>>44444986
>Walk to the Quidditch Pitch without further delay

>>44444986
>Walk to the Quidditch Pitch without further delay

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>>44445103
>>44445173
After a quick breakfast you head to the pitch with no further delays. The captain Anthony greets you warmly. "Hey John! I hope you will make it. Be careful up there." After a quick encouraging words exchanged with the captain and the old team members you get your broom and prepare to take off.

The other guy who wants your position, Robert, a 4th grader is also here. Last year he lost the position to you really narrowly and you can see he is really, really motivated to get it this time.

A mock match start between the try outs. Tim is also playing in your team as a chaser. You take off with ease, and start hovering around the field looking for the golden Snitch while the rest of the players get on with the match. You feel better about your flying skills after you spent the whole summer practicing with your Mom who was a very good player back in her time.

Roll 1d10

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>>44445437
>DADA with Slytherin

If they use a grading curve, it's an easy A. What Slytherin uses DEFENSE against the Dark Arts

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>>44445505

You fly around aimlessly, no sign of the Snitch whatsoever. At some point you see Robert diving with haste but then he comes up empty handed. You are not sure if he saw the Snitch or was just mistaken. You keep flyin around while below you the players keep scoring against each other. You hope Tim managed to score some too.

As the rain gets stronger it's difficult to hear the crowd around the pitch but you can see it's getting crowded more and more as the time passes. You see the glimpse of your friends and classmates cheering.

Roll 1d10

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>44445725

Rolling rule for the newcomers, I take the second roll (almost always) as the result.

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>44445725

>>44445774
Fifteen more minutes pass. The teams are well balanced against each other but you are happy to see Tim is playing well.

Suddenly you hear a very strange sound coming from the crowd at the benches. A very, very loud Eagle screech! Afraid you look around and turn around very quickly. Only to see Valdis standing near the benches and he has a beak instead of a mouth and a nose. And as far as you can see he holds his wand to his throat to amplify the sound. Something about this scene really makes you want to laugh and cringe at the same time. But thanks to him, now that you look that way you see a glimpse of something gold shinning. You dive in that direction with haste. Robert is on the other side of the field.

Roll 1d10

Rolled 10 (1d10)

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Rolled 3 (1d10)

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Rolled 4 (1d10)

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Rolled 4 (1d10)

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Rolled 5 (1d10)

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>>44445896
>>44445895
God Damn It

Still dislike taking the second roll stuff.

May as well have only one person rolling.

>>44444986
>>New rule, 1 free reroll each semester

>>44445896
do it???

>>44445933
>for each semester
I dont want to waste our reroll on quidditch man we may need to save someone later

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>>44444986
>Year is 1983, Lord Voldemort was "killed" by the Boy Who Lived one year ago.
>First weeks have passed, you proven yourself again and again in the Potions and class and slowly becoming a "good student" of the Professor Snape.
>Professor Snape

>>44445896

>Scores with the plusses from skills and broomstick, 7, 12, 7

>Robert's scores 9, 5, 7

Thanks to your fast broomstick you have some distance between yourself and Robert. The rain gets stronger and makes it difficult for you to fly properly. He catches up thanks to this. He has a slower broomstick from yours but he does have better maneavouring skills. If it was not for your mom's gift of the broomstick you would have fallen behind for sure.

You can now see it, the golden Snitch. It is just ahead of you. You and Robert dive together to reach it, almost shoulder to shoulder.

You reach out, with Valdis' eagle screech in the background. You reach and reach, Robert loses his balance and starts to slow down while you get faster. And...you catch it! Effectively finishing the game.

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>>44446212
After the game, you hug with Tim in celebration. Robert seems really red and furious. You think you heard him make some comments on how they should not allow other equipments and stuff. You see captain Anthony ignores him and congratulate you. "Well done John. You know I would have hated to have him in the team." and winks at you. You don't know why he doesn't like Robert. "You two are in!" he says to you and Tim. "But if one of you make me lose the Cup in my last year, I will personally kill you..."

You head to the crowd and your friends cheer for you. Valdis now has a normal face once again. "Did you like my new trick? I think it will be really cool in the first match!" he says.

>Yeah it's wicked! How did you do it?
>It's okay... anyway... *Change the Subject*
>No, it startled me, don't do it in the match!
>Other

>>44446410
>Yeah its wicked
Probably should give him some encouragement since he didn't fuck it up like he usually does

>>44446410
>>Yeah it's wicked! How did you do it?
Just be sure to clear it before the match.

>>44446509
>>44446636

"Yeah it's wicked! I like it, how did you do it?" He goes on to explain to you how he learned a spell in a book he found at his home about certain areas of Transfiguration and such.

You can see also others are here almost all your classmates. Anya and Juliette also congratulates you while you see Alice hugging Tim and then stepping back with a kind of red face.

You leave the field to go back to the castle as the rain continues to fall. On the way back, Juliette asks you something, "Hey John, I am putting together a kind of Hogwarts newspaper. Since the stuff that happened last year and the Quidditch stuff, there are lot of materials I can work with...can I make an interview with you later?"

>Yes, sure
>Yes, sure but don't ask about that half vampire please!
>Ummm, maybe, can you tell me more about it?
>No sorry I don't have time for this
>Other

>>44447015
>yes, sure

>>44447015
>>Ummm, maybe, can you tell me more about it?

>>44447015
>Yes, sure
"What are you going to call the newspaper and the article?"

>>44447015
>Yes, sure

>>44447029
>>44447053
>>44447106
>>44447051


"Yeah sure I will do it." you say with enthuisiasm. "What are you going to call the article and the newspaper?" you ask.

She just shakes her head. "I don't know yet. I am thinking about some names. I also work with some other people from the other houses since it's impossible for me to get the inside news from them so maybe we will decide something together." She smiles. She has brunette hair with bangs. "For the article? Hmm I dont know. Any ideas?"

>Suggest her a name
>"I will leave it to you"
>Other

>>44447310
Dhampir Dilemmas!

Alliterative and its a good term for half-breed vampires.

>>44447310
>"I will leave it to you"
Just, please, nothing too sensationalist or embarrassing.

>>44447310
>>"I will leave it to you"

>>44447310
this works>>44447328

>>44447328
I'll go with this

>>44447328
"Dhampir Dilemmas!"

She seems surprised. "Wow you already have a name for it?" You nod, eagerly. "I...I will take it into consideration." You are not sure if she is serious but she laughs and looks to be enjoying the name. "That's actually doesnt sound bad!"

You continue to walk back to the castle. Valdis, Anya and Glenn seems to be talking about some planets or starts. You can guess it's for the Astronomy club of Valdis. You are still not sure if it was a wise idea to join but whatever.

Tim and Alice seems to be getting slower with each step or putting distance with the group.

"So what do you think we should focus on the most?" Juliette asks playfully.

>I think Professor Phylia stuff should be good.
>Me saving the school of course. [Smug]
>Quidditch matches are entertaining!
>The attack to the Syria-Wales Friendly
>My skills in potions class of course [Smug]
>How about the fact that I just nailed the try outs? [Smug]
>Umm...I dont' know.
>Other

>>44447708
>>The attack to the Syria-Wales Friendly

>>44447708
>The attack to the Syria-Wales Friendly

>>44447708
>>The attack to the Syria-Wales Friendly

>>44447708
>Other
"The fact that we were in real danger but thanks to our lessons in Hogwarts and our intuitiveness and adapting to these problems as they came to us we've managed to make it out alive. Which is what I'm most thankful for."

Also change the names to protect the identities of those involved.

Also because some Dark Wizard might find this and track us down...

>>44447708
>I think Professor Phylia stuff should be good.
"You know, something practical like what areas her tests are going to be on and such. No one ever said newspapers can't be useful by providing practical information."

>>44447708
>The Professor Phylia stuff should be good.
>Qudditch matches are also entertaining. Maybe make a column for quidditch matches, get opinions from the Captains about their upcoming games?
>We'll also do a thing on the Syria-Wales attack. A bit of serious international stuff should be interesting to read.

>>44447708
Why we gotta be so smug?

That's why everyone hates purebloods.

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>>44444986
I have given the cast little starts to indicate their importance/relations so far to in the Quest. It will be updated with each thread so you can follow whats up with the second characters and stuff.

http://pastebin.com/RR1jbGbc

>>44447871
You don't, but you can. Though if you try to be, you will need to roll Social. And you have 0 skills in that.

>>44447846
She is not in the school anymore as she was the BBEG of last year.

>>44447738
>>44447740
>>44447772
>>44447774

"The terror attack at the Syria-Wales match of course!" you say without thinking hard. "I was there you know? It was horrible. I can give you lot of information about it." She seems quite interested. "Ah I think there are lot of stuff that is being kept from the public about that actually" she says, eager and looking hungry at you like a cat looks at a fisherman's stand. "I will be really, really interested with that. Deatheaters and all...."

You nod but then cautiously say "Yes sure...but I don't know maybe it's smart to change names to protect identities and such? Since one of the attackers are at large... I don't want him to track someone down or something."

She smiles. "Yes yes sure don't worry about that..."

Finally you reach the castle. Everyone heads to the upstairs but some people just "disappear" on the way. You don't see where did Alice, Tim and Valdis left to. You come up to the Eagle statue with Juliette, Glenn and Anya. They are still talking about some Astronomy stuff while Juliette asks you some basic questions, like your favorite class and such.

The Eagle turns to your group and simply asks, "What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?"

>Answer (type your answer as well)
>Leave it to others to answer

PS: I like the new gift box captchas.

>>44448328
A bonsai, technically

>>44448328
>Any kind, really, if it's been made into a book.

>>44448328
>>Answer (type your answer as well)
a seed

>>44448328
>Answer
Palm tree.

Though a bonsai would be more literal.

>>44448450

HA I hope the Eagle likes puns

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>>44448438
>>44448446
>>44448450
Nice Answers.

After you give the answer the Eagle bows down respectfully and the wall he is attached to slowly starts moving as a door to open and reveal the path to the Ravenclaw tower.

Juliette tells you that she will let you know later to arrange a time for the interview.

You have some free time to kill.

>Study something
>Practice something
>Research something
>Chat with someone
>Read a book
>Play with Cordelia
>Other

Btw a question, should spending time with Cordelia increase the Social skill?

>>44444986
.

>>44448450
I'm going to second this one because I want that eagle face palming.

>>44448680
>Study something

What's our next class? Study for that.

>>44448680
>Study something

I would say no as she's not a human, though if it can increase our Care of Magical Creatures skill a fraction each time that would make sens

>>44448680
>Play with Cordelia

>>44448687
Hah! It was the answer I had too...

>>44448680
>Study something
History of Magic, becuase it's boring and unproductive.

>>44448709
History of Magic on Saturday since tonight the Astronomy is cancelled due to cloudy weather.

>>44448680
>>Study something

>>44448680
>study for next class
Nah spending time with pets isn't really socialising

>>44448680
>>Study potions
Keep Snape impressed

>>44448731
Ah yes good idea!

We aren't neglecting Cordy are we? We give her plenty of attention right?

>>44448939
>We give her plenty of attention right?
of course

>>44448980
>>44448939
>Cordellia after becoming neglected from her owner leaves to start her own hive of evil bees
> Third year the bees attack multiple students at hogwarts resulting in John Having to put her down at the end of the year
Spend time with your pets

>>44448791
>>44448777
>>44448742
>>44448731
>>44448709

You decide to prepare for the next class. It's History of Magic. You try to find some information on "International Warlock Convention of 1289" as to research this was your homework.

Roll 1d10 History of Magic

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>>44449071
We actually forget history and make shit up.

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>>44449071
You know what I'm just done with rolling today
I've only gotten one good roll

>>44449071
You open your really big tome of history and try to look for the event. Too bad the index of the book is completely rubbish. There is no chronological order either. So you spend half hour just to try to find the correct chapter.

You start reading something about a wizard who lived around the 7th century in modern day Brittany named Balerius Dorado. You read about this wizard and forget about your own subject. The book shows that he had a coat of arms with the letter "B" with snakes around it, hinting that the wizard might have been a parselmouth. It says that he was very active in the affairs of the Muggles and often traveled to South and East and fought in the Muggle wars. It doesn't say if he used magic in those battles or not. The passage says that he crafted a magical ring and it was supposedly of very high importance. It doesn specify what did the ring do but just say that it is a very powerful magical artefact.

The book continues to say that the wizard died in his house and that the ruins of the house remains. It says many wizards tried to find his ring but none managed.

After reading meaningless stuff about some old wizard you finally realize it's been an hour and you have wasted a lot of time just trying to find your chapter let alone study it. You decide to leave it and head to the bed as your eyes start to close. It's been a tiring day.

1/2

>>44449349
>We just found the origins of our cool ass ring!

Aww yeah! Got here on time for JVA Quest.

>>44449349
You wake up in the morning, feeling renewed. Cordelia is still sleeping lazily. Your roommates are getting dressed and preparing for the class. The morning passes without anything interesting happening. You fail a bit at the History of Magic class but it doesn't really gets noticed since %90 of the class usually doesn't know what is going on. But you feel you should study it in the future just to make sure it doesn't become a problem.

Alba finds you during the lunch, before the DADA class. She congratulates you about the Quidditch try outs. "I am looking forward to beating you, John. Our team have two different players this year. Hopefully it will make a change. I can't tell you how happy I am for the fact that Henry quit the team."

Henry is the student, Alba "attacked" during one of the Gryffindor matches when he did a mistake. There is a rumour that he quit because he is afraid of her.

"There is no way Hufflepuff will get the cup again." She says with her 'Spanish' lisp clearly audible.

>I am looking forward to playing against you too.
>I am looking forward to beating you too.
>Don't worry the Cup will go to Ravenclaw this year.
>I think you have a real chance of winning this year.
>Other

>>44449577
>>Don't worry the Cup will go to Ravenclaw this year.

>>44449577
>Don't worry the Cup will go to Ravenclaw this year.

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Oh and by the way guys it's been almost a month since the last thread, thanks for joining today and I am glad that we are alive. It's been a really busy month for me and it seems it will continue to be like that (finals, hosting some foreign friends and entering a translation competition...lot of strange stuff to do) until the 15th of January. So after that we can get back to a regularly schedule like at the first year. Thanks again!

>>44449577
>>Don't worry the Cup will go to Ravenclaw this year.

>>44449624
Thanks for still doing this while you've been busy man.

>>44449595
>>44449614
>>44449696

You just shrug. "Don't worry Alba, the Cup will go to Ravenclaw this year." She smiles but you can see something in her eyes screaming "NO".

"You know that the Duelling Club starts next week, right? Get ready!" she tells you. You realize it's true, the time has really come for that. "I need to run to the class now...but see you later John!" She leaves with that.

After the lunch you head to the DADA class. This year it is together with the Slyhterin.

Professor Hevelius sits calmly in his arm chair behind his desk. The classroom looks slightly different from the time Professor Phylia used it. There is much more light now. And the creepy dragon skeleton has been removed with a nice chandelier with lot of candles burning on it.

"Ah welcome my boy, how have you been?" The professor asks you. You can see the unhappy looks from the Slytherins. The professor was a friend of your grandfather and you had the opportunity to meet with him in Bordeaux in the summer.

You chat with the professor a bit before he starts the class. He talks about how to be always prepared against the Dark magics and some other basic things. Then he proceeds to read something from the textbook. You can see he has a very different teaching style from the previous professor. He is much more calm and slow speaking. He does seem to be listening more to the class too somehow. He doesn't have any kind of admiration for the Dark Arts either.

"...and these creatures can take the shape of your worst nightmares. The thing you are most afraid of. Do you know the name of this creature?" Since you have a passion for Magical Creatures you know the answer.

>Answer quickly
>Slowly raise your hand
>Pass it
>Whisper the answer to Glenn who sits next to you
>Other

>>44450092
>Answer Quickly

>>44449760
You are welcome mate

>>44450092
>>Answer quickly

>>44450092
>>Answer quickly

>>44450092
We know answer. Boggarts. Even us muggles know it.

Are boggarts related to the bogeyman?

>>44450141
>>44450174
>>44450172
>>44450160
Anya raises her hand but you just quickly say the answer. "Boggarts, sir!"

Professor Hevelius nods, "Yes, John. Very good. 10 points to Ravenclaw."

The professor gives an homework to study these Boggarts extensively for two weeks. The Slytherin student David asks "Professor, will we be facing them?" The whole class seems excited at this.

Professor answers calmly "Well that will depend on your homeworks, Mr. Ickheart."

After the class he says anyone who wants to join the Duelling Club should sign up his or her name on the paper outside of the classroom.

>Sign up for it
>On a second thought, I have already enough to do as it is

>>44450345
>Sign up for it
After last year, we need it. I think we're the only one who's actually faced a 'dark wizard' in more then one setting.

>>44450345
>>Sign up for it
its smart to prepare for uncertain but inevitable events

>>44450345
>>On a second thought, I have already enough to do as it is

>>44450345
>>Sign up for it

>>44450368
>>44450393
You put your name and sign up for the club. Looking through the names you see some familiar ones.

>Alba Morteno
>David Ickheart
>Bill Weasley
>Bryan Utherson
>Juliette Aupen

A few days passes with nothing important happening. During the Herbology class, Valdis keeps using his new "trick" and screams like an Eagle until a really crazed Hagrid comes out of the nearby woods shouting and giving him a looooong lecture on how he scared some special kind of birds he was breeding.

After the class, you have some free time to kill.

>Study something
>Practice something
>Research something
>Do the interview with Juliette
>Chat with someone
>Chill in your secret room
>Read a book
>Attend the book club
>Play with Cordelia
>Other

>>44450752
>> Study potions

>>44450752
>>Do the interview with Juliette
>>Chat with someone
Bill

>>44450752
>Try to find out if our ring is related to Balerius Dorado's ring

>>44450752
>play with cordelia

>>44450803
Second

>>44450803
>>44450860
How do you plan to do this?

>>44451113
Research magical rings and maybe ask an expert on it.

Wouldn't our DADA teacher help us? Or our history of magic teacher?

>>44451113
Read up more about Balerius in the library and look at the ring again.

>>44451113
inspect our ring

then head to the library and look for books on magical items from history to see if our ring matches any descriptions

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>>44451113
Where would magical trinkets count under in the curriculum anyway? Is there an enchantment class?

The ring didn't have any dark art aura when we tried to check it if I remember correctly

>>44451183
Could be dormant. Maybe would need a command to activate it's PHENOMENAL COSMIC POWERS.

>>44451183

It was never specified that the wizard was evil though.

>>44451209
He was a parsel tongue. Those guys are always evil.

With some exceptions.

Harry doesn't count! That was the piece of Voldermort in him letting him do that. Which is a damn shame.

>>44449349
>he book continues to say that the wizard died in his house and that the ruins of the house remains. It says many wizards tried to find his ring but none managed.

Ooh. Figure out where is home is located. During our next vacation we could ask our parents if we could visit it and take the ring with us.

>>44451274
where?

>>44451352
>a wizard who lived around the 7th century in modern day Brittany named Balerius Dorado

Somewhere in England I'd imagine.

>>44451370
Britanny is in france dude

>>44451415
I don't know geography. Sorry.

>>44451133
>>44451146
>>44451147
>>44451175

>Go the Velvet Room to check the ring
>Go to the library to read on the enchantments
>Go to the library to read on Balerius

>>44451469
>>Go to the library to read on Balerius

>>44451469
Hm....

>Go to the library to read on Balerius

Maybe check out a book on enchantments on our way out too read for later?

>>44451469
>>Go the Velvet Room to check the ring
Then hit the library.

>>44445437
I follow this quest for quite a time now, but I honestly can't get over this schedule. Whoever made the hogwarts schedules should change their job. Now.

Stay up until late night on friday and get up early for the most boring class in existance on saturday? Two small blocks of herbology, when a single one of three hours would be way more useful?

>>44451469
>go to the library to read on the enchantments

>>44451524
Wizards are "weird". They don't understand much about the concept of "logic"

I think one of my fav classes would be History of Magic

>>44451670
They also don't have basic math, science, history, or social sciences classes.

Basically they go to this wizard school with barely an education, and then they expect these kids to go on and run the Wizarding World.

>>44451698
Pretty much although they do have even higher education after hogwarts but that depends on the job... I mean the only history and social sciences you could put on there are History of Magic (which no one gives a shit about) and Muggle Studies (Which gets just as many fucks).

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>>44451487
>>44451502

.You head to the library and ask for a book on the old wizard. The librarian Madam Pince just looks at you with empty eyes for a second. It is clear she doesn't know the wizard. "Well...if I remember correctly, you should check the biographies part and pay attention to the alphabetical order of A-Z according to the person. Or you should check the History section but pay attention there to the A-Z according to the Publisher."

After this educated guess, you nod, feeling a bit confused and check the places she told you to. You couldn't find something specifically on him but you found a book that has small sections on many old historical wizards. In the book there is a section about the wizard you are looking for but only additional thing it says different than your History of Magic textbook, is that he killed a basilisk that was causing lot of trouble in the Kingdom of the Lombards.

>Ask the librarian for more help
>Finish researching
>Other

>>44451882
>>Other
look up the history of the Kingdom of the Lombards.

>>44451916
I'll second this.

>>44451916

Yeah or at least the wizards involved in the kingdom of lombards

>>44451916
>>44451963
>>44452121
And we will continue from here.

Thanks everyone for joining us. I am getting really sleepy now so I need to pause.

Follow us on twitter: @JVApiseQuest
to get the latest news on the new threads. and please vote in the suptg archive: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=gringott

See you next time with the research, Duelling Club, the interview with Juliette and more stuff! I'll lurk just a bit more if you want to ask something.

>>44452357
thanks for running

Damn I archived the thread as 16th not 17th thread. Do you know how I can edit that?

>>44452461
im afraid not

but these things happen