three_broomsticks | Hogwarts: A Jamjar Meme

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!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

It's a brief conversation. The others sitting with them eventually bugger off to do homework or some other nonsense in preparation for classes tomorrow, some eager, some less so about this new plan. Not Bella. She'll remain seated in that chair, rolling her cigarette between her fingers, idly watching the smoke rise up, up, up as Rodolphus' fingers knead an ankle. It's a quiet, peaceful moment.

"Do you trust them?" she eventually asks, turning grey eyes from smoke to man. The 'them' in question remains unspecified. She doesn't trust anyone--not the newcomers, not their classmates, only Blacks. And maybe him as much as she can trust someone not of her blood. "Seems peculiar that we're to be led by a ghost."

Trust.

He doesn't trust anyone outside of his immediate family. Even then, he continues to keep things close to his chest. He knows her question is nothing more than an off-handed start to a more in-depth conversation.

A simple "no" should suffice.

His eyes meet hers, blue against grey, as his thumb brushes over her ankle bone. "Are we being lead?" His expression has turned almost thoughtful. "I didn't get the impression we have to follow anyone here." It's evident they're no longer in their Hogwarts. They cannot even ascertain if it's Hogwarts at all (for the time being). It could very well be a replica, an illusion to assuage and deceive its current occupants.

"Contrarily, I find we may have acquired a rather equivocal amount of... flexibility."

Bellatrix gives a noncommittal hum, gaze sweeping over the common room and settling on newer faces. "They are."

A ghost, herding them all along neatly into their houses. The same could be said about the two of them, save for the fact that they move of their own accord--not because they're forced to. If at any point the current works against what she desires, she'll be quick to stand against it. Rodolphus undoubtedly would respond the same.

"You words would suggest we lacked it at some point." Back to watching him. She leans forward, nearly folding over her lap to press into his space. "This flexibility."

She reaches up to pull her wand from her hair. Having used it as a 'clip', it sends dark locks tumbling down around her shoulders as she casts a muffliato charm. Once satisfied, she leans back and begins to retwist her hair around her wand, cigarette hanging between her lips. "I'm curious about the ghost. I want to know why he's still in command."

Hogwarts: A Jamjar Meme

is he banging mudbloods tho

no of course not

well okay then she guesses he wouldn't be horrible...