Ink and Stink: A Halloween Post-mortem

[zorb]

Whew! That was fun. I thought I'd start a new discussion post now that all the facts are available and the drama is done.

Notable events:
- Harry accidentally spilled indelible ink on the book Hermione copied for the LP, the Pretiosissimum Donum Dei, thus sending her off in tears. :-(
- Teddy showed off his Dark Mark (inked by Draco) to the Lord Protector, who was pleased to see a new generation of minions coming to life, as was Bellatrix.
- TROOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLL in the castle! MacNair was the rumored source, most likely by virtue of his announcing it. Sucks to be the messenger. (ETA: The troll belonged to him, so I guess that's more reason.)
- Even before the panic, boot realized Hermione was missing and told Neville, who also knew from Lavender that Hermione had gone off to cry. Harry put the pieces together and ran off after her with Ron, Neville, and a reluctant Draco.
- The battle with the troll seems to have played out much like it did in canon, with two extra people. Harry still ended up upended, prompting Neville to charge the troll (oh, Neville!). Ron wingardium leviosa'd the troll's club above its head, where it dropped for the KO, with a brief stop on Neville. Draco pulled Neville out of the way.
- Pansy is quoting things.

And finally, the LP left Harry a most devoted gift - welcome, Dennis Creevey! (I love him already.)

Thoughts? Theories?

Comments

[lapin-agile.livejournal.com]

The time stamps are so tricky to take as evidence in this game (especially as the different time zones of various players influences the time stamp that I see). That said, I do take notice of chronology of posts and it was clear that Pansy posted that very late. She and Sally-Anne seem to be night owls, don't they?

But. What, dear player, are you suggesting? That she was sleep-walking and sleep-writing?

[alt-player.livejournal.com]

Even for a night owl, that's awfully late, don't you think?

[lapin-agile.livejournal.com]

Certainly. But ... what does that signal? It's a time when everyone else was finally in bed and she could be alone with her thoughts. You are hinting there's more to this but I'm not sure what. Ghosts? Firetalk with a daddy who is not dead but in a far-away timezone? You've got me grasping at straws!

[alt-player.livejournal.com]

Pansy keeps me guessing too. She really keeps me on my toes and surprises me all the time.

[brimtoast.livejournal.com]

Or... maybe a Pensieve with memories of her father's? Or a diary of his that she is reading (maybe some sort of horcrux-diary, although that would radically change my thinking about his character)?