Pandora's Box RPG

( Owl to Kingsley Shacklebolt )

Characters: Hermione Granger & Ron Weasley
Setting: Hermione's flat, 10 November 2003, 5:54pm
Rating: General Public
Summary: Ron goes to tell Hermione about his ridiculous day so she doesn't read about it in the Prophet.

( There were no flowers in hand today, only the imaginary chessboard at the ready, with the hope that he might at least make some moves forward tonight after having discussed some of this new information with Hermione. )

( Owl to Ernie Macmillan )

Characters: Lavender Brown, Michael Corner & Ernie Macmillan
Setting: Lavender's flat, 10 November 2003, 12:38pm
Rating: PG for language and freak outs
Summary: Breaking Lavender 'Nutter' Brown out of her own 'safe room'.

( Michael Corner probably looked the complete loon, standing outside Lavender's door scribbling in his journal furiously. )

Characters: Percy Weasley & Ron Weasley
Setting: Percy's flat, Kinnerton Court, 10 November 2003, 5:03pm
Rating: PG for language and freakouts
Summary: Ron comes to tell Percy about Penelope's death.

( Everyone in the family was fine. But what if Percy wasn't because of his nightmare connection to Penelope? )

( Owl to George Weasley )

Characters: Adrian Pucey and Ernie Macmillan
Setting: DMLE, around 11 AM, after Ron's debacle, Monday Nov 10th
Summary: Adrian and Ernie talk about what the hell's been going on, possibly swap theories.
Rating: Work safe

( Adrian did his best to keep a mostly straight face during Ron's...incident, but considering he knew exactly what was to happen, it was difficult to do so. )

Characters: Bianca Dunstan and Jayne Dough (Justin and Jasper are assumed to be somewhat nearby)
Setting: The ministry, Monday around 11:00 AM
Summary: After Bianca goes to report about her visions, she runs into her new "friend"
Rating: Worksafe

( Bianca was extremely nervous. She hadn't come to report to the ministry yet because she was terrified of speaking up. )

Characters: Professor Trelawney (npc) and Lavender Brown
Setting: Hogwarts Castle, Trelawney's office in the North Tower, Monday after classes (around 4 maybe?)
Summary: Lavender stops by to talk to Professor Trelawney
Rating: Work safe

( Some people were still iffy about Divination, and about whether Sybill Trelawney was legitimate or not. )

Characters: Ron Weasley
Setting: Aurors Division DMLE, Ministry of Magic, 10 November 2003, 10:30am
Rating: General Public
Summary: Ron finds an unwanted surprise at his desk.

( He sat there for a few seconds, just blinking at this fake woman standing in front of him with a slight 'o' for a mouth and he groaned. )

Characters: Lavender Brown & Marietta Edgecombe
Setting: Marietta's & Lavender's flat, 9 & 10 November 2003, periodic times throughout both days
Rating: General Public
Summary: Marietta begins work on her plan to obtain the dream database - and probably cause Lavender Brown more panic.

( Marietta would have a perfect chance to break in and find the dream database and Lavender Brown would be none the wiser, except maybe for the few glimpses she had had of Marietta's fiery red hair in her fireplace )

Characters: Penelope Clearwater, Jaynedora & (later) Ron Weasley
Setting: Her flat, Dittany Heights, Diagon Alley; November 10, 2003, 14:15.
Rating: R for profanity and violence.
Summary: Looking too hard yields answers.

( He who has a why to live can bear almost any how... )

Who: Alicia Spinnet and George Weasley
What: Date!
Where: Ciao Trattoria
When: November 10, 6PM
Rating: Should be worksafe at the beginning, potentially not so much so later on

( He was feeling a bit giddy )

Characters: Ron Weasley
Setting: Obscurus Books in Diagon Alley, 10 November 2003, 2:30pm
Rating: General Public
Summary: Ron goes to Obscurus Books to talk to Penelope about her dead brother but does not find her.

( He just hoped that he could do this because maybe this would be what proved that he could actually make it without Harry being there and that scared him because if he mucked it up, didn't that prove he wasn't worth a damn without him? )

As of the morning of November 10th, there have been five noted deaths, (and a sixth as yet unreported one). The known victims are Dmitri Zurlo, Harry Potter, Isaiah Smith, Rosalind Bungs, and John Davis. (The death of Lloyd Clearwater has not yet been revealed to the DMLE)

Most of these victims have had some friend or family member claim they had been suffering from nightmares as well as having a dark spot somewhere on their person. None of these spots were visible during autopsies. The murders are all still being treated as connected. As the connection between spots, nightmares, and murders is now clearer, anyone with marks are urged to come forward to speak to a DMLE official.

Following up on the theory of Zurlo having broken into the ministry for the box, Voldermort's collection was inventoried. It was found that a mask was also missing. The exact nature of this mask is as yet unknown, and it is uncertain when exactly it went missing.

The DMLE was also informed that Kingsley Shacklebolt would be releasing an official statement either later today or tomorrow, once he returns from a scheduled trip to Azkaban to investigate reports of various prisoners also suffering from the nightmares.


[If your DMLE character has any questions, please direct them here and they'll be answered as soon as humanly possible. Note that the reports will be taken by low-level officials, not Aurors or Hitwizards. The officials will pass the information on to Aurors working the cases.]

( The Daily Prophet for Monday, November 10, 2003 )

Monday November 10, 2003

WEATHER IN LONDON: Mostly Sunny; High 46°F/8°C, Low 42°F/6°C WEATHER IN HOGSMEADE: PM Light Rain; High 39°F/ 4°C, Low 36°F/2°C MOON: Full Moon, Waning The nightmares are back and with them comes the news of yet another violent death. Though there seems to be a survivor this time, it does little to soothe the fear gripping the wizarding world. However, one small thing seems to have returned to normal at least: the "glitch" affecting the journals the public seems so fond of has been corrected. For the time being.