[November 1st - ???] The Nightshade Notebooks Tags: November 2010 November 1 2010 Raine Almasy Alex Carstairs Gracie Slant Naomi Foley Read 425 times / 0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic. [November 1st - ???] The Nightshade Notebooks on May 09, 2015, 02:50:36 PM The Nightshade NotebooksThat holy dream—that holy dream, While all the world were chiding,Hath cheered me as a lovely beam A lonely spirit guiding. - Edgar Allan Poe, "A Dream"*Nothing written may be read afresh, by leave of Shadow'd InkNothing written may be read afresh, by leave of Shadow'd InkAnd what manifests in one, manifests in all Notebooks in possession of the witches Almasy, Carstairs, Slant & Co.*** Skip to next post Re: [November 1st - ???] The Nightshade Notebooks Reply #1 on May 09, 2015, 03:16:01 PM Good afternoon? Is anyone reading?Gracie? Alex?Apologies for the Wireless silence all term. I exerted such an effort in hiding this bloody thing from everyone that I succeeded in altogether secreting it from myself. Fancy that! Found it in the trunk as we were packing for a weekend in Italy, where I write from presently. We are being taken to the Teatro dell'Opera di Rome by the British ambassador. It's all so very dull but I haven't the heart to hurt Aunt Ira's feelings. She is rather obsessed. I think she needs a hobby of sorts. Perhaps when we get back to Greece.So tell me. What news? Has anything of scandal happened in the hallowed hallways of Hogwarts? I miss you both terribly have missed hearing from you two. My love to the giant squid, as always.{1st November 2010, 1643 hours} Skip to next post Re: [November 1st - ???] The Nightshade Notebooks Reply #2 on June 03, 2015, 03:31:38 PM Raaaaaaaaine! Raine Raine Raaaaaaaaaaaaaaine.Sorry it took so long to reply, we just got out of Potions. Our new professor is a real tosser, so there’s no writing in between brewing, not if we’re to get out as soon as possible. Ugh.Hogwarts hasn’t been the same without you, obviously. Gryffindor’s been kind of blah, Dueling Club is... you know. Rossi and Roarke seem to’ve buggered off, at least.Clearly Italy’s getting the better end of the deal, here. Maybe it’s a sign you should Perhaps meet someone new? The first interesting person you see, catch their attention—maybe your aunt will let you go off on your own if you make it clear you’d like to do a bit of exploring on your own. “Get a taste of local flavor” or something. That’s what I do with Granddad.IN OTHER NEWS: Thanks to Indi –and I think Waverly?– there’s a “bucket list” challenge for our certain seventh years to meet before the year is out. Essentially, there is a list of spectacular feats to pull off, all worth a certain amount of points—the riskier, the greater, particularly those involving quite a few of our most esteemed professors.Has Alex told you that her dear, studly mentor is our new Charms professor, yet? Getting a picture of him shirtless is 20 points.There have been other fresh faces, of course – one of them even caught fire during the Welcoming Feast – but until they actually last a whole term, they aren’t really worth mentioning. But should we ever have a decent Potions professor who isn’t some kind of purist or child-hater, we’ll be sure to let you know. Until then, it’s just McGonagall, Storm, Maiko, Strangely, and the Donovans. And Woodward, I suppose. The others, I haven’t seen so much of lately; perhaps they’ve moved on.Anyway, have you heard? Jordyn and Theo are Head Girl and Boy. Both, of course, have taken to their new duties like ducks to water. Virgil tells me the Halloween Dance meeting was quite boring, which I assume means that everything had gone smoothly, or no one ended up in the infirmary. In any case, if they hear about the challenge, they’d shut it down—Jordyn more so than Theo, amazingly enough, though now that I think about it, it isn’t really all that surprising. Not that they have stopped people from competing, of course; Eli and Indi were caught in Asher’s (new Muggle Studies professor) office back in September. He even has THE creepiest trophy to show for it; it has Maiko’s face on it, of all things.I think it’s a sex trophy tbh.ANYWAY. I’ve finally figured out how to make pictures appear in this (shall owl you the mixture tonight!*), SO. Here is a photo of our majestic Charms professor. It isn’t quite as shirtless as I would like, but... (◕‿◕ )(ilu alex)Btw if anyone asks, I’m v nice to Zel. Mwuahhh.*Just slather it on the picture, press it face down on the page, give it a minute to process, and then peel it away. There shouldn’t be any residue. :>1 Nov 2010, 1736 hours Skip to next post Re: [November 1st - ???] The Nightshade Notebooks Reply #3 on July 13, 2015, 07:45:43 PM Raine,Sadly, patronage of the Opera is a well-established hobby for the rich. As it is traditionally a drain on financial resources, perhaps you could suggest something a little less expensive for her new hobby? Crochet, perhaps, or whittling.For yourself: I would be happy to see photos of your travels, when you aren’t busy “getting a taste of the local flavour.” (Honestly Slant, couldn't you come up with a better euphemism?)She has told you the most important news. In the wake of the tournament, and in your absence, life at Hogwarts is at its dullest. We are still terribly busy, but there have been fewer disasters, debacles, and visits to the infirmary than last year. We are forced to focus on our studies and our plans for the future, as much as we are capable of doing so.The challenge isn’t as entertaining as has been suggested. So far its greatest achievement is the sex trophy, and my hopes are sinking rapidly. Still, I can’t believe that the students have stopped being stupid over the summer. No doubt someone will do something truly moronic soon.It would be a terrible shame if you weren’t there to laugh with us.Slant, I will tell Rick about the points in the challenge that concern him.November 1, 18:12 Skip to next post
[November 1st - ???] The Nightshade Notebooks on May 09, 2015, 02:50:36 PM The Nightshade NotebooksThat holy dream—that holy dream, While all the world were chiding,Hath cheered me as a lovely beam A lonely spirit guiding. - Edgar Allan Poe, "A Dream"*Nothing written may be read afresh, by leave of Shadow'd InkNothing written may be read afresh, by leave of Shadow'd InkAnd what manifests in one, manifests in all Notebooks in possession of the witches Almasy, Carstairs, Slant & Co.*** Skip to next post
Re: [November 1st - ???] The Nightshade Notebooks Reply #1 on May 09, 2015, 03:16:01 PM Good afternoon? Is anyone reading?Gracie? Alex?Apologies for the Wireless silence all term. I exerted such an effort in hiding this bloody thing from everyone that I succeeded in altogether secreting it from myself. Fancy that! Found it in the trunk as we were packing for a weekend in Italy, where I write from presently. We are being taken to the Teatro dell'Opera di Rome by the British ambassador. It's all so very dull but I haven't the heart to hurt Aunt Ira's feelings. She is rather obsessed. I think she needs a hobby of sorts. Perhaps when we get back to Greece.So tell me. What news? Has anything of scandal happened in the hallowed hallways of Hogwarts? I miss you both terribly have missed hearing from you two. My love to the giant squid, as always.{1st November 2010, 1643 hours} Skip to next post
Re: [November 1st - ???] The Nightshade Notebooks Reply #2 on June 03, 2015, 03:31:38 PM Raaaaaaaaine! Raine Raine Raaaaaaaaaaaaaaine.Sorry it took so long to reply, we just got out of Potions. Our new professor is a real tosser, so there’s no writing in between brewing, not if we’re to get out as soon as possible. Ugh.Hogwarts hasn’t been the same without you, obviously. Gryffindor’s been kind of blah, Dueling Club is... you know. Rossi and Roarke seem to’ve buggered off, at least.Clearly Italy’s getting the better end of the deal, here. Maybe it’s a sign you should Perhaps meet someone new? The first interesting person you see, catch their attention—maybe your aunt will let you go off on your own if you make it clear you’d like to do a bit of exploring on your own. “Get a taste of local flavor” or something. That’s what I do with Granddad.IN OTHER NEWS: Thanks to Indi –and I think Waverly?– there’s a “bucket list” challenge for our certain seventh years to meet before the year is out. Essentially, there is a list of spectacular feats to pull off, all worth a certain amount of points—the riskier, the greater, particularly those involving quite a few of our most esteemed professors.Has Alex told you that her dear, studly mentor is our new Charms professor, yet? Getting a picture of him shirtless is 20 points.There have been other fresh faces, of course – one of them even caught fire during the Welcoming Feast – but until they actually last a whole term, they aren’t really worth mentioning. But should we ever have a decent Potions professor who isn’t some kind of purist or child-hater, we’ll be sure to let you know. Until then, it’s just McGonagall, Storm, Maiko, Strangely, and the Donovans. And Woodward, I suppose. The others, I haven’t seen so much of lately; perhaps they’ve moved on.Anyway, have you heard? Jordyn and Theo are Head Girl and Boy. Both, of course, have taken to their new duties like ducks to water. Virgil tells me the Halloween Dance meeting was quite boring, which I assume means that everything had gone smoothly, or no one ended up in the infirmary. In any case, if they hear about the challenge, they’d shut it down—Jordyn more so than Theo, amazingly enough, though now that I think about it, it isn’t really all that surprising. Not that they have stopped people from competing, of course; Eli and Indi were caught in Asher’s (new Muggle Studies professor) office back in September. He even has THE creepiest trophy to show for it; it has Maiko’s face on it, of all things.I think it’s a sex trophy tbh.ANYWAY. I’ve finally figured out how to make pictures appear in this (shall owl you the mixture tonight!*), SO. Here is a photo of our majestic Charms professor. It isn’t quite as shirtless as I would like, but... (◕‿◕ )(ilu alex)Btw if anyone asks, I’m v nice to Zel. Mwuahhh.*Just slather it on the picture, press it face down on the page, give it a minute to process, and then peel it away. There shouldn’t be any residue. :>1 Nov 2010, 1736 hours Skip to next post
Re: [November 1st - ???] The Nightshade Notebooks Reply #3 on July 13, 2015, 07:45:43 PM Raine,Sadly, patronage of the Opera is a well-established hobby for the rich. As it is traditionally a drain on financial resources, perhaps you could suggest something a little less expensive for her new hobby? Crochet, perhaps, or whittling.For yourself: I would be happy to see photos of your travels, when you aren’t busy “getting a taste of the local flavour.” (Honestly Slant, couldn't you come up with a better euphemism?)She has told you the most important news. In the wake of the tournament, and in your absence, life at Hogwarts is at its dullest. We are still terribly busy, but there have been fewer disasters, debacles, and visits to the infirmary than last year. We are forced to focus on our studies and our plans for the future, as much as we are capable of doing so.The challenge isn’t as entertaining as has been suggested. So far its greatest achievement is the sex trophy, and my hopes are sinking rapidly. Still, I can’t believe that the students have stopped being stupid over the summer. No doubt someone will do something truly moronic soon.It would be a terrible shame if you weren’t there to laugh with us.Slant, I will tell Rick about the points in the challenge that concern him.November 1, 18:12 Skip to next post
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