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Post by Peter Pettigrew on May 1, 2022 20:55:38 GMT 10
Welcome to the Owlery! Here you can send and receive letters from other players who are too far away to contact via a Patronus Missive. Here's how it works: - Once every day, you may write one letter to a player of your choice from the opposing Side. These letters will be delivered with breakfast, as is traditional. - Due to an unfortunate exclusivity clause in our Floo Contracts, you can never send a letter to your Pureblood vs Order partner. - You also cannot send your letters to the same player twice in a row, because Owls get easily bored of repeating the same flight paths. - There is a weight limit for all letters, as many of our Owls are small and overworked. Therefore letters which are longer than 2000 characters shall not be delivered. You can check the length of your letter at wordcounter.net/character-count which uses some strange Muggle magic to approximate parchment length and weight. - Once you post a letter in this thread, we will begin processing it immediately and accept no other letter in its place for the current round. Not even if you spot a typo. The deadline for Owl Post is exactly 12 hours apart from the Challenge deadlines. To send a letter you must post it in this thread before 8:30am AEST, and the Owls will deliver any letters addressed to you soon afterward (within an hour, if not immediately). Because much of magical law and order would collapse without the creatures' cooperation, the Owls have more bargaining power than any union of Muggle postmen and have demanded ORG weekends off - so there shall be no Owl Post on Friday or Saturday. The Owls have also been on an extended strike vacation since late last year, so the starting date for Owl Post in The ORG of the Phoenix has been set for this Tuesday 3 May. Thus, your first Owl Post letters must be posted in this thread before 8:30am AEST this Tuesday. Please use the following format when you post your letters: Note that the date, sender and recipient at the beginning of the letter will not count toward the character limit. If you have any questions about how the Owl Post system works, the Ministers shall gladly answer them for you here. Otherwise, we hope you enjoy the full service of the Owl Post system each day. And do take care not to upset any of the Owls!
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Post by Lucius Malfoy on May 2, 2022 12:55:07 GMT 10
Date: Day 2, Monday 2 May To: Deladus Diggle From: Lucius Malfoy
Dear Mr Diggle
I send warmest regards on behalf of you day 0 partner, Corban. He and I have connected famously. He said to mention that he had dumped the body of the 'probably-elf' in the Thames last night. He said you'd be pleased to hear that and requested that I ask you to give Wingdings some treats.
If you could please pass on my best wishes to Oliver, I would very much be in your debt. He seemed a little out of his depth when I met him. I wasn't even sure if was a member of your so called Order and he seemed less than certain of the same? Would you mind looking out for him? I think he is a splendid young man. Very focused on Quidditch but I believe him to be an honest and loyal boy who still stick by his word.
If you could perhaps mention to him that it was a 'pity that we were out of time on the last one, not that it would have likely mattered regardless and equally a pity that PW ended up being a pointless exercise', I expect he will know that you are being genuine as to having heard from me when passing on this message.
Corban said he would send an Owl to Wood himself, so please feel free to discuss my connection to Corban when you speak to Oliver.
Oh, I did some reading about you, and you seem a good sort. Fantastic hats. Making stars fall out of the sky. A true wizard by any measure. But did you know that your name translates to 'Inventive Dick' in traditional English? How fabulous.
I hope to hear from you soon.
Kindest regards, Lucius Malfoy
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Post by Peter Pettigrew on May 3, 2022 9:32:28 GMT 10
A flock of owls fly overhead, and not a single one lands in front of you. Still hopeful, you wait and wait... but eventually every owls departs and still you have nothing. Then on the way out of the Great Hall, a scrap of parchment on the floor catches your eye...
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Post by Peter Pettigrew on May 3, 2022 9:36:26 GMT 10
Also Lucius Malfoy - just a heads up not to use direct quotes in any future Owl Post letters; we're treating them just like PMs. This time we removed the quotation marks around 'probably-elf' so that it seemed like paraphrasing rather than direct quotation. If it happens again, we'll just consider you entire letter invalid and not deliver it, without warning.
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Owl Post
May 3, 2022 11:17:21 GMT 10
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Post by Lucius Malfoy on May 3, 2022 11:17:21 GMT 10
Sure no problems. Wasn’t really a quote but understand the issue. Won’t do it again.
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Post by Lucius Malfoy on May 3, 2022 11:23:52 GMT 10
A flock of owls fly overhead, and not a single one lands in front of you. Still hopeful, you wait and wait... but eventually every owls departs and still you have nothing. Then on the way out of the Great Hall, a scrap of parchment on the floor catches your eye... Peter Pettigrew, can I show this image to Yax?
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Post by Peter Pettigrew on May 3, 2022 11:56:50 GMT 10
Yes. Ideally don't quote the text though, as it counts as something the Ministers have told you in confessional.
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Post by Lucius Malfoy on May 3, 2022 12:00:12 GMT 10
Okay so image only?
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Post by Lucius Malfoy on May 3, 2022 12:06:38 GMT 10
I think you were clear above. I have shared the image but not of the other words that came with it.
Ta!
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Post by Dolores Umbridge on May 3, 2022 12:07:36 GMT 10
Yep that is correct, thank you Mr. Malfoy.
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Post by Lucius Malfoy on May 3, 2022 23:10:11 GMT 10
Peter Pettigrew @dolores Important question for you mods. How much can I tell one Lily Potter about how to get the idol in my owl post?
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Post by Lucius Malfoy on May 3, 2022 23:10:31 GMT 10
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Post by Peter Pettigrew on May 3, 2022 23:11:40 GMT 10
You can tell her whatever you like. Just be careful not to quote anything that you've received from a Minister in your confessional.
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Post by Lucius Malfoy on May 4, 2022 3:29:13 GMT 10
Date: Day 4, Wednesday 4 May To: Lily Potter From: Lucius Malfoy
Dear Lily
I write you on behalf of our mutual friend, Barty Crouch Jr. He and I have become fast friends here at the Manor. He suggested that I communicate to you that he was shocked and surprised to discover that your least favourite HP book/movie was Order of the Phoenix.
Characters are limited so I will cut to the chase. Crouch and I have been pursuing our tribes idol last evening and we have decided to pass on to you everything that we know about how to get the one from your side. You will likely need a partner to help you obtain it, so I implore you to reach out to my weekend pal, Oliver Wood. I do hope that you are already friends. By simultaneous owl, Crouch will be passing on to Wood that I am passing this information to you so Oliver should know all about the pursuit of the idol.
You will need to go to the following webaddress bit.ly/37z8quI and then enter the password LISAGUNTHER. You will then need to head to the wikipedia page for Puffs which will give you the list of character names you need to get the idol. The correct list is Sally Crews' list of characters. You will see that only the second person on your Side to complete the task will receive the idol. I do not know of course if someone on your Side was also able to complete this task last night. But in case they have not, I propose that you and Oliver both put in the names so that one of you gets the idol, in case one of you happens to be the first from your Side.
I did see that you were online very late last night (as were Crouch and myself obviously) so it may be that you already have this in hand. If you do, that is wonderful. If you do not, then I wish you all the best in finding the idol. But either way, you now know of the bond that I share with Crouch. I hope that you and Oliver have connected and that the four of us can all meet up in the future.
It goes without saying of course but please keep Crouch and I's connection under wraps.
Kindest regards
Lucius
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Post by Peter Pettigrew on May 4, 2022 8:53:48 GMT 10
A flurry of owls fly overhead, and one quickly lands in front of you!
You thank them for their service, and happily read your Owl Post:
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Post by Lucius Malfoy on May 5, 2022 8:22:36 GMT 10
Date: Day 5, Wednesday 5 May To: Fleur Delacore From: Lucius Malfoy
Dear Mademoiselle Delacore
It was heartening to receive your message and hear that Wood has settled in well over at the Order. I felt that I may be in a good postion with your good friend and friends of friends, LeStrange and Crouch, but at the last magicial Council my name was on the parchment and I must tell you in made by heart stop for a moment. Travers was still voted out as he didn't even bother to complete the challenge but I feel like there may have been a plan against our little group which only was changed at the last minute as a result of such inactivity.
I understand from Igor that Aberfoth doesn't even bother to complete the challenges himself and that they he was most absent the first weekend so I expect he is a clear target should your group go to the Magical Council? If that is the case over there, perhaps it would not be too bad if your Side were to go to MC? We are perhaps in a unique position to control the outcome of this challenge given its format with our partners. I do not ask you do this lightly, but I feel the position on my little group is potentially in trouble here and we need a few days to refind our ground.
Oh, please also tell Oliver that I was pleased to defeat him in the game he loves so well (150 - 80) and perhaps he was not aware but this old man was a Quidditch champion himself in my school boy days!
Please also tell him that I am sad that he was unable to particpate in the flurry of activity which went on yesterday I'm sure, noting that he was not online for a lot of the day. I did however see yourself and Mrs Potter pop a number of times on the hour or so, so I expect the two of you had a positive day of progress.
Kindest regards
Lucius
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Post by Peter Pettigrew on May 5, 2022 8:59:28 GMT 10
A flurry of owls fly overhead, and one quickly lands in front of you!
You thank them for their service, and happily read your Owl Post:
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Post by Lucius Malfoy on May 7, 2022 23:45:07 GMT 10
Date: Day 6, Saturday 6 May To: Deladus Diggle From: Lucius Malfoy
Dear Dicky
Yaxley and I are very pleased that you and Wood have connected so well. That is going to be a huge advantage for the four of us as the game moves forward.
My apologies for skipping past the pleasantaries but we were wondering if you'd be able to confirm for us the group that you are working with. We have determined that it involves Lily, Fleur and potentially Tonks? We are both very well connected with all the Deatheaters, and knowing who you are working with would be of great assistance in ensuring that the right people are voted out of our Side should it come to that. I appreciate that may be too bold, but if it is not, please have Wood send your reply to Yax for our due and solemn consideration.
I hope that you have had a restful weekend and very much look forward to meeting you in person in due course.
Your friend
Lucius
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Post by Peter Pettigrew on May 8, 2022 8:55:56 GMT 10
A flurry of owls fly overhead, and two quickly land in front of you!
You thank them for their service, and happily read your Owl Post:
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Post by Lucius Malfoy on May 9, 2022 0:20:20 GMT 10
Date: Day 8, Sunday 8 May To: Barty Crouch Jr. From: Lucius Malfoy
Talk about swap screwed. I am so fucked over here. I'm doing what I can to bring back Black and make Fleur like me even though I was just soley responsible for her partner's boot. Well mostly soley responsible, HK, LeStrange himself, Igor and even Fleur all played their parts. Fleur actually told me that she sent a letter to HK in the last owl post that may have told him a little too much more than he needed to know about our alliance and that may of entirely set off the whole chain of events. Well it is what it is as they say.
So I am hoping that your solid crew of you, Lily, Yax, Wood and Igor could perhaps throw this challenge to keep little old Lucius alive in this game. Pretty please, with dead muggles on top? It's going to be pretty easy one to throw especially if all 5 of you are on board noting the impact of penalties in the challenge. Then you can get rid of HK or Shaklebolt or both over the next two days. Then just do Igor on the last one and I bet we merge after Thursday. If you want to keep dear old Igor I can maybe live with that as well, I should be able to at least find some footing by the end of 3 days but I'll keep you updated by way of letters to you and Yax.
Please help Barty Crouch Jr. You're my only hope!
Your pal
Lucius
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