A Secret Meeting Is In Order [Peshcheru]

[Odin Vasara]

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For the Visvarens. For info on Pescheru, here's from Old Vault: This underground city is one of the wizarding world's best kept secrets, founded by blood purists hundreds of years ago. A tunnel from Durmstrang allows students to visit the city on weekends.

Odin had made sure the owl was sent to everyone before it was time for the meeting. He knew that they would all find their way to Pescheru. It wasn't hard to find if you knew where it was. The underground city was a complete secret to the outside world. But it was the best kept secrets to Durmstrang students and those who graduated. It was what made the shady city such a fitting place to hold possibly an extremely shady meeting. And who better to decide it all than Odin, king of being untraditional.

There was a small hidden shop in the city which had a meeting room. Ever since his first visit, Odin made it a purpose to visit the shop and become friendly with the owner. He knew, one day, he would need to use this place as a hide out. He had set up the room with chairs and make shift seats in case there were a couple "unexpected" guests. Those people were really those whom Odin figured would not feel up to joining the group but he had still deemed important enough to invite.

Odin's pet Snake was curled up outside the shop. For those who knew him, they also knew Duo quite well to know he didn't go anywhere without his pet. It wasn't a well kept secret that Odin was a parselmouth. He made sure it wasn't, because he planned to always use snakes as his sign to the Visvarens. It was only a wonder why he decided to use Fireballs as a symbol for the group instead of snakes.

[Andrei Raibacis]

Andrei had been doing absolutely nothing when the owl arrived, carrying it's message rolled tightly. He'd been expecting the thing, and was glad to see it. Anything to get out of the house and away from his perfect brother, who was planning another month long trip to Western Europe. Andrei knew what it was, and exactly why his brother was going there. He wanted no part in it.

Taking the parchment from the owl, and feeding it a bit of dried apple, Andrei unrolled the letter and read. The perfect location. He knew exactly where Odin was talking about, where the meeting would be. There were not many secrets between the two, if any at all. The other boy wasn't only a partner in crime, but he was Andrei's best friend. And, for friends, especially the best kind, he would do anything.

Noting the time, the sixteen-year-old stood and rand his fingers through his hair. Another few months and he'd be able to apparate, but not today. He took some floo powder from the fancy container on the mantle and, before his parents or brother could find him, tossed a bit into the hearth and said, "Peshcheru." In a matter of seconds, he stepped out of another hearth and into the underground wizarding haven.

He knew where to meet Odin, and was at the shop in no time, nodding to the shopkeep and heading straight to the meeting room. Tapping the door a bit to announce his arrival, he entered the room, unsurprised that he was the first to get there. "Odin," he said in greeting, a slight smile on his face. He knew that this meeting was to be a serious one, not one for fun in the slightest.

[Iselda Ionescu]

Tap. Tap. Tap. Raising her head from the book she was reading, Iselda looked towards her bedroom window and found an owl outside waiting to be let in. Grabbing her wand she opened the window with a flick of the wrist. In swooped the owl and up sat Iselda. She untied the letter from the owl and reached over to her bedside table where she had a some treats stashed away. Pulling out a few she gave them to the owl and off he went back out the way he had come. Iselda used her magic to shut her window once more and then preceded to open the letter.

As soon as she had seen the letter she had been aware what it was about. A small smile fell across her face. Odin. Finding out the meeting place, it made the most sense. Pocketing the letter in her pocket, she slid off her bed and went to her closet. Iselda pulled out her pony tail, shaking her curly locks out, slipped on her shoes and then went downstairs to let her mother she'd be out with a few friends for a couple hours so not to worry. She was quite fortunate to have parents who believed her every word and didn't worry about where she went. Then again it was nice not actually lying to them, she would be with a couple of friends just probably not the type of friends they would want her hanging around if they actually got to know the group. Oh well, what they didn't know wouldn't hurt them.

Going back to her bedroom, Iselda grabbed some floo powder out of the jar that sat along her fireplace. Tossing in the powder she stepped into the green flames and with a word she was traveling along the floo network to her destination. It wouldn't take her long once she stepped out of the new fireplace and dusted herself off to get to the shop. Iselda walked briskly not looking back and then she was in the shop nodding to the shop owner. She made her way to the door that would encase the meeting she was to attend. Once she was at the door she briefly contemplated knocking but who was she kidding? Knocking was never Iselda's style not unless she had to. Walking through the threshold, he gaze found Odin's first and without her knowledge her eyes shone a little brighter. With a small smile she said, "Odin.." turned her gaze to the other person occupying the room and greeted him as well, "Andrei." and placed herself further into the room. The nerves inside her grew and she could feel a small bit of excitement at now being in the meeting, though she was perfectly calm.

[Steffi Maier]

Steffi wasn't entirely sure what the deal with these meetings were, as Odin had done a very poor job of explaining it to her. What she did know was that it had something to do with Pure Bloods and Blood Status not being all that important, which of course she agreed with. But despite this, she had no reservations about coming, because she wasn't showing up just for the group itself. Sure the whole secret society thing was pretty cool, but she was more interested in the fact that both Andrei Raibacis and Arne Valquist were on the member list. Steffi was good friends with the two boys, and harbored secret crushes on the both of them, and so the fact that they were going to be there made it more or less a done deal that she was going to come.

Steffi immediately greeted Odin upon arrival, waving to the snake as well as she said cheerily "Hey Odin, hi Duo!" sure the snake could not understand her, but she said hello anyways. Andrei was already present, but alas Arne had yet to grace them with his presence, and so Steffi settled back to wait, waving cheerily at the older boy.

[Ilsa Hirschenwald]

Ilsa laid across her bed in her bedroom writing in a journal of hers some story idea that she had come up with. The whole summer she had felt nothing but ennui towards it. The summer was dragging on slower than she would've liked and she knew the reason why. It was because she was counting down the days, minutes and seconds until her return back to Durmstrang.

Suddenly, an owl flew in through the open window of her bedroom and sat perched on the footboard of her bed. She stared at it confused for a moment with her grey eyes before making her way over towards it. She pulled the letter from it's beak and began to open it hoping it was from Andrei only to see that it was from Odin about a meeting in Russia. The bird suddenly began pecking at her irritated by the fact that she had ignored it and forgot to give it a treat for it's long arduous journey to her. Irritated, she threw a dried apple piece across the room for the owl to chase while she began to get off the bed to write a note for her parents saying that she will be back soon. Folding up the letter she walked downstairs and laid it on the mantle before throwing a handful of Floo powder into the chimney and saying "Peshcheru".

She made her way through the small town to the usual meeting place. She was already feeling those butterflies in her stomach as she knew Andrei would be there. It felt like ages since that night in the common room when they spoke. Walking in to the place, she paused for a moment taking in everyone that was there. "Hallo Andrei," she said to him. "Odin," she said with a nod before glancing around to see Steffi there. Steffi was not someone she really expected to be interested in a group like this one.

[Arne Valquist]

He'd spent the last couple nights staying up reading a few new books that he'd bought before he came home for the summer and was just getting around to reading them. The latest one was probably the most interesting so far, but he hadn't actually slept before picking it up so he didn't get very far before he drifted off with the book resting against his stomach. He was woken only about ten minutes later to an owl tapping on his window. He wasn't expecting any letters from anyone and he was tired so he tried to ignore it, but the tapping kept on until Arne had had enough. Grasping his wand off the nightstand the seventeen year old waved it towards the window and moments later the owl was swooping in and dropping the letter on him.

Mumbling about pesky birds and stupid letters he tossed his wand back down and pushed himself into a sitting position before opening the letter. It only took him a couple moments to read it over before letting out a yawn. His eyes glanced towards the clock. The meeting started at noon and that meant he had about fifteen minutes to get dressed and get there. Getting up he stretched and dropped the letter and book on the bed before grabbing some clothes and changing right quick. Running a hand through his hair so that it looked a little nicer he snatched up his wand and the letter, stuffing both in his pocket before apparating from his room. There was no point in telling his parents where he was going. His dad was at work and his mom was who knew where.

The only people to worry about were his sisters, but they could take care of themselves. He arrived in Peshcheru and quickly located where he was supposed to be going. He entered the building, giving the owner a wave as he passed, and entering the meeting room. His eyes quickly looked around at everyone gathered before finding a seat which the blonde quickly took upon himself to collapse in with a yawn. "Hello," he greeted once he was in his chair.

[Odin Vasara]

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I figure we don't need a posting order. Just going to make it like a school thread, haha. You don't have to keep to a posting order, but don't post more than three times between each of my posts so I don't get overloaded with posts.

Odin wasn't surprised one bit when it was Andris who was the first to the meeting. They had always been close since his aunt and uncle took him in. There was just some invisible glue that had connected them that first meeting and they had been friends ever since. "It's nice to see you, Andris. I hope your family is doing well," he offered a small smile in return. Although the meeting was serious, it didn't mean there couldn't be the faintest of casualness to the way everyone was going to treat each other.

Odin's eyes lit up when Iselda wandered through the door. The small smile he had offered Andris had grown into a full fledged smile. "Iselda, it had been some time. I hope your summer is going well," he was genuine in his questioning. When it came to Iselda, he was always genuine. Perhaps it was his feelings that caused him to be extremely friendly towards the girl. Whatever the reason, it wasn't going away any time soon.

Odin couldn't help the chuckle when Steffi arrived. There was just something about the girl that made the heaviness in the air just disappear. Perhaps it was her personality. She just had one of those personalities that could brighten every mood. It was quite welcomed. "Hey, Steffi. Doing well, I hope." He smiled. He couldn't find it within himself to not offer her a smile.

Then Ilsa arrived. Odin blinked at her greeting Andrei and giving him a nod. "Oh that was a cold greeting, Ilsa. Good to see you, too. Hope your summer is going well. Mine is utterly miserable," he lightly teased the girl. He wasn't at all upset by the lack of greeting. Whether he was greeted or not didn't bother him. After all, this meeting wasn't exactly about him. It was about the future of the Visvarens.

And then Arne arrived. He smirked when the boy wandered through the doors. He was extremely glad of being able to recruit Arne to join. Alright, so he was pretty much sure Arne wasn't 100% on board, but there was always that chance of getting him to be a full fledged member. "Great to see you, Arne," he greeted the elder boy. It proved that most of the people he figured on coming were here.

"You're probably wondering why you're here. I think it's about time the Visvarens stepped out of the shadows of Durmstrang." He glanced at everyone who had arrived. "We are some of the most influential students in Durmstrang, whether some of the prissy elitests want to think so or not." And it was about time that even they saw that no one was above each other. "With the ideals that they're above others... I think it's about time the group set out to right that idea to prove that Durmstrang is a school where everyone is equal. Where Pureblood, Halfblood, we're all equal." That was the true goal of this meeting. He didn't want to be a leader who ran everything, who decided everything. This was a group to show that everyone was equal. So, although he created the group, he determined that everyone had equal say and equal power. "We're here to brainstorm our first move."

[Steffi Maier]

Steffi smiled at Arne before turning her attention to Odin, who was explaining what exactly they were doing. It seemed straightforward enough, though Steffi personally was not of the opinion that she was particularly influential. Her brother Bastian was the one who was the future of the Meier family, she was just loose change really.

[Andrei Raibacis]

Andrei nodded to the others that entered the room, each in turn, though when Ilsa arrived and greeted him, he gave her a smile so small that hopefully only she noticed. Arne arrived and he nodded to the other boy. The two of them had a fairly long and similar history. Andrei considered the other one of his closest friends, though just how close he let anyone was to be questioned.

Odin started the meeting, and Andrei folded his arms as he leaned against the wall, listening intently. Planning the first real move of the Visvarens was today's intention. "I think we need to pool our resources. Most of our professors aren't going to take too kindly to the idea of us in the first place. We need something that we can quietly hold over the purists heads," he said.

There was going to be a lot more to this than just intervening when someone took a crack at a half-blood. This was the beginning of a revolution.

[Arne Valquist]

The blonde was content to just sit off to the side and listen to the ideas and the meeting. At the current moment he had nothing interesting to add in so there was no point in him saying anything. He just folded his arms and leaned back against the wall as Andrei made his statement about needing something to hold over the professors' heads. That would probably be a very good idea. After all if they didn't have a way of keeping the professors back then they wouldn't get very far at all. Of course with only a little bit of sleep before arriving here his attention wasn't very good and his mind wasn't thinking very well either. Without his permission his eyes slipped shut and he drifted off into a light nap.

[Iselda Ionescu]

"It has been much too long..Hm, summer has had some highlights you might be interested in. I can tell you later." There were a few things that Iselda was sure that Odin would find amusing and to his interest but that was something that would need to wait for a more appropriate time. Now was not it especially now with more people showing up. Moving to an empty seat, she sat down and waited for the others to fill in.

Seeing Arne walk into the room was always a nice sight. Out of all the people here, he was probably the one that she was the most close to. Having him sit next to her was a comfort even though she would have been fine whether he was there or not. Iselda had always been rather independent but that didn't mean she wouldn't feel even more comfortable when a friend was around. When Odin began the meeting, it was good to hear exactly what he had in mind for the meeting and this group. She had heard him speak about it a little bit but hadn't nearly gotten enough moments with Odin to completely understand what direction he had been going with this.

Letting the information wash over her, as well as the ideas that Andrei had put out there too. Though Andrei's words had only made more questions. Something else she'd need think think about before speaking but her attention was distracted. Glancing over at Arne, she found him...was he sleeping? Already? That was really quick. Since he was sitting next to Iselda, she had no problem poking him a few times in the arm, trying to get him to wake. The meeting had just begun and was sleeping. Wasn't he supposed to be listening so he could decide once and for all if he truly was going to join or not. Really, that boy..just what was Iselda going to do with her friend.

[Ilsa Hirschenwald]

Ilsa frowned a little at Odin when he mentioned she had given him a cold greeting. Walking up to him she did the normal French greeting of faire la bise, pressing her cheek against his lightly from her left to right like the typical French greeting of friends. "Bonjour mon ami," she said to him winking. "I'm sorry for the cold greeting. I tend to get distracted easily lately. My summer has also been dreadful. I haven't been to England at all to visit some of my family there and so I've been stuck in Freiburg. We could compare notes later, I'm sure," she said jokingly.

She moved towards Andrei and took a seat near him after noticing his faint smile towards her, it was enough to make her quite pleased to have come after all. Glancing around she noticed a few others, but she wasn't too close to them. "My cousin is still teaching Charms, but I doubt she would be of much help as she has other worries this year," Ilsa said to Andrei's remark. Plus, she doubted the Isolde would have anything to do with their group even if she would've supported some of their ideas.

Glancing around she noticed Arne had dozed off into the land of Nod on them. Seems someone was quite tired or bored with things.

[Odin Vasara]

Odin listened as Ilsa spoke about the summer. "That does sound dreadful. I've heard England is a wonder. We should compare notes. I'd like to hear all about boring Freiburg," he joked back. He never really found a more boring place than his home with his aunt and uncle. Now that was utterly dreadful.

Odin nodded in agreement with Andrei, "I'm sure my uncle will be fine with it. And no one messes with him. He's a little..." He tried to think of the right word. "Intimidating..." Intimidating for a Parselmouth deathly afraid of snakes. But most students were intimidated by his uncle to begin with. A guy in authority who spoke to snakes and made you learn your spell on the first go was a guy you learned to stay out of the way of. Perhaps it was when students learned he was related to Professor Jansons that they decided to stay on his good side.

Odin noticed that Arne had fallen asleep. At first he frowned but then he sighed after a second of watching how peaceful the other slept. "Apparently I bore him," he joked around. He decided to just let him be, although Iselda decided to poke him in his place.

[Steffi Maier]

Steffi observed the proceedings somewhat quietly, not really wanting to step in and interject on account of her personal lack of experience with these matters. She was far from the most informed of girls, and if she spoke up now then people were going to expect her to chime in once the actual discussion got started too - and she was pretty clueless as to the matters which they were here to discuss today.

[Andrei Raibacis]

Andrei glanced around at faces, his eyes landing on Arne, who happened to be sleeping. He didn't know the other's standpoint on any of this, really. It still annoyed him. You get invited to a closed meeting and sleep through it?

Odin's comment about his uncle made Andrei smirk. When Ilsa mentioned her cousin teaching Charms, he nodded. If the Charms professor was distracted with personal things, then at least she wasn't likely to butt into their business in a negative way. That was a good thing. "What if we pull the people from our own ranks that aren't of pureblood and, sort of, promote how great they are at things. At least then, people might start getting down from their high horses," he said. The suggestion was slightly far-fetched. "Less judgement means less opposition," he clarified.

It was a start. His eyes wandered through the people in the room. Ilsa. She probably wasn't up for that.

[Arne Valquist]

It was a very light sleep so the first time someone spoke he was awakened. He probably would have kept his eyes closed had Iselda not poked him. "You don't don't bore me Odin," he told the other as he actually opened his eyes and sat up a little straighter, "it's the lack of sleep catching up with me." He listened as Andrei gave his idea to pull people who weren't purebloods and try to promote them. It sounded good, but the reaction they'd get wouldn't be what they really wanted.

[Ilsa Hirschenwald]

Ilsa winked at Odin when he said that they should compare notes. "We should. I'll make sure to fill you in on the really boring things first," she said jokingly.

As for Odin's uncle being intimidating, she couldn't disagree. The man always made her shudder whenever she sat in his class. That was probably another reason she did so poorly in it, not that she would admit to it.

When Andrei remarked on showing off the talents of some of the non-Pure Bloods, Ilsa slumped in her chair. She really didn't have anything about her that stood out in her mind. She was a mediocre student at best, which would make her a horrible person to use to represent anyone that was Half Blood.

[Odin Vasara]

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Sorry. Never showed that Kathe posted. BTW, tagging doesn't work.

Odin didn't know why he cracked a smile at Arne's words. He found it amusing yet cute, like a little puppy. "Don't worry. We'll keep track of notes for you. Snore and I'll have to jinx you," he warned with a light tone. Although, truth be told, he was dead serious that he would jinx the older boy. They were in a meeting and while he could ignore someone sleeping, he disliked snoring interrupting the flow.

Odin thought about what Andrei said. It was a good point. They honestly could promote how good Half-bloods were. After all, they were just as good as any Pureblood, sometimes even better! He honestly wanted to take down the Pureblood elitists a couple notches and a blow to their ego would do just that!

"I like it, number one." He decided to voice his backing to the idea. "It doesn't matter if they stand out academically, popularity, or what. I think it's best to show the best quality of each Half-blood because each is different. They all have things that make them unique and I want that to be the focus. Pureblood elitists think they're so great because their blood determines that. Well, what if they're taken down a couple notches because a half-blood is friendlier than they are? Or because a half-blood is smarter than they are."

[Steffi Maier]

Steffi sniggered and suggested "Why don't you invite Arne's little pet to come along then? He'll probably jump at the chance the moment we mentioned Arne was here." Steffi didn't like that Evgeni boy very much, but she was thinking for the betterment of the group here after all. See, that was what a selfless person she was!

[Arne Valquist]

Arne didn't really want to sleep through the whole meeting. If he did that then there would be no point in him have come in the first place. Plus he didn't want to worry about starting to snore because he was sure Odin wouldn't hesitate to jinx him and he really didn't want to be jinxed. He continued to listen to the discussion about what they could do to promote the half-bloods. It sounded like a good idea to him. The blonde blinked when Steffi suggested inviting his "little pet" to join. Who was she...oh...wait...she was talking about Evgeni. The teen thought he should probably say something about that, but there really wasn't anything he could say. Inviting Evgeni to join might be a good idea, though they might want to come up with a better reason than because he was here.

[Ilsa Hirschenwald]

Ilsa looked a bit confused when Steffi mentioned Arne's pet before putting the two together. She had forgotten that Evgeni tended to follow the boy around. It was sort of cute but a bit strange in her mind.

She listened to Odin say that academics didn't necessarily matter, which made her feel quite a bit better. As for standing out, she didn't see herself as someone that did that. The only thing she knew that would be useful was the fact that her and Andrei were a bit closer than they used to be but she didn't want too many people to know about that just yet.

[Odin Vasara]

It took a minute for Odin to figure out who she meant by Arne's little pet then Evgeni popped into his mind and he shrugged. "He's...an interesting kid." Odin didn't know what else to say about the overly hyper kid. He wasn't sure he would be able to say anything nice.

"Any other ideas?" He glanced around. This group just wasn't about him, it was about all of them. They all had a voice and Odin wanted them to know that.

[Steffi Maier]

Steffi shrugged noncommittally. That was really the only idea she'd had - and really she'd only liked the idea because she'd been hoping that Arne might try to hide from Evgeni by hanging out with her a bit more. All told it was a pretty pathetic plan, but Steffi had proven in the past that she would go to pretty pathetic lengths over Arne. "I've got nothing." she announced.

[Arne Valquist]

Arne coughed to cover up the laugh that tried to escape him at Odin's words about Evgeni. He supposed interesting was one way to describe the boy. The blonde probably wouldn't have been as nice about it if he'd actually said something. Having the kid follow him around like he did was rather weird since the blonde thought he was one of the most boring people in the school. As the conversation moved onto something else they could do Arne stayed quiet. His mind was running through other ideas, but quickly discarding them since none of them were very good.

[Ilsa Hirschenwald]

Interesting was something to describe Evgeni. The young boy had a friendly, energetic personality from her meetings with him. He also had a strange obsession with Arne and seemed to mention him as often as he could. Everyone had their flaws and all but she almost wondered if it was some sort of crush or something since he enjoyed talking about Arne to her the few times they had spoken. "I don't think it would be too bad of an idea if Evgeni was invited in. He seems charismatic enough to sway some of the younger students," Ilsa replied quietly and a bit unsure of herself.