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Enclosed List posted:HOGWARTS SCHOOL of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY  Hogwarts School of In the Harry Potter books, Hogwarts is a school of magic, mystery, petty rivalries, bullying, discrimination and at least the sixth book stupid hormone driven decisions and pent up sexuality, making it the perfect setting for the game of Monsterhearts. If you aren't familiar with the game, essentially you pick a skin (class), and act out some shameless teen melodrama full of sex and confusion and terrible life decisions, plus you’re a monster so you might also need to eat people or something. It’s pretty easy to pick up if you’ve played Dungeon World or Apocalypse World, or even if you haven’t -- all you need is your skin and the reference sheet, though in this case you really should probably have read the Harry Potter books (or at least seen the movies). Actually you should read the books anyway, because they rock. After picks are made we can work out specific details of how the setting (time wise) and how it differs from the book world, though I'm assuming a fresh cast of teachers to keep things from being tied down too tightly by existing canon. Houses can either be included with the character application, or worked out afterwards, depending on if you feel the house is an important aspect of your character idea. You can theme your Skin to be existing Harry Potter stuff, such as a Werewolf being, well, a werewolf or an animagus, a Witch being a practitioner of dark or forgotten magic, the Cuckoo as a metamorphmagus, someone using the Imperius Curse as a Queen, and so on, and that's awesome, but if you want to be a mind controlling parasite or a classic vampire at Hogwarts, go right ahead. I'm looking for cool ideas, not rigid adherence to the books. As for magic, it works here exactly the same as anything else does in Monsterhearts, to do it do it, and roll when it triggers a move. A love potion could be a Turn Someone On roll or a string offered as experience, you could Shut Someone Down with a Jellylegs Jinx or use a Reductor Curse to Lash Out Physically. Gaze into the Abyss with a Pensieve or magic mirror, why not? Hold Steady to cast a Patronus, or use it to cover your back as you Run Away. I'm planning on taking just four PCs, a bit less than usual, but I want to try running with a smaller number of people, and the setting is a bit experimental. That said, applications to these games tend to be amazing, so I might end up going for more players than that anyway. I'll be providing two questions for everyone who applies before making the picks. If you need to get a hold of me, you can contact me here, via Owl Post (PMs) or I’m also frequently accessible via Floo Powder (irc) in #swampthings on Synirc. Even when I'm not there lots of cool people hang out in that channel too and will probably love to help with any Monsterhearts related questions you have. --- Disclaimer: Monsterhearts is a game that frequently involves tricky subject matter (teen sexuality, homophobia and other forms of shittiness, physical/emotional abuse), just kind of by definition. If any of you get freaked out during play, please talk to me about it. It’s important people feel safe here -- I care more about your emotional well-being than I do about this storygame topic.
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I can't say I really cared about the weird Wizard World War direction or whatever happened in the later books, but if we're just gonna be witches in witch school then I'm down for that and might bust out a Wyrm.
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Apr 3, 2015 10:19
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omgggggggggg i can't not app to this help Thinking of apping a Fae or another Cuckoo.  also yes can we forget that Wizard War with Wizard Hitler or w/e was a thing gay witch adventures in gay witch school are p. okay on their own
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Apr 3, 2015 10:26
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Georgina McPhail I don't remember my accident much thankfully. They tell me it was a million to one chance there's no way the bludger should have hit me that hard and I was lucky I didn't break my neck when I hit the ground with that kind of force. All I remember though is the agonizing pain. Laying there for days? weeks? (time got a little hazy after a while.) The first clear memory I have is dad talking to me. Saying he had a potion that would make it all better. They had to force it down my throat I was that weak. I remember it glistened like silver... After that I started to get better. Well sort of... I can walk and talk again and I can still do magic. But you can drat well bet I won't be going on a Quidditch pitch any time soon. It's just.... I dunno the sun didn't seem as bright, food just seems to turn to ashes in my mouth. I can't be bothered with the other students pathetic wittering about this or that boy being cute anymore. You know what the only time I really feel alive these days is when I'm digging through a stack of dusty tomes looking for answers. I had to do a lot of that to catch up to where everyone else is ready for the start of the new year. But the hat didn't sort me into Ravenclaw because I'm stupid (even though it did dither between them and Slytherin) so I decided to do some digging tried to get the bottom of it all. Father really needs to update the charms on his study. You can walk right through them if you know what your doing. I started rummaging around in his desk and that's when I found it. A mostly empty vial just a few silvery drops in the bottom of a clear glass bottle. I knew what it was of course Potions was always my best subject. poo poo but my parents wouldn't have? couldn't have? I don't really want to think about it. But all the symptoms fit. Unicorn blood they gave me unicorn blood. Still there has to be a cure right something that can get me back to normal and there's only one place where the information exists to find it. Hogwarts. I like the idea of a post-book setting yeah. Let's just be hosed up wizard teenagers rather hosed up wizard teenagers fighting world war 3 quote:Name: Georgina McPhail One secret they have discovered during their time at Hogwarts: There's a hallway on the fourth floor. If you knock on the wall four times at midnight and answer the riddle a passage opens that leads straight to the restricted stacks in the library. Handy when you want to do a little midnight digging into the topics the teachers don't want to talk about. Don't spread it around though otherwise my late night research sessions will be ruined. Information on one teacher or student, including what everyone "knows" about them Everyone says that the Care of Magical Creatures Professor Elaine Crowdy is lovely. But she's not. She pulled me to one side after a lesson and asked me what I thought about Mudbloods. I told her that I liked Muggleborns some of them were almost as good at their jobs as the rest of us "old families." She just looked disappointed and said that she expected better of someone of my parentage and said something cryptic about "considering how my parents were during the war, she was surprised I didn't share their opinions." As far as I know Mom and Dad were minor bureaucrats for the Ministry back then and mostly kept their heads down so I have no idea what she was talking about. Suggestion for a game thread title Witches ain't nothing but Wands and Tricks Ferrosol fucked around with this message at 16:00 on Apr 5, 2015 |
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Apr 3, 2015 12:19
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Harry Potter? Worth a shot. Gotta try for a Chosen: the Skin Who Lived. edit Or a Serpentine, if you don't think Chosen are appropriate. Rockopolis fucked around with this message at 14:17 on Apr 3, 2015 |
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Apr 3, 2015 13:38
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Fae witch sure seems like it could be fun...
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Apr 3, 2015 14:41
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Hmm...I don't know which skin I'm going to be...maybe a Mortal, maybe a Witch (Warlock?)...but I know which theme I want to use!
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Ningyou posted:also yes can we forget that Wizard War with Wizard Hitler or w/e was a thing gay witch adventures in gay witch school are p. okay on their own Fun fact: Since the seventh book takes place in 1998 and all our characters are probably going to be around 16-17, we all grew up in a distinctly post-war era. Hopefully it's more of a 1920s kind of post-war era than the 1950s. Also, probably going to make something for this. What, I'm not sure yet, but I'll figure it out. Lurks With Wolves fucked around with this message at 16:11 on Apr 3, 2015 |
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Apr 3, 2015 16:09
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Not certain on skin, but I'm definitely interested so will come up with something. EDIT: Queen incoming. Rauri fucked around with this message at 17:13 on Apr 3, 2015 |
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Apr 3, 2015 16:37
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The 1920s were stylin' and the 1950s had the NHS, but neither of those is really great   . Post war periods rarely are. The books were kinda one post-war period after another imploding and having to be fixed.Do you want it to play a part in the game? Ningyou doesn't, so...  It'd kinda affect what I submit.
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Apr 3, 2015 16:40
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Rockopolis posted:The 1920s were stylin' and the 1950s had the NHS, but neither of those is really great Okay, fine, here's hoping this post-war period has more of the relatively free spirits of the 1920s and less of the stifling paranoia and conservative family values of the 1950s. I mean, I was just saying that it's totally justified to move past the stuff that happened in the books even though the last movie came out four years ago, I didn't want to get into an actual discussion of post-war societies. Anyway, I'm with ningyou. Harry Potter has enough war stories against dark wizards as it is.
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Apr 3, 2015 17:17
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Apping either a Ghoul or a Shadow not sure.
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Apr 3, 2015 17:23
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Sure. Sounds good. I kinda get your point with that view of the 1920s. I'm just really disappointed that I'm not going to be able to learn Expecto Proletariat in Defense Against Dark Arts.  Too old for a student, but he'd make for a smokin' professor.
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Apr 3, 2015 17:24
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Posting interest! Gonna be an Anansiiiii.
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Apr 3, 2015 17:53
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So our very own Ningyou and KPrime made a Monsterhearts skin! It's called the Gentry and it's pretty great. Would it be okay to app one? It still needs playtesting, and this would be the inaugural game, but it's designed fairly sensibly.
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Apr 3, 2015 19:00
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Gonna make a Mad Scientist of some kind maybe? I don't know? I just wanna try this system out in earnest!
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Wahad posted:So our very own Ningyou and KPrime made a Monsterhearts skin! It's called the Gentry and it's pretty great. Would it be okay to app one? It still needs playtesting, and this would be the inaugural game, but it's designed fairly sensibly. Go right ahead! Only thing that might be problematic is that parents aren't really around at Hogwarts, but they only seem to need to be actively there for one move so it should work out.
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Apr 3, 2015 23:12
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Thinking of apping for this is not too much objection. Just got to get a good skin I suppose... Hmmm
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I've actually been watching through the movies again recently, I think I'll give this a try. The Gorgon looks interesting.
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Ergonomix posted:I've actually been watching through the movies again recently, I think I'll give this a try. The Gorgon looks interesting. Ergo! We should be bros! 
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Ugh, you made me break down and buy the book. You monster. Hufflepuff for lyfe. EDIT: Might go with a Witch/Warlock. Given the time period, making the child of Death Eaters who has spent their childhood in foster care might make a good story. Done and down there. I Am Fowl fucked around with this message at 06:37 on Apr 4, 2015 |
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 It's a fact of life that some people are just born better than others. Call it genetics. Or fate. Or a bad joke. Mum says we've got a bit of Veela in us, so you can blame that if you'd like? It doesn't really matter to me; there's nothing that can change the fact that I'm a cat, and the rest of you are either mice or fleas. So I had a nice thing going for me, with the whole 'being so beautiful people fall all over themselves' bit working in my favor. But that doesn't mean I can't be a victim. Just as some of us are a cut above, there's also going to be someone better even than that. It's a lesson hard learned, like so many others. Like 'don't follow charming, pale older boys into the Forbidden Forest', that was another one. Of course, I was so embarrassed to fall for my own kind of tricks that I didn't tell anyone he'd bitten me. Can you imagine the shame? Ick. And they'd have to drag me to St. Mungo's, where I'd be kept with people who thought they were teapots and stuff. No thank you. And it's not really so bad, either! I mean, once you get past the taste of iron. I don't think anyone's noticed a difference; it helps that I'm naturally pale and sometimes snuck off with boys before all this, too. Sure, there are rumors, but that's nothing new. The whispers of the envious have always been a constant thorn in my side, but every gift has its curse, right? I'll just have to take their jealousy and make them choke on it. quote:Deirdre Monaghan, the One secret they have discovered during their time at Hogwarts: This school's bigger than it looks, you know. They say there are still rooms that haven't been discovered by anyone, just waiting to be stumbled upon. I think I found one of these, once, trying to sneak back to the common room after a clandestine meeting with a charming girl up one of the towers. Took a left turn instead of a right, and found myself in a seemingly endless hallway, lined with mirrors. Magical and mundane both. Some reflected who you truly were; some who you believed yourself to be. Or the opposite of who you are, or any number of funhouse-mirror distorted visions... it's not like I had time to look through them all, if there was even an end to the place. Strangely the exit was still only a few meters away even after walking for minutes; I wonder if the end of the hall was a mirror, as well? Information on one teacher or student, including what everyone "knows" about them Oh, Professor Delphi, the Divinations teacher! He's so charming that you'd think he's teaching the wrong class, ha ha ha yes, that was a terrible joke. And it's not like I'm immune to it, I have as big of a crush on him as any of the other girls (or boys, I suppose). There's rumors that he's a real oracle -- like, a real one, and I'm inclined to believe them. Most of the fortunes he's read in tea-leaves or whatever for class demonstrations haven't been too far off the mark. I guess anything's possible. Suggestion for a game thread title If you don't mind sticking with the school name puns, Hogwarts School of Bitchcraft and Misery Other than that I got nothin'.
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SPEAKING OF ME TIME TO APP A QUEEN SLYTHERIN YES IT'S STEREOTYPICAL SHUT UP OR MY FATHER WILL HEAR ABOUT THIS Julius Sinactio  Ah! Good to see you. Welcome to the Private Dueling Society. Who referred you? Regina, yes? Excellent. It's good to have you. Here at the Society we're always looking for talented people. It's good to see wizards finally moving beyond that "pureblood" "mudblood" nonsense. It was ridiculous to start with. Everyone knows what really matters for a wizard is how good you are at being a wizard. What does it matter who your grandfather is? That is the reason for the founding of this society- to provide further resources for those with talent and the desire to use it to develop outside the confines of the classroom. I built it up over the last few years after discovering how slowly certain aspects of our education were moving. Obviously I had to get teacher backing, but Professor Shewsbury was happy to help. They had to place someone in the DADA position after that ongoing fiasco and she was the first one st-enthusiastic enough to sign up. She always wanted to repair all the damage done from years of inconsistent, shoddy DADA teaching and she was extremely happy to help get us going. She'd been chafing a bit under the slow curriculum she was having to work with to catch people up. Sometimes she still drops in for a duel lesson or two- watch out for her rebound spells, they're doozies. But I digress. Welcome, welcome to the club! I'll be sure to introduce you to Thomas, and Alora. They practically run the place, you know- I just sit here and work on being the best! And if you have any friends who might be interested- do invite them by. I do so love meeting talented people. So many of the would-be wizards in this school are just in it to get their barely-passing degree so they can go work as clerks or what have you for the rest of their lives... Here, we strive for something a little greater. You don't join the PDS unless you want to be the real top of the heap. We're not going to leave this place unmarked, oh no. You're in with the best people now, my friend. Let's work on making this school year a great one for us. Just sign right here on this oath... A name invoking leadership, stunning, captivating eyes Hot 2 Cold 1 Vol -1 Dark -1 The Clique You’re at the head of the toughest, coolest, most powerful clique around. They count as a gang. Choose one of the following strengths for your gang: -They're talented (Defense Against the Dark Arts) And Your Enemies Closer When someone betrays you, gain a String on them. Secret: Everyone knows the Great Hall reflects the sky outside. What they don't know is that it doesn't have to. Up on the floor above there is in fact a podium that can be used to.. adjust the ceiling. Of course, it's behind a locked door or two, but that's just a little effort. Regina  Julius Notes: Ravenclaw, but only barely- would be Slytherin if she didn't like reading so much. Tends toward physical aggression if crossed- getting hit with Historie of Magick hurts. Fell for me hard- usable. Thomas  Julius Notes: Hufflepuff, because you can't switch houses (a flaw in the system, in my opinion.) Embodies the "Hard Work" bit of their creed and increasingly angry that it wasn't resulting in any recognition. Made him easy to pick up. Alora  Julius Notes: Slytherin. 100% obviously out to usurp me. Ironically, this makes her the easiest of all to handle, since it means I always know what she's trying. Title Proposal: Harry Potter and the Nocturnal Emission K Prime fucked around with this message at 18:22 on Apr 4, 2015 |
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Unless the group that gets in really wants to do otherwise, I'm picturing it being set current day, so awhile after any Wizard Hitler battles.
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Apr 4, 2015 03:12
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I'm interested in spite of myself. Probably a GhooooOOOoooost.
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 For as long as she can remember, Jessica Gail has been known as a hard worker. She's never felt particularly good at anything, and magic was no exception. Her younger sister and older sister were always so proud of how much she was working. They thought she was a great example for the rest of the school. So what if she only had a few friends. Or never kissed a guy. Or even been on a date. She was a hard worker, willing to put all that stuff off until later. And later and later and later... Which meant that when Jessica Gail borrowed a sweatshirt from Donald, a friend of hers, and started changing into him when she put it on, her thoughts weren't ones of shock or of fear. Instead, as soon as she figured out what happened, she loved it. She loved being someone else. Especially a slacker like Donald. No sisters expecting her to keep her nose to the grindstone, no jackass guys leering after her, no bullies looking for an nerd to pick on. She could, for the first time while she was at Hogwarts, just relax and take things as they came. So, it's no surprise that she happened to "lose" Donald's sweatshirt. He was a little peeved, but when she got him a new one, he dropped it. Now, the only question on her mind is, "Who am I going to be next?" quote:Jessica Gail, the Cuckoo One secret they have discovered during their time at Hogwarts: So, everyone knows that the characters in the paintings can move between frames, right? Well, an artistic witch has started to sell very, very small portraits. Takes about ten minutes, and when you're done, you can just plop it on the wall if you're sneaking out at night. Then it can go run ahead for you and make sure no one's paroling ahead of you. Of course, you need to treat your portrait right, or else it'll go making trouble for you. Information on one teacher or student, including what everyone "knows" about them: Cynthia Gail, Jessica's younger sister by a year, is a the oddest Ravenclaw in the school. For one, she hates reading. Instead, she just never forgets anything she hears about in class. Which seems completely unfair to Jessica (and most of her classmates). Since she has so much free time, Cynthia uses it to be a shameless flirt. All that aside, Cynthia and Jessica still get along well enough. They're sisters, after all. ...Jessica really wants to get some of her younger sister's clothing, though. Suggestion for a game thread title: I got 99 problems, but a Snitch ain't one. Capfalcon fucked around with this message at 22:30 on Apr 4, 2015 |
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 A Conversation Held In A Wizard’s Tower In Rural France posted:“This really is your best work, Jean. Almost lifelike.” I know why I’m attending Hogwarts this year. I know about the Pensieve accident, and that I need to stay away from familiar grounds to give my memory time to recover. I know that Hogwarts is the most reasonable place I could transfer to to continue my education while I recover, and I know that this will give me a chance to catch up with Mother. I know that, but that doesn’t mean I have to like it. And you know what? There’s no reason for me to like it. I’m being thrust into the Hogwarts social circles six years in with nothing to show for myself besides being Professor Collingwood’s kid. I didn’t even get sorted into a house of like-minded students, I just got shoved into Slytherin because Mother’s friends with their Head of House. It’s just not fair, you understand. Not fair at all. quote:Maxine Collingwood-Vocaine One secret they have discovered during their time at Hogwarts You know how each house’s common room has an emergency back entrance in case of emergency? Well, I’m not saying I know where they are or how to open them, but if a professor left this year’s list of passwords and locations out while her daughter was visiting and she happened to memorize those passwords in particular while she wasn’t looking, well, that would be a lovely coincidence. Information on one teacher or student, including what everyone "knows" about them People say many things about Professor Collingwood. Some say she is a former auror that went rogue. (If she is she hasn’t told me, but then I wouldn’t exactly remember if she did.) Some say that she never has never travelled further than Dorset and simply made all of her books up whole cloth. Some of the boys even say that she… Well, I’m not going to say what some of the boys say, because she is my mother you cretins. *ahem* In any case, there are three things that we all know for sure about Professor Collingwood: Her magical theses are minor but respectable, her travelogues are bestsellers, and in the year and a half she has served as Hogwarts’ Charms professor she has succeeded in capturing the students’ imagination quite well. Imagine how thrilled I am to be her daughter. (There are two reasons I’m establishing Maxine’s ‘mother’ as the cool and mysterious teacher. One, it gives her more things to glare at people about. Two, it cements her mother as someone who’s enough of a reckless idiot to bring some golem her boyfriend made to school and pass it off as her daughter so it can take classes over a bet, but the charming kind of reckless idiot.) Suggestion for a game thread title Potter? I hardly know ‘er! (Listen, I didn’t promise you a good joke.)
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Alicia Elston, Fashion Designer, 'Outstanding' Ravenclaw, Wyrm Alicia in uniform, suffering the drab outfit for only as long as strictly required to attend classes If my father, grandfather, and the Sorting Hat have their way I'll be cooped up in a cubicle in some office of the Ministry pushing papers and issuing fines to people floating cars about by the end of my last year here. To think, a lineage of Slytherin wanting nothing more than a desk job for their kin. What would I rather do? Fashion, simple as that. Not as if there's anything simple about that. See, fashion in the wizarding world isn't just wearing a giant witch's hat with a hole in the middle where an owl perches, with the whole thing set on perpetual flame. Not that Igni Perpetuo can't be used for a few striking accents, tastefully. Really, the important part is that muggle fashion and wizard fashion just aren't that different at all. I know it might come as a surprise, but that Lady Gaga woman is not a witch, nor are her designers involved with magic at all. Aside from the people in the industry commonly known to most definitely not be magic amongst the magic side of things, the whole thing mingles together so much that you really wouldn't know what's what if you weren't pretty deep in the know. But that's the kicker. A witch, preparing to take the wizarding equivalent of some interminable number of years in a muggle college, and yet my interests lie in something so 'bland' and 'unrewarding' that it seems almost pointless for me to have attended Hogwarts since I was eleven. The kind of 'odd' passion one might pin on a Hufflepuff, being amongst the elite of the Ravenclaw. An unending amount of poo poo from my parents for not pursuing something 'worthwhile'... Hmph. Forget all of that. Your outfit is horribly drab and you don't even have the excuse of being cooped up in classes. Let's fix that, shall we? All this gorgeous hair and you just let it tangle up like this, now that's a real waste of talent. Like Professor Morgenstern. Trapped here in this ridiculous castle teaching nearly every Potions class, you'd think he would go mad. But he's been dedicated to the end, and quite helpful with my experiments in cosmetics. Strict and to the point but kind to a fault, you agree? Of course you do. So go figure those stupid fourth year girls start accusing him of rigging test scores for favors with his students. The dumbest, most overused nonsense, but the administration has to humor them and now he's being strung through hell, all for failing students who he'd constantly offered help to. If it were up to me to deal with those girls, I'd- grrrgh! Oh, shoot, I didn't mean to cut that bit. Well, I can fix it. No, trust me, I couldn't mess up your hair if I tried, no need for the mirror. Yes, yes, the dress should feel a bit constricting, else you'd be likely to escape from it on accident just walking about. It should be as well-fit as the Old Wing: locked up tight, irresistible to nigh everyone's curiosity, and most importantly, immune to magic. Okay, so the dress isn't actually immune to magic, but you get my point! It'll turn heads, but anyone who finds their way inside will likely come to regret it. I'm saying you look cute in the dress, okay? Maybe the Old Wing wasn't the best metaphor, whatever. That Quidditch game's just about to end, hurry up and get out there before your loverboy gets swooped up in the crowd. You don't need to get the drat mirror, just go!  One of Alicia's many odd designs from her self-published 'Black Cat-alogue', worn by herself quote:Name: Alicia Elston Title: 7 Minutes in the Chamber of Secrets
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  (source) Skin: The Ghost House: Gryffindor Familiar: Orange tabby cat Look: Forlorn, piercing eyes Origin: A confused death I never knew what purpose I had at Hogwarts. My mum's a muggle, and though I admire her dearly, her blood taints me even now. Some days it took all I had not to hex those awful girls, turn 'em to toads and stamp on their warty heads. It affected my learning more than anything; I was almost expelled just for my grades alone. The worst of them was Secilia Gobant, another sixth-year in Slytherin (with all her ilk). She would spend her time in Magic History using magic to tug at my ear. I was sent to be disciplined at least twice for my "unwarranted outbursts." When I returned she would corner me and say the most vile words, tearing into me with her venomous threats. I'd be dead if anyone knew she was harassing me. She swore she'd end me herself. (Minor trigger warning.) Why should I let her have the last word? Did you know there's a hidden passage in the hall near the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom that slips up to the roof? There's a little window you can crawl out of, onto the tile. You can get the most breath-taking view... Well, for a few seconds. Shows them for calling me mudblood. My blood's as red as everyone else's. I don't know what purpose I still have here. The bitter snakes that tormented have all been gone... how long? Only "Professor" Gobant remains, the hag. The only thing worse than seeing Secilia grow old is the song someone coined for my new form. "Blood Red Meddie hit the stones, Blood Red Meddie broke her bones"? Is that all I am to them: a child's rhyme? Whenever I wander the halls, that's what they start singing. It's almost worse than my time alive. There has to be someone who understands how I feel... I think I need to retake some classes. quote:
Professor Secilia Gobant A former student at Hogwarts some thirty years ago, she now instructs the Magic History class with its new post-Voldemort curriculum. She's still as charismatic and charming as she was all those years ago, though rumors abound as to whether she still has her bite. She's sometimes seen skating through the halls with her Slither Slippers, enchanted low-friction flats. The Lonely Loft Tracing the right pattern along the stone in the hall leading to the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom grants passage to a narrow stairway that leads into a small barren attic. The only light comes from a disguised door that opens directly to the roof. Students sometimes used to bring first-years to the loft with a looking glass to play Bloody Mary, but that lost its appeal after the incident with Meddie. Suggested Title: [MH] Witches And Ho-cruxes Double May Care fucked around with this message at 08:23 on Apr 5, 2015 |
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 So my dad's a witch. Wizard. Whatever. I guess I am too, but I've never felt like it. I didn't even know about all this stuff until I was ten, when the rear end in a top hat decided that the world he'd apparently left behind was definitely the right place to stick me. I've been here ever since - minus the holidays, of course. Call me heartless, but I've turned down all the offers to stay with various new "cousins" and "uncles" I never knew I had in some kind of "whimsical" hellhole without wireless internet. But time's got this way of making you care less and less about that sort of thing. I've gotten used to it, I guess. Learn what spells not to cast instead of what finger not to stick in a light socket. Remember which Aunt to send christmas e-mails, and which one needs an owl with a red and green ribbon tied to it. And I'll admit that it's refreshing to live in a world where everyone's eyes aren't glued to a smartphone. But I don't feel like I belong here. Especially in this "Gryffindor" dorm, which is... I'm not going to rant, because we'll be here forever, but suffice to say, they've got something of an attitude problem. ...but there's something keeping me on this side of things. Maybe I'll tell you about it later. quote:Robin Brickman, the Mortal One secret they have discovered during their time at Hogwarts: I was doing a report on something else entirely, but there's this book about the Houses that has a paragraph that offhandedly mentions inter-House passages used for meetings of the prefects or something. It moved on to something else before spilling the details, and it doesn't appear to make architectural sense, but when has that ever stopped you folks? Information on one teacher or student, including what everyone "knows" about them: So Magical History's been somewhat of a difficult subject, as you might imagine. But y'all used to be all hyped about that "blood purity" thing, right? Oh - touchy subject? Anyway, one of the Herbology professors, Theo Barrington, was one of the guys who tried to publish papers about it when that apparently wasn't something you did. He still has a limp from a curse some "heroic" inbred type threw at him. Sweet cane, though. Suggestion for a game thread title I'm sitting here trying to come up with something clever involving "Wizarding World Problems" (like "First World Problems"), but I'm at a loss.
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Juniper, the Fae A bolt of dryad-bark, freely given. A plain harpstring, five pounds twenty at Dover Discount Musical Supply. A pixie's heart, promised for a year and a day. Long enough to leave an impression. I don't know if I'll ever get used to this place. It's so...it's so strange! The smells (too much owl, too much newt, too much iron, too much boy), the sights (too much brick), the sounds (too much chatter), the students so fretful about all the wrong things....everything's backwards! Offwards! It's like they've spent their lives swimming in schoolbooks but they learned their letters widdershins! They're not even studying the right things, the right way! At home, in the place where I was to attend, we don't waste time filling our heads with facts and fluff and fancy incantations and learning how to fiddle with magic! We simply accept that we are magic, and that it's a much better use of your energies to learn how to be and let things happen than to worry yourself silly over whether it's wingardium leviosa or wheatgardium leavenosa! Maybe if they understood that, maybe if they understood that just the teeeniest tiniest bit, they'd take their promises more seriously. I don't think they'll ever get used to me, either. I know they can tell. I hear the looks and see the snickers and I can smell those snotty little thoughts of theirs and sometimes I wish I could just vanish in a puff of smoke and go back to my friends in The Home-Away-From-Home Beneath The Moon's Light Upon Water, but....Headmistress Selain didn't say I had to go to Hogwarts, she said I had to go to Hogwarts and stay. She said a lot of things, really, a mess of pretty words about student exchanges and promoting cultural understanding and oh, sweetling, wouldn't you love to meet some humanfolk, like those faerie queens and knights and sirens of legend? (NO i DON'T ugh they're so dull and unimaginative and the lot of them talk entirely too much about boys and they're just so....so....human! Especially these humans. Hmph, I think they only sorted me into Ravenclaw because they expect fae to be good at riddles and didn't know what to do with me otherwise...) Hmph. She said I had to stay, but she didn't say I couldn't carve out a little slice of home here~ After all, a promise and a pinch of cleverness goes a long way. ♥ pre:Juniper, the Fae A name taken from nature girlish quick eyes fae born Hot 2, Cold -1, Volatile -1, Dark 1 Moves: Faery Contract If someone breaks a promise or contract made to you, take a String on them. When spending a String to even out the score and get justice on a broken promise, add these options: -they gently caress up something simple at a crucial moment; -add 2 to your roll on an act of vengeance; -they suffer 1 harm, whether the cause is obvious or not. Lure Whenever someone makes a promise to you, they mark experience. Whenever someone breaks a promise to you and you seek vengeance, mark experience. Sex Move When you lie naked with another, you can ask them for a promise. If they refuse, take 2 Strings on them. Darkest Self Everything you say is a promise. Everything you hear is a promise. If a promise is broken, justice must be wrought in blood. To escape your Darkest Self, you must in some way re-balance the scales of justice. ....okay, that's not entirely accurate. She's more of a...werehuman? The closer we get to a full moon, the less scary and growly and feral she is, and everyone says she was a wolf one of the teachers accidentally turned human and kind of...adopted? Nobody's ever seen her at night in a full moon. Looooooots of howling. Ningyou fucked around with this message at 06:28 on Apr 8, 2015 |
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I've got to say that this "Harry Potter and the Cruel Intentions" game sounds strangely compelling to me. As a Skin, I'm liking the Infernal in particular, but I have one question: can the "dark power that I owe a debt to" be a Hogwarts Professor? Someone who, say, helps me out with private tutoring every now and then, in exchange for…some unspecified future payment? Yes, that means bringing a creepy-as-gently caress adult into the mix (at least off-screen), but I am happy to steer clear of any "good god, why would you even want to roleplay that?!?" territory whenever necessary.
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 Even now that the war has passed, and things are much less hateful nowadays, the families known as the Sacred Twenty-Eight still are a force to be reckoned with in the wizarding world of the British Isles. Pure wizarding blood still holds sway in the right circles - and those raised by in such circles have a hard time letting go of tradition. But then, even for some of the 28, things have become a bit more...relaxed. When the only thing you need is to avoid Muggle blood, it becomes easier to see how some wizards are less inclined to interbreed over and over, and thus branch out to other avenues. Like my mother. Not a wizard, not a muggle, but a Veela. Whether or not my father fell for her like so many hapless men have for Veela before or she was truly fond of him I shall never know. They certainly don't talk about such things with me. It does not concern me - but what does is that I adhere to the Rules. The Rules, do-this-say-that-never-diverge-from the Rules. Static, ageless, unchanging. Just like my mother. Who knew non-wizards could fit in to the old prison of tradition so well? But you must forgive my transgression. I mustn't speak bad of the family. You won't tell, will you? Good. Listen, do you want to come to Hogsmeade with me? I'll buy you a new robe! You'll look just fabulous. The one you've got right now's a bit frumpy, isn't it? That's okay, though. Nobody's perfect. Except me. quote:Name; Diana Clementia Selwyn A secret? Well, I can hardly tell you all my secrets just like that, can I? Tell you what. If you're good enough to avoid curfew detection and meet me in that little cubby in the Rookery, two floors below the Ravenclaw Portrait - I'll show you something I've stashed there. Don't try finding it on your own, by the way. I'll know - and you won't be my friend anymore. Or anyone's, for that matter. Professor Seacrest always did say I had a talent for Charms. I don't think he expected me to successfully layer a Confundus and Banishing Charm to leave you lost in the deepest bowels of Hogwarts with no idea where you are, though... He's clever, but he always seems to be a bit of an idiot when it comes to pretty students. Cassie Mulgrew- you know, that seventh-year Gryffindor girl - didn't get that A in Charms because she was such a hard worker, or because the Professor was such a great teacher. Game title: Harry Potter and the Confusing Mess That Is Teenagers Wahad fucked around with this message at 12:39 on Apr 4, 2015 |
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Apr 4, 2015 12:35
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TychoBrahesNose posted:I've got to say that this "Harry Potter and the Cruel Intentions" game sounds strangely compelling to me. I don't think I've seen someone go that way in a game I've been in, but that would definitely work for a dark power, yeah! They wouldn't be able to directly do some of the bargains, but for what they can't provide from abusing teacher information power could be done with enchantments or illicit potions and that sort of thing.
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GodFish posted:I don't think I've seen someone go that way in a game I've been in, but that would definitely work for a dark power, yeah! They wouldn't be able to directly do some of the bargains, but for what they can't provide from abusing teacher information power could be done with enchantments or illicit potions and that sort of thing. Sweet. I kind of imagined the Bargains operating retroactively, in the sense that I already owe the Professor for letting me look at their private spellbook/rifle through their stock of potions/whatever gives me the mechanical benefit of the chosen Bargains. I'm definitely going to write this character up in the next few days.
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 When you think about it - I mean, really think about it - the wizarding world is a mess. There's about, what, two million wizards and witches in the entire world? You don't need to be good at math to figure the problem there. Then there's the fact that magic users tend to be poo poo at anything that isn't to do with magic. They don't bother to understand anything and they make up rules just because it's how they've always done stuff. Like familiars. Nobody past third year gives a poo poo about their familiar. Pet mortality rates at Hogwarts are ridiculous. And have you tried to explain football to them, or cars? And then there's the Sorting Hat. Hufflepuff. The house of the extras. We're famous because our best student died. People describe our house with the stuff you use when you're trying to be nice, like "hard-working" and "punctual" and poo poo like that. We have a badger as a mascot. And here's me, with all my hopes and ambitions, just wanting to make my muggle parents proud (they're not really my parents but I don't wanna talk about that), and I'm in Hufflepuff. You know what? That's just fine. Nobody pays attention to us. We haven't won the House Cup in loving forever.That''s how I like it. Because I've got plans. I'm gonna be hard-working, all right. But not for a loving badger logo, not for a lovely cup, and not for the sake of wizards. Here's a wizard fact. The Acromantula population has halved in the past ten years. Apparently people enjoy pulling organs out of thinking beings to put in potions. Makes you think. Well, makes me think, anyway. I think the other students want me to shut the gently caress up about it. It's not as if I've eaten any of them yet! quote:Name: Troy Buckworth Secret of Hogwarts They built a new wing for Potions classes - guess the teachers finally figured out that having lots of noxious chemicals in a poorly-ventilated dungeon was a bad idea - and locked up the old ones. But one or two of the secret passages still go there, and they left some stuff lying around. Some dark stuff, some regular off-limits-to-students stuff, and some just plain weird stuff. Whenever a student manages to procure some ingredients they shouldn't have, we say they've been on the Snape Memorial Trail. Teacher Professor Felicity is our new Care of Magical Creatures teacher, after the old one retired. She knows her poo poo. She's from Siberia or something and she's built like a troll. poo poo does NOT mess with her. I've asked her some stuff about acromantulas and stuff, but she won't tell me much. Apparently she's in charge of the thestrals that pull the carriages around Hogwarts. I don't envy that job. Title: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stoner The Deleter fucked around with this message at 21:29 on Apr 4, 2015 |
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 Natalie Saul, the Quick, who's the most famous wizard of all time? No, not Merlin. Stop being a prat and actually guess. Yeah that's right, Harry Potter. Did you know when he stopped eating Chocolate Frogs, they had to let go over half their workforce? That the Firebolt: Elder Broom Limited Edition Model sold for twenty times regular price, and that was years after the Firebolt was top of the line? If he wanted to be, he could probably be the richest wizard of all time. He stumbled across a Philosopher's Stone in his first year! The man clearly knew what he was doing - everybody loves a hero. I'm going to be the next HP. No, not just the next Harry - bigger than Harry. I've got it all figured out. Just gotta copy what Harry did. Didn't get lucky with a scar (I've tried, but a spider-bite to the elbow and a nasty cut on my shin from when I tripped that I told everyone was a sphinx's claw haven't been enough) - or with an archenemy. I'd thought Simon Sewett was using Horcruxes for a while, but it just turned out to be a skin condition. And I've still got my parents... also, no invisibility cloak. Not having those things hasn't stopped me, though. I made sure to make some good friends I can trust over the years - my Ron and Hermione, basically. Nothing like having a friend looking out for you, especially when you're pinching a book from the Restricted Section or investigating an infestation of imperio'd House Elves. My wand's twelve inches long, Holly, Phoenix core. That's the same as his, just bigger than his. Pretty easy symbolism, right? And I've mastered the Patronus, since Harry was good with it. Mine's a Fox, which certainly makes sense. I'm even on the Quidditch team, though as a Beater and not a Seeker. Trust me, I tried. Going to setup my own version of Dumbeldore's Army this year - just gotta give it a better name, which can't be too hard. I've got some advantages he didn't have, though. For one, I'm cute. Have you seen Harry? He's famous in SPITE of those spectacles, not because of them. Second, I'm a Slytherin. There's a novelty angle I can work. The house most famous for producing dark wizards, producing the most dedicated Auror? People will eat it up. Plus I'm already connected in the magical world. My dad's an editor at The Daily Prophet, and mum's an undersecretary at the Ministry. They've even got a ghostwriter (Tolkien, I think) on retainer for when I manage to defeat something cool enough to start selling books. Lookout world - there's a new Chosen One in town, and this one actually knows what she's doing! quote:Name: Natalie Saul One secret they have discovered during their time at Hogwarts: Ok, so this is just between you and me... someone's been using the Imperius curse on students. I found three, all last year - Anna Stewart kept trying to break into the potion master's cupboards each night (which I discovered because I was doing the same thing), Herbert Strong into the Defense Against the Dark Arts office, and Talia Barker was actually being forced to keep watch on Peeves' position at all times, even though it was wrecking her studies. Eventually managed to get them to the Infirmary, but whoever has them looking around did not want anyone discovering it; Herbet even tried a Crucio when I went to Stun him. Never managed to figure out who was doing it - none of them remembered a thing about being Imperio'd. Whoever it was though, I gotta catch him. That'd definitely be at least a front page Prophet article! Information on one teacher or student, including what everyone "knows" about them: Defense Against the Dark Arts is the best class, and most of that's because Professor Angle is a genius. He's kinda young for a Professor - also, easily Hogwarts most attractive professor - and he knows sooo much about magical dueling! He even restarted the Dueling Club last year, and gave and took points to Houses based on official wins and loses during matches. Really made things more exciting, plus we learned a lot! I don't think he went to Hogwarts, originally - certainly has never talked about it. But he's really photogenic, so I can't understand why he won't let me took a photograph of him - my biography's going to need pictures of my mentor, right? It's actually kinda weird... Suggestion for a game thread title: Potterhearts: Roll +Hot to Rub Your Wand Rauri fucked around with this message at 08:13 on Apr 7, 2015 |
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Questions, Round 1 Georgina McPhail - The Ghoul Everyone knows that Ravenclaw's consider knowledge more important than politeness, but everyone draws a line somewhere. What's the most dangerous or powerful thing you've learned since your accident, and what did you do to acquire it that alienated some of your old friends? Who still has your back, even with all the changes you've gone through? Deirdre Monaghan - The Veelampire How much of what you learned in Defense Against the Dark Arts about Vampires are you finding to be true, and how much isn't? This charming boy now, do you know who they are? Did you see him before, or have you seen him since, and if you do happen to say, run across him in a dark, deserted hallway late one night, what do you have in mind for him? Julius Sinactio - The Queen Moving past labels like Pureblood and Mudblood is good, very admirable and all, but, well... You are a pureblood, aren't you? And the members of your ga-club, what about them? Well, I believe you when you say you want to move past those labels, but some people are so untrusting aren't they. Who was the last person to accuse you of less than pure motives, and what happened with that? Jessica Gail - The Cuckoo The freedom from being someone else is nice, but don't you still have to worry about keeping your grades up for your real self? But lets talk about more interesting things. Have you tried turning into anyone besides Donald? How often do you slip into a skin other than yours, and what have you done as someone else that you regret? Maxine Collingwood-Vocaine - The Hollow Stuck in Slytherin, you have my sympathy. What house do you feel like you would belong in, if you could pick for yourself? Being stuck fresh this late into a class would be bad enough, but not having any memories to help you along must make it even worse. What's the first hard social lesson you learned since you arrived at school, and who tried to warn you? Alicia Elston - The Wyrm Outfits are one thing, but why help out the less talented students? And while you certainly have a knack for fashion design, some of your outfits, the Black Cat-alogue ones particularly, seem, well I wouldn't call them amusing, but someone people do. Who was the last person who mocked one of your designs to your face, and what did you do to them? Catherine Crowther - The Witch Magic is only ask dark as the one who casts it, right? These spells are just older, subtler. Who was the first person you tried this old magic on, and what did you do to them? Who was the latest person you used it on, and what did they do you earn your ire? Alastrina Lunete Medrod - The Ghost What should I call you, Meddie? Alastrina? Have you ever tried to leave the halls of this castle, and go out into the world? Can you pass as alive when you want, and in the years that have gone by, did you ever make friends with some of the students? What do you do to pass the time? Robin Brickman - The Mortal Why don't you get along with your fellow Gryffindors? And for all your complaining, isn't doing magic what everyone wants growing up? Even without wireless internet, what was the best moment you've had in the magical world? Juniper - The Fae Knowing the difference between Petrificus Totalus and Petridish Toetalons is important for wand magic though. What damage have you caused because of a mistake trying to bind your magic and force it out through a narrow strip of wood? On the other side, what went wrong when the humans failed to understand your magic? Diana Clementia Selwyn - The Gentry Did you ever hope to escape out from the constant scrutiny of your parents when you left for Hogwarts? Sorry, stupid question, someone as perfect as you wouldn't want that. But anyway, it would have been hopeless. How have they managed to keep watch over and on you while you've been here for the last six years? Troy Buckworth - The Anansi You've got plans you said. Well, you've been here for a few years now, you must have put a few of them into action by now. Tell me about one of your plans that worked, and one that.... well, to say went badly would be an understatement, wouldn't it? Natalie Saul - The Chosen I. Well. That's uh. Ambitious! You definitely belong in Slytherin, no question there. And I see you bought one of those Firebolts too. You might be a little obsessedDestined for greatness! Anyway, it might not be Voldemort, or a Basilisk, or the Tri-Wizard Tournament, or a horde of Death Eaters, or a Horcrux, or Voldemort, but with all the work you've spent searching for something important enough to stop that it'd make you famous, you've run into a few smaller problems that you've solved. No recognition, yet, but at least it's practice. What are some of the things you've managed to stop so far? If I missed you, let me know! Also if you edit in a profile into a post after this point, please make a post letting me know you did so I know to look for it.
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GodFish posted:Questions, Round 1 You can call me Trina for short. I'm taking my middle name, Lunete, as a surname to distance myself from "Meddie." Lunete is a handmaid to Laudine in Arthurian legend, whereas Medrod is a bastard child. So please, don't call me Meddie. quote:Have you ever tried to leave the halls of this castle, and go out into the world? I tend to haunt the first floor courtyard and the Lonely Loft. I feel attached to these spots since... well, you can see one from the other. You know what I mean. I checked in with that Myrtle girl who explained how we can get bound to certain spots by the Ministry of Magic, but I still had to know for sure. I tried to tail the Hogwarts Express when Secilia left that first year I was dead, but even under cover of the smoke I was found out. I don't think anyone knew who I was trying to haunt, or even who I was except for the Ministry. Ever since then I've been bound to Hogwarts. They couldn't pinpoint a specific location because of how much space I managed to take up, but I usually end up spending most of my time where I just said. quote:Can you pass as alive when you want...? Funny story... An unsuspecting fifth-year by the name of Dan Fiefis was snooping around the Loft one evening when I decided to appear to him. I may have enticed him by mentioning how my hair used to dance like fire and my eyes shimmered like candlelight. He spent a good week in the library finding me a Charm that changes something's color and tone. With that and a picture I was looking a lot like my old self. It fades away every few hours, so in this coming year he'll have to help me keep up appearances. I could consider him my confidant. I do have immaterial versions of my possessions, like my wand, but they're about as effective as a stiff breeze. quote:...and in the years that have gone by, did you ever make friends with some of the students? I met a nice girl a few years ago when she was just starting out. This little first year, wide-eyed at the sight of me, mentioned she'd seen me flying outside Gryffindor house. Her name's Melodie Swiftlock. She would come to the courtyard at night to talk to me about what school was like in the Eighties. I mentioned how at one point Professor Trelawney had bright green hair, and Melodie laughed and replied "Who?" I thought this was just the first-year talking, but she really is that uninformed! Granted Trelawney was a recluse and retired before Melodie's time... Regardless. Even now as a fourth-year she has no idea what the object of Quidditch is, even as it flies at her face. Either she's forgetful, ignorant, or a remarkable actress. There's also Hollow Bart, or Lieutenant Bartholomew Morse as he'd like to be called. He was ventilated by cannon fire, as one could tell by the gaping hole in his abdomen. He roams around the school, displaced from his point of death due to it sinking in the Caribbean Seas. He used to be a wizard serving in the British navy, who apparently had the power to shape the seas where he steered. At least that's what he tells me. He always greets me in passing, and we share tales of what used to be. He looks about 19, but he must be hundreds of years wise by now. He's still handsome, roguish, and likes making a show for the students, but they say us ghosts only rise up if we fear death, which says something of him... quote:What do you do to pass the time? Seeing as I'm stuck in the castle for all eternity, I get to hear an age's worth of gossip. "Ooh, dude and that chick are totally dating!" "Ooh, she stole my Potions book! Ooh!" I try to get to the bottom of every little secret and see what's true. I might even console the poor girls who hide away when they feel like they've been pushed into a corner. Being able to talk to someone about their pain, it helps me to... Uh, sometimes I also like to peek around where I was always too afraid to look. Did you know there's a whole series of chambers under the third floor? It took them years to find a use for it all. Being able to see all the things I could have done, it... Alright, look. I didn't think I feared death. Obviously I did, but when I was up there I forgot what it's capable of. Being a ghost helps me see what I could be doing. Feeling. Being. I hate this. I can't believe I'm stuck here while all my friends are... grown up, growing old. I used to know a girl, Stephanie Swiftlock. And that look in Melodie's eyes... They're just alike. Every time I see a face it points back to the people I knew. But even now when I have nothing left to lose, I still put on a happy face for the future of witchcraft to marvel at my death, make small talk, and sing that song. Nothing's changed at all. Why? It's all that damned Secilia's fault I'm like this. That's why I've been trying to mess with her head. I'm not capable of much, but when I really feel the flurry inside me I can make her classroom fight back during a lecture. I embarrass her in front of the students, make her think they're pulling pranks. That'll teach you to pick the most boring wizarding subject in existence, Sessy. That's what I do. I take pleasure in people's pain. I haunt. Double May Care fucked around with this message at 18:57 on Apr 7, 2015 |
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