Pandora's Box RPG

Who: Ginny and...?
What: Wandering around these hallowed halls
When: After the funeral, before the quidditch game
Where: Hogwarts

( The halls brought back memories, many of them good... )

Who: Tracey and Adrian
What: Paying respects and looking for a story
When: After the funeral and quidditch game
Where: Three Broomsticks

( She was sitting and nursing her drink )

Tuesday November 4, 2003 12AM to 11:59AM

WEATHER IN LONDON: Cloudy; High: 54°F/12°C, Low: 43°F/7°C WEATHER IN HOGSMEADE: Mostly Sunny; High: 52°F/11°C, Low: 44°F/7°C MOON: Three-Quarter Moon, Waxing With the funeral of Harry Potter over and done, one would hope that things could only get better. However, the peaceful lull is brief. Nightmares have returned to a seeming select few, but the sufferers appear random without a cause as to why they'd have these terrifying dreams of torture and not others. Even more curious, there's a new concern plaguing the wizarding world. Where once everyone's inner-most thoughts were written down, private and protected, now anyone can see them and who knows what troubles that will bring. [OOC: Please note that only those characters whose players who have been contacted by the mods previously are having nightmares. They are also having the same nightmares about dying they've been having thus far. If you're not sure, please email us or leave a comment in the dropbox. However, affecting everyone is a seeming glitch with the journals in which everything hexed private is actually public for everyone to read. It's likely no one will notice until it's too late and there's nothing to be done about it for now.]

( The Daily Prophet for Tuesday, November 4, 2003 )

As of the morning of November 4th, there have been three noted deaths, one of which the cause is still unknown; the other two have been quite bloody. Of those two, both have people claiming a mark on their body and nightmares, but the mark is not present on the corpse upon inspection. Those people had also been having recurring nightmares.

A key was found in Zurlo's personal effects on November 2nd by Cade and Roger. This key was to a room at the Hog's Head. Aberforth was questioned and he reported that there was no one by the name of Zurlo was staying there, but he did have a boarder that disappeared a couple of days ago. The room was left alone if he came back as he'd been staying there several months. When the room was searched, what was found included a month's supply of polyjuice potion, old letters between members of his family talking about the Zurlo treasure, specifically something about a box, and the usual batch of wizard porn. Upon rechecking the crime scene, Cade discovered that there was a box missing from the inventory of the room, meaning that someone had been in there after the body was first discovered.



As for Harry's personal effects, his magical journal, if unhexed, revealed the following private posts:

1. one - talking about nightmares.
   
2. two - a bit more details on nightmares, plus his speculations about Zurlo being connected to this rash of nightmares.

He also had a notebook at work that had any notes regarding the Zurlo case, including the speculations he had based on Hermione's research, specifically about Pandora, the first woman, her box of ills and hope, and the possibility of nightmares being caused by some great magical disturbance. On another page there's a scribbled note about Pandora myths, the boxes of ills, and the question as to whether something like that could exist. On yet another are speculations about magical happenings that could cause nightmares. There's really not very much to go on there. Everything all together it's a bit jumbled as though Harry's lack of sleep was affecting his work.


[If your DMLE character has any questions, please direct them here and they'll be answered as soon as humanly possible]

Who: Justin Finch-Fletchley and Theodore Nott.
What: Just another day at Nature's Garden.
When: November 4, 2003; 10:00 AM.
Where: Nature's Garden, Diagon Alley.
Rating: It's likely not going to be very worksafe.

( Last night was terrible, there wasn't any other way to put it really... )