OOC: This is ENTIRELY IC. As this is the case, in order for gossip to be posted and for your characters to find out the latest, we NEED people who witness things to owl us on this account so it can be reported on. This is to keep everything canon and IC. Please do not post in this thread, that is for us to do.

How do you get ahold of this magical gossip parchment IC? Well that is entirely up to you and be creative with it! Maybe it's under the Giant Squids tongue or clinging onto one of the many Hogwarts statues... or look! Is that the back page of your History of Magic textbook?

Exaggerations may be made on this parchment, but do not take these to heart. This is just for fun. Promise. If you are still unsure of what this is, think of it as a Merlin's beard for more personal plotlines, whereas actual Merlin's beard is dedicated to the school-wide plot. Or you can call us the 'underground Quill.' Or 'the Quibbler of Hogwarts.' Whatevs, luvs. Hope you all read and enjoy!

P.S This has been staff approved.

P.P.S. If you ABSOLUTELY do not want your character mentioned at all, you can PM us and let us know, and we'll do our best to ignore you

If anyone is interested in joining the elite team of Aparecium as a regular writer, please shoot a PM to the Aparecium account with a small sample of your writing. We'd really prefer a bit of current gossip if your character can sniff it out IC.

If you do become part of our super secret team, we need a minimum of three articles over the course of the term, as that is just one per month. Easy.

We currently have TWO spaces available on the Aparecium team! Those sneaky individuals who contributed in the past will need to REAPPLY in the usual way.

The FIRST rule is not to tell anyone that you have an interest in the job, please. The secret is not to let others know it's you.

Index:

1. The Four Winds
2. Cutty's Hair Collecting
3. The Gryffindor Trumpeter
4. Puffnova Strikes Again
5. Pet Rock Monster
6. Star-Crossed Flirters
7. Pet Rock Parents
8. Aparecium Takes on the Quill
9. The Lonely Hufflepuff
10. The Dark Side of Being an Eagle
11. A Potions' Partnership Ends
12. Dark Wizard Hughbert
13. Buggies Bearing Gifts
14. Bellaire Hates Snakes
15. Graphics Request
16. The Cult is Back
17. Glendower Plays Favorites
18. More Cult Happenings
19. House Elves on Strike
20. Top 5 Lessons Learned
21. Top 10 Term Happenings