Dissendium 2.0

MOCK ELECTION!

IN-GAME, POLLS CLOSE AT 7 PM. However, as I'm only putting this up now and I'll be out/offline from about 4-god knows when your guys' time... Polling will close tomorrow (Saturday) at 7 pm EST. Have a character who wishes they could vote, but isn’t old enough to? Several Hogwarts students are manning a mock polling station for the second time this year in the Entrance Hall. If your character’s feeling civic-minded — or just wants to troll the fake booth — come on by and fill out a ballot. Voters of all ages are welcome, if your 17+ chars just couldn’t stop at the one ballot. If you haven’t already, please review the information on the candidates and then cast a ballot for any of your Hogwarts chars who want to participate. To vote, please copy/paste the following ballot template and reply in the comments with each of your voting characters. You will note that each section of the template has a capital “X” five times. Delete the “X” in every section but the one for the candidate your character is voting for. <table width=400px style="border:5px solid black"><tr><td align=left width=100%><font face="courier new" size=+1><b>VOTE FOR ONE CANDIDATE ONLY</b> <HR width=90%> <table width=100% style="border:0px"><tr><td align=left valign=top width=20%><font size=+3><b>1</b></font></td> <td align=left valign=top width=70%><b>BAGNOLD</b> Millicent Bagnold Halfblooded Witch Hogwarts (Ravenclaw), 1958</td> <td align=left valign=top width=10%><font size=+3>X</font></td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3> </td></tr> <tr><td align=left valign=top width=20%><font size=+3><b>2</b></font></td> <td align=left valign=top width=70%><b>BROWN MONAGHAN</b> Hyacinth Brown Monaghan Fullblooded Witch Hogwarts (Hufflepuff), 1913</td> <td align=left valign=top width=10%><font size=+3>X</font></td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3> </td></tr> <tr><td align=left valign=top width=20%><font size=+3><b>3</b></font></td> <td align=left valign=top width=70%><b>BULSTRODE</b> Cecil Bulstrode Pureblooded Wizard Hogwarts (Slytherin), 1938</td> <td align=left valign=top width=10%><font size=+3>X</font></td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3> </td></tr> <tr><td align=left valign=top width=20%><font size=+3><b>4</b></font></td> <td align=left valign=top width=70%><b>MONTAGUE</b> Victor Montague Fullblooded Wizard Hogwarts (Slytherin), 1951</td> <td align=left valign=top width=10%><font size=+3>X</font></td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3> </td></tr> <tr><td align=left valign=top width=20%><font size=+3><b>5</b></font></td> <td align=left valign=top width=70%><b>ORPINGTON</b> Mycroft Orpington Fullblooded Wizard Hogwarts (Ravenclaw), 1942</td> <td align=left valign=top width=10%><font size=+3>X</font></td></tr></table></font></td></tr></table> If your character does not endorse any of the candidates, but still wants to participate, feel free to comment noting they spoiled their ballot. If they did so creatively, do let us know. All comments are screened until the election is over.

Tags: !other, char: clarissa crouch, char: cody hadlock, char: devin lyle, char: james potter, char: lee mackenzie, char: lily evans, char: mary macdonald, char: peter pettigrew, char: remus lupin, char: sirius black, group: 78ers, group: gryffindors, npc: hyacinth brown monaghan, npc: millicent bagnold, npc: mycroft orpington, npc: septimus malfoy, npc: victor montague, place: hsww - entrance hall, plot: election, plot: james's rise to glory, plot: mary's fall from grace, ship: gryff 78/civic duties, time: 1976 11 (november)

FORMAT: Log
WHO: Lily Evans and Mary Macdonald
WHEN: Todayish.
WHERE: St Mungo's
WHAT: Mary wakes up.

( Do you remember anything? There was an attack at King’s Cross. )

WHO: The Heads of House and their fifth years.
WHEN: April 8, 1976, before Cam's family was attacked.
WHERE: In the Heads of Houses' offices.
WHAT: Lol, you need to keep taking Potions to be an Auror, Harry.

The insistence of Headmaster after Headmistress after Headmaster on offering mandatory Careers Advice to every fifth year, year after year, was very possibly an exercise in advanced administrative sadism, Minerva suspected. This was not to say that she didn't understand the value of such a meeting, particularly in choosing one's NEWT courses. However, it was difficult to maintain a detached, professorly air when the increased need for Order activity had seen Minerva with less and less time and thus less and less sleep, and, furthermore, she had a lurking suspicion that Potter and Black would resoundingly fail to take this seriously. She had, to her credit, warded her office against Dunbombs for the occasion — any Gryffindor who entered with one on their person would find themselves suddenly suspended in mid-air, in her doorway — but still, it had only been two years since CJ Costantin had spent the entirety of his Careers Advice flirting with her, and she wasn't quite ready to find out what Potter had prepared yet. She strongly suspected she would not be prepared for several years.

Tags: !logs, char: adrian mulciber, char: annie lufkin, char: atticus brocklehurst, char: benjy fenwick, char: camden shepherd, char: cici jorkins, char: clarissa crouch, char: cliffy maddock, char: delia connolly, char: devin lyle, char: edie bulstrode, char: elena pangborn, char: faustus selwyn, char: iwan barbary, char: jake nakamura, char: james potter, char: jolie keates, char: lee mackenzie, char: lexy lane, char: lily evans, char: lucy goyle, char: marilyn pennifold, char: marina hayes, char: mary macdonald, char: minerva mcgonagall, char: owen macfusty, char: peter pettigrew, char: remus lupin, char: severus snape, char: sirius black, char: tim harbourne, group: 78ers, group: gryffindors, group: hufflepuffs, group: ravenclaws, group: slytherins, npc: barnabas wigworthy, npc: horace slughorn, place: hsww - minerva's office, place: hsww - pennifold's office, place: hsww - slughorn's office, place: hsww - wigworthy's office, player: anna, player: caitlyn, player: dolly, player: jess, player: kat, player: kelly, time: 1976 04 (april)

( Anonymous owl to Marina Hayes. )

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( Anonymous owl to Arthur Moseley. )

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( Anonymous owl to Rose Lempke. )

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( Anonymous owl to Bilius Weasley. )

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( Anonymous owl to Sirius Black. )

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( Anonymous owl to James Potter. )

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( Anonymous owls to Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew. )

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( Anonymous owls to Ava Ruiz, Ted Tonks, Barney Cauldwell, and Lee Mackenzie. )

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( Anonymous owl to Gil Catchlove. )

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( Anonymous owl to Frank Longbottom. )

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( Anonymous owl to Annie Lufkin. )

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( Anonymous owl to Alice Prewitt. )

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( Anonymous owl to Matt Jepsen. )

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( Anonymous owl to Rupert Gordon. )

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( Anonymous owl to Lily Evans. )

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( Anonymous owl to Neil Lane. )

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( Anonymous owl to Lexy Lane. )

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( Anonymous owl to Devin Lyle. )

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( Anonymous owl to Mary Macdonald. )

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( Anonymous owl to Merlin de Mimsy-Porpington. )

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( Anonymous owl to Lindy Lupin. )

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( Anonymous owl to Sophia Campbell. )

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( Anonymous owl to Camden Shepherd. )

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( Anonymous owl to Gasp Shingleton. )

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( Anonymous owls to Marcy Shuff and Viola Vicente-Castenada. )

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( Anonymous owl to the Moodys. )

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( Anonymous owl to Nigel Darring. )

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( Anonymous owl to Sam Bigglesworth. )

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( Anonymous owl to Jove Lufkin. )

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( Anonymous owl to Payton Prewitt. )

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( Anonymous owl to Molly Weasley. )

MOCK ELECTION!

THE MOCK-ELECTION DOES NOT TAKE PLACE IN GAME UNTIL TOMORROW (THURSDAY)! This is being put up early so people have time to vote. Polling closes tomorrow (Thursday) night at 11 pm EST. Have a character who wishes they could vote, but isn’t old enough to? Several Hogwarts students are manning a mock polling station in the Entrance Hall over the course of the day. If your character’s feeling civic-minded — or just wants to troll the fake booth — come on by and fill out a ballot. Voters of all ages are welcome, if your 17+ chars just couldn’t stop at the one ballot. If you haven’t already, please review the information on the candidates and then cast a ballot for any of your Hogwarts chars who want to participate. To vote, please copy/paste the following ballot template and reply in the comments with each of your voting characters. You will note that each section of the template has a capital “X” five times. Delete the “X” in every section but the one for the candidate your character is voting for. <table width=400px style="border:5px solid black"><tr><td align=left width=100%><font face="courier new" size=+1><b>VOTE FOR ONE CANDIDATE ONLY</b> <HR width=90%> <table width=100% style="border:0px"><tr><td align=left valign=top width=20%><font size=+3><b>1</b></font></td> <td align=left valign=top width=70%><b>BAGNOLD</b> Millicent Bagnold Halfblooded Witch Hogwarts (Ravenclaw), 1958</td> <td align=left valign=top width=10%><font size=+3>X</font></td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3> </td></tr> <tr><td align=left valign=top width=20%><font size=+3><b>2</b></font></td> <td align=left valign=top width=70%><b>BROWN MONAGHAN</b> Hyacinth Brown Monaghan Fullblooded Witch Hogwarts (Hufflepuff), 1913</td> <td align=left valign=top width=10%><font size=+3>X</font></td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3> </td></tr> <tr><td align=left valign=top width=20%><font size=+3><b>3</b></font></td> <td align=left valign=top width=70%><b>MALFOY</b> Septimus Malfoy Pureblooded Wizard Hogwarts (Slytherin), 1933</td> <td align=left valign=top width=10%><font size=+3>X</font></td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3> </td></tr> <tr><td align=left valign=top width=20%><font size=+3><b>4</b></font></td> <td align=left valign=top width=70%><b>DE MIMSY-PORPINGTON</b> Richard de Mimsy-Porpington Pureblooded Wizard Hogwarts (Gryffindor), 1941</td> <td align=left valign=top width=10%><font size=+3>X</font></td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3> </td></tr> <tr><td align=left valign=top width=20%><font size=+3><b>5</b></font></td> <td align=left valign=top width=70%><b>SELWYN</b> Ignatius Selwyn Pureblooded Wizard Hogwarts (Slytherin), 1944</td> <td align=left valign=top width=10%><font size=+3>X</font></td></tr></table></font></td></tr></table> If your character does not endorse any of the candidates, but still wants to participate, feel free to comment noting they spoiled their ballot. If they did so creatively, do let us know. All comments are screened until the election is over.

Tags: !other, char: clarissa crouch, char: lee mackenzie, char: lily evans, group: 78ers, group: bb activists, place: hsww - entrance hall, plot: election, time: 1976 01 (january)

FORMAT: Log
WHO: Annie, Cathy, Lily Viola
WHEN: December, before school ended.
WHERE: Cathy's Birthday party
WHAT: SURPRISE BIRTHDAY. :D:D
NOTES: Hey guys, remember when Viola wasn't mad at Cathy?

( I don’t think he’d kill me with pasties. He wouldn’t want to make Annie that cross. )

FORMAT: OWLS
WHO: Extremely anonymous owls, all duplicates, sent to all the mentioned girls.
WHEN: Nowish
WHERE: Hogwarts
WHAT: Evan Rosier thinks Sal Brownless left out a few names. He's a gentleman, so he doesn't want the ladies to feel left out. You're welcome, ladies.
NOTES: These owls were sent ANONYMOUSLY. He wasn't stupid enough to sign his name. Block letters to obscure handwriting. Every girl gets the same full letter. Feel free to have them react/show them to their friends.


( ANONYMOUS OWLS TO THE LADIES OF HOGWARTS )

FORMAT: Log.
WHO: Fourth years and up! Also, staff. Obviously.
WHEN: Friday, October 31, 1975 (8 pm-11 pm).
WHERE: The Great Hall.
WHAT: Masque tiiiiiime.

( Sometimes, Albus's whims utterly baffled Minerva. )

(OOC: Have at! We'll run this until people stop commenting, and probably have the big reveal next week, after Kat's back! Don't forgot to keep costumes secret and use dissenanon! If anyone's forgotten the password, email me for it.)

FORMAT: Logs, logs everywhere.
WHO: Whoever so desires.
WHEN: Sunday, October 12, 1975.
WHERE: Hogsmeade!
WHAT: The first Hogsmeade weekend of the year.
NOTES: In recognition of the fact that there are mixed preferences re: logging on IJ/doing logs on Gdocs, people are free to choose as they please. If you'd like to log some people at Hogsmeade, just comment below. If you'd prefer to log on Gdocs, just do the log as usual, post it, and then leave a link to the posted log in the comments!

( Hogsmeade! )

FORMAT: IC/OOC Log, threaded. Again, examples here and here!
WHO: The Theatre Club (Jeana Wood, Fiona Avery, Sirius Black, CJ Costantin, Lily Evans, Lucy Goyle, Tim Harbourne, Benjy Fenwick, Matt Jepsen, Cici Jorkins, George Lempke, Annie Lufkin, Devin Lyle, Maeve Macmillan, Lee Mackenzie, Cliffy Maddock, Elena Pangborn, Alice Prewitt, Fabian Prewitt, Viola Vicente-Castenada, other NPCs)
WHEN: Yesterday after dinner.
WHERE: The once and future Hogwarts theatre, which has been cleaned extensively from its decades of disuse.
WHAT: The first rehearsal of A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Rupert began the rehearsal by giving some basic Shakespearean context and explaining the overall plot of the play, having the club members give the answers whenever possible. After the background, he had everyone split up into groups: the tech crew, the Athenians (Theseus, Hippolyta, Egeus, Lysander, Demetrus, Hermia, Helena and Philostrate), the Fae (Oberon, Titania, Puck, Peaseblossom, Cobweb, Moth, and Mustardseed) and the Mechanicals (Peter Quince, Nick Bottom, Francis Flute, Robin Starveling, Tom Snout and Snug the Joiner). He had the tech crew begin brainstorming the things they would need to develop for the show. He had each of the groups of actors go through their lines and rewrite them in modern English, to help reading comprehension. They were encouraged to help each other with their translations. When everyone had finished their interpretations, he organized everyone into a large circle, and they did a read through of the original text, hopefully using the understanding they had gained from their translations.

Tags: !logs, char: alice prewitt, char: annie lufkin, char: benjy fenwick, char: cj costantin, char: cliffy maddock, char: devin lyle, char: elena pangborn, char: fabian prewitt, char: fiona avery, char: jeana wood, char: lee mackenzie, char: lexy lane, char: lily evans, char: maeve macmillan, char: matt jepsen, char: rupert gordon, char: sirius black, group: 78ers, plot: a midsummer night's headache, ship: annie/benjy

( Midsummer Cast List — posted to the Entrance Hall Bulletin Board )

FORMAT: Log.
WHO: Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, Adrian Mulciber, James Potter, Peter Pettigrew, Lily Evans, Elena Pangborn, Cici Jorkins, Severus Snape, and Devin Lyle, with some ineffectual stammering care of Horace Slughorn and some innocent bystandery pain leveled on Bertram Aubrey.
WHEN: Before Lexy posted! After Adrian posted.
WHERE: In fifth year Potions.
WHAT: BOOM. Christian, why do you always end up making BOOM?

( All things considered, Remus really enjoyed Potions. )

FORMAT: Log
WHO: Lily Evans and Severus Snape
WHEN: September 1, 1975
WHERE: Hogwarts Express
WHAT: Lily and Snape discuss the year ahead.

( Subtly. A subtle version of what I’d usually do. )

FORMAT: Log
WHO: Lily Evans and Frank Longbottom
WHEN: September 1, 1975
WHERE: Hogwarts Express
WHAT: Frank introduces Lily to the frustrating and morally compromising life of a Gryffindor Prefect.

( Number one, how exactly do you deal with the cocky assholes who tend to populate our glorious house? )

FORMAT: Log.
WHO: Frank Longbottom, Frances Monaghan, Tim Harbourne, Cathy Lufkin, Merlin de Mimsy-Porpington, Lily Evans, Severus Snape, Viola Vicente Castenada, Arthur Moseley, Marina Hayes, Remus Lupin.
WHEN: September 1, 1975 (11-11:30 am)
WHERE: The Hogwarts Express, and more specifically the Prefects compartment.
WHAT: Our inaugural Prefects introduce themselves, and our Head Boy and Girl announce their plans for cooperative world domination. Plus, more or less chronological links to the other train logs at the bottom!

( My name is Frances Monaghan, I’m a seventh year Hufflepuff, and my favourite historian is Gately Babbling. )