The Last Station

Who: ANYONE! invitation or not -- feel free to crash!
What: Caleb and Ritchie's joint b-day party
When: Saturday, May 31, from 7PM - ?
Where: a secluded Welsh campground
Rating: PG 13 at least, for shenanigans
Status: ongoing


Trellyn Woodland, in Wales, is pretty much your basic campsite -- lots of space, lots of trees, not a lot of people. Of the seven pitches available, Millicent and Tracey booked the most secluded, and carefully set up an anti-muggle barrier before the guests arrived, on the off chance any outsiders should be drawn to investigate their celebrations.

Sent to: Stewart Ackerly, Katie Bell, Lucian Bole, Dan Bradley, Lavender Brown, James Cadwallader, Serena Capper, Asher Chambers, Merrill Davies-Urquhart, Roger Davies-Urquhart, Maxwell Derrick, Julian Dorny, Fera Dunstan, Marietta Edgecombe, Marcus Flint, Victoria Frobisher, Hermione Granger, Astoria Greengrass, Angelina Johnson, Megan Jones, Viktor Krum, Alexei Levski, Aidan Lynch, Morag MacDougal-Levski, Draco Malfoy, Theodore Malfoy, Cormac McLaggen, Eloise Midgen, Graham Montague, Gwendolyn Montgomery, Isabel Moon, Pansy Parkinson, Jimmy Peakes, Harry Potter, Adrian Pucey, Orla Quirke, Jack Sloper, Zacharias Smith, Alicia Spinnet, Sebastien Summerby, Lisa Turpin, Jacob Vaisey, Romilda Vane, Myron Wagtail, Ginny Weasley, Blaise Zabini



When the envelope is opened, a burst of magic fireworks and all-too-real glitter explodes from within. The illustrated flames on the invitation itself are charmed to flicker with light, hissing and popping like a real campfire.

Who: Open
What: Foxglove vs Fromage @ 10am; Gladrags vs Qualitea @ 2pm
When: Sunday
Where: Hogsmeade Park
Rating: Low-ish.
Status: Ongoing
( Pick-up Quidditch, Week 7 )

Who: OPEN
What: Mid-week special
When: Tonight!
Where: The Hog's Head
Rating: Low, but if it goes high it wouldn't be the first time Aberforth has to clean up the bathroom
Status: Ongoing

The Hog's Head, in a bid to lure more customers, has organized a mid-week special on Wednesday. It's half-off pints and 7-knut appetizers from 5pm to 7pm, with music from The Weird Sisters blaring from an unknown source.

At 9pm, the doors are closed and Aberforth Dumbledore announced that all pints are a knut apiece to the joy of everyone... until the bathrooms are used.

Happy drinking!

Marietta,

Despite our difficult history I shouldn't have
I apologise for my behaviour in your journal last night. It was indefensible and completely inappropriate, particularly considering that it was your birthday. I hope my actions didn't ruin

Cho

Who: Hydras team, management, and staff and their plus-ones // OPEN to all
Where: Executive suite, Bertie Botts Stadium // The Three Broomsticks
When: Saturday, 7pm // Saturday, 10pm
What: Celebrations!
Rating: ?
Status: Ongoing

--

Over the last few months, James had started to have very fond feelings about his newly-adopted team. Though he was sure no other team could compare to his beloved Catapults, his new rapport with staff and players had convinced him that pushing for a successful Hydras team was something James genuinely wanted.

After making sure that preparations were in place for both the private party and the village celebration, James double-checked his pocket square, making sure it wasn't crooked, and waited for the first guests to arrive at the suite.

Serena,

I just looked at a calender and realized tomorrow is her birthday. I haven't remembered it in years, but I guess seeing Marietta brought it back this year's different. Are you doing anything after your show ends tomorrow? We could go out. Or stay in. Or anything.

Cho

Who: James Cadwallader, Cho Chang, Graham Montague, Finbar Quigley, and anyone else who lives at 23 High Street
When: Early morning, Wednesday April 9
Where: 23 High Street
What: LOUD NOISES
Rating: SFW
Status: Ongoing

--

A loud blaring noise cut through the early morning silence, occurring once before picking up an insistent rhythm. And did it get louder with each go? It must've been five in the morning when it started; bloody hell.

( Sent to Hydras Staff & Teammates; Lisa Turpin Photography )

( On display throughout the village )

Who: James Cadwallader and Cho Chang
Where: James' flat
When: Tuesday, April 8, evening
What: A first sleepover
Rating: Low
Status: Ongoing

--

James hadn't been entirely sure that Cho would accept his business proposition, but he'd been very pleased to see her memo arrive at his desk with a check next to 'Yes.' They hadn't been seeing each other for very long, in the grander scheme of things, but it was the first serious relationship that James had had in quite a while and since it was Cho, he wanted to do everything properly. That meant not pulling the concept of a sleepover as a surprise, being a gentleman, and other such chivalrous things.

"Thank you again for agreeing to this meeting," he joked as he lowered the wards and let them both into his flat. Of course, they were out of the office now, but he liked the entendres too much to let them go quite yet. "And the one earlier tonight as well."

Ms Chang,

Because dinner our scheduled meeting will be a bit later in the day -- and I do expect us to have a bottle of wine it to run over the allotted time period -- I'd like to motion for you to spend the night at mine a follow-up meeting to take place directly afterwards. I've already put new sheets on the bed and cleaned my flat booked the venue and hope you've not got any other conflicts.

Please indicate your preference:

( ) Yes
( ) No

Cordially,
Mr Cadwallader

Who: Everyone who received an invitation and their plus-ones, plus anyone who might be in the Three Broomsticks or around in the village.
Where: Fromage, the Three Broomsticks, & Hogsmeade Village
When: Forward-dated to Friday, March 28, evening
What: Birthday shenanigans!
Rating: TBD
Status: Ongoing

--

Cormac's birthday was Thursday and James' birthday was Saturday, so it was a given that their birthday party would be held on the day in the middle, After choosing a three piece suit, it was time to make his way over to the restaurant and get ready for the big night!

From: James Cadwallader & Cormac McLaggen
To: Hannah Abbott, Katie Bell, Susan Bones, Dan Bradley, Lavender Brown, Cho Chang, Ritchie Coote, Roger Davies, Emma Dobbs, Justin Finch-Fletchley, Victoria Frobisher, Hermione Granger, Wayne Hopkins, Angelina Johnson, Megan Jones, Aidan Lynch, Andrew Kirke, Viktor Krum, Ernie Macmillan, Jimmy Peakes, Zacharias Smith, Jack Sloper, Lucy Spinks, Alicia Spinnet, Sebastien Summerby, Lisa Turpin, Romilda Vane, Myron Wagtail, Oliver Wood


RSVP to either James or Cormac by March 26.
Plus-ones welcome.

left on his desk with a thermos of coffee and a savoury corn and pepper muffin

The Cats' loss is the Hydras' gain, right? Better luck against Montrose.

Cho

WHO | The Davies-Urquhart family and their close friends.
WHEN | The afternoon hours of Sunday, March 2.
WHERE | The Davies-Urquhart home.
WHAT | A birthday celebration for Violet.
RATING | Low.
STATUS | Ongoing.

Today, Violet was three. She was also a very spoiled child, with a veritable polar bear habitat inside her home. Snow fell from the charmed ceilings, and icebergs floated on the charmed floors. Presents towered on a table in the sitting room. There were cupcakes and ice cream, as well as miniature Cornish pasties-- Violet's favourites-- ideal for snacking. And somewhere, Asher roamed as a life-size polar bear.

Who: Viktor, James, and Cho
Where: Fromage
When: Backdated to Tuesday, February 25, evening
What: Old friends catching up
Rating: SFW
Status: Ongoing

--

Though they'd come together in the worst of circumstances, over the ten or eleven years (how much time had elapsed?) since Cedric's passing, he, Cho, and Viktor had grown very close. Of course, they didn't get to see Viktor as often as they liked, and James and Cho had gotten closer since the last time they'd all been able to get together, but James was certain that dinner with the three of them would go well.

Once they'd gotten seated, James ordered a bottle of wine for the table and grinned at both of his friends, surreptitiously turning so he was angled to face Cho a bit more. He wasn't sure how to break the news to Viktor that they were sort of seeing each other, but he didn't think Viktor would take it poorly. Given how they'd met, though, James didn't want to come off as disrespectful.

"Would you have believed that one day we'd all be working together, here of all places?" James said cheerfully, reaching for his wine glass and lifting it up into the air towards Viktor and Cho. "Cheers, mates."

Who: James and Cho
What: dinner
Where: Bumpkin, a London restaurant
When: Friday night
Rating: low
Status: ongoing complete!

With the season resuming next week and players returning from New Zealand, Friday seemed like an endless stream of Owls to answer and paperwork to file in triplicate. Cho, usually so conscientious about keeping her mind on her work no matter what, found her attention wandering more than once. Finally, thankfully, she replied to the last memo sent over from the Ministry-- yes, of course, a standard health screen of the team had been planned, for Merlin's sake-- and locked her desk with a profound sense of relief.

It was later than she'd wanted to leave, but there was just enough time to run home and change before meeting James. With no idea of where they might end up going to eat, or how much walking might be involved, Cho bundled up agains the cold as well as she could, arriving at the Floo just before 6:30PM.

Who: Marietta and Cho
What: a chance meeting
When: dated forward to Friday evening
Where: the streets of Hogsmeade
Rating: low
Status: ongoing complete!

Cho hadn't decided, by the end of the work day on Friday, whether she'd go to the Valentine's Day event at Qualitea or not. The week felt longer than usual, and the last thing she really wanted to do was attend a holiday party in celebration of dating and romance. As she bundled up for her walk through the village back to her flat, Cho decided: she'd stay in tonight, get ahead on a memo she needed to send next week, and then curl up with a book and a glass of wine. She still had a few novels left over from Christmas to choose from and, as she considered which to start tonight, she was soon enough treading the pavement along Main Street, distracted.

A particularly hard gust of wind broke her concentration and Cho glanced up, registering someone walking toward her from the opposite direction. Her stomach dropped as her memory, always good with putting names to faces, immediately recognized who it was. Marietta.

There was nothing to do but keep walking. Cho wouldn't have turned back even if she could've done it without drawing attention to herself. She'd told Serena that they'd run into Marietta eventually, but the being confronted by the prospect still left her shaky and panicked, a feeling she wholly hated. Eyes fixed forward, Cho prepared to pass Marietta without slowing or offering any kind of acknowledgment.

She's here.

WHO | Mandy Brocklehurst, Millicent Bulstrode, Serena Capper, Asher Chambers, Cho Chang, Tracey Davis, Julian Dorny, Marcus Flint, Ernie Macmillan, Draco Malfoy, Theodore Nott, Adrian Pucey, Alicia Spinnet, Sebastien Summerby, Caleb Warrington, Oliver Wood, and the newlyweds. Plus-ones welcome.
WHEN | Monday, February 3 at 8:00 p.m.
WHERE | Grace (London, England).
WHAT | A celebration of marriage among friends.
RATING | TBD. Presumably low to moderate.
STATUS | Ongoing.

Despite its new status within the city of London, Grace was a hard-sought seating. Its chef and creator was a vivacious young woman with a son Violet's age, and Merrill knew her through the arts classes both their little ones took. The chef's table that evening was her wedding gift to Merrill and Roger, and it was as handsome as the small plates that followed.