else awesome happened!]

Who: OPEN to any who can and want to attend!
When: Wednesday, September 21, all day
Where: Hogsmeade
What: Annual Hogsmeade Autumnal Equinox Celebration
Rating: Low
Open/Closed: OPEN

( What more could anybody ask for in an Autumnal Celebration? )

Who: Friends and family of MYRON WAGTAIL (which also means...Myron...you are there. Don't complain. Just DO IT)
When: Monday, September 19
Where: Gideon and Heath's God, Tommy house (watch out for the zebra)
What: BIRTHDAY PARTY!
Rating: All over the place?
Open/Closed: Open (ic | ooc I'm operating under the pretend assumption there were notifications made because I am too lazy to make them. If you are a friend or family member of Myron, you were invited. If you're not sure, shoot me a message. Add your tags!)

( Yeah! Get off your ass and dance! )

Who: Hagrid and Care of Magical Creatures students
What: Care of Magical Creatures for 4th-7th year students
Where: Outside Hagrid's hut on the school grounds
When: First day/week of classes
Status: IC/OCC thread; Low. Open to all Care of Magical Creatures Students
Rating: Low-ish probably, unless a kid mouths off

( ... )

Who: Anyone who wants to play (initially Wayne Hopkins and Megan Jones)
When: after dinner, 7 September
Where: the Quidditch pitch
What: a pickup game!
Rating: variable
Open/Closed: OPEN

The air was cool and still--the perfect night for a bit of Quidditch. And, for some, a little head-clearing...

(IC/OOC for whoever wants to play! Just give Wayne and Megan a little space to start--I didn't want to hog the whole pitch for two people.)

Who: The Order
When: Tonight, 11 pm
Where:Remus’ flat
What: Remus called a meeting.
Rating: TBA
Open/Closed: Closed to Order, IC/OOC

Remus wasn’t apt to trust Nott’s information either, but the fact was he had trusted Nott’s mannerisms, and the reasoning for his turning was so vile that Remus thought it definitely meshed with what he new of the older man.

He made sure things were neat in his flat and waited for the Order members to arrive.

( ”IC/OOC” )

Who: Minerva McGonagall and transfiguration students
What: Transfiguration class for 4th-7th year students
Where: Transfiguration class room.
When: First day/week of classes
Status: IC/OCC thread; Low. Open to all Transfiguration Students
Rating: Low-ish unless your kid wants to earn a detention.
(Stealing the idea since it was a brilliant one)

( Transfiguration requires the utmost concentration )