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*Rue had been coming down from the owlery, holding her cat Odile in her arms and looking a bit exasperated. The cat couldn't get into the tower, as she had enchanted it to keep her pet from getting in to see Fakir's winged pet Lohengrin, but Odile had wandered out of the Slytherin common room so she could pace around the entrance. The cat had fidgeted in her arms all the way down, all the way up to the moment Rue suddenly felt the stairs beneath her shake and heard the explosion and crumbling nearby.

Dragons...dragons everywhere, flying and roaring as if conquering some new territory. And now, a little ways from the Owlery, Gryffindor tower is now crumbling down before her eyes.

Rue is now running up right back up the stairs toward the owlery, even as Odile claws into her arm, yowling anxiously. She had to make sure none of the birds got out... If they went out the windows, they would be burned up, and if the tower collapsed, they'd all be dead. Even if she didn't care for birds of any kind very much, she was a prefect, and at the very least, Fakir's owl was up there and he'd kill her if she'd let his owl get killed stupidly. Rue bursts inside, slamming all the owlery windows shut, and starts shouting at the birds, throwing her bag at them to scare them from their perches toward the stairs.*

Get out, you stupid birds! Fly down! Fly down! Go!

*Feathers are flying around her, almost obscuring her vision, as she hopelessly tries to steer the owls down the stairs, even as the sounds of more roars and crumbling echo through her ears. Where was Fakir's damn bird...? Another shutter runs through the castle, and Rue loses her balance, falling over.*

Ahh!

((Lawl. Rue is only being hero enough to save the birds. And that's plenty for her, as Rue really doesn't like birds: at least they're owls and not ravens. 8D She can be saved herself, whatever, but with this, people'll probably see owls flying all around the downstairs of the school, including their own. :3 Oh, and Fakir-mun, this would be after their chat on Fakir's entry. XD;;;))

...I think I will stay inside the girl's dorm as much as I can today. As all these strange people that have come around seem to have nothing better to do than harass everyone.

Well, I must say, of all the things this school has put us through, this one seems to be the most dangerous for people other than ourselves. There are more than several students here that I know have a long way to go before being able to take care of an infant...and yet some of these people are taking part in this.

Speaking of infants...Autor, it's your turn to take care of Saiya.

((OOC: Laaaawl, hope this is okay, Autor-mun. XD Rue has been taking this whole scenario all right, really, once over the initial shock; she's been taking care of the baby all the morning, carrying her and feeding her and so on. Secretly, deeeeep down Rue is kind of liking it. Though she'll never, ever admit it. Oh, and the name of la baby? Her mama's name. ^.^))

Well, today is Valentine's Day. Pink and overflowing with sweetness, as to be expected. I am glad that all of the odd behavior seems to have vanished by now, though, at the very least.

Ahiru and Fakir, thank you for the chocolate. And to "Anonymous"...you certainly have a way with words. ........Thank you for the roses.

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That Valentine...I never should have gotten something like that! Saying such...utter nonsense...admirable, kind...that person is absolutely delusional! I'm none of those things, and certainly not enough so to deserve whatever feeling this person seems to feel!

...

...I've never felt like this before. But then again, no one has ever sincerely... Even if, somehow, I deserved it...it wouldn't matter. Whoever this person is...I can't reciprocate whatever feelings they supposedly have.  They shouldn't even bother.

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((OOC: Ha, even on Valentine's Day, Rue angsts. She most definitely is a year-long angster. But anyway! So yeah, "Anonymus"pfffft the mun knows who you are...Rue secretly is sad about your note, because even if he never formally confessed to her that he likes her and dropped went back to therapy! 8D, Rue's heart still belongs to Mytho. And of course, Rue can't quite deal with someone feeling any kind of affection for her, especially if it's someone other than Mytho. Icon reads as "Deception in Her Eyes" and mood reads as "bored" unless hacked with the text. The first strike is gone, and the strike within the private is smudged and very difficult to read. Rue has been hiding her angst from de outside world aside from when she was actually doing this angst and threw some things across the empty common room into the wall, but...she is in a rather dark mood, so she's definitely not content this Valentine's Day. XD))

I see a lot of people acting distressed all of a sudden~...apparently the castle has decided to be silly again.

As for me, I don't look any different, except that my hair is longer~. And my voice seems to have changed, I am not speaking so lightly on purpose~. Oh well~! It doesn't seem to be an issue. I should go to class~.

((*giggle-snort* Backdated closer to the morning, as I had to go to class. Rue, as she has not been around any boys yet, doesn't quite gather she's been turned into a veela; a la a beautiful creature that looks like a woman whose beauty is like a spell that dazes and confuses men, rather like a siren. Rue, out of her control, is dancing quite gracefully to class right now, her now slightly longer black hair waving in the wind behind her. Her voice is also a bit higher pitched and lighter than normal...much without the bite or sardonicism that Rue usually has in her voice. XD))

This is perfectly absurd. I go to the prefects' bathroom to take a bath, and the next thing I know I look like this. I suppose at least this time I don't look like this because I switched bodies with someone.

I can assume from the fuss on the journals that this has happened to everyone...if any of the boys in Slytherin house require a C cup bra, then they may go up to the seventh year girls' dorm and borrow one from my bureau.  ...Goodness, that sounds indecent.

((Yeppers, Rue's a real boy now~! 8D This av and the other color one is courtesy of Japanese fan art found by Kris...the black and white ones were originally of a short-haired Fakir, with their colors edited by yours truly. X3 EEEE, THE MAYHEM~.))

The journals are working again, I see.

So now I'm in Stratford-Upon-Avon. I would be back at school if I had any say in the matter...but Fakir apparently was determined to be a first class brute picking me up like that, how perfectly humiliating, so I suppose I'll be here until the end of break.

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Charon was so kind to me upon my arrival...it's almost strange. I suppose since he's family, I could have expected it, but......I'm really glad to know him.

It made me think, for a moment, on them again. That kindness, when they barely knew me...that sympathy, that caring...that...love...that doesn't feel like it's going to go away...

......But they did go away...

...They looked...so happy...

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((OOC: Okay, all. Rue was taken away by Fakir around the 27th-28th, around the time when the Ministry's influence had left...anyone in the Slytherin common room at that time would've seen Fakir's....interesting way of bringing his sister home. In addition, when she arrived at Fakir's house, Ahiru would have seen, as soon as Fakir let Rue down, Rue cast a Bat Bogey Hex on Fakir, making his boogers become bat-like shapes and attack his face. He asked for it. D: Rue's avatar and mood is as difficult to hack as the text, and reads as "Electric Glare at Fakir" and annoyed...the strikes are semi-difficult to hack. Rue at present is in her room, hugging her knees on her bed, and looking at an old picture of her parents Erik and Saiya and Adorable-Little-Kid!Fakir and just angsting to herself. XD Her mood has been distant, to those in the house...and yeah, she hasn't spoken to Fakir nearly at all since she was taken, as she's stubborn like that.))

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Dark wizards, in Hogsmeade...though there was a similar attack earlier this year in the very castle, I never would have expected...if all else, I would've thought the security would have been-

The Fiendfyre...for a moment, I almost felt It was like It scar

...But of course not. I shouldn't have expected anything from such incompetent people...but...

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I suppose I cannot be surprised that the Ministry is again bumbling around trying to figure out what had happened...but to question me about any involvement with the attack? Me, when I was there and confronted a Death Eater myself? It's perfectly dense. Obviously it's because I am in Slytherin, but it still seems highly illogical.

I hope that one boy is all right...I never did catch his name...

((OOC: The avatar shows as default, and is as hard to hack as the text...but very likely anyone at school might guess that Rue isn't nearly as composed as she appears. As she has learned recently she nearly died in a fire as a baby...needless to say the Fiendfyre scared her a little if a little means a lot.The "boy" she's referring to is Autor, who she helped a bit during the Death Eater attack. The first cluster of strikes is legible (small being hard to read), and the unprivate strikes are hackable.

:EDIT: Re-dated, to keep with timeline of the Ministry arriving for interrogation. :3))

Although Rue was caught up in the Death Eater attack, she had promised Kyro to have his present out before Christmas...and so late that night after getting over her trauma she sent out the last of her gifts (Fakir and Kyro) that she purchased in Hogsmeade...the following people should get these gifts~...

Ahiru - Accompanied by a card with a group of kitten and puppies caroling.
Mytho - (sent early in the morning) Accompanied by a tag of "My prince."
Kyro - Accompanied by a card with a night sky.
Fakir - Accompanied by a simple note of "Merry Christmas" and her name.
All others who Rue considers friends (Sengoku, Jei, Chizuru, Tamaki, etc.) - Accompanied with personalized cards and in a bag tied up with a red bow.

Of all the things to wake up to...honestly, this castle must be completely sadistic...

Ahem. Members of the Slytherin boys dorm. This is Rue, your seventh year prefect, and I am in need of pants. So if anyone older than 15 has any, please bring them to me. I'll be in the commonroom.

It's an odd-numbered day, so......oh no. Kyro...dare I ask if my body is with you?

((Hahahahaaaaa~, and so Pantless!Mytho makes an appearance, for Rue will not embarrass Mytho by wearing any of her regular clothes aside from an oversized white collared shirt for her uniform a picture of which I'll add later or you could consult my Mytho avs for 8D. Rue will not be leaving the commonroom without pants, but she is staying her usual proud self and is hiding how embarrassed she is. Strikes be thoughts~.))

To everyone who made contact with me several days ago, I expect that you could guess I was influenced by the school's nonsense, and that you couldn't take anything I said seriously. Thinking I lived in the United States of America, and during the 1970's, no less...hn. I don't understand one third of the slang that came out of my mouth. And now all of my bras are a pile of ash. Just fantastic. ...Still, I suppose it could be worse. It's not as though I don't agree with equality between genders.

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...What's this...? A present with my name on it?

..................

....All right. Who sent this?

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((OOC: Mwahahahaha~. Yeah, since Rue burned all her bras as a 70's hippie, she alas has had to not wear one all this weekend. She is too proud, of course, to pay any mind to her boobies bouncing so freely...but I daresay everyone else (especially anyone with balls) will not ignore it as Rue does. Strikes be semi-legible. XDDD And yeaaaaaah. The gift be one of those from our lovely Astronomy Professor~. ♥ :3))

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Ladies...in 1920, women were granted the right to vote in America, a right that was preordained to them by GOD and yet denied by Man! And yet today, we find ourselves second class again, by how we are chained into roles ordained again not by God, but by MAN! We must work at home, we must cover up our legs, we must be docile and sweet...do you wish this?! You wish to be docile lambs, under the foot of man?! No? Then why have you done nothing? Why do you remain under the foot of man, why do you allow yourself to be only subservient to men, in work and in the home? Today we are capable...today we are strong...today we are independent! And yet we choose not to be! For SHAME! For SHAME!

If you are a woman, then fight! Fight against injustice! Fight against oppression! Fight against "the way" and create a new way, of equality and freedom! We as women must fight together, to be sure that we will be acknowleged fully as the citizens we are...one nation, under GOD, INDIVISIBLE, with LIBERTY and JUSTICE for ALL!

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((... XDDDDDDD Craaaaaaaack. Rue made this feminist speech at breakfast this morning, garbed in full on retro attire. Oh, and yeah...she's burned all her bras, so she is not wearing one at present. XDDD))

[Filtered Away from the Joker]

I have noticed the list of groups made for the new Guidance Counselors' sessions, and I am stating right now to my group members that I do not intend to discuss anything private about myself in any of them, if all else because I do not trust this "Joker" at all. I rather would be surprised if anyone planned to do otherwise.

I suppose at least I can be glad that man listened to me and didn't decide to put Fakir and me together in one group. We don't need that added into this nonsense.

((OOC: Heh, heh, heh. Rue doesn't think she likes creepy clown guidance counselors. Especially if they plan to try to get her to "open up" about things she doesn't want to talk about. Strikes be hard to hack.))

Congratulations, Slytherin, on a well-won game. Although having that nuisance Femio as announcer did make it hard to enjoy it.

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.........

Good work.

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Today is an even-numbered day, so...Mytho, are you and Kyro planning to stay here for Christmas, or are you going home? And Ahiru? What are your plans?

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...Well, it's a good thing this nonsense ended in time for my birthday. To have had to puff letters at everyone on my eighteenth birthday would have been rather unpleasant.

...I never even asked them if this is even my real birthday. After all, the orphanage could only really guess when I was born, without a birth certificate...

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((ooc: Strikes hard to hack.))

I'm glad I missed being turned into a child this time around, at least. To have that mess  repeat... I do hope all of them are being kept out of trouble, having them run around wild is a bit distracting.

The 17th already? Halloween is only two weeks away...and my 18th birthday four days before that...

There's supposed to be a Halloween Masquerade, isn't there? I should look up costume ideas...

((OOC: Strikes be hackable. <3))

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...They're gone. Just like that, they're...

...One moment, I learn who my parents were, and why I was at the Mitternacht...not because of dislike of me or of poor circumstances as I'd guessed, but by accident...the next, they're gone...

...Why...why do they have to be dead?! Why?! Must everything good that enters my life have to be taken away?! What happened to them that makes it so that all that's left in their place is Fakir?!

Why him?! Of all the people in the world, why do I have to be related to him?! It's...

I haven't been able to look at him, since then...fortunately it doesn't look too horrendously odd, as we never really liked each other to begin with. He just...looks too much like Father...

...I don't care what Father and Mother said. I don't care about Fakir. I don't care about him at all! I don't need him! I was fine before!

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((Rue's been hanging by herself lately, withdrawing, as I am, yes, still technically on my hiatus though I was able to snatch my dad's computer for some of today. Anyone can feel free to notice she's been extra reclusive and emo...and that she's pointedly been ignoring Fakir even more than usual. Emoness ahoy~.))

A lot of parents seem to be visiting, so I suppose Hogwarts hosted another Parents Day...although this time it appears the school opted not to inform the students and teachers themselves that they would be coming.

...I suppose this will be another day for me to watch other people spend time with their parents. I can't say I'm happy about it.

I've been made Prefect for the seventh year Slytherins too...I suppose if this is Parents Day, I should do a few rounds to make sure no one kills each other while trying not to be too jealous.

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Kraehe...?

*There is a sound like someone stiffening sharply in a chair, and then a short squeak as if someone is turning around in that same chair.* ...E...excuse me?

*The voice softens* It IS you. You look so much like your mother...

*There is a sound like someone abruptly standing.* M-mother... You...could you be...?

((OOC: Hahahaha. Looks like Rue is more of an orphan than she thought: her daddy Erik, in the red, is in fact a ghost, as he died nine years ago by the same illness her mother did...unknownst to Rue, of course. Angst and WTF ship ahoy. For pictures of Erik, consult the avatars of a Slytherin by the name of Fakir, or this wonderful image with pictures of Erik and his wife Saiya (edited by Fakir-mun)...one might find Erik looks very oddly like a certain tight-ass grump. Strikes are thoughts.))

Another goddamn curse, it appears...one to make us all sound like we all have fucking Tourette's Syndrome. Honestly, can't this fucking school just grow the fuck up?

As to my fucktard...what the hell?...classmates...if you all can't fucking stop cursing, then I suggest to shut the hell up. Maybe then this piece of shit we call a school won't find this is so fucking hilarious.

((OOC: Haha. Rue really doesn't like how much she's cursing, as it's rather crude...but she is proud, and so doesn't take back anything she bursts out...though she might find various curse words I might make up to be fucked up bizarre. XD))