"Who Watches the Watchmen?"

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"Who Watches the Watchmen?"; Year 5 - Day 4 - During Peroid 3
Topic Started: Oct 22 2009, 04:28:53 PM (176 Views)
Bannishtar	Oct 22 2009, 04:28:53 PM Post #1
Gamekeeper & Divination Professor Posts: 380 Group: Gryffindor Head of House Member #309 Joined: February 13, 2008	Bannishtar entered his classroom and held the door open for the two ladies (as well as the younger woman's auror guard) to enter. The dark of the indoor forest was split by a line of sunlight from the hall, with three long, dark shadows filling some of the space with darkness. "I am afraid all I have to offer you is some of Rosmerta's Mulled Mead," said the centaur, letting the door close shut, thus allowing the illusion of the darkness of the real Forbidden Forest to return to the indoor imitation) and going to a large tree near the door. He reached inside a hole in the tree and pulled out a large wineskin. "Let me see...I have those wooden flasks here somewhere..." the centaur began checking the holes in various trees which he used as storage space and natural kitchen cabinets. "Oh!" he said, "Could one of you...um..." the centaur gestured to the door with an inclination of his head, "I do not wish us to be eavesdropped upon." He knew that their talents were much more effective at preventing this than his own. He certainly didn't want any of the aurors outside the room to overhear. If Bannishtar's fears were valid, then they could not be trusted. Edited by !Xabbu Basarwa, Oct 22 2009, 05:42:24 PM.
	Thanks again to Genevieve for this lovely sig. You are amazing, girl!


Stephanie McKenna	Oct 23 2009, 08:16:40 PM Post #2
Leader of The United Magical Confederation and Ministerial Candidate Posts: 71 Group: Ministry Official Member #48 Joined: January 31, 2007 Gender Female Age 34 Location Adopting children and changing the world.	"Ah, allow me," Stephanie said, removing her wand from stow and approaching the door. "Imperturbia!" she chanted, tracing the outline of the door with her wand. Glancing around her feet, Stephanie spotted a small pebble on a nearby tree trunk. Flicking her wand in its direction, she sent the pebble hurtling towards the door, only to witness it being violently thrown in the opposite direction when it drew near. "That should suffice," Stephanie commented with a smile, putting her wand back in its place inside her robes. Removing her traveling cloak and hanging it on a nearby standing coat rack, which was fashioned out of dark wood from the forest itself, Stephanie took a seat on a nearby stump, her face hardening with seriousness as she looked up at Bannishtar. "I take it that this is about the aurors then, Professor?" Stephanie questioned, as they were most likely the only ones left in the corridors that could eavesdrop. "I must say that the Ministry has sure fallen a long way to have such ruffians out and about upholding this so-called 'martial law'. How much more of this can the community take before chaos breaks out?" OOC: Apparently there wasn't an incantation for the Imperturbable Charm in the books, so I made my own. I also added it to The Compendium.



Bannishtar	Oct 25 2009, 05:41:36 PM Post #3
Gamekeeper & Divination Professor Posts: 380 Group: Gryffindor Head of House Member #309 Joined: February 13, 2008	Bannishtar gave up on looking for his flasks for a moment and turned to Stephanie. "I do believe the problem," said Bannisthar, "is that there isn't much of a Ministry to fall anymore." The centaur turned to a tree beside the one he had been searching and peered into the hole. "Ah," he said, extracting a wooden beer mug. "Tankards are in this tree," he said, turning back to Stephanie and her men, "If you or any of your men wish to refresh themselves. And you as well, Professor," said Banni to Bidelia. "As all of us know," said Bannishtar as he poured a generous amount of Rosmerta's Mead into his tankard, "Martial Law had been declared by Barrabas DuMaine and Jacob Surla in the wake of the destruction of the Ministry. It was an understandable move, what with the culprit still at large and the populace grossly under-governed. Anarchy is not something anyone wants--well, anyone save for Azariah and his Knights, I suppose." The centaur took a nice, long drought of his mead. "Ah," he said, licking his lips and looking quite pleased. His eyes and expression seemed to have lost some of their tiredness. Some of Stephanie's guards seemed, to Bannishtar, somewhat perturbed about something. Vexed, perhaps? They were all, of course, SAVIOR members as well as aurors. Others seemed inquisitive, looking directly at Bannishtar as if hanging on every word. He supposed it was odd, to those outside Bannishtar's own circle of friends and colleagues, to see a centaur speak of Wizarding matters as if they were his own, let alone know so much about them. Bannisthar chalked that up, in part, to the preconceived, and false, notions that most humans have of centaurs as a savage and backwater people with no regard for civil or social interests. The rest of the blame went to his fellow centaurs themselves for their policy of non-involvement with human affairs, which only helped to reinforce stereotypes. For Bannishtar, however, it was more than simply a realization that human and centaur affairs were inevitably linked, and that any buffer that kept one groups actions from affecting the other likewise was an imagined one; that alone may have been a reason for Bannishtar to feel he had a stake in this, but he had one more personal as well. These were his friends. This was his world as well as anyone else's. "I think," the centaur continued, "that the obvious question here is, now that the MLE has the ruling power, will they be willing to give it back when the time comes?" Bannisthar knew well enough the implications of what he was saying, and he knew this was something Alastor Moody would come up with, but inherent distrust of the Ministry (on account of being a centaur) besides, there were many things about the attitudes of some of the higher-ranked MLE agents that had the centaur concerned, and he did not think he was the only one who did not trust Barrabas DuMaine.
	Thanks again to Genevieve for this lovely sig. You are amazing, girl!


Bidelia Belleford	Oct 25 2009, 07:36:05 PM Post #4
Headmistress and Head of S.A.V.I.O.R. Posts: 220 Group: Headmistress Member #9 Joined: January 2, 2007 Gender Female Age 126 Location Hogwarts of course!	"I completely understand your concern Bannishtar, and I agree with you. Barrabas DuMaine will no doubt prove a problem in the near future." The old woman paused, pouring herself some of Madame Rosmerta's mead before continuing. "I only hope that Jacob Surla will be able to help us with that." Jacob Surla was loyal; she knew that he was to be trusted, and that his allegiance was with her, and S.A.V.I.O.R, not DuMaine. The old woman held up her mug to them before taking a drink. "We need a way of stopping their interference into Hogwarts business though. I can control these aurors for now, but it will get worse. DuMaine won't have it."



Stephanie McKenna	Oct 27 2009, 01:50:17 AM Post #5
Leader of The United Magical Confederation and Ministerial Candidate Posts: 71 Group: Ministry Official Member #48 Joined: January 31, 2007 Gender Female Age 34 Location Adopting children and changing the world.	Stephanie poured herself a drink and returned to the stump where she had taken a seat, crossing her legs. She stared across the room as Bannishtar and Bidelia commented on the events currently occurring at the ministry, taking a sip of her drink absent-mindedly. Stephanie didn't need them to explain what was going on in the ministry right now; she knew far too well. "Hmm," Stephanie said, snapping back to focus and looking up at Bannishtar and Bidelia. "The only problem is that I think Surla is not to be relied on either. He's always been a bit on the edgy side, and I think that this move to create martial law was a little too bold, even for someone as liberal as him. Not to mention that you are right, Professor Bannishtar; I predict that the magical law enforcement office will not be willing to give up its power when the time does come, because, well, why would they? she asked, posing an interesting question to the two professors. "As I'm sure Bidelia knows, the Wizengamot has been all but totally dissolved; there is no more decision-making process, and without process, there is no order. What has the office succeeded in doing? Azariah still hasn't been apprehended, at least not against his will. All this whole thing has done is create panic and chaos, and I don't think many people are going to stand for it much longer, as the effects are really beginning to take form. There has been a lot of unrest concerning the call for martial law on the political front, and I think it's only a matter of time before people start asking questions and criticizing. I, for one, plan on it; it will give me an edge once the elections start up. If things keep going the way they're going, the Coalition, let alone Jacob himself, won't have even a trace of a shot at the minister's seat. For now, my advice would be to keep what we can under control from here, with me doing my best to fight for political reform in the ministry, at least for the time being. The unrest will grow until a point where either Surla realizes the gravity of his mistake, or he's simply removed from office and democracy will regain control, wherein which I'll hopefully be able to pick up the scraps and actually do something about the whole ordeal." OOC: Oooooh political drama. Love it.



Bannishtar	Oct 27 2009, 05:59:42 PM Post #6
Gamekeeper & Divination Professor Posts: 380 Group: Gryffindor Head of House Member #309 Joined: February 13, 2008	"That is all well and good, Stephanie, and you know that no other human has my support, though obviously I have no say in the outcome of the election," said the centaur, "However, Azariah is the primary concern right now. There can be no elections, and though I abhor the thought of that man being in charge for another minute, we cannot afford to lose Magical Law Enforcement until such a time that Amaranth is neutralized. That, I think, is a matter I may have some say in." "Yeah," said one of Stephanie's aurors who surprisingly spoke up, "someone needs to. As aurors, we can't do much. DuMaine has frozen all our ongoing investigations in order to tighten security and increase defense. I'm glad the late Mr. Ponte du Lac offered me a place here, because no auror outside of SAVIOR has been doing anything of any real value...we have had to be secret about it, though." "That is understandable," said the centaur, "Have you found anything?" "We've got a lead on the Mr. Ponte du Lac's son and daughter-in-law," said the auror, "Well...we had a lead." "Had a lead?" asked the centaur, puzzled. "They're supposed to be talking about it in the evening papers tonight," said the auror, "how the location of the Ponte du Lac place used to be quite well-known, yet now it seems no one can remember." The centaur looked inquisitive. Strange indeed. "Even I can't remember now," said the auror, "and I KNOW I've been there. It was at Alphonse and Belladonna's wedding. But I can't for the life of me remember any details about the place. We tried looking on a map, but it's gone from there, too. We suspect a fidelity charm, though those are difficult to cast." ((OOC: Bidelia, you can still remember where the house is, because the fidelity charm was cast by you, or rather cast by Anton and restrengthened by you. Only you, Ian, Alphonse, and Belladonna know where the house is hidden. The aurors suspect Alphonse or Donna had cast the charm, but they don't know that it is Bidelia's doing. Only Bidsy can pass the information on to anyone else, even though Ian, Fonzie, and Donna know of it they won't be able to tell anyone because of the charm. By summer, Alphonse and Donna will be gone from the place and it will be able to be used as a base for SAVIOR.))
	Thanks again to Genevieve for this lovely sig. You are amazing, girl!


Bidelia Belleford	Nov 1 2009, 04:52:30 PM Post #7
Headmistress and Head of S.A.V.I.O.R. Posts: 220 Group: Headmistress Member #9 Joined: January 2, 2007 Gender Female Age 126 Location Hogwarts of course!	The old woman surveyed the occupants of the room, chuckling faintly, turquoise eyes sparkling. "Ah, you see, that would be my fault." She paused, taking a drink of her mead before continuing. "I reinforced the fidelity charm on the mansion, currently only myself, Ian, Alphonse and Belladonna de Ponte du Lac know of its whereabouts. Of course, I am the only one who can spread that knowledge around." The headmistress and head of S.A.V.I.O.R took another drought from her goblet, glancing to the group of them. "Naturally we will not be able to use the house until Alphonse and Belladonna have vacated the premises."



Stephanie McKenna	Nov 12 2009, 12:42:03 PM Post #8
Leader of The United Magical Confederation and Ministerial Candidate Posts: 71 Group: Ministry Official Member #48 Joined: January 31, 2007 Gender Female Age 34 Location Adopting children and changing the world.	Stephanie frowned as Bannishtar explained the unfortunate truth: while Azariah was still at large, there could be no Ministry, and no Ministry meant no governing body outside of the Office of Magical Law Enforcement, which put Stephanie and her campaign, as well as all the other politicians, in political limbo. It stung to know that she, the leader of one of two most prominent political parties in the wizarding world, was almost powerless in society's current state. "I despise the fact that you're entirely right, Bannishtar," Stephanie stated simply, staring at a knot in a nearby stump, deep in thought. "I feel all but powerless in this state of things," she declared, setting her drink down and looking up at Bidelia and Bannishtar. "I'm grateful, however, that we do have SAVIOUR to rely on, as it shows that at least something productive is going on in the battle against Azariah. What is the next course of action?"



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