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Post by Peter Pettigrew on Apr 27, 2022 0:09:49 GMT 10
![](https://i.imgur.com/6XEkgEJ.png) The Ministers cordially welcome Fleur Delacour and Rodolphus Lestrange to the ORG of the Phoenix! While the exact scope of the adventure ahead remains uncertain, you are both fortunate indeed to be undertaking it together! The bond between you is thicker than blood, thanks to a lifetime of familiarity and the buildup of trust strong enough to endure even the most fundamental of disagreements. As family members, you will be... ...what's that? You don't recall - you don't... Wait! ... You WHAT? Well. Ah. It seems there may have been some unexpected ummmm side effects of your transfer to this realm. There were after all a small number of memory-related charms employed in shielding the arenas and... well these seem to have exceeded their limits and backfired... somewhat. You have our sincerest apologies. As recompense, the Ministry can offer you the gift of time: three full days during which you may reacquaint yourselves with one another. Consider this period to be a kind of extended Day 0, if you will, before we kick off the Games properly this Sunday the 1st of May at 8:30pm AEST. On that official Night 1 you will be introduced to the other participants, learn more details of what shall unfold here, and begin the regular structure of The ORG of the Phoenix. But until then you have only one another for company, and only in this Floo Network board. This space is yours to do with as you wish, but we hope that over the next three days you manage to accomplish at least the following: 1. Read and sign the Rules & Expectations thread. In addition to these Game-long rules, you may not send any PMs during Day 0. 2. Get to know your partner! Please do not share any IRL or casting details which could compromise Closed-ID rules. Until we have found a way to disable the Memory Charms, it is wise to treat these wayward charms with extreme caution, unless you wish to die a very painful death. (See the House Points thread for more details.) But also... don't let that stop you from bonding together! Talk about yourselves as the marvelous characters you are, discuss your plans for this game, buy a magical pet together, and do try to puzzle out how exactly you are related. 3. Once you feel ready, have a crack at the Opening Challenge. All the details you need are in the designated thread but the key things to keep in mind are that it must be completed before Day 0 ends, and that you should arrange to play it at a time when both of you will be online. It is in part a test of your teamwork, so we encourage you not to rush into it; get to know one another first and leave it for later in the weekend. 4. Enjoy yourselves! Relax together while you can, because come Sunday night things will take a turn for the... fantasmic. That's all for now! See you on Sunday.
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Post by Fleur Delacour on Apr 28, 2022 22:35:27 GMT 10
Ça va, Rodolphus Lestrange ! I thzink it's maybe eazier to use thzis dread to còmmunicàte? How a re you? It appea rs we 'ave some 'istory togethzer even thzough I cànnot remembe r you, but regardless I am lookìng fo rward to getting to know you (again) over thzese next few days. Also, apologzies fo r thze accent. Je suis français. I am French so I 'ave some diffcülty to prononce ce rtain words, but if you cànnot unde rstand somethzing, pleaze let me know. I won't take offence. I thzink I should alzo be able to pìck up on my Anglais thze mo re p ractice I get (I 'ope!) To answer your question, oui, my pa rents a re magic so I guess you would conside r me to be pu re blood(?) althzough I pe rsonally don't really care about thzat zo I don't care what you a re. As long as you a re a good pe rson to be a round ![:<3](http://i.imgur.com/L3NpwEv.gif) I'm ve ry much looking fo rward to thzis aventure with you.
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Post by Rodolphus Lestrange on Apr 28, 2022 22:43:08 GMT 10
Already coming up with some good ideas Fleur, I might just end up liking you again... considering we seems to have some history together as you have mentioned. It does take a lot to get onto my good side but I see no reason why you can't do that yourself.
One thing that we should figure out is when we will both be free at a computer to do the challenge?
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Post by Fleur Delacour on Apr 28, 2022 22:58:26 GMT 10
Good thzinking. Oui, thzat is trés importante. 'ow does your schedule for thze weekend look like? Idéalement I thzink Saturday could be a safe option if neithzer of us 'as to work? I càn do basically any tìme on saturday (as long as not zleeping), or around thzis tìme (or a bit earlier) tomorrow? I 'ave plans tomorrow at night zo I cànnot do too much later thzan thzis thzough.
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Post by Fleur Delacour on Apr 28, 2022 23:06:13 GMT 10
Alzo speaking of thze challenge, 'ave you thzought about any useful strategies for it? A re you typically quick to thzink on your feet? Alzo I am thzinking thzat unless you 'ave any objections maybe it would make zense fo r you to type thze passwo rds, conside ring my spelling? ![:lol](https://i.imgur.com/X4ixXao.gif) Of cou rse I would t ry to do my best thzough if you would p refe r me to type thzem
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Post by Fleur Delacour on Apr 28, 2022 23:12:23 GMT 10
'aving reread the challenge maybe it's somethzing like we bothz try to còunt thze objects in each task and go from thzere?
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Post by Rodolphus Lestrange on Apr 29, 2022 14:58:51 GMT 10
Hello Fleur.
Just quickly typing this out with the little bit of free time I have now...
In regards to when we want to do the challenge, I can be available in perhaps 5 or so hours from now? Or we can do it 24 hours, a bit more or a bit less from now? Let me know what you prefer.
In regards to how we shall do the challenge I was thinking that you count one of the things that need to be counted, and I count the other. We then make posts stating what the number was we counted and then whichever is higher we post the correct trigger.
Or as you suggested we both count both things and see if we get the same answer with regard to X being higher than Y.
We can discuss more and finalise how we want to approach it when I've got some more free time.
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Post by Fleur Delacour on Apr 29, 2022 15:51:17 GMT 10
'ello Rodolphus, I think thzat tòday might be a bit bette r just in càse 'aving a secònd sc reen is avantageuse zo maybé 5 to 6 'ours f rom now? I 'ave a few thzings I still need tò do but I should be able tò a rrange zome f ree time a round that time. I thzink your suggestion makes a lot of sense too. It p robably depènds on how difficült the tasks a re whethzer we'd both even 'ave tìme to count everythzing, you know. I typicälly t rust my way withz numbe rs zo I think we còuld t ry doing it you r way, and if there's enoügh tìme to double check we càn? I mean like, you sta rt by còunting one thzing, I còunt the othzer; once we've finished and pòsted ou r guesses we càn sta rt còunting the other thzing? Timewize I thzink there are 6 tasks and 20 minutes with inc reasing difficülty zo I think if we còuld finish the fi rst few tasks in a round 2,5 minutes it wòuld make sure we 'ave enough tìme at thze end? I 'ope it doesn't requi re too much attention tò detail though becàuse my eye-sight isn't thze best but I will do my best rega rdless. In te rms of pòsting t rigge rs, do you thzink it would be bette r to assign one of us the duty of pòsting thzem or if 'oeve r is faste r should do it? I càn zee p ros and cons in bothz but as long as neithzer of us t ries to go solo we should bé fine ![:lol](https://i.imgur.com/X4ixXao.gif) Zo in short we còuld do it like this: Zee what the items to còunt a re -> One of us pòsts what they want to còunt and thze other pe rson còunts the other thzing -> pòst ou r results in thze dread -> if tìme, double-check what thze other pe rson còunted -> confi rm we are on the zame page about ou r answe r (if no tìme and one of us is confi dent withz their answe r I'd say it's bette r to not wait fo r confi rmation rather thzan tò go over-tìme) -> one of us pòsts the next t rigge r. 'ow does this sound? And do you thzink you would bé fast to ret rieve the fi rst t rigge r? If not I càn do it, but I'd be 'appy to let you if you feel confi dent about it.
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Post by Rodolphus Lestrange on Apr 29, 2022 16:48:17 GMT 10
I might actually be busy tonight now.
Does Sunday suit you at all to do the challenge? Let me know and if not I'll make tonight work for us.
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Post by Fleur Delacour on Apr 29, 2022 16:56:13 GMT 10
I thzink if it's between tomo rrow and Zunday I would p refe r tomo rrow. Just becàuse I don't like leaving thzings to the last minute ![:lol](https://i.imgur.com/X4ixXao.gif) Zo would tomo rrow still wo rk? I mean it iz just one challenge so no reason to còmpletely change you r schedule fo r it if you a re busy tònight ![:<3](http://i.imgur.com/L3NpwEv.gif)
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Post by Rodolphus Lestrange on Apr 29, 2022 16:57:15 GMT 10
![:lol](https://i.imgur.com/X4ixXao.gif) Would you be ready to do it in say 2 hours from now?
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Post by Fleur Delacour on Apr 29, 2022 17:00:21 GMT 10
I should, oui. It zeems like my schedule is more free tòday thzan I thought so thzat should work. Let me know if you 'ave any thoughts regarding the stratégie though.
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Post by Rodolphus Lestrange on Apr 29, 2022 17:06:08 GMT 10
Good, very good!
I'm operating off what muggles call a mobile phone? An interesting device.
Once I get to those thing called a computer, I shall reply to what you've said about the challenge!
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Post by Rodolphus Lestrange on Apr 29, 2022 18:40:01 GMT 10
Okay I'm all set up and ready to go but I'll outline a few things here quickly first.
Let's just say that challenges aren't my strong suit, sometimes I'm good and sometimes I'm horrible during them.
See in the example how there is a "Count A" and a "Count B" one of us always counts the A part and the other the B part initially. Which would you prefer?
Then once we've completed our counts, post in the challenge thread what the number is and once both of us have done so one of us will post the correct trigger word to get to the next stage.
Do you want to be responsible with starting the challenge and posting all the triggers? I'll admit that I wouldn't be the fastest so if you feel like you'll be good for that then go ahead!
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Post by Fleur Delacour on Apr 29, 2022 18:51:09 GMT 10
I am p retty much thze same rega rding challenges so abzolutely no wo rries, we will do thze best we can ![:lol](https://i.imgur.com/X4ixXao.gif) I thzink that if the còunts a re like that, còunt A and còunt B, I càn take còunt A. Zo you tàke còunt B, yes? Oui, I'm 'appy to sta rt the challenge and to pòst thze t rigge rs. 'owever if I fo r some reason tàke too long to pòst a t rigge r afte r we've pòsted ou r còunts feel f ree to pòst thze t rigge r instead. Zo a re we good tò go? If yes, I'll wait fo r confi rmation befo re sta rting thze challenge
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Post by Rodolphus Lestrange on Apr 30, 2022 13:33:23 GMT 10
Hello Fleur.
Just bringing the conversation back here. It was a nice bonding experience for sure, the start of something which I hope ends up being fun and great for the both of us!
Now we can just take it easy while we wait until we get to see the rest of the cast!
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Post by Fleur Delacour on Apr 30, 2022 14:21:10 GMT 10
Ça va, Rodolphus! 'ow a r/e you doing tòday? . Yes, now we càn just relax befo re meetìng eve ryone tomo rrow. Spèaking of, do you 'ave any idea about what might 'appen? I thzink that t raditionally if we a r/e indeed familý we might bé sepa rated back intò different teams but who knows with thzis c razy Pete r I would définitivement, what's the wo rd...ah, définitely like tò stay with you in the same tèam but if not we just 'ave to do ou r best tò meet up again!
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Post by Rodolphus Lestrange on May 1, 2022 9:07:59 GMT 10
I had a very good day thank you Fleur, how about yourself?
Mmm if I had to guess I would guess that we will be on different starting tribes, despite me also wanting to stay with you as you have grown on me...
Good work! Definitely is the correct word. If we do find ourselves split then let's do our best to get back together!
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Post by Fleur Delacour on May 1, 2022 17:03:54 GMT 10
I had a very good day thank you Fleur, how about yourself? Mmm if I had to guess I would guess that we will be on different starting tribes, despite me also wanting to stay with you as you have grown on me... Good work! Definitely is the correct word. If we do find ourselves split then let's do our best to get back together! my day was al rright, although I slept kìnda bàdly and we we rn't even playïng yet so I 'ope I manäge tò maintàin at least some resembl ence of a sleepìng pàtte rn while this is ongòing I'm su re it's nothing compà red to zome othe r pèople though becàuse I've notìced that zome pèople 'ave been online basicälly all week-end ![::)](http://images.proboards.com/new/rolleyes.gif)
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