Plot:Broken Clock

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The Department of Mysteries runs a dangerous Death Chamber experiment exploring the possibility that there is a place between Life and Death where Time does not exist.

In doing so, they stumble on a Time Travel plot that causes certain people in the wizarding world to repeat the same day over and over again... until they get it right.

The Unspeakables and other Loopers must find a way to prevent a Calamity plotted by the Futurists movement.

How to Get Involved

Who?

Unspeakables and anyone else interested, outside of Hogwarts.

Plotting Resources

  • Tags: Broken Clock
  • Primary Contact: Nuri


Characters

Unspeakables


Other Loopers


Non-Loopers


Futurists


The Events Unfold

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While sending his mind through the archway in the Death Chamber (see: Pentrals Possessing) Virgil Carstairs glimpses an older version of himself.
Two Innocent Stars

The Virgil in the seats was dressed in a neat periwinkle blue suit and he looked older - hard to say how much older but there he sat complacently with one leg crossed over the other, clapping. Smiling.Virgil Carstairs

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Wanting to examine one of his Prophecies, Elijah Grimlish is escorted by Virgil in the Hall of Prophecies. The two discuss their recent difficulties in scrying, as Seers. Virgil suggests that something is the matter with the flow of Time and it is interfering with their ability.
Send Us A Light Ahead
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Prompted by his discussion with Eli, Virgil approaches Unspeakable Francis Pepper to ask if it is possible for him to have seen a future version of himself in the place between Life and Death. They consider what it would take to confirm the possibility.
In Its Own Time

He gestured with his hands, weighing up the possibilities. “I’m afraid while I might comment on it from a temporal perspective, my understanding of mind magic and death are somewhat limited to my reading and passing conversations with colleagues over the years.” The more a man knew, the more he knew what he still did not know. “Are you proposing you might test a hypothesis by returning?”Francis Pepper

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Head of the Department of Mysteries, Yavin Morgenthau, is informed by another Unspeakable that Virgil (his protege) intends to propose a return through the archway in the Death Chamber.
Wonder This, Wonder That
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Head Obliviator Leon Halloran, a secret Futurist, meets with known Futurist Alistair Ramakrishnan to get in touch with more extreme members of their movement.
Innocent Men
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Concerned for how the Death Chamber experiment might affect the barrier between life, death and time, Yavin unofficially drops a warning to Undersecretary Brinley Abbott.
Friendly Warnings

"We're playing with, hm. With forces that affect us all," he spoke slowly, drumming fingers on the table. "And you have to forgive an old, hah, forgive an old wizard his instincts." Yavin looked over the rim of his spectacles and met Brinley in the eye. "I have a bad feeling about this."Yavin Morgenthau

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Leon Halloran meets with a Futurist extremist to pass on sensitive information about the barriers between muggle and magical worlds.
Snake In Your Ear
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On Francis Pepper's birthday, he confides in his brother Monty Pepper that he has used blood magic as part of his unspeakable role.
Watch the Clock

He paused, head leant to one side. “We’re not expecting the end of the world are we?” His brother gave him a pained look. Octavius took this as a question he couldn’t answer, and simultaneously one he didn’t want to know the answer to.Monty Pepper

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[Loop #0] The Unspeakables begin their experiment of sending Virgil's mind through the archway in the Death Chamber.
Hour After Hour
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[Loop #1] Virgil Carstairs steps back through the veil for the second time, Yavin Morgenthau is still impaled, but things are different this time around.
Minute After Minute
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[Loop #1] Monty Pepper is thrown back to the start of the loop, and finds himself waving off Tabitha Trickstone from his portrait studio. He immediately owls Francis Pepper and Theta Pepper with two of the Pepper family codewords. Bluebottle, for serious temporal event or disaster, and kangaroo for being thrown back in time. (He holds the family record for largest kangaroo, you see.)
Time and Time Again

Francis, Theta,

Bluebottle. Kangaroo.

I’ve experienced a jump - sunset back to eleven thirty, October 31st 2012. Fran you sent me word. Trickstone’s just left and she didn’t seem to perceive anything. Report back.

OctaviusMonty Pepper

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Up at Azkaban the sun sets at 4:30pm on Halloween. Lawrence Musgrave is amusing himself until he notices Muggles have seemingly surrounded the fortress.
No Time to Forget
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Loop #0 is underway, and time will reveal what the Futurists will do to Diagon Alley as foretold by Virgil Carstairs from the future.
Time Will Reveal
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The Daily Prophet reports on the Ministry's success in foiling Futurist efforts to breach the Statute of Secrecy.
Daily ProphetA Breach Averted: Halloween Hijinks

Obliviators and other officers worked closely with the Department of Magical Law Enforcement to prevent the breach. Special thanks is given to the voluntary aid of various members of the wizarding public during this time of crisis. "It's a great relief that everyone was able to celebrate a magical Halloween without disruption," continued Halloran. "But we ask that wixes stay alert to future breaches and acts of extremism."Temperance Cartwright


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