[Hogwarts Between] [HB] Owl Post - Seluna

[Liz Trumitch]

>  On 9/20/07, Brenda McCartney < brenda.mccartney at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Seluna had been waiting eagerly for the owl for days.  She had known
> > it would come.  She was, after all, a full-blooded witch.  It HAD to
> > come.
> >
> > Didn't it?
> >
> > That question caused her some concern.  Was it possible that her
> > parents could have intercepted the letter?  Could they have forbidden
> > Professor Dumbledore, headmaster of Hogwarts, from sending her one?
> > Was it possible that she would not be going?
> >
> > Lucky saw it first.  Seluna's cat meowed, arching its back under her
> > hand to get her attention.  The owl soared silently toward her window,
> > the precious letter in its beak.  Just then, however, Seluna heard an
> > enraged cry from the yard below.
> >
> > "Sebastian, no!  Stop it!  It has the letter!" her mother screamed.
> >
> > "Stupefy!" her father shouted.  The hex blazed past the stealthy owl
> > as it sailed into Seluna's open window and presented its cargo to her
> > with a formal little bow.

On 9/21/07, Fiona Trumitch <fjcute at gmail.com> wrote:
> ooc-is it ok if i start putting the story in to?

It's exactly right, only what you're doing here is collaborative
writing.  And it's very close to how I would have had the parents
acting anyway, which makes me happy that we're on the same page.

The kind of writing we usually do when we role-play is more like you
(the player) just write your character's actions and words (and
thoughts, if you'd like, but you don't have to shar those) and
descriptions of your characters clothes and the like, and the
moderator (or GM or Mom) writes all the rest.

Also, for my sanity, it'll be easier if you do 2 other things:
1 - reply under what was written before.  That's why I put what Brenda
sent back up at the top.
2 - reply in the same tense and person that your post is started in.
So with this post, Brenda wrote everything above in third person, past
tense.  This means it's written like someone else is watching it, and
like it happened in the past.  I'm going to fix as I go below, like we
already discussed.

> not ooc-I took the letter, ran upstairs, and hid in the attic. I read the
> latter as fast as I could, knowing it wouldn't be long before my parents
> find me. I scaned it, and jumped for joy!

Seluna took the letter, ran upstairs, and hid in the attic.  She read
the letter as fast as she could, knowing it wouldn't be long before
her parents found her.  She scanned it, and jumped for joy.

> "She's upstairs," her mother called anxiously.

'Uh-oh probably shouldn't have done that,' Seluna thought.  She ran to
her room and locked the door.  She grabbed the suitcase that she left
hidden in my wardrobe.  "I'm going!"

"Oh no, young lady. You're not leaving, it's too dangerous. You're not
going to that witch  school.  We discussed this!" Her mother yelled
through the door, and then pounded on it with a frustrated fist.
"Seluna, please, listen to me.  I know you think magic is your legacy,
but it's dangerous.  It has proven far too dangerous."

There was noise in the hall, and her mother quietly saying,
"Sebastian, talk to her."

"Seluna.  Damn it, we don't want you to die, or worse.  Too many of
them are bad, Seluna.  Evil.  They're *evil*.  You can have a
perfectly happy, and much safer, life without Hogwarts.  Now open the
damn door!" her father demanded.


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> ooc-Just so you know Seluna is the oddball of the family. The others have a
> cheerful and optimistic personality, while Seluna is the only one that see's
> how crummy the world really is.

ooc-mom: right, except for this one topic.  Discussion between Fiona
and I have some little backstory emerging on why her parents are so
frightened of this.  (Hey, Fi, can we say your mom has sworn off doing
magic completely?)