WELCOME TO DREAMWIDTH, HERO...

Hello, hello. Ron Weasley, here.

Please note that on the thirty-first of July, I will be hosting a celebration at the Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes shop. This is to promote our new line of products, the result of much hard work and dangerous experimentation. There will be free food and drinks, including a birthday cake in honor of the unfortunately-absent Harry Potter.

Harry, to the surprise of nobody, is very popular around these parts. Why not draw a crowd in with that fact, right? Right.

Anyhow! I expect all of you good-natured folks out there to attend. Any upstarts and trouble-makers will be dealt with accordingly, just so you're aware. The address is [sssssomewhere].

Again. July 31st. That's from 9am-4pm. Be there, or you're a total weenie.

[ This is Ron Weasley in a library, looking none too pleased. He's got a few books stacked beside him, one open before him, but this is getting him nowhere. ]

While we're on the subject of strange plants... [ He holds up the book he's currently looking at. An illustration shows a plant with a large root, labeled Mandragora officinarum. ] Some of the qualities I'm looking for are noted as superstitions related to the history of this plant, but what I'm actually looking for is the truth behind that. I'm just not sure if that exists here.

Anybody wanna wax theoretical about how magic works here? How d'you, say, find yourself some terrible beasties that maybe shouldn't exist? In my case, how do you find the magical breed of a particular plant?

Anybody? Help a wizard out?