Hello.  Half-blood Hufflepuff magi-zooligist trying to find out what happened to his brother.  It seems the boy just can't stay out of trouble.  Well, either of them.....
This message was last edited by the player at 21:48, Wed 22 Feb 2023.

Greetings everyone! I'll be playing Slytherin's little orphan, Filius (Fil). Like Aron, he was born into and raised in the muggle world, so he doesn't know anything about magic. While he has his rough edges, he's a good guy who really just wants to fit in, for once in his life.

I believe my sheet is ready for review, HM. ^^

So is mine, far as I can tell.

Mine aswell!

I have to get equipment and spells in place.  Unfortunately, work has been taking precedence.

Awesome. I'll go through the sheets tomorrow and once everyone is set up, we'll begin.

The game will begin with a pre-term shopping trip arranged by Hogwarts for First Years. So spells and equipment aren't really needed.

I'm hoping to get things underway this week, or early next, depending on when the sheets are done. I'm really stoked here, eager to begin lol.

Unless there is a significant reason to change things I should be good still from last time.

Well, if spells and gear aren't much of a big deal, I may be ready.  Except my description.

My sheet should be good from last time.

I’ll be an orphan Slytherin from a Pure Blood dueling/auror family. His family combines wand dueling and mixed martial arts to take down their usually weaker opponents.

Lots of Slytherins I see. Step back Gryffindor. Slytherin produces the heroes now! XD
This message was last edited by the player at 13:06, Fri 24 Feb 2023.

Heroes are still Gryffindor, the world doesn't need any more heroes, it needs people willing to do the real work.

I've opened the IC tread for you all. Sorry for the massive text dump but I hope you'll find at least some of it interesting to read and act upon lol.

Another Slytherin here! Ambitious, a bit arrogant, but not a bully: only inferior people need to bully.

I think I've finished her character sheet (except for a possible pet - undecided on that).

This might be a bit nitpicky, but what year is it currently in game? 2022?

2023, yes. Hope thats okay

Depends. is socil distancing a thing at Hogwarts :P

I doubt mundane diseases are much of a thing in the magical world.  I think the question is if we are doing a 'start of school year' September timeline is it 22 for a bit of a past catching up, or 23 for a future we catch up to?

Hey, if anything would be deuchy enough to mutate into a magical variant, it'd be Covid...

Joking aside, Good question. Hadn't considered that. Though I'm guessing we'll go through the sorting, at least. I dunno.

Only for Hufflepuffs.  Ravenclaws know it doesn't really work. Griffindors are all vaccinated and Slytherins think it's all a plot...



We'll do a September 2023 start, on an alternate timeline where any major RL disaster has no impact on the setting unless we all want it to.

I've learned is best to leave real life as far from roleplay as possible the hard way. Just wanted to know the year to get a general sense of technology level and know what day of the week it was.

And just so there's no risk of misunderstanding, I was joking about the covid stuff, and agree with Aron that it's best left out of the game.

Not that I really expect any of you to misunderstand, but you know what they say about assuming. Better to be safe than sorry.

Though with the current year at Hogwarts, I can't wait to see how they've integrated smart screens and iPads into the classes X)

They haven't.  It seems that technology more advanced than pens do not work at Hogwart's.  Hence why you use Lumos and lanterns rather than flashlights.  We are going to be pretty much cut off from social media at the school.

Oh I know. T'was but another joke fallen flat.
Hmm, perhaps I should rely less on sarcasm in a written medium. Damn, there goes 90% of my humor.

Ah well.

Irony and satire usually work better.  Sarcasm is mainly in the tone of voice and really has to be heard to be appreciated.  Though, sometimes, additional context helps....