As usual, our snarky Potions master's birthday has snuck up on us, which I'm sure is just the way he likes it! So we'll have to sneak in a little challenge of our own...
The following list is a claim list to inspire drabbles and sketches (and whatever else you can create in three days). From now through January 9, you're welcome to make a claim. There's lots here to inspire, from the serious to the crack, but only one claim per person. If you want to come back for multiple claims, you'll have to either post your previous claim or email me your finished product and save it for posting later. I do encourage you to group multiple drabbles or sketches into one post to save on community spam, but if one at a time is how you have to do it, so be it, post away! Also, if you want to use your first claim as your official entry and then use other words here to inspire more, that's fine, just be aware that others will be assigned words as they claim them.
Claim List:
potion vial cauldron spy black robes beetles greasy hair nose Occlumency Legilimency Cake Candles Spanking surprise party presents dark mark death eater voldemort dumbledore Slytherin Head of House Headmaster wrapping paper Aging Over the Hill ribbons wand ensnared senses stoppering death snake flying Capricorn Partronus Order of the Phoenix Staff Room dungeon Tobias Eileen DADA class Potions class Sectumsempra Levicorpus Wolfsbane Muffliato half-blood Unbreakable vow Harry Potter Bellatrix Lestrange Lucius Malfoy Shrieking Shack greying underpants Lily Potter Remus Lupin Battling Minerva The Astronomy Tower Sword of Gryffindor Pensieve Coward Prince Alan Rickman Alec Hopkins Draco Malfoy stir
I'll be updating the list as I can, so you should check the replies before making a claim. One claim per word, that's it! You have to post or email to come back for more. Deadline to post your drabble or sketch or anything else in honour of Severus' birthday is 11:59 p.m., January 9, in your timezone.