Dissendium 2.0

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)

WHO: The students and staff of Hogwarts, as well as some select guests representing their careers of choice.
WHEN: February 28, 1976
WHERE: The Great Hall.
WHAT: Careers Fair! Feel free to do wee mini-threads if you want. This is also the day after Hudson streaked across the pitch. Sirius is kind of tempted not to prank today, James.

There was no denying that Minerva McGonagall was unspeakably pissed. It had been a hard year all around, both for serious and less serious reasons. As a professor and Head of House, Minerva had been repeatedly appalled by the behaviour of her students, from Potter's imbecilic attack in Potions in September through Costantin's several infractions through the endless curfew-breaking and debauchery. She had been infinitely more appalled by the things that had happened to her students, from Brownless's attack on Lyle and Costantin through the attack on Bones through the death of Jedediah Dunne, far too young to die and part of a group of students Minerva was unlikely to forget if she lived to Dumbledore's age or older. And, as an Order member, she had been overworked and overtired, slightly terrified by the news of Dorcas Meadoweses' recruitment (nearly of an age with Jedediah, and not someone Minerva particularly wanted to put into danger), overcome with the knowledge of how utterly outnumbered they were, and plagued by a mounting sense of dread with every new day Septimus Malfoy remained in power. She was, in other words, not in the mood for her students' shit. The set up had gone well enough, but Minerva knew that was only the beginning of the day's work. She patrolled the edges of the fair, pausing to exchange a comment with a colleague here and an old friend there, ready to execute the prompt removal of any trouble-makers at the first sign of idiocy.

Tags: !logs, char: alastor moody, char: amelie shingleton, char: annie lufkin, char: barney cauldwell, char: betty braithwaite, char: bronwen robards, char: camden shepherd, char: clarissa crouch, char: devin lyle, char: devlin whitehorn, char: dorcas meadowes, char: hazel morton, char: helen greengrass, char: jezebel smith, char: judith (meadowes) dearborn, char: ludo macdougal, char: marcy shuff, char: matt jepsen, char: minerva mcgonagall, char: rabastan lestrange, char: regine parkinson, char: robbie fenwick, char: sirius black, char: ted tonks, char: tim harbourne, group: ministry, group: team blood traitor, group: team wales, place: hsww - great hall, ship: amelie/insanity, time: 1976 02 (february)

WHO: The Order of the Phoenix.
WHEN: February 15, 1976, before Hull got all explodey.
WHERE: The Order safehouse in Hogsmeade.
WHAT: Of recruitment and coups.

Once everyone had arrived, Moody took a seat at the heavy wooden table where they usually sat — not quite round, but oval — trying to clear his head of the buzz of frustration it typically entertained. That Caradoc had had a recruitment suggestion was a blessing — so far as he knew, no one else had names to put forward. It had occurred to Alastor, several times, to bring up Gawain Robards, but with the boy the closest thing to parents his siblings had, it wasn't a good fit. Besides, Alastor wasn't entirely sure he could stand to sign Robards's death warrant any more than he could Petra's — the two had both signed up for the DMLE of their own accord, but if Alastor recruited them and they ended up on the worse end of a killing curse, that was on him. Besides, Dearborn would probably strangle him. Speaking of Dearborn, Alastor was particularly pleased with the Polyjuice he'd secured for their mole tonight. Instead of looking at that Welsh prat's giant nose, tonight their mole — known by no name to any of the Order save himself and Dumbledore — was wearing Madam Rosmerta for the meeting. She was, all told, infinitely easier on the eyes than Caradoc could ever hope to be. Comment below if your character showed up to the meeting, with anything they brought up with/if they became overcome with a sudden urge to have Dumbledore, right there, right now, and made sweet love to him on the table while the rest of the Order looked on in horror. Threads will be started for the following topics: recruitment! suggestions? bans? recon! any news to report, good members? the coup! we should stage that thing! Feel free to start new threads for other topics, etc.

Tags: !logs, char: alastor moody, char: caradoc dearborn, char: edgar bones, char: isaac lane, char: minerva mcgonagall, group: the order, npc: albus dumbledore, place: hogsmeade, player: caitlyn, player: kelly, plot: a very orderly coup, ship: caradoc/polyjuice, ship: dumbledore/fizzing whizbees, ship: moody/fucking with people, ship: the order/headaches, time: 1976 02 (february)

( Circulated to students. )

FORMAT: Log.
WHO: Sal Brownless, Devin Lyle, CJ Costantin, Sam Bigglesworth, and Minerva McGonagall, with brief appearances by Rupert Gordon and Hitwizard Geoffrey Cuffe.
WHEN: December 1, 1975.
WHERE: Throughout the corridors of Hogwarts.
WHAT: So this one time, Sal got expelled for trauming all the prudes of Hogwarts, and then he saw Devin and he was all EWWWW COCK CRUNCHER and then CJ saw Sal beating Devin up and he was all GRYFFINDOOORRRRRRRRRRRRR and Sam saw CJ beating Sal up and he was all I WANT YOU TO KNOOOOOW WHEN I LOOK IN YOUR EYYYYYYES WITH EVERY BLOOOOOOOW COMES ANOTHER LIIIIIE and then McG turns up and she's like BITCH I WILL MAKE YOU FEEL MY KNIFE MOTHERFUCKER. Idk, bro. Idk.

( It probably didn’t hurt that he was quite drunk, and just a little high. )

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.)

( FORM TURNED IN TO PROFESSOR MCGONAGALL )

FORMAT: Log
WHO: Minerva McGonagall and James Potter
WHEN: Right after BOOM happened.
WHERE: Professor McGonagall's office.
WHAT: McG serves out justice, James is punished.

( All in all, it had not been a sterling September for Gryffindor. )

FORMAT: Log
WHO: Minerva McGonagall and CJ Costantin
WHEN: Octomber 1974
WHERE: McGonagall's office, Hogwarts School
WHAT: Everyone in the universe is shocked that CJ is in trouble again.

( I’m sure the Hospital Wing misses me by now. Been a whole week since we last saw each other, and it gets tetchy when I don’t remember our anniversary. )