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OOC: This is ENTIRELY IC. As this is the case, in order for gossip to be posted and for your characters to find out the latest, we NEED people who witness things to owl us on this account so it can be reported on. This is to keep everything canon and IC. Please do not post in this thread, that is for us to do.
How do you get ahold of this magical gossip parchment IC? Well that is entirely up to you and be creative with it! Maybe it's under the Giant Squids tongue or clinging onto one of the many Hogwarts statues... or look! Is that the back page of your History of Magic textbook?
Exaggerations may be made on this parchment, but do not take these to heart. This is just for fun. Promise. If you are still unsure of what this is, think of it as a Merlin's beard for more personal plotlines, whereas actual Merlin's beard is dedicated to the school-wide plot. Or you can call us the 'underground Quill.' Or 'the Quibbler of Hogwarts.' Whatevs, luvs. Hope you all read and enjoy!
P.S This has been staff approved.
P.P.S. If you ABSOLUTELY do not want your character mentioned at all, you can PM us and let us know, and we'll do our best to ignore you
If anyone is interested in joining the elite team of Aparecium as a regular writer, please shoot a PM to the Aparecium account with a small sample of your writing. We'd really prefer a bit of current gossip if your character can sniff it out IC.
If you do become part of our super secret team, we need a minimum of three articles over the course of the term, as that is just one per month. Easy.
We currently have SEVERAL spaces available on the Aparecium team! Those sneaky individuals who contributed in the past will need to REAPPLY in the usual way.
The FIRST rule is not to tell anyone that you have an interest in the job, please. The secret is not to let others know it's you.
All hail the Head couple! Yes, the Head Boy and Girl have returned, and, yes, they are a couple. It seems like the Head Boy and Head Girl must get picked based on relationship status. Head Boy Zander Adair couldn't even finish his Prefecty duties before skipping off to the Ravenclaw table during the Start of Term feast. Why let love sick Prefects run the school? Maybe Prefect Greyvson and Prefect Newell would have been better suited for the job - at least they are not making googly eyes at each other every five minutes.
Speaking of eyes did anyone else notice the puffy eyed lioness Angel Valentine? Sources tell us that her little lion (or dragon) man Benny called it quits. Seemingly not upset over it, he decided that the Gryffindor table wasn't good enough for him. Maybe Benny wants to live out the rest of his days at Hogwarts in Hufflepuff away from Angel. You can run Benny, but you can't hide.
What do you get when you mix a rogue Head Boy, unruly first years and a loose cannon Professor? The Gryffindor welcome party of course!
Word around the castle is the newly appointed head of students, Zander Adair, was quoted telling a first year to 'stir up some trouble'; blaze through the halls displaying the scarlet and gold proudly while narrowly escaping detention at every turn. Doesn’t sound like the kind of talk you'd expect from a student leader? Wait ‘til you hear about the Professor!
With the long and icy reign of the fiery queen ended and the school under new management, it seems a certain astro-nut has taken it upon himself to reinvent the rules once held sacred. What might we be talking about? Why Quidditch, dearies! You've heard it here first - secret Quidditch matches taking place under his watchful eye up in the common room while Headmaster Botros takes his afternoon naps.
If you're lucky enough to catch wind of one of these, grab a broom but don't tell the Professors; no one likes a snitch, unless the news is coming to us. Until next time, keep your ears peeled and remember, we're always listening.
No one would be surprised if we reported that a Gryffindor had managed to get himself into a spot of trouble already this term – it’s built into their magical DNA, after all. Add a little Slytherin ingenuity, and we can only imagine the epic heights that spot of trouble can reach. So while we aren’t surprised at all to report that Gryffindor fourth year Zeke Browne and Slytherin fourth year Magdelena Traulton have received the first detention of the term, we’re disappointed that the what and why remain shrouded in mystery.
While common wisdom suggests that the detention could be for something as simple as a mistimed broom cupboard snog, knowing the parties involved leads us to believe something more interesting is afoot. Has the angel-faced Slytherin dragged her Gryffindor crony into a misbegotten stab at the black market candy trade? Or maybe the lion cub convinced the snakelet that jumping off the Astronomy Tower was all in good fun? Whatever the misdeed, their loud parting of the ways on the seventh floor seems to suggest that their adventures are over… for now.
The newness of Hogwarts is rubbing off, you’re getting settled in your studies, and the memories of your summer camps are disappearing...and being replaced by the new and improved camps here at Hogwarts.
Wait, what?
Ever since Botros became Headmaster, there have certainly been some changes in the day-to-day life at Hogwarts. One of these changes is the introduction of aptly named “camps,” the first of which is a breakfast with the Headmaster himself. Some of you have whispered that it’s because of the traumatic spidery events of last term - Botros wants to give students some relaxation. But we think it’s something else - Botros is trying to brainwash the student population to hide the fact that he is slowly ridding the school of old professors and replacing them with zombies that obey his bidding. Constant vigilance, dearies.
It hasn’t escaped our eagle eyed attention that among the other Big Changes at Hogwarts this year, there’s a long list of new rules. Change is good, especially changing your underpants, but sometimes change is just for the sake of, well, change. Is there a reason we have to sing our way through class, bribe professors with food, or wear whatever the heck pips are?
The answer, in short, is no. No, there is no rhyme or reason, just silly adults exercising their influence on impressionable youth. And when you fail to measure up, they exercise that influence with pouting and punishment. Is someone in this school brave enough to stand against pointlessness and demand some common sense, or are we all so scared of losing house points or spending time in the dungeons that we’ve lost our backbones? What good are Gryffindors without a little rebellion in our midst?
What is it about being a fourth year that brings out extreme matters of the heart? We hoped we’d moved beyond the mopey melancholies of love/unrequited love/ooey gooey love/awful flirting when the current crop of fifth years left the age of madness behind, but the new fourth years are… well… even worse.
Hard to believe, isn’t it?
Try this on for size: Maggie Traulton and Zeke Browne are back to on in their ‘on again/off again’ drama, but Maggie was seen hardcore flirting (or something like flirting) with Dante Barrington at the Egg-citing picnic on the grounds. Meanwhile, Zeke and Hady Lynch were spotted holding hands on the grounds. And if Maggie has designs on Dante, she has some competition in Kaycee Richards. Whew. It’s a really messed up love pentagon, and more than one heart is going to end up broken.
How’s that for angst? And none of them are even Ravenclaws.
Aparecium Term 41 
