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The New York Academy of the Magic Arts.

((Rich actually is from New York, just not the city.)) "I don't travel much," he told her. "Mostly stay up in Yankee territory. Maine, Boston, the New York countryside. I've never been to Washington either. I'm ready for the break, yeah. It'll be good to let my brain go blank. You seen Cae?" he changed the subject, not liking to talk about his stress. "I took a look at her painting earlier, it's really coming on. Won't talk yet, but it paces in the frame when no one's watching."

The New York Academy of the Magic Arts.

So I think Rich and Cae started dating off screen?

The Last Wizard (EnA) Interest Check

Yay!

Hogwarts: Ignition - Year One

"Pardon granted!" Charlotte smiled at the new girl and waved her wand, producing purple sparks this time. "I'm Charlotte, this is Indiana," she gestured up to the luggage rack where her owl hooted softly down at them. "I'm a witch!" She announced happily, "Are you?"

The New York Academy of the Magic Arts.

The blessed last Friday arrived, and the Nyama building was suddenly one of the busiest places on the street. Any time of the years where students were entering or leaving school en masse was a Statute of Secrecy nightmare in New York. To minimize notice, the Department of Sorcery devised the least subtle cover up ever: Three parades a year. One on the first day of school, one on the last, and a "holiday parade" the day the students get out for Christmas break(students came back from break in trickles, so it was less obvious). And so, distracting quite brilliantly from the swarm of teenagers leaving the Nyama building, a procession of incredible parade floats and balloons passed by the street. To kill two birds with one stone, many of them doubled as portkey rally points. A traveling student would walk up to the float, and would be given a portkey to touch. And they would vanish as some part of the float obscured them from view, making the vanishing act look like part of the show. Maybe a large costumed mascot "eats" the student, or maybe a procession of girls dancing with fans would flock around them. The entire affair was striking, ostentatious, and more necessary than it would be anywhere else in the Wizarding World. New York's high population density makes hiding magic difficult, and so the best way to do it is to make it look like part of a show. The muggles expect to see amazing stunts every year, and so they don't investigate or wonder how it might have happened. Richard was watching the parade go by from the window in the main stairwell balcony, overlooking the Atrium. Today he looked more plain than usual, the end result of a month that had been particularly stressful on him. He hadn't bothered(or may have even had a difficult time) metamorphosing as of late, and so his usual glamour was absent from his appearance. He wore a blue cable-knit sweater with the sleeves rolled up, as well as a worn pair of jeans and his only pair of sneakers, and he had a rather stuffed looking backpack slung over one shoulder. He was waiting for his friends to arrive so they could all take a portkey together to Vancouver.

Hogwarts: Ignition - Year One

I hope we can keep going with the same characters for all seven years, ah yeah.

Titans of Earth

I don't think Fam is coming back, but if anyone else wants to revitalize this, Eyeris and I are discussing the possibility of bringing it back.

Hogwarts: Ignition - Year One

A fair haired family passed through the barrier into Platform Nine and Three Quarters. The first, an eleven year old girl, came in with excitement, the other two followed tentatively, apparently not sure that they could get through the solid wall. Charlotte's parents tried to follow behind her as she went from group to group, in absolute awe of the fact that everyone here was a witch or a wizard. "Are you a witch?" she'd ask, to which she would receive a variety of answers from a variety of different temperaments. Even the least friendly(mostly parents of pureblood students) didn't dampen her spirit. What did slow her was the last person she asked, who was in fact, a muggle. "Oh," Charlotte answered, smile fading. She felt a little bad, and walked away awkwardly. She made her way back toward her parents and made sure to get a hug and kiss from each. They were sad to see her go, but she was too excited to start missing them yet. Charlotte boarded the train, hauling a good sized trunk behind her, and trying to keep her back straight as barn owl rested on her shoulder. She found a compartment early and went in, dropping her trunk under a chair. Indie flapped off of her shoulder and landed on the overhead luggage rack, looking benignly down at the compartment. Charlotte, meanwhile, sat on a chair and started kicking her legs impatiently, occasionally pulling her wand out and playing with it. When she waved the Sycamore rod it would spray yellow sparks harmlessly, and to her immense joy, and she would put it back away into the pocket of her jeans.

Hogwarts: Ignition - Year One

I think Sluggy was younger than Dumbledore, but I may be wrong.

Hogwarts: Ignition - Year One

Bud um tush