OOC Seminar: Game History
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Who: Everyone
What: A general rundown of game history from opening until now.
Not intended to be a substitute for reading logs, but more
a basic overview.
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Sophia throws a knut at Vanya.

Ron says "Good job, Hermione. I was just about to do something just like that.
Yeah, that's it."

Vanya obediently hands the card to Lucius. Choruses, "Good Evening, Miss
Echidna." And shuts up.

Echidna makes general shushing noises.

Stevens waves to Echidna.

Sophia is confused.

Echidna says "We're going to go over what has happened on Alere Flammas since
the game opened two RL years ago. As you probably know, we started our
timeline after the events of Goblet of Fire. If you haven't done so, you
should all read 'news timeline' to get a brief rundown of some of the things
that have happened in various years."

Echidna says "Some of these plots have ongoing repercussions, and even if you
weren't playing your character at the time we RPd them, they'd still have
been present. This is, for example, why students above a certain year have
to answer questions during the application process about the Siege of
Hogwarts even if they weren't playing here at the time."

Echidna says "I always think of these in terms of Harry's year at school, so
if I slip up and say things like 'and then in sixth year', you'll have to
forgive me. :)"

Sheep3b baas.

Lysandra sorries.

Echidna <3 Sheep3b.

Vanya eyes the sheep.

Sophia worries about having to know more about the siege than, "uhm, it was
scary".

Echidna says "Then you've come to the right place."

Sophia asks, "How w likely is it to come up though? it's not like people g
around quizzing each other about the siege :)

You say "Keep in mind that the only events we have records of are the ones
that were either posted a) on the bboards (+bbread 15 and +bbread 26) and b)
on the loglist. This seminar is not meant to be (and will not be!) a
substitute for reading important logs. You should do that. It's a good way
to waste your time. :)"

Sophia asks, "is there a list of the most important ogs?"

Sophia says "i've read all the ooc seminars what i could find"

Lysandra says "Well, certain characters died during the Siege.. they come up
every now and then in conversation."

Lucius says "Many characters played important parts in the siege."

Maoliosa whistles softly to herself in a half-knowing manner...

You say "There isn't a list of important logs, because at this point it would
be very long. If there's a group of logs that go together, a common theme,
or all from the same day, we try to label them as such."

You say "Sortings are generally important, so I would read those."

Hermione says "I'd say that what may be important for one character may not be
as vital to another. Of course, without looking at them, there's no way to
tell which may be which, other than those useful to almost everyone (like
Sortings)."

Echidna says "For example, the end of the year five plot are all labelled T.
A. W. B. T. There's, like, ten of them or something."

Echidna says "the Siege ones start at #983 (And So It Begins)."

Viviane says "I think what is important to remember is that the Siege is a
huge factor in shaping the perspectives of the students who were enrolled at
that time. Even if you were not a PC yet, the experience should be part of
your memory."

You say "All right. Starting. Feel free to interrupt me with questions as we
go, but I may be a few moments in answering."

Vanya nods at Viviane. "Big scarring event, right there. V. Traumatizing.
Shutting up now."

You say "This is going to be very overviewy. If I leave out important stuff
that happened to your character, you can chime in with it if you want. :)
I'm mostly going to end up sticking to game plot and FCs."

Sophia mutters something about so much reading and no retenssion.

Lysandra can't wait to jump in with the part where Vanya kises Vincent. :)

Vanya claps her hand over Lysandra's mouth. "Hush, you!"

Stevens eyes Lysandra, "That NEVER...wait..yes it did.."

Echidna likes the part where ROn gets naked.

Stevens doesn't like that part, at all.

Lysandra likes that too. V. important, that.

Hermione facepalms.

Vanya covers her eyes. "Speaking of scarring..."

Sophia says "did that actually happen?"

Sophia doesn't pick up on the inside jokes :)

Selina turns off her brain to erase the last ninety seconds of her life.

Vanya says "Oh, it happened."

Viviane could bring up Harry and Hermione

Sophia softly asks, ...okay, so that actually happened?"

Lysandra is not even mentioning any Snape scenes.

Stevens coughs, eyeshifts. Is glad he wasn't there for any of it.

Sophia says "okay i guess that wasn't a joke... odd"

Lysandra likes the part when he stops moving.

Ron prefers that part over the part where he got naked. :P ;)

Sophia is confused.

Selina...s.

Stevens prefers just about anything over Ron getting naked.

Lucius also ...s.

Sophia thinks there could be worst things...

Hermione keeps her mouth shut.

Sophia asks, "what does ....s mean?

Vanya says "They're speechless, Sophia."

Stevens grins eeeeeeevilly at Hermione.

Shelley bets there was a part where Sophia got confused. :)

Sophia says "thanks :)"

Sophia says "i'm confused because everyone keeps using references that only
old peopleunderstand :("

Lysandra says "Well, you'll learn. :)"

Echidna says "just be patient, and you'll understand them too."

Sophia says "uhm, i mean, people who have been here the last 2 years"

Sophia says "that's the problem... i won't learn"

Vanya totters around with her cane, smacking the young'uns.

Stevens says "And then you will cry out of shame of knowing these references
and being thusly tainted."

Sophia says "there is no time machine"

Sophia says "i can't go back to when this MUSH started"

Echidna says "What do you think this seminar is for, Sophia? :)"

Stevens says "AH, but you can. :) You can read the logs."

Lysandra says "And unofficial logs. :)"

Sophia says "that's not the same..."

Sophia says "i wonder if anyone could read and retain all those logs..."

Stevens coughquotepagecoughs.

Vanya dies. "No. That will not help."

You say "The game opened on August 1, 1995 -- the middle of the summer between
Harry's 4th and 5th year. (Remember, book 5 never happened!) That summer was
a strange one. Voldemort was back -- except no one believed it. Sirius was
still on the run. Everyone felt very up in the air. Snape was eating ice
cream. The strangeness continued after everyone returned to school --
Draco's harem started to accumulate rapidly, much to Pansy's annoyance, and
he soon had at least 3 girls stringing along besides her, including Ruby and
Hermione. Harry was made captain of the Gryffindor quidditch team. Hermione
became a Prefect. There was a new language teacher, Tristan Talbot."

Sophia says "you even refer to OOC things!"

Stuart's player remembers the Snape-ish Ice Cream eating...

Tengu notes that was IC date, not OOC date. I got confused there for a sec. :)

Pixie pauses to note that we (the admins) really don't like unofficial logs.
>_< If you have a log, send it in! We don't care what it's about! Please.

Sheep3b sends in the log where he gets naked.

Sophia says "what about the term "log worthy" ?"

Sophia says "shouldn't we avoid sending those ?"

You say "If you wrote a story, which is what you're doing when you RP, do you
just throw it away, or do you share it with everyone else? We'd like
everyone to share."

Echidna says "Also, we can't *pauses to crack up at Sheep3b* help generate
plots for people if we don't know what kind of things they're presently
dealing with."

Naga nodnods.

Sophia says "oh, i mean like if characters just cha about things that
happened, isn't that pretty useless? ;)"

Vanya says "Chatting about things can be a) informative and b) pretty bloody
amusing."

Hermione says "Not necessarily. Even an innocuous little conversation can be
an important piece of character building."

Vanya says "Some of my favorite logs/roleplaying experiences have started from
a bunch of bored people sitting in the common room yattering at each other."

Stevens nods, knows he's been in scenes that he wouldn't call earth shaking,
but are useful for charater/plot development.

Tyler waves to everyone. "Sorry I am late."

Shelley says "When you realize you've started having a good thing, you can
start logging out of your buffer."

Naga says "And even a scene between a bunch of friends in a cafe can turn out
to be very important. :)"

Sophia says "but what if it doesn't "turn out"?"

Sophia says "waht if it's just fluff?"

Naga says "I've never rejected a log because it was fluff."

Viviane says "Use your judgement."

Tengu says "I like to think our players are creative and amusing. Even a
do-nothing scene will usually have one or two things worth reading."

Sophia says "judgement means there is such a athing as a useless log? :)"
Sophia whews.

Hermione says "Even fluff is often important. This is doubly so for a feature,
but still important for non-features, in my opinion."

Echidna says "sometimes fluff is amusing. :)"

Vanya likes fluff.

Echidna says "it's a nice alternative to angst. :)"

Sophia is confused.

Vanya baps her typist. "Stop that, you'll ruin my image."

Lucius says "I've had posted a log of just Narcissa and I talking. It affected
no game canon, but it was character building. That's important."

Lysandra enjoys the little scenes with FCs. Such as the
Lucius-brushing-his-hair scene.

Hermione says "Fluff makes the characters seem more alive, more real."

Lucius smirks.

Sophia says "what if nothing /at all/ happens?"

Stevens no comments about fluff he's been involved in. "SOMETHING has to
happen for people to be RPing, even if it is just idle discussion."

Naga agrees with Stevens.

Naga says "Even discussing class can be important."

Sophia says "oh"

Sophia says "i thought not, since the seasoned veteran that was logging said
nothing "log worth" happened"

Vanya says "If nothing at all happens, that's called idling. :)"

Sophia says "log worthy"
Sophia says "that's the proper term! :)"
Sophia says "okay, so idle logs = bad?"

Ron says "Idling means /literally/ nothing happens. Everyone sits in total
silence."

Lysandra says "She means that players are idling and not doing anything, not
idle logs. :P"

Sophia says "oh"

You say "Continuing -- Later that fall, it seemed that the entire world had
gone mad when it was discovered that Snape was not only seeing professor
Sinistra, but had proposed to her. The students were horrified to see them
behaving in a gooey manner together at various events during the year. Draco
continued his run on the girls, though eventually Hermione pulled herself
free of the fascination with him and Pansy even went to the Yule Ball with
another guy. In the meantime, a new apothecary bought the shop in Hogsmeade,
and charms from her shop began to appear amongst the student population.
Gryffindor was doing well on the Quidditch field and Draco was not. Sirius,
worried about Harry, was living in the Shrieking Shack. Lupin, worried about
Sirius and working on a way to clear him, was plotting to force Peter to
reveal himself."

You say "Also that fall, there was an explosion near Manchester. Voldemort's
work, it appeared, though the muggles wrote it off as something else, of
course. Over New Year's there was another attack, this time at Godric's
Hollow -- seemingly a message to Harry, though he was nowhere near the
location at the time. A Ravenclaw 6th year, Artie Flinch, was killed in the
attack. As the winter rolled on, strange(er) things began happening at
Hogwarts, too. Accidents seemed to be following Harry around, and people
started to wonder about him."

Sheep3b . o O ( I wonder if Harry likes sheep. )

Vanya chokes.

Leslea says "Starting to?"

Stevens can assure you he does...</channeling>

Selina ignores the sheep.

You say "Ok, people ONCE AGAIN started to wonder about Harry. ;)"

Sophia says "another nside joke..."

Lysandra hopes Harry will not take after Aberforth, no.

Sophia says "anything about that in the logs?"

You say "The sheep?"

Tengu says "I'm sorry. I'll stop with the sheep. :)"

Sophia says "the whole chatter and the sheep thing"

Pixie has not seen any Harry/sheep logs come through.

Lysandra says "'Unofficial logs'"
Lysandra hides.

Vanya says "The sheep is a joke, Sophia. Because it's so totally random."

Sophia says "are the unoffical logs online?"

Lysandra is just kidding.

Sophia says "oh"

Sophia needs to grow a sense of humour and the ability to read minds.

Tyler the 'new' guy just sits there. Listening to the history of the MUSH.

You say "Things began to come to a head when Harry and Hermione discovered
that Ron was somehow under the Imperius curse. He broke free, but they had
no idea who might have done it or what was going on. So they remained
vigilant until things came to a head in May. In May occurred the second most
scary event ever to take place at Hogwarts (after the siege, of course):
Snape's wedding."

Sophia says "two head comings... sounds scary..."
Sophia hides.

You say "Snape and Sinistra were married and the reception was held out on the
meadow so that the students could enjoy the festivities. Unfortunately,
Voldemort had other plans, and his minion, Judith Rache, the owner of the
apothecary shop, arrived at Hogwarts with other things in mind. Cho, under
Imperius, stole Harry's wand, and Judith used it to murder that year's
Defense professor, Celeste Collingwood."

Sophia says "poor bastard"

Vanya says "Voldie: 4. DADA: 0. (Not counting Lupin, since that was Snape's
fault.)"

Stevens says "He knew the risks, it was the DADA spot. ;)"

Lucius sniffles. Master didn't choose m...I mean, uh, Voldemort is evil.

Stevens eyes Lucy.

Sophia sings the theme song from, "I love Lucy".

Sophia says "wait.. no lyrics!"

Naga sshs Sophia.

Sophia says "k"

Sophia says "stop staring at me! i stopped talking already ;p"

Tyler says "Is that log in the logs site?"

Echidna says "Yes, it's in the T. A. W. B. T. series of logs."

Echidna says "You'll see the wedding, the reception, etc."

You say "Now we digress for a moment to Hogsmeade: Lupin, as part of his plan
to flush Peter out of hiding, had convinced Peter's mother that she would be
in danger with Sirius still on the loose -- she was brought to the Three
Broomsticks, where it was thought to be safer. Sirius/Padfoot got a 'job' as
guard dog. On the day of the wedding, Peter decided to try and rescue his
mum, assuming that everyone would be up at the castle. Unluckily for him,
Sirius and Lupin raced back from the wedding in time to surprise him in the
middle of the pub. They, with the *cough* able assistance of Minister Fudge,
ran Peter off."

You say "Everything I'm talking about here today is on the log site."

Maoliosamurmurs, "Sleeep. Must. Get. Sleep," and heads off to bed/

Tyler says "Cool. I started reading all the logs, from the first one all the
way to the newist one, I am like on number 6"

Sophia says "what does TAWBT mean?"

Echidna says "The Apocalypse Will Be Televised."
Echidna isn't sure why it was called that, but that's what it stood for. :)

Sophia says "and that's the name for the whole year?"

You say "Back at the wedding was confusion. Judith was spotted before she
could complete her plan of framing Harry for the murder and fled. Snape and
Sirius chased her down and returned her to the group. Collingwood was dead,
though, so there wasn't much that could be done."

Tengu says "I think it's a Buffy joke."

You say "Sirius, having been seen, decided to turn himself in with the promise
of actually getting a trial this time."

Sophia says "buffy, now i have to watch that show :~"

You say "After the wedding, the rest of the year was rather slow. Gryffindor
won the Quidditch Cup, Slytherin won the House Cup. Summer break began and
everyone went home."

Sophia says "but how much time does TAWBT cover?"

You say "About 2 hours."

Sophia says "it's only snape's weeding?"

You say "Yep."

Sophia actually understandsTAWBT now - well, as much as can be expected from
her. :)

Sophia returns to the rear with Tyler.

You say "The summer of 1996 held two exciting events: the trial of Sirius
Black and the European Cup."

Sophia says "were all of these plots devised by he admins/patronus/prefects?"

Sophia says "no newbies or normal people, right? :)"

Echidna says "Anyone can submit plot ideas."

Stevens is devising a plot as we speak, and isn't an admin/patronus/prefect.
I'm as (ab)normal as they come.

You say "The European Cup that year took place partially in Germany and
partially in France, but the final was held in Germany. Both Ireland and
England did well in the tournament, but England was the team that made it to
the finals -- thanks mostly to the Chudley Cannons seeker, William
Buckleman, who was under pressure to make up for the crushing disappointment
of the regular season, where he missed the snitch in the final game and lost
the League Cup for the Cannons."

You say "Sophia, you'll want to reread the OOC Seminar about submitting plots.
:)"

Tyler is still entirely not sure if he wants to create a student or an adult,
both seem interesting.

You say "England came away with the Cup and Buckleman promptly retired,
deciding it was best to quit while you were ahead."

Sophia says "i never retain it :~"
Sophia says "why decide! do both!"

You say "Sirius's trial was not so long as the cup, but it garnered nearly as
much attention. With Fudge as the featured witness attesting to Peter's
still being alive, it caused quite a sensation. Eventually he was cleared of
all charges and released. He soon took a flat in Hogsmeade where Harry could
live during the breaks."

You say "Harry's 6th year began in September of 1996, and it seemed that all
would be quiet that year. There was a new Defense professor, obviously,
Latimer Holmes, from the WWN. There were few rumblings from Voldemort, which
caused everyone a bit of worry, because it was not clear what he was up to
at all."

Sophia says "patronus, etc. plotsay what year are we ICly now?"
You say "+time, Sophia."

Sophia says "oops, two two sentenseces at once ;)"
Sophia says "i mean in the history recap"
Sophia says "it was answered just now, so nvm"
Sophia feels a cold shiver cross her back.

Tyler continues to just sit and listen

Dougal stops dropping ice down the back of Sophia's shirt.

Vanya hails Snape.

Lucius transfigures a beanbag into a throne for Snape.

Lysandra pays Dougal to continue.

Dougal is paid and, thus, continues.

Snape sits. Puts his feet up on a firstie. "Ave, plebians."

Stevens eyes Snape suspiciously.

You say "In fact, that year -was- pretty quiet. Almost unnervingly so. Snape
was mooning about with his bride, Draco was mooning about with Ruby -- the
year went off pretty much without a hitch. Certainly there were no more
weddings. Hufflepuff won the Quidditch Cup, leaving both Gryffindor and
Slytherin in the dust, while Ravenclaw came out on top in the points race."

April cheers

Dougal says "The calm before the storm, neh?"

Sophia says "is Ruby male or female?"

Dougal says "Female."

You say "+finger ruby"

Sophia says "who played the quidditch cup?"

Echidna says "All four Houses."

You say "+info quidditch"

Sophia says "NPC? or did people sign up? :)"

Dougal says "Both."

Sophia says "excellent."
Sophia tents her fingers.

Dougal builds a campfire on Sophia's palms.

Sophia says "were any plots submitted for that boring, ehm,"

Sophia says "peaceful year?"
Sophia says "or did the powers that be want the year to be uneventful?"

April wounders if while reading logs... for say a feature... if theres a way
to search for only the crucial stuff that shaped the character... instead of
going through everything that the character happens to be mentioned in...

You say "Unfortunately, not really."

Sophia finds that to be rather odd.

You say "You /can/ download the logs as text files and use a better search
function than what yahoo provides."

Shelley says "Isn't there a log of an OOC seminar about logs?"

Vanya says "April, Yahoo allowed you to search for logs containing a
characters name. That should pull up any logs Starring that character, but
it also includes all logs where they were just mentioned briefly."

Sophia says "i didn't see one"

You say "It may not be up yet."

Sophia says "that search only works for the last 30 days"

You say "No, it doesn't, Sophia. You just keep clicking 'next'"

Sophia says "no way :~"

You say "yes way :)"

Vanya was gonna say...it's always searched the entire archive for /me/.

Dougal says "Like, totally."

Echidna says "Duuude."

April notes that there /was/ high points listed on the web page.. but for some
reason thats no longer updated...

Dougal says "Rockin' explanation, dude!"

Tengu says "Here's a tip: If you look at the address bar while you're doing a
search, you can see what number log it's starting with. If you /know/ the
log is buried deep down, you can just manually edit that number and start
your search later on."

Sophia says "not me.."

Snape says "Whoa!"

Dougal does the Wayne's World air guitar bit.

Sophia says "i got 30 days, and i tested with the word "and""

You say "April, the webpage does get updated, just rather slowly."

You say "It's a lot of work to comb through the logs for important bits, as
you've obviously noticed. :)"

Sophia dies laughing as snape tries to be cool.

Pixie buries SOphia.

Dougal brings flowers.

Snape tsks at Pixie. "What if more grow?"

Sophia chockes on the dirt and keeps laighing.

Dougal says "You'd have an endless supply of potions ingredients?"

Tyler gets lost in so much stuff. Backscroll locking up. :)

Selina says "We dump a bucket of muggle insceticide on them?"

You say "Ok. Now, where was I -- ah, right. As I said, the 1996/97 school year
seemed to go off without a hitch. Now, there were some strange occurances
through the year. Muggles were vanishing. A few here, one there -- certainly
nothing to affect the wizarding world"

Snape ahs to Dougal. "Point."

Dougal says "Then s'mores, cocoa, and a campfire song! The perfect Slytherin
day..."

Dougal says "Yeah. Stupid Muggles."

Sophia says "someone answer the FC question damn!!"
Sophia says "don't forget it ebcasue of me"

Lucius huhs?

Dougal says "Langywage."

Sophia says "oops"
Sophia says "; ays a fine."
Sophia [ays!
Sophia pays!

Tengu says "Sophia, please.."

Sophia swears some more!!
Sophia says "sorry..."

You say "That is, until they discovered all of the muggles in Azkaban, and a
large number of the prisoners missing. The muggles, in various states of
distress/illness/madness were removed immediately and memory charms were
placed on them before they were returned to their homes. But there was still
the matter of all of the missing Death Eater prisoners."

Echidna says "Just chill for a bit and listen, okay?"

Dougal gets a brick. Sits politely next to Sophia.

Shelley :presses some camomile tea into SOphia's hands. "Hush, now.

You say "Sophia, you're really making it difficult here. If you have a real
question,you may ask, but these constant random blurts are not productive."

Sophia says "i the only one wsay i would defend myself, but that never works,
so i'll stop :~"

Dougal thinks Azkaban needs chainlink and barbwire.

You say "Who says it doesn't have it? :)"

Echidna says "Didn't we say the Muggle prisoners all thought they'd been
abducted by aliens?"

Dougal says "It does? Well, then they should have acid and sharks with lasers
on their heads."

Echidna says "And thusly no other Muggles would believe them. :)"

You say "Yep, Echi."

Dougal says "Nice coverup."

Sophia says "okay, i would be quietpage you still did it :~"
Sophia says "damn it"
Sophia says "i give up :)"
Sophia says "bye"

Vanya says "..."
Dougal says "Oi, headache."

Snape says "And there was much rejoicing."

Dougal was getting paged for not saying productive things... to explain the
giving and the up.

Selina gets her head out of the sand. "The dull throbbing noise stopped.

You say "1997 was also to be an election year. So the campaign was underway,
and naturally the missing prisoners were a front and center issue. Them and
the llama conspiracy. And nudity. There were four major candidates in the
race: Portia Rolle, the judge who had presided over the Sirius Black trial,
Fudge, Lucius Malfoy, and Madog Fychan."

Selina says "The latter best left undiscussed."

Vanya covers her eyes at the mere /mention/ of Fychan.

Dougal liked Portia.

Lysandra says "Madog. <3"

Tyler continues to just sit and listen (well read to be more correct).

Stevens wonders why nudity is not a major campagin issue more often?

Dougal says "Because we're afraid you'd run."

Stevens eyeshifts.

Snape says "I know I'd run from Stevens' nudity."

Dougal would.

Lucius ran from Fychan's. o.o

Stevens was thinking of running as Vincent under the nudity platform.

Dougal goes blind.

Vanya faints dead away.

Lucius vomits in the Goblet of Fire.

Selina tries to gouge her brain out.

Stevens wins.

Snape suddenly regrets cutting the straps of Goyle's lederhosen. Clearly it
gave the boy Ideas.

Dougal says "Flaming, /and/ functional."

You say "All of the candidates continued their campaign over the summer, which
was plagued by Dementor attacks at many major events. The Ministry could not
explain how the Dementors were leaving Azkaban or why, and Fudge's
popularity continued to plummet. For a while, Portia Rolle seemed strong in
the polls, but she began to act erratically in public, almost drunken at
times, and people started to worry about her ability to lead."

You say "Madog, of course, had his following, but unfortunately emus do not
have the right to vote in England."

Dougal says "That was the coolest yearish time ever..."

Snape says "Discrimination!"

Dougal fights for emu voting rights.

Stevens nods sadly in agreement with Snape.

Shelley wonders how his tragic breakup played out.

Dougal says "I imagine like a tragic breakup."

You say "I think he's still trying to get his animagus application approved."

Snape starts E.V.I.L. Emu Voting Is Legal

Dougal eyes Lucius, "It's your fault, isn't it?"

Lucius snorts.
Lucius starts a chapter of L.U.S.T.

Stevens joins both.

Lysandra eyes Lucius.

Snape says "Lucius Under Snape's Trousers?"

Lucius says "Lucius U Sexy Thang."

Vanya turns off her imagination again.

Snape says "Egad. I read that as thong."

Dougal starts G.O.O.D. Gunmen On Ordering Death.

Lysandra remembers why she didn't join the Death Eaters.

Snape searches for the switch again.

Dougal says "Bad wardrobe?"

Lysandra says "That too. Also, I can't dance."

You say "Now, the Dementor attacks during the summer had driven everyone to a
pitch of uneasiness. IT seemed clear that they were only the start of
something awful. So Harry and gang came to Hogwarts to start their final
year under a cloud. Things looked even more bleak when Albus Dumbledore
dropped dead in the middle of the Sorting Feast."

Dougal says "Yeah, that stupid disco thing..."

Dougal sniffles. Dumby.

April remembers that...

Dougal thinks the entire game went 'wait, huh?'

Vanya belatedly shrieks and baps Snape.

Echidna heh hehs evilly.

Dougal eyes Echidna in an appreciating-evil sort of way.

Lysandra says "Hehe. That was my first scene on the game."

Selina starts to bap Snape while shreiking out various insults.

Lysandra went O.o

Dougal takes pictures.

Stevens bahs, "Dumbledore is as dead as Voldemort. Which is not at all.
CONSTANT VIGILANCE!"

Dougal snerks.

Vanya missed that scene. Was so upset. Stupid schedule.

Dougal says "Hey, Stevens - look out! It's VOLDEMORT! *points*"

Lucius says "Voldemort is dead."

April nots that it says Dumbledore is an Open fc... it should be
unavailable... I think..

Lysandra says "No, he is a painting. :)"

Vanya says "Dumbledore lives...on canvas, anyway."

Selina hehs. "Well, that explains the thumping I keep hearing under the
Headmaster's Oak."

Stevens eyes Lucius, "Says the man who has the most motive for making him
appear dead." ;)

You say "McGonagall held order admirably, but, of course, it was not a good
time for such a thing to happen. The school year was not off to a rousing
start. There was still another Defense professor, Gaspar Keleman, a
Durmstrang graduate. For two weeks, everyone continued under a bit of a
cloud. There was a memorial for Dumbledore, which Fudge attempted to invade."

Dougal says "Dumbledore didn't die, he just went home."

Dougal says "Down with Fudge, smarmy bastige!"

Lysandra notes that Talbot half-swooned at Snape's part of the speech at the
funeral, if I remember that correctly. V. important, you know.

Dougal says "Talbot swooning over Snape? He did that a lot."

Tengu says "Snape is Sexay."

Echidna says "I think Lucius watched from the sidelines."

Lucius nods.

Echidna says "And Trelawney came down and cried."

Lucius was there.

Dougal says "Sevvy is teh sex. Lucius is teh bleached. Trelawney is teh 'wtf?'"

Echidna says "That was when his tree was planted."

You say "And then, just as things started to get back to a new normal, bats
and other nasty creatures invaded the Great Hall in the middle of dinner.
And Nick helpfully arrived to mention that there were a lot of strange
wizards down in the dungeons, and did anyone know about that? The students
were hastily evacuated up into the higher reaches of the castle while the
professors investigated: Death Eaters had invaded the castle and erected
some sort of impenetrable barrier around the castle. Everyone was trapped."

Lucius says "Thus began The Siege."

Vanya says "The Slytherins took teen magazine quizzes."

Naga snickers.

Dougal says "Squeamish cringe."

Lysandra says "Much tea was drank."

Stuart speaks in a Kosh-like voice. "And so it begins..."

Dougal says "It was good tea."

Stevens says "Crabbe got called a variety of names."

Lysandra says "And dressed in a schoolgirl's uniform."

Vanya says "By yours truly, Tommy, and Aurora."

Stevens eyes, "No, he dressed Gobern in a schoolgirl's uniform."

Dougal says "Pictures still selling at a galleon a pop."

Stevens grumbles as he remembers THAT now. "Yes, I'd rather not speak of it."

Dougal remembers that, too. Ames had fun during the siege.

Lysandra says "People got stir crazy and freaked out."

You say "With the Death Eaters occupying the lower reaches of the castle, the
students were forced to double up in the Gryffindor and Ravenclaw dorms. The
older students assisted the professors in scouting the castle, attempting to
prevent the Death Eaters from encroaching further and trying to find out
exactly why the heck they were there. The younger students did what they
could, learning from the older ones and sitting tight."

You say "And yes, people started to go stir crazy after a while."

Dougal says "And some wandered off and nearly get themselves killed trying to
play hero."

Lysandra says "Snape did not sleep."

Vanya says "Lark scarred me for life by mentioned Draco, the Full Monty, and
the rubber ducky song in one sentence whilst we were patrolling the halls."

Dougal says "...what's unusual about that?"

Stevens shudders.

Dougal says "And about what Lysandra said, too."

Lysandra shrugs. I just remember that.

Lucius says "And some went on missions and nearly got killed by trolls and
such."

Lysandra says "Slytherins shamelessly abused house elves."

Vanya says "Tommy went insane."

Leslea says "that's disgusting"

Selina says "And other things happened."

You say "One expedition managed to net a capture, however, and the Death Eater
was stashed in the hospital wing for interrogation. However, Sinistra, whom
Snape had discovered was at least a former Death Eater, arrived and revealed
her double agent status by killing the prisoner. Snape arrived too late to
save the DE, but in time to accuse Sinistra. They had a sad battle in the
foyer, in the midst of a crowd of students, where Sinistra attempted to kill
him and instead was killed by him."

Lysandra says "And nearly all the Slytherins freaked out and ran away."

Vanya shifty-eyes.

Lysandra says "This was when Vanya kissed- *flees*"

Stevens eyeshifts as well, "Least it stopp...HEY!"

Vanya hexes Lysandra.

Stevens AKs Lysandra, legal like.

Lysandra, dead. "It was worth it."

Tyler says "Who did Vanya kiss?"

Dougal says "Oh, wow. A double-agent posing as a professor at Hogwarts.
Astounding."

You say "A number of students and teachers did not make it (including
Sinistra). (They're listed int he news). Eventually, all of the searching of
the castle revealed a number of new and interesting passages, one of which
was found in the library and lead down into the depths of the castle."

Dougal deadpans.

Tyler says "The dead Death Eater?"

You say "Sinistra was nothing if not original."

Dougal says "She had a funny hairstyle."

Stevens says "She kissed Vincent."

Dougal says "Vanya gets around."

Cypress has arrived.

Tyler this game has so much history, Rowling could write a book based on just
what has happened here.

Dougal says "More than one."

Dougal says "Especially if you tried more than one viewpoint."

Hermione says "And that's precicely why it's worth getting together to go over
what's happened so far. ^.^"

Stevens says "And if she ever let Crabbe and Goyle speak..."

Dougal says "Smarty skirt."

Stevens punches Dougal.

Dougal purrs.

Vanya deidles. Baps Dougal and Stevens. "Stop talking about my love life!"

Stevens says "No."

Dougal says "We weren't talking about your love life. We were talking about
your se-*gagged*"

Cypress sneaks in quietly and plops on a beanbag to listen. Better late than
never.

Stevens swoons.

You say "The students there found an interesting armory packed with all sorts
of keen weaponry, and promptly ransacked it for their own use. But later,
when further exploration was made, it turned out there were even more rooms,
and one lead to the Root. The Root is... sort of a power source, sort of a
repository, sort of a plant. It's a mystery. But there's no denying that it
can probably give you 'ultimate cosmic power', and that, along with
immortality, is always something that Voldemort was after. He followed after
one expedition down to it and revealed himself to the group in that room."

Dougal says "That place was /cool/."
Dougal says "And Voldemort was okay."

Lucius says "It was, indeed."

Hermione says "And the mass Crucio was distinctly uncool (from an IC
perspective, anyway). >.<"

Lucius hexes Dougal. Voldemort was more than 'okay'.

Lysandra enjoyed Voldemort, though not like that.

Dougal says "It was *cool*."
Dougal purrrrs at Lu.

Vanya is with Hermione on that one.
Vanya says "Owie."

Dougal says "Lu knows from personal experi-o-nce."

Lucius says "Yes. His crucio does, indeed, suck."

Stevens hmmms, didn't mind it really.

Lysandra says "..."

Dougal pats Lu.

Stevens wasn't there...but that's beside the point. ;)

Dougal says "Were so. Sort of."

You say "Voldemort attacked the students and professors he found there, but
his main interest was Harry and the Root itself. Harry, you see, still had
some of his power, stolen way back when Harry was a baby, and he wanted it
back. And then he wanted all of the power in the Root. But, unfortunately,
he'd made a miscalculation -- or so it seems. Harry, with the aid of the
others, tapped into the Root and let Voldemort /have/ the power he so
wanted. Which promptly disintigrated him."

Vanya says "Ironic, that."

Hermione says "Oops. ^.^"

Vincent cries quietly, "And I couldn't withold my consent to save him."

Lysandra says "Voldybits. :)"

Dougal says "Not really. It's that whole 'be careful what you wish for' thing."
Dougal says "Yeah, with Vincent being a fence-sitter the entire time."

Cypress says "/moldly/ voldybits?"

Lysandra says "There /are/ no other kind of voldybits, Cypress. >)"

Lucius doesn't want to think about Tom's bits, thank yoy. o_O.
Lucius says "You."

Dougal says "Squishy, moldy, Voldybits."

You say "With Voldemort gone, the barrier between the castle and the outside
world collapsed/vanished, and the students (those who weren't at the Root)
won their way free of the castle."

Lysandra says "That's not what you've said bef- *shuts up*"

Stevens coughsbargepolecoughs.

Vanya says "And all sorts of scars disappeared."

Lucius says "And the Dark Marks. But I wouldn't know about that. O:)"

You say "In the meantime, /outside/ the castle, much was occuring. Peter was
in charge of the troops guarding the barrier, along with assorted Dragons,
Trolls, Graphorns and other nasties."

Dougal takes a moment to summarize the ending. Students: *throw up hands and
run freely into the sunlight* Yaaaay! Families: *sniffle, sob, yay!* Bad
guys: *eek*

April says "Pettigrew?"

Lysandra says "Yep."

You say "Yeah, April."

Dougal says "Yeah, ol'Claw himself."

Stuart says "In other words, Petey was in charge of his family... @;o)="

Stevens mutters, still thinks he should have incendioed the rat hole he ran
down. :P

Dougal slaps Stu upside his head.

You say "The parents and family and Ministry were not just standing idly by
during this whole crisis. But before they could attempt to dismantle the
barrier, they had to be able to get at it, and that meant removing the
people and creatures in the way."

Dougal says "'Removing', heh."
Dougal says "Lucius swept through, saving convenient people..."

You say "There were a series of organized incursions by the 'good guys', with
Lucius prominently amongst those on the attacking side (after all, Draco was
trapped inside the castle). Eventually, most of the animals were cleared
from the barrier and the Death Eaters who weren't dead fled the scene. But
there were casualties on both sides."

Pixie snickers.

Tyler :wishes he would have known about this MUSH and had a character when all
this was going on.

Dougal says "Draco: Daddy, saaave me! ;.;"

Imogen nodsnods. "There's more carnage in store for us, right?"

Dougal says "Oh, it was great."

Stevens hopes not.

Lucius says "He didn't do that."

You say "Oh, don't worry. :)"

Dougal says "It rocked the body that rocked the partay."

Stevens eyes Pixie.

Dougal wuvs at Pixie.

Leslea says "Draco's a daddy's boy. But such a cute one."

Dougal says "'Cute'?"

Hermione snerks.

Stuart says "It was those Rare Ould Times..."

Leslea nods, "Cute."

Dougal says "Draco-bunny! XD"
Dougal beams at Sev.

You say "In any case, after about six weeks of being trapped in the castle, a
week or two before Halloween -- election day -- the students escaped. School
was cancelled for a couple of weeks so that it could be repaired and
everyone could spend time with their families. And so an inventory of
teachers could be made."

Dougal says "'Okay, if you're still alive, raise your hand...'"

Tyler asks, "How long ago was this, ICly?"

You say "This was 2 IC years ago."

Stuart says "Half a teacher there, another half over there..."

Shelley raises hand for Dougal. :)

Dougal says "So current second-years are the only ones who lack trauma. :P"

April raises her hand

Tyler says "So a third year would have been a first year during this?"

You say "Students were given the option to remain home for the rest of the
year and restart their current grade the next year, or else to come back and
attempt to do their best to catch up."

Stevens nods.

Dougal nods.

You say "Right, Tyler."

Hermione says "Direct trauma, that is, Dougal - wizardborn students would at
least still have been affected."

Dougal says "Well, yeah."
Dougal rolllllllls his eyes rollishly at Hermione, "Aaaaaaaaalways have to
correct..." ;P

Shelley nods. What Pixie said means that some folks might have been in a
different year relative to the others before the Siege. I think Shel may be
the only PC that took that option.

Dougal runs, then, because Hermy is all advanced with spells and such.

You say "Before school reopened, the election came off: Lucius won, and would
be inducted as Minister after the new Year."

Stevens patpats Hermione, "Sic em."

You say "I think you are, Shelley. Tho people can still /create/ new PCs with
that option. :)"

Stevens booooos the results loudly.

Dougal says "And the entire Muggle/half-blood population of the Wizarding
world shivered, simultaneously."

Selina says "I still say ballot-stuffing!"

You say "(Except for half of them, who voted for him.)"

Hermione says "But I *am* always correct. ^.^v"

Lucius sacks Stevens.

Stevens says "I have proof to the contrary. ;)"

Snape says "I still say trouser-stuffing."

Dougal says "No; forward-planning. He saved convenient people and didn't have
a bad image beyond heresay. And stuff. I think."

Vanya says "Only in Brenna's pictures, Snape."

Stevens impeaches Lucius.

Dougal says "Is that what you were investigating, Snape?"

Snape says "Spying is the word."

Shelley got kinda busy with a RL abusive relationship from *ahem,* fleeing
town, things like that, so the year off was convenient, timingwise.

Vanya meeps and hugs a Shelley.

You say "School started again in November with a number of classes cancelled
until the new year. Muggle Studies, Astronomy and languages were among
those. Defense, for a month, was taught by Remus Lupin. The month of
intensive study, with any cancelled class periods being taken over by other
classes, was designed to bring people up to where they should have been by
the start of winter break. For the most part, it was successful."

Tengu says "That means everyone but first and second years have briefly had a
werewolf as a teacher. Yay!"

Dougal says "Yay!"

Tyler wonders how much longer is this meeting going to go on for?

Stevens cheers.

Dougal says "He was, like, *so* cool."

Vanya says "I <3 Lupin."

Shelley would have had him as a first year. :)

Snape had him as a... *SQUISH*

You say "Over break there were a number of occurances. The last week of
december found the Hogwarts Governors voting McGonagall in as permanent
Headmistress, then 5 of them promptly retired -- the 5 over whom Lucius had
the ability to convince via threats to do as he wished. They were replaced
by 5 new Governors who were, as far as could be seen, could not be
influenced by Lucius easily at all. Then Lucius was inagurated as Minister
of Magic."

Dougal says "Friend and peer?"

Snape says "Ye gods, the Foot's followed me here."

You say "Until I'm done, Tyler. I'm not sure. :)"

Dougal says "The Foot has ninja skills."

Tengu says "We've got about 2 years left, TYler. :)"

You say "Well, more like one and a half."

Dougal should cancel dinner tomorrow, then.

Naga cheers, "Preach on, sister Pixie!"

Stuart says "In other words, such a long meeting?"

Snape says "TestiFAH!"

Dougal says "Snape, take off the spangly vest."

Lysandra says "Stop trying to get Snape undressed."

Dougal says "Why?"

Lysandra says "Well, fine. Right on, then."

You say "With McGonagall Headmistress, Flitwick became Deputy and Hagrid was
promoted to Gryffindor Head of House. And when January came, Snape was STILL
not Defense prof. Vindictus Viridian was hired to teach that course, and
still holds the post today. The rest of the year was quiet. Voldemort was
dead and people were feeling subdued. Even Lucius didn't do much in his
first few months in office. There was a brief Quidditch season, which
Ravenclaw won, and Slytherin won the House Cup."

Dougal ha-ha's at Sev.

Tyler was just wondering cause he wants to get his character application done
but he needs to start it first, he keeps starting it and then changing it
cause there are to many possible character ideas and they all seem to good.

Snape sniffs at Pixie. "Go ahead. Rub it in. See if I care!"
Snape blows his nose on Dougal.

Stevens eyeshifts, "Voldy's not dead. I know it."

Shelley says "Well, he is, but there's a certain possessed sock..."

Dougal takes out a bath-tub and shampoo to scare Sev.

Snape says "Stevens, you are living proof that Moody shags house elves."

April says "rah rah ravenclaw!"

Dougal says "That does explain a lot."

Stevens eyes Snape.

Cypress snickers.

Dougal says "'Mommy, stop banging your head on the dresser! It's okay,
really!'"

Lucius applauds Snape.

You say "Of course, even though Lucius didn't do much of note himself to start
with, his underlings were busy. Arthur Weasley was sacked almost immediately
to curry favor with the new Minister, which resulted in his being hired at
Hogwarts to teach Muggle Studies."

Stevens grumbles.

Lucius says "Ah, and what a GLORIOUS moment that was."

Hermione writes this one down, though not sure whether to use it for
anti-Stevens-blackmail or pro-House-Elf-propaganda....

Pixie snerks.

Shelley says "Our gain. :)"

Snape cricket-match applauds. "Rahthah!"

Stevens eyes Hermione, "I hate you."

Dougal says "You'd think they could use a sack that, at the very least, wasn't
filled with nails..."
Dougal says "Use it for both, Hermy."

Snape says "Less talk of Arthur Weasley's sack, thenkew."

Vanya says "If I were a House Elf, I wouldn't want to admit to being related
to Stevens."

Dougal says "Sure, when you explain the pictures, Sev."

You say "The summer of 1998 brought another World Cup. This time it was held
in conjunction with a Wizard World Exposition, and all of it was held in
Canada. Harry Potter was tapped to play for Scotland, and much publicity
ensued."

Dougal says "Unfortunately, Scotland WOMPED, viciously."

Stevens dances, "Go Scotland!"

April never thought Hermione would stoop to blackmail O.o...

Echidna says "Rita Skeeter?"

Tyler says "there are over 1800 logs at the yahoo site!?"

Dougal says "She's also the one who did the punishment for telling on DA."

You say "Snape managed to give himself amnesia, a mad muggleborn caused Snape
to fall in love with Harry, Harry to fall in love with Hermione, Ron to get
naked, Cho to sleep with Fleur, and then India beat England for the World
Cup."

Stevens fehs, "You don't know the Hermione *I* know. She's all about
blackmailing me."

Snape yays.

Dougal says "Snape managed to give himself amnesia and almost transform into a
girl."

Hermione pssts to April: "You haven't taken Auror training under Stevens." c.c

Snape says "And Sirius to fall in love with _moi_."
Snape basks.

Stevens HEYS!

Shelley mercifully was in India at the time. :)

Lysandra snickers.

Vanya says "And GirlyHairbrushing!Lucius made an appearance."

You say "Right. Sirius <3 Snape"

Tyler says ".... Now that log I have to read. Well, the Cho and Fleur one. :P"

Snape eyes Dougal.

Hermione says "Those are *really* fun logs to read. ^.^;"

Lysandra says "Oh, and there was the Rebecca -> Draco tangent. Hagrid was
fortunately unaffected by the fog."

Dougal has yet to read that log. Mourns the fact.
Dougal says "'Ah, I luv ye, mah little flobberkins! *smooooooooooch*'"

Selina nods. "And Viviane managed to fall in love with a piccie.

Lysandra says "Yes, Viviane -> Picture of Lockheart."

Dougal says "And, later, Hello Kitty."

Snape says "I'm afraid a fog-affected Hagrid was just a Let's Not Go There
moment."

Tyler says "What rating is this MUSH? XXX?"

You say "Ah, yes, Harry was, at the time, dating one Miss Rebecca Astin, of
whom we shall hear later. Rebecca and Draco got zapped by the love fog, and
*cough* ensued."

Vanya says "Lucius fell in love with Narcissa fell in love with Arnauld fell
in love with Lucius. And Pansy fell in love with Lucius, too."

Dougal says "Which is exactly why I went there."
Dougal says "It's PG-13. o.O"
Dougal says "They were in love. They weren't shagging."
Dougal says "Well, most of them."

You say "Even if they were, that's fine. Just don't RP it. :)"

Lysandra says "There was nothing graphic. Well, Ron /did/ get naked, but we
didn't /describe/ it."

You say "Exactly."

Snape shudders. "The freckles. The FRECKLES!"

Lysandra says "Although Snape.. yes, he can never stop talking about those
freckles."

Dougal says "Though it did start up many urges to play 'connect the dots'."

Hermione says "A number of us almost hexed him for it, for a variety of
reasons, but that's all beside the point."

You say "Fuzz out the bits, no scary b00bies to freak everyone out, we're
cool."

Echidna snickers.

Tyler says "You are some strange people. :P"

Lysandra laughs.

Dougal says "Yep."
Dougal says "But being strange is five shades more interesting than being
well-adjusted."

Echidna says "So if you're looking for some elicit Cho x Fleur log, it doesn't
exist."
Echidna says "er, explicit, even."

Snape says "Those freckles made the Baby Merlin cry."

Shelley wondered what you saw in Dealey, Dougal. :)

Tyler was just joking about reading that log.

Dougal is currently working on that.

Lysandra pshs at Snape. I bet the Baby Merlin liked 'em just fine.

Lucius agrees with Snape.

Dougal says "It is a theory I have hired philosophers and scientists to work
on and, as of yet, all we have is that he is cute."

You say "Anyhow, Snape managed to regain his memories by the end of the
summer, but not his /sense/, apparently, since he kept the hair. And did
some other stuff later. But then, he did marry Sinistra, so he's always been
mad. *moving on* School opened in September of 1998 as usual. Harry was
graduated, as were almost all o fhis classmates. McGonagall hired Sirius to
assist her in teaching Transfiguration, much to Snape's dismay."

Dougal doubts Baby Merlin had any opinion at all...

Lysandra snickers.

Snape says "Oi! Don't mess with the hair or I'll flog you with it."

Dougal says "And jack has happened since..."
Dougal puts bunches of little pink bunny barrettes in Snape's hair.
Dougal says "Well, not jack, no."

Shelley lols. :)

Naga eyes Dougal.

Dougal says "What? I took it back."

Snape says "Dismayed, well, only because he couldn't teach mutts to sniff
butts."

Dougal gets thirsty; afks.

You say "Harry joined the Chudley Cannons as a reservist, Ron did nothing,
Hermione joined the Auror training program. School continued as usual, with
Gryffindor getting a new seeker who seemed perhaps better than Harry. In the
meantime, Lucius was busy with his new plans and a new bad guy by the name
of Sangreserpens was starting to gather his allies."

Vanya just hides at the mention of last year's Quidditch season.

Lysandra snickers again.

Stevens eyeshifts, "Auror training program..wha?"

Ron says "Heey. I didn't do nothing. I... uhm... strategized."

You say "Draco married Pansy in December, and decided to create a little evil
group of his own. Thus the Quidditch Club was born. They did not accomplish
much, however, before Sangreserpens discovered them and folded them into his
organization."

Shelley thinks SS probably should have picked a different name. Upperclass
villain toadies are bound to have someone with a lisp among them. :)

Lucius likes our Evil Group Name.

Stevens pssts to Ron, "We got spots open if you wanna join and help me
ridicule Hermione?" *runs!*

Upperclass villain toady lisps, "Thangretherpenth!"

Snape eyes Stevens. "Did you like that POISON you bought from me?"

Stevens coughs, "Yes, I did."

Shelley claps deligtedly. :) Yay, toadie! :)

Snape says "Oh thut up, you thtupid thpineleth thubtherviant lickthpittle."

Tyler says "That's it, I am creating an adult character."

Snape eyes Tyler and starts up the bow-chicka-wow-wow soundtrack.

Leslea laughs.

Lucius hexes Snape.

Dougal wants to be an ebil person.

Snape purrs

Dougal says "Well, officially."

You say "A number of prominent citizens started to feel that the Ministry had
entirely too much control over the Daily Prophet, and so decided to start
another, more objective newspaper, located in Hogsmeade. The Northern Star
started publication in February, opening with the lurid tale of the Ministry
bust of Draco's bachelor party. The Ministry passed a law in March, authored
by Percy Weasley, which made the werewolf registry public for all and
tightened restrictions on those afflicted with the disease. Though there has
been some dissent voiced in the media but not much, as most people either
don't care or agree with it."

You say "At school, meanwhile, Gryffindor won the Quidditch Cup and Slytherin
won the house cup -- and put out a particularly dismal performance in the
realm of Quidditch."

Snape says "I'm all for more restraint on werewolves. Lupin looks marvellous
in handcuffs..."

Vanya pouts at Pixie.

Snape eyes Vanya.

Vanya /hides/.

Snape says "I know where your dorm is, Ramberton."

April says "You can really hold a grudge..."

Vanya says "Um, sir? I graduated."

Dougal says "So do most guys."

Snape says "Till it screams, baby, till it screams."

Lysandra hees. Senile!Snape.

Vanya !hexes Dougal.

Dougal hmphs.

Stevens grumbles quietly.

You say "Late in the spring, there were a series of werewolf attacks that
resulted in the deaths of several muggles, and raised public support for the
measure. In reality, of course, they were staged (somewhat messily) by the
Quidditch Club under Draco's command. Draco and his group were then ordered
to undergo more stealth training as a result of their poor performance and
the fact that Ruby nearly got hexed by Snape."

Squirrel5a chitters.

Dougal knew it!

Vanya hees!

Lysandra says "Knew what? >P"

Snape says "Missed 'er by THAT much!"

Dougal says "That it was all a set up, of course."

You say "Well, no one knows that ICly. :)"

Lysandra hmphs. Shifts eyes.

Tengu says "Everyone knows it OOCly if they read logs. :)"

Dougal doesn't, tho, see.

Dougal says "Draco was a messy boy."

Selina sees the squirrel and starts chasing after it compulsively.

Shelley won't ask why he called it the 'Quidditch Club.' Lucius: "Is it an
*eeevil* Quidditch club?"

Dougal says "That's not a squirrel, that's a ferret!"

Stevens says "He had his reasons."

Lysandra says "It's a cover >P"

Dougal says "They club baby Quidditch players."

Lucius says "It's an innocuous name."

Selina pouts and loses interest in the ferret

Echidna !! *takes Squirrel5a home*

Cypress reads 'Quidditch Club' but keeps seeing 'Fight Club' for some odd
reason.. ;P

Dougal says "Yeah, like they're going to call it 'The Evil No-Good Bad
Children of Evil Badness'."

You say "Summer of 1999 saw the passage of another measure, this one more
restrictive over all defined as 'dangerous beings'. McGonagall was forced to
let Hagrid go as a result, and he moved to the Forbidden Forest. Sirius came
on to take over as Gryffindor Head of House and deal with the emotional
outbursts apparently endemic to that house."

Tyler is the 'Quidditch Club' a public group or a invite only group?

Leslea says "When you hear the name you think, "Awww, they must really like
Quidditch." When really it's a clever name!"

Vanya snickers.

Dougal grabs Cypress and yells at her, "First rule, you do NOT TALK ABOUT
QUIDDITCH CLUB!"

Snape says "Rule Six: NO QUIDDITCH!"

You say "If you want to make a character who's in it, Tyler, you should speak
to Draco. They're looking for people, but you'll need to work out
background."

Lysandra snickers.

Cypress is shaken! (Not stirred.)

Dougal says "Black slowly sucked all life and House loyalty out of the
Gryffindors, leaving them perfectly open to an usurp of powah..."

Stevens eyes Tyler, pssts to Hermione, "Take note of him."

Dougal stirs Cypress.

Cypress gets dizzy.

Dougal pushes her out into traffic.

Tyler glances at Stevens and says, "Hey, I am just trying to figure out still
what I want to play. I want all possible choices in front of me before I
choose one and go for it."

Stevens chuckles, nods. :)

You say "Now, the past year at Hogwarts (98/99) had not seen the normal
good/evil crises that had typified a recent Hogwarts school year, but there
were a lot of rumors and bad behavior. In October, during the Halloween
feast, Sirius 'accidentally' busted the Slytherin hourglass, leading Snape
to have a fit in the entrance hall in front of the students. Sirius was put
on probation. Pictures were later available for purchase from certain
Gryffindor entrepreneurs. In January, at Draco and Pansy's wedding
reception, Snape kissed Rebecca Astin in front of half of wizarding society,
leading to a massive uproar and his near sacking by the Governors. Snape was
put on probation. Later, a first year (first years finally being able to try
out as a result of the creation of the Junior Quidditch Club a few years
prior) was thrown off the Gryffindor quidditch team for calling Snape names
in public. And then a Ravenclaw team member was suspended for attacking
someone on the pitch."

Dougal says "Who was tossed for that?"
Dougal says "Both times. I cannae remember."

You say "Aubrey"
You say "And Louis"

Echidna says "Louis, Aubrey."

Dougal says "Ah, that makes an insurmountable amount of sense."

Tengu says "That part's in '+info quidditch <house>'"
Tengu says "Well, sort of. :)"

You say "All of this bad behavior caught the attention of the Ministry, who
contacted the governors over the summer and started making demands. The
governors resisted, and eventually a compromise was reached: the Ministry
might send two observers to the school for the year, to see what was going
on first hand. Their evaluative report would be given at the end of the
year. And so Percy Weasley and Dolores Umbridge arrived at Hogwarts to watch
and poke and pry into everything."

You say "And -that- brings us pretty much up to now. Recent events should
hopefully be fresh in peoples' minds."

Dougal says "A toad and a pencilneck."

April says "And just in time for bed to :) night all"

You say "Night, April."

You say "So, any questions? Phew. I hope I didn't leave too much out that was
really important."

Tengu says "In addition to 'news timeline', there's now a 'news theme rundown'
which is a quick and dirty list of what most of the FCs are currently doing."

Pickle7d floats in a jar.

Dougal says "...Fifi!"

Vanya dies!

Dougal is questionless.

Squirrel5a eats Pickle7d.

Cypress just wants to know what the heck Pickle7d and Squirrel5a are! ;P

Lysandra hopes the squirrel doesn't get sick.