Some books are long sagas, while others are short poems or brief glimpses into another world. Many of us have been around for nearly a decade. We've made some lifelong friends and we've lost some along the way. In some sense an analogy can be made between our role play world and the Hogwarts Express. People come and go. Some stay for a while and others hop on for a quick ride, leaving at the next stop. All train rides, and books, whether long or short stories, must come to an end. Sometimes the stories have a hard ending, full stop. Others leave it open ended, so in our minds (and hearts) the characters get to continue existing out there somewhere.

This train stops sometime in mid June, 2016.

We wildly encourage those who have been gone for some time to pop back in and wrap up the final chapters of their characters stories, or if they wish their characters to continue existing, perhaps getting in some role play with other characters that are choosing to write the last chapter.

We will continue having a main plot going, and we will have an 'end of year feast' to IC send off the server in grand style. Many of us also plan a good old fashioned OOC party to say goodbye for the last time while in the familiar environment of the module.

Short or long, stories can be as meaty and gripping as you choose to make them. Instead of giving up now, thinking there's not enough time to get involved or connect to a good story, I hope you choose to spend the last few months available by creating the GREATEST role playing, character life-breathing stories we've ever seen.

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Sierra Tillery - Little Lambs Orphanage Manager and Ministry of Magic Education Dept.
Anula Bhaskar - Hufflepuff
Crissy Darby - Gryffindor
"I sense a costume opportunity!"

Can I recommend a final graduation ceremony? I'd love to graduate Samantha. Officially. Maybe there are others who would like to graduate their characters.

Then we can all buy those awesome "Hogwarts Alumni" shirts they have at Hot Topic!

On a nice note, I graduate from the University of Arizona in two weeks. It seems like a good time to wrap things up for Samantha, as well. On to bigger adventures!

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"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."(inspired by the words of Edmund Burke)
(Jennie-Bear plays Samantha Hathaway, seventh-year Hufflepuff)

A shame we were not able to do this. Kudos to those of you who I know were planning on joining me.

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"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."(inspired by the words of Edmund Burke)
(Jennie-Bear plays Samantha Hathaway, seventh-year Hufflepuff)