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Because Dani still soundly blames Aidan and Seb for the monstrous, premeditated and unjustifiable THEFT of Mr. Smacky, she is (lowly) taking revenge.

Last (Sunday) night, whilst Aidan slept the sleep of the unknowing evildoer, she stole across to his bed and hit him with charm she uses to change her hair colour, turning his a deep brown that will last a good six weeks before it fades.

Whilst he normally looks like this:



He now looks like this:



Her plans may have backfired slightly in that he looks damned fine, but she still feels as though she's gotten her own back and is okay with that.

DO PLEASE feel free to have your kids react.

Seb's vengeance to come later when I think of something.

Although she's being rather upbeat and cheerful about the career day - and about seeing her parents in particular - it might have been noticeable during the sessions that she was looking more frazzled than usual, particularly when looking over the various Quidditch booths. Depending on who your character is and how well they know her, they might put this down to homesickness, worry about the future or the Team Fabulous Great Cupcake Debacle (tm!) or even a mixture of the three.

However, the clues about what is really bothering her lie in what she's up to when she is out of class and goes to hang out by herself. She's been going for long runs and (not so) secret flying sessions - not for 'me time', but to test how well her old injury is holding up. She hasn't mentioned it yet, because she's worried about what people will think, but this is the time by which the Healers said she should be able to get back on a broom and fly again. In essence, she's physically pushing herself to see what she's capable of and if she'll ever be to the standards she was at before she got hurt - and THAT'S what's upsetting her.

Career Day basically reminded her that she has options, but she's flailing about whether she'll ever be any good at them. Being in 7th year is blowing her mind, so she's throwing everything into her managerial efforts to take her mind off things. The TFGCD is upsetting her perhaps more than it normally would because now she's doubting herself on the managerial front as well as the playing one :(

In any case, if you have a character that knows her, do as you see fit. Plot? :)

GUYS we have a FULL HOUSE at Beauxbâtons. AND THIS IS HOW IT MAKES ME FEEL:

( I JUST HAVE A LOT OF FEELINGS (aka If you're happy and you know it, post a gif) )

Hey, folks. Thee things. Firstly, friend all and welcome Dea with Abigail Yaxley!

And secondly, as you all know, the first game is tomorrow. We wanted to take the time now to explain to you how we're scoring the game. Basically, it's all done with the help of a number and list generator. For the chasers, we get the number generator to give us three numbers between 0 and 6. The number it gives us is the number of goals a given chaser scores. For the beaters, we do the same thing with the number indicating the number of hits (again, between 0 and 6). We use the generator again to figure out the amount of damage (1-7) of each hit. For example, if beater A got three hits, we'd generate 3 numbers. 1 means the player only barely dodged the bludger and 6 and 7 means that the player needed medical attention, with 6 being out of the game for a short period of time and 7 being out for the rest of the game. To determine who was hit, we put all the names into a generator and the first name that comes up is the one struck. We re-randomize the list for each hit so someone could be hit more than once. For the keepers, we generate a number between 1 and 10 to determine number of saves. And finally, for seekers we put their names in a generator and the name that comes out first caught the snitch. If you have any questions, let us know!

And lastly, the article about the Beauxbatons and Durmstrang teams will be posted tomorrow (though it's supposed to published today). If you haven't answered the interview questions, please do so tonight. Here's the link for Durmstrang and here for Beauxbatons. If you're pressed for time, you don't have to answer all of the questions.