Something tells me I should have done this ... sooner. In fairness to me, I had a very busy weekend.
First, I updated the application slightly. It was mostly just adding a couple of parentheticals for clarity. No major changes to what we need to know, but things that people seemed to be unclear on ... have been clarified. Theoretically. Second ... kidnappings. Which aren't really kidnappings, because they're all going home, wink wink.
The characters are being removed from play for the duration of the plot. They will be retrieved by the Heads/minions Monday night (the 13th). On Tuesday morning, there will be an IC network post listing those who are missing so proper angsting can begin. On Friday night (the 17th), after midnight, the characters will be returned so they will be available for Saturday morning posts (the effect of the drug won't wear off until then, so no "just-post midnight Friday posts", please. You can put them up Friday night, but they need to be dated IC for Saturday).
Dana Scully Sir Didymus Harry Potter Spike Spiegel Remus Lupin Lily Evans Dug Ariana Dumbledore
While not in play, the characters are simply being held in a comatose/suspended state in the Sekrit Lab. Nothing is being done to them, and when they are returned to the hotel, they will be completely unaware that any time has passed until ... you know. Someone mentions they've been missing all week. ;)
If you didn't sign up the first time around and want to now, there's still time to do so. Up until Monday night, you can sign up to have your kid kidnapped. On Friday morning, the following four characters will "win" the lottery. If you need clarification on how that works, go here, and that should have all the relevant links, but I think ... most of us have been through one/seen one.
Seeley Booth Severus Snape Faye Valentine Astrid Hofferson
The lottery post will be held on Saturday the 18th, and will be pretty much the same as the last one as far as what happens. The post'll go up the night of the 17th to give us night-owls a chance to get it rolling, and posting order should be kept as well as possible. We managed really well in the last one, and that was exciting.
Third, the return of powers. On Tuesday morning (well, Monday at midnight), the powers will be restored to their usual crippled level. The handguns, rings, wands, cauldrons, ingredients, parts of books, blades, etc, will be returned to the rooms of their owners -- not necessarily the room the person's crashed in ;) No one will be at full power, and the usual holds are in place -- if it makes a situation easy, if it makes escape feasible, etc, the power is crippled/useless. There is absolutely no ammunition for the guns, at all, anywhere. So they have empty guns, but they have their guns.
At the same time, the line will return and the traps will be reactivated.
I think that covers everything for this week. Next weekend, we'll get into details on the dementor attack; we still haven't fine-tuned how that's going to be handled/played out yet, but hey. We have a week to line up our ducks XD
If you have any questions or need something clarified, please don't hesitate to comment, IM me, email me, hit the drop box, etc.