Find the Horcruxes (ooc)

Thank you all so, so much for an amazing eleven months. I will miss the game and all of the wonderful characters so much. Thank you for putting up with me, and for all your plot suggestions and everything. I never expected this game to get even remotely this big, or last nearly this long, and the only reason it did was because of you guys.

I love you all.

♥, Brandi

Hi,

So this was supposed to be a hiatus post, but as the game ends on the day I come back, it's a good bye post. I'm leaving for Boston to visit Kaitlin (yay!) and I'll only be back on Monday night, May 31st. I've had a wonderful time in FTH and I'm really happy that I got to play with every one of you. I hope that we'll get the chance to play together again.

*hugs*

Chantal

Okay y'all. You may have noticed that the game has been dying for some time now. Rather than attempt to draw it out to an ending that we are no longer certain will be reasonable, given the previously-set ending date of June 30th, we the mods have decided that instead, the game will close on May 31st. Obviously, the over-arching plot of the war will not be resumed in that time, but we are giving you this last week to tie up any personal plot ends, if you so choose.

This has been a wonderful game and an amazing year, and it was only so great because of you all, our beloved players. Thank you for taking part in this game, and for everything that you brought to it.

Hey guys. I'm essentially echoing Jamie (and Whit) here in saying that, in the past few months, I've had difficulty maintaining activity with my kids, and on that note I'm bowing out of FTH. It's been an awesome experience and I'm glad to have been part of it; I've enjoyed playing with all of you and in the world we've created. Thanks, all, for a fantastic ride, and good luck with the rest of the game. (And don't be strangers!)

Cheers,
Alie

Heeey, FTH.

As y'all may or may not have noticed, I've been sort of missing as of recent. I don't really have one reason for that, just a lot of stuff that's been going on mixed with not really feeling my characters anymore. And while I know that we're nearing the end of the game, I don't want to hold on and be half hearted in my participation because that's definitely not fair to you amazing people.

So, I'm actually going to go ahead and pull out altogether. I love you all and have had a fantastic time playing with you the past many months! I hope that you can all understand and that you let FTH go out with a bang. :)

<333!

Jamie

Hey guys, just letting you know that my dad is in the hospital for a few days. He has an infection in his leg, and the doctor says he'll get better faster if he has IV antibiotics instead of oral ones. So I'll be rather unaround right now, at least until he's home.


And if you could please help me out and e-mail me if your character publicly spoke out against Voldemort's offer last week and you would like plot for said character, that would help out a lot. Thanks.

I'm back! Please let me know what I missed! Especially if it has anything to do with Laelia or Magrat!

Hey guys. I'm leaving tomorrow to go visit my mom until the 30th. I'll probably be around-ish, but if you need me for anything its probably best to email me because I don't think I'll have AIM access apart from strwberrycake711 being mobile. Hope you guys in the states have a good memorial day weekend!


Cassie
(Alex, Marcus, Joanna)

Hey everyone! You may have noticed that I haven't been around lately! I apologize for that, this past week was all about trying to make up work and get ready for finals! So don't worry, I still very much enjoy this game!

On another note, finals are this week. Starting on Wed. However I am two essays to write plus a research paper and of course studying for my other finals. So I will be on hiatus until Friday!

If something major happens that my characters should know about, please feel free to email or IM me. I will most likely still be on AIM while I'm working so I can have some small distractions. :D

See you all in a week!

Chele

Okay, it got planned out like two months ago, and then I had to go on hiatus to finish school. SO. Can we say they've been going to the Three Broomsticks every Wednesday night for the past four weeks, thus making it an established pattern, so the DE's can then do some attacking?

As Wolfie so very graciously pointed out, this has been handled. So nevermind! :D

Okay -- with all of the public entries speaking out against Voldemort, I'm going to once again draw everyone's attention here: http://asylums.insanejournal.com/find_the_ooc/148324.html

If you have not responded to the poll and your character spoke out publicly, please take a minute to do that.

Thanks.

*lol* Is this cake maker trying to tell Patrice something?

So every piece of technology I have ever touched decided to die on me at once. I will be scarce until I have *something* I can reliably use. Jfkjlskdfjlskdjflsdjflsdkjfsd. And so on.

Whit, who is drinking to cope with the pain.

All right, guys! The check-in ended last night, but I'm doing the removes this morning. Partly because I was braindead last night.

Anyway! We had several characters dropped this month, and we also lost one player.

Alie decided to drop Beatrice, Cassie let Mafalda go, Christie bid adieu to Gilderoy, and Emily sent Peadar to bed without supper, at least for now. Sadly, Darcy and her character Giles have left us, as well.

I'm still in the process of updating all the lists, I just wanted to get this up before I left, so please swing by the button and run it for all your characters!


ALSO. PLEASE NOTE THE CAPSLOCK, IT MEANS I'M MAKING AN ANNOUNCEMENT. Due to the game ending at the end of June, we will not accept any more applications after May 31st. This way, you don't have to spend forever on an app, just to only get to play your character for a month. So if you're thinking about bringing another character or two (or three or four or five ...) into the game, get the apps submitted before the 31st! We are also no longer accepting any "White Hats" (Order members, DMLE), because they already vastly outnumber the "Bad Guys."

Okay, so, I probably should have been more clear when outlining the information about the extended curfew. That is my fault, and I apologize. So, here I am to clarify even further. And please, if you have any questions about how your characters / their jobs might be affected by the newly-extended curfew, don't hesitate to ask, either in comments here or via e-mail or IM.

Basically, the Special Licensing (which really is just an extension of the special licensing they had to get to stay open during the nights of the full moon) only applies to public businesses that are more geared towards customer service. Bars, pubs, clubs, restaurants, the theatre, stores, etc. The Ministry, St. Mungo's, Daily Prophet offices, and WWN offices are unaffected by this, as the Ministry & Hospital canonically have apparation and floo locations inside the lobby so that people can arrive and leave without having to leave the respective buildings, and we can probably assume that both the DP offices and the WWN offices have the same. And, y'know, the Ministry doesn't want to cut off their news sources! And, generally, the only people who frequent the WWN offices and the DP offices are those who work there. Probably, the hospital will start checking more thoroughly the IDs of those victims who are brought in (and those of visitors): vampires will be turned away (I don't think they'd naturally go to the hospital for being healed, anyway?), werewolves will only be treated overnight on non-full nights, and anyone without an ID at all will be brought to the attention of the Ministry and be arrested. And probably the Ministry will also be Very Strict Indeed about who, exactly, gets past the atrium.

Helloooo, FTH! I am back from Virginia (le sigh!) and currently at my parents, but I'm ready to come back from my hiatus! Yaaay, huzzah, and so on. :)

I would like to jump right back in and do any and all logs of all kinds of sorts, so feel free to nab me if you see me online or email or whatever!

Jamie

GOOD MORNING FTH!!!

This is Kate, officially back from her month-long hiatus. My thesis is complete and defended, my translation project is translated...I now have a Masters in English!

With all that done, it means I'm finally capable of getting back into the game here as FTH begins drawing toward its close. SO! Hit me up for logs, catch me up on what's been going on, all that stuff, because it would be super helpful.

<3
- Kate

TODAY'S THE HORSE AND PUPPY SHOW! :D BRING YOUR (PUREBRED) HORSES AND PUPPIES OUT TO SUPPORT THE WSPCA ♥

It's not a super major event, but since it's a public thing and everyone loves posting puppy pictures, I thought I'd make a post!

The event was pretty nice. It was held here with the horses set up on the grounds and the dogs closer to the club. It's fancy! Other than that, if anyone wants to document anything going down here, that's cool. ♥

Sorry I'm a spaz.

All right guys! In regards to the special licensing that businesses have to get to remain open after dusk:

- It's essentially the same as they had to get if they wanted to remain open after dusk during the nights of the full moon: they have to be inspected by Official Ministry Personnel to ensure that it is a safe place for people to gather after dark, where they won't be attacked by either vampires or werewolves
- If they already have the Full Moon license, then it'll likely be easier for them to get the new license than, say, those businesses that didn't bother with a Full Moon license.
- Among the safety precautions necessary are a designated "safety zone" that at least includes the entire building, and could extend outside of the building, as long as safety wards are in place (that are strong enough to keep out werewolves during the full moon). Within the "safety zone" there must be areas where patrons can apparate or floo in and out safely, so that they don't need to leave the "safety zone" to arrive or depart.
- While businesses aren't restricted from serving werewolves in their human form, they are now restricted from serving vampires, if they wish to remain open after dark. In fact, they must set up precautions (holy water sprinkled across the entrances and/or sunlamps set up inside) to prevent vampires from entering the premises.
- As with the Full Moon license, there is the chance of random Ministry inspection at any time, to ensure that they are complying with the guidelines for having the license.


The paperwork is available at the Ministry, and those who already have a Full Moon license are given priority on getting the new license before the 7th.

Just an FYI regarding the owl sent to Patrice by Lexi which... Lucia opened, lol.

Sab and I decided Lucia sometimes opens his post if she thinks it looks all professional like and may be regarding things like donations or whatever. Etc. So Lucia snagged Lexi's letter before it got to Patrice and will hang onto it for...

Oh, about however long it takes us to finish the log we're writing, haha.

You know, just in case anyone was following that little SL and was confuuuuused. :)