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| | Term 37: May - August 2014 Term Thirty-Seven: Winter is Coming (September 2083 - June 2084) | |
05-02-2014, 11:48 AM
| | |  What in Merlin's Beard?! Term 37 (2083-84)
 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 and in Hogsmeade -- out of character, of course.
This means that unless your student character heard this stuff from other students or witnessed the actual event, your student character doesn't know about it.
Also, this is a reminder to everyone to only post updates on the school plot here. Please do not post the happenings of your student character in here; that kind of chat goes in the school chat thread.
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07-22-2014, 12:48 AM
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| | Chizpurfle
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Some interesting information had been found at the Research Assistance Meeting Quote:
Originally Posted by The Narrator  Your fingers covered in dust from the pages of the codex, the next page you turn to may be worth a proper read.... Quote:
Originally Posted by the page After the nights grew long and the famine months upon
Woe unto those who had wronged her darkened soul
Morgan la Fay flew to the Star Temple on the hills of Avalon
on wings of jet black and contempt
To stone she carved - with talon fingernails -
the symbol of Winter’s wrath
Black magic she cast to curse the land
and bring forth winter eternal
The above is an excerpt from the epic poem written by Berinon the Bard recounting the events leading up to the first of many duels that would occur between Morgan la Fay and Merlin. While wizarding historians argue the authenticity of the account, some theorizing that the cause of the five month winter recorded by scribes of the time was in fact cause by an unusual chort migration due to the increase of tuberculosis cases among muggles, evidence of la Fay’s carvings and the bind runes carved by Merlin himself to seal her curse away still remain on innermost chamber of the Star Temple of Avalon. There is also an image at the bottom of the page. | 
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07-26-2014, 06:19 PM
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| | Abraxan
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Inside the Irie Room: Quote:
Originally Posted by The Narrator The first signs of trouble were brewing as the thick, dark clouds that rolled into view, obscuring the sun that made you happy you were invited only moments ago. Thicker and thicker they piled into the sky until there is little in the way of light save for the tiki lights and the candles by the cabana. From the East a cold wind rises that causes the tips of the palm trees to bend and shake. One blow and you're sent into a teeth chatter you feel you'll never recover from. The appearance of goosebumps should be your warning to get out...while you can.
But wait, the door to the irie room has started opening and closing with loud bangs.
BANG BANG BANG! Boooo.
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07-27-2014, 11:34 AM
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| | Ashwinder
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The1HBIC Attention all 5th and 7th year studentsDue to the extreme weather conditions we are having, OWL and NEWT exams have been postponed at this time. All current fifth and seventh year students will receive notice when the exams will be available for you to take. Please see your Head of House if you have any questions or concerns about these exams. And YES! You still have to study for your exams! You lucky bats you. :|
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08-04-2014, 08:26 AM
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| | Porlock
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Well, well, well. Hope it's a fruitful conversation with the ministry.  Quote:
Originally Posted by BanaBatGirl Right, let's see if the floo works today.
Annie marched determinedly back into her office and straight over to the fireplace. Nothing had been touched, really, and the fire was still well-stoked. Thanks, Hogwarts elves. She grabbed a pinch of powder from the pot atop her mantle and tossed it in the flames.
Now for the part she didn't like... the part she really, really didn't like. The redhead kneeled down by the fire and took a deep breath, submitting just her head into the now-green fire.
"The Ministry of Magic," she spoke clearly into the fireplace, "Office of the Head of Environmental Regulation and Protection, please."
Once the connection went through ---- AMAZINGLY! ---- the Headmistress proceeded to converse.... AND LOOK! Our librarian is finally awake.  his hair though Quote:
Originally Posted by Nordic Witch Stirring Leo opened his eyes to croak out with a soar achy throat. "Ooouch my arms are aching....Cece, Cece??" Letting his eyes wander around the room that no doubt was a ward in the infirmary he only spotted beds. A quick scan of the rest of the ward told Leo that he was currently the only patient. Raising an aching and swollen hand to pull it through his hair he cried out in despair as he noticed a large chunck of it missing. "Cece, what did you do to my hair?"
Trying to sit up difficulty Leo reached out for what he hoped was a water goblet. How long had he been blacked out?
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08-05-2014, 01:41 AM
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| | Crup
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Gryffindor First Year x12 x12
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vskfvsdkbhf Floo running out????? Welp, at least she got her message across before it did? We're saaaaaved...if they get the job done. Quote:
Originally Posted by hermionesclone "There you go." She had nothing to worry about. If her nanny was proud, that was all that mattered. And to Bryce, it sounded a lot like the nanny was the one who had raised Jazz and not her actual parents. Serious judging was going on. "It's saying a lot. I wouldn't let them make me feel bad about it, if I were you." This may have a little to do with the fact that he didn't want someone in his department feeling bad about working there. "Spain's a great place, by the looks of it. Have you ever been?"
SNORT. "Don't tell me I have to go through an initiation process in the department." Was that a joke? Even he didn't know. "Two years is quite some time. And you already know Ronnie."
Was he good at hiding his feelings? No. DID he wish he could have hidden this from Jasmine? In a heartbeat. "You could say that," he said slowly, "We might need to stop work for a while so that--"
One word: rude.
And unexpected. Three words.
Before he could finish his sentence, a head of red hair popped out of his fireplace, making Bryce jump and yell out, "Gulping Gargoyles!" Was this planned?! Had Ronnie mentioned that he was going to have a guest today? His guess was no for both, because this was an urgent call. From Hogwarts.
The letter from St. Mungo's was going to be swept off to one side. Didn't need to bother her with that.
"Hello, Ms! Take a seat, have a pastry," he said, nodding at the seat on the other side of his desk and at the tray of pastries on his desk that were meant to be for himself and his employees. Surely, they could share, yes? "What brings you here?"
Would it be rude to call her a gingeraffe as well? Quote:
Originally Posted by BanaBatGirl
Have a seat, take a pastry! "Well I would if I could," Anastasia replied with a grim expression, "but Hogwarts is rather snowed in at the moment, you see, so my Floo connection is shaky enough as it is." He could put a pastry in her mouth, though, she would like that. Ahem. Later.
"I'm Headmistress Truebridge and I'm contacting you, Mr.....? You are the head of this department, correct?" He looked so young, but she would continue with her message anyway. "Hogwarts has an infestation of what believe are chorts currently living in our forest and causing a viral winter for us. Now, we are trying to get the students home in time for summer, but that won't get rid of the beasts and the climate hovering over the school still."
She took a breath and tried not to inhale too much soot. "Do you think your department and the creatures one can help us? We would like to remove these Dark beasts and get the weather back to normal ASAP."
The redhead in the fire gave a look to the two sitting there in comfort, able to go outside whenever they pleased, able to enjoy sunshine and their framilies, and sighed internally.
...."Please."
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Originally Posted by hermionesclone So she wasn't coming in, then? Shame. He gave Jasmine a single nod and said, "Excuse me, Miss Jasmine," before taking a pastry and a napkin and heading over towards the redhead. The thirty year old man sat down cross legged in front of her because according to her, this was urgent.
And it was. It really really was.
"Howell. Bryce Howell. I am the Department Head." And he was speaking to the Headmistress, of all people. The man did wonder why it took so long for her to get in touch with him or someone at the Ministry but no matter. "We were discussing the school situation at a recent meeting, funnily enough. Were going to try and contact you so thank you for contacting me." They thought that the Cold Ones were attacking but that was something he wasn't about to mention.
As for the Chorts, all he could say was thank Merlin and Circe and all the Wizarding hierarchy that he wasn't in the Creatures department.
He DID brighten up when she mentioned something about helping. "I'll talk to Harmony, the Creatures Head," Who was a little... eccentric was a good word, wasn't it? "and we'll gather up our best teams. Might need to borrow one other employee from another team too." Because if Max knew enough about Cold Ones, he probably knew lots about chorts too.
"Has the situation gotten worse since..." When had the article been released? "... March? April?" Quote:
Originally Posted by BanaBatGirl
Bryce Howell, right. Annie would be committing that to memory since 1) he could be the school's saving grace from this winter; and 2) she felt bad for the young man already trapped in a lifetime of what would surely be misery since he worked at the Ministry. Heh.
Plus he had brought a pastry over to the fire. She tried not to look at that and instead focused on his nice face as he talked. Funnily enough, someone was already working on the school's problem?! "Well I'm just glad no one forgot about us," she remarked with juuust a bit of bitterness.
"Great!" He would talk to the other head for her! And gather up teams, which was Ministry talk for doing something about it. Finally. THANK MERLIN. This would be good news to take back to her staff. "We have a few professors with some knowledge of the chorts, and the students did some research on what may be causing this winter... but the sooner you can get here to investigate," for us, because that forest was DANGEROUS, "the better."
Annie shook her head slowly at his last question. "We were hoping some of the owls would come back when the calendar said May on it... but no luck yet. I did see an icicle melt yesterday though!" So that was progress? And plus, her floo was working now. Ish. For a bit. She'd best not tempt her luck with this short message-delivery, though. "Please send your team by June 1. We are going to dig our way ou----"
Wellp, the Floo cut off. At least she had gotten her message through. :/
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08-08-2014, 08:27 PM
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The Headmistress has given her speech! And soon everyone will get to enjoy warmer weather, yayyyy!  Quote:
Originally Posted by BanaBatGirl "Good evening," the Headmistress' magnified voice echoed across the Great Hall. "Welcome to the conclusion of another successful term. Obviously we have had to weather a few odd circumstances," ha ha punny, right? "But rest assured that the rest of the wizarding world is fully enjoying their June, and after tonight, you will be too." She faked a smile for the students.
"As always, we have a few goodbyes to say this term, some to our friends, some to our departing professors, but we also have a few congratulations! Congratulations go out to Gryffindor on their successfully winning the House Cup, and to Slytherin on winning the Gobstones Cup. Congratulations to us ALL, also, as no one died or aged this term."
She almost said 'or was injured' but a glance at the staff table reminded her that that wasn't true. So, with those announcements, Bunz led the tables in a round of applause.
"One final announcement: please be careful going out to the carriages, and seventh years, if I were you, I wouldn't risk being bold and stupid and taking the boats across the icy lake to the train station. Just take a carriage. It's still cold outside, WE KNOW, but we're working on it."
And that was that. Speech given, the food had appeared and the Headmistress hurried back to her seat to grab something warm.
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