Rosamund Bones was last seen leaving the house in Wellingtonshire for an early morning walk, February 13th. (FYI Eldin Bones)

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look ANOTHER beautiful bee!set <3

Simeon Shafiq - Lionel Lupin - Julius Scrimgeour
Fancy a thread - once there is more than 2 missing

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Cornelia Pendergast was last seen by her household staff on Feb 4th as she went next door to pay a calling to a friendly neighbor for tea. This would have been before her husband returned from work.

  

@"Naeva Lécuyer" disappeared in the evening hours of February 4, last seen leaving her sister's Wellingtonshire home as her chaperone was distracted by a lone dog.

  

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Hi, would you like to be in a DP article?

Seeking: law enforcement people to make comments/statements for an article on Feb 11th, and;

Friends/family members/etc of one or more of the disappeared to give statements about the impact these events have had on their lives, for an article Feb 16th or so.

Also: no disappearances after Feb 19th. I edited this into the original post but just to cover my bases I'll put it here too

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Not sure if you're still seeking but if you are I happily volunteer Ida Chang's NPC father as tribute just on the basis of the ~*~drama~*~ it'd cause for Ida! xD Even better if her dad comes back in one piece and she has to admit she missed him.

Mister Chang was last seen the morning of Feb 9 (date can flex) at Hogsmeade Station, making his way to visit a client and deliver a special order. He did not make this appointment. Ida's big brother is abroad, her baby brother's governess was the one who informed Ida the next day that her dad had not returned for dinner. Ida reported this to authorities the following day. Mister Chang is known to travel with a bit of money on his person during business dealings, so she fears more of the mugging/murder angle.

Edit Feb 9: Hi hi! I think Ida might have too much going on for me to thoughtfully engage here I might need to pull this disappearance out, if that's okay? Please lemme know if there's any issue with this and sorry for the shuffle <3 Reuben Crouch

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I volunteer Olixander as tribute also. He goes missing Feb 16, location (Hogsmeade somewhere) and etc tbd. (Unless you need that now in which case just poke me and I'll pull it out!) <3<3<3 Who would notice? Lol NOBODY

(Juniper Edevane & Mabel Brighton both of which don't give a rats butt)

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Edit Feb 9: Hi hi! I think Ida might have too much going on for me to thoughtfully engage here   I might need to pull this disappearance out,  if that's okay? Please lemme know if there's any issue with this and sorry for the shuffle <3 Reuben Crouch

No problem! Thanks for the heads up

Everyone else, last call for impact statements from loved ones, for an article Feb 15ish

  

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If Charles Marshall was asked to make comment on Naeva's disappearance, please have it noted that he refused to make a comment regarding the matter. Other than that, he was 'unavailable for comment'.

  

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Magic by Elaine!

HELLO, it is time for PHASE THREE.

I need one volunteer from among the missing to be the first one who returns. No requirements here except "is missing." If you're up for threadding something in a google doc and then posting it all at once the day it happens we can do that. Either way you get read in on the rest of the plot reveals and get to make some decisions / statements for the DP.

Everyone else gets to choose their own return date, this volunteer returns on Feb 20th.

  

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I volunteer Agape Lestrange

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Magic by Elaine!

Gwendolyn Vane-Tempest has gone missing today - The countess of Addinbury had gone to her sisters for lunch and disappeared on route home.

  

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Lady is a star

PSA that I'm getting antsy and might roll the dates up on this slightly... again

Currently our last disappearance is Feb 17th, does anyone have strong feelings about going missing Feb 18th/19th?

  

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Although it hasn't been "revealed" yet I'm sure you all can piece together where things are going based on the DP article today, so here's the OOC reveal. :P

The Timeline of Events
- Mortimer Lansing (NPC) got the bright idea that he ought to make his fortune running a traveling menagerie/circus, but hey, exotic animals are really difficult (and expensive) to acquire. Women wandering the streets of Hogsmeade are comparably less difficult and expensive. Bonus: maybe they'll be smarter than animals and willing to learn some cool circus tricks?
- This month he's been abducting people and transfiguring them into exotic animals (magical or non) to flesh out his collection. They've been living in a Newt-Scamander-style expandable trunk since they were kidnapped.
- Unfortunately human transfiguration was really the only magical niche Mr. Lansing excelled at and the expansion charm on his trunk malfunctioned, leading the animals to be loosed at the train station when he attempted to leave. (Afternoon of Feb 17)
- The Ministry initially thought these were all real animals, until a hapless DRCMC employee (cough, Ford, not that he's admitting to it) misfired a spell and accidentally un-transfigured one (Agape Lestrange). (Morning of Feb 19)
- At this point the Ministry looked into all the animals they had captured so far and realized some of them are transfigured humans, while some are in fact animals.
- Mortimer Lansing is in custody.

SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR ME?
I'm one of the victims:

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— You have total control over the events after the trunk charm failed. Pick which animal you want to be and go thread around Hogsmeade tearing shit up, or not. Have a rescue thread, or not. Whatever you want to do.
— If your character was captured early (before the afternoon of Feb 19th), they can be un-transfigured at the Ministry and returned home free of injury (except perhaps some ego bruising xD) on the 19th.
— Your character can be reclaimed/un-transfigured by the Ministry at any point after the 19th.
— You could also have a Concerned Citizen attempt to untransfigure your character. Since this is complicated magic, amateur attempts could result in injury (up to you) or appearance changes (again, up to you). Whether these are lasting or permanent is again up to you. Your character could also seek redress through the Ministry or the hospital, depending on the severity of the injury/change.
— "Animals" could end up anywhere in Hogsmeade or the Forest, but I don't think they could get into Hogwarts grounds due to the Headmaster's Barrier, so keep that in mind.
— Regardless of when/how you return to human, anyone can choose to suffer a loss of personal goods (including your heirloom family necklace or your wand or something else of sentimental value), or these could be recovered from Lansing and returned to you (in damaged condition or not)
— If you're unsure about something just make it up and go with it; I'm not the plot police xD Do whatever seems most fun for you.

I'm a Hogsmeade resident:

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— Threads from Feb 18th onward could involve some interruption by exotic animals, if you fancy! Some of these are people and some are animals, so run wild
— If you want to try and un-transfigure a person and get it not-quite-right, that could be fun!
— You could also try to un-transfigure an animal who wasn't ever a person in the first place, which, uh... not sure how that will work out for you but let us know how it goes
— Again, feel free to make it up as you go along; I'm not the plot police.

I'm a Ministry employee:

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— Dept Regulation & Control of Magical Creatures was responsible for the round-up, starting the afternoon of Feb 18th. This is technically a Beast Division thing but due to the amount of chaos caused, it's more of an all-hands-on-deck situation for the Department, so feel free to have your Ministry employee involved. Dept of Magical Accidents & Catastrophes could also assist with ~magical animals who were causing magical chaos.
— Improper Use of Magic Office is officially in charge of the un-transfiguration efforts. If someone was unsuccessfully or only partially un-transfigured by a civilian, that could go to MA&C or the hospital depending on the severity.
— Dept of Magical Law Enforcement will be taking statements from all of the victims prior to releasing them to their homes, and will of course be prosecuting Mr. Lansing.
— Anyone not recovered in a reasonable timeline may have DMLE/DRCMC collaborate on a search for them, once they've figured out what kind of animal they're looking for.

Can I change my mind about something? Yep If you didn't sign anyone up as missing but the animal thing sounds cool and fun, it's not too late to retcon it in if you want. Likewise, if you signed someone up to go missing and this now seems like the Worst Thing Ever, feel free to retcon it out. My feelings won't be hurt.

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I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS OMG. Oli is going to be one of these so if anyone is interested in chaos threads with a confused, angry monkey child... HIT ME UP. Some. More. Fun. References.

P.S. - He's also HELLBENT on revenge so if anyone feels likewise, hit him up lol. they can scheme or do it legally.

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Honoria was turned into a golden snidget

Gwen was turned into a a capybara - the woman who was turned into a rat and has a rat baby - has once again been turned into a member of the rodent family.