Absit Omen RPG

Hi Jessica!!

Carol sounds awesome! I love the description of a "granola kind of woman", by the way. Just think thats fun haha. Anyway, Hadley would love to have an experience meeting her/shadowing her. I'm still trying to develop how Hadley got so interested in tiny humans, but I'll figure that out.

Also, yay Jordyn! Stress baskets are 100% fun to be around and if she needs a good venting session or something to yell about, Katherine is all ears cause she'll probably yell too. All 7th years should schedule regular naptimes and vent sessions, in Katherine's opinion... Indica sounds fun as well, Katherine might potentially run into her (she likes plants but is bad at keeping plants alive, so don't count on her being much help/good at any of that), and also Hadley might know/meet her at some point.

All three of them sound like so much fun and I'm really up for anything! Like I said before, I think haha, my characters are flexible and we're just dipping our toes in the water and trying to adjust so really anything is appreciated.

Thanks again!

Sly - you are my hero. That summary of everything that's happened will no doubt help me navigate the waters as I try and find my characters place in all of this! You're the best!! I have to run to work but when I'm back I will read through everything that you've tagged in your post and that should help my clueless self As for your characters, yay they're all so busy! I'm sure we'll find time to write together when you aren't currently writing a million threads at once!

Grigory sounds like a fun friend, Hadley isn't as easily moved by cute/emotional/romantic things but she's available to look after him. She's a wee bit on the short side so they'd look like quite a pair together, but could make for some good laughs!

Maybe Lexi wouldn't have left Hogwarts then with everything that's been going on. If she found a mentor in Shona, then she could have been persuaded to stay and stick it out there rather than give up on the school. Really, I haven't decided anything concrete for Lexi (or any of my characters yet seeing as I'm catching up on the going ons of AO) but I do know that she feels rather alone as a werewolf and is unsure of what this means for her and her future.

As for Katherine, my hot mess, she's terrified of losing points so she probably dislikes Rick haha. Katherine/Gracie seem like they would get along (Katherine needs friends, like real friends not princesses #RIP). She can deal with rash and terrible decision making, she does that herself so she would find a kindred spirit in Gracie probably. As for Theo, the homicidal tendencies sound a little scary lol but if Katherine sees he has the capability to cut off ties with his family, maybe that will inspire her... At the very least she'll just be amazed by what he can do.

And I'll give a shout out to Jess and her character Carol! Thanks for the note! Everything you said helped tremendously. I wish you the best of luck with all of your threads!! Hope I can write with you when you come up for air sometime



Kit! Hi! Lovely to see you as well, I'll check out the panel Sly mentioned and see if I can pop Katherine in there. Thanks a bunch!

First off let me say, HELLOOOO AO! I've missed everyone dearly and am sending all the hugs (*sends virtual hugs*) to every single one of you bright and beautiful humans. It's been much much much too long since I've been here, and I think it's about time I come back. For those of you that don't know, I started my hiatus because of a concussion (I ran into a pole, literally) and when my healing time extended from one to four months, I got lazy and life got busy and I just gave up all hope of ever writing again. sigh. But not really! Because my writing bone has been itching to get back to it and all of my beautiful little characters in my sandbox are throwing tantrums and demanding to be let out. Immediately. Without further ado, I'd like to introduce the select few that I'd like to wake up and start writing with. (I may not wake them all at once, but I'd like to dangle a few options in front of y'all ) Let me know if anything suits your fancy...

ALEXANDRA McGEE

My fire-headed wolf! Though she would be a second year Gryffindor, I'm looking into brewing up some other kinds of plots for my little werewolf. After a semi-traumatic first year (harassed for her condition, dealing with trauma of turning, not settling in as well as she would have liked), Lexi probably wouldn't have returned to Hogwarts. And if she did, she probably wouldn't have stayed very long. So, I am trying to get up to date on any werewolf-related plots, if anyone knows anything good, let me know! I'd be down to throw Lexi into the fray. She was only turned the summer before her first year, so she hasn't even been a wolf for a full year yet (according to the AO calendar). Edit: I'm bad at math. She has been a wolf for  over a full year. I just can't read apparently.

HADLEY SEVERIDE

My healer! Hadley is a London-transplant from the southern United States. She's becoming a hybrid of the two cultures with all of her exposure at St. Mungo's. Currently she works on the Magical Bugs & Diseases floor, but she's getting a little bit of a taste for prenatal/maternity care and would love to work with some new/expecting mothers. Anything baby related, or child related really, she's down for. (Leetle bit of baby fever.) So, any plots with tiny hoomans, throw 'em her way. (please and thanks!)

KATHERINE BECKETT

Last but certainly not least, my student! Seventh year Ravenclaw, eidetic memory, honorary member of the Slytherin princess club, is kind of engaged to a richy rich pureblood (but not happy about it), and lover of Marvel comics. She is my whirlpool of drama sometimes. Any student interactions are welcome, all years and all houses, I'm sure she could find someway to connect with them. Also, she's exploring career paths. She's about ready to abandon her grandparents home and her engagement to find something that she loves and is interested in. If anyone is interested in taking her under their wing, I'd love to hear ideas (all career paths will be considered).

That's all for now! Let me know if you're interested in anything at all! Also sorry if anything is confusing, I'm simultaneously watching firefly while writing this...

Here's the sitch: Alexandra McGee, Gryffindor first year, has just been given an enchanted necklace from a merperson. (In this lovely thread on March 15th.)

Now this necklace is kind of funky. It's silver with a heavy sapphire pendant set in the middle, the pendant is secured with runic clasps. And the real twist is that the longer Lexi wears it, the more she starts to look like a boy. Her hair stays the same length and everything, she just starts to take on you know, boyish qualities. (That's really the best way I can put that.)

I'd like to get a few other first years on board that would notice the changes in Lexi, it would be slow to start but after wearing it for a while, the features would be more pronounced. Any other ideas I'm welcome to, this is an open plot for anyone to join!

So now she was starting off the class with her fingers trapped in her textbook. Lexi sighed as she attempted to tug them free. Without books and notes, she thought silently to herself. From memory...

Because that was a reliable source of information. They'd studied that charm in January? How was she supposed to remember something all the way from January?! This was probably going to get her a second detention, along with writing lines for the utter failure of a spelling test that she had just handed in. She gripped the book harder and yanked at her fingers one last time before just letting it be. She didn't know a charm or spell to unstick her fingers, so she would just have to let it be until... well forever.

She was thinking maybe just until Professor Storm showed mercy, but when did he ever show mercy? This was Storm! He was so scary he probably never got sick because even germs were scared of him.

Lexi pursed her lips as Sophia chirped out the perfect little answer like the perfect little student she was. It wasn't that Lexi had any misgivings or bad feelings towards Sophia, but knowing that she was one of the ones to know the answer irritated her a little bit.

She yanked at her hand and the book again. It was official. Lexi was going to fail DADA if she couldn't even get her fingers out of a book!

In the middle of her reading, Lexi had fallen asleep in her dorm room and woken up an hour or so later to find it strangely empty of first years. She straightened her uniform with a charm she'd been taught, of course after attempting said charm six times until she'd got it right, and then opened the door to the room to hear a mass commotion going on in the common room.

She almost stepped on one of them going down the stairs. Frogs. Gross.

She came to rest near Rowena, who was glaring at a giant frog. What? What was going on? "Rowena, what is this?" She asked as Linus went running to get his now-giant frog. "Ohgod," she blurted as a frog hopped onto her foot. Not cool. She shook her leg, dropping the frog to the floor.

Alexandra looked just the slightest bit put off, was the history professor going to even say that their definitely was a squid? Really, he had to know. With all the book reading and the textbook-studying and all the sorts of things professors did, the history professor had to know best about subjects like potential squids in lakes.

She shifted uncomfortably when Helio shrieked all of a sudden. Well, it wasn't an uncomfortable shift really, but heck, the screaming was completely random and shrill and Lexi did not enjoy it. She raised an eyebrow in the girl's direction before watching her slip into the water, sleek as a seal. Or as sleek as a half-merfolk, half-human girl could you know, slip into the water.

Suddenly, it felt like the entire colony of merfolk had just emerged from the water. Lexi leaned closer to the edge of the boat, her fire-red hair spilling into her eyes as she watched the littlest of the bunch splash around in the water. She tucked it behind her ears, one hand still bracing herself against the side of the boat as she watched the... spawnlings were they called? Anyways, the little kid-sized merfolk got closer to the boat. The shrieked in their chatter-talk, and the mangled language fell harshly upon Lexi's ears, but she didn't pull away from the new interaction with one of the little mer-kids.

They approached her silently, regarding her with a reserved expression that hid an excited and playful nature behind murky eyes. The mer-kid reached out, grabbing hold of one of the free-hanging locks of Lexi's vibrant hair. The child felt it, curious as to the color. The grin on the kid's face grew wider, and she (well, it looked like a girl, Lexi wasn't sure) extended a hand.

A shining-silver necklace dangled from the mer-kid's hands, and they reached closer, insisting that Lexi take it. The first-year, obviously not thinking about potential consequences, reached out and grabbed hold of the necklace. She brushed the hand of the child and they jerked back suddenly, leaving the necklace in Lexi's hand. They chattered again in the shrill-sounding talk that they used, apparently.

The child dived back under, and resurfaced several feet away, still watching Lexi with a curious and careful expression. So the first-year leaned back into her boat, tucking away the necklace in her pocket as she waved to the mermaid child with her free hand.[1]

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Just a note about this exchange, it has been put together outside of class. The exchange between Lexi and the little mer-kid would have gone unnoticed by all of the classmates. If you're interested, the necklace is going to have some extra side effects in a later thread, so PM me if you want in on a potential disaster.

After the professor had called on them, Lexi waited somewhat patiently for Aoife to answer, before piping up with her own energetic answer. She was a stark contrast to the quiet figure sitting next to her, Alice. Her cousin seemed reclusive and a bit shy for her typical bubbly Hufflepuff-self. Weird.

She'd have to figure out what was going on later.

"I'm Alexandra McGee, but I go by Lexi. My birthday is October 18th, and my favorite food is chocolate, if that counts. But maybe steak. It's like a tie between the two." She said, waving her hands in front of her to show the balance of her love between steak and chocolate. Her dad made the best steak in the whole world. She was convinced of it.

She leaned back in her seat, sliding until her back was against the rest. She glanced around the room, pausing momentarily when she spotted Frank again, feeling bad that he lost points so easily.

Lexi leaned over to the classmate sitting next to her. "What does colloquial mean?" She was clueless when it came to lengthy or intricate vocabulary words, they just didn't click in her head. Which also made it hard for her to learn long-worded spells with difficult pronunciations.

"Professor, does that mean they moved here from somewhere else?" Lexi asked, trying to recall what they had read before, and anything that Alice had ever blurted on those random occasions that she just felt Lexi needed to know something useless. Well it wasn't useless now! "So, they wouldn't have started off here, just sort of relocated from wherever they used to live?"

It made sense to her. The colonists that had settled in the United States had relocated from Britain, and they lived in 'colonies'. So, maybe the merpeople were living in some other water somewhere else, and now they were in the lake?

No professor, but a curious fluffy little bird hiding in the rafters. It was an interesting way to start a Transfiguration class, of course. Lexi sat, perched on the edge of her seat with her elbows braced against the edge of the table, keeping her propped up as she looked around and listened in on the chatter of her classmates.

It was then that the 'fluffy' little bird swooped down from it's perched and turned into something that wasn't nearly as cute. Their professor. He looked like he would be a fun guy though, what with his interesting taste in clothing, and dramatic entrance. Lexi sat back in her seat a little, briefly wondering where the other professor had gone, but trying not to dwell on the thought for too long.

Hey! They almost had the same birthday! Just two days apart! That was wicked!

She raised her hand like Aoife had done, but turned her head to listen to what Frank had to say. Yeah, where was Professor Finnigan? Lexi didn't mind the new professor, but she'd like an answer to that question as well.

For one o'clock in the afternoon on a Monday, Lexi wasn't doing too bad. At this point in the day, it should feel like the hours were dragging on and on and on. But they were out on the lake for their History class. To say that Lexi didn't enjoy being outside would be an outright lie. Every fiber in her body willed her outside at least once or twice in the day, no matter the temperature. She hated being cooped up inside, all squished up inside the walls of the castle.

She was content with being tucked in the boat, curious golden eyes peering into the murky depths. What was down there? What was really down there? She had heard rumors from all sorts of different people - most likely just older years trying to spook and trick the littlest of them all. But still! Mermaids? A lake monster! Maybe even a giant, three-eyed turtle!

Okay, she was sure that last one had been a complete joke. Mermaids and lake monsters were totally possible though.

"Wait," she piped up, suddenly glancing up from the water. "What's the difference between Merrows and Sea-keys?" She asked. Were there all sorts of different kinds of mermaids and mermen? Why couldn't there just be one kind? It would be so much easier if you could look at a mermaid and say, oh, it's a mermaid. Why did people have to go about and classify 'em all?

"Do these mermaids go after the lake monster? The giant squid? Right? I heard that somewhere," she said excitedly. "Someone said they go after it for sport!" She was smiling from a combination of imagining a merfolk-squid battle, and Teddy in the front of her boat had just sneezed and fallen off of his seat. It was rather entertaining to the easily-distracted first year.

Congratulations Hazel! I looove reading what you write, and this is totally deserved! Keep up the fabulousness!

People.

There were too many to deal with after a full moon, but for the sake of not being mean (and because if she didn't she would end up tearing into someone), she smiled. Teddy was close enough to talk, but just far enough that Lexi didn't feel particularly inspired to initiate a conversation of any sort. It was late. Still, little Lupin was a really great friend; and she appreciated that he let her talk his ear off every now and then. She could tell that he didn't sleep during the full moon last night, and offered a reassuring glance before turning as a way-too-energetic brunette pounced to her side.

"Hey you," she replied, fiddling with the little knobs of her telescope. Alice and Annette were just so good at the set up of their separate instruments, but it wasn't in Lexi's small list of random talents. "Yeah, rough as always. You know, but I've got it covered," she said, the corners of her star chart flapping about. She pressed it down with her hand, hoping that it didn't go flying off of it's perch.

She turned to Dessa, "Thanks, present from my brothers. They think they're so funny," she said with a fake laugh. She couldn't force everything tonight, but she sure could try to. "So, anything exciting happen around here while I was gone? Or was it just, same old... you get what I mean."

Her eyes blinked a few times in an effort to stay awake. She felt like she could pass out right then and there.

As much as she loved Astronomy, Alexandra wasn’t in the mood for a late night class. She’d just returned to Hogwarts literally about two or three hours ago. She was still achy, her bones were sore, her skin was sore; just about her entire body was all creaky and recovering. She’d done her best to cover up her fresh cuts on her face, and had put on long pants and a long sleeved shirt under her cloak to keep her warm. She guessed her little brothers had thought it funny to give her a red cloak for Christmas, along with a collection of all the different retellings of Little Red Riding hood. At least they were moving on, and currently felt comfortable enough to again harass their now-werewolf sister.

When she walked into the classroom, she realized it was a really good idea that she had worn her cloak, seeing that her classmates were picking up telescopes and heading outside. She pulled her gloves out of her bag, slipping them on as she headed to grab a telescope. Bleary-eyed, she gave the professor a tired nod and a forced smile. “Good evening, professor,” she said. Why couldn’t she just have stuck to common sense and realized she just needed a good night’s sleep right now? But no, she forced herself to come all the way up to the Astronomy tower so that she could work on catching up on the night classes, seeing as she sometimes missed them when they were on the day of the full moon. With a yawn, her feet carried her outside and she set up a little ways away from everyone else, not quite sure she was ready to carry a conversation.

After setting up her telescope, or really as she was setting it up, she decided that it was pretty cold out here. She shivered and bounced from foot to foot as she pulled out her parchment to start charting the stars. How very exciting. The only real problem was the moon was so bright in the sky. The moon was so bright… her eyes drifted up towards it and she found herself momentarily lost in its brilliance. Last night, she had decided she hated the moon, but every time she could look at it (without the urge to howl) she fell in love with the brightness all over again. You could stare at the moon forever and it wouldn’t hurt, whereas a glimpse of the sun would most likely start searing your eyes. She allowed herself a smile, this time not forced, as she dragged her eyes away from the moon and back to the work at hand. Quill in hand, paper secured so that it didn’t fly away, she looked into the telescope to start her chart. 

Another source of tension may be considered because of Theo- not many Ravenclaws seem to like him (heh), whereas he likes only one. IC-ly, Avalon Roth despises him for being careless of a good friend's feelings (not a Ravenclaw!), and he is in the process of taking advantage of another Ravenclaw's unawareness (someone he secretly dislikes for hurting one of his friends in the past). I have also arranged for some hostilities between him and other Ravenclaws, although this is mostly coincidental. C:

In other words, the Ravenclaw sixth years are really going at it with the Slytherin sixth years... lots of tension... hahaha.