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.

Comments

[lupine314]

[ He does have that medieval feel to him. All the way down to the way his nails have been clipped and the lack of any watches on his wrist and well, look at those boots. Even if wizards are outdated, they tend to keep up with the modern inventions that benefit everyone if there isn't a magical way to handle it. So, proper soles for footwear would be one of those. ]

I see. What is your time? [ he finds himself asking in any case while perusing the prologue for the tome he picked up, skipping over rambly spots that have no meaning what so ever in regards to his studying. ]

[witwanton]

So far back, I'd never even heard of Hogwarts before I ended up here. [He laughs, still delighted that there's a whole school like this for magic.] Far as I've figured, I'm from a few centuries before the school was founded. I think the way people count years has changed, so it's hard to tell exactly.

[lupine314]

That is quite far back, [ Remus says with mild alarm, looking up from his book. ] I didn't realise the magic had reached so far. Do you have any other connection to this place than magic?

[witwanton]

I don't think so. [It's a tricky question, though, because he's seen a few references to himself in the little he's read on the school's history, but it doesn't make any sense. He'd have to have lived for hundreds of years to be able to go to the school at all.

And Merlin is so deeply entrenched in magic (and vice versa), that alone might make a strong enough connection to bring him here.]

With any luck, whatever brought us here can also send us back, but time magic on this scale is-- I thought it to be impossible. [It's only because he's-- who he is that he's able to slow time down like he can, and even that power is extremely limited compared to what's happening here. Slowing the flow of time so one can better react to what's happening is entirely different from plucking hundreds of people from thousands of years of history and transporting them all to one location.]

[lupine314]

[ Remus inclines his head again and starts perusing the book he picked out. This one is about timeturners. He is especially interested in about those little things. ]

This has all the signs of magic gone horribly wrong, [ he says at length. ] And I imagine it probably involves some magical items. For spellwork it seems a rather large and open platform, doesn't it? Fairly random as well. But we know that there are magical items that can touch time rather effortlessly.

[ There have been some students with time turners in Hogwarts. Students and most likely professors as well. ]

[witwanton]

[He nods thoughtfully to the man’s points.] And everyone else that’s been brought here has a solid connection to the school? I haven’t seen many of the older students or other adults looking as lost as I am while trying to get around, they seem to know where they’re going. [He laughs at his own joke, paging through his notes.] That does help to narrow it down. I don’t know if I’d rule out that this was not an accident, though... [In fact, he’s been looking into rituals.]

[lupine314]

[ Remus nods, not looking up from the book. He perfected the art of having a conversation and reading at the same time while in school with Sirius Black and James Potter who never actually shut up. ] Yes, it seems that most of the people that were brought here are from one or two generations, rather close to each other and at least most of us if not all went to school here.

[ He glances up briefly with a mild smile at the young man. ] Oh, I'd look into various theories. As many as we can produce, possibly more. It's just not wise to lay all your eggs in one basket after all.