- 11 - Expect the unexpected. (Backdated to Sunday)

[toobravehearted]

Filtered to friends of Aradia Megido.

Good Morning, and please excuse the interruption. I'm the Doctor and I have a small announcement in regards to Aradia Megido. It seems that she is suffering from a loss, one that has done the rounds before I fear to other residents. She's currently in the form of a soft doll (I believe the term is a 'plushie') and the Castle saw fit to send her to me.

Rest assured that she is safe and will be well looked after until such a time that she is able to say so herself.

Thank you for your time.

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[UNSC filter, backdated to not long after Tokyo]

[lonenoble]

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061 red letters

[eat_me_beat_me]

[Anyone in the lobby today might be surprised to see that the stairs have gotten a bit of a makeover. They've been painted to look like piano keys when looked at from either above or below.]




[The artist is currently laying upside down on one of the couches, her legs stretched up the wall with her ankles crossed. Her head hangs over the edge of the couch and she's idly sketching on a sketchpad mounted on an easel set low to the ground. What? She's bored and it seemed like a fun thing to do.

Her journal hangs off the side of her easel, propped open to catch her dictation]

A couple years ago Jilly was working on a mural in town. I think it got trashed by the earthquake but I want to try to do another one somewhere. Anyone out there in castle-land want in?

[York]

[dontpatr0nizeme]

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Over the River and Through the Woods... [ Action ]

[wishmadeinfire]

[ It had been a sad, quiet few days in the Harrowgate-Ashura suite with the disappearances of Thamuris and Mildmay. He offered his quiet support to his lover, but today, he thought, Felix needed some time to himself. And Ashura could give him that if nothing else. So, today, he decided he would go for a ride, something he had not properly done in far to long and found he longed for. 

So he went to the stables and gathered Svitana, his massive, scaled dragon horse he had raised from a hatchling. 

He trotted his way near the village to stop and pause a moment to pick up a treat for himself and Svitana, which might or might not have caused a stir given the Ashura had not brought the beast down in awhile. He could spy a few children looking at him with wide eyes from a safe distance, which only served to make him smile some more. 

Treats gotten, he fed the meatier snack to Svitana and mounted up (which really just involved jumping onto his back since Svitana had no saddle or blanket, just the simple reigns). Clucking, he made his way out into the woods, slipping into the trees and enjoying the "quiet" that surrounded him, the fresh air and the calm.

He and his mount picked their way through the wound, unconcerned if there might be anyone else there (and most dangerous creatures, if there were any, had sense enough to avoid the dragon horse). He closed his eyes, letting Svitana take him where he would, feeling the energy of the place. And if he startled someone? Well... oops? ]

[ ooc: feel free to poke him either at the stables, in the village, or in the woods if you care ]

☽ 013 [ Last Quarter ] - - Dictated.

[lupinotuum]

[ In the past couple weeks, since the arrival of Professor Dumbledore and Harry, Remus has been thinking a lot about his future back home. He knows he cannot do much about it here in Paradisa, of course, but the thought still looms over his head, unreachable and shrouded in uncertainty. As a Werewolf, Remus knows that he will have a tough life ahead of him outside of Hogwarts. Work will be scarce. Even more so when one considers the fact that the Wizarding World is teetering over the threshold of war. And he's been thinking a lot about that particular fact lately. That even though it's a frightening and altogether insane thought, he knows that he has to do his part. He cannot just stand idly by. ]

I've been thinking lately.

[ He flips his journal open onto the desk in his room as he speaks, carding a hand through his hair. For all intensive purposes, he's simply venting. ]

Back home, I'm still a student. I've got one more year left before I'm to become an actual member of society. There's still quite a bit I haven't learned yet and things are ... well... things are not exactly looking very good back home.
I know that it's highly unlikely that the castle will allow me to retain my memories of this place when I'm sent back, but I want to do something to prepare myself. I'm not going to have it any easier any other way. 

I guess what I'm trying to say is that I have a lot to learn still, but no way or place, that I can think of, in which to practice what I have learnt thus far. I can memorize spells quite easily from books, but I'm much more of a practical learner. I was thinking that perhaps, for any who are interested, that we could set up a place specifically to practice our skills?

[Dictated]

[scarredglasses]

[Harry had left his journal open on the table and he didn't realise it was recording.] This place is great but it's not home even if it is a castle. I'm twelve today. I wish I was back at Hogwarts.

I wonder if anyone else knows more about James than just Hermione.