Gisk

Salem Witches' Institute [Harry Potter Roleplay]

Well I'm usually down for Harry Potter, and I like American wizardry.

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@Minato Namikaze Yeah, they pegged it, friend. You need to separate speakers by a paragraph. You might break some of those chunks of text up in other ways, too. They're just a bit awkward to read.

Also, problem with the post. Did you read the other posts, or the CSes attached to the characters, before posting? Kassidy(Kyrisse's character)'s mum owns and operates the Cafe, and in her post they haven't left to open up shop yet. So it's not open right now. A good thing to do would be to arrive just before it opens, and be there when they arrive to unlock the door.

And Zoey works there, too, so it's kind of weird for you to interact with an NPC when there's a bunch of player characters in that exact position that could have been there for you to talk to.

A lot of people have posted, and people need to start intersecting each other, otherwise we're all in a stalemate with nothing but long introductory posts.

@OfWindAndRain You could have Alex run into Audrey, it would actually work pretty well. Audrey is looking for answers, and is willing to hang out with anyone who can help her piece things together. Alex, meanwhile, just wants to be close to people.

Audrey is actually kind of a plot bait right now, her investigation(she's looking for Solomon, AKA the white streak) will lead to scenes that make the supernatural nature of events impossible to deny for those who see them.

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Everyone's looking good so far.

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All correct. In fact, here's the first post from the original, it's got some good background stuff.

Hider

Audrey’s bike gave a low rumble as it rolled down the highway. She was going slower than usually, trying to make the most of the dollar-and-thirty-nine-cents worth of gasoline she had put in miles and hours ago. It was making her regret everything she loved about her bike, because for all of its power, it drank fuel greedily. She put on a final burst just after taking the exit ramp, and flew across the Greenbriar city limits.

With a few hours before high tide, Audrey procrastinated the inevitable return to her grandpa’s house by hitting Beach street, and parking just past the cafe. Rather than patronizing the coffee shop(with what money?), she walked past it toward the cliff, where there was a series of switchback stairs carved right out of the stone. She marched down them, hands in her pockets, and across the beach to lean against a mussel covered rock and stare out at the ocean until the tide hit her boots.

As she looked, she caught sight of a figure out on the waves that were crashing against the rocks. She didn't have to look too hard, there were only a few people crazy enough to surf in these waters at all, let alone at night. She waved Sol over, and he turned his board toward her.

A glow reflected on the water made her turn around to witness something that was striking fear into the hearts of parents all across town. A spread of lights across the sky, outshining the moon and in shades of red, mingled with yellow and orange. They enveloped most of the sky directly over the town, with some tendrils spreading out even as far as where Audrey stood.

She turns back to Sol, her mouth open in surprise, just in time to see him lose control of his surfboard and strike one of the jagged rocks that dotted the shore. Audrey made to rush into the water to help, but the dark figure never reached the water. Indeed, the figure didn't stay dark. A white hot glow emanated from him, and rather than flailing into the water, he suddenly shot off like a glowing rocket into the sky.

“Fucking shit!”

~~~

Two Harleys roared down Beach Street, carrying tall men in matching denim vests. One pointed, as they came up on the Cliffside Cafe, to the the bank of vehicles parked on the street. The other looked, and suddenly both veered across the the street to park among them.

“Look at this piece of shit!” Thomas Morhaime said as he came upon the other motorcycle that was already parked there.

“Yup,” Michael, who matched him in more ways than clothing, replied. “Don't think anyone else rides a Honda, let alone this sparkly eyesore. Think she's inside?”

“Good bet.” He snatched the helmet that Audrey had left on the handlebar and the twins marched into the Cliffside Cafe.

They were a year ahead of the current graduating class, but were still among what everyone called the “Greenbriar Miracles,” who had survived the mysterious rash of infant deaths some eighteen or nineteen years ago. They were even more miraculous than some, as those two years had brought an unusual amount of twins, and they were one of only two pairs that had both survived. They were tall, lean and swaggering, with brown hair, blue eyes, and square features.

When they came in, Michael approached the counter, ignoring that Maren was already there, and slapped a twenty on the counter.

“Two coffees, leave a little room,” he patted the pocket of his vest that had a flask in it. Then, in a magnanimous voice as if this was a great deal of money to throw around, he added “Keep the change.”

Thomas, meanwhile, had already made a round of the few patrons in the shop, and peered out the window. He shrugged back at his twin when their eyes met, and Michael looked back between Zoey and Maren.

“Where’s Aud?” His voice was just barely on the right side of casual, with a hint of ill intent behind it.

Thomas was peering out onto the balcony seating when the windows were all lit up by a warm glow from the sky. He called his brother over, and he looked out just in time to see something blindingly bright soar up and out of sight, close enough to rattle the windows.

~~~

In a windowless basement, where the sky couldn't be seen, even as miraculous lights filled it, another graduate sat alone. Anthony Finch, sickly and frail as ever, was still wearing his graduation gown and cap. He had a blank look on his face, and his mouth was somewhat slack.

This passage into adulthood meant nothing to someone who could never travel far from home, who needed his dialysis every other day. Who became tired and had to sit and rest twice and hour.

What could someone like him accomplish? What sort of life was he doomed to?

He didn't mean to find out.

He twiddled the razor blade in his hand for a moment longer, but no matter how he twisted his mind, he couldn't talk himself out of it.

He put the blade to work.

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Don't talk about that, it's still a secret for some people.

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@Gisk
You, sir, are evil.

I like it! >:D

@OfWindAndRain

Er, which thing?

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Which part of it do you type with?

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So the RP is started, if you have a power, feel free to post. If you were not a part of the original thread, remember that this is the day after the light event, feel free to provide a summary of what happened the night before.

Don't stress out about jumping on the events that begin to unfold, because I have an equally important plot starter that I'm saving for people who get started late.

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Though she had shared much of the previous night's strangeness with the twilight patrons of the Cliffside Cafe, Audrey had still not shared the greatest mystery. Just at the moment that the Greenbriar Lights, the mysterious aurorea that had heralded her birth, returned, she had been at the beach to witness and old friend, Solomon Majumdar, burn white hot and launch into the air like some kind of rocket. A few others had seen this light show as it -he, rather- streaked across the sky, back and forth for hours. But nobody had been able to tell her where he might have gone to after he finally hit the horizon, not to return.

Audrey herself had gone home that night, for the first time in two years. She was immensely revealed not to have made her homecoming with her father or grandfather, however. It was her grandmother who had opened the door when she knocked. She had told her husband and son, both lazing in front of the TV in the living room, that it was a mistaken knock, while quietly ushering Audrey up to her old room. It had hardly been touched, and nobody had any reason to go in, so Audrey was safe from facing her estranged family until a later date. After they both left to open the shop, Aud crept out of her room, thanked her grandmother, and made her way to the alley down the street where she had parked her motorcycle.

The town was visibly changed, already. The most obvious change was the newcomers. There were reporters, photographers(too late for the lights, but hoping for something print worthy) and a whole slew of scientists. There were also some suits. Mysterious folks who, though they didn't seem to be doing anything in particular, were immediately pegged as outsiders by the locals. Though the lights had appeared only last night, the miracle of the internet ensured that everyone who might want to come take a look knew about the event within minutes. Some of these had surely driven in from as close as Seatle, but Audrey reckoned there must be a few who had caught a midnight flight from the other Washington.

Audrey walked her bike out of the alley, but didn't mount it yet. She was caught up watching some of the strangers pass her by on the street.

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@Aquaknight Definitely proofread your CS. The grammar is shaky in places.