Hogwarts: A Jamjar Meme

[madam_rosmerta]

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 Name in the title line. Do not leave an empty toplevel. Write a starter like you would to a game event. Link to preferences if you’d prefer. 2. Tag other characters The name of the game is interaction. Why is your character here? Do they want to be here? Are they being reunited with lost loved ones? 3. Have fun! Dumbledore (and Madame Rosmerta) is watching. Behave yourselves. Don’t godmod, infomod, respect other players, etc.

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[witwanton]

There's another young man, presumably a teacher as well, that more nights than not, can be found buried in the tomes of the library. When he'd learned there was a restricted section, he'd focused his research there, but he still pulled from the general shelves at times too, usually for more general information to catch himself up. He seems to have shot forward in time more than fifteen-hundred years, after all.

Meaning he has no idea who Tom Riddle is (or was, or will be, or whatever tense would be appropriate in this case) yet.

Right now he's got the most in-depth tome on time magic from the restricted section in front of him and he's scribbling down notes. He looks up when Tom enters the area, shooting him a quick, friendly smile. Merlin had gotten an "honorary" Sorting during the start-of-term feast and the hat had placed him in Slytherin, which he understood to be the green one with the snake. He's seen Tom around in the teacher's lounge and in the dungeons, and of course in the library late at night like this, but they haven't really spoken. "Doing some late-night studying again?"

[saevusacutus]

Of course Tom had seen the other around. He was incredibly interested in any other Slytherins who had not been in school with him, they were always potential allies. He couldn't exactly walk up and give people a recruitment speech, so he needed to be careful. This one seemed...he wasn't sure. Off was the only word that he could think of. Something other in a way that he'd yet to properly place, be it good or bad.

The strange happenings in the castle, his own odd arrival, were somewhat at odds with the way things were meant to work. A few things he'd overheard in the corridors didn't match up. He'd even heard someone mentioning his name. A name which he only used with his followers, currently, and was not yet commonly known to those he'd not told himself. Then there was the way some people looked at him. Staring at him was a better word for it. It stirred a few notions for him that needed to be looked into.

Which is how he ended up going for the very shelf where Merlin sat. Time magic. As he approached, he saw that the other had the very book he'd been after. That was decidedly disappointing. So he casually selected a nearby book, one that appeared to be about horrifying potions and poisons. He'd been flipping through it when Merlin spoke.

He looked up, a little perplexed. Students studied. But he smiled, the strained smile of patience one used for someone who was perhaps too dimwitted to see the obvious. "Research," he corrected. "For my class. Advanced theory of the dark arts, and the defense there of." Not the official title, but who's counting.

[witwanton]

As soon as Merlin saw that smile, he knew he was dealing with an arse. That was fine, he knew very well how to play someone underestimating him to his advantage. He did that every day. "Idiot" is a good cover in a lot of situations, and it's not as though he isn't actually a goof. He's just not stupid.

He eyes the book Tom selected and whistles lowly. "The Dark Arts. I suppose you do have to know a bit about how they work to defend against them, don't you? Though just theory doesn't make for a very good defense. A theoretical shield's no good against an actual sword, after all!" He chuckled in anticipation of his own joke. "Well, maybe if you put your theoretical shield in a very thick notebook and used that!"