Hi, everyone. We’re both very sorry to do this, but we’ve decided to put Granger on an indefinite hiatus. We’ve been losing motivation to run this rp since before our first acceptances, and we don’t think it’s fair to anyone to continue keeping things running when neither of us have the muse or motivation to be admins or to even write our characters. Thank you to everyone who showed interest and excitement for this group - it wouldn’t have even made it for the short time it did if it weren’t for you. We apologize again and look forward to hopefully writing with you all in the future, wherever that may be.

(+01) MAGICAL LAW

Have you received any apps?

Hi, there ! I’m so sorry, I only just woke up. We did receive an app last night, so I’ll update the app count in a second !

@greyguerrin 

Congratulations to our newly admitted student ! You’ve been selected for the Granger Institute as one of the most ambitious and bright members of your year, and we can’t wait to see what you bring to your programme.

Accepted character info is below the cut !! Please send your account within 24 hours, and make sure you’ve read our checklist and familiarised yourself again with the rules. Welcome to the group !

NEWLY ADMITTED TO OUR MAGICAL LAW COURSE:

—guerrin, greyson: an eighteen-year-old former gryffindor who happens to be halfblood. they also identify as genderqueer. when they aren’t in the classroom, grey can be found interning for the singh campaign.

face claim: samantha boscarino

portrayed by: storm, 22, est, she/they

TASK 001; FAMILY & CHILDHOOD

Sorry for the delay (we stan two disaster admins), but we’re here now to deliver your very first task !! As you can see above, we decided to kick things off by having everyone explore their character’s family and childhood. I often find that my muses become much more ‘real’ once I’ve figured out the details of their background --- it makes it much easier to get inside their head and see how they’ve developed into the person they are now. 

There’s no one way to do this task: you can write self-paras, make graphics and moodboards, post headcanons, whatever you’d like. You can do as many task-related posts as you want, or you can opt out of doing any at all. This is only meant as a pressure-free way to explore your muse, your own way. 

Task #2 will not be posted for two weeks, so in theory you have until then if you wish to participate in this task. That said, you’re always welcome to refer back to an old task whenever you want, even if it’s not the most recent one posted. 

Have fun, and be sure to tag everything with #grangertask !

Hello !! As a reminder, we will be reviewing any apps in the inbox beginning tomorrow night, Wednesday 3rd, at midnight EST / 5am GMT, with acceptances posted in the morning ! Come send those apps our way and help this group grow ! What we’ve seen from members so far has made us very excited and eager to increase our numbers even more.

It depends on how many applications we receive, but not long ! The only reason there’s an overnight delay is because we admins are in quite different time zones and both need to be awake for acceptances. 

How long does acceptances normally take?

Welcome to our first ever Sunday briefing !! We’re excited to introduce our weekly Sunday briefing, in which we will be laying out the following week’s schedule within the roleplay. As this is our first one, we thought it’d be best if we let you know what our plans are for regular tasks and events over the next few months. On alternating Wednesdays, we will be dropping either a task or event so that every week we will have something to prompt the roleplay along! That means one week, we will be dropping a task, and the following an event/major plot drop, and so on and so forth. Furthermore, every Friday, there is a party thrown at the Institute to allow characters to bond together and interact regularly -- as this would happen every Friday, we won’t be posting for it every week.

This week on Wednesday, we will be dropping our first task. Our next acceptance is on Thursday, with the submit closing the night before on Wednesday at midnight EST. Our Sunday briefing will include four sections that we will update every week: Institute news, the Daily Prophet news, this week in the Wizarding World, and the weather. Without further ado, this is the Sunday briefing for Sunday 30th June:

INSTITUTE NEWS.

A reminder to all students of the Institute that classes will begin tomorrow ! Schedules should be double-checked before Monday to ensure that you are all set for the beginning of the program and ready to start working hard.

Tuition will be due on Friday -- if there are any problems or concerns, Assistant Headmaster Lyle will be available to discuss any issues.

Professors will be stopping in by each student’s fieldwork this week to make sure you are all settling in with your supervisors.

THE DAILY PROPHET.

Tuesday 2nd - the President of the Magical Congress of the United States of America (MACUSA) announces in a speech their endorsement for Minister-candidate Singh.

Thursday 4th - retired reporter and biographer Rita Skeeter faces scandal in exposé by investigative journalist Ernie Macmillan. His accusations of dishonesty, slander, and even being an unregistered Animagus (for all those who are unaware, it is illegal to become an Animagus without registering with the Ministry) are supported by the only living subject of her biographies, Harry Potter. Potter, also known as The Boy Who Lived, is quoted as saying ‘[expletive] hell, finally’. 

THIS WEEK IN THE WIZARDING WORLD.

Sunday 30th - Teddy Lupin releases new Summer single, ‘The Portkey to my Heart’.

Monday 1st to Saturday 6th - fireworks sale at Weasley’s Wizard Wheezes, all your favourites up to 50% off!

WEATHER.

Sunday 30th - mostly sunny

Monday 1st - partly cloudy

Tuesday 2nd - partly cloudy

Wednesday 3rd - partly cloudy

Thursday 4th - mostly sunny

Friday 5th - partly cloudy

Saturday 6th - partly cloudy

Hi, my loves ! Now that we have an app in our inbox, we thought it’d be best to decide on our next acceptance day now. We’ll be closing our submit on Wednesday 3rd June at midnight EST / 5am GMT. We’ll be posting acceptances the next day, when both Em and I have woken up. Hopefully, this gives enough time for anyone who wants to join our group this week, and we’ll be around to answer any questions or concerns potential applicants might have !!

@cousiineau

(+01) MAGICAL LAW

Absolutely ! Just note that you can only be accepted for one, so be sure to let us know in your app if you have a preference.

are you allowed to apply for more than one character?

Hopefully soon, but we’re waiting to decide until we have a couple apps in the inbox !

When will the next acceptances be held?

You don’t have to run it by us ! Just write it down in the field work section of your application.

for magical law, if we’d like our student to intern with one of the minister of magic campaigns should that be run by you first? or can we just write down that that’s where we’d like our student to be?

@eirammacdougal​

@gallowayollivander​

@opheliapriestley

@helennott

@kittycvrter

@mayajacks

Welcome to the official opening of the Granger Institute for the summer of 2019, and the beginning of our first event !! This is our Welcome Weekend for arriving students, and it’s going to provide lots of opportunity to get interactions rolling ! The event will be taking place from now through Sunday, with Granger Institute classes beginning on Monday. You will have from now through Sunday to start any event-related threads --- which is anything taking place from June 28th-30th. Although we’ll be moving forward in the timestamp after that, you’re still more than welcome to continue your replies for as long as you need to finish the thread ! We just ask that starters be posted within the event duration.

Below the cut, you will find the full details for Welcome Weekend organized by the date they occur. As you’ll see, there are a few open “roles” within the event. These are open to anyone, just message us here or on discord if you can see your character doing any of those actions. The roles for the event are entirely first-come-first-served. 

Now, some general reminders for opening: especially considering that our group is starting out on the smaller side, there’s really no reason not to be interacting with everybody. Whether it’s through open starters (of course, please reply to any that have already been posted before you consider posting your own, and don’t forget to put a link to your starter in the #open-starters discord channel!) or private threads, make it a goal to have something going with every character. 

In regards to the replies themselves, there are no expectations as far as length goes. Long replies are lovely, and so are quick two-sentence ones !! Also, if you want, there is the option of technology-based interactions ! Since the wizarding world has grown much more tolerant of muggle technologies, students texting each other wouldn’t be frowned upon here (that said, it isn’t completely widespread, especially when it comes to more traditional families, so it’s up to your discretion whether or not your character would have been introduced to cell phones by their family). 

Okay, I’ll stop babbling --- see below for a full weekend schedule !! Please tag all posts during opening weekend as #event 1, all starters with #grangerevent, and all open starters with #grangerstart. Happy posting and plotting !! As always, don’t hesitate to reach out if you have questions about any of it. 

FRIDAY, 28 JUNE: MOVE-IN DAY 

The Granger Institute is bustling with students, parents, and pets as everyone moves their things into the 3rd, 4th, and 5th-floor residences (see here for an explanation of how the residences are laid out). Once moved in, students are able to explore the grounds, including the classroom wing (which will be locked for the remainder of the weekend) to get a sense of where they’ll be living and learning for the next two months. Despite the buzz and excitement, the day goes on with relatively few hitches --- with the exception of [role A], who somehow manages to explode the pipe in one of the kitchen sinks while preparing their first dinner, temporarily flooding the 4th floor. The chaos lasts for about an hour before caretakers Mr. and Mrs. Quarles are able to clean up the mess. Thankfully, no one is hurt (aside from a few very traumatized cats). 

SATURDAY, 29 JUNE: FIRST PARTY 

The day is free for students to roam about the Institute and greater London as they please, which gives them room for some chaotic ideas. gallo ollivander decides to throw the first party of the summer starting at 10:00pm, in the most well-hidden student lounge so as not to draw attention from Mr. and Mrs. Quarles. With a healthy supply of liquor and great music, the rages splendidly for about two hours --- until it gets a bit too loud and Mr. Quarles comes stomping upstairs to put an end to it. Looks like someone should’ve cast muffliato. 

Students are sent promptly to bed, but this doesn’t stop everyone. gallo manages to get the word out that festivities will be continuing at the Leaky Cauldron, and a sizable group sneaks out and keeps the drunken shenanigans alive for a few more hours. 

SUNDAY, 30 JUNE: ORIENTATION & WELCOME DINNER

First, students meet in their separate courses and have a chance to receive syllabi from their instructors, go over class structure and expectations, and meet their mentors (if applicable). Then, everyone is given a tour of the library by shrunken head librarian Petey, who is informative but still rather crass. Finally, students gather in the great hall to hear welcoming remarks and an overview of school rules from Headmistress Maria Planas, Assistant Headmaster Lyle Benjamin, and Mrs. Quarles. Everything goes smoothly and students are eager to finish their orientation and transition into the dinner, when suddenly, chaos erupts. It seems that lia priestley was whispering to a friend during Mrs. Quarles’ long explanation of what is and isn’t allowed in the courtyard, and Magizoology Professor Vasiliev didn’t take well to this. He turns lia into a mouse and shouts “keep squeaking, see where that gets you!”, causing reactions of roaring laughter as well as horror. The temporary interruption is settled quickly, with lia being turned back to their regular self by Headmistress Planas, and Professor Vasiliev being asked to go home and rest until his first class on Tuesday. 

With orientation over and everyone starving, round tables and a long buffet are whisked into the Grand Hall for the Welcome Dinner. Students and faculty all feast together until everyone is quite full and Headmistress Planas whisks the plates away with a flick of her wand, suggesting that everyone gets a good night’s sleep before classes begin tomorrow.