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Although the summer equinox is still a month and a half away, the days are getting longer and longer. There are all kinds of magics that work best in sunlight, and your friendly Outlander reps Bonnie and Max are going to talk about them! First on the docket: sunrise spells. The sunrise works well with new beginnings, changes, health, resurrection and seeking the right direction. Morning is best for magic requiring positive energy and gathering strength - it's great for empowering current projects that might need a little push or expansion of ideas. High noon when the sun is at its highest is best for charging crystals, but make sure that the crystals you want to charge won't fade in strong sunlight! During the afternoon, the sun is heading back down, which makes this time of day great for spells involving resolving communication issues, travel, or clarity. Finally, sunset magic is great for aiding the removal of depression, stress, or dispelling illusions.

After this meeting, as always, there is time to socialize and enjoy some treats, and of course ask any questions you might want. Max and Bonnie will be on hand with a large table of sun-friendly crystals, and your character may take one that speaks to them! Also note that non-Outlander magic-users are welcome to attend if they so wish.

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This should have gone up yesterday, but Envy's a slacker, whoops. But! It's Easter at the Dragon Covert, and Laurence is very excited to get to share the holiday with all his loved ones and the people they care about. Laurence and LXC have made a Seating Chart, and everyone's spots at the table will be marked with a nice, handwritten name card, though if anyone wants to switch seats, they'll understand.

Dinner was three courses, the first being soup and/or salad, followed by lamb and roasted vegetables (with vegetarian options for the vegetarians), and the dessert course was a variety of Chinese desserts chosen by Lan Xichen, including tangyuan and egg tarts, and wine provided by Dorian and non-alcoholic beverages will be served alongside the meal.

The table was decorated with Easter Basket centerpieces put together by Lan Xichen, including painted eggs made by Laurence and Lan Xichen.

After dinner's tea/coffee/sherry/Emperor's Smile (which was generously provided by WWX), as well as some stations to paint your own Easter eggs if you wish. Laurence has also made up some guest rooms in the Covert for anyone who wishes to spend the night.

This week's Outlander coven meeting is focused on upcoming spring equinox, which takes place on March 20th. The days are getting longer, the weather is thinking about getting warmer, and it's time to start thinking about how you can enjoy the spring season! Of particular focus is growing magical plants and foods - what seeds to get, when to plant, and when harvest will be. Max will have various types of useful plants from his world on hand - elfroot, Dawn Lotus, Embrium, Prophet's Laurel - and will give a little background on how Skyhold's garden functions as a place to grow and harvest healing potions.

Additional topics include warming charms to protect delicate new sprouts from unexpected weather changes and magical spells and charms to encourage strong, healthy growth. There will also be some talk about good bugs versus bad bugs, snakes and how they help the environment, and foraging (please don't eat poisonous mushrooms, guys). Finally, Max will talk a little about the Spring Equinox in terms of various traditions from all over Vallo homeworlds, and will encourage people to chat about what they like to do to herald in Ostara and the spring.

After this meeting, as always, there is time to socialize and enjoy some treats, and of course ask any questions you might want. Max and Bonnie will have on hand various seeds for those of you interested in experimenting with your own green thumb. Also note that non-Outlander magic-users are welcome to attend if they so wish.

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February's meeting will be held at The Armory. The topic is (Astral) Projection, and is being led by Bonnie. If others wish to join in with their method of projection, she's open to that.

Projection in Bonnie's world can be broken down to several different levels and approaches, and is closely linked with teleportation. Projection allows the witch to manifest their consciousness outside of their body, and travel to other locations in their world, or to other worlds/dimensions entirely. There are several different levels to projection, depending on what the user needs.

• Projection that allows the witch to move around a similar manner as a ghost. Their astral form remains intangible and invisible.
• Projection that allows the user to be tangible but invisible. This allows the users to have basic interactions with the world in their spirit form, but also puts them at risk. The astral form can be damaged, and damage done to the astral form will also be done to the physical form.
• Projection that allows the user to be visible but intangible.
• Projection that allows the user to be visible and tangible.
• Biolocation projection. This allows both the users physical body and astral body to move around at the same time. This is considered advanced magic in Bonnie's world. In all the other forms of projection, the physical body remains still, as if asleep.

There are no threats with the astral projection used in the TVD-verse, other than the risk of injury should your form be tangible.

With the Projection spell, you can project yourself, project others, or take others with you if you're strong enough.

Bonnie is capable of guiding interest parties through all of the above options, save for biolocation (she's still figuring that one our herself). People can start small, such as move around the Armory. If you would be more comfortable having Bonnie take you with her, or have her project your character, she can do that too. If anyone wants to advance to other dimensions, let her know. Obviously it's up to everyone if they want their characters to be capable of learning this type of projection!

As always there are snacks and refreshments available during the meeting. New people are always welcomed to attend. Coven Meetings | Reference Page

This week's Outlander coven meeting is focused on rest, sleep, and dreaming. While there are many different kinds of dreaming practised, Max and Bonnie will be focusing on the kind of dreaming that is accessible to the average practitioner. They'll give a basic overview of how to dream, how to remember dreams, dream journals, etc, but the majority of the session will be on dream manipulation. A friendly coven member from Silniara will be on hand to lecture on the topic, focusing on purposeful dreaming as self-care. A table in the back of the meeting will be burdened with lots of fun sleep-themed take-homes, from fancy sleeping masks to various sleepy-time teas charmed to help you with learning the art of dream manipulation.

After this meeting, as always, there is time to socialize and enjoy some warm treats, and of course ask any questions you might want. Also note that non-Outlander magic-users are welcome to attend if they so wish.

OOC - This meeting takes place on January 7th, which is Friday! Whit posted it early because she has no idea what time is at this point. Feel free to reply as you wish!

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It's Adam's 22nd birthday! The celebration will start at The Weasley's Wizarding Winter Wonderland at around 4ish, where there will be rides, games, food and drink, and ice skating. After a few hours, the party will move to Al's Dive Bar, where Adam has arranged with Alex for there to be karaoke.