[Hogwarts Between] [HB] Owl Post - Seluna

[Fiona Trumitch]

"I'll only open the door if you let me go!"she said. "I need to go.
What if 'he' comes back? I need to be prepared!

On 9/21/07, Fiona Trumitch <fjcute at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
>