Song for Lonely Giants [Bean's Networking]

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CHARACTERS

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@Arthur Pettigrew 31 | MCPB | Married Howlers Captain ❧ Blurb | Arthur is the captain of the Hogsmeade Howlers and the major dissappointment of his extended family. A recovering disaster, he's been on a downward spiral since his wife miscarried during the 1890 world cup. Art can be found at various bar-like locations around Hogsmeade and Irvingly; he's also one of my more chill characters and is great for meeting random people.	@August Echelon-Arnost 34 | UCPB | Unattached Defense Attorney ❧ Blurb | August is an independent defense attorney; he is also a person who falls in love pretty easily, and is deeply loyal, which tends to get him into trouble. A progressive with a soft hear, he's easy to talk into a cause.	@Benjamin Woodcroft 29 | WCHB | Unattached Police Constable ❧ Blurb | A police constable at the Hogsmeade constabulary, Benji wanted to be an auror but his family couldn't afford it. He can usually be found at the constabulary, at the Hog's Head, or in the Slums. Famously hates The Three Broomsticks because it should have been his birthright. Measured but unforgiving.
@Beth Vane 22| MCHB | Unattached Wizengamot Court Scribe ❧ Blurb | Beth is used to being rather unnoticed; she's a wheelchair user and has a job where being overlooked is sort of the prerogative. But she is very much craving friendship and adventure, and just hasn't reached the point of acting on it yet.	@Camilla Zabini 25 | UCHB | Unattached Debutante ❧ Blurb | Accidental halfblood and excellent party-thrower, Camilla is an aging debutante and becoming rather desperate about it. A public scandal which resulted in the revelation of her blood status and the divorce of her parents is casting a bit of a damper on her ability to marry a pureblood, which is super cool and fun.	@Cassius Lestrange 24 | UCPB | Complicated Cannons Seeker ❧ Blurb | Lucius Lestrange's most disappointing child and  somewhat of a Quidditch fanatic, Cash is secretly a homosexual and less secretly a little 'off.' He's prone to wandering London and hanging around the Cannons stadium at odd hours, and lacks a sense of meaning. Occasional smoker.
@Emilia Moony 37 | WCHB | Married Unspeakable ❧ Blurb | An Unspeakable specializing in space, Emilia can most often be found at the Ministry or in Pennyworth. She has some marital issues that make her awkward around aurors, and would like to avoid thinking about them.	@Kieran Abernathy 28 | WCHB | Unattached Daily Prophet Reporter ❧ Blurb | Reporter, occasional revolutionary, and secret werewolf, Kieran generally bops around London and writes articles on creatures while "subtly" pining over Jude Wright. It's a thing!	@Noble Greengrass 22 | MCPB | "Unattached" Potioneer ❧ Blurb | Noble is an independent potioneer who was doing shockingly well at establishing himself early until he found out that his family was broke. Now he has a secret, his entire family lives in his house, and he's cranky all the time. Generally a responsible person, was a lot more pleasant before his family was a disaster.
@Peregrine Umbernauld 25 | WCHB | Unattached Research Assistant ❧ Blurb | Recovering outlaw and anti-werewolf research assistant, most people in Hogsmeade or London would know essentially nothing about Peregrine. But he's interested in them, and in figuring out what exactly makes people tick.	@Sirius Black 13 | UCPB | Unattached Third Year ❧ Blurb | The heir to the Black family and the Headmaster's son, Sirius is a cheerful third year student. He's more like his mother than his father (by a wide margin) and is more focused on being a cool student than any wider goals.	@Venusia Crickerly 15 | UCPB | Unattached Student ❧ Blurb | A fifth year who secretly desires to be an auror, Venusia dabbles in secrets as much as she dabbles in homework help. A soft purist and a Slytherin, she's currently most stressed about her upcoming OWLs.
@Zelda Fisk 22 | MCHB | Courting MA&C Employee ❧ Blurb | The youngest of the Fisk siblings and a Magical Accidents & Catastrophes employee, Zelda started courting J. Alfred Darrow this past summer and has been on a pretty short leash ever since. She's loyal but pretty blunt, and is most passionate about her work as opposed to anything else.	@Justin Ross 45 | MCHB | Married Minister of Magic ❧ Blurb | The current Minister of Magic, Ross is a progressive and a Magical Law Enforcement alum. He strives for steady, thoughtful leadership, and is a very measured person - but he has a low patience threshold for what he considers preventable fuckups.

PLOT NEEDS

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Upcoming Plots Arthur: — Art is spiraling following Dezzie's miscarriage and subsequent depression — this has gotten worse August: — Freya Selwyn is expecting his baby. You do not know this. — Has various upcoming plots, is available for threads Benji: — Open to and available for plots Beth: — Open to and available for plots Camilla: — Camilla desperately wants to get married and is starting to be desperate — Various upcoming plots — Famously she hates Calliope Cash: — I'm interested in Cash learning occlumency — Also, anything that gives him direction is generally a good vibe/time Emilia: — EJ could use things! Ross: — Various things w/ the Ministry Kieran: — Generally werewolfy and revolutionary things — Kieran I beg plz kiss Jude on the mouth Noble: — Sister hurling & potioneering things — Noble could use some friends who knew him before he was a huge bummer all the time Peregrine: — General werewolf shenanigans; could use more threads Sirius: — General student-y things, available for more student-y things Venusia: — Venusia offers homework help, but usually for a trade. She likes to know things about you, not maliciously. — Some female friends (UCAB, MC/WCPB, probably) would also be great! Zelda: — Various upcoming plots

Romance I don't pre-plot romance and just because a character isn't here doesn't mean they're unavailable, I just didn't want to write blurbs for my iffier cases. August: (interested in women) — Available for hurling with UCAB/MCPB women — Falls in love easily and is prone to pining — Illegitimate son who? Camilla: (interested in men??) — Camilla desperately wants to avoid being a spinster and may go to unusual lengths to do so — would like to marry a pureblood but is not one — she is generally a good time but can be kind of judgmental Cash: (interested in men) — Is not interested in feelings — Is interested in extremely secret sex to bury his feelings — Do with that information what you will Peregrine: (interested in either??) — I do not recommend having sex with Peregrine for one's general emotional well being — That said, he's probably good at it

Thread Requests — I continue to be interested in hurling Camilla, just assume that will continue — Benji patrols Hogsmeade with some frequency! Do you want to get caught doing (or assumed to be doing) petty crime? — Beth with DMLE types who will make her feel ~uncomfortable — Ross is generally open for anything with Department Heads — I would looove to thread Peregrine with a known werewolf situation — Venusia trades homework help for information. Plz let her meddle in your IC life — I desperately want this for Zelda

BELOW IS WHAT THE PEOPLE REALLY COME TO MY NETWORKING FOR: WORD VOMIT ABOUT ONE ARTHUR PETTIGREW
Art is ~gambling again. As of ~rn any gambling has been restricted to card/dice games.
This is a Big Deal. In general re: Arthur and gambling -
- Most people probably know that Arthur lost his fortune and multiple properties through gambling in 1878-1880; if you paid a lot of attention to this you know that a lot of this money was lost through high-stakes betting on boxing matches and Quidditch games. This is probably where most relative fall unless they had reason to keep tabs on Art after he dropped a class?
- Most friends/friendly acquaintances - including like, friends who aren't VERY close and people who are in his social circle, but not people he's super close to - probably know that Arthur slowed his gambling a lot in 1883/1884.
- Very close and longterm friends probably know that he stopped entirely, and also that his gambling tended to be very compulsive when he was into it. (It's not that Arthur didn't want to stop gambling in 1879, it's that he couldn't!)

Accordingly various levels of acquaintance are likely to experience -
- Loose friends - Arthur might run into you at the casino and/or be interested in any of your weirder ventures
- Professional/Quidditch friends - Art has been spiraling since Dezzie's miscarriage and drinking a lot, and is now willing to go to the casino etc. He probably seems a little more chill now than he has in a while, and if called on it will put that to ~Quidditch is going to be normal, hooray.
- Close friends - Art is being HELLA cagey, because in his head as long as none of you have the information required to call him out, there can't possibly be a problem.

Okay, this has been your Arthur Pettigrew Update. If you're interested in a thread with a LOT of internal Arthur as part of a slow-burn plot situation, (especially if gambling is your thing in some capacity), let me know!

— Benji patrols Hogsmeade with some frequency! Do you want to get caught doing (or assumed to be doing) petty crime?

I can offer Endy for this scenario. Comes with a side of 'oh, you're that guy from that time'.

— Ross is generally open for anything with Department Heads (Ross has a lot of threads rn, though, so probably just 1-2 of these!)

I have @Lionel Lupin, @Kenneth Cosgrove (a 'baby' in the position thanks to AtO prize), and obvs Roman as options~

— I would looove to thread Peregrine with a known werewolf situation

Endy again. But how Peregrine would come to know he is one is the question here since Endy never gives anyone his real name, changes his alias all the time and is a nobody so who would talk about it. xD January was also his first transformation though, so we could backdate to January 24-26th with Peregine coming across Endy coming out of the Forest being all 'that was gnarly'.

— Benji patrols Hogsmeade with some frequency! Do you want to get caught doing (or assumed to be doing) petty crime?

I can offer Endy for this scenario. Comes with a side of 'oh, you're that guy from that time'.

— Ross is generally open for anything with Department Heads (Ross has a lot of threads rn, though, so probably just 1-2 of these!)

I have @Lionel Lupin, @Kenneth Cosgrove (a 'baby' in the position thanks to AtO prize), and obvs Roman as options~

— I would looove to thread Peregrine with a known werewolf situation

Endy again. But how Peregrine would come to know he is one is the question here since Endy never gives anyone his real name, changes his alias all the time and is a nobody so who would talk about it. xD January was also his first transformation though, so we could backdate to January 24-26th with Peregine coming across Endy coming out of the Forest being all 'that was gnarly'.

I am into!! All of this! I would love to start with Benji/Endy and Ross/Roman? Do you want to start one and I start the other?

OKAY I HAVE/WILL HAVE FOR YOU:

@Victor Carrow — he's the "will have" part, once he's accepted! He'd know Art and Cash having been in Quidditch circles and being around his age! We should also hurl him and Camilla!

@Tilda MacFusty — she'd have known Beth, as they were in the same grade, just different houses. The house difference may have prevented them from being super close, but I think Tilda's kind enough a soul that she might have felt sorry for Beth being in a wheelchair and may have tried to approach her on an occasion or two. Despite this, she probably would have made an abelist comment at one point or another and not realized it. But seeing as they both are MC and working women, if you like the idea of them at least being acquaintences, I'd be intrigued to hash out their relationship more since Tilda also needs more friends!

She also might be a good friend for Zelda, though I think Zelda was in the year above her! I can't remember if we've thrown them together before or not.

@Hestia — Peregrine is a recovering outlaw, but Hestia's still in the thick of crime. I'd totally love to see how these two would get along with one another. Hestia's still used to looking out for herself, so she'd be well guarded, but maybe that'd be a challenge for Peregrine.

@Adrienne Selwyn — I offer her for any Slytherin gatherings that Venusia or Sirius might want! She's ambitious and trying to learn occlumency as well as be an Animagus, so I'd love some more school interactions for her!

I feel like that's it but I may have more at some point? Lmk what you think!! :D

OKAY I HAVE/WILL HAVE FOR YOU:

@Victor Carrow — he's the "will have" part, once he's accepted! He'd know Art and Cash having been in Quidditch circles and being around his age! We should also hurl him and Camilla!

@Tilda MacFusty — she'd have known Beth, as they were in the same grade, just different houses. The house difference may have prevented them from being super close, but I think Tilda's kind enough a soul that she might have felt sorry for Beth being in a wheelchair and may have tried to approach her on an occasion or two. Despite this, she probably would have made an abelist comment at one point or another and not realized it. But seeing as they both are MC and working women, if you like the idea of them at least being acquaintences, I'd be intrigued to hash out their relationship more since Tilda also needs more friends!

She also might be a good friend for Zelda, though I think Zelda was in the year above her! I can't remember if we've thrown them together before or not.

@Hestia — Peregrine is a recovering outlaw, but Hestia's still in the thick of crime. I'd totally love to see how these two would get along with one another. Hestia's still used to looking out for herself, so she'd be well guarded, but maybe that'd be a challenge for Peregrine.

@Adrienne Selwyn — I offer her for any Slytherin gatherings that Venusia or Sirius might want! She's ambitious and trying to learn occlumency as well as be an Animagus, so I'd love some more school interactions for her!

I feel like that's it but I may have more at some point? Lmk what you think!! :D

HELLO! I love all of this -- things that are more discussionpoints below

Tilda - I think that Beth would be acquaintances and that maybe they could become friends as we thread them? Also, she should be friendly with Zelda for sure, they're pretty similar.

Adrienne - would LOVE to throw either of them together, Venusia is also (kind of) intrigued by being an Animagus, they could chat about it.

I'd love to start with Peregrine/Hestia and Beth/Tilda if that sounds good? I can start one and you can start the other?

Hi, meet Lester! Here's his personality:

QUIET | RESPONSIBLE | SHY BUT FRIENDLY | ADVENTUROUS | EASYGOING
Quiet and unassuming, strong sense of right and wrong, sort of nosy. Adventurous, but not particularly extroverted, and gets nervous in big groups of people. It's the strength of his convictions that edges him into Gryffindor, (this can sometimes border on self-righteousness.) Responsible and intelligent, likes to be vague about what he actually wants and keeps his judgments to himself as much as possible... although they definitely exist, deep down. Difficult to provoke but shockingly fierce when he's pushed that far. Really looks up to his older brothers, and would like to be like them.

Additional trivia:
- He kind of wants to be a healer but buries that under a thick layer of shy refusal to talk about himself
- Very booksmart and would be a Ravenclaw if it wasn't for *gestures at self-righteous sense of indignation*
- Yes, I felt weird apping a character from the first family I ever made on Charming. and what about it!

What I need for him:
Gryffingroup: HMU on Skype so we can hash out their vibe. Right now I'm sort of feeling that he's of the "tries to peacekeep when forced to but really would rather not please help*" variety?
Other year/class mates: Lester is very very shy when outside of his comfort zone. I would like to punt him outside of his comfort zone.

*please make this worse

@Cassia Fawley is in his year but a Hufflepuff and a Prefect! I can also offer Violette here who's in the year above for awkward encounters too. Basically, Cassia would be the kind to try and put him at ease, but Violette would have a little less patience for that. xD

Addison is both in his year and apparently Gryffingroup adjacent (likely knows everyone, at least surnames anyways, might be friends with a few, but generally kept to himself. Scholarships aren't easy lol. I get the idea that he's maybe a little jealous of most of them). He also wants to be a healer (which actually seems to be a relatively common ambition lol there should be a club) so if you want to punt him into Addison's direction that could be something to talk about.

@Violette Fernsby
Whee, I feel like he'd be friendly to Cassia in a pretty awkward way and... probably a little terrified of Violette tbh. Would love a thread with you, do you have a preference between them? :)

@Addison Chatham
That sounds good! Lester doesn't talk about wanting to be a healer basically ever, but I feel like they're probably stressed about the same classes ?

Oh definitely! Addison's the type who's going to get stuck on DADA or something and wonder what his future would be if he had just done a little better on a test.

Oh definitely! Addison's the type who's going to get stuck on DADA or something and wonder what his future would be if he had just done a little better on a test.

Rad! Do you want a thread where they work on a DADA project or something?

Oh definitely! Addison's the type who's going to get stuck on DADA or something and wonder what his future would be if he had just done a little better on a test.

Rad! Do you want a thread where they work on a DADA project or something?

Yeah, that would be totally cool!

Here are some things I'm noodling on for now->mid-March. I have no notes on my noodles for after March 15 because I assume I will have different ones/updates by then. Some of these are continued noodles.
as u can tell I am tired:

HIGH PRIORITY, REALLY WANT THESE THINGS

• I really desperately want someone to bring this up to Emilia, especially if they're a fellow Unspeakable (or an auror and work with Kit, but check w/ Kayte on their !dynamic with him first?)
  
• At some point in March I would like to thread Camilla with an active purist
  
• I desperately want 1-2 threads can do 1 more! where Peregrine is in the planning stages for this boxing match; do you want to sell drinks/collect bets for him there (for money and free violence?) Hit me!
  
• Arthur is available for 1-2 threads particularly with people he knows who will exacerbate some of his worse behavior; for notes on my Arthur thoughts please read here. He'll be at teacup transfiguration trials, not competing.
  

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• Benji and Beth's notes in "thread requests" still apply; Beth has fewer threads rn so I'm particularly interested in networking her.
  
• Venusia could generally use another thread, especially with another student
  
• August, Kieran, Lester, and Noble are tentatively available for threads w/ a hook but I have other things in the works. Give me a minute but Zelda is also available for threads with fam, especially with ~Xena's wedding approaching!, and I'd love to have some in advance of that! (Obvi I have plans for around the wedding, we'll revisit later.)
  
• Cash and Ross are currently unavailable for new threads because they have lots rn, but I expect that to change as things wrap so watch this space, especially if you have Cannons players or Quidditch people for Cash or department heads for Ross!
  

@Odette Tailler is my purist and would likely return to the social scene in mid- to late March - probably late - following the recovery of having had her first child. I do not see her as supportive of the Zabini family in any way, so feel to have them clash!

@Odette Tailler is my purist and would likely return to the social scene in mid- to late March - probably late - following the recovery of having had her first child. I do not see her as supportive of the Zabini family in any way, so feel to have them clash!

Let's shoot for something late March! We can pick an event later?