*It's an easy bet that any Black can intimidate everyone in their immediate surroundings should they so choose, and the scattering St. Mungo's staff proves of no interest to Walburga in her tempestuous arrival.*

~Dirk Cresswell has never gotten a detention before this year. And yet, here he now is in the trophy room, about to embark on his first punishment as a student at Hogwarts.~

I blame you for this, y'know.

[ooc: Tag Davy and any students who want to tease the naughty boys.  And Nichol - just to give you a sense of our time difference, it is 7:30 AM as ( Read more... )

( An owl borrowed from one of the staff at St. Mungo's delivers a letter to Walburga )

[ooc: placeholder post for Lily and James coming to visit; just wanted to save the date; when Andrea gets back we'll decide what to do with this]

~ Malfoy Manor's large ballroom is decked in holiday finery, real ice sparkling in the twinkling light. Soft music plays and elves wander between the well-dressed assemblage with trays of food and drink. Lucius stands at the door alternately greeting his guests checking his pocketwatch and glancing toward the staircase. Having sent Narcissa out ( Read more... )

~Rita hardly ever takes the Muggle bus, but it has always been the easiest way to go visit her parents. She is dressed like a complete Muggle and has hid her wand from view. This bus ride is far from extraordinary and Rita will be happy to get it over with (she has always gotten a little car-sick). However, as she gets off the bus, she sees an ( Read more... )

( Received by Davy's friends )

~Davy is sitting at an empty desk in one of the class rooms near the astronomy tower. He has been here for nearly ten minutes and is just waiting around for Maire. The whole time however he has been nervous and his palms are sweaty.

He is sporting a purple bruise just below his eye and a swollen bottom lip with a cut; souvenirs from Christmas.~

~It’s three days after Christmas and Lily and James have claimed a shift for the Order-sitting on a slate rooftop in Diagon Alley under James’s Invisibility Cloak.  Dumbledore thinks the cheery little shopping district is particularly vulnerable to attack at this time of year so they’re playing lookout.  Fortunately, James thought a flask of ( Read more... )

~After a late Christmas Ted is sitting at the kitchen table reviewing some of the new policies at Witches Weekly. It's not that he's engrossed in the stuff, more bored and worried about his wife. Andromeda had run off early after she had received a letter. Without telling Ted much of anything she had skirted off promising to be home in a bit ( Read more... )