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HOGWARTS VISIT
VISIT TO HOGWARTS
Hogwarts' reputation precedes it, so while Gooseberry may like to brag about being the best and brightest, Hogwarts is a true institution. It has history behind it that few other schools do.
Lachlan Galbraith shares a compartment on the Hogwarts Express with Ms. Vector, who reminisces briefly about her days as a Ravenclaw, and how she'd missed out on becoming Head Girl because she made too many people cry as a sixth year prefect.
The castle is imposing as the Gooseberry students arrive via boats. [Volunteer B] gets a special welcome when the tentacle of the giant squid brushes their hand, which was clutching the edge of their boat. The rest of the journey goes smoothly, and everyone is escorted into the Great Hall. The tables are lined with children ranging from eleven to eighteen, in red, yellow, blue and green. They watch the Americans enter one by one as the Sorting Ceremony begins.
It goes smoothly almost until the very end, when Basil Underhill is called to sit up. Seconds become minutes, and whispers start to spread across the Great Hall. After five minutes pass, it's recorded that Basil is a true Hatstall!
The next day, students can go to Hogsmeade and explore the castle. Cameron Carney is talking a walk through the old halls, and asks a group of preteens for directions. Soon it becomes clear the girls were messing with them, though, as they become horribly lost.
[Volunteer D] can't seem to figure out the moving staircases, and gets stranded on a balcony for an hour.
Hank Hilshire, a handsome Gryffindor, is apparently the heartthrob of the school. He takes a shine to Rosemary Stoker, and pursues their company all weekend, whether or not they're taken. This earns them the ire of more than a few rival girls who'd wanted to go to Hogsmeade with Hank. (Presume he's of an appropriate year, and if the object of his affection is a boy, it's not wholly clear if he's being platonic or not.)
» HOGWARTS EXPRESS: On board the large magical train, students file into their compartments and settle in for a long ride. The scenic Scottish countryside and the looming castle are foreign sights to most of Gooseberry's students.
» THE SORTING HAT: The Great Hall's ceiling sparkles with stars, and there are banners for Gooseberry's houses hung on the far wall along with Hogwarts' own. Line up alphabetically, it's time to find out where you'll be staying tonight.
» COMMON ROOMS AND DORMS: Each house has a common room and an assortment of rooms with 5 beds each. You're informed by a seventh year prefect which rooms you'll be in and with whom.
» HOGSMEADE: Saturday is an opportunity to visit the traditional Wizarding town of Hogsmeade. Students can shop, eat, and take in the sights. The residents seem a alternatively baffled, mortified or amused by these loud foreign witches and wizards, taking selfies and dyeing their hair wild colors. One little old witch gives the teens her wifi password. "Poor dears, keeping you disconnected. I couldn't live without my soaps."
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Lachlan Galbraith shares a compartment on the Hogwarts Express with Ms. Vector, who reminisces briefly about her days as a Ravenclaw, and how she'd missed out on becoming Head Girl because she made too many people cry as a sixth year prefect.
The castle is imposing as the Gooseberry students arrive via boats. [Volunteer B] gets a special welcome when the tentacle of the giant squid brushes their hand, which was clutching the edge of their boat. The rest of the journey goes smoothly, and everyone is escorted into the Great Hall. The tables are lined with children ranging from eleven to eighteen, in red, yellow, blue and green. They watch the Americans enter one by one as the Sorting Ceremony begins.
It goes smoothly almost until the very end, when Basil Underhill is called to sit up. Seconds become minutes, and whispers start to spread across the Great Hall. After five minutes pass, it's recorded that Basil is a true Hatstall!
The next day, students can go to Hogsmeade and explore the castle. Cameron Carney is talking a walk through the old halls, and asks a group of preteens for directions. Soon it becomes clear the girls were messing with them, though, as they become horribly lost.
[Volunteer D] can't seem to figure out the moving staircases, and gets stranded on a balcony for an hour.
Hank Hilshire, a handsome Gryffindor, is apparently the heartthrob of the school. He takes a shine to Rosemary Stoker, and pursues their company all weekend, whether or not they're taken. This earns them the ire of more than a few rival girls who'd wanted to go to Hogsmeade with Hank. (Presume he's of an appropriate year, and if the object of his affection is a boy, it's not wholly clear if he's being platonic or not.)
HOW THIS WORKS
- Although this post is going up on Jun 3, it actually takes place on Jun 8-11. This is to give you all time to write your scenes for what will probably be an exciting event.
- On Fri, Jun 8, all students who plan on going to Hogwarts take a portkey to London's King's Cross Station. Upon arrival, they're brought to Platform 4 3/4, and the Hogwarts Express.
- Students will leave Gooseberry at 8 AM, and due to the difference in time zones, will be boarding the Hogwarts Express at 5 PM local time. They'll arrive at Hogwarts just past 6 PM in time for their Sorting and dinner.
- Visiting students are given the proper Hogwarts welcome, which means travelling on boats to the castle. Although Gooseberry is technically a rival, the general mood seems to be one of excitement, rather than competition.
- The Sorting takes place in front of the existing Hogwarts students, who are arguing and betting on which Hogwarts house will get the most students. Ravenclaw wins by a narrow margin, but are crowing about it (haha) all night anyway.
- Previous Hogwarts Students: Facing the Sorting Hat again is optional. If you don't want to wear it again, you can simply go sit with your old House. If you pursue a resorting, the Hat will stubbornly refuse to change its original decision, regardless of how much you ask it or how much you've changed. It's a stubborn thing, and never admits to being wrong.
- After being sorted, students are shown to their dorms. Gooseberry students will room in either the boys or girls' dorms together, depending upon where they were sorted. There are 5 beds in every dorm.
- On Saturday, students will be allowed to go to Hogsmeade to shop and enjoy the little town.
- On Sunday, the Quidditch match takes place in the morning. Make sure you adjust to the Portkey lag!
- On Monday, everyone returns to Utah. They'll leave at 10 AM, and will get home in the wee hours of the morning due to the difference in time zones. Classes are still in session, so consider squeezing in some sleep.
CLICK HERE FOR ROOM ASSIGNMENTS
| GRYFFINDOR BOYS #1 |
GRYFFINDOR BOYS #2 |
GRYFFINDOR GIRLS #1 |
GRYFFINDOR GIRLS #2 |
| Casper Iliya Lucas |
Noel Chad Quentin |
Essie Clem Hazel Rosy |
Dinah Eve London |
| HUFFLEPUFF BOYS #1 |
HUFFLEPUFF BOYS #2 |
HUFFLEPUFF GIRLS #1 |
|
| Jeffy Spencer Sebastien Jaime Tobias |
Phin Ennis Heathcliff Cameron Webster |
January Tuesday Natalie Avery Gwen |
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| RAVENCLAW BOYS #1 |
RAVENCLAW BOYS #2 |
RAVENCLAW GIRLS #1 |
RAVENCLAW GIRLS #2 |
| Lachlan Danny Wilde Salem |
Archie Cole Basil Ira Micah |
Eileen Roxie Liberty |
Nisha Paris Pandora |
| SLYTHERIN BOYS #1 |
SLYTHERIN GIRLS #1 |
SLYTHERIN GIRLS #2 |
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| Calvin Yancey Ramon Sylvester Ulysses |
Jade Ari Madison Ruby Charlotte |
Mackenzie Riley Sofia Lilika Fern |
» HOGWARTS EXPRESS: On board the large magical train, students file into their compartments and settle in for a long ride. The scenic Scottish countryside and the looming castle are foreign sights to most of Gooseberry's students.
» THE SORTING HAT: The Great Hall's ceiling sparkles with stars, and there are banners for Gooseberry's houses hung on the far wall along with Hogwarts' own. Line up alphabetically, it's time to find out where you'll be staying tonight.
» COMMON ROOMS AND DORMS: Each house has a common room and an assortment of rooms with 5 beds each. You're informed by a seventh year prefect which rooms you'll be in and with whom.
» gryffindor: Gryffindor's welcome is loud and rambunctious. They accept their new additions enthusiastically and call you all honorary Gryffindors, and immediately set to telling you to stay away from Slytherins.» AROUND HOGWARTS: While Gooseberry is sprawling, Hogwarts is dense. It's easy to get lost in the ancient corridors, and prefects warn the visitors not to wander far without someone to guide them. They're free to explore, though, and the Quidditch team can get in a bit of extra practice on the unfamiliar pitch.
» hufflepuff: The new Hufflepuffs are greeted warmly, and invited to socialize with the rest of the house. There may be a bit of an us and them divide, but they're not unfriendly.
» ravenclaw: Ravenclaw's still pleased they got the most Gooseberry students. They're very curious about Gooseberry, as well as the rest of you, and end up interrogating the new students.
» slytherin: To no one's great surprise, Slytherin's ready to eat its visitors alive if they take a wrong step. You get extra points for being pretty and pureblood (or at least close to it).
» HOGSMEADE: Saturday is an opportunity to visit the traditional Wizarding town of Hogsmeade. Students can shop, eat, and take in the sights. The residents seem a alternatively baffled, mortified or amused by these loud foreign witches and wizards, taking selfies and dyeing their hair wild colors. One little old witch gives the teens her wifi password. "Poor dears, keeping you disconnected. I couldn't live without my soaps."
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oh but the satisfaction meggie
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OOC 🏰 FORBIDDEN FOREST ADVENTURE
Pear rolled a 13 and gets through the Forbidden Forest adventure without injury!
Chad rolled a 11 (13 + -2 PLEASE KILL HIM BONUS) and gets through the Forbidden Forest adventure without injury!
Archie rolled a 7 (6 + -2 CURIOSITY BONUS + +3 SNEAKY BONUS) and ends up tripping over a tree root and tumbling down an incline! He gets up with only some scratches, but his glasses fall off. They spend 15 minutes looking for his glasses, which they find only because Chad steps on them and breaks them!
Nisha rolled a natural 20! She spots a glimmer in the darkness, and brushes away some forest debris to discover an old unicorn horn. If Nisha can successfully smuggle this back to Gooseberry without any adults finding out, she can keep it. [Unicorn horns have many magical properties, one of which is instant death to any mimic who is stabbed by the horn.]
Dinah rolled a -3 (2 + -5 LIGHT UP SNEAKERS BONUS) and ends up attracting the attention of an angry centaur, offended by her shoes. They send warning arrows at the children, trying to chase them out of the forest, and one of them actually slices Dinah's arm, leaving a deep cut that bleeds profusely. She's covered in blood by the time they make it back to the castle.
Uh oh! That sounds like a teacher coming. Do they a) all try to sneak away, b) all let themselves get caught, or c) some of them try to sneak away, some of them let themselves get caught? Note that if Nisha is caught here, she will be benched for Sunday's game. Anyone who lets themselves get caught will be punished, but will also give a greater chance of escape to anyone trying to sneak away.
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And like, there's never been a knife Chad hasn't fallen very purposely on, and he feels bad about Archie's glasses, and he gets really kind of faint-y around blood, so point is he's staying whether he likes it or not
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Also holy shit my good luck unicorn girl????
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Nisha managed to get away scot-free and slip back into the common room unnoticed, because Pear, Chad, Archie and Dinah all threw themselves on the grenade. They were found by Professor Longbottom, who might have been inclined to let them go if one of the children hadn't been dripping blood on the stones. He takes the four of them to the hospital wing, and alerts their teacher.
As Dinah is getting patched up, Ms. Vector arrives with the exasperated mien of a woman knew there wasn't any point to resting tonight, because a Coppertale would do something to cause trouble. Professor Longbottom explains what happened, then attempts to slink away before this brutal lecture can go down, but he's stopped by the arrival of Headmistress McGonagall. Ms. Vector, ever the Coppertale, refuses to show weakness in front of an ex-colleague. She cleans the blood from Dinah's clothes with a wave of her wand, orders Longbottom to explain to the headmistress why Firenze needs to try harder at improving centaur relations, and ushers the children out of there.
For punishment, the four of them are banned from going on the Hogsmeade trip on Saturday*, and will be facing detention and point loss once they return to Gooseberry. Ms. Rhee is less tolerant, however, and tells Archie and Paris in the morning that they get detention for the whole week.
*This assumes you all went Friday night. If not, it's just detention and point loss when you return.
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Nisha owes each one of these children one (1) free murder.
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