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🐣 Welcome to the first chatter post of Henhurst Hall!!

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Heyyyy it's Em with Character #2! Sunita Goldstein is the daughter of Anthony Goldstein and Padma Patil. She's 26 and was a Ravenclaw (class of 2019 unless I have that completely wrong, as can happen), but she was never one of the super studious ones. She was more of the pleasantly artistic types? She didn't really get the hang of the school part of Hogwarts until pretty late in the game, but wasn't too worried about it.

I'd say she should worry more in general, but she's one of those people who sort of floats by without solid plans for the most part. Although she may not be reaching her Full Potential, things have still worked out all right, all things considered! She's a metal charmer, working primarily with jewelry and other accessories, and like everything else she just gently fell into it and found she liked it.

She has a tendency to date much older men. She was living with the latest when she got her invitation to Henhurst, and now that they've broken up she's changed her mind about moving in.

I would love to talk friends! She's a very supportive and empathetic friend. She lives in The Hospital, room 61.

Super excited to bring Sunita into things!

( plot calendar: april 1 - 14 )

PLAYER: Manx, thisismanx. Showing up late here with my first kiddo!!

CHARACTER NAME: Neptune Runcorn. He absolutely will respond to variations on Tuna and Fitz.
AGE: 22
HOUSE/YEAR/SPECIAL ROLES: Hogwarts / Gryffindor '22 / Quid Reserve 6th & 7th years.
WHAT'S SOME COMMON KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THEM?:
- Aster Parkinson's "twin".
- Tall dramatic boy.
- Believes in ~soulmates~ and dated A LOT during Hogwarts trying to find his.
- Not any good at Div, but VERY into Div and Signs.
ELEVATOR PITCH: Mega heart horny boy here because he got a soulmate painting of a chicken.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY: Freelance photographer/vagabond. Only recently returned to London.
NOTABLE RELATIONSHIPS:
- Adoptive sibling of Aster Parkinson and Val Nott!
- Gryff Quid Reserve 2020-2022
WANTED LINES:
- Gryffindor '22. Neptune was very attached to Aster during Hogwarts so I'd love for him to be an honorary member of the '22 nightmare girl's dorm if that's okay!!
- Past flings. Neptune's a very Big Feelings boy so even though nothing lasted that long, he was always Very Into It until he most likely self-sabotaged it and then got all romcom post-breakup ice cream dramatic about it. (This is less like WANTED and just a v easy line connection possibility with him.)
- He's interpreted his chicken painting as meaning his ~soulmate~ is somewhere at Henhurst Hall and I'm sorry in advance.
- HELLO THE USUAL!! FRIENDS/ENEMIES/WHATEVER!! Please play with me. :) :) :)

Guess who's back with an even bigger disaster!!

PLAYER: Cheryl, iliekrp

CHARACTER NAME: Morris Skeeter, goes by Moe
AGE: 28
HOUSE/YEAR/SPECIAL ROLES: Howarts, Slytherin, Class of '17
WHAT'S SOME COMMON KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THEM?:

• His mother is Rita Skeeter
• Dad is a mystery
• Bills himself as an INTREPID REPORTER (his career isn't actually all that great rn but it won't stop him from looking for a hot scoop).

ELEVATOR PITCH: Know-it-all curmudgeon on the surface, but once you get to know him he's a punchable nerd.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY: He has always worked at least in and around writing, though his first jobs really involved more getting coffees than writing. Because he's freelance, he does have other part time jobs from time to time. I might throw more in here depending on how plotting goes idk
NOTABLE RELATIONSHIPS: Ebenezer Smith is his cousin
WANTED LINES:

• RIVAL(S) Maybe former school rivals, maybe work rivals, maybe something else. Honestly, he's very competitive AND easy to dislike so there's lots of room here.
• ?Friends? Maybe someone can tolerate him?
• EX(es) Dating him would be a mistake, but surely someone's made it.
• FAMILY(?) Either through Rita or the mysterious missing father?

The upcoming Ostara Masquerade will be anonymous IC. To help that vibe, the mods will be facilitating some actually anonymous thread starters for interested players. Here's how it works:

• The player replies to this screened post with a short description of their character at the Masquerade that doesn't give away their identity. For example, "A young man is standing by the dance floor, his flower crown trailing with daffodils. You don't recall seeing him before now, but when he notices you watching, he winks."


• When the event is posted, we'll scatter these openers throughout the IC/OOC with the mod account. We'll reply to your screened comment letting you know where your starter ended up.


• Wait for people to respond to your character, and then reply with your own journal as normal to begin a scene.


• Your submitted characters can otherwise post as normal wherever and however they want before and after their anonymous encounters.


• How the Anonymity Charm works: Someone wearing a charmed mask is unrecognizable to those looking at them. While you can't determine who they are immediately, maybe something from their speech patterns will tip you off — or something they choose to tell you.


• What about the 'sexy' dress code? The magic around the event changes everyone's outfits to adapt to the theme, which will be Celtic and floral. When your character leaves they'll emerge in their original outfit, but for the duration of the Masquerade, their original choice of dress will neither matter nor influence what they're put in during the Masquerade.


• My character's related to everyone else! Will it get Weird? The Anonymity Charm's got your back. Characters will know intuitively when they're speaking with someone they're related to, but they won't know the nature of that relation. For example, Rose Weasley would know if she were talking to someone she's related to, but she wouldn't know if it was Hugo, Roxanne, or Albus.


• You have until Saturday, March 20 at 9:00 p.m. EST to submit your characters for this. Which means, yes, you can wait until the day of the Masquerade itself to submit one of these. No more anonymous prompts will be posted after March 20.


• The form:
  

  
  Character:
  Description: This is the only text that will be posted. Please describe your character in 1–5 sentences without explicitly saying who they are.
  Limit number of replies? Submissions will be OPEN TO MULTIPLE by default. You can limit the number of replies (i.e. limit to 1/2/3 players, etc.) if you don't want to get overloaded.
  Anything else?
  <B>Character:</b> <B>Description:</b> This is the only text that will be posted. Please describe your character in 1-5 sentences without explicitly saying who they are. <B>Limit number of replies?</b> Submissions will be OPEN TO MULTIPLE by default. You can limit the number of replies (i.e. limit to 1/2/3 players, etc.) if you don't want to get overloaded. <B>Anything else?</b>
  

  
  


• If you have any questions or comments, you can discuss them here!
  

( getting to know all about you )

Hiiiii! It's Colleen. Almost wrote Aleena lol. Anyway, this is my second terrible daughter, Zsofika Nagy.

( 🐸 )

( plot calendar: march 7 – 20 )

( are you in? )

( plot calendar: feb 21 – march 6 )

Happy Valentine's Day, everyone!! We're so thrilled by all your responses to the Meat Cute and we hope you had fun!!

• The deadline to submit your bingo card for Mystery Prizes is tomorrow, Monday, February 15th, at 12pm. We're only checking cards submitted under the Completed Bingo Cards subheader so be sure to turn them in there when you've gotten a Bingo or else we won't see them!


• If you're stuck on a square or two, Morty might be able to help you out before he shoos you off. (aka I, Alison, will give you 2-3 short, simple tags to hopefully help you fill something out. This offer's only for tonight, though. 😎)


• We're still working on the plot calendar! If there's any events you want to see or if you have any fun plot ideas, give us a holler in the dropbox!


• Speaking of the plot calendar, we're changing up how claims work and doing away with the one-per-month rule. We're still Figuring Things Out so bear with us!

Sincerely, your mods.

YOOO, it's Alex, and I went ahead and got a fourth character because life is short.

( Heeeere's Freddie! )

HELLO it's lyss I'm me I'm back with a third already kill me.
I'm doin the form as I can't be expected to think on my own.

( Weasley Dominance Complete )

Hiiiii~
I missed the introduction meme, so here's this!

( A Mess. )

Hi! My name is Jackie and today I had to crab-walk in a hallway while singing Queen's 'Bicycle Race.' Also, I am clearly not a trend-setter, I am a trend-follower. I apologize for this, but only lightly.

I do this with the intention of going back and hitting up the intro post like a good person.

( This is where I've put my words. )

Heyyy I was going to wait for the new meme but decided to throw caution to the wind and follow Cheryl's example! Also like Cheryl, I'm just using the form from the last one, so.. forgive me.

(Also hi for those who don't know me! I'm Rin! I'm a person! I live in Chicago and computer for a living! Also I'm going to bed in a hot sec so responses will be delayed ilu all)

( It's Tracey )

HELLO NEW PLAYER, NEW CHARACTER, NEW FUN TIMES!


The intro meme is Over but I'm still gonna use this handy dandy form because I don't remember how to introduce a character

PLAYER: Cheryl, iliekrp

CHARACTER NAME: Griselda Goyle, nicknamed Grizzy/Griz/whatever other iterations you wanna use. She tries to go by Zelda because it's cuter, but it never sticks.
AGE: 22? 23? Math is hard.
HOUSE/YEAR/SPECIAL ROLES: Howarts, Gryffindor, Class of '22
WHAT'S SOME COMMON KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THEM?:

• Comes from a Death Eater family.
• Was constantly in detention in school.
• Has a blog and a Wiztagram account that she has tried to get you to follow if you have ever spoken to her since she graduated
• She's really into Divination, despite having no apparent skill for it

ELEVATOR PITCH: Nosy chatterbox is pretty sure that she's your best friend! Loves to gossip, meddle, and ogle boys. Loud, passionate, but easily distracted
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY: A history of entry level service jobs. Currently, Meat Sweats server. Could have worked other places if you want to establish some history?
NOTABLE RELATIONSHIPS: Gilly Goyle is her big sister.
WANTED LINES:

• She loves LOVE and is constantly seeking it for herself and others. Maybe she meddles in your love life (with or without consent)?
• She's going to boyfriend hunt everyone I'm so sorry.

Hi and welcome to day two at Henhurst Hall! We've been loving all of the activity and shenanigans so far and we're so glad you're here. :) We have a couple of announcements about the Valentine's Day IC/OOC, which will be a Meat Cute—a speed-dating event—at everybody's favourite and most-cursed steak house: Meat Sweats.

• The Meat Cute will be posted early. IC it'll still happen Sunday evening, but we'll be posting it on Thursday as we want everyone to have enough time to play out their scenes so characters can bask in the aftermath.


• We'll be using a bingo system to encourage everyone to do vignettes with a variety of characters.


• We'd like your help! This group has AMAZING brains, and since this is a GPSL we're crowdsourcing prompts for the bingo cards. They will be IC, meaning that your character will have a bingo card of their own. If you'd like to contribute, please reply to the screened BINGO SUGGESTION BOX thread.


• Don't forget the plot calendar! There's still a few open spots for this fortnight. :)


• Since the comments here are screened, any discussion about this post can go on this chatter thread. That was a lot of fun to figure out.

Sincerely,
💜 Meggie, Kas, and Ali; your mods.

( plot calendar: feb 6 - 20 )

Hello everyone! Tomorrow will be the official opening of the game. We hope you're as excited as we are. :> Before things get rolling, we wanted to confirm and clarify a few things. Please read these carefully!

• The game will open tomorrow (Saturday) with an IC/OOC for move-in day (~12:PM EST), as well as a Plot Calendar that'll go up every other week with events taking place around Henhurst Hall.


• The Plot Calendar (PCAL for short) will go up at 3:00 PM EST tomorrow. Each player can claim one spot to start with, and additional spots after some time has elapsed. We'll explain it in detail on the post itself.


• We've tinkered a little with the rules on inviting new players, in case you have any friends that might be interested: Players of accepted characters are welcome to invite friends, but you have to contact the mods via email or dropbox beforehand. Because of the nature of Henhurst Hall, space is limited and something strange might happen if it gets too full. (Foreshadowing? Maybe!)

Sincerely, Meggie, Kas and Ali, your mods.