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HOGWARTS:
A JAMJAR MEME

Wizards of all ages and from all times: whatever you were doing, wherever you were - none of that matters now. You've been brought to Hogwarts, school of witchcraft and wizardry. You’ll find yourself in the Great Hall under a starry sky, illuminated by the light of a thousand candles.

What happened? Why were you brought here? How were you brought here? All questions to be answered, perhaps. But first, mingle with your kind and find a seat for yourself. This will be your home for a while.

Because there is no leaving. Student, staff, you with nothing to do - all of you trapped inside the school grounds.

Sorting to houses & Start-of-term feast
Those of you who have not been sorted into your houses, you're guided to sit on a stool while an old hat will contemplate a proper house for you. After, you can join your housemates at their long table.

The ghost of the headmaster, Albus Dumbledore, will soon give a speech once the last student is sorted...

"The very best of evenings to you! Now… to our new students, welcome. To our old students, welcome back! Another year full of magical education awaits you…"

He will warn you about the anti-curse charm set upon Hogwarts and how it will bring harm in equal measures to yourself. He will urge you to stay calm and have a lemondrop; they’ll be provided at all tables.

Dumbledore would like you all to note few things, Hogwarts attendees:

1. This will be a continuous, no commitment necessary “storyline.”
What does that mean? Depending on the level of interest, there will be at least one post per month on the 3B-DR that will continue the storyline which begins here. Players are encouraged to make top-levels in the dressing room if they want to keep this verse going with their characters. Madame Rosmerta’s made a tag specifically for this.

2. Multiple versions of characters at various ages are welcome.
Whether that means there’s three Harry’s all in fifth year, or one Harry in first year, a second in third year, and a third in sixth year is up to you. All three Harry’s could also interact, depending on player preferences. AU versions of (HP)canon and non-(HP)canon characters are also welcome. Sometimes people disappear from Hogwarts and sometimes they come back.

3. Schoolwork
Dumbledore's ghost will invite all characters of age and knowledge to teach their specialties to the younger wizards. If your character could be possibly a teacher, or is interested in teaching, refer to this thread to sign up for a teaching position. The courses do not need to be anything serious (unless you want them to be). If your character would be interested in a course, you can look it up from the character's toplevel. Your character doesn't need to be of student age to participate in courses. (They're free for all!)

4. Sign up for your house.
Here is a thread for all the Hogwarts houses that your character could be sorted in.

5. This means… war!
Are you a Death Eater? A member of the Order? Rival students? It’s likely your character will encounter someone they don’t get along with. Duels are fine, but beware that any attacks meant to cause harm (curses) will backfire on the caster. If your character doesn’t care that damage will also bounce back to them, then Dumbledore’s ghost will be intervening. He won’t tolerate harm to any of his students… even if it’s harm to Tom.

6. Housecup
Of course points will be awarded and taken away by teachers and prefects. You can leave a comment in this thread for the points taken or given. Madam Rosmerta will add them up together for the next post. You can also sign up for a prefect role. Each house has one and that one will change in each post. First come, first serve is the rule, except if your character was a prefect in the last post, you can't sign up in this one.

1. Toplevel with your character

2. Tag other characters

3. Have fun!

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I. The Great Hall

He hadn't really had the time to resign himself to dying before the water of the silent cave had closed over his head, but he was certain he'd expected that death wouldn't be this loud. Or this familiar. Regulus Arcturus Black (1961-1979) is grateful that he'd only wandered through one wall before a passing ghost had noticed his very obvious distress and cleared up a few essential points for him.

Even being dead, the ghosts at Hogwarts feel that same tug toward the Great Hall during meal times. Feel free to strike up a conversation with the (very) (translucently) pale, oddly wet-looking young man sitting at the Slytherin table.

II. Students Out Of Bed

He doesn't need to sleep as a ghost, which is a benefit in a way, but it does mean that if someone's sneaking through the corridors after hours, he's almost definitely going to be curious as to why.

There isn't a lot to do, as a ghost, when you can't visit the library and the exterior walls of the castle aren't as easy to drift through as the rest of them. What are you doing awake?

III. Slytherin Dungeons

It's definitely convenient not needing to use the password anymore, but people finding him here might find him staring at the lake as if he isn't entirely certain what he should think of it. Because he isn't. He could go out into the lake now, the ghosts do it all the time, they've told him about it. Distractions wouldn't come amiss.

IV. Quidditch

Obviously he can't play anymore. Even if he can glide very quickly, the Snitch will fly right through him. But that isn't going to stop him from attending the games, and possibly the practices, and shouting encouragement and discouragement at the Seekers for their techniques, in turn. He might not even play favorites (he will definitely play favorites).

V. Elsewhere

He's a ghost, doing ghost things, here for all your ghostly needs.

Oh, Regulus. It's a shame it would be another ten years before you even existed to Tom. And nearly twice that again before you were such a colossal disappointment to him. As it stands, he has no idea who you are. He doesn't even know you're a member of the Black family. You're just a ghost he'd never seen before.

He may not be a student, but it's not exactly common for even teachers to be roaming around at this hour. Especially when it's not their duty to patrol the corridors for wayward students. It's a few hours before dawn, and he's heading back to the dungeons with a rather ancient looking book with an oily black cover tucked under his arm. He gave the ghost nothing but a curt nod of greeting, as if he barely noticed this apparition crossing his path. But then he halted, looking up at the ghost.

"You weren't here when I was in school," he said, pointedly. "And there are not many ghosts who are quite so...current." He knew of one, specifically. If only she knew how she'd died, things might be a bit more difficult.

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He'd been planning on passing by without a remark, though that book is absolutely from the Restricted Section and aren't those books meant to stay in the library? Are things like that different here? But when he's addressed, Regulus drifts to a halt and turns, his robes moving a bit more slowly as if they're underwater.

"When were you in school?" he asks a little dryly. This professor doesn't look familiar to him either, he hadn't been teaching at Hogwarts when Regulus had attended, he remembers all his professors. "It was 1979 when I died." It still feels like it's 1979, he'd only just died. It doesn't take long to settle in as a ghost, it seems.

Head tilting, Tom turned that date over in his mind. That made no sense at all, even from a perspective of incredibly dark magic. But ghosts were of the afterlife, an area of which he had no interest in ever exploring, personally or intellectually. There could be rules there at play he wasn't aware of, that he'd never even heard of.

"Well, that's odd, isn't it?" He said, calm as ever. "It's only 1951. Perhaps the manner in which you..." he bowed his head, looking honestly apologetic. "I'm sorry, I know this topic can be rather sensitive. But is it possible the way you died created an anomaly of sorts? Either in time itself, or your perception of it?"

Hogwarts: A Jamjar Meme

Regulus Arcturus Black | Hogwarts Ghost

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