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Elsewhere Accepted / Re: Yngvild Aurora Höst
« on: 19/09/2013 at 06:20 »
Accepted!


Please bear in mind that the borders to Britain are now closed. If Yngvild wishes to return to Norway to visit her family, she would therefore need to apply for a WiSA or else she will not be permitted re-entry into Britain.
 

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Elsewhere Accepted / Re: Elijah St Alabaster
« on: 19/09/2013 at 06:01 »
Accepted!

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Miss Brouchart,

Congratulations, your application to Beauxbatons Academy has been accepted. Term is now underway. Feel free to join us at the start-of-term Opening Carnival. Welcome! We're happy to have you.


Regards,
Collin O'Reilly


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Hello Damon,

Your application is looking good, but before we can accept you, there're a few things we will need you to address. 

Firstly, I must draw your attention to our current site rating. As the site uses a version of the UK movie certificate 12 guidelines (equivalent to PG-13 in the USA) parts of Damon's biography exceeds this rating.

As per the site rating:
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- Moderate violence is allowed but should not dwell on detail. There should be no emphasis on injuries or blood, but occasional gory moments may be permitted if justified by the context.
- Abuse of minors should not be directly described or mentioned.

I must therefore ask you to please edit the sections of Damon's biography which deals with severe violence and/or the killings of people, as well as remove any references to Damon or his sister being abused. I am especially concerned about the explicit description of the attack and murders of Damon's parents as well as the following incident involving Mr Yalsania's brother:

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For the first year, it seemed things should re-adjust properly, but upon Damon walking in on Mr. Yalsania's brother about to victimize Anya, he retaliated angrily, and in turn began to receive a harsh beating. On this disastrous occasion Once more his younger 5 year old sister began to act out once more nearly causing the death of the Uncle.

Please also keep in mind that casting a memory charm to seal someone's mind is complex magic and not something that a boy of 10 or 11 would be able to pull off. Minors occasionally show accidental bursts of magic when they are in stressed situations, but a memory charm is a deliberate action which would be too complex for a minor to cast. Perhaps it was an adult friend who was able to help his sister?

You are also mentioning something called the "Morpheum mists" a few times in connection with Damon and his abilities in divination. I am curious about what this mist is and what it does for Damon, so if you could please add a few words on that, it would be great!

Lastly, you are mentioning Damon's liking for children.

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Damon has a weakness for kids.... He finds them adorable and irresistible and is overly protective of them.

I am assuming that you mean he would be a great father and is protective of children? The description irks me a little as it could very easily be misunderstood, so if you could please change the wording slightly, that would be great.

Please address the issues mentioned and repost your application below, and we will be happy to take another look at it!

- Collin O'Reilly

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Archived Applications / Re: Chester Mayfield Application
« on: 12/09/2013 at 11:49 »

Mr Mayfield,

Congratulations, your application to Beauxbatons Academy has been accepted. Term is now underway. Feel free to join us at the start-of-term Opening Carnival. Welcome! We're happy to have you.


Regards,
Collin O'Reilly


You might wish to keep in mind that Chester will need to apply for a WiSA if he wishes to return to his family in Hogsmeade for holidays etc. - please bare in mind that his WiSA request might not be accepted.


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Hello Leyshell,

Your application is looking to be off to a great start, but before we can accept you, there's just a few things that I need you to clear up.

You are mentioning that Leyshell has black hair but with a red streak in her fringe. Has she coloured part of her hair? 
Please keep in mind that we are currently in 1939 and that if she arrives at Beauxbatons with her hair coloured, she is likely to get in a lot of trouble with her professors and the Directrice as students are currently not allowed to colour their hair.

In your roleplay response you are writing about Hilary that

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She couldn’t quite recall her name but Leyshell could tell she was in the Netherlands.

I am not entirely sure what you mean by that. If you are referring to Hillary being from the Netherlands, then please keep in mind that you can only control your own character and also only make up the background of your own character. In Hilary's post she did not specify where she was from, so even if Leyshell might think she could be from the Netherlands, it would be considered powerplay to say that she was definitely from the Netherlands.

Please address these issue and repost your application below, and we will be happy to take another look!

- Collin O'Reilly

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Congratulation! This application has been accepted!


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Archived Applications / Re: Satana le Grimmes
« on: 09/09/2013 at 12:15 »
Hello Satana,

Thank you for your interest in working at St. Mungo's. Your application is looking great, but before we can accept you, there're just a few things we need you to address.

Firstly, I can see you have applied with Satana to Salem Institute as well, though with a different biography. As the same profile and name can only be used to roleplay one character at the site (it would be confusing with two or three Santana Grimmes around!) I will have to ask you to either create a new profile for one of the characters, or withdraw one of your applications. Thank you!

Secondly, as an adult character you are allowed 32 points distributed between Charms, Divination, Transfiguration and Conjuring/Summoning. According to the rules your weakest area must have no less than half the points of your strongest. Please adjust your levels to reflect that.
However, what you can do if you wish for Satana to have unbalanced levels and be very weak in transfiguration and summoning, is to fill out a special request form explaining why and PM it to an admin.

Thirdly, near the end of Satana's biography, you mention an incident between her father and grandmother.

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By the time she was eleven she was alone. Her father had... well, she had come home and found him in a pool of blood; her grandmother's blood. Her father claimed he had just wanted to play a game, just wanted to play.

Please keep in mind that the site rating is PG-13 and that there should be no emphasis on injuries, blood or gore. If you could please edit the above section to reflect the site rating, that would be great. 

Lastly, since you are applying for Satana to be a healer and not only a junior healer, I am curious to hear about any previous experiences with healing she has had. Has she studied medicine or healing? Has she worked as a healer before? Or are you perhaps aiming to roleplay her as if she has already worked several years at St. Mungo's already as a healer or junior healer? 

Please address these issues and repost the application below, and we will be happy to take another look at it!

- Collin O'Reilly

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Mr Santos,

Congratulations, your application to Beauxbatons Academy has been accepted. Term is now underway. Feel free to join us at the start-of-term Opening Carnival. Welcome! We're happy to have you.


Regards,
Collin O'Reilly


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Merlin's Order of Defense

CHARACTER INFORMATION
Character Name: Collin O’Reilly
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Blood Status (choose one): Pureblood

Education: 
1923-30: Hogwarts (Ravenclaw)
1930-32: Healer training, Wizarding hospital in Ireland
1934-35: The Central African Wizarding Community, Tanzania (Studying traditional African medicine)


Residence:
London, UK

Division:
42nd Broom Battalion - Collin is a department head at St Mungo’s and his expertise and knowledge in treating wounds and illnesses can be valuable for the Wizarding Army. His skills are mainly in healing, but he also has some experience in potion brewing and research and graduated Hogwarts with NEWTs in Charms, Transfiguration, Defence Against Dark Arts, Potions and Herbology. The 42nd Broom Battalion will also suit him well since he will still be needing to head his department at St Mungo's and therefore will attempt to spend most of his time either there or at the Barracks and keep out of direct combat as much as possible.

Rank:
Captain - With his job as a department head, being in charge and giving orders is nothing new to Collin. He is used to leading groups of healers and he knows how to teach them the do’s and don’ts of healing. He’s in charge of St Mungo’s emergency ward, possibly the closest you get to the battlefield without actually being there, and despite the rush and at times panic, he enjoys his job. He is also quickly realizing the importance of preparing and teaching the healers and field medics who are heading into war, and he is not afraid to take on the job of teaching them himself.
At the same time, he also has no problems taking orders from his superiors.


Specialty:
Healer Corps - As a healer himself, the healer corps is the most logical place for Collin to be. He is no warrior or fighter, his studies have always come before anything else, but he knows how to heal and has nearly 10 years’ of experience in that field. He is ready to teach any groups of healers or field medics that St Mungo’s takes in for training and to oversee the “safe houses” set up around Britain whenever that is needed. He might be born Irish, but his family is strong supporters of Britain and the Wizarding Alliance, and he sees it as his duty to help where he can.

Requested Magical Levels:  (see here on how to do this)
If you want levels above the usual 32 total, please fill out and submit the Special Request form here.
  • Charms: 14
  • Divination: 9
  • Transfiguration: 12
  • Summoning: 7

Please list any other characters you already have at the site:
Daniel Reed, Eirwen Medraut, Raven Reinhardt, Alec Nevitt

Biography: (300 words minimum.)
Collin was born as the second son to the heir of the O’Reilly family. That he was second, number two, not the one who was expected to take over the family, mattered everything and nothing.

Felix had always been the one Grandfather and Father paid the most attention to. From an early age he had been the one greeting the guests first, the one whose opinion was asked for, and later, the one joining Father in business matters. But that didn’t mean there were any less expectations to Collin.

He was second, but still he was expected to rise and fulfill his role, the role as a son to the heir of the O’Reilly family. He might not have been sorted into Slytherin as his parents or older brother, but he could still be the best Ravenclaw there was. And that was what Collin had strived to be. The best he could.

Family is important to Collin. It is above any other thing. His parents might disagree and say prestige, influence, power, and money came pretty high on that list too, but to Collin it had always been about family. Family and studying. He loves his books nearly as much as he loves his brothers and sister, nearly as much as he loves his parents and grandparents.

The O’Reillys is an Irish family and the main estate, which was where Collin had grown up, is just outside Cork. The family, however, has strong ties to England. Part of the branch family had relocated to England years ago, and Collin’s mother was from England. And so had Evie been.

Evie... Collin never talked much about her anymore, but she was always in his mind. How could she not be? Just a look at Baby and he was reminded of her. Her smile, her eyes, her hair... Baby was like her mother, just like she was like her father, too.

But Evie was gone, and on most days Collin worked and Baby was looked after by her nanny. It was life, but it was also what had made him return to England and closer to his birth home. Baby needed a family, and he would give her one. Even if he had no idea how to look after the infant himself.

Collin had applied to the position at St Mungo's because it was the best hospital in Europe. Yes, in all of the world, some would say.

His family had strong ties to Britain, and through the years they had supported St Mungo's and the Ministry of Magic and now the Wizarding Alliance, too. Collin's father and grandfather might be proudly Irish, but that did not mean they could not influence the wizarding community in Ireland to lean towards supporting Britain. A war was coming and it was important for them to help their British brothers and sisters.

That was the way they had raised Collin to think as well and therefore it was only natural for him to offer the Wizarding Army his support. If he could help train the young lads heading into war to be able to deal with wounds and emergencies on the battlefield, then people would be more likely to survive and England would stand a better chance of winning the war.


Roleplay:

Option 2: ”Brighton! Move over. Bed three. Stop the bleeding. Diagnose. Treat the wounds. Quick!” Collin barked out the orders to the small group, his wand ready in one hand, the chart in the other. This might only be an exercise, but in less than two week these young men and women would find themselves on the battlefield.

Except maybe the American guy, Harris. He was near hopeless and had already managed to spill half a bottle of wound healing potion on the floor. Collin suppressed a sigh. It could have been worse, though.

“Incoming patient!” The doors flung open and two of the junior healers carried in another patient. He could see the group he was training was getting stressed, but they were doing things well so far. He made a tick on the chart and scanned the room. He was proud to say that so far no one had died yet today. That was an achievement in itself.

(Even if it was only a couple of lifelike dolls they were treating.)


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Archived Applications / Re: Lydia Chant - Junior Healer
« on: 13/08/2013 at 03:27 »
Miss Chant,

We are pleased to confirm you have been selected to work for St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries.

The position we are offering is that of Junior Healer in our Emergencies and Triage ward. Your supervisor will be in touch to discuss working hours, salary, benefits, and answer any questions you may have.

We look forward to working with you.

Sincerely,

Collin O'Reilly
Department Head, E&T

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Archived Applications / Re: Damien Ander Champ | Healer
« on: 12/08/2013 at 04:16 »
Mr Champ,

We are pleased to confirm you have been selected to work for St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries.

The position we are offering is that of Healer in our Magical Psychology ward. Your supervisor will be in touch to discuss working hours, salary, benefits, and answer any questions you may have.

We look forward to working with you.

Sincerely,

Collin O'Reilly
Department Head, E&T

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CHARACTER INFORMATION
Character Name: Collin Alexander O’Reilly.
Gender: Male.
Age: 27 - July 8th, 1912.

Education: 
1923-30: Hogwarts (Ravenclaw)
1930-32: Junior Healer, Wizarding hospital in Ireland
1932-34: Healer, Wizarding hospital in Ireland
1934-35: The Central African Wizarding Community, Tanzania (Studying traditional African medicine)
1935-38: Healer, Wizarding hospital in Massachusetts, USA
1938-39: Assistant to the department head (Emergencies & Triage), Wizarding hospital in Massachusetts, USA

Residence:
London, UK / Cork, Ireland

Applying to be: (select one)
Department Head**

Department of choice: (select one, descriptions here)
Emergencies & Triage

Why did you request that particular department?
Collin’s interests lies mainly in the spellwork of healing, and as he first became a junior healer, he worked in the department of spell damage. During his studies in Tanzania, however, he discovered an interest in and a liking for the fast paced work that happened in the department of emergencies and triage, an interest which led him to apply for a job as a healer in that department when he went to work for the prestigious wizarding hospital in Massachusetts, USA. And so far he has not been disappointed.

Requested Magic Levels: (see here on how to do this)
  • Charms: 14
  • Divination: 9
  • Transfiguration: 12
  • Summoning: 7
(Special application PMed to Alastair Grimm)

Please list any other characters you already have at the site:
Eirwen Medraut, Raven Reinhardt, Daniel Reed

Biography: (300 words minimum.)
Collin was born as the second son to the heir of the O’Reilly family. That he was second, number two, not the one who was expected to take over the family, mattered everything and nothing.

Felix had always been the one Grandfather and Father paid the most attention to. From an early age he had been the one greeting the guests first, the one whose opinion was asked for, and later, the one joining Father in business matters. But that didn’t mean there were any less expectations to Collin.

He was second, but still he was expected to rise and fulfill his role, the role as a son to the heir of the O’Reilly family. He might not have been sorted into Slytherin as his parents or older brother, but he could still be the best Ravenclaw there was. And that was what Collin had strived to be. The best he could.

Family is important to Collin. It is above any other thing. His parents might disagree and say prestige, influence, power, and money came pretty high on that list too, but to Collin it had always been about family. Family and studying. He loves his books nearly as much as he loves his brothers and sister, nearly as much as he loves his parents and grandparents.

The O’Reillys is an Irish family and the main estate, which is where Collin grew up, is just outside Cork. The family, however, has strong ties to England. Part of the branch family relocated to England years ago, and Collin’s mother was from England. And so had Evie been.

Evie... Collin never talked much about her anymore, but she was always in his mind. How could she not be? Just a look at Baby and he was reminded of her. Her smile, her eyes, her hair... Baby was like her mother, just like she was like her father, too.

But Evie was gone, and on most days Collin worked and Baby was looked after by her nanny. It was life, but it was also what had made him return to England and closer to his birth home. Baby needed a family, and he would give her one. Even if he had no idea how to look after the infant himself.

Collin had applied to the position at St Mungo's because it was the best hospital in Europe. Yes, in all of the world, some would say.

His family had strong ties to Britain, and through the years they had supported St Mungo's and the Ministry of Magic and now the Wizarding Alliance, too. Collin's father and grandfather might be proudly Irish, but that did not mean they could not influence the wizarding community in Ireland to lean towards supporting Britain. A war was coming and it was important for them to help their British brothers and sisters.

Besides showing their support through votes and speeches, substantial donations to especially St Mungo's had been paid over the years. The O'Reillys never hesitated to show where their support lay.

After working in Massachusetts and having excelled as the assistant to the department head, it was only natural for Collin to apply for the department head position himself. He might be young, but he had the experience and skills, and he knew how it worked.

And his family was right behind him, ready to support him in any way he needed it. A department head position at St Mungo's were not only important for Collin, it was for the entire family. It was about prestige.


Roleplay:
Reply as your character to the following:

"Coming through!"

The double doors burst open as the newly-minted Junior Healer shoved through, dodging the milling patients and staff and leaving behind a trail of parchment. The doors stayed open just long enough to allow a glimpse of the scene beyond - a riot of noise, colours and gesticulating arms - before closing again.

It was Archibald Forrester's first day on the job, and while his professors had warned him it could get hectic at St. Mungo's, he'd never imagined it'd be quite like this. Arms transfigured and somehow regrafted onto someone's head, an Auror coughing up rainbows after a dust-up with a gang of young hooligans in Knockturn, and oh - that patient up on the fourth floor that was running around telling people he was Merlin reborn. And that was just the cases that had come in in the last hour.

It had to be time for his shift to be over, right?

He gave up the lost bits of parchment as a lost cause and cast a frantic Tempus. One minute. Heaving a sigh of relief,  his eyes instantly began darting around to find a convenient on-duty person to hand his load over to. Shoes - bought at the nice medical suppliers and outfitters just down the street - squeaked on the floor as he weaved and skidded around corners, before finally stopping in front of the first figure he found.

"Here. Here are all the charts - the arms for the Transfig patient seem to be morphing into tentacles, and Healer Wilberforce says we need to operate now but needs a second opinion - the Auror's squad captain is outside demanding to know what's been keeping the treatment and uh - "

A few floors up, muffled thumping and howling could barely be heard, but Archie winced anyway.

"Right. Mr. Merlin's somehow gotten hold of a wand and now the entire psych wing believes in him too - for the love of all that's magical, take this, please!"

Roleplay Response:

The new junior healer barely had Collin raise his head. He’d seen it before, he’d even been there not too long ago himself, but that was just how it went. It would be okay. They would settle down and get used to the pace, get used to the work.

“Here. Here are all the charts...”

He looked up, the chart in his own hand tilting, and his eyes moved from the junior healer to the parchments. He was doing... okay. It was his first day, one had to expect a slight panic. It was only normal.

“Forrester,” Collin’s eyes moved back to the junior healer and he gave a slight nod, but muffled thumping and howling had him stop, an eyebrow raising. What on earth was that?

"Right. Mr. Merlin's somehow gotten hold of a wand and now the entire psych wing believes in him too - for the love of all that's magical, take this, please!"

“Right.” A pause and blue eyes looked around. “Jones will take over after you. Please deliver the charts to him, he should be here any minute.”

As for the arms that were turning into tentacles...

“If there isn’t anything else you need, I will be assisting Wilberforce.”



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