The Twins

[brimtoast.livejournal.com]

From alt_player's comment

Here's a tip:

Try putting together a list of all the weird or puzzling things the twins have done.

How do you think they add up?

And what do you think they want?

Group brain, activate!

Comments

Here's what I have

[brimtoast.livejournal.com]

"Liberated" multiple confiscated artifacts (http://alt-gredforge.livejournal.com/2501.html)
What they found involves charms (http://alt-lupin.livejournal.com/3584.html) and something they can do reverse engineering on
Borrowed Percy's fifth-year Charms book (http://community.livejournal.com/hpalternity/16650.html?thread=150794#t150794)
Claim to not have cursed Percy (http://community.livejournal.com/hpalternity/18578.html) (but are blamed for it anyway)
Used the potions classroom and ingredients (http://community.livejournal.com/hpalternity/17430.html)
Collected pickle juice (http://alt-neville.livejournal.com/7657.html?thread=75497#t75497)
Sent seemingly blank parchment to Molly (http://alt-molly.livejournal.com/6071.html). Claim it was a "mix up with the mail"

I had been interpreting all this as finding the Marauder's Map and then trying a bunch of ways to make it reveal itself. Is there another or better explanation?

Re: Here's what I have

[wintercreek]

It does seem like Sirius thinks it's the Map.

Re: Here's what I have

[alt-player.livejournal.com]

You're on the right track, but you're still missing a couple more . . .

Re: Here's what I have

[qwerty88.livejournal.com]

Missing medicines (http://alt-poppy.livejournal.com/2156.html?thread=14444#t14444), and wasn't there another book left around (http://alt-hermione.livejournal.com/8275.html)?

Re: Here's what I have

[brimtoast.livejournal.com]

Yes, thank you. The second one is almost definitely the twins. For the first, I could see it going either way. What would they need medicine for?

Re: Here's what I have

[brimtoast.livejournal.com]

Now he does! (http://alt-sirius.livejournal.com/11659.html)

I am getting the feeling we're building to something exciting in the near future. I don't know if that's the game, or just me. But I've definitely refreshed about 20 times in the past hour, and... well, I don't know. I just feel like something big is coming.

Re: Here's what I have

[qwerty88.livejournal.com]

It might not be medicine, but more ingredients for a potion.

Re: Here's what I have

[trogon.livejournal.com]

He was wrong, though. (http://alt-sirius.livejournal.com/11659.html?thread=55947#t55947)

[alt-player.livejournal.com]

Two or three elements are still missing from the list. . .

Re: Here's what I have

[alt-player.livejournal.com]

Was he? *smirks*

Re: Here's what I have

[brimtoast.livejournal.com]

If he wasn't wrong, then it would mean the twins have managed to change the password on the map (unless Sirius gave the wrong instructions, but I checked that at the time, and I don't think he did). Maybe they changed it to "Percy Weasley is a Prat," per their latest entry?

Re: Here's what I have

[alt-player.livejournal.com]

I may have mislead you. The parchment sent to Molly may or may not have been the map . . . or perhaps the password didn't work for another reason?

(And that's really all the breadcrumbs I should give out today!)