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Harry Potter (ab_harry) wrote in hogwarts_dawn,
@ 2021-05-21 09:42:00

Entry tags:

character: harry potter, character: james s. potter, character: kirley duke, character: lily evans potter, character: lily luna potter, character: padma patil, character: savannah monroe, character: scorpius malfoy, character: theodore nott

RP: Meeting
Who: Everyone
When: 9:00 AM, 21st May
Where: Great Hall
What: Harry brings everyone up to date

Harry was getting this explanation down to an art form, but while talking to his friends, it was mostly about giving the evidence, his guesses and letting them spot any problems, it was different when talking to so many people, when he had to convince them that he was right, but he supposed that this was what he did.

"Morning, I wanted to bring you all here to discuss something important, something that will keep away from the journals when possible. As you know, we've uncovered the first clue. While it doesn't tell us where the vault is, the clue and more importantly the way we got to the clue made me think." He stopped pacing and stood in front of the professors' table, looking down at their little group. "The clues were part of my life, part of Ron and Hermione's lives. The twins' store, the chess game to read the Sorcerer's Stone. There's so much that it's directed at us, that it got me thinking."

He jumped so he could sit on the table. "When we got here, we read that they were doing experiments to help with pregnancies. We all took it for good, because none of us knew better, but the younger generations have told us that there were plenty of spells already available, including an experimental spell to create a child without a mother, all done with magic. There were already spells that did what allegedly the Ministry did, so why would the Ministry, why would Hermione, the most logical person I know, approve something so stupid? Why would Padma, a person who is known for her ability to keep her calm, throw a fit and quit instead of staying and sabotaging things from the inside? It makes no sense. Why would I agree to force people to have children? None of this makes sense.

"Parvati had a vision that foretold the end of our civilization. It was supposed to be something that only Ministers knew, but Ministers change and their advisers know and eventually people find out, so here's what I'm thinking. People knew about the end so they wanted more children. Purebloods blaiming the influence of the Muggle world. Half-bloods and Muggleborns claiming that we needed to open more," he said. "But what if behind the scenes they were working together, pushing their own agenda, trying to create spells to force pregnancies, create clones, we don't know this part."

He jumped off the table. "I think we found out. Hermione wouldn't have kept me and Ron in the dark about the prophecy when things were going to hell, and we would have needed the D.A. I believe that the rumours, the 'experiments', they were a combination of us trying to save our people. We must have been working on a way to get people back either through time or death magic, and that was nothing we could have done within the Ministry, so off Padma went and she started researching, while we prepared things for after, for when people came back. I also think that we might have leaked enough conflicting information that countries and magical beings didn't come here to check."

Parvati spoke up. "That might explain why Firenze hasn't answered me yet. They wouldn't be happy if they suspected that we were messing with time and death."

"I wouldn't be happy either, but if we had no choice-" He shrugged. "I don't think the castle did it. I think we did it, but maybe people died before it could be perfected. I could keep things together, create clues, prepare a vault, but I wouldn't have been able to deal with the magic. I might have cast whatever spell I had when there was no more time left. Or we might have had a good spell, but it mixed with all the magic at Hogwarts. We don't know, but we need to find out more. This won't be easy, but from now on, most of our resources will be devoted to researching this. We will find what happened and we'll make sure that it doesn't happen again. Padma will coordinate the research arm of this. As of now, all of your other jobs are secondary to what she needs. This time, I don't need Hermione and Ron. I don't need the D.A.. I need everyone. Every single one of you has something to contribute, whether you know it or not."

He smiled. "And since we're about to throw ourselves into this and probably working more than the regular work day, I'm making official a proposal from Jamie and everyone will have twenty days off to take as you like. You also have ten sick days. Finally if you want to switch day from the weekday to the weekend and it's approved by whoever is your Head, then it's fine too." And if people worked 24/7, 7 days a week he wouldn't say anything, because that was his default. "While we're all here, let's take the time to talk to each other and start organizing time. You can talk to me privately as well if you need to."

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Savannah/Jamie

savannah_monroe
2021-05-21 06:10 pm UTC (link)

Savannah knew that people would have lots to talk about. She didn't think she had much to contribute, no matter what Mr. Potter had said. No one had listened to her when she'd mentioned how stupid those experiments were and why, and if they didn't care about that, she wasn't sure that there was anything else that she could add in the field, but there was one she could impact.

Grabbing Jamie's arm, she walked away from where the others were. "Did you see that? Now, that is why we need his birthday as a holiday. He talks and people listen. He talks and says how much he doesn't know and he still makes you feel like he's in control of the situation. He talks and no one talks about rules and regulation, they just do what he says."

She sighed. "We need this, but I agree that we can't have him paraded around like some animal at the zoo. People used to celebrate his birthday without him around, so why not do that? No speeches, no plans, nothing but a day off for everyone and yes, maybe even the occasional party, except that now when people dress up as him, it's probably his father and his son who look like him and not random people who've never met him."

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Re: Savannah/Jamie

curseseeker
2021-05-21 06:47 pm UTC (link)

Jamie looked pointedly at her, then down at his arm where she'd grabbed it, then back at her and raised an eyebrow.

Sighing, he shook his head. "After I just got him to accept that we didn't have to give everyone the day off because it was Lilu's birthday," he muttered. "Savannah, if you make his birthday a holiday, even if you don't parade him around, you make a day that should be about him more about what everyone expects from him. That's all he'll see. His birthday should be about him and the fact he people who care about him are glad he's there, not about how much the rest of the world needs him to do the things they can't or won't."

He put his hands in his back pockets. "What if we picked a different day? What he stands for has manifested in any number of actions that could still symbolize hope and hold him up as a leader, without taking one of the few private things he has away from him. The day the D.A. was founded, maybe. That, more than anything symbolizes his work as a leader, bringing together people who would do the work, just like he talked about today. And it would appeal to him, as well, because despite everything, he's always been the first to say he didn't do any of this alone. And he didn't. He found a way to defeat Tom Riddle. But, it was the D.A. that was here, in this castle, fighting to protect their generation from the death eaters who'd taken over."