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SPANS: Thursday, December 21 0700 to Saturday, December 23 0400

Time for things to get weird and for everything to come to a head. It'll be great!

THURSDAY DECEMBER 21
»» Gift 7: Holiday cracker: you and the person who helped you open the cracker switch bodies, Freaky Friday rules ( "A journey soon begins, its prize reflected in another's eyes. When what you see is what you lack, then selfless love will change you back." ), effect starts when you wake up on Friday. (ET’s luck runs out today)
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FRIDAY DECEMBER 22; AM
»» It's Freaky Friday!
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FRIDAY DECEMBER 22; PM
»» Minister's Ball
»» Drug Bust
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SPANS: Monday, December 18 0800 to December 20 1159

New week after an interesting weekend. The crime is still coming but at least it's closer to Christmas! Let it snow!

MONDAY DECEMBER 18
»» Chanukah 7
»» Bagels for Winners with a little bit extra from the creamer and sugar.
»» Ben's Robot turns up in Pamela's Desk
»» Sena doesn't trust the Golem, and her picture frame is missing.
»» Mini team meeting about the mistletoe, followed by Ariel and Miles being outed, and then Audrey being concerned about ongoings in the office.
»» ET & Alicia are bona fide bad asses, Kit shows up too, they capture a Caulk.
»» Grant is also a bad ass with fire! He and Ben investigate McLean's shop ... it explodes.
»» Sal & Alastair share some truths, then some kisses. Embarrassing things happen.
»» Miles & Ariel go on an ice skating date.
»» Happy truths with Ben & Kit and Kit is the one who spills the beans.


TUESDAY DECEMBER 19
»» Chanukah 8
»» Gift 6 - Wishing Star; Grants the recipient one “wish” (and like all good cursed items, there will be consequences later) [Sena]
»» Ben's Robot turns up in Records & Archives Room
»» Kit and everyone is trying to connect the pieces about what happened yesterday with the cheer and truth!
»» Ariel texts Miles about her banishment to Archives.
»» Ben & Kit get awesome presents - jars of dirt and concert tickets.
»» Grant & Ben dig through records of artifacts from McLean's shop.
»» Ariel sits down with Adrian and sets some therapy goals, brings up Wilkes.
»» Pamela is seeking input about the bakery and ergot case, also an update about the coffee situation.

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 20
»» Ben's Robot turns up Max's Lab
»» A few of the cases seem connected to Wilkes, times to reallocate resources.
»» Miles goes in search of further werewolf education from Adrian.
»» More direct threats for Delegate Mendoza.

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SPANS: Friday, December 15 0900 to December 17 1159

It's the weekend. There'll be parties for hosting, There'll be much mistltoeing. Also dealing with in-laws and fighting crime.

FRIDAY DECEMBER 15
»» Chanukah 4; Auror Division Holiday Party; Director Levi visiting
»» Gift 4 - Mistletoe for Ariel Singleton and Sal Staunton-Perksmore. It will float around you all day until you kiss the person you desire. If you ignore it, the mistletoe starts sharing your thoughts about this person out loud.
»» Little Toy Robot Shows up in Jack Duvall's Office
»» 10 AM Jack meets Adrian Pucey. Dream Team's saviour? We'll see. Also interrupting Mistletoe!Sal
»» Afternoon. Jack brings in the cavalry (Abigail, Lien and Audrey) to talk about Ben.
»» Alicia Spinnet introduces herself to the American office.
»» Sal sends out Group Texts that probably violates HR while dealing with mistletoe.
»» Ariel spends the day hiding and running away. Finally, Miles helps with mistletoe.
»» Auror Holiday Bowling Party: Laser Tag, Bowling, Eating, Singing, Dancing, Lots of fun. Should have been there.

SATURDAY DECEMBER 16
»» Chanukah 5; Director Levi visiting
»» Bastien texts ET and becomes a designated apparator.
»» Ariel and Miles talk about their own hang ups. And some making out. Also cute Lego.
»» CASE DELTA OSCAR 71: The New York Daily News Newspaper holiday party gone wrong, when someone brings ergot-laden cookies to the table. [Assigned: Pamela Knight, Miles Hastings & more Kent Brightstar for Obliviating]
»» Little Toy Robot Shows up in ET O'Brian's Desk
»» Traitor meme

SUNDAY DECEMBER 17
»» Chanukah 6; Director Levi visiting
»» Little Toy Robot Shows up The Morgue
»» 4 AM Pamela and Miles go check out the bakery for ergot.
»» Brunch time: Ariel and Sal talk about Mistletoe and Ariel apologizes for not liking Sal.
»» Lunch time. Kit has a ring for Ben this time.
»» 12pm Adrian Pucey introduces himself to the American Aurors. Rocky roads ahead.
»» 12:35 Ariel and Miles send flirty texts
»» 2:32 Alistair finally texts Sal back after Mistletoe!Friday. Second date on the way!

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SPANS: Friday, October 20 to Thursday, November 23

Our heroes are back in NYC picking up the pieces and dealing with the fallout from case Sierra Alpha 95.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28 +
»» The case is over. Everyone has their own way to deal and consequences in the aftermath.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30
»» Sal and Miles eat some breakfast while having some conversation and thinking big thoughts.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1
»» The IA investigation begins with Jack's debrief to Lien Fitzgerald

»» Miles gets Ariel out of her apartment to go to lunch. Ariel takes care of comes guilt.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2
»» The IA meeting no one has been looking forward to.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6
»» Pamela is going undercover but she and Sal are discussing the case that shall not be named.

»» And Pamela also eats lunch with Miles because everyone needs lunch!

»» Things get real when Ben wants to know where Kit stands.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17
»» Because Kent needs to give some answers and Lien is going to get them.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18
»» ET starts competing with Alistair in a gif looking sexy work out contest at the gym. Miles is there for moral support because he needs to competition.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22
»» ET spots a rare creature, his crush Bastien Fontaine.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23
»» Annual Friendsgiving for Miles, Ariel & ET with sides of awkward.

FRIDAY, December 1 - FRIDAY, December 8
»» Invitation to the PARTY. Competition, Karaoke and the Holiday spirit awaits!

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SPANS: Monday, December 11 at 0600 to Thursday, December 14 2359
TENTATIVE REAL LIFE RUN TIME: DECEMBER 10 - DECEMBER 16

It's the Holiday Season in New York ! But the Auror Office is still recovering from bad media coverage, and public doubt. In addition there are still threats to the Magical World and organized crime in New York City. However, in an effort to help with office morale, the annual Secret Snowflake is underway as everyone tries to compete for the title of best gift giver.

MONDAY DECEMBER 11
»» Ben’s 30th Birthday
»» Secret Snowflake begins
»» Kit got a surprise present and Sal is excited!
»» Sal's excited text text to Miles immediately after.
»» Gift 1 - Little Toy Robot for Ben McMullen. It is especially good at being smashed, by Guardian, and then pulling itself back together. This robot wanders all night and will show up in different parts of the office throughout the holiday season.

TUESDAY DECEMBER 12
»» Chanukah 1
»» Gift 2 - Music Box for Max Rivera - Plays your favorite holiday music all day, non stop!
»» Ariel has a gift with a good memory
»» Little Toy Robot Shows up in Ariel Singleton's Desk
»» romano1912 #winterishere

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 13
»» Chanukah 2
»» Kit makes an announcement he's not jewish, but engaged to Ben.
»» Ariel's confused follow up to Ben and congratulations. There are feels.
»» CASE CHARLIE TANGO 26: Department receives reports that Fergus Wilkes was spotted at the NYPL last night. [O'Brian, Kit Ghezzi & The Import]
»» Little Toy Robot Shows up in the Current Cases Filing Cabinet
»» Miles Hastings investigates a threat to the Rivera home

THURSDAY DECEMBER 14
»» Chanukah 3;
»» Gift 3 - Good Luck Charm for ET O'Brian. It gives its owner good fortune, until you lose it.
»» Little Toy Robot Shows up in The Conference Room
»» All the way from Jolly Ol' England, welcome to the team Alicia Spinnet
»» ET's luck with love is about to change

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SPANS: Wednesday, October 25 at 0200 to ??

The last of the pieces are finally starting shake into place. It is now a race to figure it out before Halloween.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25
»» Early. The world turned upside down last night, time for Ben and Ariel to finally make up.
»» Brigid Playfer forces Kent's hand to deal with Sal knowing too much about Bobby Dedworth.
»» Starting the day off with a staff meeting.
»» After the staff meeting, Pamela and Miles talk through the case and try to see the bigger picture -- what is the mob connection?
»» Alistair has a secret admirer - or at least someone who wants him to follow a trail.

»» Sure that there is more than cats and family photos, Audrey and Pamela take the tablet to Alistair Sterling to crack the encryption.
»» Alistair is starts to connect the dots on the WizTech tarot card messages he has been receiving. He then sends his own Justice card back.
»» Audrey summarizes he case so far, spells out probable suspects, and shares new information from the tablet.
»» In a quiet moment, Miles calls Sal to see how she is doing and other than a headache, nothing really comes up. Apparently things are lost in translation by phone.

»» 17:30 -- Miles, ET, & Pamela pull together a team to go back to Dedworth's house and follow the scent into the woods.
»» The auror team finds Dedworth nearly dead at the ley line conversation point and ET turns on the team -- attacking them.
»» 18:36 -- Pamela calls in reinforcements to help with Dedworth and ET, who is compromised.
»» Ariel, Max, and Ben arrive to the scene in the woods and the ley line hot spot and divide up.
»» Pamela and Ben take Dedworth and get out of the woods, but not before Ben throws up one more time.
»» Max devises a plan to save ET from the curse he's under. It goes surprisingly well.

»» 18:47 -- Vengeance is mine tarot card message to Alistair with meet up coordinates.

»» 19:22 -- Pamela updates other half of team, that Dedworth is clear of immediate danger.
»» 19:31 -- Pamela let's Jack know that Dedworth is secure with her and Ben at the hospital in Boston.
»» 19:36 -- Director Duvall asks Max when he can be cleared of brain washing

»» 22:22 -- Following the trail, Alistair receives a memory of a memory (from Kent) implicating Brigid Player in some serious wrongdoing

»» 23:01 -- Alistair checks to make sure Sal is alright.
»» 23:06 -- After seeing the memory, Alistair texts Brigid.
»» 23:09 -- Alistair sets up his back up plan with Miguel incase anything goes wrong in meeting with Brigid.
»» 23:12 -- In reaching out to Sal, Kit uncovers concerns that Sal's memories has been altered.
»» 23:20 -- Eager to confirm or rather disprove suspicions, Alistair arranges a late night meeting with Brigid.
»» 23:40 -- Kit invites Sal into his mind to confirm that Sal's memories are wrong.
»» Back from the healer - Max, Ariel, and ET return to the Federal Building and they need to confirm that no one else has been compromised.


THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26
»» 00:15 -- Alistair brings his findings to the Riveras who immediately call Director Duvall and lawyers.
»» 00:21 -- After seeing the pensieve memory, Melinda calls Director Duvall to share what she knows and hand over evidence.
»» Jack updates the team on incoming evidence and suspects, looks like it's going to be a long night.
»» 00:30 -- Ariel updates Pamela and Ben on what's been happening in Salem with sharing current suspects are Kent and Brigid, which prompts concern for Cate Adler.
»» 00:47 -- Ben is intense in getting Kent to come to the Federal Building.
»» 00:52 -- At Ben's urgent request, Ariel calls Cate to make sure she is safe.
»» 00:53 -- Kent confessed to Alistair that he was behind the messages, and Alistair has Kent's back.
»» 00:55 -- In far too deep, Kent tells Cate he loves her and emotions are raw.

»» 01:01 -- Kent surrenders to the aurors, tries for a plea bargain, but doesn't quite get it. (Also Ben's golems are back in a moment of excitement he kisses Kit.)
»» 01:30 -- Alistair Sterling offers full cooperation with the ongoing investigation.

»» 9:00 Armed with a warrant, the auror team goes down to the Liaison office to arrest Ms Playfer and bring her secretary in for questioning.
»» 11:30 Brigid Player was in the interrogation room and she sang like a bird.

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SPANS: Monday, October 23 at 0600 to Wednesday, October 25 at 0200

Still recovering from the weekend, the field team are rallying to refocus on the case, putting together all of the pieces to stop things before it's too late.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 23 -- AM
»» Miles is back to the land of the living, Sal is happy, but there is still work to be done.
»» Ben is a McDragon.
»» Director Duvall and Ben meet to discuss his role moving forward and some minor disciplinary action.
»» Pamela is back in NYC digging through the archives for further information.
»» Finally awake and ready to get back to work, Miles calls Pamela to discuss this case and it's potentially connection to the Bonedust case a couple years back.
»» Seeking more information on the Harvest festival, Sal meets with Brigid to try to get warrants.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 23 -- PM
»» Miles returns Preston to the Auror House and has a mission with Ariel -- plus a very excited ET.
»» Sal recruits Kit to go investigate the brewery, but not before Ben insists on a nap.
»» Ariel and Miles check in with Director Duvall about the items Preston found.
»» Max arrives in Salem and has the pleasure of working with Ben to come up with a way find a lost pirate head.
»» After meeting with Ben, Max updates Duvall and gets reinforcements.
»» Duvall assigns ET to work with Rivera
»» Ariel and Miles consult with Miguel to get further insight about Preston's adventures.
»» Max alerts his father, Miguel, to his arrival in town.
Local event: Speaking to the Dead, 7:00p.m. - 9:30p.m

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24 -- AM
»» Kent gets an early morning visitor at work in the form of a freaked out Ryan Sewall who is certain Salem is Bleeding.
»» Fresh from NYC, Pamela further explores connections between Bonedust, the wizard!mafia, and Salem with Director Duvall.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24 -- PM
Local event: Graveyard Conjure, 7:00p.m. - 10:00p.m
»» Things are weird at the cemetery and Cate texts Ben to get some experts on site.
»» Kit texts ET for back up at the graveyard
»» Kit and ET arrive at the cemetery to find a disaster just warming up.
»» Meanwhile, Ben meets with Kent about the news that 'Salem is bleeding.'
»» Ben shares that a ley line eruption is underway
»» After an alert on his phone, Kent and Ben apparate to the cemetery. Kent joins Ben's splinching club.
»» Pamela, armed with first aid kit, gets updates from Cate and Kent.
»» ET tries to escape the cemetery, but gets stuck. Ariel is there to try to save the day.
»» Max uses his extra-wizarding powers to save a no-maj and figure out what's going, with the aid of Kit and Ben, he captures the Pirate Head in his extra-dimensional box. Ben then makes the ground go back to sleep.

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SPANS: Saturday, October 21 at 0900 to Sunday, October 22 at 2200

After a rocky week of investigating, it's finally the weekend. Saturday starts with a staff meeting at the field office then work until noon. Saturday is the Annual Harvest Festival at the Knights of Columbus, right off the common. Around 9:00pm things start to get weird and more extreme. Not that they'll remember any of it come Sunday.

OCTOBER 21 - DAY
»» Director Duvall starts the weekend with some updates on staffing changes and gives his team the weekend off.
»» Dr. Parker meets with Pamela about her new promotion and offering a rather interesting carrot.

OCTOBER 21 - EVENING
»» Melinda gets the run down on the auror team from Jack.

BLACKOUT TIME
»» The case of interrupting ET v. Ariel and Miles
»» Ben is an excellent drunk!texter
»» Ben & ET are WizPix boyfriends
»» Ariel and Pamela disguised as Ariel fight each other after Ariel may have seen Wilkes.

OCTOBER 22 - MORNING
»» Melinda is summoned from her bed to meet Kent by the Contant statue and figure out what happened at Salem Common last night with Ben and Preston.

»» Kit arrives in Salem to find an injured and totally splinched himself Ben having a very bad morning.
»» Melinda interrupts sexy time to get Brigid up to speed on what has been happening.
»» Kit advises Sal to get her stuff packed and get to Salem ASAP.

»» Melinda calls Director Duvall to update him on what she knows about the incident last night.
»» Ariel and Pamela wake up in a compromising position and start to figure out what happened.
»» Director Duval is not amused and is expecting a check in from his team.

»» Co-leader Preston hopes his team will check in and piece together what happened last night.
»» Sal and Kit arrive back at the auror office, they find Maya in lock up and she doesn't want to talk about what happened last night with Miles and "Ariel"
»» Pathetic octopus Ben snuggles up to ET and the issue of WizPix boyfriends is discussed.
»» Brigid doesn't like loose ends and goes to find out exactly what Bobby Dedworth has been up to.

»» Kit begins the Quest for Ben's phone by recruiting the help of Alistair
»» Ben texts Kit from ET's phone, confusion follows.
»» Duvall has arrived in Salem by 11, and Sal and Kit share updates on the morning.

OCTOBER 22 - AFTERNOON
»» The afternoon is off to a start with a staff meeting and while Duvall is not amused, he does bring food.

»» Still trying to figure out if she really saw Wilkes, Ariel meets with Audrey for an informal therapy session.
»» Although he should be rest, Ben decides to text Cate Adler.
»» In search of what poisoned Miles, ET and Kit head back to the farm and then the woods on a botanical adventure.
»» Ben arrives at the Hawthorne Hotel seeking a history lesson from Cate Adler.

»» Alistair Sterling has found a disturbing lead and contacts the Auror office to connect the pieces, Sal gleans other in sight from scrolling through social media.
»» In a burst of excitement, Ben thinks he cracked the case of poisoning. (He didn't.)

OCTOBER 22 - NIGHT
»» Pamela starts to review the facts and connects the pieces so far.

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SPANS: Monday, October 16 at 2000 to Saturday, October 21 at 0700

As the case unfolds, the aurors are working to hunt down leads and figure out just what the Sons of Salem are up to as the weekend and the promise of more visitors to Salem -- an even bigger stage -- gets closer.

MONDAY NIGHT
»» The on call team, Ariel and Miles, is on the case of the mysterious flying no-majs.

TUESDAY OCTOBER 17, 2017
»» Ariel is looking for help about a warded room, while Audrey is content in NYC, but still offering her services.
»» An auror team breaks the ward and finds out what is being kept in Adler's bathroom.
»» Pamela meets with Luella to learn more about the stolen potions ingredients and hopefully get answers.
»» Ben goes looking for more information about Grace Adler from No-Magical Liaison Coordinator Brigid Playfer
»» Preston is still trying to figure out the scorch mark.

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 18, 2017
»» Pamela and Ben shore up some leads from the runes and the bracelet. Then Pamela hands out leads to other aurors.
»» Luc has an update about items from Adler's bathroom.
»» Preston asks Luella about combustable potions.
»» A text message about hash to get high, makes Ariel go blonde and undercover, which amuses Ben.

THURSDAY OCTOBER 19, 2017
»» Thursday morning is off to a great start when Ben loses Ariel's dog in the woods, then sends a golem after him.
»» Grace Adler's funeral is interrupted by a dog and a golem, but Kent gets to be a hero.
»» Melinda is displeased with the actions of the aurors in Salem.
»» Miles and Ariel go visit Luella to see if she knows anything more about the potions making nomajs get high.
»» Audrey releases her report detailing Daniel Williams's last memory.
»» Ariel and Preston discuss putting together a new report about the apartment ahead of Duvall's visit.
»» Ben and Preston are conducting tests to determine what exactly caused the scorch mark in the apartment.
»» Ariel wants to drown her misery with Pamela tonight.

FRIDAY OCTOBER 20, 2017
»» ET is vomiting magic, and Ben had to keep the on call team together as things go sideways with pirates who throw lightning bolts.
»» Alistair is publicly planning a night out.
»» Brigid reflects on a solemn week.
»» Kit checks in on Ben's sole patrol plans.
»» Pamela and Miles are out and about and run into some trouble at the Hawthorne house.
»» The Mendoza-Rivera family is reviewing the week and making plans to move forward.
»» All tricks, and maybe some treats at the Spirits of the Gables with Kent and Cate in attendance.

Sal is burning the midnight oil, sharing the amusement with Miles about the antics of the Salem Team

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SPANS: Friday, October 13 at 0800 to Monday, October 16 at 2000

On Friday October 13, 2017 a briefing went out to select members of the New York City department aurors dispatching them immediately to Salem, MA to investigate the Sons of Salem. Senior Auror Simon Briscoe is expecting his team to met at the field office in the Federal Building at 0700 on Monday, October 16, 2017.

BEFORE SALEM
»» Oct 13, 2017 -- Miles and Ariel find a way to move forward now they are assigned the same case.
»» Ariel contemplates the pros/cons of bringing her puppy to Salem.

»» Oct 15, 2017 -- Ben makes a splash with his most recent podcast about DMLE training.

MONDAY OCTOBER 16, 2017
»» 0700 -- The Auror team report to their new HQ and are dispatched to start investigating.
»» Healer Gardner reminds everyone that flu season is upon us.
»» Lesley is offering tours for newcomers. Jess, on the other hands, thinks Lesley did something to bring all these people here.
»» Molly and Luc enjoy the quiet of the NYC office without the "dream team" and make lunch plans.
»» Molly is brought in with Miles to investigate the bodies and see what there is left to learn.
»» Meanwhile Ariel and Simon return to the scene of the crime looking for clues.
»» Director Duvall is checking in on the team, making sure things are going well.
»» Ben and ET are supposed to wrangle the media, but instead go in search of Cate Adler in hopes of learning more about the Adler family.
»» Per Cate, Abigail's is having a special this week.

»» Team De-Brief