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| Term 50: September - December 2018 Term Fifty: Austere Academy (Sept 2096 - June 2097) |
04-16-2017, 11:07 PM
| | The Igloo Banner credit: Suziella Behind the Groundskeeper's Hut, right at the edge of the Forbidden Forest towers an igloo. A spell keeps it from melting during the warmer seasons and despite some protest from the Groundkeeper’s side, the students are welcome to enter. This is where Mr. Baldvinsson likes to retreat when the Scottish summer gets too warm or when he needs to reminisce of his many years as a ranger on Svalbard.
Since the Igloo is completely made of ice, inside and out, you’ll notice it’s a clever idea to borrow one of the fur coats provided by Mr. Baldvinsson. Please leave the coat (undamaged, thank you) by the entrance for the next student to use.
Inside the Igloo are several ice statues in the shape of both magical and non-magical creatures that Mr. Baldvinsson found an interest in back home. A large sofa with a warming fur throw is located at one side of the room where you may take a seat and flip through one of the books on how to lure a polar bear, using snow patterns to track down a wolf pack or the quickest way to locate a hot spring. In the evening, a beautiful display of the northern lights is shown with green and blue lights dancing across the icy ceiling.
Any use of heatening charms such as Chaudensis or any fire spells are strictly forbidden, for obvious reasons. Please make sure to leave the Igloo as you found it and don’t let the northern lights make you forget the time for curfew. Mmhm.
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09-06-2018, 03:01 PM
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| Blast-Ended Skrewt
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Hadleigh Renee Paton (DarkGreen) Slytherin Graduated Hogwarts RPG Name: Bryony Rose Paton (#FF69B4) Slytherin Fourth Year x12
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Grabbing one of the many warm fur coats, Professor Baldvinsson was so new enough to provide, Rylee slipped it on making sure to button it up. The fact that the coat came down to nearly her ankles didn't bother her in the least. Flipping up the collar around her neck she stepped inside the igloo.
Right away her feet moved on their own accord heading straight for the ice statues. Was there any new ones this term? She would be finding out soon enough as she moved from one to the next.
The large hippogriff ice statue was beautiful... but not as beautiful as the display of northern lights that would happen if she remained here long enough. Was it late enough into the evening for that today? Rylee wasn't sure but she hoped it was.
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09-07-2018, 05:40 AM
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| Wrackspurt
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Madison Valentine Fifth Year x12 x9
| ♥s her SS family l Wifey is MINE | Naughty Niffler l Whittysaur l #awkwardturtle<# Hogwarts has an IGLOO?!?
That was so cool.
Ilvermorny definitely didn't have anything like that.
Curious, Madison made her way over, impressed with the creativity of the groundskeeper. Winter was her favourite season because she loved snow and skating, and now it was like a bit of it was happening in the autumn. There were even ice sculptures, which were really pretty. "Hey, Rylee!" So she wasn't the only one who had decided to stop by. |
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09-07-2018, 01:51 PM
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| Blast-Ended Skrewt
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Hadleigh Renee Paton (DarkGreen) Slytherin Graduated Hogwarts RPG Name: Bryony Rose Paton (#FF69B4) Slytherin Fourth Year x12
| Madison! Otter This World ♡ Catpurrccino ♡ Slotherin ♡ Pandamonium
Huh?
Everywhere she went lately someone was calling her name. Sometimes she really just wanted to be alone and enjoy the silence. Tonight wasn't one of those times which was a good thing for both her and whoever was calling for her.
Rylee turned away from the Hippogriff ice sculpture and towards the voice. "Hi, Madison!" She smiled softly waving at her the slightly older girl that had just joined Gryffindor this term. "How are you liking Hogwarts? Is it anything like where you transferred from?" Did she know where that was? She couldn't recall Madison having telling her before and now she was curious.
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09-14-2018, 04:21 AM
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| Wrackspurt
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Madison Valentine Fifth Year x12 x9
| ♥s her SS family l Wifey is MINE | Naughty Niffler l Whittysaur l #awkwardturtle<# For a second Madison wondered if she had bothered the other girl... In case Rylee had wanted a bit of alone time, but nope. She seemed to be cheerful enough, and the feeling was probably a bit of paranoia. Really she wondered if she would be able to make as many friends as she had back at Invermorny. It would be easier next term when her sister would be old enough to join her. For now, she was really happy just getting to know more people because so many were really friendly. Like Rylee. "Oh, yes! I am. It's not too similar to Invermorny, though of course there ARE similarities. There are also a lot of differences. But it IS fun here and I am meeting more people. I just get really confused with your staircases." Madison smiled. She would get used to it in time, but it really could be a bit frustrating when she was on her way to one place, and ended up going somewhere else because the stairs had decided to move on her. Was there a system with them that she just hadn't managed to pick up on yet? |
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09-14-2018, 01:34 PM
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| Blast-Ended Skrewt
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Hadleigh Renee Paton (DarkGreen) Slytherin Graduated Hogwarts RPG Name: Bryony Rose Paton (#FF69B4) Slytherin Fourth Year x12
| Madison! Otter This World ♡ Catpurrccino ♡ Slotherin ♡ Pandamonium
Rylee had to hold back a giggle when Madison mentioned the staircase. "Everyone has trouble with the staircase! I still get confused by it sometimes and this is my third year here!" See, Maddie no need to worry! "It makes for a really good work out if you get lost." Which she had done more times than she could remember. "Can you tell me more about Ilvermorny? Do you have the same lessons like we have here? Is the sorting similar?" Consider her really curious and wanting to know ALL the things! Hopefully she wouldn't annoy the older girl to much by the time they were finished talking. Rylee just really enjoyed learning new things when she could.
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09-18-2018, 09:22 PM
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| Wrackspurt
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Madison Valentine Fifth Year x12 x9
| ♥s her SS family l Wifey is MINE | Naughty Niffler l Whittysaur l #awkwardturtle<# Oh, really? Madison was glad that she wasn't the only one who really struggled with the staircase. She had just assumed that everyone who wasn't new to Hogwarts got used to things and it didn't really matter anymore. Then again, that would have been preferable.... Hmm. She giggled. "There seems to be a lot of great places here to exercise. I thought that I might take a walk along the entire pathways at some point." Before it got TOO cold.
Talking about Ilvermorny was ALWAYS nice. Madison missed some things about her old school even if she was pretty happy to be at Hogwarts. It was nice here too. "Well, it's not too different in the basic ways. Obviously we don't have a Sorting Hat, but that was really neat. I wasn't expecting that." Maybe she should read thought Hogwarts, a History, but that seemed really boring, so probably not. "When we are sorted into our houses, we stand on the symbol of the Gordian Knot, and the carving for whichever house we are to go into reacts to our presence." She wasn't sure if that made sense, but she could explain it further if Rylee wanted her to. "I was sorted into Thunderbird." It was an awesome house. |
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09-21-2018, 12:10 PM
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| Blast-Ended Skrewt
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Hadleigh Renee Paton (DarkGreen) Slytherin Graduated Hogwarts RPG Name: Bryony Rose Paton (#FF69B4) Slytherin Fourth Year x12
| Madison! Otter This World ♡ Catpurrccino ♡ Slotherin ♡ Pandamonium
Of course! Not everyone was used to staircases that moved on it's own! Rylee smiled and nodded. "Mhmm! There's quite a few people that run along the pathways." Herself included. Not so much anymore now that they had to run each and every morning.
Rylee listened intently. She hadn't thought there would be a sorting hat at Ilvermorny but she didn't think they just stood on a carving either. "The symbols react? What do they do? Is being in Thunderbird there kind of like being a Gryffindor here?" Where the houses similar? Now she really wanted to know all the things!
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09-25-2018, 04:46 AM
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| Wrackspurt
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Toronto
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Madison Valentine Fifth Year x12 x9
| ♥s her SS family l Wifey is MINE | Naughty Niffler l Whittysaur l #awkwardturtle<# Oh, really? Madison perked up a little at that. "Do you ever run along there?" If not, did she know who did? Because maybe if it was someone she knew, they could do it together and be exercise buddies or something. Being fit and active was perfect, and she wanted to make sure that she maintained that.
Rylee's questions about the symbols and houses wasn't surprising in the least. It was something that people just were curious about. She smiled. "Yes. When someone is sorted into Thunderbird, the symbol will beat its wings. For Wampus, its symbol will roar. Pukwudgie raises its arrow in the air, and the Horned Serpent has a gem on its forehead that will glow." So quite different than the sorting hat, but just as big of a ceremony. "Since Thunderbird is the house of adventurers, you can definitely say that." So when Madison had read up about Gryffindor, she figured that it would be where she probably ended up. She DID love exploring and having fun. |
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09-26-2018, 01:11 PM
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| Blast-Ended Skrewt
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Hadleigh Renee Paton (DarkGreen) Slytherin Graduated Hogwarts RPG Name: Bryony Rose Paton (#FF69B4) Slytherin Fourth Year x12
| Madison! Otter This World ♡ Catpurrccino ♡ Slotherin ♡ Pandamonium
Rylee smiled softy and nodded. "Sometimes. Not as much as I used to though... sorry. I wouldn't mind running with you sometimes if you like." Not every single day anymore what with all the S.O.R.E. running they were doing and such. "Um... I'm not sure who still runs along the pathways anymore but possibly Jackson?" The Prefect. She knew he done so quite a fair bit last term. "That sounds like a lot of fun!" Sure the Sorting Hat spoke to you and you could talk back to it but having the different house symbols react to a student sounded much more entertaining than a hat calling out a house name. "Ooooh, so you probably had an idea then that you might be a Gryffindor since you were a Thunderbird there." That made sense. "Do you think I would be a Thunderbird too, then?" It worked that way, right?
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