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Alec Urquhart (ohlaird) wrote in neeps,
@ 2018-03-16 20:53:00

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! ic/ooc, # montrose, # portree, # whizz hard, alasdair maddock, alec urquhart, alex winters, bart roberts, desmond parkin, elspeth macfusty, fiona roberts, florinda mcgonagall, georgi draganov, graham urquhart, hamish roberts, jamie abercrombie, kenna mcleod, maggie macdougal, meaghan mccormack, melchior yaxley, mg mcgonagall, owen macfarlane, peggy urquhart

Whizz Hard Book Launch
Who: Anyone related to Scottish Quid/Affairs/Press/Books in general (so pretty much all of you if you want) and all current and past members of both teams (NPCs welcome!)
What: The release of the Golden Neep companion book
When: March 16th 8pm
Where: Portree and Montrose clubhouses
Warnings: Language maybe? Drinking

This year marks the 400th anniversary of the BIL's most exciting rivalry: The Golden Neep! In honour of it, Whizz Hard books is proud to present a companion book to their world famous 'Quidditch Through the Ages'.

WELCOME TO THE RELEASE OF:

Neep themed decorations are throughout the cocktail party. Including intricately carved neeps, and hors d’ouevres served in small carved out neep bowls.

At one table on each of the Montrose and Portree sides of the party is a long table set up with the book of the hour! There are even special edition versions in Montrose or Portree colours available tonight. Everyone who has prepurchased their book will get it in a bag of their choice. Options: Montrose, Portree, Golden Neep (for those who like to remain neutral) designs.

If you’d like...try to get it signed by your favourite quidditcher, you’re likely to find them around here somewhere!

The Book of the Hour

Each side has a party!

Management offices on both sides are locked and heavily warded to prevent spies (we got your back, Fergus) from sneaking around. But the main areas of the trophies, historical rooms, and social rooms and lounge are all open to the guests.

Both sides have shined their trophies and old players have even lent their individual ones to buff up the display. On each side there are articles framed on the walls at various places, showcasing historic or significant victories or moment and each has even set up a historical showroom for it to show the uniforms over the years too. It’s a chance for both teams to show off their long history as BIL clubs and their numerous successes.

Just for tonight a dedicated floo connection has been set up between the two parties connecting the main rooms to allow people to move freely between each side. The floo will not allow you to go elsewhere and there isn’t even a requirement to name your destination, though if you’d like to leave please use the regular floo available around the corner.

PORTREE SIDE

MONTROSE SIDE

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Portree Side

ohlaird
2018-03-16 11:38 am UTC (link)

Golden Neep is on display proudly in the center of the Portree side of the party. Wards prevent anyone from touching and making away with it but it’s there for all to see who currently holds the coveted vegetable.

Along the main social area are many of the trophy cases and shelves, organized by category. Team, chasers, keepers, beaters, seekers, each have their own section of awards. Naturally some positions have a bit more and those are displayed more prominently (the quaffle related awards from the 60s take up a significant amount of room.) and there’s even a special section of keeper awards donated from the personal collection of Coach Bart Roberts.

Off to the side is a room dedicated to the history of the club that’s been around since 1292 (yes Montrose they’re older than you!), showing the evolution of their uniform, logos, and some important team changes (including change of ownership in the 1960s).

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Re: Portree Side

wrecktify
2018-03-16 01:12 pm UTC (link)

Maggie spends most of her time on the Portree side because ~~she's pretty sure she enraged at least half of Montrose~~ she works there and whatever. She's tired, she's distracted, and she spends more time than usual escaping outside for a smoke. But, like, it's cool, because when she isn't doing that, she's hanging off of her friends and theoretically happy to chat with anyone!

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Re: Portree Side

realmiracle
2018-03-16 02:26 pm UTC (link)

Will this dork try to drag Maggie to the Montrose side to give her a ~~forced~~ totally optional tour of a bunch of the awards and history/numbers behind them? Definitely.

He will also point out all the stuff he helped with setting up (that Dani probably had to fix and tweak after him) and tell her about the tiny Montrose intern who he finds hilarious. Also come try the Montrose style drinkn! Then need to get one of each to compare.

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	Re: Portree Side wrecktify 2018-03-16 02:31 pm UTC (link)
	While the drink is what wins her over, Maggie can't help but deny that she's a giant nerd who's super into the history and stats. (That intern sounds hella weird, though.) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Portree Side -

realmiracle, 2018-03-16 06:42 pm UTC

	Re: Portree Side crashtested 2018-03-16 07:23 pm UTC (link)
	At some point Hamish finds Maggie outside and bums a smoke. Hamish doesn't smoke (anymore) but that's not stopping him today. Then he casually mentions that he failed to follow her advice. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Portree Side wrecktify 2018-03-16 07:24 pm UTC (link)
	"Fuckin' knew you wouldn't," she remarks as she hands one over. "You never do." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Portree Side wrecktify 2018-03-16 06:32 pm UTC (link)
	Maggie hugs Peggy in that way where then she's just hanging off her bestie's shoulders, keen to shower her in compliments and affection. And, of course, ask the pressing question of the evening: "Is this your first outing as a couple?" She pauses to think about it before tacking on, "Should we call you that? Is there a better term? Couters? Betrothed-to-be?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Portree Side gilliflower 2018-03-16 08:46 pm UTC (link)
	"He is keeping me company this evening and that's our story because it's nobody else's business. Certainly not Rita Skeeter's," Peggy says like she expects the woman to be buzzing around here somewhere. "But I suppose it is our first outing like this as a couple." She adds in a whisper, "He's a little nervous." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Rival Coaches: Merc/Elsie Edition avoidretrograde 2018-03-16 06:37 pm UTC (link)
	Merc takes his Montrose themed drink around as he tours the Portree club rooms. Eventually he stops and surveys the Golden Neep displayed in the middle of the room. People can whisper about the rival coach measuring it for where he wants to put it in his club. Because that's exactly what he's doing. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	avoidretrograde 2018-03-17 05:22 pm UTC (link)
	Merc glanced over at his cousin then turned back to look at the Neep. "On one hand: snitch interference. On the other: a match won on the snitch and a 400 year old rivalry series named for essentially a snitch stand in." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)