[MOD] Event: the wedding

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Upcoming event!

On Thursday and Friday, Alison and Ora (and anybody else who wants to join) will be helping around the Burrow in preparation for Bill and Fleur's wedding. Logs for the wedding itself will be postable starting Saturday and will go as long as needed to finish the scene.

This will also be our first firefight!

( details here, if you're going to duel )

That said, three more annoucements

- Character flashbacks (from sixth year and below) are optional (but highly encouraged to flesh out your character) and should be posted to your character's journal. If I see them, I will add them to the community's memory archives so we can find them easily. (You can also drop a note in any of the mod posts.)

- Lysienne Aldrern has cleverly managed to get hold of the Half-Blood Prince's 6th year Potions textbook. Awesome.

- I will be in Europe for two weeks with a friend starting Monday night. I have no idea whether I'll have enough internet access to post regularly, but please please please continue the game without me. :D Ora's lack of writing will be attributed to her parents locking her inside the house and occupying most of her time with martial arts/magical training. I'll be back the end of August, around the time that Hogwarts starts up again, so until then...

whoo hoo! Dueling with Death Eaters!

[Two] At the Burrow

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We're finally at the Burrow! The twins and I arrived earlier this evening after we closed the shop for the next few days, and Ora came not too much later than that, just in time for dinner (which was good - seriously, Mrs. Weasley is the best cook I've ever known, I don't know how she does it). It looks like Ora and I will be sleeping in the living room for now, since Hermione's sharing a room with Ginny and it's already cramped enough in there. I've slept on the floor here before once or twice, though, and it's not bad at all. And there's still plenty of floorspace, if any of you end up being able to make it.

This place is seriously heaped over with more security charms than I've ever seen anywhere else. You can't apparate at the gate anymore - you have to appear a ways away, up the hill, and then walk the rest of the way. But I guess that's what happens when you're housing the famous Harry Potter. I can't say they make me feel a whole lot better, but they do help a bit. I mean, I'm not one to be paranoid, but I guess it's nice to know there's a little something extra between you and the outside world, especially with the way things are these days. Then again, I wonder how much the Death Eaters know - this is the first place they'll come looking if they decide to go after Potter, isn't it?

Speaking of Potter, I swear you'd think he and Ginny weren't... well, exes. They don't talk to each other much, but they do keep giving each other glances when they think no one's looking. Who are they trying to fool? Fred and George say Ginny isn't happy with the way Harry dumped her at the end of the school year, and I guess I can't say I blame her. She knew what she was getting herself into, if anyone ever did.

I guess I should get going - I'm sure Mrs. Weasley's going to put us to work first thing in the morning, since the wedding is only two days away now. It was pretty hectic here tonight, and I didn't even have to do that much! Hopefully Ora and I will be able to sneak in and get a look at the titles of the books Granger's got with her, though. There must be some clue as to what they're up to, if we can only find it.

Helping at the Burrow

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I'm exhausted. Totally spent.

Mrs. Weasley has been keeping us busy all day, I had no idea there was so much to do in preparation for a wedding! And I'm no good at housekeeping spells at all, so it's twice as hard for me to scrub the floors or de-dust a room than the others. Why can't I go help with the gnome infestation in the yard? I'm sure I'd be better at that.

Alison and I managed to finish tidying the guest room quickly, and sneaked off into Ginny and Hermione's room to root around for anything that might give us a clue what Potter is up to. The only things I've seen lying around are Numerology and Gramatica, and Travels with Trolls and other inane things. There has got to be more hidden somewhere else in that room, we'll try to get another look tomorrow.

For now, I'm going to lie down and hope that nobody else I know is getting married anytime soon, it will be quite a while before I want to do this again.