<div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: times new roman;"><span class="bbc_u"><strong>IC Rules</strong></span></span></span></div><br/><ul class="bbc_list"><li><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: times new roman;"><strong>Post Quality:</strong> IC posts must have a reasonable standard of spelling/grammar and no one liners. (Social media excepted.) Third-person past-tense only.</span></span></li><li><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: times new roman;"><strong>Godmoding:</strong> Do not assume other character's actions or reactions or control them for other writers. This includes GM NPC's.</span></span></li><li><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: times new roman;"><strong>Time:</strong> All scenes must happen within the current IC month. If they happened before that then they must use the history thread unless they include adult content in which case the adult thread takes precedence.</span></span></li><li><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: times new roman;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Content:</strong> Please correctly use content warnings for graphic, violent or otherwise adult content.</span></span></li><li><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: times new roman;"><strong>Tagging:</strong> Please tag open or closed correctly on scenes. Do not invade closed scenes.</span></span></li><li><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: times new roman;"><strong>Scene Size:</strong> I will not restrict scene sizes however I strongly advise against having more than 3-4 characters interacting at once. While it may be fun for a time these scenes almost always end up stalling.</span></span></li><li><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: times new roman;"><strong>Post Order:</strong> When writing opposite more than one person in a scene it is polite to let all others post before you post again.</span></span></li><li><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: times new roman;"><strong>Post Rate:</strong> It is up to players in a scene to discuss any post rate expectations. The game only expects that you aim to post at least once per week with each character.</span></span></li><li><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: times new roman;"><strong>Bigotry:</strong> Please do not use bigoted/hateful language in this game (Fantasy terms from the wizarding world are fine.).</span></span></li><li><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: times new roman;"><strong>Barred Relationships:</strong> Please don't write incest in this game. I would prefer no student-teacher relationships, too, as they will cause firing.</span></span></li><li><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: times new roman;"><strong>Smut:</strong> Please keep all smutty content to the appropriate thread. Really anything past a long kiss/hug.</span></span></li><li><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: times new roman;"><strong>School Rules:</strong> If a character breaches school rules please let me know especially if they are caught or if the breach is major.</span></span></li><li><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: times new roman;"><strong>Outside Hogwarts:</strong> If you plan to have your characters leave the Hogwarts &amp; Hogsmeade area please let me know.</span></span></li><li><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: times new roman;"><strong>Unusual Scenes:</strong> If you want to have a character access a unique room, enter the forbidden forest or similar please let me know. Don't include rogue monsters, artifacts or forbidden areas in posts without talking to me. I will always try to make scenes workable.</span></span></li><li><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: times new roman;"><strong>House Points:</strong> If your character is awarded/deducted house points it falls to you to make sure I log it.</span></span></li></ul>