#001 / sturgis podmore.

[macmcry]

𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐝𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.

location   :      dmle   ,      ministry   of   magic tags   :      @pcdmorcs​

​                        ❝      ‘ave   you   got   a   minute   ?      there’s   a   question   a’ve   got   ,   advice   am   needin’   and   am   no   sure   whit   calibre   a’d   be   getting   fae   anybody   else      ❞         sturgis   would   tell   them   what   was   best   to   do   ,      not   just   do   what   you   feel   is   best   .

[writingwithbex]

@warmandstill

As far as days off went, today was proving quieter than he was used to. Like many other members of the Order, Sturgis’ days off were usually devoted to fighting the Dark Lord’s forces. He almost didn’t know what to do with himself. SP had already made himself a hearty breakfast, gone on a nice long jog, he’d even had a nice visit with the crone next door, who had a lot to say about their neighbors’ comings and goings. If he didn’t find something to occupy his thoughts, or keep his hands busy, he was going to go completely mental.

Now he found himself outside of a bookstore, perusing the titles on the outside racks. Thumbing through a book on the husbandry of chimera, he skimmed the lines within with ebbing interest. Fairly certain that he wouldn’t need to know how to care for a chimera, he snapped the book shut and was about to slide it back into the spot when he bumped into someone reaching for another nearby book.

“Sorry,” he said automatically, before even looking at who he’d knocked into, only for a delighted grin to buoy to the surface. “Mister Bones! If I believed in a higher power, I’d call you a godsend. How are you doing, mate?”

[vcnities-a]

𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐝𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.

location   :      the   department   of   magical   law   enforcement tag   :      @pcdmorcs​

                 ❝      i   thought   you   might   actually   believe   me   if   i   came   here   on   my   own   ,      i’m   not   hiding   behind   a   lawyer   :   i   just   don’t   know   anything   !      how   many   times   do   i   have   to   get   dragged   back   in   here   to   say   it   again   till   you   believe   me   ?      ❞         she’d   signed   the   deal   with   mac   cionaoith   just   hours   after   she’d   left   here   the   first   time   those   few   short   months   ago   ,      the   deal   that   said   her   being   kept   on   the   team   was   dependent   on   several   factors   .      the   one   that   troubled   her   the   most   being   the   one   that   dragged   her   back   here   every   few   weeks   .      the   one   that   said   she   was   to   make   herself   available   for   any   questions   about   that   night   for   as   long   as   the   investigation   was   open   .         ❝      it   was   just   a   party   ,      just   another   party   ,      there   was   nothing   even   different   about   it   to   any   of   the   others   .   some   people   wanted   me   there   ,      some   didn’t   but   the   door   was   opened   all   the   same   .      i   just   wanted   a   good   time      ❞         she   was   trying   not   to   get   emotional   here   but   it   was   hard   ,   the   game   of   cat   and   mouse   that   seemed   like   it   would   never   end   .         ❝      hows   your   leg   been   in   any   case   ?      i   tried   to   send   flowers   but   i   didn’t   know   where   else   to   send   them   but   here   so   i   don’t   know   if   you   got   them      ❞

[rosinele]

closed ; @sturgispcdmcore​

    “  who  ever  thought  to  have  an  open  bar  for  this  service  is  either  bloody  brilliant  or  mad , “  rosine  says  to  other  wizard  next  to  her,  taking  liberty  in  swirling  the  contents  of  her  glass  with  a  shrug .  maybe  the  alcohol  was  a  needed  remedy  to  smooth  the  anxiety  that  was  evident  in  the  room .  “ i  haven’t  decided  which  one  yet. ”

[verajabbott]

CLOSED

for: @pcdmorcs​

        “’scuse me, have you seen patience abbott around? she’s not at her desk, and i’d swear she said to meet her there this afternoon.”

[whoisleft-rp]

ORDER TRAINING CAMP: THE BARNS #001 WEEK ONE // JULY 1978

The Order of the Phoenix has an annual tradition of taking all its members – both old and new, but with a dedicated focus on training up the new recruits – out for a two week session at the Barns. The Barns is the catch-all name for the rambling, isolated farm used for training up both the hard- and soft-skills of the Order members. 

This event window covers WEEK ONE of the two-week training camp.

OOC Information & Logistics

In-game, the Barns training event will account for the last two weeks of July 1978

This event opens the window for starters taking place during THE FIRST WEEK of the training camp only; a second, separate event post will mark when week two starters can begin.

Starters for WEEK ONE can be posted from now through 11:59pm ET on Monday, November 9th.

Obviously, this event is open to ORDER MEMBERS ONLY.

Order members will not be able to leave the property during the two weeks of the camp, and will remain on premises the entire time. There are no nearby towns, etc. so those seeking alone time will have to be creative.

Additionally, all in attendance are assumed to have given excuses to their jobs/loved ones/etc. as to where they are and why they can’t be contacted.

Please use the starter tag #WhoIsLeftBarns for open starters

About The Barns: The Property, The Training & The After-Hours Activities 

The property of The Barns is affectionately named for the large, ancient red barn that stands at the center of the property – the site of meetings during the day, members sat upon bales of hay and the straw-lined ground – but, crucially, nights full of hard-drinking, necessary partying and downright hedonistic bonding between all of the Order’s members once the commanding officers and more imposing leaders have gone to bed for the night.

There are other buildings of note, too – a washed-out and cozy farmhouse, made of creaking floorboards and tartan couches, largely off limits during the training weeks and reserved for housing the commanding officers, including Moody himself, those on brief stretches of cooking-and-dish duty, and a few comfortable, much-coveted bedrooms that veteran members have only claimed for themselves after years of service and lots of stubbornness.

Where does everyone else sleep? Well – the Main Barn is surrounded by long-out-of-service smaller barns and buildings that were stables in a past life. Now filled with rows of bunk beds, they are the sight where sore bodies lay down after days of training (and nights of partying) to await the daybreak wakeup calls, and surprise emergency drills to keep them on their toes. There is a STRICT no-bed-sharing rule that almost nobody follows, but often pretends to when Moody hobbles through for a sudden inspection.

As for the days, they are spent out in the pastures. Dueling, defense and drill practice take place on meadows were sheep once grazed, members paired up for practice and others sitting by, perched on ancient wooden log-fences to cheer them on or take bets on the match-ups. Rain or shine, those fields are where Order recruits are molded into true Order members, gaining injuries and grass stains alongside new knowledge and new confidence to take on the evils of the world.

The Schedule

** The full two-week schedule is provided HERE for plotting and planning purposes – but a reminder that this event only allows starters for week one. 

For higher image resolution, visit: https://imgur.com/a/Ym6WenT 

Color coding guide: 

Red: Mandatory Moody-led Activity (meals, bed checks, etc.) 

Yellow: Physical activity

Green: Magical combat

Pink: Practical magical training, other categories

Blue: Academic/Intelligence training 

Orange: Free or unstructured time

The Room(mate) Assignments

When this year’s Barns trip was being planned, Alastor Moody asked everyone to write down their ideal roommate. Not one person was given who they listed, in a half-hearted attempt to cut down on mischief and malarkey. 

Outside in the stables, in bunk beds...

BUNK #1 – Caradoc Dearborn & Remus Lupin

BUNK #2 – Sirius Black & Lily Evans

BUNK #3 – James Potter & Emmeline Vance

BUNK #4 – Sturgis Podmore & Mundungus Fletcher

BUNK #5 – Peter Pettigrew & Benjy Fenwick

BUNK #6 – Marlene McKinnon & Dorcas Meadowes

BUNK #7 – Frank Longbottom & Alice Fortescue (volunteer veteran supervisors)

Inside the farmhouse...

In the MASTER BEDROOM:

Alastor Moody

In the OLD NURSERY, a room now featuring twin beds but still containing the many antique dolls, broken toys, patterned wallpaper and a disused crib from it’s former life: 

Vince Sinclair

Gideon Prewett

In the HALF-FINISHED ATTIC, a warm and stuffy wood-beam retreat, marked by leaks of sunlight during the day and leaks of water during rain:

Adelaide Dubois

Gerard Dubois 

In the FORMER MAIDS’ QUARTERS, a glorified mudroom off the kitchen that is inexplicably narrow and still manages to smell like ammonia and cleaning mop buckets:

Safiye Fawley

Daniyah Burke 

In the NORMAL BEDROOM, a rare bedroom at the Barns that was actually meant to be used as a bedroom and thusly houses two beds without extra maneuvering required: 

Edgar Bones

Fabian Prewett

In a BARELY-REFURBISHED CLOSET that may or may not still have a bunch of coats hanging from the rack above the squeezed-in mattress: 

Gretchen Ollivander

On the PULL-OUT COUCH in the den, destined to be tripped over many times each night by other Order members seeking the bathroom: 

Dedalus Diggle

[sturgismore]

task #001 - fact file

                                                 ( achilles was the sun, but you were always SUPERNOVA )

 name: sturgis benjamin podmore ( jr. )

occupation: reporter for the daily prophet

nicknames: ben, ‘the daily prophet bloke is here again’

age: twenty seven

date of birth: february 21st of 1953

hometown: manchester, england

current location: london, england

gender: cis male

pronouns: he/him

orientation: straight ???

spoken languages: english. is absolutely shit with languages

zodiac sign: pisces

moral alignment: lawful good

four temperaments ( HERE ): sanguine

mbti: one day

element (air, fire, earth, water): earth

parents’ names: sturgis podmore sr. ( pureblood, unemployed, b. 1923 ) & mary rose havemeyer ( muggle, shop assistant, b. 1925, d. 1976 )

siblings’ names: a couple of half-siblings he’s vaguely aware of, on his father’s side

pets: a barn owl named named ricky that definitely does not like sturgis

wand (core, wood, flexibility, length): ash wood with a unicorn hair core, unyielding, 13 inches

favourite quidditch team: casual appleby arrows fan

house: gryffindor

blood status: halfblood

patronus: fox

amortentia scents: ink, cinnamon, bread and something earthy

hogwarts electives: care of magical creatures and divination

favourite subject: DADA

least favourite subject: transfiguration

NEWTs: DADA ( E ), history of magic ( E ) and care of magical creatures ( A )

extracurriculars at hogwarts: accepted into the quidditch team in his 6th year, after going to the tryouts for two. in and out of the school newspaper, but could never find himself sticking to it for too long. prefered to have his free time intact instead of joining lots of extracurriculars

[sturgispodmoreaow-blog]

001.

Sturgis is the great-great-great (and then some) grandchild of Sir Patrick Delaney-Podmore, quite the charismatic and very headless ghost. Being in charge of the Headless Hunt, Sir Patrick is adamant that a ghost must be completely headless to join. Therefore, it became somewhat of a pet-peeve for Sturgis, and he cannot help but find Nearly Headless Nick to be a wanker. Come on, he’s not actually headless.

[sturgthatpod-blog]

MOODBOARD 001  → STURGIS PODMORE FT. CARADOC DEARBORN

❝   Prepare yourself you know it's a must     Gotta have a friend in Jesus     So you know that when you die     He's gonna recommend you     To the spirit in the sky  ❞

@caruhdoc

[whoisleft-rp]

GRADUATION CEREMONIES & EXIT INTERVIEWS || JUNE 1978 || [THE ROAD TO GRADUATION #003 & #004]

The Gryffindors’ Quidditch Cup celebration lasted throughout the entire night, and the castle’s stock of Pepper-up Potions and other home-brewed hangover remedies were quickly depleted. A hearty breakfast was had by all, nervous and excited chattering reaching even the senior seventh years’ spots at their respective tables; the graduation ceremony was only a few hours away.

It was looking to be an absolutely gorgeous day for it - blue skies, only a few clouds, not too hot even for the graduates in their dark Hogwarts robes. Albus Dumbledore’s speech was guaranteed to be a tearjerker; “we are so proud of each and every one of you - yes, all of you, I see the shock on your face, Mister Potter - and know Hogwarts will always be your home to return to. These are dark times we are living in, and I sincerely hope our exiting seventh years go out to shine their lights on the world.”

Muggle cameras (allowed to work for only that special occasion) and magical ones alike made sure to capture just about every moment, each graduating seventh years’ walk across the stage and each tearful embrace with their friends and loved ones committed to film. 

Because there is still time left for students to say goodbye, enjoy the castle and grounds for another week, and make the most of their halcyon school days before moving on to the unknowable world beyond its walls, the school could not leave ALL their remaining time unstructured. The morning after the graduation ceremonies – after families have taken their leave but before the first trunks are packed – Headmaster Dumbledore reminded all of the outgoing seventh years of their exit interviews. 

Given the unprecedented change and turmoil of the past few years, the school has established this new tradition: a confidential way for each and every graduating student to speak one-on-one with the Headmaster about anything at all. The highs and lows of their schooling experience, their plans and hopes and fears for the future...when the plan was announced, the Headmaster was quite clear that ANYTHING was on the table. 

This was, of course, because he already had a subject in mind for a very select few. 

For months now, the Order of the Phoenix has been keeping tabs on some of Hogwarts best, brightest, and most endearingly troublesome. Using the cover of exit interviews for all, Dumbledore will be using his one on one time with these handpicked students to invite them into the Order’s secret creed. No further instructions will be given to them at this time except for one, all-important instruction: DO NOT TELL ANYONE ELSE ABOUT THE ORDER, OR YOUR INVITATION TO JOIN IT. 

Roommate against roommate, friend against friend – nobody should know who else received this secret and honorable invitation until the first Order meeting in July. 

Unless, of course, they REALLY trust the people around them enough to venture a guess and ask without getting caught… 

This post covers only the graduation ceremonies and the exit interviews. Separate event posts will be doled out for each event (see list below). Events in this series…

[#001] Parents Weekend

[#002] Quidditch Final – Gryffindor vs. Ravenclaw, to be played while parents are still on campus

[#003] Graduation Ceremonies – To be conducted while parents are still on campus

[#004] Seventh Year Student Exit Interviews (slash Order Recruitment, for some!)

[#005 – Upcoming] Post-Graduation/Pre-Departure Packing, Partying & Goodbyes

[#006 – Upcoming] The Hogwarts Express Ride Back To King’s Cross

* Note: Events #005 and #006 will each be their own separate events, with a two-week window for starters per our new policy. In terms of an OOC time window, that means the King’s Cross event will END on the evening of July 20th. 

WHAT’S HAPPENING?

WHO: All students - graduating or otherwise - are present for the ceremonies as well as all the parents and family members who came for the weekend, which means you can keep writing parent threads if you wish. Anyone can start a general graduation day thread, and ANY seventh year student can write their exit interview with Dumbledore if they wish to do so - we STRONGLY encourage the students who are getting an offer for the Order (whether they accept or reject that offer), to write that self-para as part of their participation in the event!

WHERE: The graduation ceremonies are taking place on the Great Lawn, though threads can take place anywhere outside or, if the muse strikes you, immediately before or after the ceremonies on Hogwarts grounds. 

WHEN: The exit interviews take place the morning after graduation in Dumbledore’s office and then in Hogwarts immediately after - this is basically two separate events taking place around the same time! The visitors for the long weekend are being ushered home after the graduation ceremonies, so the castle belongs to just the students and professors (and a couple of Dumbledore’s invited Order guests…) again at that point.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE

The masterlist of parent and sibling FCs can be found here. Feel free to, if you have not done so already, send your choices to the main–– it’s not too late to decide you want in on writing these characters!

All starters must be posted between now, Monday, June 8th and 11:59 P.M. EST on Monday, June 22nd.

You can write as your character, your character’s parent(s), or your character’s sibling(s), etc. and post starters as them - but the focus is on the graduating students and their final days at Hogwarts as pupils. If your character has a good reason to be at the castle for the graduation - and Hogwarts graduation ceremonies are always a big deal! - please have them there!

Order members have been invited to the castle as well, for their opinions on potential recruits. 

Players are strongly encouraged to both post starters and hop on the starters of others.

Gif chats, paras, self-paras, three-way conversations, etc. are all welcome

Please use the tags WhoIsLeftStarter, WhoIsLeftGraduation and WhoIsLeftInterview as appropriate 

STUDENTS INVITED TO JOIN THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX

LILY EVANS

SIRIUS BLACK

MARLENE MCKINNON

JAMES POTTER 

MARY MACDONALD

PETER PETTIGREW

REMUS LUPIN 

STURGIS PODMORE

CARADOC DEARBORN

DORCAS MEADOWES

EMMELINE VANCE

BENJY FENWICK