Another activity check come and gone!

The list of inactive accounts has been compiled and deactivations and list maintenance are underway :) If you lost a character you'd like back, you may post in Maintenance starting Wednesday, July 6th. If you have no currently active characters you can post in maintenance immediately!

(If you lost a character before the AC, you can post there whenever you'd like!)

Over on Discord, I'll be running a "Happy Hour" on Saturday!

Hour… or however long you’re into it! Come on down to the Event chat with your snacks and beverage (alcoholic or not!) of choice to unwind with your fellow Charmers!

This will count as a Charming Social for Camp Charming, and will kick off at 7pm Atlantic Time (6pm Eastern, 11pm UK). I hope to see you there!

The winners of June's Posting Wizard were Gin (Atticus Foxwood) with 66 posts and Kit (Clarissa Cosgrove) with 22! Next up, I will attempt to vanquish MJ, Emma, Fallin, Lynn, Nichole, and Nolie, probably with mixed results xD

Welcome to the winners' circle!  That's right, it's our first drawing for the 2022 Summer Raffle! And the winners are...

• Immortality Discount: Nolie (Ida Chang)
  
• Featured Want Ad: Kayte (Aldous Crouch)
  
• Against the Odds: Nichole (Calla Potts)
  
• Occupation Lock: Gin (Atticus Foxwood)
  
• Moodboard OR set from MJ: Hyacinth (Daphne Hawthorne)
  
• Moodboard OR set from Bee: MJ (Elias Grimstone)
  
• Playlist from Beanie: Gin (Atticus Foxwood)
  

Those victorious will be contacted later today with more information <3

The Prefect Season of which we are so fond is underway! Hogwarts staff have been contacted regarding their recommendations, and are asked to get these into me sooner than later :)  All players with eligible characters are encouraged to get applications in!

Following a gruesome discovery today around mid-morning, the village of Irvingly is on complete lockdown and residents on strict curfew:

• No one may leave the village boarders by any means; apparition and the local Floo Network are down.
  
• Residents are strongly discouraged from mingling with one another and will be sent home if noted by law enforcement.
  
• Anyone out and about between the hours of seven PM and seven AM will be arrested on sight.
  
• Anyone in town who is not a resident at the time lockdown was initiated is asked to please report to the Irvingly Arms for accommodation. If the inn becomes full, cots will be set up at the post office.
  
• Irvingly residents who were not in town at the time lockdown was initiated are on their own.

The local constabulary, including a few loaners from Hogsmeade, will be patrolling the streets, and the Ministry has sent an additional representative from the Muggle Liaison Office. Aurors may be noted at the edge of the village, as well as, puzzlingly, members of the Beast Division.

Additional information (IC and OOC) will be provided tomorrow!

Thanks to everyone who participated in Charming Weekend, be it completing batches, chilling at our virtual social, or even just hopping on to support one another! Camp Charming participation has been updated accordingly, and raffle entries have been awarded. Please let me know if you make any changes to your Weekend posts lists so I can credit accordingly :)

July is fast coming to a close! As such, our August Events Thread is live and waiting for your submissions! Don't forget to check out the calendar for our weekly and monthly recurring events, such as markets and balls!

In addition, this Wednesday, July 27th is the last day to submit applications for prefect, Head Boy, and Head Girl!

Wow, July is aggressively waning. Please note that the next Activity Check is eight days away, and will take place on Sunday, August 7th. Please make sure that...

• Your mini-profile is filled in
  
• All of your characters have been listed in the Character Directory—check back on your entries to make sure they were processed properly! Anyone reactivated this month will need to be placed back on. 
  
• Characters made before the last AC have posted at least once this month
  
• Profile has been filled in if not done during acceptance (Did you get a "DIY" PM? You'll need to do this!
  
• Your character's height is displayed in their mini-profile—if you reactivate an account, this may need doing!
  

And with August on the way in...

• Posting Wizard signups are open
  
• We're looking for events set in August!
  
• Get in your Camp Charming posts and activities, and win raffle entries!
  

Last but not least, there is a Movie "night" TODAY, and I am looking for YOUR feedback regarding an upcoming trivia event!

More importantly, though, it is Student Staff Day! Letters went out to the following on July 28th don't @ me but could have taken a day or two to arrive if you aren't located in Hogsmeade/Irvingly. Prefects in particular should remember today's Prefects' Luncheon!

Gryffindor Female	NPC
Gryffindor Male	NPC
Hufflepuff Female	NPC
Hufflepuff Male	Abraxas Crabbe
Ravenclaw Female	@"Emma Binns"
Ravenclaw Male	Nicodemus Zabini
Slytherin Female	Flora Mulciber
Slytherin Male	Sirius Black
Head Girl	Idunn Fraser
Head Boy	Elijah Urquart
Hufflepuff Captain	Calla Potts
Ravenclaw Captain	Nicodemus Dursley

All other student characters kept existing slots.

We are still looking for a number of prefect positions! This will be the last year under the current system—I have GRAND IDEAS for next Prefect Season ;)