The Last Station

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: Romilda Vane, Cormac McLaggen, and Lisa Turpin
Where: A hotel in Wizarding Knightsbridge, London
When: Backdated to Saturday, May 3
What: Some serious conversation
Rating: ?
Status: Ongoing

--

Romilda wasn't entirely pleased with either Cormac or Lisa, but they'd all agreed to go out on this day trip of theirs before Cormac'd been arrested and Lisa had to bail him out. She liked both of them a lot, really she did, but she'd thought going into this that Cormac was maturing and he wasn't going to be getting arrested on a regular basis (though really, it'd just been one time). And Lisa was just encouraging his behaviour!

Of course, they all still had to sit down and talk about what was going on with them, and what the future could bring -- but Romilda didn't really see the point if they were going to continue along this path. That didn't mean that she was opposed to trying to have a good time, though, and the day they'd planned out was fun. Romilda did her best to act as though everything was fine, but once they returned to their hotel room to get ready for dinner, she sort of started to feel as though she was running out of steam.

"When do we need to leave?" Romilda put in her earrings and glanced over at Lisa's reflection in the mirror.

Who: Gryffindors and +1s
What: House gathering
When: Sunday starting at 5pm
Where: Harry's flat
Rating: ?
Status: Ongoing

Despite not catching the snitch, Harry had thoroughly enjoyed Quidditch that morning. How could Harry be upset at missing the snitch when he was flying against a professional Seeker?

Thanks to Ginny sneaking into his flat prior to the gathering (and Kreacher's cooking, of course), everything was ready by the time 5 o'clock rolled around. Now all the gathering needed was some more Gryffindors.

Who: Andrew, Emma, OPEN
What: PARTY!
When: Friday evening and into the night
Where: Flat 24
Rating: SFW? Not necessarily? Depends what you want to get up to!
Status: OPEN

( Our house, it's our castle and our keep, our house, in the middle of our street )

Who: Cormac, Lisa & Romilda
What: post birthday party shenanigans
When: Backdated to March 28th, after Cormac and James' bday party
Where: Lisa’s flat
Rating: SFW
Status: Complete

( Best birthday ever. )

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.

Separate owls sent to Ernie Macmillan, Maxwell Derrick, and Hermione Granger and copied to Lisa

Professors (and Professors-to-be),

A colleague and I have a project we were hoping your expertise and guidance might help bring to completion. Would you be free for dinner on the 13th?

Sincerely,
Dan

Who: OPEN (even if you're not one of the characters listed here)
What: Gnome weeding
When: Today
Where: Behind the Town Hall
Rating: Low
Status: Ongoing

"PROGRAM HEAD UNAVAILABLE. PLEASE RETURN TOMORROW. SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE."

That was the sign Julian had put up on the door to his office that morning. He thought, roughly, that it would be how long he might take to weed out the infestation of gnomes in the building's backyard. It wasn't necessarily up to him to do it, mind, but he was a civic servant, and Merlin only knows how long before a solution gets approved if he'd gone through the proper channels. It was easier this way, even though it would eat up all of his day. He'd need a break anyway.

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

( On display throughout the village )

...Is a blank copy of Romilda and Emma's partner survey, left sans note.

Who: Dan and Lisa

What: Mad experimenting

When: Tuesday afternoon

Where: Dan's flat

Rating: Low

Status: Complete

Once Lisa had put the idea in his head, Dan couldn't get it out. It had been so long since he'd actually spent time tinkering with magic- running the Hydras had consumed his time these days, and he knew part of the restlessness he felt with running the team was based on the fact that he wasn't a manager at heart- that he was eager to get his hands dirty, so to speak.

He'd taken the last few hours of the afternoon off, though Lisa wouldn't be arriving until later, so he could nip over to Inverness and pick up a few texts from the bookshop there. He was surprised to have found a few good resources to use. Finding the projector and a sample film, though, proved trickier, but he managed to scrounge one up in a vintage shop in one of London's side streets.

The beginning of any kind of endeavor such as this, he knew, was the formulation of some kind of theory, but all he had were strands of ideas. He hoped Lisa had something more concrete, or at least, that reading up on how early films were created, and how those movies were shown, would help them come up with something.

He picked up an especially impressive looking tome and started reading.

Who: Morag and Lisa
What: lunch!
Where: Morag and Alexei's home
When: Monday, lunchtime
Rating: low
Status: ongoing

When Lisa had made plans to meet with Morag today, she hadn't expected the whole village's water supply to turn green overnight. So, when lunchtime rolled around and she hadn't yet heard anything about whether the water was safe to cook with, Lisa Apparated out of the village to grab lunch from a bistro where water was whatever colour water was supposed to be.

Popping back into Hogsmeade with two bags of food-- she'd gotten enough for Alexei and Morag to have for dinner as well-- Lisa made her way to 17 Main Street, knocking on the front door that lead to Morag and Alexei's upstairs flat.

Who: Romilda Vane, Lisa Turpin, and Cormac McLaggen
Where: Qualitea
When: Wednesday evening, 6pm
What: A planned ambush
Rating: ?
Status: Ongoing

--

Romilda had taken to considering Hogsmeade weekends more like Hogsmeade weeks. Considering the effort that went into preparing each month's sales, specials, and new recipes, she didn't think the categorisation was that far off.

Though she'd taken to spending fewer of her evenings testing recipes, favouring instead spending time with Lisa or Cormac, Hogsmeade weekends were a different story. She had three saucepans sautéing vegetables and was in the middle of charming pastry dough to roll itself out when she heard noises at the door. Her wards were set but that didn't stop her from catching sight of who was out there.

Frowning slightly, she brushed her hands off on her apron and walked over to the door, removing the wards with a wave of her wand and looking from Cormac to Lisa. "What are you doing here?"

Owl sent to: Myron Wagtail
Duplicate copies sent to: Dan Bradley, Lavender Brown


( Owl to Myron )

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Owls sent to: Sebastien Summerby, Marcus Flint, Alexei Levski, Ginny Weasley, Fera Dunstan, and Lucian Bole
Duplicate copies sent to: Dan Bradley, Lavender Brown

( Hello Hydras )

--

Owl sent to: Lisa Turpin
Duplicate copies sent to: Dan Bradley, Lavender Brown

( Owl to Lisa )

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 the doors of Orla Quirke, Bailey Dunstan, Blaise Zabini, Jack Sloper, Serena Capper, Cormac McLaggen, James Cadwallader, Caleb Warrington, Lisa Turpin, Aidan Lynch, Lucian Bole, Stewart Ackerley, Angelina Johnson, and Viktor Krum.

( Dear [Full name of each resident of 23 High Street] )

Who: Cormac and Lisa
What: post dinner conversation and stuff
When: Friday evening
Where: Lisa's flat
Rating: NSFW!
Status: ongoing complete!

Making the copies of Cormac's pictures for him had taken Lisa very little time, in the end. Once she'd gone home at the end of the day, a quick search of her pantry turned up all the ingredients for a batch of French toast, so she threw that together for dinner. And, since she'd had such good luck with her red dress, she changed into a red v-neck sweater and a pair of dark denim jeans, leaving her hair loose and her feet bare, since this was a relaxed evening in.

After they'd finished eating, Lisa cleared the table with a flick of her wand, setting the plates to scrub in the sink, and Summoned the folder she'd brought back from the studio. "I don't want to inflate your ego," she said, grinning as she handed over the photos, "but you could do this for a living. Seriously, I'd buy anything you were the spokesmodel for."

Who: Open to all
Where: Qualitea
When: Friday, February 14, evening
What: Valentine's Day party -- because there hasn't been enough yet
Rating: ?
Status: Ongoing

After what was quite a busy and hectic week for the shop, the party Romilda'd been planning for ages was finally here. And of course, because the week hadn't been hectic enough, the next two days were set to be Hogsmeade weekends for the students as well. If her own years at Hogwarts were any indication, she hoped to see plenty of business from students looking for a romantic outing. Of course, she'd thus also have to make sure any outings didn't include any antics; the last she needed was to send for Hogsmeade village police.

Tonight, though, wasn't about the students. It was about having a party. After setting up the place much like she had for the previous evenings, Romilda ensured that a dance floor of appropriate size was installed in the main room and that refreshments -- both paid and free, thanks to the town hall funds -- were plentiful. Music played at a volume that was still audible from outside but not too loud as to bother those who lived above the shop.

A few tables remained out in the space, to the side of the dance floor, in case anyone tired of standing and dancing. The place itself was decorated in a tasteful colour palette - she'd purposefully chosen to not use too many pinks or reds, opting for more complementary colours instead.

Who: Cormac and Lisa
Where: Signature Room, then Lisa’s flat
When: Sunday evening
What: getting to know you over drinks, then ...?
Rating: NSFW
Status: Ongoing Complete!

( under the cut )

Sent Friday morning.

Cormac,

Say a woman who sometimes shags this extremely attractive and amazing wizard-witch duo wanted to see one part of that pair on his own. Do you think that bloke would agree?

Lisa