Welcome to Charming, where swirling petticoats, the language of flowers, and old-fashioned duels are only the beginning of what is lying underneath…
After a magical attempt on her life in 1877, Queen Victoria launched a crusade against magic that, while tidied up by the Ministry of Magic, saw the Wizarding community exiled to Hogsmeade, previously little more than a crossroad near the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. In the years that have passed since, Hogsmeade has suffered plagues, fires, and Victorian hypocrisy but is still standing firm.
Thethe year is now 1895. It’s time to join us and immerse yourself in scandal and drama interlaced with magic both light and dark.
With the same account, complete eight different threads where your character interacts with eight different usergroups. At least one must be a non-human, and one a student.
Did You Know?
Braces, or suspenders, were almost universally worn due to the high cut of men's trousers. Belts did not become common until the 1920s. — MJ
Are you aware that our faces have been plastered across the cover of Witch Weekly? Something tells me that you are. I certainly wouldn't have been, if my mother hadn't knocked on my door this morning to demand I explain exactly what happened at Mrs. Finch's party.
What do you think I told her? That we were hopelessly in love and that I simply couldn't help myself? I told her everything that happened, and she believed me, but she's worried that people are going to talk about it more now.
Secretary to the Minister of Magic & Lycanthropy Researcher
33 year old Halfblood
5 ft. 2½ in.
❤ Married
Played by Lynn
643 Posts
203 Likes
February 28th, 1891
Mr. MacFusty,
Your question being 'am I aware'? Of course I am. I read.
Your mother is right. Everyone will talk about it a good deal more. You should probably expect that some other people will ask you questions, but so long as you don't go making any more jokes about our being hopelessly in love, it ought to all come out all right in the end.
I assume you've read it; those are the only things I would bother admitting to, if asked. The boggart business will only cloud the water.
You did this, then? You published an entire article in order to, what? It makes no sense. How am I supposed to trust you to play damage control if you don't trust me enough to tell me your plans?
Secretary to the Minister of Magic & Lycanthropy Researcher
33 year old Halfblood
5 ft. 2½ in.
❤ Married
Played by Lynn
643 Posts
203 Likes
March 1st, 1891
Mr. MacFusty,
You can be quite daft sometimes, you know.
Of course I didn't tell you. You might have given away the whole scheme, without even meaning to. You might have done it with just the look on your face, when your mother accosted you yesterday morning. The only way this works is if no one suspects either of us had anything to do with it, so if you hadn't been surprised it would have fallen apart immediately.
Anyway, I didn't publish it; Witch Weekly did. So you can lay at least half the blame with them, if you like. They really ought to have higher standards for their submissions; they will, literally, let anyone write for them.
(scrapped because that's a weird thing to ask in less than a week)
6 March, 1891
Miss Binns,
I forgot how much you said I was allow to tell my family. My mother already knows, but what about my sister? My brother? Are they allowed to know the truth?
(scrapped because he decided the answer for himself before he could send it)
7 March, 1891
Miss Binns,
I didn't mean to make an ass of myself that night. You couldn't understand, but I wish
(scrapped because he decided she simply wouldn't care to understand anyways)
Secretary to the Minister of Magic & Lycanthropy Researcher
33 year old Halfblood
5 ft. 2½ in.
❤ Married
Played by Lynn
643 Posts
203 Likes
March 7th, 1891
Lachlan MacFusty,
Very well, thank you. I've had a few people express their sympathies or regrets about my being caught up in this terrible business, and a few sideways looks, but no one has come right out and said they believe Mrs. Finch. I have every confidence that things will only improve from here. My mother, of course, is still a mess.
Does your mother believe what Mrs. Finch says, or does is she simply upset that part of society has painted a poor picture of her daughter? My mother is still giving me the silent treatment. Apparently letting a woman die seemed preferable to causing a scene. I think she's just worried.
