What in Merlin's Beard . . .?! (Term 13)
 

A bit confused about the plot? Housemates talking about a mysterious something going bump in the night? Here's where you can catch up on happenings around the Castle, Diagon Alley, and Hogsmeade -- Out of Character of course.

That means that unless your student character heard this stuff from other students, your student character doesn't know about it.

Oh, and a reminder to all to only post updates on the school plot here. Chat goes in the school chat thread.

Have fun!
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The school term has barely ended and the events from the past term continue to unfold as the summer holiday inches to a close.
Diagon Alley
*The Wedding: Professors Doyle Branxton and Cassandra Rae are finally married over the summer holiday and have a public wedding reception at the Leaky Cauldron. However, their happiness is rudely interrupted by an article in the Daily Prophet that contains distressing news. There is a mixed reaction in the room to the article.
*An Unexpected Encounter: Anjelica Lainey unexpectedly bumps into an old foe - Voldemortist. A lengthy conversation between the two happens, with Voldemortist (who last term was disguised as a Slytherin student named Matt) who compliments Lainey on her History of Magic lessons. Lainey emerges a bit shaken from the encounter.
Hogwarts Express
*Another Year Begins: Students and a few staff enjoyed a relatively uneventful trip to the school. New friends were made, old friends reunited, and new rivalries were born.
Sorting Feast
*Welcome to another year at Hogwarts!: Headmistress Rae welcomed everyone to a new term and introduced new members of the staff. However, she could not avoid the burning question that was in everyone's mind - is the school safe?
Term 13
*A Repeat of Last Term?: Students from all houses can't seem to grasp the concept of earning and not losing points. Brawls, bickering, and hexing each other and the professors is not the way to win the House Cup!
*Mysterious Notes Return: After two terms of silence, another note has been found by the ever-elusive Colonel Mustard and Miss Scarlett. The notes were left in the hallways and at the House tables in the Great Hall.
*"Wear Shoes": Say it isn't so, Headmistress! Samea strikes an enticing deal with Professor Rae (sole haunting priviledges of the Third Floor corridor for the remainder of the school term) in return for doing the Headmistress's biding. The pesky poltegeist was quick to visit every professor and delivered the notice of a secret meeting in the staff lounge. Samea couldn't help but remind the professors to "wear shoes."
*"When 7 ate 9" - The Meeting: Staff members debate over the fate of the Book of Mysteria. Verbal jabs are tossed back and forth between a few, and even one professor finds everyone suspicious. Too bad there is only one perfect 7 in the bunch. But all eccentricities aside, the fate of the book lies in their hands.
*Cast Your Vote!: Samea has set up an impromptu polling booth on the Third Floor corridor and is yelling at the students to vote on the fate of the Book of Mysteria. When the pesky poltergeist's motives are questioned by Kay Harrison of Ravenclaw, it's answers are cryptic regarding the possible fate of Deputy Headmistress, Angelica Lainey.

Diagon Alley has opened and events are already beginning to unfold.

School List (Staff, Prefects, HoH, Quidditch Captains, Other Characters, House Elves)
 

The Weather Report
 

:sort: Hogwarts Weather Report:sort:

1 September 2058

Day: Mild and sunny with a few scattered clouds with a light breeze coming from the Northeast.

Night: Temperatures will drop after the sun sets. 40% chance of light rain around midnight.

Tomorrow's Outlook: Light drizzle in the morning hours, clearing out by noon.



Your forecast for the month of September

The days will have a mixture of sunny breaks and showers with freshening south winds. Evening hours will be marked by occasional showers or light drizzle. Daytime temperatures will begin to grow gradually cooler by mid-month, and evening temperatures will become damp and chilly.

Sorting Feast Speech
 

There was a fight in the Halls between a Slytherin named Raeden and a gryffindor named Ebony and a hufflepuff named Vruk and james.They were all left off with a warning..The Slytherins lost points because a girl snuck into the boy's dorms.Ryan of hufflepuff and James of ravenclaw got Detention for being in the staffroom.I don't think they lost any points yet.Professor Mao-MacDougal got the letter from Vannacutt.Is it from a lover?

After two terms of silence, another note has been found by Colonel Mustard and Miss Scarlett. It was left in the hallways, and several tables in the Great Hall. Lua(mad-eye04) of Gryffindor and Fran(dracocutie89) of Slytherin have found two of them.

Kalaya (gumdrop480) of Hufflepuff and Jordana (BrightestWitch) of Ravenclaw have also found the note.

In addition, I was wondering if the library was going to be open this term?

The library itself is open, the threads that need Madame Rowena's attention are closed until she herself is able to get on line. :)

I see...well I'll keep my eyes open for it! Thanks for your help!

I just looked at the house points and Gryffindor is way in the black! Does anyone know how that happened?

Lua (Mad-Eye04) cast a spell at the professor that caused her to grow fur and then blamed Nik (Nabiya) of Hufflepuff.

Summary of Charm's class events, straight from the murderous acromantula/smiling serpent/ etc etc's mouth:

Charms class was about the photography charms that allow photos to move. Lee Andrez, Hufflepuff prefect, apparently decided this was too dull and decided to liven up the class by charming a piece of chalk to write: Andi Mao-Macdougal Zizhen and Andrei Vannacutt Forever (or something along those lines).

Chaos, chaos, AMMZ found out with the use of prior incantatem and accio'ed his wand to her.

More chaos.

Lua, blaming Nik for cheating on her with Fran, attempted to blame a fur hex on Nik after shooting it at the professor (loss of hundred points).

All in all, an eventful class. Hufflepuff hasn't had it's points cut off yet.

This is probably a silly question and there may not be a significant answer, but how did Slytherin lose 40-some points in one day? We were in the lead in the House Cup competition the last time I checked (yesterday afternoon, I believe), and now we're in the negatives. Did one event happen to cause us to lose all those points, or were they the result of several incidents?

Glinda (rupertsgirl2) lost 15 in the Hospital Waiting Room for fighting with another student.

The locker rooms are now open and students can sign up for Quidditch tryouts. The other 3 houses have new team captains (the list has been updated).

The staff are still in their "secret" meeting and are discussing what to do with the Book of Mysteria.

It's the first Hogsmeade weekend and students are taking the opportunity to visit the village.

The staff members are still engaged in a discussion / meeting in the staff room concerning the fate of the Book of Mysteria.

Before the staff meeting could go very far, there was incident with a few students (Raeden Riddle and rupertsgirl2)and the dark mark down by the Lake, which Nurse Numel and Professor Mao-MacDougal took care of. The two students receive detention.

Meanwhile, Samea your friendly neighborhood poltergeist, has set up a polling booth in the Third Floor Corridor, in order to allow the students to give their input on what to do with the Book of Mysteria. Ravenclaws Kay Harrison (demented_death_eater) and Julia Agoobwah (Grangerfn1) questioned Samea about the booth.

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Originally Posted by demented_death_eater "Does the Deputy Headmistress know about this poll?" she asked the poltergeist.

Samea’s response was rather cryptic:

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Originally Posted by Samea "What has been done can soon be undone,"

Do not forget about her odd message about Professor Lainey, either.

The door burst open and someone who looked like the professor bounced into the room. It couldn't possibly have been Andi. For one thing, she didn't bounce like a kid high on cuteness. And for God's sake - she didn't smile -

-- and she didn't hand out cookies --

--- but that was what she was doing anyway ---

Andi shot the class a bright cheery smile. There was something twanging in the air all around her, a sort of sustained aura - and if you could see it, it would have been the brightest pink, and the cheeriest yellow. Even her clothes today were different - instead of the dark colors she normall wore, her dress today was a pale, soft powder blue. It was quite nice - but she had only worn it because she hadn't managed to find anything... more... cheerful.

"Good morning, students!" she trilled. "Have a cookie?"
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Woah..what is up with Professor Mao?...Has someone put a powerful cheering charm on one of Hogwarts most loathed professor or is it something else..*shifty look*

Most loathed? You're cruisin' for a bruisin' XD

lmao...sorry..she isnt the friendliest of em

And it seems Lainey has been caught up to no good in The Owlry. After storming out on Headmistress Rae she went and sent this:

It had felt like it took Lainey ages to finally arrive at the owlery. The walk from the Headmistress's office to here had never seemed so long. But, Lainey supposed it was the task she was about to do that made the trip seem so long. She stopped off in an old classroom on the way to write the letter. Lainey opened it up and proof read it one more time...

Quote:
Dear T. D.

I'm using your real initials. I figured it would be less suspicious if this were to fall in the wrong hands. Not many people know your real name, after all. I'm writing you to ask a favor. I must be crazy to expect you to answer me or that you'll ever even receive this, but here I am. Crazy ole Lainey up to her usual.

I need to know about the Book. There is talk of destroying it and talk of moving it and talk of giving it over to others. Regardless of what happens, I'd like to know why the Book is so important to you. I might be able to get what you need from the Book - if you'll do something for me. I don't want you to think you trick me or pull a shade down over my eyes and get what you want for nothing. Consider yourself warned.


Anjelica Lainey


Lainey had debated and debated on asking the last part. She felt like she was betraying Rae with it. But, right before sending the owl... Lainey had stuck the extra piece of parchment inside the envelope.

Quote:
I know you know about the BoM. And I also know you know I came from it. If it is destroyed, what is my fate?

Lainey watched the owl off, regretted doing it at all, and headed back to her office.


and Lord Voldemortist has replied to her :O

Originally Posted by The letter
Dear Professor Lainey,

The Book is reputed to contain powerful spells of various natures. As you are aware, among those spells are spells to resurrect the dead. If such a spell exists, I can only imagine what other treasures the Book contains. I wish to obtain the Book in order to peruse its pages. I'm sure you can already guess that I crave power and immersing myself in such a book would provide some of that.

I am not certain I understand what sort of deal you are trying to make with me. My interest is in the Book in general, though I suppose I could settle for something a little less depending upon what payment you want in return.

As to your question, I have my thoughts but would prefer to keep them to myself until such a time as I see fit to reveal them. Perhaps you would like to discuss things a bit further in person.

T.D.

Is Lainey going to go visit Lord V? We can only hope noooo!

Col Mustard wouldnt even do that if he knew about it. He likes Ganymede and pranks are always fun :shifty:

the dark lords bider died yesterday as he Sectusempra'd himself in the face. So sad.

like Lee said, 'the dark lords bider' sectusempra'd himself in the face to the death out by the lake. he came out of the forest all bloody, many took notice, Nurse Numel came out and tried to help but she said, 'he's lost too much blood' and he continued to hit himself with the spell in the face until he fainted and died.

:yes: So far Mysterious Occuranes has visited:
Wenlock's Office, The Halls, The Headmistress's office, Lainey's office, The Third Floor Corridor and Poll, Professor Light's office, The Fruitsy Tree Grove, Branxton's office, The Hufflepuff Common Room, The Ravenclaw Common Room, and the Gryffindor Common Room.
In addition Mysterious Occurances has opened the Shrieking Shack.

Hogwarts Weather Report
 

:sort:Hogwarts Weather Report :sort:



19 October 2058
Drizzle is expected during the chilly morning hours. By mid-afternoon, there might be a spot of sun between scattered showers that will progress into the evening hours. The high should reach 4 C (39 F) and by midnight, the temperatures will drop a few degrees to 1 C (34 F).



October's Forecast at a Glance

Summertime activities, such as sunbathing and swimming, should not be pursued until the Spring months come around.

Students and staff at Hogwarts should take heed of the crisp Autumn days and nights, thus dressing accordingly. Winter robes, woolen jumpers, scarves and mittens are highly recommended as part of everyday attire. Failure to dress warm and to stay out of the frigid water may result in a trip to visit Nurse Numel and a strong dose of her Pepper-Up Potion.

Note:The Slytherin common room was not attacked. Also this was in Wenlocks office..
Dark green and no trashing of the Slytherin common room.... I think the culprit is a former Slytherin :shifty:

The cat was found during the staff meeting... :shifty:

Retrace Mysterious occurances Posts.



The Second staff meeting (one week from the original meeting) has started. They are continuing their discussion on 'what to do with the book' and the mysterious occurances that occured around the school *spooky*.

Mysterious is getting, well, serious. He has striked again with it's odd occurances, this time in the Halls (again) but...it is now attacking students!! Chris (Potter in my heart) was the victim followed by Jenni (The Doctor). These students were found by Thump a first year Ravenclaw and Ashley from Hufflepuff. Thump has now cast a levitating spell on them and is leading them towards the Hospital Wing.

Mr. Mysterious casts again :shifty:

Mysterious Occurrances have occurred once again! This time in the hallways, and it seems whomever is responsible is not happy that they missed the last time.

mysterious occurances have struck again but this time in the hospital waiting room.

Mysterious Occurances just hit the Hufflepuff Common Room Lounge as well

Mysterious Occurances has also hit the Ravenclaw Common Room and wrote

He also hit the Slytherin Common Room! :shifty: no I will not tell how I know that :P

He's hit the Gryffindor Common Room as well

All 4 Common Rooms and the Hospital Waiting Room have been hit . . . now for some sports news:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v8...Gryffindor.jpg
Ravenclaw: 250 points 3 snitches
Ravenclaw wins!
vs
Gryffindor: 0 points 0 snitches

hit by what?

hit by 'Mysterious Occurances'

M.O. has struck again folks:

This was posted outside Branxton, Virohsa, Lainey, AMMZ, and Rae's offices

In the hall was this:

:sort: Hogwarts Weather Report:sort:



6 February 2059








Word of advice from your all-knowing Weatherman - stay warm, stay indoors by the fire, and curl up with a nice piping mug of hot cocoa.

M.O.'s speaking in riddles. Again.

Another message left by the Mysterious Occurence in Proffesor Belle's Office.

Got the Library.
H. Craft's office.

I AM GOING INSANE
Gany's office

Mysterious Occurances seems to have a craving for Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Look at M.O's message in the owlery and on Prof. Wenlock's door.

Here's the very long list of places where M.O. has left messages today...

5:37, Professor Belle's Office
The stars moving about the room suddenly seemed to form letters:
5:54, Library Seating Areas
Books suddenly flew around until they finally formed a phrase on the table:
5:57, Professor H. Craft's Office
Sketched on the office door:
6:00, Professor G.Z. Craft's Office
Written on the outside of the office door:
6:18, School Chat
6:20, Captain's Locker Room
Written in green and silver paint:
*hints more that M.O. once was or is a SLYTHERIN

6:22, School Chat
pgspickles asks, "how many times is the mysterious person going to post?"
and M.O. replies with...
dracocutie89 said, "GET OUT BEFORE I STRANGLE YOU."
and M.O. replies with...
argentinaz angel said, "BAH!!!! *throws a net over him and traps him* OMG! MO! dude would u be so kind to tell me who you are? I won't tell

i noe u wont but i got ya all figured out, and so does Niky"
and M.O. replies with...
6:29, Wandering the Halls
Written on the walls:
6:44, The Staff Room Fire
On the portraits on the walls was suddenly mustaches and horns where there had previously not been any. Scrawled below was:
6:57, Ravenclaw Common Room
Written on a wall:
7:09, Professor Opteryx's Office
Written on the door:
7:12, Professor Wenlock's Office
Appearing on the office door:
7:16, School Chat
Sassi says, "omfg that one left in the ancient runes professor's office was funny but yeah he is insulting everyone now i wonder why he's doing it"
and M.O. replies with...
7:19, School Chat
dracocutie89 says, "Insulting is fun but get a bit more creative"
and M.O. replies with...
7:27, Staff Table
A Banner draped over the staff table. It had not been there before...
7:40, Professor Light's Office
Written upon the door:
7:44, Visit with your Owl
Written amongst the owl droppings on the floor:
8:01, The Kitchen Entrance for Students
Written on the Student's entrance to the kitchens:
8:07, Assistant Groundskeeper's Office
Scrawled on the door:
8:09, The Magical Creature Hospital
Written on the inside wall:
8:12, Professor C. Virohsa's Office
Seeing the previous words erased, MO gets even:
8:18, Wandering the Halls
Humming can be heard in the distance as words slowly appear on the wall....again:
And after that one, M.O. retired for the night. Until next time...

M.O is getting more frequent the staff table and professor wenlock's office has been hit ,also the staff room fire and prefect's lounge has been hit.

Mysterious Occurances has posted this in the Fruitsy tree grove.

Has anyone else noticed his notes are slowly getting more threatening?

MO hit the kitchens

MO only posted once in the Ravenclaw common room and this is what it said:

MO has struck once again. Here are the most recent posts.

Gryffindor Common Room

Hufflepuff Common Room

Ravenclaw Common Room

Slytherin Common Room


Duelling Arena


Professor Dainsie’s office

Castle Wall


Food Preparation Station

don't forget in the owlery he was playing with poo.

see? playing in poo.

Tabby (Dru) and Rave (Raider) are in the Halls attempting to communicate with MO seeing as Tabby thought that MO wrote "I have only just started" not long after Tabby said "There are lots of these". They're communicating by yelling into the corridor and hoping to get a response.

We will see what happens.

There going to be a serect meeting between Voldemortist and Lainey.What will happen and is he behide M.O or they teaming up?Will Lainey die again?I guess we will find out very soon.
Lord Voldemortist slipped through the shadows until he came to the dingy back alley behind the seedy hostel: The Hog's Head. He was to meet with Professor Lainey once more and was quite eager for the encounter, though he wasn't sure how it would turn out in the end...

That Mr. Durskurk is Voldemortist first name that such a strang name no wonder he evil.

Quote:

Lord Voldemortist slipped through the shadows until he came to the dingy back alley behind the seedy hostel: The Hog's Head. He was to meet with Professor Lainey once more and was quite eager for the encounter, though he wasn't sure how it would turn out in the end...

they're on the move :shifty:

^yes, they are talking about retrieving the book of mysteria before rae destroys it...and laniey has agreed to help voldemortist...

There's more

More:

Just posted in LAINEYS OFFICE



And here in the Your Patronus and You:

Another mysterious occurance has...occurred! This time in Lainey's office :

This is probably a message from Voldemortist (assuming that he is the one behind the mysterious occurances, which..is a safe bet) to Lainey. The thank you is most probably for her agreeing to get the jewellery box for him. Heh...he's so into her. ;)

Red rose : ahem...passionate love, anyone? Do I hear wedding bells?

Students have been locked in, in Divination and in the dueling arena by MO.

MO is on the move again.... :shifty:

MO's at it again.

MO just hit the lake

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it has to be Lord Voldemortist who's behind all these occurances. who else woulld give Lainey a red rose?
i think it's love :loved:

Virosha thinks, well she doesn't really know what's hit her, but she kinda thinks that Rae actually hexed her, for the part of her that does think. i think tho that she has a concussion from the getting knocked out and hit on the head. Voldemortist almost has to be behind the MO things because they just go together.

At Lainey's office, attacking Rave Stone when she confronted lainey about over hearing her meeting with Lord Voldemortist.
At Ancient Rune's Second Class..


MO at Chatting with the portraits ...

MO In Wondering the halls...

Mo at the Staff Table


MO at the great hall (All four houses)..








Samea having fun with Jello...


The house points seem to have gone wonky.
Or has everyone just been very naughty in the last 3 hours?

Nevermind.
People, PLEASE, update Merlins at the same time you update the Chat.

Please.

Samea has caused the house points to plunge

By The way: Since there was such a HUGE gap in events, ALL Mods and Admins....even Prefects if they're capable of it, may edit in this post all the occurances I haven't updated. :)


Rhea: Events up to date ... =)

The house points missing is thanks to Samea for causing a commotion within the feast of bats! :lol: She has been at it again tonight!

MO has struck again.

Mo in the hallways:

MO Strikes at the Library...


MO later in the kitchens ...

MO strikes in the Great Hall! (staff table)

Samea had a breakdown!

Oh noes:
The Hufflepuff Prefect came to the rescue:
Rae and Nik are currently sitting under the staff table, trying to coax some secrets out of a very upset Samea.

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Andi Mao-Macdougal Zizhen and Count Andrei Vannacutt met in the Three Broomsticks and Andrei proposed to her. Will she accept or reject him coldly?

EDIT : Looks like it's a "Yes"! AMMZ said yes and they're going to go get married in front of the MoM right now. Poor, poor, Nikolai. He's going to be begging Rae and Doyle to adopt him.

And they'd say yes. 'Cause he saved her life.

LOL, it would be hilarious!

Okay, so MO has revealed itself!

Staff Table, Great Hall :

So...the Mysterious Occurances have been caused by another poltergeist by the name of Iocus!

Rest of the Posts from the Staff Table

:shifty: I have a feeling there Iocus will stick around just a bit longer...

this happened at teh lake...i dunno what happened previously but...im sure we will find out...and we'll be hearing from MO again!!!

What happened to make MO do what was posted in the last post came from The Head Groundskeeper's Office thread, Miranda Cauldwell.

The Headmistress has given her speech:

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Originally Posted by Cassirin Headmistress Cassandra Rae-Branxton stood at the head table and looked out across the Great Hall. She was neither smiling nor frowning, merely taking in the students. Nothing was resolved. Nothing was finished, and she felt so... at odds. Finally, she looked at the nearly empty staff table. Her staff, those she'd handpicked to teach alongside her. And she couldn't trust them. With a deeply heart-felt sigh, Rae raised her hands for the attention of the students. "Good evening to you, my Hogwarts friends... no. Good evening, my Hogwarts family. It's been an odd term, I know, but we've made it out alive on the other side. For those of you who haven't heard, we've had much drama this term. Pranks and odd things have occurred all over the school, but we've managed to not only survive the odd events but to come out the other side a little smarter. "For those who do not know, the events in the school were created by a poltergeist named Iocus. Apparently, Iocus was intent on making Hogwarts his home and had decided to drive our dearly annoying poltergeist Samea from these walls. Due to the hard-work of Samea herself, several students, and several professors, Iocus was driven from our walls, and we hope we will not see him again. "I know there has been much speculation on all of our parts about the Book of Mysteria. The staff have decided together that the Book can no longer reside within our walls, and we've made motions to destroy it." She stared at the table for a moment before sharing the shameful truth with everyone for the first time. "Sadly, the Book has been bespelled to protect itself against such destruction, and it had hidden itself. The Book is gone, and I couldn't tell you if it is hidden in the castle, in the United Kingdom, or even in this dimension. It is simply gone. "We must take this as good news... the Book is no longer here, and Voldmortist has no more use for us. We are safe, and next term will be one of prosperity and promise. So let's focus on the positive. The Ravenclaws won the House Cup and the Quidditch Championships with resounding victories," she gestured at the blue and bronze decor. "We all need to work very hard next term to earn points and try to beat the reigning champions. Now, the train will be here soon, but for now... we feast!" She clapped her hands and food appeared on the tables.

Professor Plum, Col. Mustard and Miss Scarlet have been revealed as Linny, Cass and Lee! Goodbye and good luck guys!