[Hogwarts Between] [HB] Owl Post - Seluna

[Fiona Trumitch]

On 9/21/07, Liz Trumitch <liz.trumitch at gmail.com> wrote:
> >  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.
>
>
> ---------
> > 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?)

ooc Fi- They only use magic when it's absolutely necessary.